| The theater district gets its own Twelfth Night, complete with kings ...
January 6 was a chilly night, but as on every Twelfth Night, King Stanislavsky, King Ziegfeld, and King Comrade Brecht had braved the cold winds of midtown Manhattan to honor the infant theatrical year. They huddled in the dank motel garage on Eleventh Avenue where the unformed babe lay, contentedly sleeping, wrapped in swaddling clothes hastily assembled from old rehearsal skirts. "Innocent child," said Stanislavsky, "what realities you will embody." "Innocent child," said Ziegfeld, "what lavishness you will display." "Innocent child," said Brecht, "what a statement you will make to the world." Then all three men, inexplicably, began to weep. No one weeps more readily than theater people. And the Three Kings, eternal seekers after greatness, loved the infant year as only old theater hands can love a novice making a first appearance.
Damage to Steel Electric Ferries
Gary Locke signs the bill into law.
Dec. 3, 2003: Washington State Ferries announces it will build 130-car ferries and invites boat builders to bid on the project. Lawmakers set aside nearly $348 million to pay for the boats.
May 27, 2004: The state auditor is denied access to the Steel Electrics as part of a "whistleblower" probe.
Aug. 2, 2006: Washington State Ferries scraps the plan to build 130-car ferries, and instead invites boat builders to bid on 144-car ferries.
March 12, 2007: A 6-inch crack in the hull of the Klickitat sidelines the ferry for 21/2 days.
June 26, 2007: The Coast Guard demands increased maintenance and safety inspections for the Steel Electrics.
Oct. 30, 2007: Ferry officials tell the Legislature's Joint Transportation Committee the state's four remaining Steel Electrics are "generally considered to be in good condition," but failed to provide a full report of the ferries' conditions, including additional fractures and more widespread corrosion.
Britain is becoming the world's most popular destination for overseas ...
Despite its food and weather, Britain is beginning to topple America from its position as the most popular place for overseas students to study, according to a survey published today. Prospective students from around the world reckon the UK is safer than the United States, has respected higher education institutions and, amazingly given the complaints about British immigration control, is easier to get a visa to study in, says the survey from the International Graduate Insight Group (i-graduate). The study is welcomed by the higher education world, which has in recent years been anxious that the number of overseas students coming to the UK was levelling off and the country was losing market share to countries like Australia – and might start to lose out in the precious £60bn international student market.
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