Wallabies on the loose in Austria _ yes, Austria

VIENNA (AP) ? Volunteers are searching for a pair of wallabies hopping through Austria ? yes, Austria.

The kangaroo-like marsupials, which are smaller than "roos" and primarily found in Australia, escaped from a farm in the Upper Austrian countryside, about 180 kilometers (about 110 miles) northwest of Vienna. Thursday was the third day of the quest to find them.

There are actually three wallabies on the loose ? owner Gabrielle Schrammel says the female has a joey in her pouch.

Austrians often express irritation at being confused for Australians while abroad, and mail meant for Australia occasionally surfaces in this central European Alpine country.

Those Vienna souvenir shops selling T-shirts with the slogan "No kangaroos in Austria" might have to start a recall campaign.

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Top commercial, residential real estate deals of the week | TribLIVE

By Sam Spatter

Published: Saturday, December 8, 2012, 9:00?p.m.
Updated 2 hours ago

DEALSOF THE WEEK

A quick look at recent retail, commercial and industrial projects, sales and leases of note in Western Pennsylvania:

$2 million

Property sold: 4695 Campbell?s Run Rd., Collier

Seller: King Development Inc., Pittsburgh

Buyer: Snyder Automotive Works Inc., Pittsburgh

Detail: A car wash on a 2.1 acre site, adjacent to an Exxon gasoline station, convenience store and repair shop.

Comment: ?We will continue the car wash as part of our station, which was founded in 1953 by our father, Earl J. Snyder Sr.,? said Donald Snyder who with his brother, Ronnie, own the site.

$850,000

Property sold: 2930 Liberty Ave., Strip District

Seller: Nicholas Nicholas, Pittsburgh

Buyer: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc., Pittsburgh

Details: Acquired a one-story building, which will permit construction of an annex building and three new studios.

Comment: ?We will investigate the cost of conversion and use of the building, which helps expand our studio on Liberty with possible use of the site as parking, either surface or multi-level,? said Harris Ferris, Ballet Theatre executive director.

$300,000

Property sold: 601 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi

Seller: Palmerino Ciotti, Charleroi

Buyer: Bayshire Properties LLC, South Hills

Details A three-story, 24-unit apartment building with integral garage plus parking lot. Has covered porch, rear deck, laundry room and storage area.

Comment: ?Buyer had been looking to purchase larger investment property to add to its portfolio. Buyer plans to continue building as is but will do some remodeling/updating. Seller plans to retire,? said Elisa Ciotti, Bob Montcavage Team, Priority Realty LLC.

TOP DOLLAR HOMES

Recent home and condominium sales that brought top prices in Western Pennsylvania:

$600,000

Property: Marshall

Seller: George McGee

Buyer: Shamsul Hasan and Naaima Haque

Details: A Provincial-style house on a cul de sac, lots of light from numerous windows and skylights, vaulted ceiling, guest suite with bath, fully paneled den with coffered ceiling, two-story fireplace, family room.

Comment: ?Buyer wanted the North Allegheny School District, liked the huge level lot on a cul de sac, great room sizes and quality construction,? said Molly Vitlar, Howard Hanna Real Estate.

$550,000

Property: Adams

Seller: Richard and Toni Marmajek

Buyer: Richard and Lori Easom

Details: Brick Provincial with four bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths, breakfast nook, two large pantries, lower level with media room, kitchenette, exercise/fifth bedroom, private deck off kitchen, fireplace with blower.

Comment: ?Buyers selected this home because it was in Treesdale golf community, was in mint condition, fenced in yard, very private and in the Mars School District,? said Judi Sayhay, Team Sayhay Associates, Keller Williams Realty.

$550,000

Property: South Strabane

Seller: Barrie Wight

Buyer: Joseph and Lauren DiPietro

Details: Marble foyer, sunken living room, first-floor den, two-story family room, doubled-sided fireplace shared with breakfast room, media room, pool-two-cabanas-pagoda, hot tub.

Comment: ?Buyer liked that this area gave them feel of country but convenient to highway, all shopping and close to elementary school, and has a large in-ground pool totally private,? said Dorothy Walsko, Howard Hanna Real Estate.

Sam Spatter is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7843 or sspatter@tribweb.com.

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Banks pitch for broker role with North Sea oil explorer Cairn Energy

Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan are among the big names pitching for a key advisory role with Cairn Energy, the Edinburgh-based group that explores for oil from the North Sea to Kathmandu.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch's role as one of Cairn's two brokers, which act as intermediaries between companies and shareholders, is under threat.

Although Merrill is re-pitching, the possibility that the bank could be removed is the latest fallout from losing its leading oil & gas broker, Andrew Osborne, last year.

Mr Osborne was accused of market abuse by the Financial Services Authority and left Merrill. He has since accepted a ?350,000 fine but has retained his banking licence.

Soon after his departure Merrill lost FTSE 100 client Tullow Oil. The bank has suffered other high-profile departures, such as former co-head of broking Mark Astaire, who joined Barclays Capital.

An industry source said that leading banks view Cairn, which made a $4.6bn (?2.9bn) post-tax profit in 2011, as "a good opportunity in the broking space". Cairn hit the headlines last year when it sold a large chunk of its Indian operations to Vedanta Resources for $8.7bn.

Cairn has since dropped out of the FTSE 100, though shareholders had been rewarded with a $4.5bn cash hand-out after the Indian sale. The group's other broker, Morgan Stanley, is thought to be secure in its role, while insiders said Merrill still had a strong enough oil & gas team to have a chance of holding on to its brokerage.

Mr Osborne has since joined the?private equity-backed North Sea?oil company Chrysaor as its finance director.

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Meili releases education and early childhood development policies

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Meili releases education and early childhood development policies

Calling education ?the smartest investment Saskatchewan can make today,? Saskatchewan NDP leadership candidate Ryan Meili released two policy statements on education this morning, the first focusing on?K-12 and postsecondary education, and the second?on?early childhood education and childcare.
?Education has a significant impact on the health of a society,? said Meili. ?Every child in Saskatchewan, regardless of their circumstances, should have the opportunity to achieve their potential. Underfunding education ? especially for students at high-risk of failing in school ? is a false economy.?
Meili?s education policy statement calls for several policy goals designed to promote quality education, including:

• returning the ability of local communities to set their own mill rates in order to meet locally identified needs, while ensuring that communities with less access to property tax revenue have additional support to offer quality education;
• partnering with the federal government to address chronic underfunding of Aboriginal education;
• establishing a legacy fund to invest windfall resource revenues to support post-secondary accessibility;
• reinstating the tuition freeze at Saskatchewan universities, making lower tuition fees a priority as finances allow; and
• making the student loan system simpler and more accessible, including greater flexibility to support part-time students.

By releasing an ?Early Childhood Education and Childcare? statement alongside a policy statement focused on K-12 and postsecondary education, Meili said he?s seeking to bring a more holistic approach to the subject.
?There really isn't a more upstream approach we can take to the challenges we face that a proactive focus on early childhood development,? Meili said. ?Accessible and high quality childcare and early childhood education are the best head start to building a healthy society.?
Meili?s statement calls for an integrated approach to child care and education that no longer places child care, early childhood education, pre-K and kindergarten in silos, but sees them working together for the best outcomes for children.
Meili?s approach calls for:

• developing a $7/day made-in-Saskatchewan child care plan informed by both the successes and the shortcomings of Quebec's model;
• establishing optional full-day and half-day pre-K programs for four year olds;
• ensuring appropriate financial and program supports are available to families who choose to have a parent stay at home.

?Saskatchewan is a wealthy province, yet we provide less in the way of services for our young families than other jurisdictions, less in the way of support for mothers who put their careers on hold to bear and raise children, and less in the way of incentives for fathers to participate actively in family life. We can do better.?
?Establishing an accessible and high-quality early childhood education and child care system is the best head start to building a healthy society.?
View the?K-12 and postsecondary education?and?early childhood education and childcare?statements at www.ryanmei.li.

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Source: http://ndpleadership.blogspot.com/2012/12/meili-releases-education-and-early.html

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New Android apps worth downloading: Kickvox, Splice, Spellwood: Word Game Adventure

Kickvox is a visual search engine designed specifically for mobile devices. We?ve got a pair of quality games for your approval including Splice, a title that?s all about recombining cells to make new organisms, and Spellwood, a word game for people who are new to word games.

What?s it about? Kickvox is a search engine app designed for mobile devices that emphasizes visual search results, rather than lists of links.

What?s cool? An emphasis on search results you can see makes Kickvox a little easier to use than your usual web search engine, especially on a mobile device while you?re out in the world. The app is also designed to provide answers, rather than just search results. You can type in questions as well as keywords. Kickvox also makes navigation through search results easier by letting you quickly click through them, rather than hitting a Back button to return to results, and keeps a history of everything you?ve searched so you can find it again later.

Who?s it for? Users who handle their Android devices like information-seeking computers when they?re out in the world will definitely find a use for Kickvox.

What?s it like? Google Search is another solid app for finding info on the go, as is Alfred.

What?s it about? Puzzler Splice has players recombining microbial cells to make specific structures and solve each of the game?s levels.

What?s cool? Splice is something of a weird take on the puzzle genre, offering something new in its microbe-rearranging mechanics. You only have a limited number of moves, or ?splices,? in each level to make the target structure, so you?ll have to work carefully and strategically to get through. Splice includes more than 75 puzzles, and each one has more than a single solution, so you can try to find the best ways through each one and challenge your friends to beat them as well.

Who?s it for? Splice is for puzzle fans, especially those who are looking for something that?s a little different from the usual fare.

What?s it like? Check out Osmos for another interesting puzzler with a bacterial feel.

What?s it about? Word game Spellwood is like Scrabble, and has players dueling with one another to make the best words and rack up the highest scores.

What?s cool? Spellwood includes both a single-player mode, in which players go on an adventure of on their own, and multiplayer modes that allow you to take on players from all over the world, or friends through Facebook Connect. The game is also a simplified version of crossword titles like Scrabble and Words With Friends, which makes it great for novice players. In keeping with the magical theme, players can change things like word score values and other aspects of the game using magic spells.

Who?s it for? Spellwood is particularly good for novice word game players, and those who want to ease into the genre with something a little simpler.

What?s it like? As mentioned, Scrabble and Words With Friends also offer some great crossword and multiplayer action.

Download the Appolicious Android app

Source: http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/13024-new-android-apps-worth-downloading-kickvox-splice-spellwood-word-game-adventure

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Video: Childless women more likely to die prematurely

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