Balzac and the poetics of ignorance: La Vieille Fille.
ABSTRACT This article argues that in La Vieille Fille (1836) Balzac is not content to produce a novel that reflects the non-novelistic nature of provincial life but allows his composition to be shaped by a constant recognition of the inherent limitations and emptiness of its subject matter....

New on council and confused about the duties.
Dear Tuma: I'm a new councillor for my band and I really do not know how meetings should be called, who has the authority and what I am supposed to do. I do not feel comfortable asking anyone else, 'cause I don't want to look stupid. Some...

MINDANAO NEWSBITS.
Traders warned on fake Davao health inspectors DAVAO CITY (PNA) a" Officials here have warned businessmen against fake health inspectors bribing firms in exchange for sanitary health permits. City Health Office (CHO) chief Josephine Villafuerte said no health inspection teams were deployed in the city to make...

Around The Nation.
Manila welcomes San Francisco Mayor today Manila Mayor Jose "Lito" L. Atienza Jr. and the city of Manila welcome visiting San Francisco, California, United States Mayor Gavin Newsom and his delegation today. Newsom will pay a courtesy call on Atienza at the Bulwagang Antonio Villegas...

McKesson refuses Union Collective Agreement: call centre nurses have been denied a Union Collective Agreement by Mckesson Asia Pacific.
One of the world's richest corporations, McKesson, is flatly refusing to negotiate with nurses over pay and conditions at Sydney's new triage call-centre--raising serious questions about employment standards at the centre. In July, McKesson Asia Pacific, an offshoot of McKesson Corp, won the estimated $220 million contract...

Bhairon, Pratibha in race a[euro]" to call on each other.
NEW DELHI: It was a trap that the wily desert fox did not fall for. When vice-president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat learnt UPA-Left presidential hopeful Pratibha Patil was planning to call on him, possibly to seek his blessings, the veteran saw the obvious pitfall. Aware that Patil calling...

'I ran to get my daughter and scurried to a safe area.'.
Byline: Vasundhara Sanger MUMBAI: As calm returns to the burning streets of Kolkata, Reva S (32) cannot shrug off the feeling of trepidation after experiencing first hand the arson and looting that took place in the city on Wednesday. She was one of the innocent citizens caught...

The Cambridge Companion to John Donne.
The Cambridge Companion to John Donne. Edited by Achsah Guibbory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xviii + 288. Paper, ISBN 0-52154003-8, $24.99. Cloth, ISBN 0-521-83237-3, $75.00. Holy Ambition: Rhetoric, Courtship, and Devotion in the Sermons of John Donne. By Brent Nelson. Tempe: Medieval & Renaissance Texts...

Retooling today's practices to accommodate part-time physicians.
The practice management challenge de jour is to successfully and profitably fold part-time docs into the caregiver mix, without sacrificing coordinated care or chiseling away at office harmony. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Growing numbers of physicians--women as well as men--are pushing for part-time work. Many newly graduated...

Auditions guide 2004.
Auditions: Like them or not, they are part of a dancer's life. In this 2004 Guide to Auditions issue, DANCE MAGAZINE helps dancers leap toward their destiny. In Front and Center, we ask three dancers and three directors about their personal audition experiences and inside perspectives. In Trying for...