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Concert Archive: 2014/15 Season
Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday 14 August, 9.30pm, Velia Festival, Porto di Casal Velino, Italy
VERDI La forza del destino: Overture
PUCCINI Tosca: E lucevan le stelle
PUCCINI Madam Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo
TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers
DONIZETTI L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima
PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 1
ROSSINI La gazza ladra: Overture
CESARE ANDREA BIXIO Mamma
ERNESTO DE CURTIS Torna a Surriento
SHOSTAKOVICH Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2
JOHANN STAUSS II An der schönen blauen Donau
VERDI La traviata: Brindisi
ChungWha Lim soprano
Aldo Caputo tenor
London Haydn Project
Sunday 26 July 2015, 6.30pm, St Mary Brookfield, Dartmouth Park Hill, London
HAYDN Symphony No. 21 in A
HAYDN Arianna a Naxos
HAYDN Symphony No. 52 in C minor
Clare McCaldin mezzo-soprano
Southern Sinfonia
Thursday 9 July 2015, 9.15pm, Newbury Racecourse
Proms in the Paddock
MOZART Le nozze di Figaro: Overture
ELGAR Enigma Variations: Nimrod
VON SUPPÈ Light Cavalry Overture
ELGAR Arthur: excerpts
COATES London Suite: Knightsbridge
HOLST I vow to thee my country
ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
ARNE Rule, Britannia
PARRY (orch. Elgar) Jerusalem
ROSSINI Guillaume Tell: Overture
Aylesbury Symphony Orchestra
Sunday 29 June 2015, 4.00pm, St Mary's Church, Aylesbury
ALFRED NEWMAN 20th Century Fox Fanfare
JOHN WILLIAMS Star Wars: Suite for Orchestra
JOHN BARRY Dances with Wolves: Concert Suite
JOHN WILLIAMS Harry Potter: Symphonic Suite
JOHN WILLIAMS Three Pieces from Schindler's List
HOWARD SHORE The Lord of the Rings: Symphonic Suite
KLAUS BADELT Pirates of the Caribbean: Symphonic Suite
JOHN WILLIAMS E.T.: Adventures on Earth
Orchestra of St Paul's • Woking Choral Society
Saturday 28 June 2015, 7.30pm, H. G. Wells Centre, Woking
RUTTER The Sprig of Thyme
RAVEL Introduction et Allegro
CECILIA McDOWALL A Fancy of Folksongs
BEN PALMER To the Greenwood Gone WCS commission, world première
Stamford Chamber Orchestra
Saturday 20 June 2015, 8.00pm, Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
GLUCK Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Dance of the Furies
BERLIOZ Les nuits d'été
MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor
Wendy Dawn Thompson mezzo-soprano
Orchestra of St Paul's
Saturday 6 June 2015, 4.00pm, Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
Saturday 6 June 2015, 7.15pm, Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
CHARLIE CHAPLIN The Gold Rush (film screening with live orchestra)
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Saturday 30 May 2015, 7.45pm, Forum Theatre, Malvern
ELGAR Serenade for Strings
ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor
HOLST A Somerset Rhapsody
ELGAR Enigma Variations
Guy Johnston cello
Orchestra of St Paul's
Sunday 24 May 2015, 7.00pm, Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire
English Music Festival
STANFORD Nonet
BRITTEN Sinfonietta
BAX Nonet
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Nonet
Oxford University Orchestra
Friday 22 May 2015, 8.00pm, Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
STRAVINSKY The Firebird: Suite (1919)
Trinity Orchestra
Saturday 16 May 2015, 7.30pm, Trinity Church, Harrow
MOZART Die Zauberflöte: Overture
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 in B flat 'Spring
Berent Korfker violin
Aylesbury Symphony Orchestra
Sunday 10 May 2015, 4.00pm, St Mary's Church, Aylesbury
MUSSORGSKY Boris Godunov: Prelude and Polonaise
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D minor
Chris Hopkins piano
Royal College of Music Classical Orchestra (replacing Sir Roger Norrington)
Friday 8 May 2015, 7.30pm, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, London
HAYDN Symphony No. 85 in B flat 'La reine'
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 in C 'Great'
English Pocket Opera Company
Thursday 23 April 2015, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall, London
BEN PALMER Fanfare with Good Companye world première
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights
GOUNOD Roméo et Juliette: Juliette's Waltz
BELLINI I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Act I Finale
BERNSTEIN West Side Story: America; One Hand, One Heart; Mambo
Orchestra of St Paul's
Tuesday 21 April 2015, 7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, London
MALCOLM ARNOLD Serenade for small orchestra
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Greensleeves
PAUL PATTERSON Serenade for violin and orchestra
DOWLAND (arr. Ben Palmer) In this trembling shadow UK première
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
BRITTEN Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
Midori Komachi violin
Richard Edgar-Wilson tenor
Alec Frank-Gemmill horn
Orchestra of St Paul's • Woking Choral Society
Saturday 28 March 2015, 7.30pm, H. G. Wells Centre, Woking
MICHAEL HAYDN Requiem
MOZART Requiem in D minor KV 626
Felicity Hayward soprano
Ciara Hendrick alto
Michael Solomon Williams tenor
Michael Mofidian bass
Stamford Chamber Orchestra
Saturday 21 March 2015, 8.00pm, Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 in B flat
WEBER Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor
HAYDN Symphony No. 92 in G 'Oxford'
David Campbell clarinet
Orchestra of St Paul's
Sunday 22 February 2015, 7.00pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, London
MOZART Symphony No. 3 in E flat KV 18
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A KV 488
C. STAMITZ Flute Concerto in D
MOZART Ein musikalische Spaß KV 522
Andrew Pae piano
Alber Pae flute
Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra (rehearsal and assistant conductor for Jac van Steen)
16, 19 & 26 February 2015, Royal College of Music & Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London
LILI BOULANGER Marche gaie world première
KOECHLIN Les heures persanes: excerpts UK première
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Jac van Steen conductor
Aylesbury Symphony Orchestra
Sunday 8 February 2015, 4.00pm, St Mary's Church, Aylesbury
BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 5
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D
Rachel Spencer violin
Wolsey Orchestra
Saturday 7 February 2015, 7.30pm, The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
ELGAR Froissart
BOTTESINI Elegy
PAGANINI Moses Variations
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D
Dominic Seldis double bass
Stamford Chamber Orchestra
Saturday 24 January 2015, 8.00pm, Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
JOHAN HELMICH ROMAN Sinfonia in G
NIELSEN Little Suite for strings
SIBELIUS Andante Festivo
LARS-ERIK LARSSON Little Serenade for strings
BEN PALMER Dance of the Hardanger Fiddle world première
GRIEG Holberg Suite
Farnborough Symphony Orchestra
Saturday 17 January 2015, 7.45pm, Farnham Maltings
ROSSINI The Barber of Seville: Overture
WOLF Italian Serenade
MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A KV 622
DELIUS Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A 'Italian'
Shannon Wagstaff clarinet
London Haydn Project
Saturday 3 January 2015, 7.00pm, St Mary Brookfield, Dartmouth Park Hill, London
HAYDN Symphony No. 39 in G minor
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 in G KV 453
HAYDN Symphony No. 31 in D 'Hornsignal'
John Reid piano
Orchestra of St Paul's • The Syred Consort
Saturday 20 December 2014, 7.00pm, Rye Parish Church
Monday 22 December 2014, 7.00pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, London
HANDEL Messiah
Orchestra of St Paul's
Saturday 13 December 2014, 1.30pm, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London
Saturday 13 December 2014, 4.00pm, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf
HOWARD BLAKE The Snowman (film screening with live orchestra)
Clemency Burton-Hill narrator
Orchestra of St Paul's • Woking Choral Society
Saturday 6 December 2014, 7.30pm H. G. Wells Centre, Woking
BEETHOVEN Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor
BRAHMS Ein deutsches Requiem
Filipa van Eck soprano
Johnny Herford baritone
Barnet Youth Wind Orchestra
Friday 28 November 2014, 7.00pm, Finchley, London
JOHN ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast Machine
WATARU HOKOYAMA Beyond
HOLST The Planets: Mars; Jupiter
MICHAEL GIACCHINO Star Trek: Symphonic Suite
JOHN WILLIAMS E.T.: Adventures on Earth
Aylesbury Symphony Orchestra
Sunday 16 November 2014, 4.00pm, St Mary's Church, Aylesbury
HOLST A Somerset Rhapsody
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 3 'Pastoral'
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F 'Pastoral'
Stamford Chamber Orchestra
Saturday 15 November 2014, 8.00pm, Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
HAYDN Symphony No. 93 in D
R. STRAUSS Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A 'Italian'
Sam Pearce horn
Kazakh State Chamber Orchestra "Academy of Soloists"
Thursday 6 November 2014, 7.00pm, Organ Hall, Kazakh National Academy of Music, Astana, Kazakhstan
MOZART Symphony No. 28 in C KV 200
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for strings
MENDELSSOHN Sinfonia No. X in B minor
London Haydn Project
Sunday 19 October 2014, 6.00pm, St Mary Brookfield, Dartmouth Park Hill, London
HAYDN Symphony No. 23 in G
MOZART Adagio and Fugue in C minor KV 546
HAYDN Symphony No. 64 in A 'Tempora mutantur'
Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra (rehearsal conductor for Andrew Gourlay)
13-16 October 2014, Royal College of Music, London
WILLIAM LLOYD-WEBBER Aurora
MAHLER Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Orchestra of St Paul's
Sunday 28 September 2014, 7.15pm, Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
MILHAUD La création du monde
STRAVINSKY The Soldier's Tale: Suite
IVES The Unanswered Question
JOHN ADAMS Son of Chamber Symphony
Oxford Sinfonia
Saturday 27 September 2014, 8.00pm, St Mary's Church, Oxford
MOZART Le nozze di Figaro: Overture
R. STRAUSS Oboe Concerto
HAYDN Symphony No. 102 in B flat
Gordon Hunt oboe
Orchestra of St Paul's
Saturday 13 September 2014, 7.00pm, St Mary's Church, Tunstead, Norfolk
BRITTEN Simple Symphony
JAMES CLARKE Piano Concerto world première
ELGAR Serenade for strings
JAMES CLARKE The Five Songs world première
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Victoria Bonham piano
Matthew Dunnett tenor
Freddie Gavita flugelhorn
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (assistant conductor to Sir Roger Norrington)
Wednesday 3 September 2014, 7.30pm, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F
BERLIOZ Roméo et Juliette: Roméo seul
DVORAK Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World'
Sir Roger Norrington conductor
Orchestra of St Paul's
Tuesday 2 September 2014, Surrey
Studio recording
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (assistant conductor to Sir Roger Norrington)
Sunday 31 August 2014, 7.00pm, Leiderhalle (Beethovensaal), Stuttgart, Germany
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F
BERLIOZ Roméo et Juliette: Roméo seul
DVORAK Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World'
Sir Roger Norrington conductor


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Comrades, well Joe – I've been defamed – Hockey has said we need a 'mature debate" on tax and that will include of course the GST. Now, blind Freddie could tell you that perhaps the best way to increase the tax-base is to crack down on the rorts in the tax system. This 'mature debate' might want to look at superannuation tax-breaks for high end earners in which the tax-payer is paying for super top-up for very high earners, whilst the plebs have had their annual $500 super top-up slashed by the Abbott Government. Fair? No, but then again that's the tax-break!
Another is to increase the Capital-Gains Tax on the sale of rental properties that have been negatively geared. Also I know some of youse will scream at me, but it is time for Negative-Gearing to go, or at least slowly removed over a ten year period. This should at least allow investors time to disinvest from the property market in an organised manner, instead of a wild stamped!
Now that's just three things I can think of in this 'mature debate' on tax, which will be completely denied by Mr – I've been defamed- Hockey and Mr – Red Budgie Smuggler – Abbott. They'll just look at my suggestions laugh and say, "Rupert won't like those ideas". So the suggestions will not get up under this government at least. Meanwhile the tax base shrinks and continues to shrink unless we take a stand and demand changes.
Now Hockey has suggested increasing the GST rate to address the shrinking tax base. However, he has not suggested what it should be increased too. Victorian Premier Andrews, in a way shot the proposal down in flames. But as he pointed out the GST is a very efficient at raising tax. But, it's also very regressive tax. In other words it hits lower-income people harder than high-income earners.
But, as former Prime Minister, Paul Keating, said "Never come between a premier and a bucket of money". The state-governments have had $18 billion slashed from their budgets in last year's federal budget and the states are going to have to come up with a way to cover that shortfall in their revenue. So expect an increase in the GST.


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But while corporate titans battle over whose businesses will be more profitable, let's not forget about those whom I will call the "Lucky Few." These are the millions of Americans that own mineral rights in the U.S. Private mineral ownership is a concept that's almost entirely unique to the United States and it has been a major reason that the U.S. has developed an energy industry that leads the world in innovation and soon might lead it in production.
But nowhere in the conversation about exporting natural gas and the impact one way or another to its commodity price have I heard any discussion of the impacts to mineral owners. If LNG export leads to higher natural gas prices, even if only marginally higher, royalties increase and more money ends up in the pockets of average people.
Roughly somewhere between 10% and 25% of all oil and gas production from private lands goes into the pockets of average Americans. Royalties from production on state and federal lands are paid to governments and therefore benefit everyone. Mineral ownership and the payment of royalties (and bonuses) help "share the wealth" of fossil fuel production with the common man. The money paid to private owners is taxed and recirculates throughout the economy as spending and investment.
I know, boo-hoo for the people who have royalty rights (that's why I call them the "Lucky Few"). But royalties are real revenues that go directly to people and shouldn't be ignored when the government is poised to make a decision that effectively will cap commodity prices and will directly reduce royalty payments in the long run.
Suppressing natural gas prices has a direct economic impact on millions of Americans. Let's hear more about that in the War of LNG.


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Woven jacket + Saori method
This weekend, I watched the Bollywood film Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, and I couldn't take my eyes off the woven jacket worn by actor Amitabh Bachchan. You'll see what I mean if you watch the video. A little research revealed it was created by fashion designer Aki Narula, and the jacket is several pieces of shawls and durries sown together to create "an explosion of color":
It reminds me of some of the weavings I've been seeing on Ravelry, inspired by the Sarori method. (Here are some Google images.) Saori is a free-style method of weaving that produces brightly-colored, highly varied fabric. There's also a loom company from Japan called Saori. It's very inspiring! However, I have to admit that the first time I saw this type of weaving, my reaction was, "Gee, that's a little messy." 🙂


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♥ What do you think you'll read next?
A Boy Like You by Ginger Scott
So I read three emotional books in a row and I'm currently a mess. It doesn't help that I was listening to Ed Sheeran's new album while reading these books. GRIP WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! LIKE, I CAN'T RAVE ENOUGH ABOUT IT! I honestly don't even know how I am going to review this book. Review to come.
I buddy-read The Hate U Give with my favorite girls and while we all have our own opinions about the book, overall we enjoyed it. It's definitely an important book that needs to be shoved in everyones face and I absolutely adored Starr's family. They were my favorite thing about this book.
Then I decided to pick up A Boy Like You and there went the last bit of my tears. I was not expecting this book to be what is was and I can't even elaborate on what I mean because it's a spoiler. I NEED THE SEQUEL NOW. Review to come.
Blackbird by Molly McAdams
After reading so many emotional books, I need a dark read as a buffer so I can avoid a slump. Plus, I'm super curious to see if Molly McAdams can actually pull off darker fiction.
Soul series by Kennedy Ryan
I decided to give myself a free week to read whatever I want and after loving Grip so much, I need to read the rest of Kennedy Ryan's books. I'm dying to see where Kai and Rhyson's story started and I'm ready for all the emotions!
What are you guys reading this week? Leave me your links down below!


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Limousine- a perfect choice as a wedding car
Planning a wedding party requires a lot of aspects to be focused on. One such aspect is the wedding transport. The wedding car that the newly married couple will ride upon should be very special. Choosing a transport for your wedding has an emotional as well as a functional aspect. The wedding transport should be satisfactory as well as adequate to carry the passengers. The choice of people for wedding cars has changed with time.
Limousines are one of the best options that are both satisfactory and adequate providing enough space for a large number of people in case they are to travel with the wedding couple. The presence of such a lavish vehicle makes the occasion more special, luxurious and exciting. A wedding day is not something that will come again and again in one's life neither is anyone going to get a chance of riding in a limo daily. Such infrequent occurrences and such a rare drive seem to be complementing each other. The wedding limousine services provide a number of models in limousine to present various options for limousine admirers.
Smaller models of limo can be hired if the couple is to travel alone while if a number of other members of the family are to accompany them, a stretched model of limo can be a suitable option. These stretched cars have a capacity to accommodate many people at a time and provide a lot of luggage space. Another way of discriminating in limos is either to choose a new model or to go for a classic one. It depends upon the personal preferences of the wedding hosts what kind of a car they would like to see in the wedding.
The classic limousine cars render a traditional look to the event. They are the perfect choice if the wedding couple is to travel alone as it has the capacity of only four people. The superior interiors of the car provide a very comfortable ride. The fun starts just when the travelers enter the car. But the negative point of these cars is that some of the advanced facilities that are included in the new models of limousine may be missing in the classic limos. The new models of limo have increased capacities that can be an ideal choice for carrying the whole family to the wedding venue.
The hiring cost of these luxurious cars is obviously high but many wedding limousine services provide cheaper wedding packages. These packages include the car rental, the service charges for a chauffeur, car decoration charges and free drinks for the bride and the groom. These can also be hired on hourly basis but that will be more expensive and other charges like chauffeur hire charges and decoration charges will also be added. The wedding car hire services are generally punctual and upright, however, there should always be a backup plan. It will be really disappointing for the couple as well as other members of the family if something goes wrong at the last moment. One should give proper instructions to the service providers to reach the venue well in time.


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Denver Birth Photography - the Family Centered Cesarean Birth of Briar
Emily and I met for coffee in Northwest Denver, and we talked about her first two births, as well as her hopes for her third. After two boys, she was finally having a little girl, and she couldn't have been more excited. Emily planned to have her baby at Baby + Co, a free-standing birth center here in Denver. It happened to be the same birth center I was receiving my prenatal care, and I was excited to capture another beautiful birth story there. When Emily went into labor, I met her and her family at the birth center. After several hours, it became evident that something was preventing labor from progressing. Her midwives wisely prescribed some therapeutic rest for Emily and we agreed to stay in touch in case labor picked up again. When labor didn't continue, Emily went in for an ultrasound and consultation with Baby + Co's partner OB practice. After seeing the ultrasound and speaking to the OB, Emily and her family knew what was best for their baby girl - a gentle and beautiful family centered cesarean.
I had the honor of joining Emily, her husband, and her mom back in the OR. Emily wore a Hudlo shirt, which allowed her to bring baby immediately to her chest. The Hudlo shirt was specifically designed for cesarean and NICU mamas: it allows baby to nestle safely inside without requiring the use of your hands. Emily's birth was just as beautiful and peaceful as I imagined it would be. I loved being at a hospital that is working so hard to make sure that ALL women get a birth that is gentle, calm, and full of love.


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Bike Routes, Bike Lanes, and Signed Routes
Bicycles may be operated on all roadways, except where prohibited. However certain roads may be more desirable for use due to low traffic speeds and volumes and do not necessitate a separated bike facility. These roadways can be designated as shared lane bike routes with route signage and pavement markings to designate shared use of the travel lanes. Shared lanes should not be used as a substitute for conventional bike lanes when space permits.
Typical Use
- On streets with low traffic volume (≤3,000 ADT)
- On streets with low travel speeds (≤ 35 mph)
- To fill a gap or transition between bike facilities
Facility Benefits
- Bike route signage alerts motorists of the increased potential for bicycle activity and informs bicyclists they are on a preferred roadway.
- Signage may include wayfinding information to indicate destinations and when to turn onto another street. This helps familiarize riders with the overall bicycle network.
- The "Bicycles May Use Full Lane" sign may be used for travel lanes too narrow for bicyclists and motorists to safely navigate side by side.
- Shared lane pavement markings (sharrows) may be used in combination with signage and guides bicyclists to the proper positioning within the travel lane.
- Shared lane pavement markings and signage require no additional street width.


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Duma operating agreements
Duma operating agreements
From ICWiki
By providing information
about our day-to-day expectations of one another to new folks at
Duma , we hope to make the transition for new residents as smooth
as Velveeta® cheese. Feel free to ask questions about the
following information. And if you have suggestions or concerns
about any of these items, speak with other folks or write about
it in the communications book. As a group, we can change these
agreements at any time.
We have agreed to lock
the outside doors and close ground-floor windows at night to keep
out burglars, rapists, and slimy green monsters with lots of
tentacles. Generally the security person locks the doors and
closes windows around 10 pm and the first people up in the
morning unlock the doors. We have also agreed to lock the
house and close windows in the daytime when no one is home or no
one is on the first floor. It's wise to take keys with you
any time you leave home. The membership coordinators can give you
a key if you haven't received one yet. Hallway and porch lights
are also left on at night for safety and security. Please turn
the lights off during the day if you notice them on.
Please indicate what
days you are able to partake in meals on the board located in the
kitchen so the cook knows how much food to prepare and how many
places to set. Please indicate if you need a "late
plate" or aren't sure whether you can attend dinner. If you
have guests over for dinner, please remember to put the date they
plan to attend on the board as well. If there are any foods that
make you gag, let others know through the communication book. If
you wish to prepare or eat meat in the house, bring it up at a
meeting so we can work out any concerns folks might have.
Everyone is
responsible for cleaning dishes, pots, pans, containers etc. that
they use during the day and after the evening meal. Violators
will be promptly thrown into the dungeon. After washing your
dishes, help out by putting a couple of dishes from the drainer
away. The afternoon clean-up people and the dinner clean-up folks
are not responsible for cleaning up people's personal messes.
There are a whole bunch of other kitchen guidelines posted in the
kitchen to make sharing food enjoyable rather than a hassle. Please
read through the kitchen guidelines and become familiar with
RECYCLING and TRASH
We recycle just about
everything (except certain contraceptive devices). Please become
familiar with the system, so folks who have lived here awhile
don't have a cow when they see a juice carton in the trash. It's
best to ask the recycling coordinator if you have questions,
since what can and can't be recycled seem to change frequently.
We also have a "free box" and lost and found. Put your
personal garbage in the can outdoors. Garbage pick-up is on
We have found much less
blood is shed if folks do not leave their personal belongings in
common spaces. Please follow through with any project you
start or mess you make.
When you shower, open
the window to prevent the mildew that's growing on the ceiling
from coming down and gettin' you. Remove the hair from the drain,
and close the shower curtain to let it dry out when you are done.
(Here's a Hint from Heloise: Drying in the shower keeps the
bathroom floor drier!) The toilet motto to conserve water is
"If it's brown, flush it down, if it's yellow, let it
mellow." For men only: After you take a pee, put the
seat down so the next person to sit on the john doesn't have to
put the seat down (or accidentally fall in!) Oh yes, and
everyone, please replace the toilet paper when you use up the
roll or else your ass is grass.
and USE
It seems to work best if
messages are left in people's mailboxes with the day, time of
call, and your name on the message. This information really helps
when you are trying to decipher a message that looks like it was
written in Cantoneese. Speak with the treasurer about obtaining
an account code for making long-distance calls from the house.
Please notice that there's a special access number for making
calls in SW Oregon and that you should use the upstairs phone for
calls to the outlying areas around Eugene (Veneta, Marcola,
Cottage Cheese, etc.) Trial members and members can also receive
calling cards for use away from home if you wish. If you plan to
be on the phone for a long time, use the phone upstairs.
MAIL and NEWSPAPER
If you bring in the
mail, please sort it and put it into people's boxes and recycle
any junk mail addressed to "Resident." The secretary
forwards mail on to folks no longer living here and sometimes to
people who are no longer living. If you bring in the newspaper,
please recycle the advertising inserts and yesterday's paper. We
leave the current newspaper behind the boxes of periodicals
during the day so others aren't ripping their hair out looking
for their horoscope or the latest lies from Washington. P.S. Some
people (read: "me") get peeved when a section of the
paper is left folded up backwards like a gymnast doing a floor
routine or when the paper is strew all over the table.
There's a notebook
describing the responsibilities of each job. Please, please,
please read them so other folks don't have to remind you that
evening clean-up includes putting away the dishes as well as
washing them. It's up to you to find someone to cover your job if
you are gone. If you plan on being gone for a while, place the
item on the house agenda so we can decide which jobs can slide
and which jobs others can take on.
The communication book
is a way we can share information with everyone else about
matters that don't need immediate attention. Items that need
immediate attention or response are posted on the fridge. So if
the house is on fire, post a note on the refrigerator to find who
will be on the committee… Read through the communications book
to see what kinds of entries people contribute and add your own.
Communication flows best if everyone reads the book at least once
a week. A reminder circulates from left to right in the
If you wish to use a
common space for a group event like having the Grateful Dead play
in the living room, it's best to write about it plenty ahead of
time in the communications book to see if it's OK with others.
Sound travels easily in
the house, so we've agreed to keep quiet between 10 pm and 9am on
weekdays and between 11pm and 10am on weekends. Leave hall doors
closed during these hours to reduce sound travel. Remember that
the chair sliding across the dining room floor sounds like a herd
of elephants to the people sleeping below.
Most folks enjoy sharing
their belongings with others, but in group living situation such
as ours, it's easy to take for granted that other people's
personal belongings are there for everyone's use. It's
important then, to take extra care of personal belongings so
people who are letting others use their items don't harbor
resentment or feel "used".
Friends, neighbors, and
past Duma members occasionally come over to borrow things from
us. Unfortunately, they aren't always responsible about bringing
them back. To create some accountability, if Nancy the Neighbor
wants to borrow the nail-puller, ask her to write in the
communications book what she borrowed, when she borrowed it, when
she will bring it back, and how to get in touch with her. That
way we all know who has the nail-puller rather than looking
around for it and wishing we could pull the toe-nails out of the
person who took it.
If there's no place in
the front or back to park your car, speak with the neighborhood
liaison about where to park on the streets. We wish to keep good
terms with our neighbors, particularly Carl the Car Crusher, so
we need to be careful not to park in their Spot.
SMOKING, ALCOHOL, and
Because smoking affects
other people, outside is the only appropriate place to smoke.
Place cigarette butts in a can and arrange with other smokers to
empty the can periodically. We don't have any formal agreements
about the use of alcohol or drugs, however, it's pretty difficult
to have a meeting with full participation when someone is under
the influence of chemicals. Basically, it' up to the individual
to make a decision about the use of substances as long as long as
it doesn't interfere with other people or hinder our ability to
create community. Keep in mind that some people may feel uneasy
about substance use in their presence because they are recovering
from substance addictions or have hurtful experiences surrounding
friends or family members who used chemicals.
In general, most people
in Duma feel comfortable about being naked and seeing other
people naked. Please take into consideration, however, that not
all people feel comfortable with nakedness for many reasons
including sexual abuse. If you feel it's important to be naked
within the house or outside on a regular basis, bring this issue
up for discussion at house meeting by placing it on the agenda.
If you wish to make a
semi-permanent change to your room such as painting or engraving
a silhouette of Barry Manilow's nose on the wall, it's best to
check with others first (i.e. write your ideas in the
communication book and ask for feedback) At a meeting, we can
discuss using house funds for making long-term improvements to
To create a sustainable
community, we need processes to work out interpersonal tensions
before they erupt into major conflicts. Confronting one another
directly and compassionately is the key. Many of us have found
that Marshall Rosenberg's method for compassionate communication
is effective. This involves stating a specific action, how that
makes feel, why you feel the way you do, and what you would like
to see done differently in the future. There's more information
available about this method of communication.
As a group we will need
to decide at a meeting whether we wish to live with specific
pets. One exception: we do not need to reach consensus on
allowing dust bunnies to live with us since they already do.
Anyone can generate
proposals to consider at house meetings. We slowly but surely
discovered that if proposals are made in writing at least a few
days ahead of the meeting and posted for everyone to read, that
meetings flow with much less turbulence. When writing a proposal,
it's helpful to give some background information and state the
purpose of making the proposal because it often alleviates other
people's concerns.
Over time, we have made
many other agreements to make living together easier. Some of the
most important include agreements about guests, the meeting
process, our values, finances, leave of absence, toe-nail
clipping regulations, our by-laws, and return of investment. It's
important to gain a familiarity with these agreements (and
suggest changes) so we all have a common understanding about how
we will live together. Look in the agreements notebook or ask
the secretary for a copy of these agreements.


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Why Settling In Russia and How to Find Friends, Job, and Accommodation
With stable, steady growth and huge energy resources, Russia has once again emerged as a world power, one that will become even more important in the next decades. Russia has now attained a status it hasn't enjoyed since the Soviet Union fell. Whether you come here to work or study, having lived in Russia and/or being able to speak Russian is a major bonus to have on any CV.
But that's just the pragmatic side of making the choice to live in Russia. Or maybe a good justification (and a genuine one) for having the chance to experience what is a remarkable country. The legacies of Russia's recent history as the USSR, fascinating to so many people, are still a major part of the country. The culture is unlike anything you will experience in the rest of Europe. The sheer size of the country is mind-blowing, home to so many natural wonders and such diverse peoples. Living in Russia is a life-changing experience. It's not always easy and it's often an incredibly frustrating place to live, but there is always something new to see, something new to do and something new to learn from living here.
Practicalities, Accommodation, and Work
Once you made your decision to move to Russia, the next consideration could be finding appropriate accommodation and work.
In terms of accommodation, your best choice is to start with a room. Try posting on our forum or Expat.Ru as well as the English-language roommate matching service FlatMates.Ru and also ask around your friends and on Facebook. Normally, a decent room in the center of Moscow would cost you about $300-$500 / month. After several months you may consider moving into your own apartment, but keep in mind that the real-estate prices in Moscow are too high: you won't get anything worth living in for less than $1300 US / month.
Finding a job is not such a big problem. The obvious choice is to teach English or do nannying – these jobs are relatively easy to get and may even pay well. Doing translation jobs or other freelance work is also a good option, but this way you'll be less integrated and it may be difficult sometimes. If you want to work for a big company, there's a whole question of work permits and other legal stuff. If you want to set up your own business in Russia, that's more or less possible and there's still lots of niches, especially service-related businesses, where you could thrive. Taxes are some of the lowest in Europe, but the amount of red tape is frightening and you will definitely need a qualified accountant (starts at $200 / month), to do all the paperwork and stuff.
For those who wish to study Russian language in Russia, there are a wide variety of schools in a number of different cities to choose from. It is also possible to obtain a full degree at one of the country's universities. Some, like Moscow State University, have an outstanding international reputation.
Watching the Russians
Russian Character: Don't expect Russians to be like other Europeans. Two main things will strike you when you first arrive: firstly, customer service is atrocious and, secondly, Russians can appear very blunt and/or rude people. And while you'll probably never get used to the bad service (the incompetence will still have you pulling your hair out after years in the country) you will come to grips with the Russian mentality much more quickly.
At the start of the your time here the frustrations will mount quickly: the inability of Russians to queue in a straight line,
their tendency to push in front of you in queues, the fact that people in any position of authority will do their best not to help you but will instead use their meager amount of power to make things difficult for you. To new arrivals it may seem shocking to be greeted at a shop with the word, "Speak." Or to have a cashier reply, "Why do you care" when you ask them how they are. Or to be unapologetically pushed and shoved as you walk along the streets or in the metro. But soon enough you get used to it and adopt the old "When in Rome" adage. It's a different culture and a different way of looking at the world. Instead of letting it frustrate you, try to enjoy it, try to understand it, and try to learn from it.
A very good way to get an insight about Russian mentality is to read our Russian People Interviews and to read our thorough research on Russian culture in What is Russia section.
Blending In: The chances are you will always stand out as a foreigner in Russia no matter how hard you try. Russians say they can tell a foreigner by their eyes and after being in Russia for long enough you will be able to do the same. Trying to attain the Russian appearance cannot be simplified to statements like, "Don't smile," or "Look angry all the time." But study the faces of the locals and over time it's not impossible to adopt the same expression. For what? Well, there's no point really except that it's hard to feel like you belong in a country when people are always staring at you, no matter how harmless their intentions might be. And it's always a kick the first time someone gets a shock when they find out you're not Russian.
Safety: Russia is a surprisingly safe place. It is very rare to be physically threatened, there are not a lot of pickpockets and the scams running here aren't particularly clever. However, people of smaller build or stature tend to get hassled more than the larger variety. Whenever you hear of a foreigner being mugged in Moscow, it's generally a little guy. And, although it's a shame to have to say so, racist attacks on people with darker skin are a problem in Russia. While the chances of it ever happening to you might be marginal, it does need to be mentioned. Just keep in mind that there are only a handful of attacks on dark-skinned people in all of Russia each year (not including attacks on people from Central Asian countries).
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"CasaDelNorte" wrote:"CasaDelNorte" wrote:
Been looking high and low - does anyone know of a way to include an array of values as one of the Jboss scheduler paramaters?
For attribute name="SchedulableArguments", a value of:
For attribute name="SchedulableArgumentTypes", a value of:
Any hints or help will be greatly appreciated.
"CasaDelNorte" wrote:"CasaDelNorte" wrote:
Hmmm - well, at least I found a work-around. I've added a java.lang.String parameter with the values of one|two|three and using StringTokenizer to split them in the class. This just feels a little... hacky. Is there a better way?


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Entering his first season on the Freeride World Tour, Logan Pehota was a wildcard.
Quite literally.
The 20-year-old Pembertonian was invited onto the tour for the 2016 season and proved he belonged in his debut.
Pehota, the son of legendary skier Eric, took a fourth-place finish in Vallnord-Arcalis, Andorra in his first event on the tour on Jan. 22, scoring an 86.50. Sweden's Kristoffer Turdell wrapped up the victory with 90.50 points and Russia's Ivan Malakhov nipped Pehota by scoring an 86.63 to take third. Switzerland's Jérémie Heitz placed second.
Pehota planned two separate approaches to the mountain before heading up, but ultimately opted for Plan B for fear of making a costly mistake and missing a chunk of the season with an injury.
"I had two lines picked out and I ended up doing my back-up run there. I felt more comfortable with that run. It was safer and I really just wanted to make it down to the bottom without hitting any rocks or getting hurt, being so early in the season," he said. "The plan (was) to be on the other side of the venue, which seemed to have more of the winning runs, which I figured was going to be the case. It had a few big areas that I wasn't sure about the landings. We kept talking about rocks and so on. I really just wanted to do a more conservative run."
When all was said and done, Pehota acknowledged he was thrilled to have placed where he did, especially considering the nature of his run.
"I was kind of surprised at how well I did. I wasn't really expecting to come fourth," he said. "I'm not saying I wasn't trying or anything, I just wasn't expecting to be quite that high after my run."
Before descending for the first time at the FWT level, Pehota wasn't exactly sweating bullets.
"I was not very nervous. I was quite shocked, really. I'm not sure why I wasn't nervous, maybe just because I was pretty confident in my run," he said.
Pehota was discovered at the Skiers Cup in Zermatt, Switzerland in 2015, as Freeride World Tour founder Nicolas Hale-Woods offered him a wildcard spot on the tour.
"I didn't have to qualify. I just got in," he said. "I'm glad I was able to show I have what it takes to compete with these guys."
Pehota competed again at this year's Skiers Cup on Feb. 1, winning his head-to-head matchup with Swiss competitor Nicolas Vuignier, though Team Americas fell 10-6 to Europe overall.
Pehota was speaking from Chamonix, France, where he is slated to compete this weekend. He noted with bucket-loads of snow in the forecast, the event might be moved ahead a day to Friday, Feb. 5 to make the most of the great conditions.
"It looks like it's supposed to snow 50 centimetres and then go bluebird. It could be a really good event," he said.


text: I'm psyched about the series of 80's cover songs that Jared Putnam of The March Divide is releasing, each accompanied by a different cover image created by Krist Krueger, and featuring Jared "wearing" the era-compliant hairstyle of the artist he's covering. First up is "Closedown" from The Cure (as if that wasn't already clear!) Thanks out to Verbicide Magazine!


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Tuesday, 27 September 2011 05:45 PM
EUGENE, Ore. — The leader of the U.S. branch of a defunct Islamic charity has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison after being convicted of helping to smuggle $150,000 to Saudi Arabia.
U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan said Tuesday in Eugene that while he has no doubt the money went to Islamic fighters battling the Russian army in Chechnya, there's no proof directly linking Pete Seda to terrorism.
For that reason Hogan said he wouldn't apply the so-called "terrorism enhancement" that could have sent Seda to prison for eight years.
Instead, Hogan sentenced Seda to 33 months in prison.
Seda is an Iranian-born U.S. citizen who ran the U.S. chapter of the al-Haramain Islamic Foundation based in Ashland.
He was convicted last year of tax fraud and conspiracy to defraud the government.
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Greek, Japanese and Korean students are the largest sources of foreign students from OECD countries, while students from China and Southeast Asia make up the largest numbers of foreign students from non-OECD countries.As the demand for learning grows in OECD countries, governments are having to establish policies and find resources for providing efficient, equitable and lifelong education. While virtually all young people in OECD countries can expect to go to school for 11 years, four out of ten go on to tertiary programmes leading to the equivalent of a bachelor's degree or higher. Furthermore, although one-third of OECD students drop out before they complete their first tertiary-level degree, for half of the OECD countries studied, more than 40% of the adult population enrolled in some form of continuing education and training within a 12-month period. With the exception of France, Germany and Turkey, participation in university-level education grew in OECD countries between 1995 and 2000, and in the majority of countries by more than 15%.Education at a Glance shows that there are still gender differences in education. For the most part, women can expect to go to school half a year longer than men. Among older age groups, men have attained higher levels of schooling, but for younger people, this pattern is now being reversed in most countries as more women than men are completing their education. A new component of Education at a Glance compares student performance across countries, shifting the focus from education inputs to outcomes. Drawing on the results of the OECD-PISA study, these comparisons show a wide disparity across the many countries surveyed in performances of 15-year-old school pupils in reading and scientific and mathematical literacy. Many of the results will serve as an eye-opener for educators. Education at a Glance will make it easier to shape educational methods to student needs and provides an opportunity for cross-border comparison of teaching and educational systems. It is now more than ever a valuable reference for all stakeholders in education, wherever in the world they might be.© OECD Observer No. 234, October 2002
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Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2002
In the world of education, students and teachers are on the move. More students attend universities and schools abroad, while teachers too have become more internationally mobile. In some ways, education has many of the characteristics of a large global business. This year's Education at a Glance, published in October, shows that within the OECD area, Australia, France, Germany, the UK and the US attract seven out of ten foreign students studying abroad.
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We spend a lot of time at work with colleagues, and this time of year tends to be rife with opportunities to experience the awkward. With the gift-giving and holiday party season just around the corner, use these tips to prepare for those inevitable awkward moments at work that could otherwise leave you in a bad mood.
People asking for money
Whether it's to support their favorite charity or for a gift for the boss or a co-worker, it can be uncomfortable to tell someone you don't want to support his or her cause or pay for a gift for someone you don't even like. How you respond will depend on the situation. If it's a gift for the boss or a colleague, you may be best off giving something than taking a stand and being labeled uncooperative. However, you can always say you are taking care of your own gift, or, in the case of a charity, explain that you've already maxed out your quarterly charitable contributions.
Whether a co-worker gives you a gift and you don't have one in return, or you're deciding if you should buy the boss a gift, the gift-giving season can be awkward. While you shouldn't feel obligated to give anyone a gift, it's a good idea to identify the workplace rituals before it's too late if you want to give a good impression. If everyone exchanges presents, you may want to just go along and avoid discomfort. If you have financial issues, give something homemade or thoughtful that isn't expensive. If you feel strongly and don't want to participate for religious reasons simply explain why you aren't able to participate.
Colleagues asking you to support their kids' fundraisers
In many companies, it is actually against policy to ask co-workers to purchase items, especially if it is a supervisor asking an employee. However, if you don't want to pull the "it's wrong of you to even ask me" excuse, you can still easily beg off by saying that you "already got your share of (wrapping paper, cookie dough or other trinket) from the neighbor's kid."
Conversations about salaries or bonuses
If your company gives holiday bonuses or raises at this time of year, it can be awkward to answer a colleague's question about what you received. Whether it's because you think you may have earned more or less, it can be a difficult conversation either way. If you're not comfortable discussing it, you can always demur and say you've found it's a good policy not to discuss money with colleagues and leave it at that.
Office parties
It's not bad enough that you have to spend all day with colleagues who have gross habits. At this time of year, they expect you to prepare to enjoy evenings socializing with them, too. Even if your colleagues aren't your favorite people, it's still a good idea to extend yourself and join in the fun — even if it isn't that much fun for you. Make a point to limit or avoid alcohol consumption and keep the conversations casual and pleasant. You never know, an office party may provide an introduction to someone you've been wanting to meet; never ignore the networking potential.
For the non-religious or those in minority religions, saying grace before work events can be very awkward. Usually, your best bet is to be respectful, but don't feel compelled to bow your head or say "amen" if you don't want to participate.


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In 1974, Dr. Henry J. Heimlich, a Cincinnati chest surgeon, developed the Heimlich Maneuver -- a simple procedure that laymen can use to save victims of choking, which is the sixth leading cause of accidental death. It costs nothing, requires no special equipment, and takes just minutes to learn. In addition to saving victims of choking, it is sometimes used to save drowning victims. The Heimlich Institute, which he founded in Cincinnati, is currently researching new treatments for AIDS and cancer. It is also working to promote peaceful solutions to international problems through the "A Caring World" program.
The Heimlich Maneuver has had an enormous public health impact, saving an estimated 30,000 lives over the years in the United States alone. In 1984, it earned Dr. Heimlich a prestigious Albert Lasker Award for Public Service. Many recipients of the Lasker Award have gone on to win a Nobel Prize.
More than 100,000 people around the world choke to death each year when food or other foreign objects accidentally lodge in the trachea or windpipe. Unless breathing is restored within 4 minutes they face irreversible brain damage and death. Bystanders may not recognize the problem because the victim can't speak and call for help. Many choking cases are mistaken for heart attacks. Choking cases that occur in public eating places are sometimes termed "café coronaries."
In 1972, Dr. Heimlich recognized the enormous toll from accidental choking, and began to study exactly how objects lodge in the windpipe and how they might be dislodged. He discovered that the usual ways of treating the emergency actually made things worse. Hitting a choking victim on the back or attempting to remove the object with the fingers usually wedged it tighter in the windpipe. Dr. Heimlich realized that air remains in the lungs even when a person's airway is completely blocked.
Research on animals convinced him that the trapped air could be used to force an object out of the windpipe. He published the idea in the Journal of Emergency Medicine so that physicians around the world could read about it and test it. The idea was simple: Any bystander could suddenly compress this air in the victim's lungs by delivering a quick, upward thrust to the diaphragm. That would pop the object out of the windpipe, just like squeezing on a water-filled balloon squirts water out the opening. The report created a sensation, as people used it to save lives. First-aid personnel, emergency medical technicians, medical professionals, and people in everyday life use the Heimlich Maneuver in choking and other medical emergencies.
Dr. Heimlich also has pioneered other medical advances. In the 1950s, he developed and used an operation to replace the esophagus, which carries food from the mouth to the stomach. Sometimes regarded as the first total organ replacement in history, it is used today to repair certain birth defects of the esophagus. In 1964, he developed a valve device for draining blood and air out of the chest cavity in patients with gunshot injuries. It was first used in the Vietnam War, cost about $1, and saved the lives of thousands of American and Vietnamese soldiers shot in the chest. Today more than 250,000 Heimlich valves are used worldwide each year to treat patients with chest wounds, or following surgery.
Saving A Life With the Heimlich Maneuver
A choking victim cannot speak or breathe and needs help immediately. To perform the Heimlich maneuver on a conscious adult, stand behind the victim and wrap your arms around his waist. The rescuer makes a fist with one hand and places the other hand on top, positioned below the rib cage and above the waist. The rescuer then applies pressure by a series of upward and inward thrusts to force the foreign object back up the victim's trachea. It can be used to save an adult choking victim, an infant, drowning victims and in other situations. For simple instructions, click here. For a course on First Aid including use of the Heimlich Maneuver for the choking adult, child, or infant, contact the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association.
When to Use the Heimlich Maneuver
- The person cannot speak or cry out.
- The person's face turns blue from lack of oxygen.
- The person desperately grabs at his or her throat.
- The person has a weak cough, and labored breathing produces a high-pitched noise.
- The person does all of the above, then becomes unconscious.
Some people may use a gesture recommended as the universal warning sign for choking. It involves placing a hand at the base of the neck.
The Heimlich Maneuver for Pets?
Yes, indeed. The Heimlich Maneuver can save the life of a beloved dog or cat, if owners know when and how to use it. Click here for cats for more information.


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Italian Wedding Soup
Since both my parents and I share wedding anniversaries so close to one another, theirs is September 22nd and mine September 24th, I decided to make Italian Wedding Soup in honor of the celebrations. This was also the soup served at our reception dinner. A favorite with everyone and sure to be a smash at your next dinner, here is the classic recipe. Bon appetit!
1 large egg
1 lb lean ground beef
1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley
1/2 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs
2 tbsp olive oil
1 pkg mirepoix
2 cartons chicken stock
1/3 fresh chopped escarole
1/2 cup acini di pepe pasta
Salt and pepper to taste
Parmesan Cheese
- Beat egg slightly in medium bowl; add ground beef, parsley, and bread crumbs. Mix well with clean hands. I also added some cheese into the mix. Form into small meatballs, using about 1tsp ground beef mixture for each.
- Brown meatballs on all sides in olive oil in a pan on medium, about 5 min. Remove meatballs; drain off all but 1 tbsp pan drippings.
- Add mirepoix; reduce heat to medium-low. Cover; cook, stirring occasionally, 6-8 min, until veggies are soft, but not browned.
- Add meatballs and stock; bring to a boil on high. Lower heat to medium and simmer for 5 min. Ass escarole; return to simmer on medium-high. Add pasta; let simmer about 5 min until pasta is tender.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish each serving with grated cheese.


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* Benchmark rate has been 0.1 percent since February 2015
* Central bank's economists predict 15 bps hike to 0.25 pct in Q4
* Inflation rate at 1.4 pct, within target of 1-3 pct
* 5 of 6 MPC members voted for no rate move on Aug. 29
* One member wanted a hike but said markets not yet ready (Adds central bank/analyst comments, shekel reaction)
By Steven Scheer
JERUSALEM, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The Bank of Israel on Wednesday signalled it may soon start tightening monetary policy after leaving rates unchanged for 3 1/2 years, now that inflation appears settled within its target range.
In minutes from its Aug. 29 decision, five of the six monetary policy committee (MPC) members voted to keep the benchmark interest rate at 0.1 percent. One member voted for a 15-basis-point increase to 0.25 percent, similar to the past four decisions.
It has stayed at 0.1 percent since February 2015.
At the latest meeting, however, another MPC member wavered, arguing there was room for an increase because current rates were not in line with the state of the economy. But the member voted with the majority since "the possibility for such a step has not yet been internalized by the financial markets," the minutes said.
Four of the five members who voted for no change last month pointed out that inflation was moving towards entrenchment within the government's 1 to 3 percent target range.
At the same time, "there is room to begin preparing the markets for the possibility of a measured increase in the interest rate, nonetheless in order to support the entrenchment the interest rate should be kept at its current level for now," the minutes said.
"They agreed that if the interest rate begins to rise before the inflation rate is entrenched within the target range, it is liable to delay the entrenchment of the inflation environment and ultimately to slow the path of increasing the interest rate."
Analysts have been split over the timing of a rate increase. Some, including the central bank's own economists, expect a 15-basis-point increase in the fourth quarter. Others believe an increase won't come until 2019, when the central bank expects the key rate to reach 0.5 percent.
Bank Leumi Chief Economist Gil Bufman said the minutes seemed to have made it clearer that the MPC will raise rates by the end of the year, with the timing dependent on August inflation data due on Friday.
"They will try to maintain their credibility by moving according to the forecast," he said, referring to the estimate of the central bank's economists for a hike by year end.
The next rates decision will be on October 8, which may also be the final meeting for Bank of Israel Governor Karnit Flug, whose term ends in mid-November. A successor has yet to be named. The final decision in 2018 is set for November 26.
Israel's inflation rate reached 1.4 percent in July.
The committee noted that the possibility of a stronger shekel currency was a risk to keeping inflation within its target range.
The shekel was steady at 3.58 per dollar, although it has gained from a 3.64 rate in late August.
MPC members also downplayed a slowdown in economic growth in the second quarter to an annualised 2 percent rate from 4.8 percent in the prior three months, pointing to several more recent indicators that show the economy "continuing to grow at a solid pace" led by strong consumer spending. (Reporting by Steven Scheer Additional reporting by Ari Rabinovitch Editing by Ken Ferris)


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One of the more common questions I get around Visual Reports is "I selected a field (% complete, duration, some text custom field, etc.) to add to my report and it doesn't show up in Excel – why isn't it there?". The field probably is there, it just is in a different spot.
Visual Reports are built off a data structure called a cube. Cubes have 3 kinds of data types – dimensions, measures, and properties.
Dimensions are anything you can pivot the data on –ex. tasks, resources, time dimensions, any custom field with a lookup table.
Measures are anything the rollup can be calculated on – ex. work, cost, actual work.
Properties are everything else, they are just associated with tasks or resources and provide supporting information – ex. % complete, duration, text fields. Percent complete is a good example of a property since it is a number so it seems like it could be rolled up but unfortunately two 50% complete tasks do not equal a 100% complete summary.
If you can't find your field, it is probably a property. To add those to a pivotTable in Excel you can't go through the PivotTable field list that you are used to. You have to first add the resources or task dimension to the report. Then right-click a resource/task, select "Show Properties in Report", and select your field.
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Today we present a convenient PowerShell module which allows management of User Assignments to Azure AD SaaS and Web Applications. This can be quite a task for administrators so this may be a great alternative to manual assignment. Assignments can be made to users and groups, however for long term management I would recommend using Azure AD Premium to carry out operations such as this.
- If we are to assign users to a Saas App: Prepare a CSV with user UPNs populated in a single column headed: UserPrincipalName.
If we are to assign groups to a Saas App: Prepare a CSV with group ObjectID's populated in a single column headed: ObjectID.
Assign a single User/Group access to the SaaS app via the Azure Portal.
How To:
This module leverages the existing Azure AD V2 cmdlets which make use of the Graph API.
To install the module - In PowerShell run:
Install-Module -Name AzureAD
Download the PowerShell Module which will be used to automate the permissions assignment.
Import the bulkSaaSAppAssignment PowerShell Module:
Import-Module c:\path\bulkSaaSAppAssignment.psm1
Obtain the details of the SaaS Application we would like to assign users permissions to
In PowerShell run:
Login with the credentials of the Global Administrator of the target Azure Active Directory.
Search for the ServicePrincipal which holds permission information for your SaaS Application:
Get-AzureADServicePrincipal -SearchString "salesforce" | fl displayname, objectid
The output will look similar to this:
- DisplayName : Salesforce
ObjectId : a119cf6c-1ea1-4447-a160-b195ba36efb7
Obtain information about the RoleID for the assignment operation
We will obtain the roleID which represents the type of role used for the App Assignment. You will need to supply the UPN of a user which already has been assigned access via the Azure Portal and the ObjectID of the ServicePrincipal for the SaaS App obtained earlier:
Get-RoleID -UserPrincipalName email@example.com -ObjectID a119cf6c-1ea1-4447-a160-b195ba36efb7
- The RoleID is: 073e08e5-5451-4628-82e6-15a9aa569e7c
In some cases the RoleID is not required to assign users access to the App – here the output will be as follows:
The RoleID is: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
RoleID does not need to be specified for this user-application assignment.
The command
Get-GroupRoleID can be used for Group management. It requires the Group ObjectID and the ServicePrincipal ObjectID.
Get-GroupRoleID -Group "group objectID" -ObjectID a119cf6c-1ea1-4447-a160-b195ba36efb7
Assigning Access
In all the following User/Group Assignment commands, provide the file path to the CSV and the ObjectID of the ServicePrincipal of the SaaS app obtained earlier.
In a case where a RoleID was returned from Get-UserRoleID/Get-GroupRoleID, then also provide the RoleID GUID when assigning access to a SaaS App for the following commands with the
-RoleID flag.
The CSV requires a single heading: "UserPrincipalName", and all UPNs listed below it.
Bulk assign access to Users:
New-AzureADBulkUserAppAssignment -File "Path to CSV" -ObjectID a119cf6c-1ea1-4447-a160-b195ba36efb7 -RoleID 073e08e5-5451-4628-82e6-15a9aa569e7c
Bulk assign access to Groups
New-AzureADBulkGroupAppAssignment -File "Path to CSV" -ObjectID b9c12220-93af-433b-89dc-f441e79f2470
Bulk remove access to Users
Remove-AzureADBulkUserAppAssignment -File "Path to CSV" -ObjectID a119cf6c-1ea1-4447-a160-b195ba36efb7
Bulk remove access to Groups
Remove-AzureADBulkGroupAppAssignment -File "Path to CSV" -ObjectID b9c12220-93af-433b-89dc-f441e79f2470
This work has been built from the experience of my colleague James Evans and Dushyant Gill from the engineering team who initially blogged in regards to Azure AD Graph API and SaaS App user assignment scripts.
Hopefully this will quickly facilitate the requirement of assigning users/groups to an Azure AD SaaS Application. However, for long term management and automation we should be using dynamic assignment based on group membership which requires Azure AD Premium.


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Worship is the whole-hearted response of the people of God to the revelation of God in the person and work of Jesus Christ. It is a Christ-exalting celebration at Calvary. The arts (music, drama, visual, movement) are tools through which people can express worship. Music is a gift from God, intended to assist us as we develop and deepen our relationship with Him.
The Worship Arts Ministry at Calvary exists to cultivate worship and disciple Christ-followers. We cultivate worship by example as we lead Calvary in corporate worship by boldly proclaiming the glory of God and celebrating the wonder of the Gospel. We disciple Christ-followers through training and deploying musicians, other artists, and technicians who will humbly and skillfully serve God's purposes for and through the church.
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The concept of an "exorcism" seems arcane in our modern world. Very few Christians today are well versed in the ancient rituals of the Catholic Church. From popular culture we think of spine-chilling horror movies such as "The Exorcist" which caused a generation of moviegoers to think that evil spirits only appear as ghoulish monsters.
"The Exorcism of Emily Rose" is loosely based on a true story about a young college student who experiences a demonic possession, and a priest who attempts to save her life. Emily Rose (Jennifer Carpenter) grew up on a small Midwestern farm. There is nothing in this story that suggests that her family was anything but ordinary. She was a bright young woman reared in a family of faith who dreamed of attending college and starting a career.
To her family's delight, she is given the opportunity to go away to college, but it is here that her life takes a dramatic turn. She begins to hear voices in the night, voices that leave her with feelings of despair and often terror. To the school counselors, these are classic symptoms of mental illness. To her priest, these voices suggest something more evil.
Emily's family turns to their priest, Father Moore (Tom Wilkinson), to be present during one of her psychotic episodes. While not as dramatic as "The Exorcist", what Emily is experiencing is beyond anything human. What transpires over the next few weeks is a deepening sense of hopelessness, a family in deep pain, and a priest turning to his deepest faith to understand how to cast out demons. Within weeks, Emily can take the pain no longer and she dies.
The real story of "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" is not what happens to her, but rather what happens to everyone after her death. The Catholic Church brings in their legal team headed by a upwardly mobile young attorney, Erin Bruner (Laura Linney). At stake is now the life of Father Moore who is accused by the State of being negligent to Emily, leading to her death. From the Church's perspective, the leaders just want this case to go away and be settled out of court. Because of its high profile in the media, Laura Linney sees this as a career builder. For Father Moore, he wants a trial so he can tell Emily's story and let the world know that she wasn't crazy.
Emily's story is told through flashbacks during the trial. For the film viewer, as well as the jury, the question really on trial is whether "evil spirits" or the "demonic" really do exist. Did Father Moore have a legitimate reason to perform an "exorcism?"
As the story unfolds, the one person that ultimately does come to believe Father Moore's story is his lawyer, Ms. Linney. During the trial, she too, experiences the presence of evil in her life, and she has to struggle with the concept of outside forces greater than herself or greater than what we can see or touch having a destructive influence on us. Are we the masters of our own universe? Or, are there things in the "spiritual world" from which we all need protection?
We won't spoil the ending by telling you what the jury decides. From the perspective of the film-viewing jury, though, Emily Rose's story would make anyone think twice about what we know about the demonic influences around us - and sometimes within us.
- Have you ever experienced an evil that imposed itself upon you or someone you love? How did you "exorcise" it?
- In this instance do you believe evil won? Why or why not?
- Do you believe our world is becoming more accepting of spiritual things, including demonic powers, or less accepting? On what basis do you make your opinion?
- In the Bible, Jesus has no difficulty "casting out" or "exorcising" a demon, since He is all-powerful. Yet Jesus explains to His disciples that some demonic powers are more difficult for us to exorcise than others. What do you believe about the power of God to deal with evil?


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Emily Armstrong is a 2015 graduate of East West College of Natural Medicine in Sarasota, FL. Prior to completing her Masters of Oriental Medicine, she studied Chinese herbalism for two years, and interned extensively with Bob Linde, AP, RH in St. Petersburg, FL. She has completed further specialized study in using Gua Sha for both acute and chronic conditions. Emily practices Traditional Chinese Medicine, utilizing Acupuncture, Herbal Therapies, and Moxibustion along with Fire Cupping and Gua Sha body work.
I firmly believe that healing is a partnership between the practitioner and patient and strive to meet my patients wherever they are on their individual journey.
No two patients are alike and everything in your body is interconnected. I encourage my patients to take part in their own healing. I have conviction that the root of most modern disease is diet or lifestyle related and teach my patients to use food and meditative techniques to mitigate whatever life is throwing at them, I believe food is medicine or poison and that our diet is how we both heal and harm ourselves, Herbal prescriptions and nutritional supplementation are also utilized when deemed necessary.
I have a particular interest in the treatment and recovery of physical injuries and pain of any sort. Acupuncture is absolutely incredible with pain of ANY kind from ANYTHING, be it injury or intervertebral disk issues, bone degeneration, arthritis, inflammation, stenosis, neuropathy, etc...I can go on! Women's Health, menstrual and menopausal issues are also of particular focus in my work. I really enjoy having a general practice and working with a wide population of patients on any and all health concerns they have.
Personally, I have resided in St. Petersburg, FL for over 14 years. My partner and I are fortunate enough to live in the wonderful Old Southeast neighborhood where we spoil an old dog, two cats and an innumerable number of fish and frogs. An avid outdoors person, I love stand-up paddle boarding and kayaking and enjoy doing just about anything in the woods, mountains, beaches or lakes that this world has to offer. Yoga has been life altering for me and I have completed a 10 day Vipassana Meditation course that was truly transformational. I think everyone should go fly a kite on occasion, get a glimpse of totality at least once this lifetime and love each other.
What is it? Gua Sha, also known as coining/scraping/spooning has been used for centuries throughout Asia. Gua "scrape" Sha "rash" is a modality that employs repeated unidirectional press-stroking of a lubricated body area with a smooth-edged instrument to elicit a transitory therapeutic petechia reaction in the subcutaneous tissues. This resultant petechia resembles bruising, but is painless to the touch.
What does it do? Gua Sha treatments are adaptogenic! It can reduce inflammation, increase blood flow, stimulate the immune system, relieve pain, and lower fever among other things. It can warm what is cold and cool what is hot. Where there is pain, there is stagnation (of blood, fluids, lymph, etc...) and gua sha moves this stagnancy and increases cellular turnover allowing for reabsorption of cellular waste and making room for fresh substances to nourish the surrounding and underlying tissues. This modality can affect fascia, muscle, tendon, ligament, bone and organ levels of the body. Gua Sha has been shown to raise hemeoxygenase-1 (HO-1) levels, which fight inflammation, and to measurably lower elevated liver enzyme levels.
What is Gua Sha used for? Injury, pain, fever, numbness, tingling, limited range of motion, organ disease, inflammation, spasms, cold/flu...
What tools are used? Just about everything has been utilized in Gua Sha. Tools have been fashioned from stone, wood, horn, bone, plastic and everything in-between. One teacher preferred jar lids, I love Chinese soup spoons and water buffalo horn. Different body areas can require different implementation, as well.
Does it hurt? Gua sha should not be a painful process! The patient is constantly encouraged to give feedback and if something is causing too much discomfort, the pressure applied can be altered. This is not a "harder is better" scenario and patient comfort is our utmost concern. Even the lightest stroke can produce a sha reaction and enable the body to dispose and detoxify the stagnancy in the superficial micro vessels. Furthermore, the resultant "bruising" is not painful.
What do I do after a Gua Sha treatment? Patients should always drink plenty of water, but especially after body work! Part and parcel of detoxifying cellular waste and transporting fresh nutrients to the areas affected, We also recommend protecting the areas treated from wind, sun, and cold while petechia is still visible. Expect the sha to fade 3-5 days after treatment. If there is any tenderness, we will sometimes suggest heating the area.
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