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Antique store.
Antique mall.
Lavender Crest Winery opened its doors for the first time in November of 2004, introducing customers to an opportunity for a unique way to taste wine that is produced in the Midwest. Lavender Crest Winery features a wine tasting room, gift shop, an espresso bar that serves lunch, entertainment, tours and more.
Karen Vroman, MWS/Added Touch Gallery
Gallery. Appointment preferred.
Tour the walk-through gardens and browse the nursery selling 170 different ornamental grasses, trees and shrubs.
Antique mall featuring 80 dealers. Fleamarket, April-October.
A Christian book and gift shop.
We're located in a beautifully restored historic building in downtown Fulton and we specialize in antique furniture and accessories of all kinds.
Quality antique dealer specializing in collectibles and textiles.
Large selection of gifts and collectibles. We carry a wide variety of name brand items including Willow Tree, Isabel Bloom, Heartwood Creek, Jody Coyote, Quad City Candle Company and much more.
This restored building is filled with quality antiques, Dutch treasures, handmade soap, model barges, handmade pottery, local photography, and art. Products made in Illinois are showcased. We specialize in Dutch-related items. We also offer Dutch food items such as coffee, tea, licorice, and Queen Wilhelmina mints.
We're located just minutes from the Mississippi River & the Dutch Windmill and offer a fine line of jewelry and purses, unique personal accessories and lots of one-of-a-kind home decor. Lotions, handmade soaps, dip mixes, and cookbooks are also available. A can't miss shopping opportunity.
Jingle and Mingle Holiday Open House
Kick-off the holidays and visit Geneseo to start your Christmas shopping season, with extended hours by local shop owners. Candlelight shopping downtown Geneseo will light your holiday spirit.
A quaint boutique offering unique, high-quality home decor and latest trends offering inspiration for your decorating needs. Select from a variety of jewelry, scarves and floral arrangements both fresh and dried. A visit that offers a lot of things to sparkle and delight you.
Stop in …enjoy whimsical paper mache sculptures and hand colored prints by David Smith; resident artist and art teacher. Explore our ever-growing selection of diverse artwork by innovative Midwest artists. We offer art classes for children, adults, and private groups. We are also available for social gatherings, meetings, and birthday parties. Our goal is to be a gathering place for the community and visitors, so that visual arts might enrich everyone's life.
Village Florist Gifts & Antiques
Beautiful hand-prepared floral arrangements are delightfully appealing. The selection of home decor and antiques will please any decorator or collector. Three floors of merchandise to select from. Stop in soon!
Here you'll find restored and re-purposed furniture and other home decor finds. Re-purposing furniture and home decor with Mustard Seeds Milk Paint and American Paint Company products! Take time to smell the wonderful hand-poured, highly fragranced candles. Locally made goat milk soaps & lotion are the best! There is something for everyone in this locally owned boutique. Custom work and paint classes offered.
Gifts, gourmet items, children's books and classic toys.
If you love it, we've got it! Over 130 specialty stores, five department stores, two sit-down restaurants and a 500-seat food fair. There is something for everyone at South Park Mall!
John Deere Commons/Moline Centre
Enjoy a variety of gift shops, restaurants, antique stores and hotels throughout this corridor of downtown Moline and situated around one of Illinois's most visited attractions, the John Deere Pavilion.
Enjoy indoor shopping throughout the year at SouthPark Mall. This mall features some 200 stores that include larger department stores like Dillards, VonMaur, and Yonkers. Specialty and gift shops, well-known clothing stores, and large food court make this a great place to shop.
Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau's Visitor Center in Moline will provide you with all the information your need on things to see and do in the Quad Cities. Our Visitor Center offers a gift shop filled with souvenirs, local products and even t-shirts dyed in the mud of the mighty Mississippi River. Our trained visitor counselors are on hand to answer your questions and direct you to the many exciting adventures you will find in the Quad Cities. We also provide bike rentals so you can go out and explore the beautiful riverfront trails.
Located on the Lincoln Highway in the old Unionville School, 1,200 bolts of 100% cotton quilting fabric, notions, books, patterns and antiques.
Gift shop featuring aromatique, briar root candles, specialty food items, greeting cards and much more.
A unique coffee and tea gift shop with bakery serving fresh made scones, pies and muffins. All within a faithfully restored 1879 Queen Anne Victorian home.
Between Friendz Gifts is a store designed to allow shoppers to purchase high quality, handmade items. There are several local craftsman who specialize in handcrafted jewelry, bronze and silver decoration, steam punk jewelry, and original art. We also offer uniquely created purses, scarves and more.
Gallery and glass studio (formerly Eagleton Glass).
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Full service florist with lots more. Stuffed animals, candles, angels, home decor, photo frames, plants, balloons, and custom designs.
CITY:Mount Carroll
Quality primitives antiques shop on historic Peoria-Galena Trail, located behind our restored 1861 limestone house in beautiful Pleasant Valley.
CITY:Mount Carroll
Market Street Commons at the Kraft Building
Market Street Commons is located in the heart of the Mt. Carroll historic district, in the old Kraft Building. The Kraft Building houses the community Welcome Center and Chamber of Commerce, along with shops.
CITY:Mount Carroll
Carroll County's only Western Store! We carry men's and women's retail clothing & accessories, home décor and much more. We also carry some of the biggest brand names: Justin cowboy boots, Noble Outfitter apparel and horse tack, Johnny Ringo boots for women, Ariat, Wrangler, Cruel Girl, Cinch just to name a few. Our store also carries consignment pieces from local residents. We also carry unique, one of a kind handmade blankets and coats. It's worth the drive so come take a peek!
CITY:Mount Carroll
New, handmade, remade and vintage desirables including pottery, garden art, crafting items, purses, and much more! You have to see it to believe it so check out Dabluz Boutique.
CITY:Mount Carroll
Ideas N Designs offers a his & hers compatible shopping experience where the impossible is possible! Located in an 1850' historic building, we offer a wide variety of antiques, wholesale designer fabrics, and Automobilia to please the avid collector. We also feature a Victorian Library, English Garden, Mad Hatter Tea Room, and Through The Looking Glass fashions featuring vintage new and used clothing & more. Let our Mad Hatter welcome you to this unique shopping experience! Bus tours welcome for groups up to 40. Closed January, February and March.
CITY:Mount Carroll
We offer antique home furnishings, Check out our collection of repurposed, refinished, upcycled, farm fresh relics, jewelry, artwork, metal, photography, vintage, shabby chic, handmade items, junk and much more!
CITY:Mount Carroll
20+ specialty sandwiches, baked goods and variety of lattes, coffees and more! No fried foods of any kind! We're located in the Kraft Bldg in the heart of historic Mt Carroll. Come explore the brick streets and country charm of Mt. Carroll and stop in to see our restored historic building where we also feature a health food section, gift items & locally crafted artesian items.
CITY:Mount Carroll
Choose and cut your own Christmas tree here. On weekends, caboose rides help transport your tree out of the Enchanted Forest.
We sell antiques and great gifts including jewelry, wine accessories, flower arrangements and every day and collector knives. We also sell fine cigars. But mostly, we are about wine. We sell good wine and have tastings when we are open. Our wine is not something that you can buy locally. We have worked hard on wine that tastes good but is nice and you will be very happy with the prices!
Flashbacks For You is a Quality Consignment store selling antiques, vintage and handmade purses, a wide variety of collectibles, dishes, comics and so much more! We sell local treasures worldwide. Go to our website for more information.
Victorian Grace Antiques & Accents
Offering a wide variety of antiques & collectibles and home accent pieces.
Combining old-world joinery and the accuracy of modern-day machinery and the desire to produce the highest quality custom cabinets, furniture and mill work.
Located in the Pulford Opera House Antique Mall, Frank Fritz Finds showcases some of the unusual and unique collectibles and antiques offered for sale by Frank Fritz, co-star of American Pickers on the History Channel.
Featuring local and Illinois made gifts, foods, and specialties. Enjoy specialty coffees, muffins, desserts and other goodies in their historic building built in 1906 which boasts the original art deco soda fountain from the 30's.
This rural style cafe will capture your senses. The decor is clearly slated rustic with a cozy and a distinctively pleasant ambience. The cafe is a staple of small town life with a sense of community as it embraces the environment that has been set forth by the Heirloom Market. We feature homemade baked goods and gourmet coffee. The espresso drink with steamed milk or variegated flavoring is designed for a picker upper or as a way to pass your time with a good book or to surf the free wi-fi internet.
Arnold's Bicycle Repairs and Rentals
Located in downtown Thomson, Illinois near the Thomson Public Causeway and steps from the Great River Bike Trail that extends 62 miles from the Quad Cities to Savanna, Illinois. We specialize in Recumbent Bikes & Trikes so what are you waiting for? Test ride one of our recumbents and capture a view of the mighty Mississippi. We offer sales (new and used); service and repairs (the friendliest customer service around) and special requests - need something unique, customization or special needs – we can do it! We offer bike rentals, too!
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The Selby Is In Your Place
He used to be in strawberry business, he used to be a tour guide to the International Brotherhood of Machinists, he used to be Costa Rican cartographer. He used to be Japanese clothing designer. That's what he says. The 'he' we refer to is Todd Selby. Currently he is a photographer slash illustrator. We're pretty sure about that. His weblog enables you to peak into the homes of 'creative individuals'. Everyone is dying to be on his site. In fact, they give funny answers to silly questions and draw childish images from their kitchens, window views and living rooms. All because they are so authentic. They even give their favorite recipes. We say: don't push it. But for the rest, superb blog and a great book. And you should get it, because it is funny. It really is.
And if you digg this, you should check Edible Selby as well.
And if you digg this, you should check Edible Selby as well.
€ 30.00
256 pages
Abrams Books
January 2010
210×285×28 mm
1400 grams
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Digital Ensemble with 1,082 Sounds and Natural Response Action, cherry
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Digital Ensemble with 1,082 Sounds and Natural Response Action, cherry
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88 keys with
Natural Response Action
- Sound Generator PCM
- Maximum Polyphony 128 notes
- Number of Sounds 1,082 sounds (incl. Soloist Sounds) plus 39 Drum Kits and 2 Digital Drawbars
- Sounds Piano Group: Grand, Upright, Electric, ModernOther Sound Group: Strings, Brass, Sax and Woodwind, Organ and Accordion, Synth, Vorcal, Guitar and Harpsi, Mallet and Orch Perc, Bass, Drum Kits, Sound Explorer, Soloist, Mixtures, Digital
- Sound Explorer Yes
- Effects multi effect, chorus, reverb, brilliance, digital effect, solo
- Conductor right 1, right 2, left
- Transpose 2 octaves
- Number of Rhythms 160 rhythms x 4 variations, intro/ending minor sequence, new chord modify system
- Rhythm Group 8 and 16 Beat, Rock and Pop, Ballad, Jazz and Swing, Movie and Show, Soul and Disco, Gospel and Blues, Country and Western, March and Waltz, Latin and World
- Controls main volume, apc/sequencer volume, balance, mute, conductor, start/stop, fill 1, fill in 2, intro & ending 1, intro & ending 2, count intro, synchro start, tempr/program dial, tap tempo, fade in/out, split point, R1/R2 octave
- Auto Play Chord basic, advanced 1, advanced 2, pianist, on bass, left hold
Techni-Chord14 types, orchestrator
Chord Findermode, root, type, inversion
One-Touch PlayYes
- Sound Arranger Yes
Music Style ArrangerYes
- Customize display timeout, data protection, favorites setting, MIDI setting load option, language setting, disk preference
- Sequencer Storage Capacity approx. 40,000 notes, 10 songs max, 16 track recording
- Sequencer Recording Modes easy record, realtime record, step record, punch record
- Sequencer Functions record & edit/copy & paste/range edit
- Composer Storage Capacity approx. 13,000 notes
- Composer Parts 8 parts (bass, accomp 1-5, drums 1, 2)
- Composer Recording Modes realtime record, step record
- Composer Functions load single composer, pattern copy, sequencer to composer copy
- Composer Memory 3 memories x [variation 1-4, intro 1q 2, (maj, min), fill in 11, 2, (for each variation), ending 1, 2, (maj, min)]
- Program Menus sound, control, MIDI, customize, sequencer, composer, sound arranger, touch sensitivity, piano performance pads, reverb & effect
- Demo 9 songs with slide show
- Help Yes
- Panel Memory 8 x 3 banks, set, next bank, bank view
Performance Padspreset phrase: 20 banks x 6 (with solo)user: 3 banks x 6 (with solo)compile bank: 2, control preset, stop, auto setting
- Compatibility NX, GM2, GM, SMF w/ Lyrics
- Direct Play SMF (0/1), DOCTM
- Display wide color graphic LCD with backlight
- Terminals headphone terminals x 2, line out, video out, aux in, MIDI (IN, OUT, THRU), USB, pedal in Theatre Sonic ext out
- Output 120W (60W x 2)
16cm (6 5/16") x 2
6.5cm (2 9/16") x 2
monitor speaker x 2
- Included Accessories USB Driver and Application CD-ROM for PC, Stand, Music Rack, Remote Control
- Pedal sustain (8 steps), soft, sostenuto
- Metronome Yes
- Favorites Yes
- Microphone Input yes (mic and reverb effects)
- Disk Drive built-in 3.5" floppy disk drive for 2HD (1.44MB)/2DD (720kB) disks
- One Touch Play Yes
- Music Style Arranger Yes
- Lyrics yes (SMF direct play)
- Theatre Sonic Function Yes
- USB Port Yes
- Progressive Pianist Yes
- Audio Recorder Software Yes
- Song Manager Software Yes
- Theater Sonic Yes
- Video Out Yes
- Dynamic PCM Sound Source Yes
- Digital Drawbar Yes
- NX Sound with Expandability Yes
- 128-Note Polyphony Yes
- Piano Performance Pads Yes
- Chord Finder Yes
- Eight-Track Composer Yes
- Simple Piano Yes
- Natural Response Action Yes
- Dynamic Acoustic Technology Yes
- 16-Track Sequencer Yes
- Separate DSP Effects and Mixing Yes
- Technichord Yes
- Panel Memories Yes
- MIDI Jacks Yes
- Over 1000 Sounds Yes (1,082)
- Over 30 Drum Kits Yes (39)
- Diverse Rhythm Section Yes
- Explosive Sound System No
- 800 Piano Stylist Settings Yes
- Dimensions (H x W x D) 41 13/32'' x 55'' x 26 9/16''
- Weight 130.10 lbs
- Keyboard 88 keys with
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CHMP Backs Selexipag for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension »
"The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the marketing of selexipag (Uptravi, Actelion Registration Ltd) for the treatment of adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)./"...
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(amlodipine besylate) Tablets
NORVASC is the besylate salt of amlodipine, a long-acting calcium channel blocker.
Amlodipine besylate is chemically described as 3-Ethyl-5-methyl (±)-2-[(2-aminoethoxy)methyl]-4-(2- chlorophenyl)-1,4-dihydro-6-methyl-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylate, monobenzenesulphonate. Its empirical formula is C20H25CIN2O5•C6H6O3S, and its structural formula is:
Amlodipine besylate is a white crystalline powder with a molecular weight of 567.1. It is slightly soluble in water and sparingly soluble in ethanol. NORVASC (amlodipine besylate) Tablets are formulated as white tablets equivalent to 2.5, 5, and 10 mg of amlodipine for oral administration. In addition to the active ingredient, amlodipine besylate, each tablet contains the following inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, dibasic calcium phosphate anhydrous, sodium starch glycolate, and magnesium stearate.
What are the possible side effects of amlodipine (Norvasc)?
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
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What are the precautions when taking amlodipine besylate (Norvasc)?
Before taking amlodipine, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to other dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers (such as nisoldipine, nifedipine) or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: a certain structural heart problem (aortic stenosis), very low blood pressure, liver disease.
This drug may make you dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do any activity that requires alertness until you are sure you can perform such activities safely. Limit alcoholic beverages.
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News // Grieves
2.21.12 Grieves & Budo to play Treefort Music Fest in Boise, ID on March 23rd
Grieves & Budo will be rocking the new Treefort Music Fest in Boise, ID on Friday March 23rd!
Tickets are now available HERE. For more information on the festival, please head to TreefortMusicFest.com!
You can buy Grieves' new album Together/Apart from Fifth Element, iTunes, Amazon, Best Buy and your favorite local independent retailer or music store.
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Ludacris may be one of the premier rap stars in the game at the moment, but that doesn't deter him from lending a helping hand to up and coming MCs.
Earlier today, the actor cum rapper was in attendance at NYC's Highline Ballroom as a star guest for a rap competition Live Large Project 2. The winner of the competition will be given a cash prize of $5,000 and the chance to perform with Ludacris at Miami's Springfest 2011.
Ludacris was also part of the inaugural Live Large project last year and according to Disturbing Tha Peace Records owner, the event reminds the Atlanta-based rapper of his days of struggle when he used to try hard to get what the Live Large contestants crave for now. Continue reading 'Live Large' Rap Contest MCs Inspire Ludacris »


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Funny Libya Newspaper Headline Involves Butt-Part
The Washington Post, America's leading journal of proctology, published this interesting scoop about Libya's deposed dictator in Wednesdays' edition. Ha ha. "Taint." [Rstevens via BoingBoing]
Update: The headline wasn't from the Washington Post, as pointed out by commenter 3rdMiddle. It was in the Express, the free daily newspaper published by the Post.


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Annual Call for Posters
2017 Convention Santa Barbara, CA
As part of NOA's commitment to the advancement of excellence in opera and musical theatre performance and pedagogy, the annual convention includes a poster session to encourage members, prospective members and friends of NOA to share information about their current research projects.
Authors are invited to submit abstracts for poster presentations on opera-related topics. This session is designed to highlight original research related to performance, pedagogy, composition, and production. Accepted posters will be considered for publication in the Opera Journal.
Next Round Deadline:
October 1, 2016 (for 2017 Convention)
Please note this deadline has been extended to October 17, 2016.
Abstracts should be submitted electronically to Caroline Schiller, at .
Guidelines for Abstracts
Proposals for the poster session at the National Opera Association Convention are peer-reviewed and must adhere to the following guidelines. No informal email descriptions will be accepted.
- Abstracts of 250-500 words should be submitted as a Word document or PDF file.
- Only abstracts clearly related to the topics stated in the Call for Posters will be considered.
- Abstract format must include a description of the nature and purpose of the project, methodology as appropriate and the application, results or conclusion reached.
- No abstracts promoting a profit-making method, concept or product will be accepted.
- No abstracts will be accepted after the deadline.
- Abstract submission commits authors to poster presentation at the national convention if accepted.
- A 100-word biography of the author must accompany the abstract, submitted in a separate attachment (Word or PDF). Committee members reading abstracts do not see identifying information; bios are held for use in the convention program if the abstract is accepted for presentation.
The 21st Century Way: Fostering Flexibility and Versatility in Varying Genres
Justin John Moniz, Doctoral Candidate, Florida State University
Emotional Extortion and Sacrifice: The Father Daughter Relationship in Verdi's Luisa Miller, Rigoletto and La traviata
Dr. Suzanne Ramo, West Texas A & M University School of Music
Hormones and the Female Voice
Dr. Patricia Vigil, DMA from Temple University
The Highs and Lows of Breathing: A Historical Approach to Understanding Breathing for Classical Singing
Dr. Deborah Popham, Shorter University
Teaching Lucas: A Transgender Student's Journey from Soprano to Tenor
Dr. Loraine Sims, Louisiana State University
Exceptional Students in the Voice and Opera Studio:
Understanding and Training Students with High Functioning Autism
Dr. Ann K. Cravero, Drake University
Against the Odds: A Singer's Battle with Chiari Malformation and the Discovery
of Her True Instrument
Dr. Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber, Penn State University-Altoona
The Ill Fated Queen: Lady Macbeth and Sexuality, Witchcraft, Patrilineage and
Motherhood in settings of Verdi, Shostakovich, and Pasatieri
Dr. Andrea Garritano, Washburn University
The Future of Opera Project Case Study
Dr. Kristin Kenning, Samford University
Developing a Children Focused Opera Outreach Program for Opera Teachers
Dr. Sooah Park, University of Texas at Tyler
Eros and Psyche: Opera and Myth In the Twenty-First Century
Dr. Linell Gray Moss, Mary Baldwin College
Kurt Weill and the influences of Americana on Street Scene
Dr. Mitra Sadeghpour, University of Northern Iowa
Vocal Health and Repertoire for the Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano:
A Suggested Course of Study
Dr. Bonnie von Hoff, Georgia College & State University
The Marschner Baritone-Profile of a Character and Voice Type
Dr. Jeffery Williams, Austin Peay State University
Songs of the Fisherman: A Collaboration to Create an Opera-Ballet Hybrid
Brian Arreola
Integrating Mime and Dance into the Opera Scenes Narrative
Rebecca Renfro Grimes
J.P.E. Hartmann's Liden Kirsten: A Hidden Gem
Anna Hersey
Polish Opera in the United States: a Call for Education, Performance, and Production
Kristin Kenning
Chiaroscuro: A Singer's Approach to Exploring Artistic Individuality in Interpretation
Janene Nelson
Opera and Sustainability: A Case Study
Mitra Sadeghpour with co-authors Jordyn Beranek, Danielle Bronshteyn, and Michaela Tures
Reinventing Opera Outreach Programs in Canada's Outports
Caroline Schiller
A History of Operatic Voice Types
Jeffrey Snider
Severo de Luca's 'Aglaura e Corebo': from Manuscript to Stage
Mary-Louise Catsalis, Stanford University
Opera, Research & Advocacy: Exploring history and literature through the lens of undergraduate research and arts advocacy
Carleen Graham, The Crane School of Music, State University of New York-Potsdam
Opera as Film Noir: Integrating film narrative into a scenes production
Rebecca Renfro Grimes, Sam Houston State University
From Song to Carmen: How to prepare young singers
Marielle Petricevich and Anthony P. Radford, California State University, Fresno
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Facilitating the use of French Baroque arias in undergraduate voice study
Mitra Sadeghpour, with Nicole Korbisch and Britney Shattuck, student researchers
Mozart's 7 Deadly Sins: Making Theatre from Excerpts
Mary‐Louise Catsalis from Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Eros and Psyche: Opera and Myth in the Twenty‐First Century
Linell Gray Moss from James Madison University, the Lifelong Learning Institute in Harrisonburg, VA, and Germanna Community College in Fredericksburg, VA
King and Queen of the High Cs: The Bel Canto Love Affair of Dame Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti
Mitra Sadeghepour, Jonas Hacker and Erin Kenneavy from the University of Wisconsin‐Eau Claire
Music and Architecture: Opera Production at the University of Miami
Dean Southern from the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Exploring New Methods in Opera Education
Carleen Graham, Director of The Crane Opera Ensemble and Director of The Center for Undergraduate Research at SUNY-Potsdam with Vincent Covatto, Derek Downs and Shaun Cunningham
Performance Practice of Jody Nagel's Opera Fifty-Third Street: World Premiere performance at Ball State University
Tammie M. Huntington, Assistant Professor, Indiana Wesleyan University
Synthesized Pit Orchestras No Longer the Pits
Damon Stevens, Director Nevada Chamber Opera, University of Nevada, Reno
The Trickster and the Troll: Commissioning and producing a new chamber opera
Emily Wood Toronto, Department of Music, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota
America's Social History and the Changing Face of Opera: The case of race and African American singers at the MET
Maurice B. Wheeler, Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Sciences, College of Information, University of North Texas
A visual-analytical comparison between Puccini's and Busoni's Turandot
Mihaela Buhaiciuc, University of Mobile
The musical and philosophical relationship between Richard Strauss's Krämerspiegel Op. 66 and Capriccio, Op.85
Matthew Hoch, Shorter College
Realizing Rosina: Operatic realizations of Beaumarchais's heroine
Linda Lister, Shorter College
A celebration of the life and compositions of Pauline Viardot
Jessica McCormack, Wittenberg University
Touring: Planning, implementing and survival
Patrick Newell, University of Wyoming and Helios Ensemble of Dallas
A vocal profile of Mozart's first Don Alfonso, Francesco Bussani (1743-c.1807)
Anthony Radford, California State University, Fresno
Eleanor of Acquitaine or the power of disempowerment
Elke Riedel, School of Music of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
The development of an opera education program for high school students
Mitra Sadeghpour, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire: Operatunities
Witness: a new opera with relevance, musical immediacy and rich solo and chorus roles
Zae Munn, composer
Reinventing Opera: The role of dance and choreography in contemporary opera
Jeff Michael Rebudal and Maggie Allesee, Wayne State University Department of Dance
Heart vs Head: the implications of register sensation on the characterization of Mozart's women in Le nozze di Figaro
Donna Harler Smith and Jamie Riemer, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
From Dido and Aeneas to Carmen: an exploration of the role of dance in opera
Mitra Sadeghpour, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
Using Popular Culture to Create Opera Outreach
Amy Bouterse, University of Wisconsin – Parkside
Empowerment through Apprehension Management
Jo Ella Cansler, West Texas A&M University
Finding Figaro's Voice: Informing Today's Casting Choices
Anthony Radford, University of Lethbridge
Contemporary American Opera: an exploration of American operas of the past 25 years
Mitra Sadeghpour, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire


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Virgin Australia to Commence Services to Emerald04/10/2011
The Virgin Australia group of airlines will commence double-daily week day services* from Brisbane to the town of Emerald in the central highlands of Queensland from 16 January 2012.
Virgin Australia Group Executive - Alliances, Network and Yield, Merren McArthur said the ATR turbo prop services would bring much needed competition to the region and would provide links to Virgin Australia's domestic and international services as well as those of partner airlines: Singapore Airlines, Etihad Airways, Delta Air Lines and Air New Zealand.
"We're proud to add Emerald to the growing network of regional destinations that Virgin Australia now serves. Emerald is a booming town situated in the heart of Queensland's Bowen Basin, the largest coal reserve in Australia. Our new services will bring choice and competitive fares for travel to and from this important mining hub," she said.
"The ATR-72 aircraft is a 68-seater turbo-prop aircraft with a spacious and stylish cabin in keeping with Virgin Australia's new business model."
Virgin Australia will also operate the ATR on:
- Double daily week-day return services between Brisbane and Gladstone from 17 October*;
- Daily return services between Brisbane and Port Macquarie from 19 October*;
- Double daily services between Sydney and Port Macquarie from 19 October*; and
- Up to six daily return services between Sydney to Canberra from 19 October*.
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The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has been receiving a high number of fraud reports generated by a variety of scams targeting people's money.
These scams have been affecting people of all ages, but many are targeted specifically to go after the senior population.
"Fraudulent schemes may come to you through the mail, through the telephone, through the Internet, in person or some other way," said DSCO Deputy Chad Teller. "Never underestimate the criminals' ability to catch you off-guard. ... If something doesn't feel right, pay attention to your instincts and don't become a victim."
Examples of schemes the sheriff's office has been recently include:
• Criminals tricking victims into believing they are a distant relative or grandchild and claiming they are stranded in or were arrested in a foreign country and need money wired to them so they can return to the United States.
• Criminals telling victims they are a member of law enforcement with a warrant for the victim's arrest, but the victim can avoid being arrested by wiring money to the criminals.
• Criminals informing the victim that they have won the lottery or a sweepstakes, then telling the victim that they need to pay taxes on their winnings before any money gets sent to them. The victim will be asked to wire the money to cover the taxes and may even be sent a fake cashier's check to help them pay for the taxes.
• Criminals pretending to be from the victim's bank, credit card company, the Internal Revenue Service, or a utility company and asking for personal information to commit identity theft.
Teller said the sheriff's office has also became aware of a number of instances where criminals have told victims that they have been paid $10,000 to kill the victim, but would refrain from doing so if the victim wired them $5,000.
"Some of these criminals call several times to develop a trusting relationship with the victim, and then after trust has been developed, they use a scheme to get money from the victim," Teller said.


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Palace Arts Center
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In the heart of Historic Downtown Grapevine, you'll find the beautifully restored art deco-style Palace Arts Center, home to the Palace Theatre and the Lancaster Theatre.
Threatened with closure in 1991, the historic Palace Theatre, built in 1940, was acquired by the Grapevine Heritage Foundation to preserve the building from ultimate demolition. The Palace served as the premiere entertainment venue for all of Northeast Tarrant County for many years. The 1930's Buckner Cash Grocery Store, now the Lancaster Theatre, which was also acquired by the Foundation, has been restored to its Spanish Mediterranean style design.
The gem of Main Street, the Palace Arts Center provides visitors a unique opportunity to experience the warmth of downtown's turn-of-the-century atmosphere recognized by the National Register of Historic Places. The Palace Arts Center features performances, movies, visual arts and unique settings for business meetings, banquets, parties and receptions.
This multi-use facility offers more than 15,000-square-feet of rental space for Parties, Meetings, and Private Events in two separate areas: the Palace Theatre and the Lancaster Theatre.
Come visit us on Friday Nights in the Historic Palace Theatre to watch Classic Movies and Live Entertainment while enjoying a bucket of fresh popped popcorn.
Become a PAC Volunteer! We are always looking for people who would love to be a part of our team! Take tickets and help people find their seats at events, work the box office or concession stand, answer questions about our historic theater and be a part of all the great entertainment that Grapevine has to offer!


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What Fed Should Do at Next Week's Meeting
The Federal Reserve can ill afford a loss of credibility in a bond market running amok, taking yields higher and squashing a fragile recovery prematurely. What can they do, or more to the point, what should they do?
The Fed should temper talk of tapering and calm markets, and the June 18-19 Federal Open Market Committee meeting would be the perfect time to do it.
Markets from emerging to fixed income to equities have been tumbling since the last meeting of the FOMC in May when Chairman Ben Bernanke gave markets the impression the Fed's monetary easing program may soon be tapered back. One of the most significant drops came in prices of US 10-year Treasurys, with yields on the climbing about 60bps since that May meeting.
Investors have been left scurrying, dumping anything with high yield and risk under the presumption that a de facto hike by the Fed in the form of QE tapering will make those investments illiquid and worth less. Major carry trades have been reversed, most notably in the gains the dollar had made against the yen and gains the peso had made against the dollar as traders reversed what was a popular trade.
But what if the readers of the tea leaves are wrong?
The Fed is now acutely aware of what can and will happen when they try to exit from bond buying that has built up over time. The first word of backing away and every investor heads for the exits. Next week the Fed will have the opportunity to tell the markets they were getting ahead of themselves by tapering back the taper talk.
The result will be one of the biggest rallies that equities, fixed income and their respective currencies will see in 2013. I have a hunch markets are in for quite a surprise.
(Vincent Cignarella is a currency strategist/columnist for DJ FX Trader and co-inventor of The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index. His 30 years in currency markets include working as a bank dealer at major money-center commercial banks; managing corporate-hedging for a large multinational; serving as a principal and general partner of a major currency brokerage firm; and most recently working in FX sales with Santander in New York.)


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PSD has pioneered new technologies and techniques and pushed the boundaries of many "old" ones. The development process is a dynamic one, where state of the art observations challenge what we know of the environment and the need to know more pushes the development of the technology. Both rely on a strong foundation in physical theory and modeling.
Meeting Current Needs
PSD is called upon to deploy a wide range of instruments in support of field and process studies. These studies are designed to address issues critical to human health and safety, environmental stewardship and economic progress. To execute these studies, PSD relies on decades of expertise and development to meet the current need for environmental information. Observing systems fielded today were born in the minds of theorist and engineers years before and have been in development ever since. As theory becomes reality, instruments are developed from prototypes to research instruments and fielded to improve their reliability and demonstrate their capability. Reaching the operational stage instruments are contracted to industry for operational production.
Meeting Future Needs
We do not know what environmental challenges we may face in the future, but the technology to face them is under development here. From space-based lidars and radiometers, regional scale observing networks and long-term, unattended sensor packages, PSD is constantly challenging what we know about our environment with observations that can answer future questions.


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Evelyn Waugh was already famous when Brideshead Revisited was published in 1945. The chronicle of a household, a family, and a journey of religious faithan elegy for a vanishing worldWaugh's masterwork was a tribute and testimony to a family he had fallen in love with a decade earlier. The Lygons of Madresfield were every bit as glamorous, eccentric, and fascinating as their fictional Brideshead counterparts, their story just as compelling, filled with secrets and betrayals, scandals and unwavering love.
Mad World is Paula Byrne's innovative and engrossing biography of Evelyn Waugh, recalling the loves and obsessions that shaped his world and his writing, capturing Waugh through the friendships that mattered most to him, and exploring how he encoded the defining experiences of his adult life in his greatest literary work.
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"An utterly captivating and generous book with all the intimacy of a diary and the scholarly soundness of a fine biography…A singular accomplishment."
-Chicago Tribune
"An engaging book…remarkably thorough…Deftly interweaving biographical details and textual analysis, Byrne makes the connections between Waugh's art, Roman Catholic faith, and life dance."
-Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor
"Altogether excellent and wickedly entertaining…Scandalous detail enlivens every page of this delicious biography…Over the years I've read all the major biographies of Evelyn Waugh, and Byrne's is…the fastest moving and the most fun."
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"Well-researched and absorbing."
"Remarkable…not only a meticulously researched biography but also an enjoyable read."
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"A considerable contribution to literary history…includes enough gossipy asides to intrigue readers."
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"A splendid new book…While displaying the research values of a scholar Byrne also manages to write with the panache and timing of a popular novelist."
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"A sharp, entertaining literary biography…A perceptive study of how Evelyn Waugh emerged from middle-class beginnings to inhabit the tony corridors described in BRIDESHEAD REVISITED."
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"Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl," Thoreau wrote. "It is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling." Even sealed in a car, you'll hear that howling as you approach the town of Errol in far northern New Hampshire, the gateway to Lake Umbagog. The region is even a long drive north of the White Mountains, and the houses get sparser and the trees along the roads denser as you go.
Umbagog straddles the New Hampshire/Maine border and gets its name from the Abenaki word for "shallow water." Errol has grown slightly in recent years, with the recreation industry its chief engine. Fishermen, canoeists, and kayakers now all vie for spots under the bridge amid the frothy headwaters of the Androscoggin River, formed where Umbagog escapes the hills and heads for the sea.
The easiest way to get onto the lake is from its southern tip, at the public landing next to a marina. But the best way is to drive north from Errol, and paddle into the lake along the Magalloway River. (You can rent canoes in town.) Frank Lloyd Wright often employed the trick of designing hallways narrow, to make the act of entering a room seem grander. Such is the effect of this route: You paddle along a winding river, which gradually widens into a marsh, then–boom!–a broad and shimmering lake, with plenty of room to hide.
Umbagog is about 10 miles long and 7,850 acres big. It was also a test case for keeping the wild wild two decades ago. Citizens concerned about encroaching second-home development moved to conserve the land and keep it undeveloped. As a result, thousands of acres were acquired by a conservation-minded populace, and much of it today is a federal wildlife refuge.
And the wild has returned here. Six decades after their species abandoned New Hampshire, the first new pair of nesting bald eagles in the Granite State set up housekeeping up on the lake's northwest shore in 1989, and they've reestablished themselves nicely. Bald eagles are no longer the rarities they once were across New England, of course; in some areas you can see them scavenging along rivers and coasts in winter. But spotting one still evokes a keen sense of wildness. Paddling along the remote eastern edge of the lake, near where the Rapid River comes tumbling in, keep an eye out for a telltale dab of white amid the dark pines. Sneak quietly toward shore, pull out your binoculars, and get a close look at a mature adult. His eyes will be filled with wildness, like a portal into something distant and unknown. Listen, and you might even hear a howl.
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End of Year Assessments
- Grades: 9–12
When it comes to assessments, there are generally two schools of thought. Some feel that tests are primarily for the purpose of assigning a comprehensive grade, while others see them more as ways to guide instruction. Though I feel that both views have merit, I'm more inclined towards the latter. That is not to say that grades and accountability are not important, but it is to say that our focus should be on the continual growth of our kids.
In order to do this we need to have a two tiered approach to assessments, one that evaluates the skills of both students and teachers. What I'm proposing here is that we recognize that assessments are really just as indicative of the quality of instruction as they are of the skills of our kids. Before I go on, let me warn you; when I say assessment, I'm not only talking about tests in the traditional sense. Rather, I'm using a much broader definition, to include any strategy that can identify areas of strengths and weaknesses, and thereby help me to improve both my teaching and the performance of my kids.
Now that the end of the year is approaching, here are some ways that we can approach assessment with an emphasis on improvement.
Evaluating Students:
1. Give finals before finals week - If you're an advocate of data-driven instruction, and I sincerely hope that you are, then you might find yourself unsatisfied with the fact that final exams are usually given on the last or nearly last day of school. If the point of final exams is solely to assign a grade, then this makes sense, but what do you do if you realize that 60% of your students missed a key concept? I prefer to give finals at least a week before the last day of instruction so that I have an opportunity to reteach any glaring deficiency. It's true that one more week may not be long enough to reteach everything, but it will be enough to reinforce that one key concept. Another reason why I prefer this strategy is because it reinforces our class culture of focusing on growth, rather than perfection.
2. Dedicate a lesson to self-assessment - We want our students to be proactive in dissecting what strategies were most beneficial to them. Instead of only reflecting on what they have learned, I have them evaluate how they have learned. I ask my students pointed questions about the factors that affected their performance. Was it just a matter of effort (sometimes it is) or was there something else? Was it that they began recopying their notes? Was it that they began organizing information with charts? Was it the fact that they finally learned how to organize a binder? Challenge students to consider the top three personal factors that contributed to their success (or lack thereof). I don't allow them to choose their teacher as a factor, because I want them to choose skills or habits that are transferable to other classes.
Evaluating yourself:
I'm not saying that you should give yourself a formal test, but I do believe that teachers are always students of their craft. With that being said, here are some ways that I try to be proactive about my growth.
1. Come up with a short list - At the end of every year, I try to come up with a list of specific areas that I struggled with or can readily improve on. Next year, I feel that one aspect of my teaching that I would like to improve is providing more meaningful feedback for student writing. I would also like to find ways to offer more variation and choices of types of assignments so that I can better serve students with different learning styles. What is something specific that you can improve?
2. Consider who you can copy - I'm always humbled when experienced teachers praise my instruction because in truth, all I do is copy people who are more skilled than me! What are some of the areas that you feel you can improve on? Is there anybody at your school site who happens to be an expert in that area? It may seem like it's too much trouble to make an effort to seek out advice from other teachers, but in truth, it's much easier than taking the trial and error approach on your own.
3. Face your toughest critics - Who are our toughest critics? Our kids! Now that the year is almost over, don't miss this opportunity to ask your kids to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses. Ask them to write down what they like about your teaching and also how they think you can improve. I did this after my first year teaching and to my surprise, many of my students told me that they wished that I had been quicker to send unruly students up to the office. I never would have guessed that the class actually wanted me to be more strict! Our kids are with us more than any administrator or mentor and it's ultimately them who know our teaching habits the best.
As the end of the school year approaches, I encourage you to take this opportunity to help both yourself and your students to become even better next year!
Warm regards,
Justin Lim
Rosemead High School
El Monte Union High School District


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Spring in Asheville means great festivals and events. This weekend Asheville is throwing itself a party – the first Big Love Fest located downtown in Pack Square. It promises to be a celebration of all that is uniquely Asheville- independently owned businesses, artists, craftspeople, restaurants and local breweries as well as non-profits. On earth day we talked about how supportive Asheville is of locally grown foods, sustainable farming and conservation. Support of all things local- restaurants, businesses and artists is very important to Ashevillians. You'll see that on May 1st with local musicians, a home-brew competition sponsored by Just Economics and half hour comedy tours offered by The LaZoom Bus Tours running throughout the day. There will be two music stages, local beer and food, fun family activities and lots of the arts and crafts that western North Carolina is known for. This is a free event, but Just Brew It, the home-brewed beer portion of the festival, requires a $16 membership to Just Economics. More information at http://loveasheville.org.
Next weekend is the 10th anniversary of the Weaverville Art Safari. Weaverville is a very cool little town with lots of working artists just 15 minutes north of Asheville. Twice a year they open their studios for the Art Safari free self guided studio tour. This weekend there will be 46 artists! The tour is from 10AM to 6PM Saturday, May 7th and Sunday, May 8th with a special Preview Party & Silent Auction held Friday, May 6th. More information and a down-loadable brochure at www.weavervilleartsafari.com.


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Catherine Eagleton, curator, British Museum
The Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum has a collection of around a million objects – coins, paper money, tokens, credit cards, and other money-related objects, as well as medals and badges. Any objects going on display – including the more than 1,000 objects in the new Citi Money Gallery – need to have been photographed beforehand for our records. But, we're also working to create images of as many of the objects in our collection as possible, to upload to our collection online.
Working on this database is a hugely important part of the day-to-day work of curators at the Museum, since the better the records and images available online, the more people can access and study our collection, from anywhere in the world.
Recently, we were helped in this task by some volunteers from Citi, who each gave up a day of their time to do what curators sometimes think is a rather boring task: individually photographing both sides of large numbers of objects.
Yiting Shen, co-chair of the Citi London Volunteer Council, explained that voluntary work in a museum had long been an ambition:
'Thinking that even counting the coins (over a million objects) would be fun, we managed to land a project to photograph and scan objects from the American coins and medals collection. A total of 565 objects were scanned and catalogued over the two days between two groups of six volunteers.'
We chose the American tokens for these two days, since Citi are celebrating their 200th anniversary this year, and the bank began – in 1812 – in the then newly-formed United States of America.
Some of the tokens the team photographed were from the period of the American Civil War, others were gambling tokens from modern Las Vegas, and one volunteer was particularly excited by a "chucky cheese" token.
'We learned that this is time consuming work, but all of the volunteers were very happy about having made an impact and giving the US collection international exposure. We also learned a lot about behind the scenes work at the Museum, from the basics on how to read a coin record and the meaning behind all the numbers each object has been given, to naming them consistently for automatic bulk upload. We also learned more about each other and our strengths beyond our professional banking jobs. One of our volunteers is a former archaeologist and was very active in sharing his insights. Volunteers had fun wearing the ever so fashionable finger gloves curators wear to handle the objects, and shared laughs on discovering the old and quirky coins, such as shower tokens.'
The next step was to upload the images to the collection online and make them available for all the world to see. I'll leave the last word to Yiting:
'For me it's a real source of pride –to contribute to public learning of the past, present and future of money, and seeing many visitors taking photos, the finger prints on the glass cases as they try to get a closer look, and the Citi virtual card for Google Wallet on display makes me smile.'
Staff from Citi were volunteering as part of the annual Citi Global Community Day
The Money Gallery is supported by Citi .
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A "real" plumber would have connected both drains together, and would never have used the corrugated one.
: We have had an old two basin kitchen sink replaced. When the contractor reinstalled the garbage disposal, he installed it on the lower drain pipe and put the larger kitchen basin on the higher drain pipe where the disposal used to be....ARe there any problems with this? The disposal trap keeps plugging and blowing off the trap if we try to unplug it. Never ever happened before. Each have a trap, though the disposal one is corregated and flexible. I know this sounds nuts but we aren't sure you can put the disposal on the lower drain.
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February 7, 2013
CHICAGO – February 7, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today signed House Bill 190. The governor called for passage of this legislation in yesterday's State of the State address, and has pushed to restore funding to the Department of Children and Family Services for months. Sponsored by House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) and Senator Dan Kotowski (D-Park Ridge), the bill passed the General Assembly earlier today.
"I applaud the General Assembly for taking action to pass and send a bill to my desk that will put people to work and protect the most vulnerable among us," Governor Quinn said.
"This important measure will allow us to begin construction projects this spring, putting Illinois workers back on the job repairing bridges and improving roads. The bill is part of my agenda to strengthen our economy while rebuilding transportation networks across the state.
"As a result of today's action, hard-working employees at the Department of Children and Family Services will continue their critical work of protecting vulnerable children who have been abused and neglected.
"Thank you Speaker Madigan and Senator Kotowski for your work to pass this important bill."


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Canada falls to Dominican Republic at men's Pan Am CupSANTO DOMINGO (July 10, 2012) – The Dominican Republic swept Canada 25-23, 25-20, 25-17 on Tuesday evening in round robin action at the Pan American Cup men's volleyball tournament.
With the win, the Dominicans remain undefeated at two wins and no losses while Canada, represented by its national B team, is winless after two matches.
Braden McLean of Birch Hill, Sask., was the top Canadian scorer with eight points while Max Burt of Gander, N.L., and Jacob Kilpatrick added seven apiece.
''We played with little intensity,'' said Burt, the Canadian team captain. ''They were well prepared.''
In the other group A match, Argentina defeated Trinidad and Tobago 25-10, 25-18, 24-26, 25-11. Argentina is also 2-0 while Trinidad and Tobago are 0-2. Canada faces Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday with a berth in the quarterfinals on the line.
In Group B, the U.S., and Brazil are both 2-0 while Mexico and Venezuela are 0-2.
Canadian team for the Pan American Cup men's volleyball tournament July 9-14 in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic (name, school or club, hometown)
Lucas Van Berkel, Trinity Western University, Edmonton
Ciaran McGovern, National Training Centre, Grande Prairie
Jay Blankeneau, University of Calgary, Calgary
Blair Bann, National Training Centre, Edmonton
British Columbia
Steven Marshall, Trinity Western University, Abbotsford
Dane Pischke, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
New Brunswick
Jacob Kilpatrick, National Training Centre, St. John
Newfoundland and Labrador
Max Burt, National Training Centre, Gander
Sander Ratsep, National Training Centre, London
Reid Halpeny, National Training Centre, Grand Bend
Chris Hoag, University of Calgary, Sherbrooke
Braden McLean, University of Saskatchewan, Birch Hills
Head coach: Lawrence McKay
Assistant coach: Stephen Michael Leknois assistant-coach
Assistant coach: Tilen Kozamernik
Athletic therapist: Luc Campbell
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Constable first became interested in depicting local cottages in 1796, when he met the engraver and antiquarian John Thomas Smith, who introduced him to the Picturesque mode of depicting local scenery. He probably painted this oil sketch of a thatched cottage at East Bergholt, Suffolk, some time between 1808 and 1816 when he often worked in the area.
He was fascinated by rainbows and included them in many paintings over the years. This is probably one of his earliest works with a rainbow. Robert Hoozee has suggested that Constable painted this work around 1820–30 when he was most interested in observing atmospheric phenomena; but as Constable's Lake District watercolours show, he captured weather conditions from at least 1806, and there is no reason to suppose that he would not have depicted a rainbow around 1808–16.
This oil sketch can be compared with Constable's haunting drawing A reaper, East Bergholt c.1817 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London). While the shape of the cottage is different, the two works are similar in the way Constable has placed the cottage in the centre of the composition, rising from a low horizon, surrounded by clumps of trees, beneath a heavily clouded sky. Both images reflect Constable's feel for the land.
Landscape study, cottage and rainbow can also be compared with one of Constable's late paintings, A cottage at East Bergholt 1830s (National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool). Again in this work the cottage emerges from the fields and surrounding trees, under a stormy sky. Moreover, Constable has included a rainbow – although in the later work it appears on the right of the image rather than on the left as in this sketch. Constable often returned to a subject after many years, and may have done so in this instance, reworking his subject imaginatively.


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At 6 a.m. on Nov. 1, Joes Valley Reservoir will be closed to fishing until Dec. 14. Once the reservoir reopens to fishing, the trout limit will be two, of which only one can be over 22 inches. All trout 15-22 inches must be immediately released. This amendment to the 2002 Fishing Proclamation was made to protect the large adult splake, which come into shallow water during the new closed period. We need protection for those large splake as well as those between 15-22 inches to help control the Utah chub population. The growth and survivability of trout at Joes Valley Reservoir has decreased as chub numbers have increased.
Abajo Mountains.Foy Reservoir continues to provide good fishing with baits and lures. Lures in the morning and evening are recommended. There is no fishing opportunity at Monticello Reservoir now that the dam, outlet and spillway are under construction. Repair work will be completed in early October. The lake will not be restocked until 2003. Fishing is fair with baits and lures at Blanding #3. Recapture Reservoir offers fair trout fishing with baits and lures. At Recapture, the daily bag and possession limit has been doubled for all game fish until November 1st. The daily bag and possession limits for all game fish have also been doubled at Lloyds Lake until Nov. 1, due to low water conditions and expected loss of fish. Angling success has been fair.
Benches Pond. This pond was stocked for the last time this year just before Labor Day.
Cleveland Reservoir. The daily bag limit is eight fish until Nov. 1. Fly fishermen have had good luck from float tubes using size eight black beadhead leech patterns. The water level is holding.
Duck Fork Reservoir. Current fishing regulations, which allow anglers to harvest 16 fish using any legal bait, will end Oct. 1. Beginning Oct. 1, harvest of cutthroat trout will be prohibited and anglers will be required to use artificial flies or lures.
Electric Lake. Due to drought, anglers may now take a limit of eight fish using any legal bait. Fishing remains excellent at Electric Lake. The power company reports that the lake may become empty in March unless they are able to drill some wells to pump water into the lake.
Ferron Reservoir. Fly fishing is excellent for rainbow, cutthroat and brook trout along the shoreline of Ferron Reservoir with a caddis pupa or a small, tan, sparkle wooly bugger. Anglers are encouraged to harvest brook trout.
Gigliotti Pond. A few people are fishing, but there are currently no fish to catch! Fish will be restocked after the pond completely refills and it is confirmed that the leaks have been fixed. That will probably occur in early October. Kudos to Nielson Construction, ECDC Environmental, Utah Department of Transportation, Castle County Bass Masters, and Baroid Industrial Drilling Products for their assistance in fixing the leaks and making other improvements to the pond. Construction of a restroom is anticipated to begin in October, with funding and service donations from the Carbon County Restaurant Tax Commission, Helper City, and the Price River Water Improvement District..
Huntington Reservoir.The water level is holding. Fly-fishing has been excellent for tiger trout up to 18 inches, using a size eight black beadhead leech pattern. The fish are deep and near the lake bottom. A float tube is recommended about 100 yards in front of the dam at a depth of 16-22 feet. Release of tiger trout is encouraged so that fish can grow larger. Any brown trout caught should be harvested. The reservoir is closed to the possession of cutthroat trout and trout with cutthroat markings.
Joe's Valley Reservoir.Beginning on Nov. 1, fishing regulations will change at Joes Valley Reservoir. The reservoir will be closed to fishing from 6 a.m. on Nov. 1 until Dec. 14. When the reservoir reopens to fishing, the trout limit will be two. No more than one trout may be over 22 inches. All trout 15-22 inches must be immediately released. This regulation change will protect the large spawning splake which are very vulnerable in November and early December. In addition, we need to save the splake from 15-22 inches which can help control the chub population.
Lake Powell. The Lake Powell fishing report home page is: http://www.wayneswords.com.DWR Biologist and Project Leader, Wayne Gustaveson, updates fishing conditions at this website weekly. He provides detailed information on locations, tackle and techniques for each species in the lake. In 2002, an unlimited number of striped bass may be kept. The smallmouth bass limit is 20, and the largemouth bass limit is five.
Lasal Mountains.Kens Lake is very low. The daily bag limit has been doubled for all game fish until Nov. 1. Fishing has been fair to good at many LaSal Mountain lakes.
Lower Fish Creek. Flows are low to moderate with some color due to recent rains. From the railroad bridge approximately one mile below the Scofield Reservoir dam downstream to the confluence with the White River, only artificial flies and lures may be used.
Pete's Hole. Fair to good fishing is expected, since stocking occurred two weeks ago. Olive wooly buggers and Jake's Spin-a-Lures have been effective. The daily bag and possession limit is four trout.
Potter's Ponds.Both ponds were stocked with 1,500 catchable-size rainbow trout before Labor Day. Good fishing is expected.
Price River. No recent report. Flows are somewhat colored from recent storm runoff. Recommended fly patterns include the Hare's Ear or Double Ugly.
Scofield Reservoir. Fishing was excellent this past weekend. Some anglers were taking home limits of good-sized fish. Worms and PowerBait are recommended.
Wrigley Springs Reservoir.The highly alkaline water has been diluted from recent storms, giving the trout some relief. Good fishing continues to be reported.


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ssh login lag with VMs in VMware Server 2 (DNS problem?)
By Lubos Kosco-Oracle on Jan 23, 2009
I usually run my lab and dev OpenSolaris, Solaris, Debian, RHEL ... machines inside vmware(a server solution, mainly because I run it on my work server on stable debian for production reasons). For a long time I was a happy user of VMware Server 1.x , then I decided to move to version 2.0
Guess what ... every change brings consequences ...
After migration of VMs, upgrading to latest VM HW version I booted my debian and opensolaris dev boxes & wanted to login.
All my machines networking is setup by NAT & DHCP from VMware.
Hmm ... at that time I felt victim of very interesting problem. The login took ages (cca 5mins in comparison to 2s in previous version).
SSH does a reverse resolving of hostname when you try to connect to the target & this did a call to naming services.
This took so long I even got a fatal error complaining about ssh monitor not responding in OpenSolaris.
The same behaviour happened in Debian, so this pointed out a problem with VMware.
After doing some "snoop" and "truss -Df sshd -ddd -p 222" I figured out that the DNS packets are taking a long time and all those packets ask for a "localdomain" host.
localdomain ? WTF ?
Then the root causing and fixing was rather fast & the solution was in the file /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf .
This file provided two options regarding naming:
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.2;
option domain-name "localdomain";
Simply commenting out second option (so option domain-name) got me rid of the ridiculous resolving problem.
Funny thing is that I always thought "localdomain" is ignored by dns client, but as usual assumptions are evil
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Neal Spencer, British Museum
A busy last week saw excavations wound up in Amara West, a concerted effort to survey, draw, photograph and record all the features exposed … and then the logistics of closing the dig house, travelling south to Khartoum, and finally flying home.
The season in the cemetery has prompted us to revise some of our previous assumptions (especially the discovery that it was used for New Kingdom burials) – more on that in the next post.
In the Ramesside housing block in the northwest of the town, we did not expose any new areas, but rather delved deeper into, and beneath, houses previously excavated. A key result of the season – in the buildings excavated by Tom Lyons – has been a clear understanding of how one early house was levelled in the mid-19th dynasty, to make way for a larger house. Within a short period, this house was then divided into two.
A short distance to the south, Mat Dalton and his workmen discovered a new house (E13.7), later covered by the standing architecture of house E13.4. This was rather different in character from the houses to the north – less axial in its layout (earlier houses seem to be arranged around a central room, with access to other rooms in various directions, later ones are arranged more in a progression from front to back) and with nicely plastered walls (whitewashed to a metre high, and framed with a black stripe, which also ran around the doorways).
Study of the plaster fragments back at the dig house suggested they may derive from both a shrine set in the wall, and from the decor behind the mastaba (low bench) itself – Mat found yellow and black paint in situ on the last day on site.
In the southwest corner of the town, Charly Vallance and Shadia Abdu Rabo exposed the levelled remains of a series of rooms built against the enclosure wall – very different in character to the large paved courtyards of the structure built over them (D13.4). One room contained an in situ grinding stone and ashy deposits with many botanical remains.
Further work is needed to see if these early rooms are contemporary with the foundation of the town. Despite all of the later pottery – of the post-New Kingdom and early Napatan era – found in this trench, it seems any buildings of that period have completely disappeared.
What next? We are currently awaiting our crates of archaeological samples and skeletal material to be shipped from Sudan, through the generosity of the National Corporation of Antiquities and Museums. This will allow us to continue analyses of pottery fabrics, dietary habits, the use of plant materials and to analyse the health of individuals buried in the cemeteries, in the laboratories of the British Museum and also at Durham University.
In the meantime, there's a mass of paperwork and documentation to deal with: plans to be scanned and inked, context sheets to be digitised, and parallels from other contemporary towns and cemeteries to be sought…. and a 2012 season to be planned!
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Percona XtraBackup 2.0.7 has been published with support for GTID based replication. As promised, here is the step-by-step guide on how to create a new GTID based slave (or repair a broken one) using XtraBackup. The process is pretty straightforward. 1- Take a backup from any server on the replication environment, master or slave:
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Brunton Flip Rotating clip Light.
When the sun goes down, the Brunton Flip Rotating clip Light will keep on illuminating your night before you hit the trail in the morning. With a built-in clip, it could act as a stand for your picnic table or a suspension loop for your tent. This clip light has a twisting head that allows you to point the light to any direction that you want. The 8-lumen LED light has diffused lens that keeps the glaring to a minimum and less irritable. It also has a flash mode that could act as a distress signal in case of emergencies. This flip rotating clip light is compact and lightweight, so it s easy to carry around when in trail. It s also foldable for convenient storage and positioning. It includes two CR2025 batteries that provides up to ten hours of light time on high mode, just enough to make it through the night. So whether you re cooking for supper before turning in or preparing breakfast before hitting the road, the Brunton Flip Rotating clip Light is here to brighten up your time.
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Cleveland Town Meeting On Proposed Closing of Cleveland Post Office
Cleveland Town will hold a meeting to discuss plans to organize the community to prevent the proposed closing of the Cleveland Post Office. The meeting will be held on Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. at the the Old Cleveland Town Hall, 35 S .100 W., Cleveland. All Cleveland residents and the surrounding area are encouraged to attend. Local customers of the Cleveland Post Office must take immediate action if the present status of our post office is to be retained. We must be organized to voice our disapproval of a closing.
ACT Achievement test Registration
Registration is now open for the Oct. 22 ACT achievement test. Students who wish to take the college admission and placement exam must register before Sept. 16.
The ACT is a curriculum-based achievement exam. It tests what students have actually learned in school, not their aptitude for learning. The ACT also measures what students need to know to be ready for first year credit-bearing college courses based on ACT College Readiness Standards. Every student's results can be tied directly to these consistent standards.
Farmers Market At BK's in Huntington
Tuesdays and Saturdays, 4-6 p.m., Aug 30-Oct 22, (No Market Oct 1) 801-687-2345.
Hunter Education Course
A hunter education course will be held Sept. 12-16 from 5-7:30 p.m. at the Emery County Recreation Center. There will be a $10 registration fee. Students will be required to purchase a voucher at any hunting license dealer (Jones Ace Hardware) before this class begins. Sign up early; there is a class size limit. Register online at www.emerycounty.com/rec. For any other information call Danny Deabenderfer at 749-2466.
Missionary Prep Class
All high school seniors and graduates are invited to a weekly Missionary Preparation class at the Castle Dale LDS Seminary. Classes are every Monday morning at 7 a.m. Breakfast is provided afterward. We look forward to seeing you.
Descendants of Daniel Henrie
The Manti Camp of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers invites all descendants of Daniel Henrie and his wife Amanda Bradley and their children, and his second wife Susan Coleman and their children, and families raised in Ferron area, to honor them in a tribute called "Settlement of Sanpete" Sept. 17.
Daniel settled in Manti in 1850, and left a bountiful heritage here. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. For book orders, more information or if you have questions, please contact: Camille Larsen 505 E 200 N Manti, Utah 84642 435-835-6432 (435-851-0869)Ruby Stull 484 E 300 N Manti, Utah 84642 435-835-2970 (435-340-0024) Email: email@example.com; email@example.com
Ceramics For Fun
New stuff arriving all the time. Hours: Tuesday - Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m. in Emery.
LaRae's Dance Studio Gym
240 South 300 West Huntington. Dance, tumbling, gymnastics, cheer. Classes begin Sept. 6. Register by Sept. 1. 435-687-9845.
Poetry Contest
A $1,000 grand prize is being offered to the last poet standing in a free contest sponsored by Celestial Arts Society. There are 50 prizes in all totaling $5,000.
Poems of 21 lines or fewer on any subject and in any style with be judeged by the contest director Dr. James Cameron.
Entries must be received by Aug. 31, and may be submitted by mail to Free Poetry Contest, 221 N. Central Ave. #228, Medford, Oregon 97501. Or enter online at www.reecontest.com.
Those sending entries should include their name and address on the same page as the poem. A winners' list will be sent to all entrants. For more information contact Dr. James Cameron, Contest Director at email@example.com.
Emery High School "Military Honor Wall"
Emery High School has created an "Honor Wall" to recognize Emery High students who have served in the Armed Forces from 2000 to the present. We would like a 5x7 photo in military dress, if possible. Please include name, branch of service, rank, active duty address, and deployments. Mail photographs and information to Linda Wilberg, Emery High School, Box 499 Castle Dale, UT 84513 or e-mail them to email@example.com.
They would also appreciate any active duty pictures for the display case.
If you have questions or if you have information about our EHS military personnel call 435-381-2606 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Food Handler's Classes Emery County
Sept. 28, Oct. 19, Nov. 16, Dec. 14.
Classes will be held at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Southeastern Utah District Health Dept., 25 West Main (next to Boyd's Pharmacy) Castle Dale. Cost is $15 (cards are good for three years). Classes are two hours long. Current cards are required for all people working in, but not limited to restaurants, bars, nursing homes, school cafeterias, convenience stores, deli's and The Department of Agriculture Cottage Food Rule. For more information call 435-381-2252.
Narcotics Anonymous
Drug Problem? We can help. We're Narcotics Anonymous. Wednesday evenings 7 p.m. 765 Valley View Drive Castle Dale.
Alcoholics Anonymous
An AA meeting will be held every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in Ferron at the Senior Center, 190 N. 300 W. For information call Paul -749-9697 or Jan - 384-2773.
Lifeguard Certification Class
Emery County Aquatic Center will be teaching a lifeguard certification class for adults who are at least 21 years old. There is a $100 fee. Maximum class size is 10 and consists of 31.5 hours of instruction. After you become certified you will be eligible to apply for an