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YakovMironov's Leaflets: Playoff Bingo!
Jon Steitzer
April 25 2013 12:57AM
Playoff Bingo
"What's more fun than playing Bingo?"
"Nothing!" answers your 90 year old Grandmother.
Well it's time for Leafs Nation to catch Playoff Bingo fever with this handy dandy Bingo card which should be easy to complete by the end of Game One.
CBC is going to make it their duty to spout off every cliché on this list. Carlyle is going to Carlyle. There's going to be thugs, Bozak over usage, and of course, O'Byrne inexplicably being on the ice against top competition. MASTER LINE MATCHER! Rather than turn this into a drinking game that would probably kill you, I've opted for some good ol' fashioned church basement fun (James Reimer Approved!)
Will there be a prize for doing this? Sure, why not. First person to send me their completed Bingo sheet wins a signed picture of perm legend Mike Craig. Who doesn't want to win that?
Optimal Reim
Out of curiosity I thought I'd take a look at Reimer's splits by workload over his career to see if peppering him with shots had any impact on his GAA or save percentage. What appeared to be evident from this is Reimer is fairly consistent no matter the workload. Not surprisingly his GAA drifted a little North when he faces over 40 shots, and equally predictable was the general trend upward for save percentage, but what was interesting is his consistency in GAA between 25-34 shots, and his plateau that occurred in his save percentage from 30-44 shots. The "optimal Reimer seems to occur at 30-34 shots per night range. He's busy but not too busy, though apparently when the Leafs really let him get shelled he's lights out, though I'm not sure we'd want to test that theory on a consistent night in, night out basis.
Looking to the Draft
While maybe not as important as in previous years, NHL Central Scouting has released their final rankings of Draft Eligible players on Wednesday. Unfortunately for one of Seth Jones, Nathan MacKinnon, and Jonathan Drouin a Panthers uniform will soon be in their future (though Jonathan Huberdeau with either MacKinnon or Drouin seems promising.)
What's exciting for the Leafs is that picking somewhere between 15-26 they will be drafting a player who should instantly be the second best prospect in their system (Morgan Rielly still holding top honours.)
A few of the interesting names that should be available at the time the Leafs take the podium are Bo Horvat, Ryan Hartman, Kerby Rychel, Max Domi, Jason Dickinson, JT Compher, and Joshua Morrissey (this is without considering the European players who would be available.) The most interesting option of the lot still remains the player for whom I have some region bias, Curtis Lazar.
In preseason rankings Bob McKenzie compared Lazar to Patrick Sharp which is pretty decent starting point, but that was before Lazar began working on rounding out his defensive game. Lazar began the season as quick winger with one of the best wrist shots in the Western Hockey League, and he has rounded out his game to establish himself as a two way centre who looks just as comfortable on the penalty kill as he does on the power play.
Some early season learnings on his 200 foot game made for a few slow months and his offensive numbers have suffered, as such Lazar who at times was considered a potential top ten player, has slid down to 20th among North American skaters, but he has moved up six spots since the midterm rankings.
While Lazar isn't massive, he's just at six feet and around 200lbs as an 18 year old which has also given him some comfort in playing a more physical game this season than he did last year. So far in the playoffs he has six goals in 13 games with two helpers playing on a line that is drawing strong defensive matchups.
Given Toronto's recent success with Morgan Rielly it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for the team to again consider looking to the Western League in the first round, and with Kadri on the big club, and Colborne about ready to challenge for a role the Leafs are desperately short on capable centers in their pipeline.
April 25 2013, 05:53AM
Can I get a prize if I convince CBC to bring back "The Chance May Never Come Again" for their playoff montage? I'll take a signed picture of Cory Cross
Great card!
Love the bingo card! I'm actually going to play just to see how long it takes. Easy on Bozak haha!
Can I get a prize if I convince CBC to bring back "The Chance May Never Come Again" for their playoff montage? I'll take a signed picture of Cory Cross
Funny how for all those years of Saturday Night's Alright For Fightin' was played, and the Leafs were near the bottom in fight totals. That song and montage were usually the best 60 seconds of the night... After that, it just became another depressing night. LOVE the card!


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This is way too difficult No way I'm doing songs, nor albums.
Bands (not in any particular order, just my top 5 bands)
Iron Maiden
Children of Bodom
There would be far more Grunge... but I just still prefer Metal over it, as for favorite bands... and Metallica and Maiden are just must-have's, pay some respect to those bands.
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In no particular order...
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Guns n' Roses
The Used
Oops...that's 6. I don't count so good.
<3 Last.fm
Made this very easy for me. ^^
Here are the lists (based on what I have been listening the most since July 2007 ):
Top artists:
1) Johnny Cash
2) Norah Jones
3) Pearl Jam
4) Iron & Wine
5) Yoshihisa Hirano and Hideki Taniuchi
Top albums:
1) Greg Edmonson – Firefly OST
2) Iron & Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days
3) Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
4) John Williams – Memoirs of a Geisha Soundtrack
5) Yoshihisa Hirano and Hideki Taniuchi – Death note anime Soundtrack
Heh, I just noticed 3 of them are soundtracks
Top songs:
1) Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
2) The Killers – When You Were Young
3) Sonny Rhodes – the Ballad of Serenity
4) Sufjan Stevens – Casimir Pulaski Day
5) Norah Jones – Rosie's Lullaby
As you can see, it's mostly very mellow
Iron Maiden
Sonata Arctica
Rata blanca
Patricio Rey y sus redonditos de ricota
I doubt those last two bands are internationally famous, but they're big down here on Silverland.
To-love-ru >>> One Piece
im real glad theres members here who listen to actual good bands

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Fred Cripe is a senior advisor to PwC and a former executive vice president of Allstate Insurance Company.
Fred Cripe shares how the Internet of Things will shift the insurance business from loss compensation to loss control by helping customers achieve their goals.
Interview conducted by Vinod Baya
PwC: Fred, what is the history of telematics use in the auto insurance industry?
FC: The concept goes back a couple of decades, when Progressive filed patents related to the use of a tracking device in the automobile. It started with the thinking that tracking mileage was a better measure of risk exposure. Over a period of time, it became obvious to many in the industry that the accident rate is not proportional to mileage. The accident rate per mile actually drops off fairly steeply as annual mileage increases.
What the industry realized is that risk relates to how people drive. So the focus shifted more and more to using emerging technologies to track how people drove, where they drove, under what conditions, on what kind of roads, how congested the roads were, and so on.
PwC: Is such tracking becoming possible now?
FC: Cars already have a number of sensors that can provide information relating to how someone drives— information such as how fast they are going, how quickly they accelerate, how quickly they stop, what kind of turns they make, and so on. With advances in telematics, which is related to the broader trend called the Internet of Things, it's becoming possible to get this information in batches or in real time at costs that are dropping.
From such information, and from knowing what the road conditions and speed limits are, you can in essence understand how well someone is driving. And that correlates with accidents. Obviously, the more dangerously someone drives, the more likely they are to be in an accident.
PwC: How is this information being used today and what is the long-term impact to the industry?
FC: Most carriers today focus simply on doing what insurers have historically done better, which is assess risk and charge people for it. Telematics can help determine whether someone is a better than average driver or a worse than average driver, so it is used as another input into pricing.
In the long run, insurance companies that really use telematics successfully will use it to change their customers' exposure to loss. By charging customers for the kind of driving they do and communicating alternative behaviors that will cost less, these companies will give customers more control of their insurance costs. So if someone drives five miles on a dangerous road, that will cost the person more than driving five miles on a safe road. If someone engages in dangerous maneuvers such as hard braking, that will cost the person more than if they don't. So in the long run, there is potential for far more sophisticated pricing, but that pricing enables consumers to have better visibility and control over their costs.
When I was at Allstate, we did some early trials with our own employees and agents to see what we could learn. We put sensors in cars that would measure how people drove, and the sensors also would give feedback whenever the driver made a risky move. Drivers would receive feedback by a little red light that would glow or by a sound that would say, "That was a risky move."
In later tests of Allstate's Drive Wise telematics product, they saw dramatic changes in driving behavior by employees. Whereas in the beginning only 25 percent of the testers scored in the ideal "safe zone," over the course of the test that number increased to 75 percent.1 Providing real-time feedback promotes safer driving habits.
PwC: How will telematics change existing insurance company operations?
FC: In addition to loss control, I see telematics being used to transform our service, particularly in claims. When there's an accident today, there's enough information in the car from the accelerometer, airbag sensors, and other devices to indicate roughly the speed and direction of impact. We already know the particular make and model of the vehicle. With a set of predictive models, we can say with some confidence how much damage has been done, whether that car is going to be drivable, and the extent of possible injuries. And we can coordinate an appropriate response.
For instance, an insurance representative can call a customer's mobile device in the car and check in: "We got the signal that you were in an accident. Is anybody injured?" We can provide necessary details: "Based on our assessment, your car is not safe to drive, and a tow truck is on the way." If the customer has rental coverage, we can also send a replacement vehicle. "We'll tow your car to this body shop and they'll have an estimate by tomorrow."
There is potential for much value-add. You can start to interview injured people immediately. You can get the police report in real time. The company maintains control of the damaged vehicle. Telematics will start to change how companies settle claims and serve their customers by making the overall experience more seamless.
PwC: What is the impact on the business models that are prevalent in the industry?
FC: By and large, today automobile insurance works as what I call the moving the money around business. Money goes in and then money comes out. Customers tend to think about whether they're doing well or poorly in that relationship based on whether they're getting more money out in claims relative to the money they're putting in.
The business model change will move the industry from what I will call a reimbursement model to a prevention and loss control model. The basis of competition will switch from the ability to predict an individual customer's expected loss to the ability to understand how a customer's driving affects their expected loss and how changes in that driving—whether it's where they drive, how well they drive, or when they drive—could change their expected loss.
PwC: Why is this ability possible today and not before?
FC: The business model I have described is only possible with a closed-loop system using sensors, real-time feedback, and predictive analysis of behavior data. We have had such a feedback loop for high-value assets. For example, in the property/casualty large commercial industry, part of the contract includes what is called loss control. If you had a factory, an insurance company would send experts to look at how your factory works and what kind of safety devices there were. They would also give you advice on how to how to run a safer factory, or have a safer store, or prevent theft, and so on. This advice is part of the service.
Such advice was always too expensive to provide for individuals. But with the Internet of Things, sensors, communications technology, and analytical power now make it feasible for insurers to offer loss control on an individualized scale for large numbers of customers. This capability extends to homeowners insurance as well. There are now devices that you can attach to pipes in your house that will let you know in minutes if a leak starts anywhere in the house. Also, you can plug a device into an electrical outlet, and it will let you know when a short circuit is likely in a particular circuit in the house.
PwC: Clearly there is much value-add potential to customers and the insurance industry. What are the challenges?
FC: First is a battle for customer acceptance. Only a very small part of the personal auto market is rated using telematics. Consumers really weren't willing to have devices in their car that could track where they drove. There's a major privacy issue about that. However, customer sentiments and expectations are changing, in part because of the smartphone. Customers expect more information and greater seamlessness in their experience, and telematics allows insurers to do that.
Today, about 1 percent of auto insurance customers use telematics. During the next 5 to 10 years, that percentage might grow 1 percent of the market a year. At some point it will skyrocket, and a critical mass from one-third to one-half of all auto insurance customers will be willing to purchase a telematics oriented product as opposed to the traditional insurance product.
PwC: As you look at the history and future of the insurance industry and the impact of the Internet of Things, what is the cosmic change here?
FC: The technology now enables companies to help customers achieve the goal that they're buying the product for—as opposed to just selling it to them most cost-effectively, which is what businesses have done in the past.
In the case of the insurance industry, most customers don't buy insurance to have a product. The insurance is to pay for the losses that occur when something bad happens to them. Their goal is to prevent a bad thing from happening to them in the first place.
Additionally, there is also alignment of customer and enterprise goals. Insurers can create more value in loss prevention for customers by saying, "I'm going to charge you 80 percent as much but reduce the likelihood you'll be in an accident by 30 percent." Insurers win because we pay out less relative to what we charge. The customers win because they save money and they really didn't want the annoyance and the danger and the injury that comes with being in the accident in the first place.
1 Based on publicly reported data in the press release from Allstate Insurance, "Allstate announces crowdsourcing effort to test usage-based insurance product," news release, July 25, 2012.


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Get an overview of this hotelOld-world charm and pool in central Salt Lake City
Temple Square, shopping
Convenient to shopping and cultural attractions, this centrally located Salt Lake City hotel is 1 mile from Temple Square, 3 miles from the University of Utah, and 7.5 miles from the Salt Lake City airport.
Swimming pools
Little America Hotel features an indoor pool, a seasonal outdoor pool, a fitness center, and two on-site shops.
Old-world charm
Decorated with old-world charm, guestrooms at Little America Hotel feature TVs. Complimentary newspapers are delivered daily.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Little America Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Located one mile from Temple Square and less than eight miles from the Salt Lake City airport, Little America Hotel offers 850 guestrooms on grounds that are landscaped with fountains, trees, and flower gardens. Nearby ski shuttles can take guests to 32 ski lifts and 332 ski runs.
Dining options include a coffee shop and a steakhouse, both of which are popular with locals and are open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The hotel also offers poolside meal service (surcharge). The 24-hour business center provides high-speed Internet access (surcharge), a color copier, secretarial and other business services. Luggage storage and express check-out as well as complimentary garage and outdoor parking are available during guests' stay.
Guests can enjoy the indoor pool, the seasonal outdoor pool, shopping at the two on-site boutiques, and access to the Grand Spa at the neighboring Grand America hotel for in-house rates (surcharge). Alpine skiing, equipment rentals, skiing lessons, and snowboarding can be found nearby.
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Number of floors - 17
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Coffee shop or café
- Express check-out
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Limo or Town Car service available
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- Total number of rooms - 850
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- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- 24-hour business center
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Ski passes available
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Family Friendly Amenities
- Indoor pool
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
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Lucky H Bar & Grille - A modern day eatery serving prepared steaks, seafood, and pasta. Small bites and appetizers are available at the bar. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served daily, with a weekend breakfast buffet served Saturday and Sunday.
Coffee Shop - Airy and open, with a full wall of windows, this popular café prepares everything from scratch, including baked halibut, prime rib, soup, and sandwiches. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served daily.
Lobby Lounge - Casual elegant atmosphere, with continental breakfast and specialty coffees. The Lounge features drinks, appetizers, and dining throughout the day with complimentary wireless internet access.
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Guests at Little America have access to the Grand Spa at the neighboring Grand America hotel for in-house rates. The Grand Spa features separate women's and men's spa areas, with private treatment rooms, eucalyptus steam rooms, and saunas.
Alta and Snowbird ski resorts are about 25 miles away in little Cottonwood Canyon; Solitude and Brighton are about 30 miles away in Big Cottonwood Canyon; Deer Valley, Park City, and The Canyons are 34 miles away through Parley's Canyon. Ski passes are available.
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Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 21
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Pricing our apps
We are in our last few days before we submit and we have now made our final pricing decisions. This is a crucial decision that allows your app to gain traction, reflect value and, of course, potentially earn a bit of revenue that can feed the next set of updates.
As many app developers point out, price is often relative to its context not necessarily perceived absolutely from its value to the user. This is especially difficult in the App Store where the context is thousands of apps at $0.99 or free. As David at App Cubby demonstrates, some of his users seem to be excessively demanding at the $10 price point because they are judging the app among a sea of much cheaper apps.
However, when you dig a little further, you discover that there are plenty of apps that are priced above $20. As Appsfire mentioned recently, 'If your app brings something real to the table, …then price it accordingly. Don't succumb to the temptation of the 99 cent app, it's a lure and only serves to feed the get-rich-quick fairy tales that even kids would find hard to believe.' This will separate the wheat from the chaff.
As developers, we all agree with the premise that out of the 100,000 or so apps in the App Store, probably 90% of them are of little value. If you then assume that there are approximately 10,000 apps of real value and more than 6,000 are priced above $5, this is uplifting. However, the trick is to get the consumer to understand this! (For all you detail-oriented people out there, I am assuming that, for argument's sake, only a small percentage of the higher-priced apps are useless.) We are pushing water uphill, though, in the midst of mainstream media describing the App Store as a 'digital dollar store' (Jon Fortt of Fortune)
This chart gives you the price distribution for September for non-game apps:
We thought long and hard about the price point for our apps and feel strongly that we want to shift the user's context so that our price is reasonable not only because of the enormous value it offers the user, but also because relative to similar items providing similar value, the app is actually very inexpensive.
For example, our myPause app, which empowers women by giving them a tool to track their menopause symptoms and treatments, we felt the appropriate context was taking a girlfriend out for a cup of coffee to compare experiences and knowledge. This cost would be around $10, which is our target price, though we have discounted it for the initial launch period as an extra incentive.
For myShoebox, which manages your shoe closet, we felt the appropriate context was time saved in duplicate purchases and misplacing shoes. This is a softer comparison point, but still well beyond the $2.99 we've set as our introductory price.
The key is to embed these comparison points into all marketing material so that it is the first comparison our user makes. All developers should take the time to create these relevant price comparisons so that we can educate the consumer and get out of the rut of competing with all the other apps at the lowest price possible.
Understandably, game apps will have a hard time shifting the context for the user's price sensitivity. Many other apps, including App Cubby which is extremely value-add, should fight aggressively to shift their user's context. Put this information in your App Store description in the first few lines. It will take time, but users will start to appreciate the difference between quality, feature-rich apps and impulse purchase apps.
Does anyone else feel that we will be able to shift the customers away from the $0.99 comparable and focus them on the more relevant comparatives?
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Ok, I'm going to go out on a limb (mokuton joke) and say Naruto will create a new vessel for the 10 tails, his own "mazo".
I believe the vessel of the 10 tails from the time of the so6p remains on the moon. The gedou mazo is the vessel for the 10 tails that madara created. The name, "gedou mazo" translates to "demon/magic person (from hell) of false doctrine. The "gedou" aspect implies it isn't the true vessel and furthermore, isn't in line with how so6p envisioned the fate of the tailed beasts.
So, we just had a flashback of obito meeting old man madara. In that hideout we see madara tethered to "mazo " in the shape of a giant lotus not in bloom. In some chapters prior to 600 we see panels drawn of the gedou mazo sitting in the blossomed lotus
I think that is enough to go by in thinking madara created the gedou mazo by it growing in the lotus. It containing hashirama's replicant probably means hashirama's power is vital in it's growth and maintenance but it also must contain madara's power as well if it is to properly handle the 10 tails. It needs the balance and restoration of the sage's bloodlines and energies. The blindfold is symbolic to uchiha as well as covering an empty socket that reveals the ultimate eye of juubi.
Now that naruto has a good relationship with the tailed beasts they will wish to be with him instead of madara and tobi.
There will need to be a proper vessel and if hashirama's power indeed created the two "mazo" madara and tobi posses then i believe naruto's "life blooming" aura when in rikoudo mode will react to something or maybe use the chakra from 9tails but that ability will be responsible for giving birth to a new body to contain the 10 tails.


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I'm not the sort of person who generally has anything to say about how someone dresses especially since I'm certainly not going to make anyone's "best dressed" list myself. That being said, Michelle Obama consistently wears more butt-ugly outfits than any other famous woman in America. Now, I wouldn't even bring this up except for the fact that people keep talking about Michelle Obama like she's some sort of fashion diva. Seriously? Come on, people would laugh at anybody else who regularly wears these sort of garish outfits,
I know, the one where she looks like a black widow spider is probably from some famous designer and the one where she looks like a monk is probably something Lady Gaga's cousin made for her or something — I'm just saying, give us a break on the hero worship of the Obamas. It's bad enough that the mainstream media acts like their press flacks and that they're on the cover of every magazine, but listening to people rave about Michelle Obama's wardrobe is like a bad Saturday Night Live skit.
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Located in a historic downtown Alton building, these suites are private, secure and first class in a quiet, relaxing atmosphere. Fully furnished one and two bedroom units. Kitchen, VCR, digital cable, washer and dryer, free local calls. Located within walking distance to local restaurants, clubs and shopping.
Super 8 Alton hotel lets you make the most of your time on the road. Located on Illinois Highway 3 close to Route 67 and Interstates 55 and 270, our Alton, Illinois, hotel is just 30 miles from downtown St. Louis and convenient to popular area attractions, including the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Byway.
Jackson House offers a Victorian elegance in the main house, or secluded luxury in a guest house. Sink into a king-sized bed in the spacious master bedroom or snuggle under a quilt in the atmospheric Fireplace room. After slumbering in the loft of The Barn, enjoy the woodland landscape while lounging on the enclosed porch. In The Cave, a cozy earth house, you might bask in the glow of the fireplace, or in the summer, relax on the romantic patio.
Comfort, convenience and beautiful surroundings await you in this 1870's guest house located in the historic Christian Hill District. Enjoy private one or two bedroom units with secluded brick courtyards and cozy gas fireplaces. Located on State Street, the Haagen Haus is within walking distance to downtown shops, restaurants, the scenic byway, biking and walking trails, and the Argosy Casino.
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From the moment you arrive at Comfort Inn, we want you to relax and feel at home. Our helpful staff is here to welcome you, and you'll find everything to suit your needs, including clean, comfortable, and well-appointed rooms with cozy beds. A free deluxe continental breakfast, indoor heated pool, and fitness center. We also offer free high-speed Internet access. Feel at ease knowing that your satisfaction is important to us!
Ideally placed in the historic Downtown Alton antique district, the Tiffany Inn is walking distance from shops, restaurants and the casino, with beautiful views of the Mississippi River and Clark Bridge. Located above the Alton Stained Glass Works shop, the inn has three elegant rooms decorated with lovely stained glass and antiques. Amenities include: private baths, air conditioning, mini refrigerators and coffeemakers.
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Indulge yourself at the Beall Mansion, a sumptuous Bed and Breakfast Inn located 12 blocks from the Mississippi River. Designed by Lucas Pfeiffenberger and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this elegant mansion features 18 ionic columns, eleven and a half foot ceilings, crystal chandeliers and marble and bronze statuary throughout. Let us pamper you with sumptuous feather beds, whirlpools for two, 24 hour "all you can eat" chocolate buffet, and optional gourmet breakfast in bed. Free Wi-fi. In room massage, spa, golf and corporate packages available.
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Perfect for business or pleasure and conveniently located with easy access to key area attractions, restaurants and businesses.The friendly staff is ready to ensure a comfortable and memorable stay. Numerous perks include a complimentary full breakfast, an exercise facility, laundromat, free high speed internet, cable or satellite TV, a meeting room and much more. Make a reservation today and save at this Alton hotel!
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The Cracker Factory is nestled in the scenic Mississippi River town of Alton, Illinois. Guests can stay in the luxury and comfort of the Cracker Factory while visiting Alton for business or leisure. While there, they find easy access to many historic sites and the renowned Antique District. A variety of restaurants, entertainment venues, and cultural events are waiting to be enjoyed.
After a busy day of work or play, come back to this Illinois hotel and unwind in the exercise room, or relax at the indoor heated pool and hot tub. This Cahokia, IL hotel has an on-site business center that provides corporate travelers with modern conveniences like a computer with Internet access, and copy and fax service. When you stay with us you'll feel right at home in our well-appointed guest rooms that have coffee makers with free coffee, curved shower rods, hair dryers, irons, ironing boards and cable television. Ask about our rooms with spacious work desks and sofa sleepers. Non-smoking rooms can be requested. Guests can enjoy features like, free breakfast, wifi, local calls & pet friendly. If you want outstanding service coupled with countless amenities in Cahokia, look no further than the Comfort Inn & Suites hotel. We have everything you need to make your stay enjoyable. Make your reservation with us today.
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This facility features 50,000 square feet of flexible convention and exhibition space that can be configured for gymnastics, martial arts and dance/cheerleading. Each year Gateway Center hosts over 500 events, including state and regional gymnastics competitions.
Guests of the Days Inn Collinsville receive complimentary continental breakfast, free wireless high speed internet access, free local calls and access to our beautiful indoor pool.
As home to the world's largest catsup bottle, Collinsville is not to be missed! Located just across the mighty Mississippi River from downtown St. Louis. The Drury Inn is also not to be missed, with all of our FREE extras! Hotel Services • Free Hot QUIKSTART® Breakfast • Free 5:30 Kickback® - Hot Food & Cold Beverages • Free Wireless Internet • Free 60 Minutes of Long Distance • Free Soda/Popcorn in Lobby (daily 3-10 pm) • Free Local Phone Calls • • HBO, Our Exclusive Premium Movie Channel • CNN, ESPN, Weather Channel & More • Free Parking • Free In-room Coffee Service • 24 Hour Business Center • Exercise Room • Fax Services • Guest Laundry • Guest Voice Mail • Hair Dryers in All Rooms • Indoor Pool • Iron & Ironing Board in All Rooms • Meeting Rooms • Microwaves & Refrigerators in All Rooms • Two-line Phones & Data Ports


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Aerosoles Trot Around Sandal
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Take on the summer in the Aerosoles Trot Around. This stylish cushioned sandal will pair with anything in your wardrobe!
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Location: MI
July 30, 2013
Comfy but...
"These are very sexy and comfy shoes. The heel height and thickness are perfect for someone like me, who's afraid to wear heels since having a knee surgery. My only two complaints are when my feet sweat, the bottom material under the heels make a sticky noise when walking and the buckle on the side sometimes rubs against my feet and hurt a little bit. But they're still better than other heels I've had. Just wish manufacturers can figure out a way to eliminate that sticky noise. LOL. The suede material is very comfy."
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Location: Webster, NY
July 16, 2013
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July 06, 2013
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Location: Nj
June 26, 2013
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By JAMES L. DAVISAssociate Editor
The rumble of thunder over the weekend had many Emery County residents casting a wary glance toward the mountains. While they prayed for rain, they feared the lightning, especially should it touch down in the brittle forests of the Manti-La Sal.
The conditions in the forests are so dry that the Forest Service has announced new, statewide fire restrictions. The new restrictions prohibit the use of open camp fires on all federal and state lands. The restrictions also include any stove fire. Restrictions are already in place which restrict fireworks and smoking except in enclosed vehicles and structures or in developed campgrounds or areas cleared of debris and at least three feet in diameter. Violating the restrictions will result with a fine of up to $5,000 for an individual or $10,000 for an organization and or imprisonment for not more than six months.
On the Manti-La Sal National Forest the Ferron, Price and Sanpete Districts fall into the restrictions. The area includes all of the Wasatch Plateau and San Pitch Mountains. They also apply to the Wasatch Cache, Uinta, Ashley and Fishlake National Forests. The restrictions do not prohibit the use of a stove solely fueled by liquid petroleum or LPG fuels, according to the forest service.
The Dixie National Forest and the Moab and Monticello Ranger Districts of the Manti-La Sal National Forest are also prohibiting the operation of any type of machine that is activated by an internal combustion engine, such as chainsaws or generators, operating motorized vehicles off designated roads and trails, and blasting, welding or other activities which generate flame of flammable materials. These restrictions are in place between 1 p.m. and 1 a.m.
The forest service warned that fire conditions are extreme and restrictions could change at any time.
While forest service officials hope the fire restrictions will help take the human element out of potential forest fires, the nature element still has fire crews on the run. Forest service personnel responded to the scene of several lightning strikes over the weekend in the Emery County area.
John Healy, acting forest ranger for the Ferron District, reported that crews responded to a fire in Wiley's Fork in the lower Muddy Creek area to battle a three-acre blaze. Crews also responded to Rilda Canyon where lightning had started a blaze which was quickly contained. Healy also said there were reports of smoke on the Ferron dugway, but he said crews have been unable to detect a fire. On Monday Troy Davis, acting fire management officer for the area, reported that a crew was investigating reports of a fire on north Horn Mountain.


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The other day, the wife asked me to make a dish with Kale (because she so enjoyed Eileen's dish) and I thought… hmm… what could I do that would be unexpected? Well, I ended up going with Pizza!
Thanks to JT, I started with this dough recipe. For this you'll need:
3 1/2 cups high gluten flour
1 cup warm water
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
1 1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
So, you'll want to mix add the water, oil, yeast, salt, and sugar in a mixer with a dough fitted with dough hook until yeast has fully dissolved. Then add flour and mix on low speed until the flour and water have mixed and a stiff dough ball forms. Place in a bowl and cover… you'll end up with something like this:
Let the dough rise in the fridge for 24 hours… and you get this…
This will allow you to make 2 twelve inch pizzas.
Toppings were…
Red bell peppers
Green bell peppers
Red onions
The sauce consisted of:
28 oz. can pureed tomatoes
2 tsp of sugar
2 diced jalapeños
1/2 clove diced shallot
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
At this point, you'll want to heat your oven to 500. This will heat up while you toss your puree into a pan over a medium low heat. Make sure to stir in everything and let simmer for about 20 minutes once you are finished, you are ready to roll out your down and top.
I used mozzarella and sharp cheddar. Tossed it in for 10 minutes….
And it was ready to go…
Some outstanding stuff, easy to make… and above all, healthy!


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Chinese Laundry Endeavor Snake Flat
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These fierce d'Orsay flats are a fresh breath of style and grace. The Chinese Laundry Endeavor combines the smokin' hot smoking slipper with a two-piece silhouette that is sure to get you noticed.
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Location: Miami, FL
October 26, 2013
"These are cute, but are not the most comfortable. After a few wears, they feel better. The fabric seems delicate, any slight bruising peels the black fabric. For the price though, they're okay."
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Location: atlanta
October 07, 2013
Not Durable
"These shoes are very aesthetically pleasing. However, they are not durable. After the first wear, the began to scoff off at the back and now are practically falling apart. They also stretched very quickly. Definitely not worth it."
By: Dwagonz
Location: Tallahassee, FL
September 10, 2013
Steer clear, ladies
"These shoes were great and exciting at first but after being worn twice within three days of me buying them, they started to completely fall apart. The feaux leather that I thought the shoe was made from was actually just a thin layer that easily began to scuff off all around the heels and pointed toes of the shoes. Also, the actual structure of the shoe completely gave away to the point where I could hardly walk in them. They stretched out so much and crumpled around the base of the heel that they were slipping off my feet the second time I wore them. My friends have also informed me that "Chinese Laundry" simply doesn't make quality products (including purses), which is helpful for the future.(Thanks to the DSW in my town for being understanding, I was able to return them for store credit)"
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Thanks to a man named Walter Diemer, an accountant at a Philadelphia chewing gum company, we have bubble gum. Diemer liked to tinker with gum recipes in his spare time (which everyone has to admit is more fun than accounting), and he saw the possibility for bubbles in one fateful batch that turned out much stretchier than regular gum.
He took that first batch of bubble gum, in the form a five-pound blob, to a nearby grocery store and it all sold out by day's end. The company Diemer worked for embraced his invention, dyed it pink because that was the only color they had on-hand, named it Dubble Bubble and the rest, as they say, is history.
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Neither Selena Gomez nor Justin Bieber open up when asked about their relationship. Their usual answers are vague and evasive, but they do show up in the media together and pose like more than just friends.
A lot of time has passed without any real confirmation from the two stars themselves, and when Gomez visited the set of Ellen DeGeneres, the host had one thing in her mind, and that was to make the young star explain the status and nature of his relationship with Bieber. Continue reading Ellen Asks Selena Gomez about Calling Justin Bieber Her Brother »


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Nature may have a maternal reputation, but she is also one mother you don't want to mess with. Join us while we learn about the floods, droughts, twisters, quakes and fires that have been the most deadly, destructive and bizarre.
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Question 1 of 30
What natural disaster killed tens of thousands in Peru in 1970?
The earthquake and subsequent avalanche on Mount Huascaran killed tens of thousands in 1970.
Question 2 of 30
How fast did the avalanche travel?
90-110 miles per hour (145-177 kilometers per hour)
130-175 miles per hour
The debris utterly buried and destroyed towns ten miles away.
300 miles per hour
Question 3 of 30
Where did a four-year drought come to an end with a catastrophic blizzard in 1972?
The week-long snow killed about 4,000 people.
Question 4 of 30
Flooding in Vietnam in 1971 caused how many deaths?
The North Vietnamese floods were devastating to the population.
Question 5 of 30
The 1970 Bhola cyclone struck where?
At the time, Bangladesh was called East Pakistan.
Question 6 of 30
An estimated how many Bangladeshis were killed in the storm?
About 300,000-500,000 died in the storm. Most of them were killed by drowning.
Question 7 of 30
What was one result of the response and conditions after the storm in Bangladesh?
a better health care system
the Bangladeshi war for independence
Frustration with the government led to the 1971 war.
more funding of weather balloons
Question 8 of 30
When was the deadliest earthquake ever recorded?
The 1556 earthquake took place in Shaanxi province, China.
Question 9 of 30
How many people died in the 1556 earthquake?
Shaanxi province and a neighboring province lost 830,000 people, nearly 60 percent of their populations.
Question 10 of 30
What was the estimated magnitude of the 1556 earthquake?
magnitude 7.3
magnitude 9.7
magnitude 8
The magnitude 8 earthquake's severity was further heightened by the instability of the buildings, which caused great damage.
Question 11 of 30
What natural disaster happened in 2003 and resulted in 20,000 deaths?
an Indonesian tsunami
a European heat wave
The hottest temperatures in 500 years occurred and resulted in water shortages, fires and heat-related deaths.
a plague of locusts in the United States
Question 12 of 30
Fifteen thousand people died from the heat in what country?
the U.K.
The heat was extremely risky in France.
Question 13 of 30
The 1839 Coringa Cyclone destroyed the port city in India with an inundating wave of what height?
32 feet (10 meters)
89 feet
40 feet
The surge caused the loss of 300,000 people and 20,000 vessels.
Question 14 of 30
What is a limnic eruption?
an eruption in a lake
Carbon dioxide erupts from deep lakes, causing gas clouds that are deadly.
a volcano erupting without any warning
an earthquake on the surface of the earth
Question 15 of 30
In 1986, Lake Nyos in Cameroon had a limnic eruption. How many people died?
Around 1,700 people died. It may seem like a small number of people, but keep in mind only six people in the town survived, and the eruption killed people 15 miles (24 kilometers) away.
Question 16 of 30
What else happened during the limnic eruption?
the lake burst into a fountain 300 feet (91 meters) high
In a matter of minutes, the lake burst, a tsunami erupted, and 1,746 people were killed.
the earth cracked
a lava flow
Question 17 of 30
A 1999 storm and flash flooding in Brazil resulted in what other natural disaster that claimed the lives of 30,000 people?
Landslides killed about 30,000 people in the terrible Vargas tragedy.
Question 18 of 30
While 30,000 is generally cited as the number of deaths in the Brazil storm, how many bodies were recovered?
An extraordinary majority of bodies were buried or carried out to sea with debris flows.
Question 19 of 30
Where was the world's deadliest recorded tornado?
the central United States
The Daulatpur-Saturia tornado struck in 1989 in Bangladesh.
Question 20 of 30
How many people were killed in the Daulatpur-Saturia tornado?
Twelve thousand people were injured, and 80,000 lost their homes.
Question 21 of 30
Where did a significant tsunami occur in 365 C.E.?
Crete, Greece
No one in entirely sure of the toll, but "many thousands" were said to have died, and Crete was nearly decimated.
Question 22 of 30
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake caused a tsunami how high?
30 feet (9 meters)
50 feet
100 feet
The devastation from the 100-foot tsunami reached 14 countries.
Question 23 of 30
How many people were killed in the 2004 tsunamis?
About 230,000 people were killed. The hardest hit country was Indonesia, with Sri Lanka, India and Thailand also left reeling.
1 million
Question 24 of 30
What other effects were caused by the 2004 earthquake and tsunami?
The entire world vibrated a centimeter.
There was literally no part of Earth that didn't "feel" the quake.
The planet warmed.
The planet cooled.
Question 25 of 30
How powerful was the earthquake?
The energy released was comparable to a 100-gigaton bomb.
Small earthquakes last less than a second; moderate ones last a few seconds. This one lasted 500 to 600 seconds and was a magnitude 9.1-9.3.
a magnitude 8.8
not that powerful
Question 26 of 30
When Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, what was an unexpected effect?
Mary Shelley wrote "Frankenstein."
extremely cold temperatures and odd weather patterns in the Northern Hemisphere
The eruption in Indonesia was so powerful that it caused a global cooling into summer — and cold, dark nights that prompted Shelley to imagine her monster.
Question 27 of 30
How many people died in the eruption of Tambora?
Although up to 71,000 people died from all the effects of the eruption, 12,000 were directly killed by it.
Question 28 of 30
How many people did the Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin kill?
Hundreds were buried in a mass grave, as the burns and lack of survivors made identification difficult.
Question 29 of 30
What is one reason the Peshtigo fire spread so rapidly?
lightning strikes
Clear-cut lands became tinder.
The fires served as a warning for the timber industry to monitor wildfire prevention.
no hoses for spraying water
Question 30 of 30
The horror of the Peshtigo fire was overshadowed by what event that happened the same night in 1871?
the Great Chicago Fire
While 300 people died in the Chicago fire, its (mythical) beginning from Mrs. O'Leary's cow sensationalized it.
the Hindenburg crash
the Great Atlanta Fire


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Robert Lepage's iconic double-bill Bluebeard's Castle/Erwartung returns to Toronto to be performed for the first time on the Four Seasons Centre stage. Read on to discover the top 10 reasons why you have to get tickets for this spine-chilling duo of opera masterpieces while they last!
Québec City native Robert Lepage is indisputably one of the most original theatre artists Canada has ever produced. His ground-breaking 1993 production of Bluebeard's Castle/Erwartung was a watershed moment for the COC, establishing it as one of the world's most visionary and compelling opera companies. Following its Toronto premiere, it garnered world-wide acclaim touring to New York, Edinburgh, Melbourne and Hong Kong. This spring Toronto audiences will be hearing the stunning sonic effects of these two revolutionary scores for the first time in the acoustic splendour of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
Set and costume designer Michael Levine draws inspiration for his visuals from the social and artistic zeitgeist of the period of composition. He cites Austrian painter Gustav Klimt's richly gilded canvases as a reference for the huge gold frame that surrounds the proscenium and points to the sombre, unnerving works of Klimt's Norwegian contemporary, Edvard Munch, as inspiration for his stage design.
Robert Lepage describes Erwartung as very "dark; a work of despair; Schoenberg doesn't give any keys or clues to this piece. It's very erratic—a sort of Freudian voyage." He highlights these Freudian aspects by setting the opera in a mental ward where the sole character, "The Woman," is straightjacketed and flooded by memories as she recounts the events of her search for her lover.
Largely self-taught, Viennese composer Arnold Schoenberg's (1874–1951) innovative experiments with harmony moved art music away from the late-Romantic lushness of Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler towards an atonal sound world that threw over the conventional rules of Western harmony. With his early opera Erwartung (1909), he extended the boundaries of tonality so far as to become the first composer to overstep them. You can hear guided samples at coc.ca/LookAndListen.
Unlike Schoenberg, Hungarian Béla Bartók (1881-1945) did not reject contemporaries such as Richard Strauss and Claude Debussy—in fact, early works such as Bluebeard's Castle (1911) were strongly influenced by their style. Instead, it was his research into the old, forgotten folk melodies of Hungary that freed him to create a unique musical fabric dominated by surprising, new dissonances.
In 1903, spurred on by the new anti-Austrian, anti-Habsburg movement in Hungary, Bartók declared in a letter: "all my life, in every way I shall serve but one aim; the benefit of the Hungarian nation." He completed Bluebeard's Castle in 1911, just six years before the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As the production's creator, superstar Canadian director Robert Lepage, points out, "It was the end of a lot of empires; the end of a lot of Bluebeards who possessed lands and jewelry, but whose money was stained with blood."
Schoenberg's Erwartung is very much a product of the Expressionist movement that swept through all the arts during the early 20th century. His break from the traditional Western harmonic tradition with atonality unleashed a similarly "expressionist" sound world equipped to expose heated emotions of frightening power that had theretofore remained under wraps. Schoenberg's librettist, the young medical student Marie Pappenheim, based her text on the elliptical, resonant language of patients undergoing psychoanalysis. As a member of the medical community, Marie may well have been familiar with "Anna O," one of Sigmund Freud's most famous patients—certainly there are similarities between that case and the text of Erwartung.
Erwartung's complex score is particularly challenging due to its "in-between" status—Schoenberg wrote it after he had abandoned tonality (c. 1909) but before he had devised the 12-tone system (early 1920s). German philosopher and musicologist Theodor Adorno famously described it as being akin to "the seismographic recording of traumatic shocks;" a fragmentary score that almost never settles on any type of repeated theme or motif that might potentially offer definitive answers.
Previous to Bartók's re-discovery of his homeland's rich treasury of authentic melodies, the Hungarian classical "nationalist" style had been dominated by folk-like popular songs which were in fact corruptions of truly indigenous music. However, Bartók did not simply incorporate these folk materials verbatim; any of his "melodies" are entirely his own. Instead, he used them as models to intensify rhythms, expand his tonal palette and ultimately, explore the new dissonances that came to define his music. You can hear guided samples at coc.ca/LookAndListen.
Canadian star, bass John Relyea, relishes the psychological challenges posed by Bluebeard who spends the entire opera in continual dialogue with his latest wife, Judith: "the through line of emotional tension is unbroken, relentless; likewise the score builds up dramatically as things get deeper and darker and doesn't let you go."
Relyea's Judith will be Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova with whom he has worked at Covent Garden. Relyea feels this will be "especially important in a piece that is very intimate; very exposed psychologically—having established trust with a colleague beforehand is extremely helpful in creating something very real earlier in the process of developing the characters."
Canadian mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó's (The Woman, Erwartung) association with this production goes back to her days in the COC Ensemble Studio when she understudied the role of Judith in Bluebeard's Castle. She calls her new role "probably the most challenging thing I've worked on to date. After looking at the first three pages I thought, 'It's never going to stick in my head,' but it's extremely satisfying when the puzzle falls into place!"
To find out more about our production of Bluebeard's Castle/Erwartung, click here.
Photo credits (top-bottom): (l-r) John Relyea as Duke Bluebeard and Ekaterina Gubanova as Judith in the Canadian Opera Company production of Bluebeard's Castle, 2015, and Krisztina Szabó as the Woman and Mark Johnson as the Psychiatrist (in background) in the Canadian Opera Company production of Erwartung, 2015. Photo: Michael Cooper; Krisztina Szabó as the Woman in the Canadian Opera Company production of Erwartung, 2015. Photo: Michael Cooper; (l-r) Mark Johnson as the Psychiatrist and Krisztina Szabó as the Woman in the Canadian Opera Company production of Erwartung, 2015. Photo: Michael Cooper; John Relyea as Duke Bluebeard and Ekaterina Gubanova as Judith in the Canadian Opera Company production of Bluebeard's Castle, 2015. Photo: Michael Cooper; (l-r) Mark Johnson as the Psychiatrist, Krisztina Szabó as the Woman and Noam Markus as the Lover in the Canadian Opera Company production of Erwartung, 2015. Photo: Michael Cooper
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The 2014/2015 season of the Free Concert Series is almost at a close. Be sure to stop by and catch the last shows of our ninth season, including 20th-century works, a world premiere and even bebop! Read on to discover some of the concert highlights coming in May and June; you could say we've been saving the best for last!
Thursday, May 7, 2015
12 — 1 p.m.
Kara Huber, piano
Quickly gaining an international reputation for her extraordinary prowess and flair for contemporary music, award-winning American pianist Kara Huber shows that, in the right hands, piano études can be fun and funky. The program also features the world premiere of a new work written just for her by Andy Villemez.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
12 — 1 p.m.
Folk Impressions
Shelley Brown, flute
James Shields, clarinet
Aya Miyagawa and Nancy Kershaw, violin
Josh Greenlaw, viola
Rebecca Morton, cello
Lori Gemmell, harp
Artists of the COC Orchestra and guest harpist Lori Gemmell perform works by Arnold Bax, Béla Bartók and Maurice Ravel. In the early 20th century, Bax, Bartók and Ravel found themselves in the midst of great change, chaos and war. Perhaps in response to this pressure, all three of the works in this program were influenced by their composer's love affair with a particular pastoral region.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
12 — 1 p.m.
Songs and Dances of Death
Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano
Rachel Andrist, piano
Internationally acclaimed Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova (currently making her COC mainstage debut as Judith in Bluebeard's Castle) performs Mussorgsky's devastatingly beautiful song cycle Songs and Dances of Death.
Wednesday, May, 20, 2015
12 — 1 p.m.
The Diary of One Who Disappeared
Charlotte Burrage, mezzo-soprano
Owen McCausland, tenor
Tenor Owen McCausland and mezzo-soprano Charlotte Burrage perform in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre one last time as members of the Ensemble Studio, before graduating from the program this spring. They present Janáček's intensely dramatic song cycle, The Diary of One Who Disappeared.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
12 — 1 p.m.
Harawi: Songs of Love and Death
Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano
Christopher Mokrzewski, piano
Acclaimed Canadian mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó (currently singing the role of The Woman in the COC's Erwartung) and pianist Christopher Mokrzewski (of Toronto's Against the Grain Theatre) unite to perform Olivier Messiaen's exquisitely beautiful and deeply moving song cycle, Harawi (Songs of Love and Death). The piece is part of a trilogy of works embracing the Tristan myth and the concept of the simultaneous fulfillment of love and death.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
12 — 1 p.m.
Instruments are for Surgeons
Cadence Vocal Quartet
Closing out the season is Cadence, Canada's premier a cappella vocal ensemble. Famous for their infectious energy and uncanny verve, the group has been wowing audiences across the country and around the world for over 15 years. Whether performing classics by Joni Mitchell or Louis Prima, bebop standards or cheeky arrangement of 1980s hits, their hypnotic blend of complex harmonies, intricate arrangements, vocal dexterity and on-stage antics are simply irresistible!
Which concerts are you most looking forward to? Share it with us in the comments!
Banner credit: Víkingur Ólafsson. Photo: Kevin Lloyd
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Canadian bass John Relyea continues to distinguish himself as one of today's finest singing actors. Hear him prove it onstage when he appears in our production of Bluebeard's Castle/Erwartung this May, and read on to discover more about this Toronto-born international sensation!
What he's doing with us: John will be singing the role of the dark Duke Bluebeard in the first opera in the iconic double-bill, Bluebeard's Castle.
Where you might have seen him: Previously, John has appeared onstage in many of the world's most celebrated opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera; San Francisco Opera (where he is an alumnus of the Merola Opera Program and a former Adler Fellow); Lyric Opera of Chicago; Seattle Opera; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Paris Opera; Bayerische Staatsoper; Vienna State Opera; Theater an der Wien; and the Mariinksy Theater.
His past roles include the title roles in Attila, Le Nozze di Figaro, Bluebeard's Castle, Don Quichotte, Attila, and Aleko; Zaccaria in Nabucco, Bertram in Roberto le Diable, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Colline in La Bohème, Don Alfonso in Lucrezia Borgia, Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Alidoro in La Cenerentola, Giorgio in I puritani, Banquo in Macbeth, Garibaldo in Rodelinda, Méphistophélès in both Faust and La Damnation de Faust, the four villains in Les contes d'Hoffmann, Escamillo in Carmen, Marke in Tristan und Isolde, Caspar in Der Freischutz, Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress, Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia, and King René in Iolanta. He last appeared onstage with the COC as the four villains in our 2012 production of The Tales of Hoffmann.
John is also in high demand as a concert artist, appearing regularly with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the Berlin Philharmonic.
He has appeared at various festivals, including Tanglewood, Ravinia, Blossom, Cincinnati May, Vail, Lanaudière, Salzburg, Edinburgh, Lucerne and Mostly Mozart, and in the BBC Proms.
John will be making a role debut as King Philip II in Verdi's Don Carlo this summer at the Escorial in Spain. Be sure to catch him while he's here in Bluebeard's Castle, part of the iconic Bluebeard/Erwartung double-bill!
See John Relyea as Bluebeard in our current production of Bluebeard's Castle/Erwartung. For more information and to buy tickets, click here.
Photo credit (banner): Shirley Suarez
Sara Fulgoni in the COC production of Bluebeard's Castle. Photo: Michael Cooper © 2001


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The Amazon in Peru is home to a diversity of life that is unparalleled anywhere on Earth making it a paradise for nature lovers and offering an entire range of awe-inspiring experiences and adventures! Enjoy wildlife spotting in the jungle town of Puerto Maldonado, visit Iquitos- the largest city in the Peruvian Amazon which is comparable to an island in the heart of the green forest. There are so many different ways to experience the pristine rainforest and jungle life from touring through Manu Biosphere Reserve, watching the jungle come to life on the canopy walkways, staying in jungle lodges for a unique and authentic experience or exploring the Amazon River with all the comfort and luxury on a riverboat cruise.
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Albany, N.Y. - Amanda Pollock scored a career-best five goals as No. 20 University at Albany women's lacrosse records 16-12 defeat over No. 14/12 Boston College Wednesday afternoon. Jess Antelmi registered five points with three goals and two assists, four of which came in the first half.
UAlbany (5-1) scored 39 seconds into the first have to take a lead that was contested only once when Boston College (4-3) knotted the game up at 3-3 early in the first half. The Great Danes, winning their fourth straight game, controlled the shots with a 23-19 advantage.
The Eagles pulled within three goals, 15-12, on Mikaela Rix's third of the game with 4:19 on the clock, but found themselves three players down on three yellow cards in a one minute span thus unable to regain the ball. Pollock recorded her fifth goal of the game with 43 seconds remaining for the 16-12 victory.
Outscoring UAlbany 7-5 in the second half, Boston College began the comeback attempt. Brooke Blue began the second half scoring for the Eagles with a pass from Covie Stanwick at 27:29 bringing the score to 11-6 UAlbany. Stanwick tallied two goals in the second half, both assisted by Brittany Wilton. Wilton threw a shot into the target with 14:30 on the clock to shrink the gap to 13-10, but Mel Rorie scored back-to-back goals, including a free position goal, to give the Great Danes a four-goal cushion with 8:32 remaining.
Jess Antelmi scored her tenth and eleventh goals on the season for a 2-0 UAlbany lead with 27:12 remaining in the first half. The Eagles would tie-up the match at 3-3 with a goal from Blue. The Great Danes responded with goals from Pollock and Antelmi to regain the lead for the remainder of the game. UAlbany closed out the first half with five unanswered goals from five different players for an 11-5 lead going into halftime.
The Eagles held a 20-10 draw control advantage as Kristin Igoe collected four, while three other players recorded three each.
Rachael Burek and Ariana Parker each collected two goals and one assist for the Great Danes, while Nichole Eamer collected one goal, one assist and three caused turnovers.
In goal, Anna Berman made two saves for her fourth victory on the season. Boston College's Catherine Conway recorded 48:51 minutes making four saves in the losing effort.
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LeRoy and Loretta Maxfield of Castle Dale will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on April 30. They were married in Castle Dale on April 30, 1960. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They have made their home and raised children and grandchildren in Emery County for the bulk of their married lives. They have five children: Greg (Veronica) Maxfield of Camas, Wash.; Wayne (Deanna) Maxfield of Castle Dale; Kyle (Robin) Maxfield of Springville; Lori (Brent) Hansen of Mapleton; and Brad (Callie) Maxfield of Payson.
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By LYNNDA JOHNSONSun Advocate editor
After conducting an intensive criminal investigation into allegations aimed at Emery Telcom's senior management team, the Utah Attorney General's Office has declined to file formal charges against the company's general manager and chief executive officer.
Dated Oct. 19, the written notice informed Greg Killpack's legal counsel, Larry Weiss, that the attorney general's office has decided not to prosecute the lawyer's client regarding statements from four unidentified witnesses alleging Emery Telcom engaged in questionable or unlawful business practices.
"To further clarify our intentions, I inform you we also concluded, after comprehensive review and screening, that no criminal charges will be filed by this office against Mr. Greg Killpack with respect to any of the allegations of wrongdoing, which have been the subject of our investigation," stated the notice signed by chief deputy attorney general Kirk Torgensen.
After receiving the notice, the company's board of directors issued a written statement highlighting the results of an independent investigation conducted in connection with the criminal misconduct allegations.
Following the commencement of the attorney general's 20-month investigation into the matter, the board engaged Salt Lake City criminal defense lawyer Neil Kaplan to interview company employees, consultants, vendors and individuals with knowledge of facts pertinent to the allegations.
"The only directive given ... to Mr. Kaplan was to determine the truth of the allegations that were being made against the company's senior management team," explained the Emery Telcom board.
After evaluating the information collected during the independent investigation, Kaplan concluded in August 2004 that the evidence indicated no criminal misconduct on the part of the individuals targeted by the allegations.
"Unfortunately, the investigation has inflicted a great deal of damage upon Emery Telcom - both in financial terms as well as its reputation in the telecommunications community," pointed out the company's board of directors.
"Literally millions of dollars have been needlessly lost by the company as a result of the investigation, including those expenses associated with defending itself and its senior management, lost business opportunities, repayment of amounts which had previously been forgiven and refusal by regulatory agencies to implement revenue increases while the investigation was pending. Those losses could have been avoided had the allegations first come to the board," continued the written statement.
"Sadly, the chosen course of action circumvented the board and company protocol and, as a result, has harmed the Emery Telcom community, the company, its customers and its employees," noted the members of the directors panel.
In February 2004, attorney general's office investigators executed a search warrant at the Orangeville-based company's headquarters and reportedly seized documents related to Emery Telcom's business and accounting practices.
The probable cause affidavit supporting the issuance of the search warrant contained allegations of misbookings and miscodings of business expenses based on information provided by four current and former employees of the company.
After purportedly coming forward voluntarily, the four witnesses wished to remain anonymous throughout the investigative process.
The document supporting the issuance of the search warrant indicated that the alleged business expense misbookings and miscodings involved Emery Telcom's non-regulated subsidiary companies. The subsidiaries included Emery Telcom's long distance, Internet and communications companies. Emery Telcom manages and assumes the accounting responsibilities for all of the company's subsidiaries and regulated businesses.
As a regulated cooperative utility, the court document explained that Emery Telcom operates under rates set by the Utah Public Service Commission. The rate is fixed at 10 percent profit plus reimbursement for capital improvements.
The alleged misbooking of subsidiary company expenses to Emery Telcom allowed the utility to be reimbursed through rate increases, contended the affidavit supporting the issuance of the search warrant. In addition, the court document questioned Emery Telcom's accounting practices when contracting with outside companies for equipment upgrades.
"As part of the search warrant process, individuals provided information in secret which was relied on by the attorney general's office to prepare an affidavit supporting the search warrant," pointed out the Emery Telcom's board of directors in 2004. "The affidavit was filed under seal and was not available to public or the board until a few weeks ago. To this point, we have refrained from public comment in consideration of the attorney general's investigation and to protect all of the parties involved, including those few people who made the allegations as well as the people under investigation."


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Published on Tuesday, June 03, 2014 - 15:06
THE biggest town on the Isle of Wight is set to see its police station close to the public.
Police confirmed today (Tuesday) the front desk at Ryde would close on June 9, due to low usage.
A statement said: "During the period of review, the usage was less than nine per cent of the one based in Newport and equated to less than three people visiting the front office each day.
"While the changes come into effect from June 23, Ryde Police Station is closing from June 9 in response to staff shortages out of our control."
The decision means the Island will only have one front desk open to the public in Newport.
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