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GHCD 2379/80 – Stokowski – Stravinsky, Hanson, Harris…
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the air, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
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American Record Guide – September/October 2012
This is a very felicitous Stokowski release. The conductor, ever a champion of novelty, was in a particularly experimental humor in the 1940s and 50s, a time when symphonic composition itself was unfolding in unexpected ways. We begin with Stravinsky's backwards-looking, neoclassical Symphony in C, given a distinctly cool response by the NBC studio audience, pass on to the Sibelius and Shostakovich-inflected symphonies by Hanson and Harris, and from thence to Hindemith, figuring as the herald of minimalism, the surrealist landscape of Hartmann's adagio, and conclude with the then-outrageously ethnic third symphony of Alan Hovhaness. Quite a range!
Stokowski could have had but an imperfect understanding of where all of this was tending. Retrospectively considered, the symphonies of Hanson, Harris, and Hartmann seem like period pieces compared to the pregnant innovations of the Stravinsky, Hindemith, and Hovhaness works. Stokowski's performances are exploratory, seeking out new aural effects while imparting to each symphony his familiar mannerisms. The result is a riot of color, rhythm, and physical excitement that is a joy to hear. What in lesser hands might come across as mere modernist bombast is rendered persuasive: fast and loud, beautiful and sublime. The Hindemith, of all things, is singularly effective given Stokowski's ability to project a wealth of detail in a very busy score. The Hovhaness, in its comparative simplicity, benefits as well: not much happens dramatically in these symphonies—it all turns on texture, of which Stokowski was the great master.
While the quality of the recorded sound varies in these broadcast recordings—not much can be done with material emanating from the infamous Studio 8-H—the restoration is done well. The 1943 spoken introductions to the NBC performances of Stravinsky, Hanson, and Hindemith, very political and over-wrought, serve to put the whole business in a proper historical frame. In that fearful and exciting time symphonies and new music occupied a space in public life long since lost, but Stokowski's fraught performances convey it with thrilling immediacy.
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We could designate this compilation "Stravinsky and the 5-H Club," and not be so far off the mark. I held off reviewing this set, released around September, 2011, because errors in the accompanying booklet mis-label the arrangement of the works presented. The Guild set restores live performances, 1943-1956, with Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977), of then contemporary music, when controversy and animated discussion surrounded each of these pieces and composers. The NBC Stravinsky, Hindemith, and Hanson broadcasts have the added incentive of commentary by Samuel Chotzinoff and Ben Grauer.
Despite the well-known acoustical defects of NBC Studio 8-H, the 21 February 1943 performance of the neo-Classic 1940 Stravinsky Symphony has great effect, the energy and precise intonation of the players a decisive factor in the sonorous patina of the whole. Whatever rhythmic knots the work presents, Stokowski and his energized ensemble dispense with stylistic gusto and plastic continuity. The last movement exalts the NBC wind section in a manner reminiscent of the composer's symphonies for wind instruments, and the wit and pungency of effect did not fall on deaf ears, the audience spontaneously ardent in its appreciation.
The elegiac Symphony No. 4 by Howard Hanson (2 January 1944) is dedicated "To the Memory of my Father," and features movements named from the Requiem Mass: Kyrie, Requiescat, Dies Irae, and Lux aeterna. Hanson himself had conducted the premier only months before, and the music conveyed a kinship to Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem of 1940, which Barbirolli had debuted in New York. The string and brass choirs convey a nobly valedictory atmosphere in the opening Kyrie (Andante inquieto), epic in stature. The string pizzicato and wind coloring that open the Largo seem drawn directly from the Sibelius D Major Symphony and share its virile melodic contour. The brief Dies Irae (Presto) carries a war-dance effect, the battery and col legno strings pungently active. The stormy relation to a Danse Macabre, Saint-Saens notwithstanding, seizes us momentarily and then relents. A sumptuous study in C Major, the Lux aeterna (Largo pastorale) enjoys the benefit of the NBC strings in their most glowing layered persona. Horns and tympani complete the sense of the colossal impact this rendition communicates even after 67 years.
On tour with the St. Louis Symphony, Stokowski performs (9 January 1955) from the Kiel Opera House the original version of the Roy Harris Symphony No. 7, dedicated to the memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitzky. The work received its premier in Chicago under Rafael Kubelik. Anguished strings, winds, and tympani dominate the first section of this one-movement work. A trenchant somber march for most of the first third of this twenty minute work, the tympani suddenly invokes a warlike riff, and the music continues in broken metrics reminiscent of Villa-Lobos or Carlos Chavez. The force of the playing gains a kind of layered incandescence, and funereal bells enter in relation to snare drums and swirling string riffs. A tympanic cadenza with tolling bell announces a new dance-figure, more optimistic in tone, suggestive of a brightly colored highland reel. The final pages assume a rustic air in American hues, earthy and assertive, virtuosic and shimmering, hortatory, and finally self-emergent in Whitman's determined spirit.
The Hindemith E-flat Symphony (1940) finds a sympathetic reading in its first radio broadcast under Stokowski (28 February 1943), the work's having been given its American premier under Mitropoulos in Minneapolis, 1941. Percussive and militantly aggressive, the opening Sehr lebhaft does, halfway through the first movement, engage in some "smaller" dialogues among the instruments, only to explode once more, tutti, in swirling furies. The solo oboe combines with the cello section for some intimacy in the extended Sehr langsam movement; the strings, brass and tympani then mount a colossal wall of sound that quickly dissipates into a song over an ostinato dirge. Later, the solo flute has a lyric that plays against other winds and ostinato strings, the tension's rising again to agonized heights that threaten to overwhelm us. The scherzo (Lebhaft) third movement charges forward in moto perpetuo fashion, thumping, churning, and warbling at once in the manner of some pagan color festival. There might be a family resemblance to the Scherzo in Bruckner's D Minor Symphony. The trio section relaxes into a slightly tipsy laendler, rustic or bucolic in an academic sense. The last movement indicates "Medium fast in cut time," music moves once more with inexorable force and brassy textures. When the music thins out, a perky wind serenade and string appears, reminiscent of the chirping moments in Bartok' Concerto for Orchestra. The thunder returns, but now academic in the form of a fugue. The motto of fate reveals itself, but the tenor of the music becomes darkly meditative; inexorably, the horns and low strings build the wall of sound up, the winds now swirling at the top, a monolith whose sullen grandeur at the coda Stokowski has under total wild control.
The appearance of the 1946 Adagio Symphony by Karl Amadeus Hartmann (25 May 1955) with Stokowski and the St. Louis Symphony is explained by the conductor's delight in presenting a "local" work whenever he went on tour, here in Cologne. Rich in colors and gloomy melancholy, the piece demands exact entries and intensely etched sonorities from the various orchestral choirs. The harmonies become "exotic" by way of pentatonic scales and woodwinds that imitate timbres from Le Sacre du Printemps. The explosion of tympani, battery and brass proves the "Adagio" epithet inadequate to the vehemence of the emotions wrought, suddenly apocalyptic and then receding into a neo-romantic haze. The fires not quite extinguished, bursts of color cells appear while the strings play a melodic epilogue that invokes a horn solo and the recurrence of "broken glass" sounds. The cellos and low strings intone the last dying phrases.
The music of Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) has always combined his Armenian ethnic background with canny orchestral timbres and diverse instrumental combinations. The Symphony No. 3 (14 October 1956) in its world premier from Carnegie Hall with the re-named NBC Symphony as "Symphony of the Air," begins in the manner of languorous film-score music, Andante maestoso–Presto. Whirling strings and dominant tympani keep the energies in constant "oriental" motion. The essential classicism of the work finds the second movement Andante in adjusted rondo form buttressed on either side by sonata-form movements. Diaphanous sounds collide with thicker textures to produce a sonically captivating progression, much in the same exotic spirit as his most popular Mysterious Mountain Symphony No. 2. The Allegro molto last movement in Cecil B. DeMille spectacle exploits Hovhaness' fascination with prime number metric units, measures in 5, 7, and 11 in canonic figures that make demands upon performers and listeners alike. Muezzins and dancing girls seem to cavort and bump into each other, the low strings in wonderfully panoramic counterpoint. The dervish-dance gains the usual Stokowski momentum in flamboyant counterpoint, the drums' invoking a hero who combines Sabu with Douglas Fairbanks, and the audience eats it up.
Gary Lemco
MusicWeb International – October 2011
This collection of radio transcriptions is for Stokowskians or fans of the music of these composers. The mono sound is very respectable, clean and by no means primitive but it cannot hope to match modern commercial recordings and there is some distortion at times.
The pulsating acidic Stravinsky symphony suffers some roughness but is in miraculous sound for 1943. The grunt at the start of the Allegretto is startlingly strong and secure. The Hanson dates from 1944 and has the slow-swelling stubborn romanticism typical of this fine composer. That said it is without the overwhelmingly fresh invention of the first two symphonies and the Sixth. This is however a most atmospheric interpretation and although again suffering some sound fragility is very impressive. Stokowski's Dies Irae is driven on with a flaming sjambok – picking up on the Stravinskian echoes. The Harris Seventh Symphony is well worth your attention and study time. Stokowski paces it with slow blooming evolution. This is a splendid performance and can be placed alongside the CBS mono of Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia (now on Albany). For me this symphony, heard in its single movement first version, stands above even the Sibelian First (1933) and the ubiquitous Third. Glorious! The second disc launches with Hindemith's Symphony in E flat written while he was a refugee from Nazi Germany in 1939. He had been a professor at Yale for two years at the time he wrote this and had wholeheartedly adopted his new homeland. This NBC recording is from 1943. The recording is in very good stead indeed whether in exhausting rhetoric or in rolling grand tragedy.
The Hartmann Adagio Symphony (No. 2) is in a single impressive and anxiety-disseminating arch of 20 minutes. Here is one of Henze's exemplars. This is an avant-garde work yet one concerned with the long line rather than a dazzle of mosaic shards and incidents.
Stokowski championed Hovhaness's music for much of his active concert life. Although it was Reiner and the Chicagoans who made the premiere recording of Symphony No. 2 Mysterious Mountain it was Stokowski and the Houston Orchestra who commissioned and premiered it in 1955. Previously he had premiered Hovhaness's First Symphony The Exile with the NBC SO in 1942 – to be heard on GHCD2347 with firsts by Serebrier and Milhaud. The Third Symphony has not otherwise been recorded. Its style, across three movements and almost 26 minutes, is rhythmically incisive, Armenian national, groaningly majestic and mysterious. Sample this work in the Andante. It then flares with muscularity in the Allegro Molto finale. Flames and seismic impacts alternate with delicate dances and finely limned unison writing for the violin benches. To think that even now we lack recordings of many of his sixty-seven symphonies! This is very attractive music.
Some of these performances are preceded by radio announcements and followed by applause from studio or hall audiences and radio commentator 'tailing'.
Each of these live historic recordings brims with ardent power and fantasy.
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Archive for August, 2012
Daily Derp: Awesome Wheelchair DogFriday, August 24th, 2012
If At First You Don't Succeed…Friday, August 24th, 2012
SPOTD: Ponytail GuyWednesday, August 22nd, 2012
The guy that Jenna is referring to in this highlarious video:
Daily Derp: Boston Terrier FlipWednesday, August 22nd, 2012
I almost peed my pants laughing at how amazing this is.
High-5 CatTuesday, August 21st, 2012
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SPOTD: Todd Akin (NSFW)Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
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SPOTD – I Think It's Just You…Monday, August 20th, 2012


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Fox Ford Lincoln of Chicago – Grand Opening | Chicago News
Fox Ford Lincoln, the largest Ford showroom in Chicagoland, celebrated with a formal grand opening on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The event consisted of tours of the facility, Chicago-themed food and cocktails, and various speakers.
Dan DeVos, the Chairman and CEO of Fox Motors, Scott Waguespack, Alderman, 32nd Ward, Michael Jasso, Bureau Chief at the Bureau of Economic Development, Dave Mondragon, Executive Director of Sales for the Ford Motor Company, and Andrew Frick, Manager of North American Sales and Service for the Lincoln Motor Company were all on hand for the event.
Fox Ford Lincoln is located at 2501 N. Elston Avenue on Chicago's North Side between Bucktown and Lincoln Park. The dealership officially opened its doors on Sept. 1, capping off a building process that first broke ground back in June 2014.
The dealership is 145,000 square feet, is LEED certified (which is a building certification program that recognizes best-in-class strategies and practices), has more than 375 Ford and Lincoln vehicles on-site, and has produced 98 jobs already and is expected to reach 125 employees.
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COLLEGE PARK — Maryland's membership in the Big Ten Conference next season means that all Terps home football games will be televised, according to the Big Ten Network.
Home games will appear on the Big Ten Network, ABC or one of the ESPN networks. The conference's contract with its television rights holders calls for all home football games to be broadcast.
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Description:Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate... until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.
The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.
My Opinion:YES! A secular book that I can enjoy:)
Even though this book is secular it is definitely clean also. There were a few kisses throughout the book but they weren't descriptive. Most of the romance was a knowing look, brush of the arm, actions done, or holding of hands. Cute stuff that pretty much starts off a relationship. It was very enjoyable;)
The beginning half of the book was kind of slow for me and the writing was not my favorite, but the story by far made up for my dislikes.
Matched is a Dystopian, "an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives." I am definitely a fan of books like this although I have not read many.
In this story, everything is supposed to be predictable, pre-ordained. From what you eat to if you will finish a race first. From what your future career will be to whom you will marry. From the time you are born to the time of your death, everything you do the officers knew whould happen. Isn't that a weird thought? It's like the people in charge are trying to play God?
However, even though the peoples lives in Matched are supposed to be predictable, I love that Ally's story is not. I have no idea what will happen in the next book, Crossed. I ordered it as well as Reached from the library the minute after I finished this one. Can't wait to read it!
Rating: 5 Stars
This is really random but I absolutely loved this quote from the book. - "...And they will turn from ash and nothing into flesh and blood." I have no idea why, it just impacted me in a way I can't explain. I think it's really cool and I just thought I would share it:)


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RealNetworks shareholders are going nuts after the company's board forced founder and CEO Rob Glaser to finally step down yesterday.
RealNetworks shares are up 20% right now to $4.63, and hit a new 52-week high today of $4.65.
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According to Yahoo Finance, he holds 49.5 million shares of RNWK stock. That means today's gains alone make him $39 million richer.


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July Entertainment – Jenny Crusie Triple Shot
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Fast Women
Nell Dysart has been divorced for 18 months. She is emotionally numb, but after taking on a job as office manager for McKenna Investigations, she has a new challenge ? to re-organise and revitalise the drab 50?s surroundings of the office. The excitement starts when she gets involved with burly senior partner Gabe McKenna and his hot young partner/cousin Reilly McKenna. Together they uncover murder, embezzlement and blackmail. Although the story line is a little unrealistic, the characters are believable, the dialogue is hard-hitting and the romance is hot!
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Tell me Lies
When Maddie Faraday finds a pair of black lace knickers in her husband?s car, she decides it?s about time she divorced him. After all, he?s cheated before except Maddie?s always been too worried about the scandal a divorce would create in her small town to do anything about it. But before she can confront him, he?s murdered and she is the key suspect. Suddenly instead of being the good wife and mother the town thinks her to be, Maddie is making out with an ex-boyfriend, and finding out that not only did her husband cheat on her, he was a crook as well. If you like your crime with a bit of romance and a lot of laughs, then this book is for you.
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Crazy for you
Quinn McKenzie is living a beige life ? she?s dating the nicest guy Bill, has a good job as a university professor, is surrounded by family and friends and is bored to tears. But when she decides to rescue a small dog, everything begins to change. Not only does the scrawny pooch hate Bill with a passion (which she decides is good taste) but dog-nappings, sabotage, breaking and entering combined with seduction, stalking and secrets makes for fascinating reading. Add two men who are crazy for her and you?ve got a winner of a novel.
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Written by Alan Shields –
Shell has stood down its emergency response activities over a fire on its Enchilada platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
On Saturday an assessment team confirmed the isolation of the platform from the 30-inch gas export pipeline which was thought to be at the centre of the blaze which broke out last week.
The team also found no presence of 'uncontained' hydrocarbons.
The supermajor is in the process of developing a plan for repairing the damaged portions of the asset and re-deploying personnel.
There is no timeline to resume normal operations.
More than 70 people from Shell and the United States Coast Guard worked together to respond to the incident.
Throughout the response, Shell did not observe any signs of oil on the water associated with this incident.
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Son of Godzilla + The Terror of Mechagodzilla (VHS)
Son of Godzilla
Solgill Island is hime to a research team attempting an experiment. If they succeed they will be able to change the weather and thus save the world from running out of food. However, their first attempt brings failure, causing an intense radioactivity causes the animals on the island to grow and become grossly oversized.
The Terror of Mechagodzilla
When a submarine is sunk in the ocean, a search goes out for Professor Malfuni, who 15 years previously claimed to have found the monster Titanosaurus under the sea. Now he is working for the aliens who are building Mechagodzilla, a massive machine. Their ambition is to take over the world for themselves. With the help of Katsura, Malfuni's cyborg daugther they are set to succeed unless Godzilla can stop them.
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- Sprog: Engelsk
- Spilletid: 161 min.
- Genre: Sci-Fi/Monsterfilm
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Playful stingrays love to "kiss" humans
Brent and Elsa took a day trip during their vacation to Stingray City - a series of shallow sandbars found in the North Sound of Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. It is a beautiful spot where southern stingrays are found in abundance and visitors can pet and interact with the animals. Although a bit skeptical of being this close with the wild animals, after a few minutes everyone realizes just how friendly these stingrays are. They're so friendly that you can pet as well as lift them within the water to "give them a kiss" which is rumored to bring seven years good luck!


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General FAQ
Which air conditioners does Ambi Climate support?
Ambi Climate is compatible with over 50 brands and 1,200 remotes. Whether you have a window, wall mounted, split or portable air conditioner, Ambi Climate can work with most remotes that have an LCD screen; even air conditioners with heating capabilities! If your remote is not listed on our compatibility page or if you have a Frigidaire remote, please send us photos of the front and back of your remote and we will get back to you ASAP.
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Our AI relies on the real-time sensor data collected and sent back to our cloud by Ambi Climate to control your air conditioner, so it'll need continual internet connectivity. It should be plugged into a power outlet to provide sufficient power for the device to send infrared signals.
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Smart Modes
Comfort Mode
Comfort Mode uses Machine Learning techniques to learn what is comfortable for you, through the feedback you provide (too cold, a bit warm, freezing etc.) at that very moment. Ambi Climate's AI then automatically adjusts your air conditioner to maintain comfortable conditions for you, compensating for any changes in outdoor conditions or your daily habits. Over time this can also reduce overheating and overcooling issues you may encounter with a traditional remote.
Away Mode
Away Mode helps you take care of your home while you are away. This mode allows you to adjust and maintain a cooling, drying or heating threshold. Setting the threshold is easy: simply let Ambi Climate know if you would like to keep the humidity below or temperature above or below a certain level. Ambi Climate's AI then minimizes your energy costs by switching on your air conditioner only when it is needed to maintain the threshold.
Temperature Mode
Temperature Mode allows you to select a set target temperature, and Ambi Climate will auto-adjust with a variety of settings to reach your target. For example, if you set it to 23°, our AI and its knowledge of how your room and the air conditioner respond to climate changes, will allow selecting the best settings for maintaining your target temperature.
Manual Mode
Manual Mode lets you control your air conditioner through the Ambi Climate app without having to use your remote, whether next to the air conditioner or just at home. This mode controls your air conditioner as your normal remote would (i.e. temperature, AC modes, fan, swing, louver, etc.) without any added AI benefits.
Shipping & Returns
You can find our shipping and return policy here.
Technical Specification
You can find the technical specification for Ambi Climate 2nd Edition here.


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My best and most favourite meals usually centre around people dear to me. As much as I love well-executed, close-to-flawless chomps, it counts for nothing if you do not have excellent company to share it with. The combination of good food and bad company is as unappealing to me as that can of Korean silkworm pupae I bought but never got down to eating (I opened it, was grossed out and threw it away, yes it's that bad. yuck).
Was discussing this with a friend the other day and we both agreed on how important good dining companions are. Eventually, even if the food is not stellar, you can still have a good time if conversations are engaging, and especially if there's humour involved, lots of it – you can always laugh about how bad the food is (okay maybe if it is a really really expensive, but lousy meal, then minus the humour, all of you can bitch about it together and swear to tell all your other friends…bitching about bad food can be quite satisfying…or even better, when you DO something about it!).
Truthfully, there have been certain meals that made me just want to tell a lie – something along the lines like, oh I actually have to get back early because I have work the next day, to excuse myself, to remove myself from a possibly excruciating time. Thankfully, though, these are rare occurences because the company I keep, they are mostly just like me. People who enjoy food and know how to have fun. Light-hearted, easy-going, and humourous – in case you were wondering what I consider good company.
A recent dinner with two very close friends of mine reminded me of how blessed I am. Blessed to be able to afford comfortable, delicious meals and to be surrounded by dearest friends who love me, just as much as I do them. I am a friendly person by nature, so it is not hard to make friends, but there are those you meet and you know. That they are of the same make and there will never be a dull moment with them. These two individuals are just that; my best friend Dot, and my 'uncle' Cenydd (he gave himself that title, so don't ask me why. he said he saw me grow up. haha. i guess that's what long-time friends say).
While Dot and I meet up ever so often to scour for delicious eats (especially porky savouries), Cenydd is always so busy with work and tying him down to a dinner appointment is an impossible task. After several attempts at fixing a date, he finally made time for Dot and I. We had dinner and had a fantastic time. The bonus was, what we ate at dinner. That sealed the deal, and made me put this restaurant in my 'hot favourites, must recommend to everyone' list. Even the name of the place, I adore. Ootoya. It's oooooh-so-good.
The food that Ootoya serves, I would classify as hearty-home-cooked Japanese fare. It's a tad rustic. Don't expect refined omakase or lavish sashimi sets. It's a teishoku-ya (restaurants that serve mainly set menus) after all. A relatively famous chain restaurant from Japan, Ootoya has garnered quite a following. This time that we were there, the wait was about 20 minutes. Apparently, there's always a long queue. Dot's colleague had been raving about Ootoya so we decided to see what the fuss was about.
One of the star items at Ootoya is the charcoal grilled Atka mackerel:
The fish was nicely grilled, with its skin slightly crisp. Lightly seasoned, it's good enough to eat sans rice. I appreciate smokey grilled foods so I like this. Top some of the accompanied condiments like grated radish and cucumber and eat with hibiki dotted rice (like mine) and enjoy. It's not a complex dish, so anything goes really. I even took some of the sauce from the charcoal grilled pork and smeared it on the mackerel. Suffice to say, I loved it. This is my hibiki (seaweed) dotted rice:
And the charcoal grilled pork, well it hardly needs any introduction. Firstly, it's P-O-R-K. Secondly, did you see how gorgeous it looks? It had to the picture I start my post with. To draw you in! Nothing works better than a piece of glistening, charred pork as bait. If you are still reading, that means it worked 🙂 I got you at pork!
Allow me to pause a moment, and give thanks to God for creating such a wonderful animal like the glorious pig. Thank you God. Pardon my abrupt declaration but I really do love pork and think it to be the tastiest meat on the planet. I am so glad to not be vegetarian. Please, if you fancy this fatty meat, please try the charcoal grilled pork when you decide to dine at Ootoya. There's a high chance that you will be thinking about it the next day. I say that because I did. So much so that I was running around telling my colleagues that they have to try it. What's so great about it? Everything. As mentioned, Ootoya is a homey place. Nothing complex about the food. But that said, they use fresh good ingredients and it shows. This pork was marinated just right and it came coated with a slick of light brown sauce that was slightly sweet and savoury, like a lighter version of teriyaki sauce. Look closely and you can see the charred bits of black. Just how wonderful charcoal grilled items are? Well, I'd say that it worked wonders here. I was sad when I came down to the last piece.
Next star item is their hamburg. There are two hamburg choices. We chose the one that came with plum sauce that we had to douse the patty with:
I thought it brilliant to dress the patty with grated radish and plum sauce. Good combination. The layered flavours made the patty light yet absolutely tasty. I like sour flavours so I had no problem with the plum. Though I thought it queer when on a separate second visit, the waiter asked me to reconsider my choice of hamburg when I ordered the one with the plum sauce instead of the demi glace one. He said, "May I recommend you the demi glace option? I'm afraid you might think the beef is spoiled if you go with the plum sauce because it is sour." I was amused. Are waitstaff supposed to down play any dish that your restaurant serves? Isn't it always "sell, sell, sell"? Of course I understand that perhaps recent customers have complained about the sour taste and accused them of serving spoiled beef. So I smiled ever so sweetly and said that I won't be changing my order because I like sour foods and I've tried this before and love it. He got my drift, nodded and left to punch in my order. I was just glad that he did not try to continue convincing me.
Moving on away from hamburgs and sour preferences, here's the soup that we ordered:
Ever so ordinary looking, the soup was pleasant. Ingredients were simple, it was a comforting slurp for us all. Good to wash down our meats and fish.
All of us were quite full after wiping three set meals and a soup but as usual, I could not leave without sampling their desserts. It did not take much to convince them both to try the desserts. Naturally, I was left to make the choices. Now look at what I picked:
Banana parfait with coffee ice cream. Yes, the word 'coffee' jumped at me. Had to try that. Plus the photos in the menu looked good. Really glad to see that the actual dessert was not too far from one pictured in the menu.
Will you just look at that tofu-looking custard/pudding on top? Been trying to figure what it was exactly. Milky and rich, it was very smooth. Maybe it was milk pudding made with very good milk? Hokkaido milk perhaps? Whatever it is, I liked it, and the coffee ice cream and the works. Adore the fact that they use alot of brown sugar syrup in their desserts. I like brown sugar. There's an earthy sweetness that I fancy.
The soymilk blancmange and matcha green tea parfait was dreamy. A mish mash of various elements including tofu pudding, brown sugar syrup, matcha ice cream, castella (egg sponge cake), azuki red beans, whipped cream and banana slices, the parfait disappeared within minutes. Note the layers.
Dinner ended quite late because we had lots to catch up and we had to juggle between laughing, and talking lest we choke on our food. We all agreed that this place was a gem and worth a second, third, fourth visit … oh what the heck, multiple multiple visits. After dinner, workaholic Cenydd still had to go back to office to finish up some work. It was okay because well well well his office was in Orchard Central too. How convenient. The company he works in, Ape Communications, is working on several projects for Orchard Central so they were given an office space to work in. Cool, no? Best part is, it is fully furnished by Lorgans, a retro furniture store. They sell some really really vintage looking pieces.
Here's a peek at Cenydd's office, located at B1 in Orchard Central. The office acts as a show room so if you see anything you like, ask them, it might just be for sale:
That's Cenydd and Dot. I have no idea what kind of face he was making. Check out the carpet grass 'wall paper'. Me likes. And look at that table, and retro radio set. I wish I was working in an office as funky as this.
Asked Dot to pose under the tree mural. Look at that brown arm chair and look at that leather satchel? The satchel is NOT for sale. It's mine! I think it's very photogenic. I'm sure you'd agree. It fits right in, yes? 🙂
The entire office. Go pay them a visit okay? Tell them I asked you to. Ha. After the office tour, we left and I remember thinking to myself on the bus, how incredibly blessed I am, to have dear friends like those two and also, the chance to enjoy good food. Trust me, this sense of satisfaction, it cannot be bought. What can I say, it is always the simplest things that make me happy.
You are after all, the company you keep.
Hang out with crazy happy fun people and you become crazy happy fun.
Ootoya (website in Japanese only)
08- 12, Orchard Central,
181 Orchard Road,
Open daily 12 to 930pm
Tel: 6884 8901
I love the soymilk parfait!! Craving for it now =D
So happy that you are blogging again!
hi, i like your new blog site..simple yet refreshing look.
Yup, I agreed with u wholeheartedly that ootoya serve very good meals.
hey there,
i love jap food (: just wondering, how's the price range like in this jap restaurant?
thanks !
love, ju
I so agree with you that good company matters when it comes to dining and it enriches the entire experience. Definitely eases the pain especially when you make a sucky choice at the dining spot.
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Innovation. We're hearing this word a lot these days – in our federal budget, our businesses and especially in our research work.
The use of design thinking as a method to generate innovation in spaces outside the design studio is something that I believe we should all celebrate. If, as the meme-verse tells us, creativity is intelligence having fun, then design thinking seems to be traditional innovation strategies at a rave. Design thinking and innovation. Together, the terms ring with power and potential. Their pervasive use in the business literature and in our collective hive-twitter-mind suggests the melding of strategic, creative and analytical approaches to understanding some of the most complicated and important problems of today.
But all is not as it appears to be: generating innovation through design thinking is not just sticky tabs and prototyping. Using 'design thinking' to solve the problems of the future cannot be solely the application of magical fairy dust – it is a social practice informed by a culture and a community that is shared, evolved and adapted every day by designers across Canada. It is connecting creativity and innovation in action.
Our new federal budget has created an opportunity for developing an actionable and evidence based innovation strategy that integrates what I see designers doing in the studio everyday into programs and services across our country. It is so exciting to see the discussion about design thinking and innovation move beyond the myth of creative magic, and into our larger narrative about what it means to be Canadian.
I'm excited to see the ways in which the Canadian government is focusing our attention on the critical role innovation plays in the issues facing Canadians today. I've been lucky to be part of round table discussions held by Startup Canada, SSHRC & CRSH and Google where they asked participants from across Canada "How do YOU define a creative and entrepreneurial Canada?" You can download the full report about the initiative here (it really is worth the read!).
Hearing from Canadians involved in creative, startup, venture and not for profit communities at those round table discussions about what they see to be the most important conditions required for building an innovative and #creativeCanada was fascinating. And seeing the role that research at the University of Calgary plays in that discussion was inspiring: as President Elizabeth Cannon has shared, our academic community plays an important part in developing innovative technology and innovative ideas.
"As leaders in innovation, universities are at the centre of cluster economies that promote and foster adoption of innovative ideas and technologies, create better underlying conditions to grow companies, and reduce the costs for businesses to operate."
The type of problem solving work that I see happening in the design studio as designers tackle wicked and complex social problems is something that I think should be reflected in the research mandate of any great University.
Through our own research strategy, UCalgary is setting an example for how this can be done. Our aim as a research community is "to discover new knowledge and translate our discoveries into applications that provide benefits to our local, national and international communities." and with 148 research chairs and $360.5 million in sponsored research funding, we're making creativity and innovation a crucial part of the discussion about how we can create a better Canada. Our strategic research platform of Knowledge Translation is just one of the ways our social science research can connect with the innovation focus of both the University of Calgary, and of Canada as a whole.
This study is helping me learn more about how designers work – how they connect innovation and creativity on a daily basis – and I'm excited share that with researchers from across my own academic home at UCalgary, and from across Canada at SSHRC Congress this May. After all, creativity and innovation are key calls to action in the both the University of Calgary's research agenda and in our government's focus on the Canada of tomorrow.


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How to deal with high creatinine level for the kidney transplant patients? Many kidney transplant patients can suffer high creatinine level again. As we all know, creatinine level is an important role of measuring renal function. That is to say, rising creatinine level means the transplanted kidney also is damaged. Thus, lowering high creatinine level timely can protect the transplanted kidney.
Before knowing the methods dealing with high creatinine level, let us know the reason why kidney transplant patients suffer it? In general, after kidney transplant, the creatinine level will decrease to normal, while, creatinine level of some patients also can rise after some time. The main reason is that they do not take medicines on time or regularly. For the patients after kidney transplant, they have to take immune-suppressing drugs to maintain the rest of their life. On the one hand, these medicines can destroy immune system and lower immunity; on the other hand, if they do not take the medicines or irregularly, the rejection reaction can damage the transplanted kidney even lead to the relapse.
How to deal with high creatinine level and help the patients live a normal life? Some timely and effective treatments are necessary. In our hospital, traditional Chinese medicine is our characteristic therapy. When taking about lowering high creatinine level for the patients with kidney transplant, Immunotherapy is a good choice for you. This therapy is the combination of western and Chinese medicine. And it can correct the immunity disorder and enhance the immunity for the patients. Besides, it also concludes the Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy that has the function of promoting blood circulation and improving renal function. So, we recommend you Immunotherapy, and it may be the best choice for you.
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A couple of weekends ago I decided it was high time for a bedroom spring clean. I emptied literally everything out of my wardrobes and drawers (regretting it all mid way through the process, as you do!) and was ruthless with my purging! Anything that I hadn't worn in over a year or just didn't feel comfortable in was put aside for charity.
My next mission was to target storage, which is half the problem when those 'I have nothing to wear' moments strike! Keeping your belongings streamlined and tidy allows for a much calmer space and makes it much easier to put outfits together and actually see what you have.
I've turned to Pinterest for some bedroom inspiration which I thought I'd share today.
I love this storage cube from IKEA, which fits neatly beside the bed yet holds so much. It's a great alternative to a chest of drawers and a nice way of displaying your favourite jewellery, perfumes or books.
A dressing table/vanity also makes the perfect bedside companion. The drawer on this one is ideal for make-up storage. My collection currently resides between several make-up bags and little baskets – not at all practical, especially when I'm in a rush and can't find that one lipstick shade I need!
This clothing rack from IKEA is a storage saviour too. I have one of these and it's great for pulling looks together or simply showcasing some of your prettiest pieces if you are short on closet space. Why keep them hidden away?!
Storage baskets are my new best friend! Perfect for storing out of season items such a bulky knitwear and outerwear during the summer. Swap over as the seasons change to keep your wardrobe streamlined and clutter free. Penneys, Heatons and IKEA are all great for affordable options in a range of sizes.
So it looks like an IKEA trip is most definitely on the agenda very soon. I'll share photos of my progress once it's all complete!
In the meantime, I'll leave you with these wise words from the ever fabulous Carrie Bradshaw 🙂


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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Cuffing Season
May 25, 2017
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During the bone chilling cold months of a year something magical happens, those that were once free and unable to be tied down find themselves in need of a relationship. This magical time during the chilly months is generally called Cuffing Season. You might be wondering what Cuffing Season is, sophomore Savannah Richards explains it " when people get together". The dates seem to vary from person to person. Junior Devonte Thedford says it's just during winter, while senior Molly Peter says it starts during November and ends after winter. While these are pretty close to the actual dates, they are not exact, the actual dates are a little more complex and give a good timeline to help those that want to participate along the way:
Scouting: August 1-31
Pick some people to talk to, the people you are interested in or might want to date.
Tryouts: September 1-30
Get a little closer to these people, and figure out who you really want to talk to.
PreSeason: November 1-30
Now you just have one person you're talking to, but it's their time to decide whether or not they want to be with you, and if y'all have a good connection the you can cuff them.
Cuffing Season: December 1- January 15
Being in a relationship with this person and doing what couples do, getting Christmas gifts for each other.
Playoffs: January 16- February 13
Knowing if you want to stay with this person for good, not just a temporary thing. This is the time to see if you really want to be in a committed relationship, before your first couples' holiday
Championship Game: February 14
This is the time to have fun and enjoy the person you are with, and maybe by the end of the season you'll have a championship ring.
With this new information go forth and cuff.


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Book finished: 'American Vampire Vol. 2' by Scott Snyder, Rafael Alburquerque; 'Power of Myth' by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers; 'Trump Revealed: The Definitive Biography of the 45th President' by Michael Kranish, Marc Fisher; 'The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem' by Stephen King, Glenn Chadbourne; 'The Girl Next Door' by Jack Ketchum; 'Providence Act 2' by Alan Moore, Jacen Burrows.
Movies: 'Conan the Barbarian' (1982); 'It' (2017).
Trails Ridden: Sandy Ridge (Quid Pro Flow-Two Turn Tables & a Microwave-Hide and Seek), Storey Burn-Gales Creek.
Jiu-Jitsu: Guard Passing & Top Game.


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Sage Mesa/Husula pilot survey invitation
Update 29 February, 2016: So far the pilot survey has seen very little participation. My conclusion is Sage Mesa and Husula residents do not have much interest in this project one way or the other.
The following email invitation was sent out to a handful of Sage Mesa and Husula residents regarding the proposed natural gas extension for those neighborhoods. I relied on word of mouth for the survey invitation because I did not want to attract non-resident participation. But the "snowball sample" methodology only works if people forward the invitation. A such I am posting the invitation here as well in an attempt to attract some more participation from residents of those two neighborhoods. Please spread the word.
I will close the pilot survey by mid-Febuary so please participate before then
Also, based on a few emails I received, I should make a few things extra-clear about the role of the RDOS in this process:
- The RDOS has no stake in the outcome one way or another. We are not in the business of selling natural gas. We are providing "mediation/facilitation" as a service to Sage Mesa and Husula neighborhoods in response to a request from a handful of residents.
- There is currently no budget for this mediation/facilitation effort. This is because there is no service area (taxpayers have not authorized the RDOS to do anything about natural gas). So although you pay your taxes, you do not pay for this. Please keep this in mind.
- Opposition to the proposal means your willingness to pay is quite low. Please indicate this using the survey. We have no way of knowing whether non-participation in the survey is opposition or lack of awareness of the process.
The invitation email:
Dear Husula Highlands/Sage Mesa resident:
As you may know, the RDOS is examining the feasibility of paying Fortis to install a gas line extension in the Sage Mesa and Husula Highlands neighborhoods. If this project goes forward the cost of the extension will be borne by the citizens who benefit from the service. The purpose of this short survey is to learn about the level of support for this service. The question is not, "Are you in or out?" but rather, "What is the maximum you are willing to pay to have this infrastructure in your neighborhood?"
Note: This web-based survey is merely a pilot. The actual survey will be mailed out. The purpose of the pilot survey is to check that the survey task is understandable. We may also use your feedback and ideas to refine the wording and methodology. The results you enter in this pilot survey are non-binding and will not be used to make any decisions. Having said that, we are interested in understanding as much as possible about support for and opposition to this project and would therefore appreciate your best effort to complete the pilot and respond honestly.
You can help us maximize the response rate to this pilot survey (and raise overall awareness of this project) by forwarding this email message to friends and neighbors in Sage Mesa and Husula Highlands.
You may wish to look at the following information prior to starting the survey:
To participate in the survey you click on the following link.
You will be asked to provide name and a valid email address and fill out a simple math question to continue. The purpose of the math question is to prevent this open survey from being bombarded by non-residents, spambots, and so on. A link to the actual survey will then be sent to the email address you provide. This two-stage process is fairly standard because it binds a valid email to each response.
The actual survey is very short and will ask for your street address and neighborhood (Husula or Sage Mesa). Please note that we will accept only one response per household (street address).
We thank you in advance for your willingness to participate in this survey,
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Korean Film Archive Signs Collaboration Agreement With Shanghai Film Museum
The two institutions will work together on film screenings, exhibitions and restoration projects.
SEOUL — The Korean Film Archive (KOFA) has signed an "agreement of cooperation" with the newly opened Shanghai Film Museum, the South Korea state-backed body announced.
The pact, the first of its kind to be pursued for KOFA since its inception in 1974, means the two organizations will collaborate for film screenings, exhibitions, and restoration projects.
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"I hope the agreement will facilitate cultural exchange between the two countries and also help push forth international projects," said Lee Byung-hoon, director of KOFA. He added that the pact will help the archive recover and restore local classics dispersed around the world. Last year for example KOFA succeeded in locating the 1958 film Love With an Alien, the first Korea-Hong Kong co-production, at the Hong Kong Film Archive.
"Hallyu [the Korean term for the country's recent pop culture wave around the world] and other elements of Korean culture have been increasingly introduced in China, and this agreement is expected to boost cultural exchange," said the Shanghai museum's deputy director Fan Yi Rong.
The Chinese museum, which just opened Sunday as part of the Shanghai International Film Festival, is operated by the state-run Shanghai Film Group Corporation. The four-story building comprises four exhibition spaces and five cinemas. It stores some 30,000 films and documents that were owned by film studios based in Shanghai, as well as 20,000 costumes and props.
The inauguration ceremony for the museum included the screening of Alfred Hitcock's Blackmail, the first of nine silent films by the auteur being shown at the festival. In attendance were industry insiders including Davide Pozzi of Italy's Cineteca di Bologna.


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How to create lovely legs
When it comes to colour, this project is all about going hard or going home! Inspired by the colourful decoration of The Memphis Group, an Italian design and architecture set of the 80s, the look is back with this easy furniture revamp. We all know a credenza's best assets are its legs, so show them off by turning your dining room piece into a work of art.
Gather your supplies
• Selection of raw timber furniture legs, bun feet and decorative finials, to suit
• 3/8" vertical leg plates with screws (1 per leg)
• 3/8" 63mm furniture studs or hanger bolts (1 per leg)
• Credenza of your choice (we used an assembled flat pack by Kaboodle)
You'll also need
Handsaw (optional); fine-grit sandpaper; large drop sheet; face mask; Dulux Duramax spray paint in assorted colours of your choice; long bamboo skewers or similar; painter's tape (optional); drill and bits; SikaBond TechGrip High Strength Multipurpose Polyurethane Glue or similar; wood screws; pliers; selfadhesive round felt surface protectors
Here's how
Step 1 Decide on finished length of legs and make stacked arrangements of raw timber components to suit your measurements. Trim components to size using handsaw, if necessary. Lightly sand each component using sandpaper. Wipe away dust. You may wish to use a numbering system and a pencil to mark each component, and mark each with the colour you'd like to paint it, so you can recompile the order of legs later.
STEP 2 Spread out drop sheet in a well-ventilated area. Wearing face mask, insert a skewer or similar into centre hole of first timber component. Hold skewer and spraypaint component in the colour of your choice. Balance skewer between 2 level surfaces and leave to dry, then apply a second coat. Repeat Step 2 to continue painting all components.
STEP 3 Where you're painting a long leg or finial, you might wish to apply paint in bands of different colours. To do this, paint them a neutral base colour, let dry, then apply painter's tape to mask off adjoining sections (use plastic bags taped in place to protect the rest of the component). Spray on contrasting colour, let dry, then peel away tape and discard plastic bags to reveal a neat paint job. Repeat for as many sections as you wish to paint. Leave all components to dry thoroughly.
Step 4 To assemble legs, recompile stacked arrangements as in Step 1. Working 1 leg at a time, place component that will sit on the floor on a level work surface. Apply glue, then place next component on top in a centred position. Wipe away drips of glue with a rag. To increase strength of leg assembly, predrill and screw components together. Continue stacking components, fixing with glue and screws as required. Leave to dry. Repeat for all other legs.
Tip To help you line each component up, insert a skewer in the centre hole and thread each following component on top.
Step 5 Using pliers, screw furniture stud into centre hole of last component. (If no hole exists, predrill a centred hole, then screw in the stud.) The top of the leg should be flush with where the thread on the stud changes. Repeat to attach studs to all legs. You want leg lengths (including furniture studs) as accurate as possible. If the legs later need adjusting, come back to this step and adjust positioning of the stud.
Step 6 Have a helper assist you to lay the credenza underside face up on a soft surface. Mark leg positions, predrill and attach leg plates to underside using screws provided. Position the first four legs to take the weight of the credenza, then scatter the others between as desired. Attach felt surface protectors to end of each leg.
Step 7 Have a helper assist you to flip and place the credenza in final position. To level it, turn legs right or left to adjust. You have a few
millimetres to adjust legs up or down.


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2010 News Stories
2010 Program News
9 November 2010 Recap - The Last Full Day
Travel Day, 28 October 2010, Everyone is headed to the OTC
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware - Recap
Certificate of Partnership between U.S. and Macedonian Olympic Committee
FYE students, international coaches come together
U.S. Olympic Committee Partners with University of Delaware, International Olympic Committee's Olympic Solidarity to Produce International Coaching Enrichment Certification Program
USOC, UD continue partnership to train international coaches
Day # 3 Recap, 6 October 2010
After a long night of hard work and research the coaches made their way towards the ball room for a second day of classes. Highly respected Julie Subach presented the first lecture of the morning. The presenters focus was on proper nutrition for individuals and athletes. Jeanie Subach introduced the MyPyramid website. This program is capable of tracking the calorie intake an individual consumes and approximately how many calories burned. She proclaimed that using this matter would be beneficial for tracking their athlete's nutrition. Julie expressed the various types of foods athletes should consume daily (must have a colorful plate of foods) as well as how to provide an injured athlete with the proper nutrition technique.
While at Morris Library, Sandy McVey provided a short introduction to Microsoft Power Point. Throughout this time the coaches learned how to use proper slide layouts, themes, animations and most importantly maintaining the "Flow" throughout the slide show presentation. Sandy provided a step by step lesson in order for the participants to follow easily while allowing enough time for the participants to add their own twist to the show.
Dr. Robinson's SWOT analysis presentation allowed the coaches to view how the first part of the project should be approached. He made it clear that the initial step is putting together a problem statement. Identifying the necessities one's country or sport allows the coach to focus on what needs to be addressed and how it can be improved. The next step involved is developing a mission statement. Once a mission statement is developed a coach understands the direction he or she wants their program to go. The final twenty minutes the participants were broken up into groups of three where they discussed their problem and mission statements. Arilson Silva, Brazil's National Swimming Coach, stated, "Dr. Matthew Robinson's presentation was the best for us coaches because it gave us focus for our project."
Michael Higgins brought the day to a close with his presentation focused on prevention of lower back pain in athletes. The lecture focused on the anatomy of the human back followed with proper exercises to undergo that will not injure an athlete.
Arilson Silva further commented on the day stating, "Great day today. There was good information from all the lectures. This was all important material for all of us coaches."


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Second Century Campaign
A doubly exciting moment in the life of a school is its hundredth birthday and the launch of a ¥3 billion capital campaign to assure the future of the institution.
Cheney & Company worked with ASIJ to craft a campaign brand and case statement for a very diverse audience spread across the globe. Photographed by a distinguished member of the faculty, the book was written and designed by Cheney & Company. The classic aspect ratio of Japanese tatami mats served as inspiration for the page grids. Evocative imagery from the school's past dovetailed with scenes and stories from the school today to make the case for this Tokyo school's future goals.
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The slashed prices of the BlackBerry cell phones on sale go as low as $19.99 to a high of $221.99 for newer and in better condition models. The price range of the BlackBerry cell phones on sale helps budget-conscious shoppers own a cell phone for practical purposes. BlackBerry is known for its versatility and practical features. With a BlackBerry cell phone, users can send emails, instant messages, texts, and even MMS to their contacts. Along with an integrated Internet browser, the BlackBerry is the ultimate smartphone for mobile users.
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We have some very close friends that run a Restaurant and Pizzeria in Itri. The Bellavista is situated up on a hillside overlooking Itri with a splendid view of the Castle and old town nestling in the beautiful Aurunci mountains.
The Bellavista is a family business run by two brothers, Giancarlo and Massimo, and their Mamma Anna. The restaurant has a relaxed and friendly atmosphere and the tasty food is quite reasonably priced.
We are always made so welcome there and it is one of Kay and Elsie's favourite places when they visit us in Itri, and we recommend it to many of our friends and guests.
Giancarlo and Monica have a sweet little girl named Chiara.
They already have Chiara helping in the kitchen to make pizzas from time to time !!!
Occasionally Massimo kindly gives our friends a lesson in the art of pizza making. It is not as easy as you may think. Here is Massimo teaching Bethan some of the special techniques.
The prepared dough had been been made the day before. It was shaped into small balls and had been covered with a damp cloth and left to prove overnight.
By the next evening the risen balls of dough were ready. A floured work surface was prepared and each one of the little rounds of dough had to be gently flattened by pressing out with the fingertips, whilst at the same time the dough had to be rotated to maintain a circular shape. Here Bethan is preparing some Focaccia.
Then Massimo demonstrated how he lifts up the dough and gently stretches it over his knuckles and over the backs of his hands, and as the pizza stretches more and more then over his lower arms. The dough has to be finely stretched and manipulated to become thin, almost transparent, without creating any holes.
Bethan was really getting the hang of it. Well done Bethan !!!
Bethan made her Focaccia into a heart shape and drizzled it with some olive oil which she spread over the surface with her finger-tips. Finally a sprinkling of sea salt and some finely chopped rosemary can be added if required. The next tricky stage is to get the dough onto the pizza paddle and to transport it to the wood fired oven, where it only needs a few minutes to cook.
"Eccoci qua" – Bethan's Focaccia.
All photos by me © Louise Shapcott
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War-shocked Gaza children 'want to die'
Little has changed in Gaza since the war in January, with thousands of families still living in tents and homes and schools still just rubble and ruins.
But life for many children has never been the same since Israel launched its offensive three months ago.
In January, Israeli bombs flattened the main building of this school in northern Gaza, destroying eight of the school's 20 classrooms.
The students had already evacuated but the three-storey block was crushed; the top floor still dangles dangerously over the schoolground and giant slabs of jagged concrete hang precariously in mid-air.
And the 22-month blockade imposed on Gaza means few if any materials are getting in to rebuild shattered areas.
English teacher Ghada Abu Ward still sees the daily impact on her students.
"They are hesitant, frustrated, depressed, thinking and dreaming all the time - daydreams - then after that we lose concentration, and [have] the bad achievements," she said.
"At the bravest times they've thought, 'I want to die. My father was dead in the Israeli attack - I want to be with them. So I want to die. There's nothing good about this life. At least when I die, I will be with my parents, and it will be heaven and paradise'."
Brother 'executed'
Twelve-year-old Omsyat Awaja faces a tougher ordeal than many; days before the school was hit, her family home was bombed.
Through a translator, she says her nine-year-old brother was shot dead by Israeli soldiers. Her parents too were shot and injured and now they live in a tent in a nearby camp.
"When my brother was between the hands of my father, and they executed him on purpose; they meant to kill, to shoot him," she said.
"I remember also when my parents got wounded and they were bleeding for five days.
"I hope that in the future there will be opening of border crossings, so the construction material will come in so I will have my house again. But the future will never bring me back my brother."
Israel's military has repeatedly described its armed forces as the "most moral in the world", saying they take care not to kill civilians.
It has justified the bombing campaign as retaliation for ongoing rocket fire into Israel by Hamas militants.
But Omsyat Awaja's father, Kamal, questions why his son had to die.
"The Israelis claimed through the whole war that they are democratic, they are civilised society," he said through a translator.
"But why did they execute my son? So all those, all the people, all the army, who's doing that, is not [civilised]."
For the Palestinians, there can be no peace while Gaza remains cut off from the outside world - a two-year blockade has kept Palestinians effective prisoners, and stopped essential supplies from reaching them.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, community-and-society, family-and-children, children, palestinian-territory-occupied, israel
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I can't even believe it's the last week of June. This is the first summer in a long time that I've felt like I just need to hang on to my mildly luxurious bed linens and my sleep mask for dear life in an effort to stop time. These days are just going by sooo fast! It's depressing! I am so enjoying my carefree days sans alarms and frantic lunch packing. I can't bear to think we've nearly said goodbye to 4 good weeks. Where does the time go?
I still can't quite grasp how one day suddenly your life passes by at warp speed while you are still trying to recover from the hangover of your 21st birthday, yet, prior to the tender age of 21, the days are like never ending mundane cycles of repetitiveness with an occasional frat party thrown in for good measure.
So as the days of summer fly by I've tried to keep the kids somewhat entertained by ways that don't include Nick Jr. marathons. Yet somehow, I've still managed to give myself a good dose of that motherly guilt we all force feed ourselves (please tell me I'm not the only one that does this).
Always seems like we aren't doing enough ultra fantastic arts & crafts or roasting enough marshmellows while singing campfire songs on our deck during our 95 degree evenings. We are 4 weeks into summer and we haven't had story-time at the library or went to any museums. I'm completely off track for teaching them Arabic via Rosetta Stone this summer too. How quickly I forget my ambitious plans.
Nonetheless, we've all managed to rack up some killer potential skin cancer via our tans thanks to our neighborhood pool and of course those friends who are kind enough to let us pool crash at their house as well. (We are such pool mooches).
We also squeezed in a baseball camp for Hudson that he brilliantly survived in the 107 week long temps. All three kids also attended VBS, as they do every year, at our church while I volunteered to teach a class (which I had to be convinced of since my first inclination was to hang out at Starbucks for the week planning our Arabic lessons).
Earlier this month we hit the Lost Lagoon at the Flying L Ranch. This little gem of a water park is pretty small and about a 50 mile drive from San Antonio for us. Totally worth it because the older two kids are able to walk around without a GPS micro chip in their necks and I still feel fairly confidant I'll be able to find them (with the understanding that I will actually want to find them come departure time) all the while I can frolic around with little P man, which contrary to popular belief, actually requires substantially less energy since the little dude area is so small. This is my kind of water park people and the kids love it.
We've had a few other fun activities this month. My sister in law Kathleen took them to paint pottery one afternoon and we've had some fun parties and playdates with friends which have helped to round out our month and kept me from really worrying too much about those Arabic lessons.
This week we are planning to hit one of the free summer movies in town and spend the rest of the days prepping for the departure of our vacation on Friday. I've got a couple portrait sessions to squeeze in and a mountain of laundry to contend with. Hudson also has baseball practice and if I want to impress Mark I should try to get the oil changed in the car before he reminds me. I always love when he asks me to do something and I can say, "oh i did that last week." Somehow it makes me feel so superior...and we all know how superiority plays such an important role in a good marriage.
Thought I'd leave you with one of the shots we did for Mark for his Father's Day picture. Of course, we ran out of time and so it didn't exactly turn out as what I'd been envisioning but then again...it rarely does. Mark loved it but really the kids loved doing it more. They felt so much more involved in the gift giving this year. :) Yay me! Maybe this can counteracts the mommy guilt I've been having?


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It's widely regarded that 529 College Savings Plans are one of the top ways to invest for a future college education. With so many choices available in 529 College Savings Plans, and so many differences among plans, you're likely to have questions about how specific features relate to your situation.
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Canada Considering a Plan to Slaughter 220,000 Seals
What is a troubled industry to do in order to survive? Well, if you're a lobbyists for Canadian fisheries, the answer may be to simply massacre the competition. A recently disclosed proposal calls for the killing of a whopping 220 thousand grey seals to combat declining fish stocks in the waters off Nova Scotia--lobbyists say the seals have been eating too much cod. The details of the plan are quite nightmarish, involving the use of guns, clubs, incinerators, and even logging equipment to aid in the slaughter of unsuspecting seals, during nursing season, no less, when the beaches will be crowded with newborn pups. The proposed seal slaughter, according to a study obtained by The Coast, would be carried out on Sable Island in Nova Scotia, one of the species' main breeding grounds. It all stems from the fact that fisheries have been facing declines in fish stocks over the years, a reality they're blaming on the grey seals and not on their own activity. So industry lobbyists have urged the government to snuff out their competition, and the commissioned study confirms that officials are considering the grim plan.
As it turns out, killing 220 thousand seals over the next five years poses a logistical challenge. Rifles would be used to take down adults while pups would be bludgeoned to death with clubs, amounting to 100 thousand seals killed in 25 days the first year. Foresters, equipment normally used to collect felled trees, would gather the carcasses into dumpsters where they would then be set alight.
"At this production rate, a tandem dump truck would be filled with seals approximately every 10 minutes...seven hours a day for 25 days," notes the study.
Granted, as long as they're in the business of seal killing, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) would much rather turn a profit from animal's parts than burn them, but the market just isn't there. So, The Coast reports, a spokesman for the DFO visited China to tout the taste of seal meat and to suggest that there may be some value in the animal's penises.
A slightly more humane alternative to the outright seal slaughter was outlined by the study. Instead of killing the animals, 16 thousand females different would be selected and sterilized each year for five years.
The uncovered proposal comes on the heels of what environmentalists considered a victory for the island's wildlife, reports The Coast. Recently the government decided to make Sable Island a national park, a designation that would add protection to its rich biodiversity. Just one caveat, though: seals wouldn't receive the same benefits.
Critics of the proposal see it as a futile attempt to manipulate the food chain. Mark Butler of Canada's Ecology Action Center, to the AFP:
If we start to kill seals to save cod, we would have to continue for centuries since fishing has been decimated by natural predators. It's a vicious cycle.
Proponents of the plan, however, are quick to point out that grey seal are not endangered, nor will the reduced population threaten the stability of the species. But, regardless of any benefit to the fishing industry the slaughter may serve, the notion of a government sponsored, systematic slaughter of 220 thousand wild animals should be a unnerving to all.
More on the Troubles of Being a Seal
85000 Seal Pups to Be Clubbed to Death in Africa
Help Stop the Gruesome Canadian Seal Hunt
Photos from Russian Seal Death Camp


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I am proud to announce that i can now accept Visa, Mastercard, discover and American express credit cards as well as payment through a paypal account through paypal here!
It was free to set up and download the app and they sent me the card reader for my smart phone for free as well. I couldn't be more excited!