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Low-cost attractions offer cheap getaways
It's common sense. If you plan a vacation in which the primary activities are expensive things, then the vacation is going to be expensive. If you plan a vacation in which the primary activities are inexpensive, then the vacation is going to be inexpensive.
Thus, most of the time, it makes a lot more sense to choose vacations focused on inexpensive destinations.
How do you actually do that, though? Here are some options for planning a great vacation around inexpensive options.
Head to a national or a state park. This past summer, we vacationed in western South Dakota. Over the course of a few days, we visited the Black Hills National Forest, Mount Rushmore, Devil's Tower, and Custer State Park. Our total cost for several days of natural beauty and impressive monuments was a pittance.
One great way to approach this is to pick up a guide to our wonderful national parks. I suggest checking out this book from your local library.
Take your time and browse through the abundance of national parks and monuments, state parks, and other amazing places of natural beauty in the United States. The vast majority of them are free and even the ones that have a cost are very inexpensive.
Select housing that's not adjacent to a popular site. Instead of staying at a hotel that's literally on the beach or right next to the place you want to visit, choose a hotel that's five or ten minutes away. Then, when you want to visit the location in question, walk there.
How does this save money? You will almost always find interesting things to distract you when you're on foot while traveling. You'll see street performances, street art, free exhibits, and countless other interesting things going on nearby.
I can't help but recall our trip to London, where we decided to walk from our hotel through Hyde Park and over to Westminster Abbey. Seeing the monuments was free, but along the way we found statues of Peter Pan in the park, a very good group playing Britpop-style music on a streetcorner, a guard presentation near Buckingham Palace, and a free temporary exhibit of Cindy Sherman's photography.
All of those things were free, and they were all only discovered because we didn't stay right by the thing we wanted to see. Instead, we walked there, gave ourselves plenty of time, and let serendipity take its course.
Get a free travel guide from potential destinations. For example, if you've decided to visit Washington D.C., check out washington.org. Many sites for large cities allow you to filter the many possible things to do in that area down based on free admission, leaving you with a long list of great things to do that won't cost you anything.
On that Washington site, filtering for free attractions gives you a pretty impressive list of things to visit without shelling out a dime. Use the city's strong metro system to get around and you can see a lot of amazing things for a pittance.
When you're looking for things to do when traveling, focus on finding inexpensive things first and be choosy among those, and then give yourself plenty of time to explore. Chances are you'll have a marvelous trip without breaking the bank on overpriced travel options.
This post is part of a yearlong series called "365 Ways to Live Cheap (Revisited)," in which I'm revisiting the entries from my book "365 Ways to Live Cheap," which is available at Amazon and at bookstores everywhere.


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I'm taking Lucy for the matinee today, and will update this post afterwards, presumably with experience-driven indignation.
e.t.a. 5:10 pm: Okay, more disappointment than indignation. This Tracy just got lost on the big stage, especially on "You Can't Stop The Beat". Because while the internal message of Hairspray is "anyone has the right to be a star," that's just as true as to what the show's external message to the kids in the audience is -- a girl who looks like Tracy Turnblad can be a Broadway star, which is very different from putting an actress who can't hit the lower in a not-fat-enough-fat-suit to make her look like Tracy Turnblad.
That said, the show's book is strong enough to survive this, and Lucy had a blast. One moment that I don't recall from the original -- at the end of "Timeless to Me," Wilbur and Edna traded off "You'll always be at home"/"Shabbat shalom!"/"You're timeless to me," at which point Wilbur said, "I didn't know you were Jewish" and Edna replied, "You can always tell," and then they both lost it laughing for about thirty seconds.


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The aim: to promote creativity
Born from the on-going friendship between Hublot's Chairman Jean-Claude Biver and Pierre Keller (former director of Lausanne University of Art and Design, ECAL), the Hublot Design Prize was created in 2015 to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the launch of the iconic Big Bang model, and highlights the work of the designers of tomorrow.
Large-scale exposure
The specific aim of the HUBLOT DESIGN PRIZE is to provide an already accomplished designer with a platform to launch and increase the exposure of their work, a career boost so that, one day, they will rank amongst the great names in design.
A dual selection principle
An independent jury is formed of three experts from the field of contemporary design - each of whom put forward five candidates. In total, 20 entries were submitted, including five put forward by the late Pierre Keller (4th member of the Jury and Chairman of the prize) and six finalists were selected to present their creations. One of them is crowned the winner, and, for this year only, the Jury reserves the right to award the "Pierre Keller Award" to another finalist.
"An expression of the deep friendship I have always shared with Pierre Keller, to which the Prize owes its very existence, this year's edition includes the last selection he made. Hublot has been synonymous with design and innovation since it was founded in 1980. It is a natural step for us to join forces with all the universes that create turning points, write history and change the world. To inspire, influence, support, pass on, so that the act of creating continues. This is the aim of the Hublot Design Prize – to showcase promising designers from around the world; reward experimental, pioneering and out of the ordinary projects that employ innovative techniques and materials, and new technologies. And above all, a meaningful design that forms part of a social and environmental approach. Giving meaning to the act of creating!"
Six designers with different, innovative and exploratory forms of expression have turned the 5th edition of the HUBLOT DESIGN PRIZE into a truly sensory experience, one imbued with meaning.
They contemplate, distract, interact with the public and undeniably arouse emotions through a beam of light, an unexpected curve, a surprising texture or colour.
Each of these talents has a particular way of projecting their own vision of the world, reclaiming the alphabet of design rewritten at their leisure, a reflection on our environments, our internal lives, our relationship with discovery or our identity.
This year, true to their desire to showcase the young creative guard, HUBLOT gives prominence to experimentation that has meaning, is playful and responsible, and that serves people, demonstrating a real openness towards cultures and universal rites before reinterpreting these through the prism of our current usage, or provoking deep questions on the place man occupies between dream and reality, the imaginary and our eco-responsibility.
In the same way as HUBLOT explores the field of hybrids, combining rubber with the most precious metals in a range of infinite variations for its ultra-sophisticated chronographs, Dimitri Bähler, Mae Ling J.Lokko, Pinaffo & Pluvinage, Shigeki Fujishiro, Than Hussein Clark and Samuel Ross each innovate in turn with their exploration of offbeat, quirky, recycled ideas and materials, to create a new world in which revisited uses and functions offer the audience a number of aesthetic and interactive experiences where meaning is used to awaken our senses.
For this 5th edition, the HUBLOT DESIGN PRIZE 2019 rewards the work of Samuel Ross and the "Pierre Keller Award" goes to Marion Pinaffo & Raphaël Pluvinage.
Samuel was chosen for his incredible energy, the remarkable collaborative approach to his work; combining object design, social design and garment design, and his ability to use them as mediums of connectivity. Through his practice as a fashion designer in streetwear and industrial design, Samuel continues to reach a wider society through his innovative work.
Regarding the "Pierre Keller Award", the jury was incredibly touched by the extraordinary book produced by Marion Pinaffo and Raphaël Pluvinage. The Swiss artist Paul Klee says that "art makes the invisible visible". The panel of three were impressed by how Marion and Raphaël managed to convey complex themes at the heart of contemporary society in a very illustrative way.
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So let us
imagine the worst case scenario. There
exists a finite amount of gold in the world.
It is around 130,000 tons today having risen from 100,000 tons thirty
years ago.
It is possible
to produce apparent good delivery gold bars by substituting a tungsten core in
newly minted bars. Google this blog for
details. There is some reason to think this was done at Fort Knox during the
nineties. This would at least double the
availability of bars for foreign delivery and storage. Of course, one would simply use good delivery
for foreign delivery and the other type for in house storage. Thus the gold in storage in the USA could
well be 80% missing and the balance simply undeliverable.
At the same
time, this reserve has been used to earn interest by been used to back debt
instruments as collateral and this easily could have been done through the
banking system at least several times for every outstanding ounce.
In that
circumstance real delivery becomes almost impossible, particularly with the
Chinese scooping every available free ounce.
Whoever thought this was all a great idea is so f**ked as any old trader
can tell you. It really was just too
Now you have a
clear understanding of just how bad the news could be regarding gold, read this
A Year Later,
The Bundesbank Has Repatriated Only 37 Tons Of Gold (Of 700 Total)
Procuring physical gold seems to be a rather
problematic and time-consuming process, as the Bundesbank is learning.
Recall that it was almost exactly one year ago in mid-January, when the German central bank, in a shocking
development expressing the bank's lack of trust in its central banking peers,
announced that it would proceed with the repatriation of 700 tons of gold held
by its "partners" the New York Fed and the Banque de France, by the
end of 2020.
Since we had posted numerous articles on the topic
of German official gold just prior to this announcement, many of which
speculated about its quality and existence, it seemed like a shocking
confirmation that the most hawkish of European central banks was taking its
commitment to hard-money so seriously, especially after just weeks prior it
swore up and down it has confident about its gold where it currently was.
There is no need to explain why this is huge news
(for those who have not followed our series on the concerns and issue plaguing
German gold can catch up here, here, here, here,
and certainly here)
. At least no need for us to explain. Instead we will let the Bundesbank
do the explanation. The following section is the answer provided by the Bundesbank itself in late October in response to the question why it
does not move the gold back to Germany:
The reasons for storing gold reserves with foreign
partner central banks are historical since, at the time, gold at these trading
centres was transferred to the Bundesbank. To be more specific: in October 1951
the Bank deutscher Länder, the Bundesbank's predecessor, purchased its first
gold for DM 2.5 million; that was 529 kilograms at the time. By 1956, the gold
reserves had risen to DM 6.2 billion, or 1,328 tonnes; upon its foundation in
1957, the Bundesbank took over these reserves. No further gold was added until
the 1970s. During that entire period, we had nothing but the best of
experiences with our partners in New York, London and Paris. There was
never any doubt about the security of Germany's gold. In future, we wish to
continue to keep gold at international gold trading centres so that, when push
comes to shove, we can have it available as a reserve asset as soon as
possible. Gold stored in your home safe is not immediately available as
collateral in case you need foreign currency. Take, for instance, the key role
that the US dollar plays as a reserve currency in the global financial system.
The gold held with the New York Fed can, in a crisis, be pledged with the
Federal Reserve Bank as collateral against US dollar-denominated liquidity.
Similar pound sterling liquidity could be obtained by pledging the gold that is
held with the Bank of England.
And in case the above was not clear enough, below is
the speech Buba's Andreas Dobret delivered to none other than NY Fed's Bill
Dudley in early November:
Please let me also comment on the bizarre public
discussion we are currently facing in Germany on the safety of our gold
deposits outside Germany – a discussion which is driven by irrational fears.
In this context, I wish to warn against voluntarily
adding fuel to the general sense of uncertainty among the German public in
times like these by conducting a "phantom debate" on the safety of our gold
The arguments raised are not really convincing. And
I am glad that this is common sense for most Germans. Following the
statement by the President of the Federal Court of Auditors in Germany, the
discussion is now likely to come to an end – and it should do so before it
causes harm to the excellent relationship between the Bundesbank and the US
Throughout these sixty years, we have never
encountered the slightest problem, let alone had any doubts concerning the credibility
of the Fed [ZH may, and likely will, soon provide a few historical facts which
will cast some serious doubts on this claim. Very serious doubts]. And for
this, Bill, I would like to thank you personally. I am also grateful for your
uncomplicated cooperation in so many matters. The Bundesbank will remain
the Fed's trusted partner in future, and we will continue to take advantage of
the Fed's services by storing some of our currency reserves as gold in New
Incidentally, what Zero Hedge did provide after this
article, was factual evidence that the Buba's very much "trusted
partner" had been skimming it on physical gold deliveries on at least one
occasion, in "Exclusive: Bank Of England To The Fed: "No
Indication Should, Of Course, Be Given To The Bundesbank..."
So we wonder: what changed in the three months
between November and now, that has caused such a dramatic about face at
the Bundesbank....
* * *
The question of Buba's relationship with other
central banks still remains open, however one thing we have just learned is the
pace at which the German Central Bank has been able to repatriate its
gold. It would make a snail proud.
Yesterday Buba head Jens Weidmann told Bild that
gold valued at €1.1 billion has been repatriated so far. Putting a weight to
this number: to date the Bundesbank has received shipments of a paltry 37
tons of gold from its existing storage place in either New York or Paris to
Germany: "The gold reserves of the country will be stored in
Frankfurt because it has a special storage with the corresponding equipment,"
said Carl-Ludwig Thiele, a Bundesbank board member.
The repatriated amount over the course of all of
2013 represents just over 5% of the total stated target of 700 tons, and is
well below the 87.5 tons that the Bundesbank would need to repatriate each year
if it were to collected the 700 tons ratably ever year in the 8 year interval
between 2013 and 2020.
So the question begs: since the price of gold has
tumbled in 2013 (according to many driven in part by the Buba's own demand,
which would make procuring gold in the open market for the US and French
central banks that much easier for subsequent dispatch to Frankfurt) and one
would assume there would be many more sellers than buyers of physical, why
would the Bundesbank not be able to obtain a far greater share of the gold?
Unless, of course, neither New York nor Paris actually have free, unencumbered
physical gold in their possession -with most of it leased out to various even
closer "partners" - and are scrambling to procure as much physical as
they can find at the new low, low prices (thank you paper gold ETF dumping).
However, a snag seems to have emerged: unlike in the
"west" where momentum is the only driver of "value", buyers
out of China (and of course India, especially when one considers the black
market attempt to circumvent the Bank of India's capital controls on gold imports)
are hoarding as much physical gold as they can get. Could it be that the
Bundesbank is unable to repatriate more just because China is already buying up
every marginal tons of physical gold in the market, and is making physical gold
purchases by the Fed next to impossible?
In other words, is China now holding Germany's gold
hostage, and if so when and what price would it release it to the New York Fed
and the Banque de France? One look at just the pace of imports by China reveals
that if indeed this is the case, then there may be a few snags in this hardly
best laid plan of central bankers and men.


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The March 2009 challenge is hosted by Mary of Beans and Caviar, Melinda of Melbourne Larder and Enza of Io Da Grande. They have chosen Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna from The Splendid Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper as the challenge.
This month's challenge was to make lasagna from scratch. I had never made any pasta from scratch before so I was both nervous and excited about it. The idea was to bring back the simplicity of an authentic Italian lasagna, which is made with three components: the lasagna sheets, a simple béchamel sauce and the meat ragu. Vegetarians were given the option of making a vegetarian ragu. I chose to make a "bolognese" sauce using Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP), something I've made before and pleases vegetarians and meat eater alike.
The lasagna tasted GREAT, it reminded me of the lasagnas my grandma used to make, only she used chicken instead of meat. This is really how a lasagna should be. Making the pasta was ok, I thought it was going to be harder specially because I made it by hand, no machine. I had fun doing it - once. I don't think I will do it again, it's just too much time consuming, but for a challenge purpose it was fun to channel my inner Nona for a day!
Regarding the recipe: the original recipes for the pasta, béchamel and meat ragu can be found on this moth's hosts blogs named at the beginning of the post. I made the béchamel sauce without any changes, for the lasagna I decided to half the recipe, using 2 eggs.
The recipe for the original lasagne verdi can be found at Mary's blog, including an awesome how-to video that really helps you get an idea of the pasta hand-rolling process (believe me, it is a process...)
I included here my recipe for the vegetarian bolognese which can be used anywhere you use a regular meat sauce. Since the TVP doesn't have much flavour, be sure to add lots of fresh herbs, vegetables and season it very well.
Vegetarian Bolognese Sauce Recipe:
makes one large pot of sauce, enough for a lasagna plus 2 cups pf left overs
You will need:
8 oz of textured vegetable protein (TVP)
12 tablespoons of olive oil
1 teaspoon of my herb seasoning salt (or use 1 onion, chopped and 2 garlic gloves, mashed)
2 teaspoon of tomato paste
celery stalk, finely chopped
1 large carrot, finely chopped
8 oz of sliced white mushrooms (or anyone you like best)
1/4 cup of white wine
1 14 oz can of diced tomatoes
2 tablespoons of fresh oregano, chopped
2 tablespoons of fresh thyme, chopped
1 tablespoon of fresh rosemary, chopped
8 oz of vegetable stock
2 teaspoons of salt
First re-hydrate the TVP in triple amount of very hot water, on this case, 24 oz. Let stand in a bowl for about 30 minutes. Squeeze out excess water by pushing it through a sieve, it should yield about 3 cups of the TVP. Set aside.
Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat.
If using the herb seasoning salt: Add the seasoning salt and cook it for about a minute, add the tomato paste and cook them together for about 2 minutes more, stirring often.
If using onion and garlic: Cook the onions until translucent, add chopped garlic and cook for a minute more, stirring. Add the tomato paste and cook it, stirring it around the pot for about 2 minutes.
Add the celery, carrot and mushroom and cook it until soft, about 5 minutes, stirring once in a while. Add the wine and let it evaporate, scraping down the brown spots form the bottom of the pot. Add tomatoes, herbs, vegetable stock and the hydrated TVP. Bring it to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Add salt and taste, re-season if necessary.
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20 Jul.2020 ·
2 min video
Hey everyone - I'm Howard Pinsky - and in today's video we're going to take a look at how the UI Faces plugin can bring a smile to your Adobe XD designs. On this project, there are a few areas that I'd love to populate with friendly faces. First up, the profile photo at the top. In addition to dragging in an image that I may have on my computer, I can also take advantage of the UI Faces plugin. With an object like this ellipse selected, the plugin will reveal various sources to pull images from where you can select the ones you want to use or keep them all unchecked to sample from all sources. Filters are also available if you're very particular about the faces that are surfaced. Like with the sources, you can check on any of these options to narrow your results down or keep them all unchecked keep things nice and random. Once you've gone through and set all of the available options, you can apply the faces randomly or select the photos you wish to use. This will pull in faces from the various sources you selected a moment ago and narrow them down based on any filters you may have set. Since I only have one shape selected here, I'll choose a face and press Apply. Of course, this plugin also works with multiple shapes, as well. On this element, I'm using a repeat grid and I'd like to bring in a few more friendly faces. Selecting any of the shapes within the grid, I can go through the plugin one more time - let's try out ThisPersonDoesNotExist - and whether I apply faces randomly or select them manually, all the results are completely computer generated so I don't need to worry about mistakenly using someone's face in my projects. I'll go ahead and select a few of these faces and apply them to the design. There are also a few advanced options available - including the ability to sort the results by most popular, apply a face to only the selected shape within a repeat grid and the option to convert all images to black and white. And that's a look at the UI Faces plugin for Adobe XD. Stay tuned for more videos and I'll see you all next time.
With the UI Faces plugin for Adobe XD, adding open source profile photos to your design is simple. With a shape selected, simply set the desired settings in the UI Faces plugin and hit apply to populate the selected shape with a random photo. The UI Faces plugin for Adobe XD also works great with repeat grids, allowing you to quickly populate lists and galleries with images from the UI Faces database. Selecting specific photos is also easy by choosing the Select photos option in the UI Faces Plugin panel in Adobe XD.
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from USA Rugby:
The International Rugby Board Council has announced the implementation of a global trial of the "crouch, bind, set" scrum engagement sequence, which is aimed at enhancing player welfare by reducing impact on engagement by up to 25 per cent in elite competition. Approval of the sequence on player welfare grounds, is coupled with a call for Game-wide commitment from law-makers, match officials, coaches and players to ensure a fair and positive attitude is applied to deal with scrum issues.
Implementation will begin at the start of the next season: All USA competitions commencing from/after August 15th, 2013.
In a revision of the 'crouch, touch, set' engagement sequence currently being trialed, props will be expected to bind using their outside arm after the referee has called "bind" in the sequence. Should this trial become incorporated into Law, the text for Law 20.1(g) and (i) would read:
20.1 Forming a Scrum
(g) The referee will call "crouch" and then "bind". The front rows crouch and using their outside arm each prop must bind. A loose head prop must bind on the opposing tight head prop by placing the left arm inside the right arm of the tight head and gripping the tight head prop's jersey on the back or side. A tight head prop must bind on the opposing loosehead prop by placing the right arm outside the left upper arm of the opposing loose head prop and gripping the loose head prop's jersey with the right hand only on the back or side. The props must not grip the opponent's chest, arm, sleeve or collar. Following a pause, the referee will then call "set" when the front rows are ready. The front rows may then engage. The "set" call is not a command but an indication that the front rows may come together when ready. The sanction for any infringement will be a free kick.
The IRB has produced a training video that covers the entire process and possible issues that may occur: https://www.irblaws.com/index.php?domain=16&page=1
The sequence should be easy to implement, however, there will be an adjustment period for both referees and players:
- Do not waste time at the scrum process by being pedantic – the new engagement sequence should reduce scrum time and scrum issues.
- If the scrum is unsteady/moving upon engage, the scrumhalf should wait until the scrum is stationary before feeding the ball. Referees may, but are NOT required to tell the scrumhalf when to feed the ball and the scrumhalf need not wait for the referee's indication to feed the ball. Referees are requested to not necessarily penalize a "too quick feed" and rather manage it initially.
- Straight feeds are now required and referees should apply the LAW strictly.
For any questions/queries regarding the new scrum cadence, please email Richard Every at firstname.lastname@example.com or call Richard Every at 773-895-6013.


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When Bryon and I first dreamt up this column we thought it would be fun to provide a forum for ultramarathon running that was the equivalent of those three-hour pre-game shows we see on TV during football season. We thought it would be fun to give something to the folks out there who really like to geek out on ultrarunning and love to over analyze even the most miniscule details about running, others, and life. Kind of a Bob Costas, George Sheehan, Mike Wallace forum all rolled into one trail running bundle.
Thus, AJW's Taproom was born!
I also would like to think that the columns here in the Taproom contain a reasonable amount of somewhat intelligent discourse to entertain even the casual reader and I hope that the topics we cover are at least as stimulating as a trip to the local pub.
Therefore, in that context, I endeavor to dream that the readers of this column might take hold of the topics contained herein and bring them along to their local brewpub (or out to the trails) with a few friends for further rumination and dissection. In the best of times, these ideas might inspire. In the worst of times, well, at least they are ideas. And, in the middle? Well, we're all in the middle, so there.
With all of this as a backdrop I thought it would be a good time to look at the Year in Ultrarunning and simply, without judgement or analysis, throw out some nominees and see where the chips might fall. [Of course, I am making up the categories as I go along and none of this is the opinion of the staff at iRunFar. :-)]
Female Ultrarunner of the Year
- Meghan Arbogast
- Ellie Greenwood
- Kami Semick
- Joelle Vaught
Male Ultrarunner of the Year
- Nick Clark
- Dave Mackey
- Mike Wardian
- Mike Wolfe
Female Race of the Year
- Meghan Arbogast – IAU 100K World Championships
- Diana Finkel – Hardrock 100
- Ellie Greenwood – Western States 100
Male Race of the Year
- Dave Mackey – Miwok 100k
- David Riddle – JFK 50 Mile
- Geoff Roes – Chuckanut 50k
- Ian Sharman – Rocky Raccoon 100
- Michael Wardian – IAU 100k
Female Surprise of the Year
- Rory Bosio
- Regan Petrie
Male Surprise of the Year
- Hal Koerner
- Anton Krupicka
Female Rookie of the Year
- Sandi Nypaver
Male Rookie of the Year
- Tim Olson
- Meghan Arbogast
- Dave Mackey
- Nikki Kimball
- Mike Morton
- Hal Koerner
- Krissy Moehl
- Dakota Jones
- Joelle Vaught
Fathers of the Year (Added 12/12)
- Nick Clark
- Dave Mackey
- Michael Wardian
Mothers of the Year (Added 12/12)
- Darcy Africa
- Meghan Arbogast
- Betsy Nye
Until next week, bottoms up!
AJW Taproom's Beer of the Week
AJW's beer of the week comes from Silverton Brewery. Their Ice Pick Ale is simply extraordinary. Simple, harsh, complex, and unpredictable it is, indeed, like the mountains that surround the brewery. Not available outside of the immediate area, this is a beer that is worth the trip.
Call for Comments (from Bryon)
I trust all of you can figure out what to talk about regarding this taproom! Share your thoughts in one or more of the categories.


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Clyde Edgerton is the author of 10 novels, but his latest book is nonfiction — a guide for dads. Papadaddy's Book for New Fathers: Advice to Dads of All Ages opens with a summary of Edgerton's own family situation:
Edgerton calls himself a C.O.D., or "Considerably Older Dad," and while his new book has advice for fathers young and old, he has special tips for men who are embarking on fatherhood later in life. He joins NPR's Melissa Block to talk about the perks and pitfalls of fatherhood, and whether he thinks of his own mortality.
Interview Highlights
On taking a "second crack" at fatherhood as an older man
"I think if your health holds up it can be a very good thing. I believe there's a secret chemical that's turned loose when you have kids that says you've got to survive, you've got to be strong — that keeps you on your toes, besides all kinds of other things, when you have three little ones running around."
On a crucial piece of advice for new fathers: Install the car seat in advance
"It could take from one to seven days to get that car seat in. The same thing with the crib — I finally finished after four days in the middle of the night, and I was so happy. I was in the living room and I started rolling it toward the baby's room, and it wouldn't go through the hall door."
On the unexpected pitfalls of animal-shaped vitamins
"You have these vitamins, and you've got a small child that wants the kitty vitamin and so you have to cut it in two, and one day I almost said, but I realized I probably shouldn't say — once I cut the little kitty in two I probably shouldn't say, 'Bad kitty!' Well, I'm afraid my little 3-year-old might not know any better and get a great big pair of scissors and go after our kitty, who was still a kitty, and we don't want that to happen. So you never know what kind of example you're setting when you do what you do."
On "sky television," one of his suggestions for entertaining children
"Kristina, my wife, and I thought about this one day when our kids were of course watching television. And we took a big blanket and put it in the backyard and said let's go lie on our back and look at the sky and call it sky television. We saw all kinds of things. I mean, what pops in my mind is a hawk flying over with a snake dangling from its beak, we saw — of course you see airplanes, but you see all kinds of birds, and it's one of those things that it just, it seems to be there but you have to discover it. So we enjoy still doing sky television once in a while."
On whether his mortality affects his parenting now more than with his first child
"You know, I think if I were not lucky enough to be as healthy as I am, I would worry a lot about that. But because I feel good physically, I really don't think about that very much. ... I was 36 when my father died, and I hope that I can live that long for my children. That will put me on up there. It's nice to have more than one little one, because while one is pushing you in the wheelchair, the other one can open the doors. I've been thinking about that a little bit."
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WASHINGTON, April 3, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Investment in equipment and software is expected to grow 5.6 percent in 2013, according to the Q2 update to the 2013 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook released today by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. The Foundation increased its 2013 equipment and software investment forecast to 5.6 percent, up from 2.9 percent growth forecast in its 2013 Annual Outlook released in December 2012. The report, which is focused on the $725 billion equipment leasing and finance industry, forecasts equipment investment and capital spending in the United States and evaluates the effects of various related and external factors in play currently and into the foreseeable future.
The Q2 report predicts growth in the first half of the year will be limited by relatively weak demand and fiscal policy uncertainty. By the second half of 2013, however, investment activity is expected to accelerate due to an improving housing sector, a resurgence of the U.S. manufacturing sector, an energy renaissance and relief from policy uncertainty that will have an unlocking effect on business investment.
William G. Sutton, CAE, President of the Foundation and President and CEO of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, said, "As projected in our 2013 Annual Outlook, the Q2 Outlook anticipates that 2013 will be a tale of two halves, with sluggish growth in the first half of the year, followed by a pick-up in overall economic activity in the second half of the year. On balance, we expect the positives to outweigh the negatives as businesses begin to feel more confident and ready to invest in capital equipment."
Highlights from the study include:
- The U.S. economy is expected to generate positive but modest growth of 2.2 percent in 2013.
- Equipment and software investment grew at the unexpectedly rapid rate of 11.8 percent (annualized rate) in Q4 2012, a welcome increase after Q3's 2.6 percent decline. Part of this may have been a "pulling forward" effect as businesses anticipated changes in tax policy in 2013. This suggests that Q1 and Q2 2013 may be a bit weaker than previously anticipated. However, the second half of 2013 is expected to be an improvement over the first half.
- Credit market conditions continue to improve, and many indicators have returned to levels not seen since the onset of the recession.
- Trends in equipment investment include:
- Agriculture equipment investment is expected to remain negative on a year-over-year basis, with the potential for positive growth in late in 2013.
- Computers and software investment is expected to transition from slow growth in the near future to more normal growth in the second half of the year.
- Construction equipment investment should continue to achieve above average growth over the next three to six months, though the rate of growth will continue to decline from recent highs.
- Industrial equipment investment is expected to grow at a moderate pace over the next six months as positive and negative drivers more or less balance out.
- Medical equipment investment should continue to experience little to no growth in the first half of 2013.
- Transportation equipment investment slowed slightly in the second half of 2012, but should remain near an average rate of growth.
The Foundation produces the Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook report in partnership with economics and public policy consulting firm Keybridge Research. The annual economic forecast provides a three-to-six-month outlook for industry investment with data, including a summary of investment trends in key equipment markets, credit market conditions, the U.S. macroeconomic outlook and key economic indicators. The report will be updated quarterly throughout 2013.
Download the full report at www.leasefoundation.org/IndRsrcs/EO/.
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides vision for the equipment leasing and finance industry through future-focused information and research. Funded through charitable individual and corporate donations, the Foundation is the only organization dedicated to future-oriented, in-depth, independent research for the leasing industry. Visit the Foundation online at http://www.LeaseFoundation.org.
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Your look might change depending on the day, so shouldn't your eyewear change, as well? These days, it's uncommon for one pair of eyeglasses to satisfy all of your needs. Specialty eyewear can help you optimize your vision for any occasion!
Below are a few occasions where specialty eyewear can improve your vision.
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If you spend a lot of time looking at a computer, you are at an increased risk of developing eye strain. While you look at a screen, your eyes try to stay focused and aligned – that's where computer glasses come into play. These glasses are for close-up distances, and they can reduce strain while staring at screens.
Golf Sunglasses
If you're an avid golfer, you know that the proper eyewear is an essential item for your golf bag. Some sunglasses utilize colors in the lenses to enhance the green of the grass. Brown and amber lenses can help because it creates contrast against the golf ball. Rose-colored lenses can help during cloudy days and increase the contrast between light and dark colors, and green tints help in sunny conditions, reducing glare.
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When on the water, the sunlight can reflect and create a glare that makes it hard to see. Polarized lenses can block the light reflected, reducing glare and discomfort. Glasses made for boating and fishing are also thinner and can fit snugly to your face so that the sun can't enter on the side, top, or bottom of your face.
Driving or Cycling Eyewear
If you find that your lifestyle takes you on the road, driving glasses can provide a benefit. These glasses–either sunglasses or prescription lenses–can help get rid of the glare that makes it hard to focus on the road.
For extra protection, polarized sunglasses protect your eyes against sun glare on any occasion, and they can help increase the contrast, making objects easier and sharper to see.
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'Iron Chef' Cat Cora Strikes Plea Deal in DUI Case
'Iron Chef' Cat Cora Strikes Plea Deal In DUI Case
"Iron Chef" and Food Network star Cat Cora won't be going to jail for DUI -- as long as she behaves herself -- because TMZ has learned, she just struck a sweet plea deal with prosecutors.
A rep for the Santa Barbara County District Attorney tells TMZ, Cat pled "no contest" today to driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 or higher, stemming from her June arrest. The remaining DUI count was dropped.
Cora was sentenced to 3 years probation and 9 months of DUI school. She paid $2,386 in fines.
Cora also received a 120-day suspended jail sentence -- but she won't spend a day behind bars ... as long as she fulfills her probation and DUI school obligations.
Cora was arrested for DUI on June 17th in Santa Barbara. According to police, she admitted to drinking 3 beers and later blew a .19 on a breathalyzer ... more than twice the legal limit in California.
Cat later apologized for the arrest, saying, "I deeply regret my decision to drive that evening after my designated driver became unavailable."
Just moments after the crash, the other driver began videotaping her. Cat angrily responded by calling the driver and his passenger "nerds" with no life. TMZ posted the footage.
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Kane Brown Gushes Over His Baby Girl: Fatherhood Is 'Better Than I Would Imagine'
Fatherhood has been treating Kane Brown well.
The "One Thing Right" singer walked the red carpet at the 2019 American Music Awards, where he stopped to chat with Access Hollywood — and he couldn't help but gush over his newborn daughter, Kingsley.
"It's amazing. It's better than what I would imagine," Brown says of fatherhood. "Every time I look at her, I see me."
Kingsley was born to Brown and his wife, Katelyn Jae, on Oct. 29, so this was Dad's first big night out since becoming a father. Soon after she arrived, the singer released a song called "For My Daughter," inspired by how he grew up without a father. It's a vulnerable message to Kingsley about the kind of father Brown wants to be as she grows up.
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Speaking to Access Hollywood, he further admitted that he wants to be a role model for his daughter and guide her in the right ways.
"I don't want her to grow up fast, but I can't wait for her to grow up so I can just help her in life and just get her on the right path. It's exciting," he says.
Brown also shared kind words about his wife, admitted that the two have a way of taking life as it comes while praising her role as a mother.
"It came naturally for her, she's a great mom, to me — the best mom in the world," he shares. "She's been by my side the whole time. I've been by her side, and it's been amazing."
The hitmaking star is set to embark on the Worldwide Beautiful Tour in 2020 with Chris Lane and Russell Dickerson as his opening acts. The tour launches with a string of international dates on Feb. 2 in Dublin, Ireland, before turning back to the U.S. The tour wraps on May 9 in Kansas City. Brown says he plans to bring his baby girl out on the road.
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Grażyna Bacewicz-Piano Sonata no. 2 (1953); Avner Dorman -Sonata no.3-Dance Suite (2005)
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My book on Karol Szymanowski's Mazurkas was just published by the University of Silesia Press and is available for purchase at: http://wydawnictwo.us.edu.pl/node/17323?language=en
Anna will tour China from March 3-17 where she will perform several solo recitals, give master classes and perform Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin with the Hubei Orchestra under Xun Sun. The solo recitals will be presented by the Wu Promotion Management and sponsored by the Jiuzhaigou Natural Wine Industry Co., Ltd.
During the 2012-2013 concert season Anna will celebrate a Szymanowski year (in honor of the 130th anniversary of his birth and the 75th anniversary of his death), as well as the centennial of Witold Lutosławski's birth with solo recitals, chamber music and concerti performances in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. She is particularly looking forward to her debut performances in Mongolia and Vietnam, and excited about returning to Singapore, China, the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia. Highlights of her 2012-2013 performance calendar include appearances at St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London, recitals at Yale and Richmond Universities, the Kosciuszko Foundation, the Polish Consulate in New York, and performances at festivals in Poland, Germany and Australia. (PolArtFestival in Perth)
Anna's forthcoming concerti performances include Lutosławski's piano concerto, Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 3 and Stravinsky's Concerto for Piano and Winds. She will also appear with violinist Sharon Roffman for a number of engagements on the east coast of the USA, performing music by Szymanowski, Lutosławski, Górecki and Franck.
Once again residing on the east coast, Anna is a member of the piano faculty at the College of William and Mary, as well as the faculty of Richmond University during the Spring 2012 semester.
2011 was a busy year, featuring a three-month long tour across Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The opening recitals in Jakarta and Singapore were devoted to the music of Liszt, the 2011 Rome Prize Winner Lei Liang, Chopin and Bacewicz. "Liszt and Chopin on the Lake" at the Singaporian Botanical Gardens was especially memorable thanks to the sizeable audience of over 2000 people and the climate - Anna had to put her Bikram Yoga experience to work while playing Liszt's Sonata in B Minor in weather with 90% humidity! It was quite a memorable performance. After Singapore, she moved on to New Zealand, giving a number of concerts in Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Hamilton and Christchurch. While there, she collaborated with soprano Olga Gryniewicz and flutist Adriana Lis on the premiere of "Polish Dances" by New Zealander Anthony Richie. Continuing on to Australia, Anna presented a recital in Sydney and Melbourne entitled "Drive Blues," dedicated to contemporary music from around the world.
During 2011, Anna taught Master Classes at the Jakarta Conservatory, LaSalle College of the Arts, New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Waikato, University of Otago in New Zealand and St. Thomas University in Manila. She was also invited to present a lecture-recital during the 5th Singapore Piano Pedagogy Symposium at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore.
Anna was featured in the "Chopin on the Rocks" concert with "one of the greatest revelations of polish jazz", Leszek Możdżer and Alizma.
October 2nd at the Springs Preserve, Las Vegas.
Anna was celebrating Fryderyk Chopin's 200th Birthday Year with musical appearances in many parts of the world. In June she was featured as soloist in two performances of Chopin's Concerto No. 1 with the Sinfônica do Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil. She also taught a number of master classes in several venues: the Escola de Música e Belas Artes do Paraná, the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane, Australia, the Australian National University in Canberra and the Music Conservatory in Hobart, Tasmania, among others. She appeared in a number of live broadcasts on radio and television, not only in Brazil and Australia but in New Zealand as well. In addition, Anna gave over a dozen solo recitals in Curitiba, Brasilia,Chirstchurch, Te Anau, Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney and Hobart throughout June, July and August.
Anna opened the 2010 season with a joint recital featuring acclaimed violinist Ayano Ninomiya, at the Polish Consulate in New York City. The program celebrates Grazyna Bacewicz's music, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of her birth in 2009. The same concert was presented at UNLV in Las Vegas on February 18th, in Doc Rando Hall.
On March 21, Anna collaborated with another esteemed musician, pianist Blair McMillen of Da Capo Players. This program included the famous Fantasty in f minor for Four Hands by Schubert, as well as a piece by contemporary composer Fredrick Kaufman titled, "Yin and Yang: A Dialogue for Two Grand Pianos." The concert will take place at UNLV. Later in the summer, Anna presented a solo recital of contemporary music (compositions by Lei Liang, Fredrick Kaufman, Virko Baley, and Jason Thorpe Buchanan) at the La Salle Music Academy in Singapore.
Anna celebrated the Chopin Year with solo recitals, lectures and master classes all over the world including the USA and Europe. She gave lectures and master classes at Bard College in NY and for the Music Teachers National Association in Las Vegas, Newport News and Maryland. She was also invited to serve as a juror for the Chopin Competition in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Anna has been appointed a visiting professor at the UNLV in Las Vegas.
In October she celebrated the birthdays of two prominent living composers: Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki and Virko Baley. She performed Gorecki's piano concerto at the Polish Composers Festival in Bielsko-Biala, Poland and Baley's Klytemnestra at UNLV in Las Vegas.
Anna will returned to Harvard University on October 25, to present an evening of music by Karol Szymanowski. There were performances, talks and a documentary movie by Dagnara Drzazga. The same program was once again held in the Polish Consulate in NYC, on October 28.
On November 19th Anna celebrated 90 years of Polish Independence at the Corcoran Museum in Washington DC featuring the music of Chopin, Paderewski, Bacewicz and Szymanowski.
Anna also appeared on the Ewell Concert Series at the College of William and Mary with the esteemed violinist, Charles Castleman on November 15th.
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Anna spent most of the summer of 2008 in Thailand, where she taught, performed and scuba-dived. She appeared on Thai TV and gave master-classes for the Bangkok Chopin Society. She also visited Angkor Watt in Cambodia and was moved by the beauty of the Kingdom and the unspoiled land.
In January Anna presented master-classes and recitals in Hong-Kong (Baptist University) and Singapore (Nanwang Academy of Fine Arts).
Anna was invited to present a solo recital at the prestigious National Gallery series in Washington, D.C. on June 8.
The same program was presented at the College of William and Mary (April 27th), Forte's Salon in New Haven (May 1) and the Polish Society at Harvard University (May 2.)
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Anna was also invited to perform for the LIKHA'T DIWA Foundation in Las Vegas on May 17. The proceeds will benefit music students in the USA and Philippines.
Anna was named "one of the world's greatest pianists" by the Indian PRWire, after an eclectic collaborative performance entitled "East meets West," with Chakrapani Singh on the geet'ar and Vinod Pathak on the tabla. The performance and the master class took place at Alliance Francaise in New Delhi, India in January, and it was reviewed by the Times of India.
On the same trip Anna visited Nepal and the Himalayas, and she successfully reached the Mt. Everest Base Camp.
The Polish-American pianist Anna Kijanowska (key-en-OFF-ska) has established herself as a multi faceted musician, smoothly transitioning among her roles as a performing and recording artist, pedagogue, coach, and advocate of contemporary classical music around the world. She has performed, taught and collaborated in North and South America, Asia, Europe, New Zealand, Africa and Australia.
Hailed by The New York Times (2007) as "an excellent young Polish pianist," and by Brazilian critics as "the Tina Turner of classical music" (2010), Kijanowska's concert performances represent the stunning diversity of today's globalized classical music scene; she is equally at home performing in Carnegie Hall as the steppes of Mongolia. Her New York debut took place in 1997 with a live broadcast over WQXR, and she has to date appeared in Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall (NYC), and the Kennedy Center and National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C, as well as in underserved venues such as the Amazon basin in Brazil, the Himalayas in Nepal, and Mongolia.
Kijanowska's recording of The Complete Mazurkas by Szymanowski (Dux 417) was recently praised by Adrian Corleonis of Fanfare Magazine "as superior to any other interpretations that came before or after her" and received favorable reviews on both sides of the Atlantic from the New York Times and BBC Magazine. Mr. Leonard of All Music Guide wrote, "Kijanowska's performances are amazingly virtuosic, astonishingly charismatic, astoundingly empathic and completely compelling," while Mr. Muse of the Classik Reviews called her performance a "revelation."
As a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician, she has appeared in major festivals in Europe, including the Kiev Festival and the Polish Composers Festival under the patronage of Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, as well as at the Quartet Program at Bucknell University and SUNY Fredonia in New York. She has collaborated on these projects with several other renowned musicians, including violinists Charles Castleman, Sharon Roffman, and Ayano Ninomiya of Ying Quartet, pianist Blair McMillen of the Da Capo Chamber Players, and jazz pianist Leszek Możdżer. She has also been heard on WQXR in NYC, WNYC in New York, Chicago Radio, Radio New Zealand, SBS National Public Broadcasting in Australia, and has performed for television audiences in Poland, Ukraine, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and Thailand.
Kijanowska is particularly passionate about presenting Polish music to the world. She has been frequently invited as a visiting artist at Polish Embassies and Consulates around the world. She is also widely known as a promoter and elaborator of contemporary music. She has been involved in a number of international premiers and she works with living composers on a regular basis. Kijanowska's repertoire spans from the 16th to the 21st century, and includes rarely-performed gems of Polish repertoire, such as the Piano Concerto by Lutosławski, as well as major works by Chopin and Górecki.
As an internationally recognized music educator, Kijanowska has been invited to present master classes, recitals and lectures at leading universities and conservatories around the world, including the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music at the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LaSalle College of Arts in Singapore, Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in Germany, the Sydney Konservatorium, the Chinese Conservatory in Beijing and the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, China, New Zealand School of Music at the Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand, Australian National University in Canberra, Yayasan Pendidikan Musik Conservatory in Jakarta, Indonesia, North-West University in South Africa, the Conservatory in Lima, Peru, St. Thomas University in the Philippines, the Universities of Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Virginia and California, Bard College in New York, and Harvard University in Cambridge, among others.
She has also been invited as an adjudicator for a number of competitions worldwide, including the Yamaha Piano Competition, in Guangzhou, China, the Chopin piano competitions in Indonesia and Singapore as well as the MTNA and the Washington International Competition in the USA.
A winner of several national and international competitions herself, Kijanowska has received grants from the Kosciuszko Foundation, Jewish Foundation for Education of Women, the Madeleine Forte Foundation, the Manhattan School of Music in New York City and the Batory Foundation in Poland.
As a producer, Kijanowska focuses on promoting Polish and contemporary music with projects including a Szymanowski concert at Merkin Hall in New York City in 2007, which attracted the attention of esteemed pianist Krystian Zimerman. She has also presented innovative recital projects incorporating contemporary music with traditional repertoire (From Liszt to Liang, 2011) or fusion of musical styles (jazz with pianist Leszek Możdżer and Harris Simon) to audiences around the world. Kijanowska's interest in the synthesis of arts and media has resulted in several projects combining music, visual arts, dance,poetry and photography.
Ms. Kijanowska began her musical education in Bielsko-Biała, Poland and she attended the Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice, under the tutelage of Prof. Józef Stompel. After receiving her Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the Music Academy in Wrocław, she was awarded a scholarship to study with Dr. Madeleine Forte (pupil of Alfred Cortot, Rosina Lhevinne and Wilhelm Kempff) at Boise State University in the United States. She holds a Doctorate and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where she studied with Byron Janis (pupil of Vladimir Horowitz and Rosina Lhevinne), Mykola Suk (pupil of Lev Vlasenko), Sara Davis Buechner (pupil of Rudolf Firkušný and Mieczysław Munz) and Marc Silverman.
Ms. Kijanowska is currently a faculty member at the Music Institute in the Fine Arts Department of the University of Silesia in Cieszyn, Poland. She is a former faculty member of the College of William and Mary and University of Richmond in Virginia, the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, The Castleman Quartet Program, the Levine School of Music, and the Washington International Piano Festival in Washington D.C.
Kijanowska' s diverse interests in music and the arts parallel her love for nature and adventure.She is equally comfortable hiking in the Himalayas at 5000 meters, or 25 meters below sea level diving with sharks. An avid hiker, she has reached the Everest Base Camp, completed the Annapurna , Kanchanjunga and Langtang treck in Nepal, and hiked the Huayhuash Circut in the Peruvian Andes. She also enjoys horseback riding, yoga, running, biking and kayaking.
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I found her to possess a highly imaginative and intuitive musical mind.
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Anna Kijanowska has become the artistic director and the founder of the 1st MusicAlive International Piano Competition Online. Don't miss the deadline! INFO: http://www.wpta.info/poland/ipc/
Anna joins Australian-based teaching company Aeyons.com. To book a session please visit: https://online.aeyons.com/anna_kijanowska
Dr. Kijanowska named the first President of the World Piano Teachers Association -Poland. (http://www.wpta.info)January, 2019. The WPTA-Poland presidency has been extended to January 2021.
International Masterclasses at the University of Silesia, Cieszyn June 4-8, 2019!
Dr. Kijanowska become an artistic and executive director of the II International Conference-New Voices in Music, June 6-7, 2019 at the University of Silesia in Cieszyn. (https://wordpress.com/post/newvoicesinmusicconference.wordpress.com/27)
Dr. Kijanowska has been invited as a jury member to the 2nd Nashvile International Piano Competition and the 64th Kosciuszko Foundation CHOPIN Competition in New York.
A student of Dr. Kijanowska, William Hume, has been named a prize winner of the 2013 American Protege International Piano Competition in New York City as well as several other competitions . He has apeared as a soloist with orchestras and have performed at Carnegie Hall twice this year and has apeared on From The Top. He was also chosen to perform for master classes by John O'Conor and Paul Badura-Skoda in March 2013.
Dr. Kijanowska has been awarded a Diploma of Recognition by American Protege International Piano Competition for her educational achievements.
Teaching Biography.
Dr. Anna Kijanowska is a passionate pedagogue and educator. She is sought after as a teacher, adjudicator, lecturer and performer. She has presented master classes, recitals and lectures at leading universities and conservatories around the world, including the Central Conservatory and Chinese Conservatory in Beijing, China; Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music at the National University of Singapore; Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LaSalle College of Arts in Singapore; Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts in Germany; the Sydney Konservatorium; the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, China; the New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington; Australian National University in Canberra; Yayasan Pendidikan Musik Conservatory in Jakarta, Indonesia; North-West University in South Africa; the Conservatory in Lima, Peru; St. Thomas University in the Philippines; the Universities of Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Virginia and California; Bard College in New York; Yale University and Harvard University, among others.
She has been invited to present papers at international conferences, including the 5th and 6th Contemporary Piano Meetings in Portugal and Brazil (2021,2023) , 4th World Piano Conference in Novi Sad in 2012, and the 5th Singapore International Pedagogy Symposium in 2011. As an adjudicator, she was invited to join a number of national and international competitions, including the Washington International Competition and the Catholic University Concerto Competition in Washington, DC; the MTNA Competitions; the International Chopin Competition in Singapore; and the Yamaha Piano Competition in Guangzhou, China.
Dr. Kijanowska's students have won numerous competitions, appeared on radio and TV, and performed with orchestras worldwide.
She earned a Master of Arts in Pedagogy from the Music Academy in Wroclaw (Poland), as well as a Doctorate and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where she studied with the legendary pianist Byron Janis (pupil of Vladimir Horowitz and Rosina Lhevinne), Sara Davis Buechner (pupil of Rudolf Firkušný and Mieczysław Munz), and Mykola Suk (pupil of Lev Vlasenko). She has also studied with Dr. Madeleine Forte (pupil of Alfred Cortot, Rosina Lhevinne and Wilhelm Kempff) at Boise State University in Idaho.
Dr. Kijanowska is currently assistant professor at the University of Silesia in Poland and is a former faculty member of the College of William and Mary, Interharmony Festival in Italy and Germany, International Academy of Music (Italy), University of Richmond in Virginia, the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, The Castleman Quartet Program, the Levine School of Music, and the Washington International Piano Festival in Washington D.C.
Teaching Philosophy:
"I strive to make each student a better musician and performer, and a more sensitive pianist. I share with students my love for music."
"I do not produce copies of myself, and I do not force my students to repeat my interpretation, but rather I encourage them to work on developing their own interpretation and musical personality."
"I never give up on a student, and always strive for reaching their highest, individual potential."
"Each of my students is an individual with a unique personality that requires attention and focus specific to their needs. Accordingly, I tailor my teaching style to compliment the student's learning style. I strongly believe that every student is capable of learning and meeting their goals, and my motto for all of them is one that I learned from my own teacher, Byron Janis: 'Everything is possible!'."
"Dr. Kijanowska is great because she guides us, but doesn't hold our hands. She also has very high expectations"
" Prof. Kijanowska is an amazing teacher and performer. She definitely knows how to bring out the strengths of her students and strengthen their weaknesses in order to make them more confident in their playing. I really enjoy her great style of teaching. She is a great professor!"
"This professor always pushes me to the limits of my learning and performing abilities"
"Dr. Kijanowska is demanding and exacting and expects every student to perform to the best
of their abilities."
"Anna Kijanowska is simply a fantastic piano teacher. Kijanowska possesses a deep knowledge of the finesses of both earlier and newer music. She has a rare familiarity and comfort with new music. Her abilities as a pianist and teacher are first-rate and I would recommend her for any serious piano student."
Anna Kijanowska, Piano
Chernigov Orchestra, Ukraine
International Festival in Chernigov, Ukraine
April 2007
Anna Kijanowska, Piano
Chernigov Orchestra, Ukraine
International Festival in Chernigov, Ukraine
April 2007


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These whimsical wooden animals from the folks at T-Lab have been around in Japan for many years. This gorgeous shark will have an amazing "cheer-up" vibe in your home, on your desk or in your children's room and with such a wonderful collection to choose from….. the hard part will be picking your favorite.
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What impact would Britain leaving the EU have on UK immigration policy? Jonathan Portes writes that exiting the EU would not be a magic solution to immigration problems. For a start, the UK would have to accept an exit from the single market and make alternative plans. He argues that difficult policy questions would still remain, as recent data debunk the myth that unskilled migrants flock to the UK from other EU member states. Furthermore, hosting fewer migrants from the EU might 'make room' for migrants and refugees from non-EU countries.
August 20015 immigration statistics showed net migration to the UK rising to 330,000 last year, a record – and far in excess of the government's "aspiration" (downgraded from a "target") to reduce migration to the tens of thousands.
Net migration from within the EU, at 183,000, has been largely responsible for the recent rise. Substantial net migration from within the EU to the UK is is a recent development. Free movement was one of the founding principles of the EU, but only in the last decade – when central and eastern European countries joined the Union in 2004 – has it become of major economic and social significance.
While non-EU migrants still outnumber those of EU origin within the resident population, an increasing proportion of new arrivals (especially those coming to work rather than study) is from elsewhere in Europe.
Not surprisingly, then, politicians who favour "Brexit" say that only leaving the EU would enable the UK to restore "control over our borders" and reduce migration. Ukip, for example, say that after leaving the EU they would introduce an "Australian-style points system" – an "ethical visa system for work and study, based on the principle of equal application to all people".
The question of what EU exit could or should mean for immigration to the UK will be central to the referendum campaign.
The first point to note is that leaving the EU does not necessarily mean ending free movement, and hence large-scale, "uncontrolled" migration from elsewhere in the EU.
If we wanted to preserve access to the EU single market – as many of those who favour exit say they want – then the most obvious way to do so would be for us to join Norway (and Iceland and Liechtenstein) as members of the European Economic Area. But free movement actually applies to EEA members on pretty much the same basis.
Alternatively, we could emulate Switzerland, and negotiate bilateral agreements for market access. But not only do the Swiss have far more EU migrants than us, when they recently voted in a referendum to impose quotas, the EU told them bluntly that that wasn't acceptable. Faced with the prospect of being (effectively) kicked out of the single market, the Swiss are thinking again.
So to genuinely go it alone on immigration policy might well require not just Brexit but an acceptance that we would be excluding ourselves from the single market. And even then we would almost certainly have to negotiate some bilateral arrangements with EU countries – if only to safeguard the position of the large numbers of EU nationals already here (we're hardly going to deport them) and UK citizens in other European countries (repatriating large numbers of pensioners from Spain is equally impracticable).
But, supposing this could be achieved relatively painlessly, what would our new immigration policy look like? Ukip's talk of an "Australian-style points system" begs more questions than it answers. In fact, as far back as 2008, the then government claimed that this was exactly what it was introducing. As Randall Hansen points out, the countries with fully-fledged points systems (Canada and Australia) introduced them as a way of targeting growth in both overall population and human capital; higher immigration is not necessarily the objective of those who want us to leave the EU.
That said, there is no doubt that, if we were no longer part of the EU free movement area, a sensible immigration policy would look quite different to current policy. There would be no rationale for, as we do now, offering completely free access to the UK labour market for workers, skilled or otherwise, from Bulgaria or Belgium, while imposing tight restrictions on even highly skilled workers with a job offer or scarce skills from India or Indonesia.
A new policy: answering difficult questions
First, would the new system be more generous to non-EU migrants than the current one? That is indeed what some opponents of free movement imply – for example Migration Watch here, saying fewer Europeans would "make room" for Syrian refugees, or Ukip here, making rules "fairer for the Commonwealth". But this seems disingenuous at best.
Hitting the "tens of thousands" target would require both a very substantial reduction in EU migration and a further reduction in non-EU migration.
So either the new system will have to be just as restrictive towards Syrian refugees or Commonwealth doctors as the current one, or net migration will still remain at historically very high levels – not as high as at present, but still well above the government's target. And now there would no longer be a convenient excuse for not hitting it.
Second, would we really ban unskilled migration for economic reasons entirely? At least in theory, it is possible to make a plausible economic rationale for doing so; while this would cut growth in the short term, it might over time incentivise firms into productivity-enhancing investment or training.
But these effects are lengthy and uncertain (and not obvious in previous periods of low migration). Meanwhile, business would suffer and would be vocal in saying so. And the incentives for irregular migration would increase significantly (remember that the vast majority of irregular migrants come to the UK perfectly legally and stay on – it is not primarily a question of border control).
Third, would a new system actually be an improvement on the current one, in terms of economic outcomes? Although our system is far from perfect or optimal in an economic sense, all the evidence suggests it has delivered surprisingly positive outcomes over the last two decades.
There is little or no evidence of negative impacts on jobs or average wages, and only small wage impacts even for low-skilled workers; productivity impacts are likely to have been positive; and, perhaps most surprisingly, despite the fact that most immigrants are not selected by skill, the UK does remarkably well in attracting skilled migrants. As this chart shows, immigrants to the UK are considerably more likely to be highly educated than either natives or migrants to other countries.
Chart: Proportion of natives and migrants with tertiary education
Source: OECD
So leaving the EU might – or might not – increase our degrees of freedom in immigration policy. But it would be no magic bullet – difficult policy questions would still remain.
Note: Featured image credit: Ωριγένης / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). This article was originally posted on the UK in a Changing Europe website.
About the Author
Jonathan Portes is director of the National Institute of Economic & Social Research and senior fellow at The UK in a Changing Europe.


text: A couple were married and, following the wedding, the husband laid down some rules. "I'll be home when I want, if I want, and at what time I want," he insisted. "And, I don't expect any hassle from you. Also, I expect a decent meal to be on the table every evening, unless I tell you otherwise. I'll go hunting, fishing, poozing, and card-playing with my buddies whenever I want. Those are my rules," he said. "Any comments?"His new bride replied, "No, that's fine with me. But, just understand that there'll be sex here at seven o'clock every night... whether you're here or not."


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Sunday morning and Alex came in all geared up for business battle, and the three of us lay around chatting happily (me in a towel), and then we hit the road... (read more)
So Tag Zwei opened with the traditional free hotel buffet breakfast.... (read more)
And so Alex rang up and said, Dude - I'm going to be in Munich for a few days if you want to cruise over, and I thought, Hey - Random jaunts to the Continent are precisely what Americans living on this side of the Atlantic are supposed to do... (read more)
Morning took us by the street Anna always stayed on as a girl. And then, naturellement, for coffee, on the Boulevard Saint Germain.... (read more)
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the world's second largest mosque - or religious monument of any kind - outside of the one in Mecca. Its minaret, at 210 meters, is the tallest in the world and is visible for miles - not least when it shines lasers toward Mecca at night.... (read more)
The opening poem (one of my all-time faves) couldn't be more apt. It went through my head so many times as Josh and I traveled through Spain. The third verse haunted me as we climbed up into the sky, amid the awesome construction of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia.... (read more)
I just finished reading an entirely decent book on architecture. Frankly, I had begun to feel a little ridiculous travelling all the way around the world to see these great buildings, and then standing there pointing and muttering, "Look - I think it's Revival something or other . . ."... (read more)


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The start to summer has been quite busy for browngrotta arts. At the beginning of June browngrotta arts' opened Plunge: explorations from above and below in collaboration with the New Bedford Art Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Soon after came the launch of Cross Currents: Art Inspired by Water, an online companion exhibition to Plunge. We've featured four works on our website as New This Week—three sculptures and a tapestry.
Made with vintage zipper tape and thread, Karyl Sisson's Reaching Out cloaks the floor in a deep red. Many of Karyl's sculptures resemble sea creatures, Reaching Out, which can be viewed in Plunge, resembles an octopus lingering along the seafloor. Rather than starting with a set idea of what she wants to create, Sisson lets the materials and processes dictate the form of her pieces.
Helena Hernmarcks' tapestry On the Dock depicts two women enjoying the sunshine. Hernmarck. On the Dock can also be viewed with other water-influenced works in Cross Currents, at browngrotta.com.
Peninsula, a sculpture made with paper and paper cord, reflects Mary Merkel-Hess' study of the natural world. Using a technique of her own creation, Merkel-Hess builds each piece using a combination of collage and paper mâché with inclusions of materials such as reed, paper cord, wood, and drawings.
Intrusion, a white willow basket made by Dail Behennah draws in the eye with its grid-like basket architecture. Dail drew inspiration for this piece from igneous intrusions into landscapes. As the softer rocks are worn away the peaks and tors remain hard-edged outcrops on the surface.


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1All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect, so that God's name and our teaching may not be slandered.
2Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare6:2Or and benefit from the service of their slaves.
False Teachers and the Love of Money
These are the things you are to teach and insist on.
3If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,
4they are conceited and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions
5and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
9Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Final Charge to Timothy
11But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
13In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you
14to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
16who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.
17Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
18Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.
19In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.
20Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,
21which some have professed and in so doing have departed from the faith.
Grace be with you all.
Holy Bible, New International Version ®, NIV®
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Nectarine, Splits. Sh ovate.
Variety released by F.W. Anderson, Merced, Calif. in 1972. Ripens the 3rd week of June. Sizes nicely with an attractive red/orange color. Ovate shape and will split some years. Plant Patent No. 3165. Highly susceptible to brown rot. Inconsistent cropper.
The description of each variety of peach or nectarine fruit under each group is in different formats as this information is collected from varied sources and hence is not consistent