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September's clouds are rolling in. They're my favorite clouds of the year. Maybe it's the light or the cool air that's making them so fluffy, but the way they roll in from the north east has always relaxed and grounded me. The last month I didn't have many days off, let alone time to myself. However, we do try to make the best of our brief time together.
Listening to Grinderman and thinking about autumn. I woke up yesterday, exhausted from the weekend, feeling a little unsettled. Mostly I just wanted to be somewhere in the middle of the woods, hunting down rust colored amaranthus and picking acorns branches to make little arrangements with no one particular in mind. Early March I start to think that Spring is my favorite season. Until autumn's breeze reminds me of pomegranate & persimmon branches. It's hard to choose.
I disrupted this busy week for a moment to stop and feel excited for the change of season. Soon we have to start paying attention to the nod of the trees that winter is coming. Don't miss the leaves changing color, it's like not getting your luggage on the plane in time. You still arrive and you're not lost, but it's definitely not as comfortable.
Let's start September.


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Front - Dual 262 mm ventilated disc brakes with hydraulic twin-piston calipers
Rear Brake - Dual 248 mm ventilated disc brakes with hydraulic twin-piston calipers
Maxxis Bighorn 2.0
Front - 29 x 9 x 14 in. (73.7 x 22.9 x 35.6 cm)
Rear - 29 x 11 x 14 in. (73.7 x 27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Lighter type DC outlet in central console
Multifunction Analog / Digital - Speedometer, tachometer, odometer, trip and hour meters, fuel, gear position, sport / ECO™ mode, seat belt and 4x4 indicator, diagnostics, clock, auto shut-off
Front - Double A-arm with sway bar; 20 in. (50.8 cm) travel
Rear - 4-link Torsional Trailing-arm X (TTX) with sway bar; 20 in. (50.8 cm) travel
Front Shocks - FOX 2.5 PODIUM RC2 Piggyback with dual speed compression and rebound adjustments
Rear Shocks - FOX 2.5 PODIUM RC2 Piggyback with dual speed compression, rebound adjustments and bottom-out control
Triple Black
Platinum Satin
Phoenix Orange Metallic
Storage total - 2.5 gal. (9.4 l)
Glove box - 1.6 gal. (6.2 l)
Center console - 0.8 gal. (2.8 l)
Cup holders - 0.1 gal. (0.4 l)
Factory - 6-months limited warranty
Extended - Up to 30 months B.E.S.T. coverage
Price, if shown, does not include government fees, taxes, dealer freight/preparation, dealer document preparation charges or any finance charges (if applicable). Final actual sales price includes all rebates and may vary depending on options or accessories installed.

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The ordering process is simple and varies according to your requirements and location. If you are within travelling distance then just give Alison a call or email (email preferred) to arrange an initial consultation where design ideas and requirements will be discussed and your measurements taken. A deposit is payable at this point. A pattern will be drafted and a mock-up prepared and a fitting arranged. One mock-up may be enough or another may be required. At least one fitting of the garment in the final fabric will also be required. For full outfits expect more fittings, again dependent on the design.
Payment can be made in up to four instalments, with the final balance being due upon collection.
Arrangements can be made for clients further away. Either by travelling, remote fits or a combination. Appointments in your own home can also be made in some circumstances, please contact Alison for more information.
Some approximate price guidelines
All prices will vary between designs.


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Lil tyro
So I've been teaching Jonathan some photoshop stuff and we made his own site today to post his progress.. he's getting pretty good at this stuff
So I've been teaching Jonathan some photoshop stuff and we made his own site today to post his progress.. he's getting pretty good at this stuff
So this is a sample of the kind of stuff I've been doing in after effects… now.. all of these are really simple ideas and this is a really rough really low quality video. I'm learning to use some of the other stuff but for this one I really didn't need anything more complicated…
Anyway not astounding and I'm not sure why it didn't save with better quality I must have had one of the settings wrong but I went over them and they looked right… anyway… That's that I guess…
The other one has a little more time into it. Zay and I have both worked on this one experimenting with things like the puppet tool and we're about to try a new technique for getting the rings into place but we'll see how that turns out. You can see that one here…gravity-logo-test.mp4
or at least the first draft….
So this has really two completely separate parts…
1.) WOW… my brothers are going to be SOOOOO spoiled! My youngest brother just bought a $3,500 car to work on just for the fun of it… MJ, and J&J get over $200 a month it's crazy… luckily I got my car back before he actually got his.. I now have my own car again… yipee!!…
Second… I'm almost through with my class… Final portfolios are due soon… I took a few of the black and white photos I've taken and I added color… a little backwards I know but it was fun…
Zay and I've been working on a video for gravity using after effects too… I'm finally getting it 🙂 We have several projects going and I really need to learn faster….
So not knowing these programs is going to drive me insane… I'm sure that I could do some really cool stuff with them… but for now it's just insanely frustrating instead of insanely cool which I know it could be…
Pretty sure I HATE flash and After Effects… nevermind that I only even opened them today… nevermind that I hated photoshop the first three hours I used it… nevermind that I am still determined at some point to learn how to use them…. the point is I DESPISE them…. for the time being because I don't know how to work them at all… and I do mean AT ALL!!!!
I'm trying to do something really simple, elegant and clean for my site…. I want it to exemplify the meaning behind fading existence… I've tried two or three different ideas and I'm struggling…
So I was working on a new interface design for Zay's website and I tried a few ideas…. after I settled on one and fleshed it out part way I realized that he and I both like what he has now better…So this is what I had started on…. not really going to use it for anything now I guess… it was also originally green because he thought green would be cool but I went back and changed it… so now it's blue….
So I decided to just fix what he had…
So I'm still playing with learning to use textures to make my own images… again I didn't use any textures images objects that I didn't make myself… I didn't copy anything…. so here it is… my version of running water….
Tonight Sucked on every level there is….
But on a brighter note…. I let Jonathan use my laptop today and had left a window open with a project I'm working on… it's a new theme for my site, far far far from ready but I had this part of it open…
I've now been getting into just design techniques so here's another original from me…. I made all of the textures and objects including the halftone circle things in the back… they actually really would have been easy if I had simply known why I couldn't get them to work at first… i.e. you can't make them on a transparent background, you have to make them and then take the background out….
So I went back and made it red…. changed a few things… which is better?
We may be calling our Wednesday Night Live nights Vortex, we've been looking for names… The idea is that it's a strong burst of gravity that pulls people in… Vortex
5.something regarded as drawing into its powerful current everything that surrounds it:
powerful force
irresistible force
Roaring mass of whirling fire – consuming
Anyway that's that…
I really just haven't felt like writing much but I'm guessing it's about time so…
a few different categories
I'll get the more serious stuff out of the way so I can end with the fun. Please pray for me. There are some decisions that I'm being asked to reconsider, pray that either the pressure will be lifted or God miraculously makes me want to change my mind, for now I don't want to with everything inside of me and it's a little too obvious when I pray which outcome I am hoping for. Things have been sucking pretty badly but I keep thinking back to Joseph and how he had to be patient when life was so bad, at least I'm not where he was, I'm grateful for what God has given me.
Now on to the fun…
I haven't had a lot of time to spend on photoshop yet but I am trying to get it in when I can and I would like to learn as much as possible. I put together a few things today, one was creating my own stencil and learning to define custom shapes. I was able to take graffiti out of a picture and make my own limited font set with it that was pretty fun. I made a cool little graphic that can be resized to any size because it's made entirely with paths.
I also put together a template for doing rays so that I would be able to use it in future pieces I can change it to whatever color or gradient I want with very little effort.
I also learned to use the pen tool and to make create vector images…. I haven't actually finished one though I'm half way through two, I started one of me and am working on one of a demon from the Judgment first year… I did learn that you shouldn't work back to front like I'm doing… it's a good strategy except that I spent so much time on the background that i am now tired of working on it and haven't finished the subject.. I did cheat a bit by using the clone tool to repeat some of the stone rather than create entirely new shapes for the entire thing… These things take for freaking ever…. I started it in the later part of today but I was working for a good while on this
I also learned some cool filter tricks for making variations of patterns and gradients for design work. Probably the most useful thing learned though was how to control curves and levels rather than adjusting with brightness and contrast. The control and capability of this option give you a much much much better chance of restoring photos and other images.
I started my photography class this week so I'm in class till 12:30 M-Th it's been a lot of fun but I've found that I enjoy adjusting camera options and getting good shots much more than I enjoy developing film and prints. I had a few gorgeous shots of little girls that didn't come out because reels apparently aren't a standard size so you need different amounts of chemical if you don't want half of your reel undeveloped… And by half I mean half way down the entire roll ruining the whole thing not have length…. I think when I am through I will get a good digital camera and have fun with that… This is cool and all and it's reminded me how much I love photography, but I don't enjoy the development. I may scan some in a bit later.
I've always liked the way that fashion silhouette's could be set to gradients but i've never taken the time to do one… The hard part was not having a good pic to do it with… I didn't get a large enough picture and I used a shirt with too odd of a neckline… but I still figured out how to do it… it was really easy.
Right now I'm focusing on figuring out how to do these different things so I'm not actually spending the time it takes to do a clean job… I should go back and clean up the parts I missed but i merged a satin layer down over the silhouette so I would have to start over to do that… next time….
So I've been in class all morning… and yea I had my laptop and seeing as how I don't have classwork to work on (which is what I usually do) I asked for ideas on what to work on to practice photoshop. I asked a few people but only got one… So I was trying to create an interesting image for a desktop… I came up with a few ideas and wanted to test something out… so… Which is better….?
This is the second that I added some color into…. I think with this less may be more and the first may be better… then again the color adds a certain dynamic… You can't see the coding I used as a texture in the thumbnail so you may want to click on the image to see it… It is part of an actual script…
I also did when where the color overlay was the top layer so it went all the way across uninterrupted but I didnt really like that as much…
So I did Berean most of the day… But I needed a break so I took fifteen and played with photo shop… I googled photoshop effects and tried to see if I could figure out the first idea that popped out at me. It was the invisible person…. it was actually man but I didn't have pics of a guy in my files so I used me… They offered a tutorial but I like to try things myself first so that's what I did… I may glance over the tutorial later to see if they had any shortcuts but the way I did it was pretty straightforward… Now don't criticize the detail I know it's terrible and the pic quality is terrible. I know that. Like I said it I only had 15 minutes from the time I stopped to when I had to pick back up with study… So this is that picture
The other thing is that I took a break late this afternoon to go and get my hair cut. What do you think?? I know it's a really crappy picture It came from my phone… but I'm in classes in Nashville and don't have another camera with me. So….
Thoughts suggestions etc….???
I will say something interestingg about myself very soon 🙂


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Optical-62BG (2013)
This unique Optical is created from around 80,000 used clear prescriptive spectacle lenses which form an immense glistening and floating sphere 3.5 metres in diameter. The dense mass of lenses form a precise spherical shape with reference to a disco mirror-ball, but rather than the light being reflected the light is refracted through the many layers of lenses. In a similar way to a mirrored disco-ball a magical explosion of light is created throughout the surrounding environment.
The piece was commissioned by Land Securities for the cavernous foyer space of a new glass building designed by archtitects Swanke Hayden Connell and positioned at the heart of Victoria at 62 Buckingham Gate SW1.


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Russell Maliphant is een Brits choreograaf die in Nederland bekend werd door zijn samenwerking met sterballerina Sylvie Guillem en een nieuw werk voor het Springdance festival in 2012. Danspubliek interviewde de bescheiden kunstenaar (in het Engels) onder andere over zijn werk The Rodin Project.
Russell Maliphant interview
'Choreograaf Russell Maliphant transformeert het podium in een wervelende beeldentuin, van sculptuur tot back jump. Geïnspireerd door het werk van beeldhouwer Auguste Rodin toont hij het lichaam vanuit iedere denkbare hoek, 360 graden in de rondte. De hedendaagse dansers van Maliphants eigen gezelschap staan samen met een groep uitzonderlijke breakdancers op het podium.' (Springdance over The Rodin Project)
The use of light played an important role in Rodin's work: it made the sculptures look brilliantly alive. Has this been an intentional focus in your close working relationship with lighting pioneer Michael Hulls?
'I love the point where the elements of movement and light sculpt each other and give highlights to certain points of a movement. The interaction where one defines the other has been a focus of the collaboration between Michael Hulls and I for many years now.'
Rodin felt liberated from academism by seeing works of Michelangelo. Did you feel liberated from academism at some point and why or when was that?
'I felt very liberated when I left Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet and started to work in areas of dance that had a different agenda and focus which I felt I could relate to. Working with DV8 and Laurie Booth for example shifted my understanding of movement and aesthetic choices greatly and initiated a new relationship to the classical studies I had undertaken previously.'
Rodin was refused as an artist at first. Have you been criticized much for your work and did it bother you?
'I have been criticised many times – sometimes it bothers me – sometimes it drives me on, and sometimes it helps me realise something I had missed before.'
Quite a few dancers from The Royal Ballet have gone their own way and became successful contemporary choreographers. Does this mean The Royal Ballet is too rigid or is it a springboard for choreographic talent?
'I never tried choreographing during my time at the Royal Ballet School and Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet so I can't say it was the springboard that got me started – though of course the information I learnt there informs elements of my understanding of movement. It wasn't until I left ballet and became familiar with improvisational methods that I felt any urge to try and create something. The discipline of ballet and the vocabulary give a wide foundation to explore space, rhythm, accenting, and dynamics, in solo movement as well as duets, trios, group work etc. and there is a strong technique of partnering.
In my experience the practise of many techniques, can be quite removed from a creative process, whereas it is inherent in improvisational techniques and a lot of contact work. I didn't feel the importance of creating anything in relation to my classical practice whilst it was my major focus. But after I began making performances I realised I had a knowledge of many relevant elements from the classical foundation, a connection was made that I had been unaware of previously. I felt very grateful for the experience in a way I had overlooked before.'
The surname Maliphant 'suggests that the origination may have been theatrical for one who played the part of a "Malle Enfant" – naughty child – in the travelling theatres'. Any resemblance, or what is your origin?
'My parents had emigrated to Canada in the 1950's and started a family there. I was the 3rd child having two sisters born a year apart. After I was born, my parents decided to have some time with their own parents and to come back to England for an extended holiday. However during that time in England my mother suffered a nervous breakdown and was hospitalised for 18 months or so. One of my sisters and I was taken to live with my grandparents and the other sister went to live with my mothers sister which gave a rift. My mother was then an out-patient for the next 7 years and with all those events happening we never made it back to Canada.
My parents divorced when I was 9 and and my two sisters and I stayed with my mother. She was not in a great state of mental health and suffered a lot from depression, but got a job and kept us going as a one parent family. I started dancing around this time with my two sisters and she struggled to find the money for classes – but we managed. She was very supportive of my dancing but was worried when I wanted to leave The Royal ballet and work as an independent artist. My father didn't see me dance until I was in my 30's.'
A performance of Le Corsaire with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn inspired you to become a dancer. What followed after: which steps did you take and was yours an easy road?
'It was easy in as much as I enjoyed the dancing, and the teacher, and got positive attention for it for the most part (although not from the boys at my comprehensive school!) My mother was happy to have me go to classes and perform in festivals and audition for the Royal Ballet School. I was very self disciplined and from the age of fourteen would get up and practice for an hour and a half a day before school. I got through to the Royal Ballet upper school when I was sixteen but in my third year suffered an injury that made me loose the use of my arm for 12-18 months. I was given an extra year at the school and taken into the company before the end of that year. My injury had improved 80% or so by then but I didn't get full movement back until I started practicing yoga some 7 years later.'
What exactly do rolfing, Zen and tai chi add to your creating process?
'An important aspect of Rolfing is seeing… Seeing structure… And relationship… For example between parts of the body relating through twists, rotations, shifts, torsions, spirals, – and seeing flow, both within the body and through a person's relationship to the space around him. For me those are completely choreographic concerns so I think about those in the studio a lot whether I'm practicing or choreographing.
Tai chi is a multi dimensional form. Like Rolfing it also contains an aspect that brings into focus flow within the body and within the space around you. It affects your state through its attention to minute details – through intensely slowing movement down and dynamically evens out the vocabulary of steps or what could be seen as a palette of shapes. This again is like a choreographic task, which could be implemented before choosing where to add emphasis.
Push Hands is an aspect of tai chi where you work with a partner, keeping constant contact through the hands and trying to uproot your partner (make them go off-balance). You have to listen intently through touch to feel what your partners intention is and to be able to deflect their strike as it happens. It is a great tool for the development of physical listening and responding to a partner's intention, exploring force and structure in an improvised way.'
Dance critic Luke Jennings says the following in a recent article on The Royal Ballet School, 'Ballet is about physics, about advanced co-ordination and muscle control, but there's a metaphysical element, too. You don't perform the arabesque, you become the arabesque.' What is the metaphysical element in dance for you?
'I particularly enjoy the elements in performance. A dance piece is a journey – for both the public, and for the performer… It often takes place in an environment which is full of extremes of darkness and light. The performer needs to be very present and acutely aware during the process – which means finding a way to mentally take yourself to an optimum state for the tasks involved. The journey on stage can feel like it happens in a different dimension to the reality of our usual day to day experience.'
You worked with former Paris Opera étoile and 'ballerina of her generation' Sylvie Guillem. Did you both feel mutual ground in breaking away from the ballet establishment?
'I can't say how it is for Sylvie, but it is a reality that we share some mutual ground in having experiences inside and outside of the ballet establishment. I always found moving on to doing things I wanted to do empowering and liberating as well as scary. Though there are things that I miss about being part of a large secure organisation I felt the opportunities for learning what I wanted to learn and doing what I wanted to do were greater in a personally lead path.'
Have you any dreams still about dance or art?
'Many. At the moment I want to work on movement/light textures. It's what I've been led to over the years collaborating with Michael Hulls. We've had a few opportunities to explore this in works like Afterlight, Two and Shift and I dream of going deeper into that specific. Maybe in an art gallery setting.'
April 2012
Russell Maliphant studeerde aan The Royal Ballet School en danste bij het Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet. Hij startte een carrière als zelfstandige danser en trad op met DV8, Michael Clark Company, Rosemary Butcher en Laurie Booth, met wie hij de Time Out Live Award (1991) won voor het 'naar nieuwe hoogten brengen van improvisatiedans.' Tussen 1991 en 1994 studeerde hij anatomie, fysiologie, biomechanica en Rolfing. Sinds 1994 werkt Russell Maliphant nauw samen met lichtontwerper Michael Hulls. In 1996 werd de Russell Maliphant Company opgericht. Russell Maliphant is Associate Artist bij het Sadler's Wells Theater.
Russell Maliphant creëert een solo voor sterdanseres Natalia Osipova die 29 juni 2016 in première gaat. Haar partner en sterdanser Sergei Polunin (bekend van een dansvideo die viral ging) zal haar vergezellen. Op 7 juni is de voorstelling No Body met multi-installaties te zien in het Sadler's Wells theater.


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Jody Garstang
Jody is a very popular member of Feathers team, and is available for readings on Thursdays. Although walk in appointments are available, if you want to be sure of an appointment with Jody it is better to book in advance.
Jody also uses her clairvoyant abilities when on ghost hunts and in haunted locations. Spirit children in particular seem to take a shine to her as we have regularly found out during Feathers Paranormal Investigations.


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Current projects :
Completed projects :
- EASY – Grundtvig workshop
- Through one life and two borders
- Youth First Aid: Engaging as Active Citizens in Promoting the Right to Health
- ROSE - Grundtvig workshop
- EAL - Efficiency of assisted labour
- Grundtvig Contact Seminar
- Informational training about the functioning of public administration
- Vocational Unit Adult Training in the Pannonforrás network
- Development of Human Resources in Mureş county
- Unified adult training in the Carpathian Basin network
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Current projects:
Real work opportunities for the workforce in the context of sustainable development of the Acatari area
The general objective of the project is to improve the employability of people in the rural areas – people in search of a job; inactive, unemployed, managers from rural areas, including people working in subsistence agriculture, from Mures county through integrated information programs and awareness raising, professional advisory, training and placing.
Specific objectives:
- Raising awareness and knowledge of 130 people from rural areas, from the perspective of the competencies which the market demands and employment opportunities
- Preparation for employment and to increase the correlation between employment opportunities and individual skills of 270 people from the rural areas, through professional advising
- Improving the capabilities and competencies of 270 people through accredited training programs
- Increase the number of employed people from the rural areas through mediation and facilitation of employment
Axa prioritară 5: Promovarea măsurilor active de ocupare
DMI 5. 2: Promovarea sustenabilităţii pe termen lung a zonelor rurale în ceea ce priveşte dezvoltarea resurselor umane şi ocuparea forţei de muncă
Beneficiary: Tabula Association
Project ID: 129805
Website: www.sansereale.ro
Completed projects:
EASY – Grundtvig workshop
The main objectiv of the project is to respond to the educational challenge of the large number of adults who left school early. During the project we will present the usage and workings of the Easy-to-Read method, as well as learn two major things: how to adapt any kind of material/subject to the EtR language and how to teach adults these materials with this certain method.
Topic of the Workshop: using the Easy-to-Read method in teaching adults with literacy problems.
The workshop's participants will be 10 adults from 5 different European Union countries.
Financial support: European Commission, Grundtvig component (Grundtvig Workshop)
Duration: 27 April 2014-03 May 2014
Location: Târgu Mureş
Project ID: GRU-13-GRAT-34-MS
Through one life and two borders
Cross-border cooperation in the field of vocational training and adult education TÁMOP-2.2.4-11/1-2012-0034- "Trough one life and trough two borders" the beneficiary of the project being Türr István Training and Research Institute Central Danube Directorate of Kecskemet office, are partners with the Tabula Adult Education Center of Tirgu Mures, Gordius Plus Adult Training Centre of Nagykapos and Lám Association from Ilieni.
The overall objective of the project is for the partners to exchange experiences, share and utilize best practices developed in the course of their activities.
The project's aim is to share the experiences gathered in Hungary, with the Slovakian and Romanian adult education institutions, with employment agency professionals and to take over well-established practices for Hungary's social inclusion, in the field of the integration and employability of roma workers.
In this project during the month of March there was a data collection study visit conducted and a workshop for curriculum development, which focused on the primary school completion, the acquisition of key competences for further learning and the adaptability of the environmental awareness to traditional village life.
The Slovak partners were familiarized at Kunbaja, with an effective program for the roma and the long-term unemployed. In the implementation of the project Slovakians were helped by Hungarian professionals. In June discussion and workshop began with the slogan ''Integration, but not assimilation''! The professionals discussed the issues of the traditional Roma crafts insertion in the modern life and the adult education related to this.
The forum and the workshop at the end of September – on workplace learning and the integration of Roma communities – will be held with the employers, employment agencies and professionals in collaboration with invited experts.
The final conference which will mark the end of the whole series of events will be held in December, and the aim of the conference is to exchange experience and information, to complete and evaluate all documents. Hungarian colleagues will be personally involved in launching of the programs with the cross-border partners at Nagykapos, Targu Mures and Ilieni and will provide assistance using the complete programs and the complete teaching aids.
Youth First Aid: Engaging as Active Citizens in Promoting the Right to Health
The general objective of the project is to promote active citizenship, as well as to develop solidarity and promote tolerance among young people from Mures county, using the means of non-formal education and based on the topic of Youth First Aid.
The specific objectives of the project are: promoting the practice of non-formal education by improving the knowledge and skills of youngsters from Targu Mures in the field of first aid, in order to prepare them to perform knowledge transfer to rural youngsters, as well as promoting the role of non-formal education in fostering tolerance, mutual understanding, respect and cooperation between young people from rural and urban settlements, by ensuring a space for knowledge transfer targeting young persons from the surrounding rural settlements including young members of the local Roma community, as well as other young people with fewer opportunities.
The duration of the project is between April 2013 and April 2014.
Financial Support: European Comission, Youth in Action Programme
Projekt ID: RO-12-E004-2013-R1
ROSE- Grundtvig workshop
The main objectiv of the workshop is to provide participants with insight, knowledge and competencies that they can use if they want to become florists, or just practice the skills on a hobby/spare time activity level.
Topic of the Workshop:
Artistic education, Intercultural education, Cultural topics and Floral art
The workshop's participants will be 15 adult person from 5 different European Union country.
Financial support: European Commission, Grundtvig component (Grundtvig Workshop)
Duration: 28 April 2013-04 May 2013
Location: Târgu Mureş
Project ID: GRU -12-GRAT-34-MS
Target Group:
Adult learners who want to improve their artistic education, especially unemployed persons, those from rural or other disadvantaged areas, seniors, adults not taking part in formal adult education, youth workers and teachers involved in adult education, members of NGO organizations.
Main activities of the Program:
- Introduction of participants' home countries/regions using visual and/or multimedia tools
- Private flower history: tour to the Centre of Targu Mures(known as the city of roses) – floral art, use of floral motifs
- Showcasing floral art from the participants` countries: visual (pictures, photos, books, handmade objects) and/or multimedia tools (presentation, video) to show function, forms, motifs and symbolism
- Discussions based on the sightseeing experience and introduction to the art of floral arrangements: a taste of local culture, renaissance of the art of floral arrangements, survival of the floral art and its modern day influences
- Interpreting the flower language: acquiring knowledge about the significance of particular flowers, about the flowers different meaning within different cultures, how the cultural meaning of colours affects the choice and use of flowers
- Flower arranging around the world: comparing the art of flower arrangement in the participants' countries – visual (pictures, photos, books, handmade objects) and/or multimedia tools(presentation, video) to show forms, motifs, and symbolism in the art of flower arrangement
- Floral design as a local service: study of techniques, motifs and their meaning
- Occasional flower arrangements, pinned vases and bouquets from cut flowers: Participants put knowledge into practice and make flower arrangements
- Flower parade: the 13th edition of Flower parade, exhibition of ornamental flowers and trees in Targu Mures. At this exhibition there will be exposed ornamental shrubs, flowers, organic products, and local products
- Evaluation: during the parade participants will exhibit their artistic flower arrangements created during the workshop and will create an illustrated report of the workshop.
Efficiency of assisted labour – Creation and implementation of integrated methodology of training and assisted employment on the labour market for people with disabilities
The Alpha Transilvana Foundation, The Tabula Association Adult Educational Center and the Agora Foundation collaborating together won the "Efficiency of assisted labour – Creation and implementation of integrated methodology of training and assisted employment on the labour market for people with disabilities", supported by EU, co-financed by European Social Fund.
This projects' goal is to support individuals who are part of an endangered group who cannot receive education nor can be integrated in the labor market as well as provide help in social acceptance perspective. Another goal is the creation of methods, which provide assistance in professional courses, and its' usage. Also the support of hiring disabled persons on the free labor market.
The project contains numerous activities; firstly it contains the elaboration of 5 courses and 5 textbooks in 5 different professions; these courses and textbooks will be translated in the "Easy to read" language. This 5 professions will be accredited during this project.
The activities contain in itself the realization of 7 charge-free trainings for mentally disabled individuals. There are professional trainings in the following professions:
- 1. Building and vehicle cleaner
- 2. Florist decorator
- 3. Floral-landscape designer
- 4. Bookbinder
- 5. Carpenter
The applications' final goal is the organization of 10 Financed Employer Center and the training of 60 professional individuals in three different fields, furthermore the supporting of the employment of 40 trained mentally disabled persons in the labor market.
Grundtvig Contact Seminar
Between 8 – 11 November 2012 Tabula Adult Education Center had the opportunity to attend in Antalya, Turkey, the Active ageing and Solidarity Between Generation titled Grundtvig contact seminar.
The seminar's aim was to create through the Grundtvig -Lifelong Learning Programme, Learning Partnerships and Senior Volunteering projects.
Main activities:
- Presentation of Grundtvig and Lifelong Learning Program
- Introduction of the seminar's theme: "Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations"
- Exchange of information about the participant organizations, regions and those countries
- Working group activity: to create project drafts and partnerships
- To complete the form for Learning Partnership- and Senior Volunteering Project
- To present Partnerships and Draft projects
- Cultural activity: to visit Perge, the ancient city near Antalya and Aspendos (Belkis) Ancient Theatre.
During the Grundtvig contact seminar, a partnership was formed between eight organizations, from Germany, Ireland, England, Switzerland, Belgium, Turkey and Romania. Jointly with these organizations we are developing a partnership project in the 'Active ageing' topic, with 21 February 2013 deadline.
Informational training about the functioning of public administration
With the projects' title of "Informational training about the functioning of public administration "– funded by Bethlen Gábor Fund Budapest, we are organizing for 50 interested persons, an intensive theoretical and practical trainings, for three days.
Within the project the Tabula Educational Center along with the Pro Regio Association organizes a three- day intensive theoretical and practical training, for those who desire to be allowed to examine the functioning of public administration.
During the training, professional lecturers, make people acquainted with the laws of the concerned public administration, as well as the auxiliary laws that control the functioning of public administration, also the management relating the public fund and the proceedings concerning it, model local government that are in other countries of the European Union, also the strategic planning's theory, things which should be known about project description and application systems. The training puts an emphasis on knowing the rules of oral and written communication, just as on the importance of campaigns regarding communication.
Vocational United Adult Training in the Pannonforrás network
Project titled "Vocational Unit Adult Training in the Pannonforrás network" , supported by the Szülőföld Fund from Budapest, within Tabula Education Center has taken up two courses: a course of Project Manager for 15 people, and an Elder Care course for 10 people.
The aim of the training is the material and intellectual growth, preservation of the minority culture and language. The Project Manager Course's objective is to develop knowledge and experience, to increase awareness of opportunities for proposal, elaboration and project development to students. The Elder Care Course's objective is professional development of people who take care of elder people in their native language. An important part of the theory was the presentation of the social network in Romania and the presentation of relevant laws.
Development of Human Resources in Mureş county
Project titled "Development of Human Resources in Mureş county", with the support of Szülőföld Fund from Budapest, Tabula Education Center has taken up a course of Administrator of Tourist Hostel for 20 people.
We have developed a training program for adults in their native language, in this case hungarian. The objective of certification is the exploitation of human opportunities, desires, their needs by exploring the tourism in their area.
Unified adult training in the Carpathian Basin network
The project "Unified adult training in the Carpathian Basin network", with the support of the Sapientia Association, we have taken up two courses: a course of Project Manager and an Elder Care course.
The objective of the certification is the material and intellectual growth, preservation of the minority culture and language. The Project Manager Course's objective is to develop knowledge and experience to students, to increase awareness of opportunities for proposal, elaboration and proiect development. The Elder Care Course's objective is professonal development of people who take care of elder people in their native language. An important part of the theory was the the presentation of the social network in Romania and the presentation of relevant laws.


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Google to marketers: we may be a bit, uh, behind in social, but come buy social programs through us anyway. That seems to be the gist of what the search giant is saying with its acquisition of Wildfire, a social media marketing platform that works primarily with Facebook, but also with Twitter, YouTube, Google+, Pinterest and LinkedIn.
Though Google didn't disclose a purchase price when announcing the acquisition, reports peg the value of the deal at around $250 million.
The union makes a lot of sense for Google, which has historically not had a problem with purchasing companies that work with its competitors (a la DoubleClick). Google was said to be in the running to purchase Wildfire competitor Buddy Media, but lost out to Salesforce.
With clients like Amazon, The Gap, McCann Worldgroup, Porter Novelli, Target and Virgin Atlantic, the four-year-old Wildfire provides tools to allow marketers to manage their social presence — pages, apps, tweets, videos, sponsorships, ads, and promotions — in one central location.
Wildfire co-founders Victoria Ransom and Alain Chuard wrote about the union on their blog, saying there would be no change in service or support at Wildfire for now:
We believe that over time the combination of Wildfire and Google can lead to a better platform for managing all digital media marketing. For now, we remain focused on helping brands run and measure their social engagement and ad campaigns across the entire web and across all social services — Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+, Pinterest, LinkedIn and more — and to deliver rich and satisfying experiences for their consumers.
The company, based in Silicon Valley, has more than 400 employees in eight offices around the world. Wildfire boasts of more than 16,000 customers, including 30 of the world's top 50 brands, and has run more than 250,000 campaigns.


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Dutch Cooking Demonstration and Lunch | Tuesday, May 7 2019
11:00am – 1:00pm
Additional Dates and Times
- Mon, May 6 at 11:00am
- Tue, May 7 at 11:00am
The culinary expertise of two great local businesses unite to bring you this unique cooking demonstration. Chef Andy Stewart of Fustinis partners with Boatwerks Restaurant to create this modern take on some Dutch favorites. You'll enjoy a three-course lunch while Chef Andy demonstrates his unique way of blending Fustinis Oils & Vinegars into classic favorites like Split Pea Soup, Pretzel and Mustard Crusted Pork Tenderloin Sliders and Almond Rhubarb Crumble Cake.
Please note the menu features Dutch fare. In order to make this as authentic an experience as possible, substitution requests cannot be honored.
Chef Andy Stewart was born and raised in Kalamazoo, MI and has over 35 years experience in fine dining, full service dining, and regional and national food service. Andy comes to Fustini's from a private fine dining club in Kalamazoo and has worked throughout the state of Michigan and in New York City. Mostly trained in French and Italian cuisines, Chef Andy loves the quality and variety that Fustini's brings to the kitchen.
Mon., May 6 & Tue., May 7, 11a-1p
Tickets: $45/p
216 Van Raalte Ave
Holland, MI 49423


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Last year, Noble Elementary made $2307 from
the S.H.A.R.E.S card program. The cards
are available for free at the school
office. Every time you shop at SaveMart, Lucky, S-Mart Food,
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give the clerk the S.H.A.R.E.S card before you make your
payment. It costs you nothing and you will be helping Noble school.
Please share these cards with family, friends, neighbors, colleges and random strangers.
Lets shoot for $4000 this year!
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Brewarrina Shire Council has a duty of care to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all employees, contractors and visitors to Council's worksites. Brewarrina Shire Council is committed to ensuring a safe, healthy and productive workplace.
The Purpose of Policy is to assist Brewarrina Shire Council in implementing appropriate programs and procedures to ensure a safe, healthy and productive workplace where all employees, contractors and volunteers are free from effects of drug and alcohol.


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Sugar Inc., publisher of women's-focused sites like PopSugar, GeekSugar, etc., is getting into video. The company also raised a $16 million Series C round from Sequoia Capital, it announced today.
From Sugar's blog post:
- "Sugar is launching Sugar Digital Entertainment, an LA-based unit that will expand the Sugar brand into online video, television, film, videogames and other content formats. David Grant, former President of Fox TV Studios, Exec VP of the FOX Network and founder and CEO of Shopflick.com, joins Sugar as President of SDE with a mandate to work with talent and media partners on Sugar-branded projects."
- "Sugar has acquired Shopflick.com, the video-powered fashion marketplace founded by Grant in 2008. Shopflick is a pioneer in online video-driven shopping, with a critically-acclaimed brand that has quickly built a following with both designers and shoppers. Shopflick will enable Sugar's ShopStyle -- the leading social shopping destination for women -- to pioneer a new video-driven commerce offering for its merchant partners."
- "Sugar also announced that it has completed its Series C funding by securing $16M from existing investor Sequoia Capital. Sugar intends to use the funds for acquisitions and international expansion to support the company's growth into a major media company targeted to women's lifestyle. In conjunction with the transaction, the Company has repurchased shares sold in 2007 to NBC Universal."


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Natural Cures for Acne: Food and Lifestyle Choices Matter
Natural cures for acne. Does that sound too good to be true? We promise you it's not. In fact, food and lifestyle choices matter so much where your skin is concerned that it's shocking how little most members of the medical community seem to know of the connection. Standard treatments include:
• Lotions that dry the skin – some of which may permanently thin it
• Antibiotics that take the good bacteria out with the bad
• Drugs that interfere with your hormones and can cause a host of other problems
• Some prescriptions that are so toxic the liver has to be tested regularly
Scary, right? And probably not necessary, as most people will respond to more natural treatments for acne including different lifestyle choices as well as foods that cure acne.
First things first . . . Before we dive into those natural cures for acne, let's take a moment to appreciate the significance of healthy skin. We sometimes forget this, but like the heart, lungs, and liver, the skin is an organ. In fact, it's our largest organ and makes up about 16% of our total body weight. It keeps us cool, it activates Vitamin D, and it's our first line of defense from environmental toxins, both external and internal. In an effort to protect internal organs, the body will attempt to shuttle things to the surface. This means that inflammation of the skin, in conditions like psoriasis, eczema and acne, are an indication that the body as a whole is in duress.
In duress? Don't suppress. Address!!
Acne flare-ups aren't just unsightly. They can be painful, and we understand the desire for a quick fix. Drugs may be tempting, because they can suppress the symptoms. But the key to a cure is addressing the underlying issues that are causing the inflammation, so that the acne clears up naturally and the skin glows. Healthy skin reflects a healthy body, so the things that support your overall well-being – diet, exercise, stress management, sleep, etc.—all must be addressed if you're seeking a natural way to cure acne.
Are there foods that cure acne?
We're sometimes asked if there are foods that cure acne. Yes and no. Yes, there are foods that will help to eradicate the problem but there is no one food – or food combination – that is a panacea that will help everyone. As a rule of thumb, any food that is acid-forming – animal products, fried foods, sugar, processed grains – should be avoided. Load up on the alkalinizing foods, such as fresh vegetables. Be especially liberal with the greens, and with the purple, orange and deep-red vegetables, like red cabbage, red onions, carrots, blood oranges, cherries, berries and pomegranate, which contain anthocyanins. Anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants that help to aid circulation and optimal skin cell turnover. So, these might not be foods that cure acne, but a steady diet of these rich and healthy options can certainly help clear your skin and keep it that way.
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Music is part of the recipe in his kitchen Composer's passions honed from his past.
CAMBRIDGE — Musician and composer Brian Amador prepares his family's favorite dishes as he discusses his passions for music and food. The kitchen has heady aromas from two large simmering pots. In one is red cabbage, balsamic vinegar, and raisins for something he calls "Repollo (cabbage) Sonia,'' named for one of his twin 14-year-old daughters. In the other, a mixture of ground turkey, tomatoes, and plantains mingle to become Salsa Medibeña, a name Amador coined to reflect Mediterranean and Caribbean influences. Later, he will ladle the meat sauce over pasta...read the rest here...
WBUR - Radio Boston: "You might call Rosi and Brian Amador pioneers on Boston's Latin music scene. They founded their current ensemble, Sol y Canto, in the mid-1990s and have made their mark by inviting audiences, Spanish-speaking or not, into their world of Latin music and culture.
"Last year, Amador won a coveted MacDowell Fellowship to create a new project for the group, a multi-media performance about music and food. He calls that project "Sabor y Memoria." Sol y Canto will perform its new suite this weekend and we speak to Brian and Rosi Amador about food, music and the Latin scene in Boston."
Visit the WBUR website and listen to the interview.
"Cada Día un Regalo is ... unfailingly inspiring. The Amadors and their cohorts bring a tremendous virtuosity to their music."
Sol y Canto is Rosi and Brian Amador, backed by a group of extraordinary players, including Nando Michelin (piano), Jorge Roeder (contrabass) and Bernardo Monk (saxophone, flute). The act's sound is acoustic and Latin roots-oriented. Its taste is elemental, and the results are unfailingly inspiring. The Amadors and their cohorts bring a tremendous virtuosity to their music -cue up "La llorona" (The Weeping Woman) and listen to Rosi Amador sing. Her interpretation of this classic folk tune is wonderfully evocative. The magic continues with another elegant arrangement and Rosi Amador's angelic voice in "Hasta la Luna"-a song Brian Amador wrote for his daughters. In a more uptempo groove, note the act's persuasive take on the Cuban bolero/cha cha cha number "Obsesión." - Philip Van Vleck (11/2008)
–Philip Van Vleck, Billboard Magazine
"It was our pleasure to host you here.Your energy, enthusiasm, and talent are infectious."
–Brian Lynch, Fine Arts Director
at North Central College in Naperville, IL
On a late September afternoon, the Sawyer Theater at the Egg hosted a unique musical performance featuring a splendid collaboration between the six-piece pan-Latin ensemble Sol y Canto and the Sweet Plantain String Quartet…The second half of the afternoon's performance, Sabor y Memoria was deliciously ambitious, to say the least!
–Review and photographs by Andrzej Pilarczyk
Nippertown–Albany's Premier Music Blog
March 22, 2011 - click here
Sol y Canto' le abrirá el apetito
'Sabor y Memoria' fue como el grupo musical 'Sol y Canto' tituló un espectáculo al que consideran único, pues es un concierto que promueve la sana alimentación a través del mensaje en sus canciones y los audiovisuales que presentan.
"Es un festín musical en siete platillos, desde el aperitivo hasta el postre", expresó el guitarrista y compositor del grupo, el mexico-americano Brian Amador.
Además, promueve el arte culinario y la música como unos de los mejores aportes de la inmigración latina a este país.
"Creo que la música y la comida tienen el poder de transportarnos a nuestro lugar de origen", dijo Brian.
Cada una de las canciones que el grupo tocara este viernes 25 en la Universidad Bryn Mawr hace referencia a uno de los platillos.
"Por ejemplo una de las canciones habla del chile y dice 'estaba muy lejos de casa en un lugar ajeno cuando un olor a chile me llevó al terreno", explicó Brian.
Mientras el grupo compuesto por seis integrantes realiza su presentación, habrá una serie de hologramas de un reconocido fotógrafo detrás de ellos.
'Sol y Canto' está establecido en Boston, MA, se fundó en 1994 y consiste en un ensamble acústico de ritmos latinos y del Caribe, es liderado por Brian y su esposa, Rosi Amador, la cantante principal, mitad boricua mitad argentina, quien además es graduada de Mawr.
"Me siento sumamente orgullosa de volver a Mawr, sobretodo porque se trata de la celebración de los 125 años de la universidad y para eso decidieron traer a una mujer que ha logrado algo notable y eso me hace sentir muy honrada", dijo Rosi.
En el evento, que se llavará a cabo a las 8 pm en el auditorio McPherson del edificio Goodhart Hall, también se presentará junto con 'Sol y Canto', el cuarteto de cuerdas 'Sweet Plantain'. El espectáculo es gratuito para los alumnos de Mawr, y para el público el costo será entre 5 y 20 dólares.
In spite of personnel changes during their quarter century, this Boston-based band has maintained a steadfast Pan-Latin tinge entirely their own. A constant has been the leadership of guitarist/singer-songwriter Brian Amador and his wife, Rosi, sensitive interpreters of Chilean, Venezuelan, Cuban, and Mexican traditional folk songs, as well as original tunes with those flavors. This is the most diverse and accomplished album of Sol y Canto's career, opening with a dramatic burst of jazz-flamenco singing and closing with an aptly named instrumental titled "Like Flying." Midway is a penultimate romantic Cuban ditty about kissing. Rosi's vocals winningly modulate from coolly coy to warmly committed.
- Norman Weinstein (12/2008)
"Soaring over Brian's finely picked guitar playing, Rosi's crystalline Spanish vocals transcend language differences...The Amadors and Sol y Canto deliver their most personal recording yet...[They] have continued to redefine Afro-Latin music...for nearly two decades.
–Craig Harris, Dirty Linen
"[Cada Día un Regalo] sin lugar a dudas una de las mejores del 2008.... es una delicia para el alma." (Read full review)
–Eric González, Herencia Latina
". . .Rousing..."
-Washington Post
"Sublime ambassadors of pan-Latin tradition. . .Sol y Canto is … destined for international renown … Rosi has a voice like clean spring water: it's smooth, it's clear and, somehow, you come to believe that it's necessary for life."
-The Boston Globe
"With simplicity, tenderness and extraordinary professionalism, Sol y Canto renders a beautiful homage to Latin American music."
People en Español
"This music is so full of high spirits and energy that at times the players sound ready to leave the ground. . . . makes romantic and very danceable music drawn from several Latin American traditions: Cuban son, Peruvian lando, and Puerto Rican bomba, to name a few. Brian Amador is a superb guitarist with a crystalline tone whose playing and compositions reflect his deep knowledge of traditional styles as well as a more contemporary harmonic vocabulary."
-Acoustic Guitar
"The group's leaders, the husband-and-wife team of Brian and Rosi Amador, create a musical marriage made in heaven. Brian is an inventive nylon-string guitarist, vocalist and composer; Rosi is a highly instinctive mezzo-soprano."
-The Boston Phoenix
"...they preserve much of the instrumentation and sassiness of the music of Cuba, the Caribbean, Brazil and Argentina, but they also breathe new life into the music with exciting arrangements, standout vocals and top-notch playing. Sol y Canto's music is so lively and infectious..."
-World Roots
"Sol y Canto have become one of the strongest Afro-Latin bands around. They cover a range of songs styles from tango to flamenco and beyond, their vocal harmonies are peerless, and they value top-shelf jazz improvisation."
-The Boston Phoenix
" ...boasts a sweet, sophisticated Pan-Latin folk sound built around the gorgeous mezzo soprano and the vocal harmony and pristine guitar of her husband, Brian."
-Rhythm Magazine
"Given the current groundswell of Latin music across the U.S. , it takes mucho individuality for one band to pull away from the pack. Boston's Sol y Canto has done exactly that!"
-The Boston Phoenix
Herencia Latina
Con quince años en la batalla, y cuatro grabaciones a su haber, el grupo Son y Canto regresa con una bella producción, "Cada Día un Regalo", sin lugar a dudas una de las mejores del 2008. Cuan vino añejo, Sol y Canto, bajo el liderazgo del matrimonio actual y musical de Brian Amador (guitarras) y Rosi Amador (voz y bongó), sabe mejor con pasar el tiempo. "Cada Día un Regalo" es una delicia para el alma.
"Ojo por Ojo", descrita como una rumba flamenca, arranca elegantemente el compacto, donde la voz de Rosi inmediatamente nos llega al corazón. Le sigue una nueva y sabrosa versión del clásico de Pedro Flores, "Obsesión", a manera de son montuno / chachacha. Me llegaron al corazón también "Imagen de ti", un exuberante huapango mexicano; "Credo", pieza del folclor argentino; una nueva versión de la siempre conmovedora "La llorona"; "Hasta la Luna", tierno tema dedicado a las hijas de Brian y Rosi; "Beso Discreto", un sabrosísimo son montuno de la pluma de Miguel Matamoros; y "Manifiesto", otro número que nos toca las entrañas.
"Cada Día un Regalo" no sólo tiene buenos arreglos y buenas letras, sino que también le rinde homenaje a la música de nuestros países y nuestros autores. Existen grabaciones que lo hacen a uno sentirse bien y con emociones positivas. "Cada Día un Regalo" definitivamente es una de ellas.
- Eric González (12/2008)
Hispanic Magazine
One of Top 8 CD's (11/2008)
Cada Día un Regalo was selected as one of Hispanic Magazine's Top Picks!
Singer/Songwriter Category
Why Try? A Mix of Songs with Social Justice in Mind
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"Sol y Canto provides just the right ingredients and engaging rhythms, fine instrumentalists, beautiful singing and a hot string quartet topped with colorful imagery to make Sabor y Memoria an event to savor long after the band leaves the stage"
Peter Lesser,
Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center,
Albany, NY
"Sol y Canto delivered a high energy, infectious concert of original and traditional Latin American music that had our audience dancing in the aisles and in front of the stage. And by all means, if you can, have them conduct their interactive lecture demonstration for your community. Our students and faculty were thanking me the rest of the week for bringing them to the College."
Bill Menezes, Director
Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond
Keene State College, Keene, NH
"Rosi and her husband, Brian, performed at one of our all-school meetings earlier this month. The audience consisted of 300+ boys, ages 10-15, and all of their teachers. Despite the diversity of ages, Rosi and Brian had them all completely engaged. Boys from every age group scrambled for the chance to get on stage and perform a song and dance from Rosi's childhood. They sang and clapped along with gusto throughout the show. Finally, when Rosi and Brian asked for questions, more hands went into the air than I have ever seen at a Fenn assembly. Tellingly, the questions were very thoughtful and original - the boys had been completely pulled in not only by the quality of the music, but by the lyricism of the stories and the magnetism of Rosi and Brian's personality. Their performance was rich in content and was presented in a way that reached the 4th graders while making the 9th graders stretch. They are truly gifted performers.
"After the performance, I had several teachers come up to me to say they were blown away by the music and by the way the boys had related to Brian and Rosi. That connection was real and very exciting to experience.
"Any school would be lucky to experience what all of us at Fenn had the privilege to be a part of."
Maaria Olander, Fenn Assembly Committee
"One of our more recent, successful programs was the performance by the Latin ensemble Sol y Canto. They thrilled audiences with their lively presentation of songs from diverse Latin cultures. I enjoyed bringing them to Moravian and their performance was one of the most memorable in our series."
Maaria Olander,
Fenn School Assembly Committee, Concord, MA
"I loved you! Your depth, your spirit, your giving, your musicality and artistry was wonderful…. We love our community and believe that we can strengthen it through the arts, especially with artists of the caliber of Sol y Canto. It is so rare to find an artist that can offer equally strong shows for both adult and young audiences. And each so different. This is what sets you apart from the rest. Rosi, all the best to Brian and the band. Thank them for me. Keep up the good work."
Joyce M. Bonomini, Director
The Marcia P. Hoffman Performing Arts Institute
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
"Your professionalism, enthusiasm and artistry set a great example in the performing arts."
Elizabeth Brincklow, Director of Education
Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, FL
"Many thanks for a wonderful concert…an exceptional night of music, culture and history!"
Mervon Mehta, VP Programming and Education
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA
"I am convinced that everyone has a part of their soul that responds to Latin music whether or not they are aware of it. Sol y Canto reaches that part of the soul and fulfills it to the max. Regardless of nationality, everyone is Latin when Sol y Canto performs, if not at the start of the concert, definitely by the end."
- Randy Mayes, fan and performing arts director
-Michael Terry, Director, The Whiting, Flint, MI
"Sol y Canto's performance of Sabor y Memoria was a healthy mix of organic themes and rhythms from the rich soil that is modern Latin music. Superb musicianship and the many textures of Brian's composition left our audience very satisfied yet hungry for more."
-Brian Lynch, Fine Arts Director
"It was our pleasure to host you here. Your energy, enthusiasm, and talent are infectious."
at North Central College in Naperville, IL
And what fans say…
"You guys were magnificent today Friday in Sanders Theater with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project! Brian, you are a real composer. All of those songs of yours are distinctive and first-rate. And of course Rosi's great singing and affectionate, charismatic presence filled the hall and carried the evening."
-Gene, MA
"Dear Rosi and Brian,
Art and music are what elevate us as spiritual people, and bring us all closer to a global family under God. Your music and your message of optimism and of love are so important for all of us to hear…After watching too much TV and reading too much in the newspapers, my wife and I decided it was time to live. So last night, we lit candles, set the table, and put En Todo Momento on the stereo while we ate dinner. It was wonderful. You affect so many lives in such a positive way, and you should be blessed for it."
-Michael Tyler, San Francisco Bay Area
"I am a graduate student in education, and hearing you and seeing what you are about, both the love you share in your performance and the love you spread, was truly inspiring. Sometimes when I spend too much time in the library or in front of the computer, I forget why I am in this field in the first place (to improve schools like Cambridge Rindge and Latin, my alma mater). Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful and important time."
-Tom Buffett, Cambridge, MA
"Dear Brian and Rosi,
What a special night. It was one year ago that I heard you for the first time, at Sanders. The array of your selections showed the balance of your skills as a group, and with a range of compositions from hot and rhythmic to children to the song of my llanos de Venezuela, to the 'performance integral' of the brown rice song where each of you got enough chance to shine. Brian, your composition was rich and unfolded through each of the colors and shades.
-DG, Cambridge, MA
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From Young Fans
"I love how you sang to us, it was really exciting. I liked the songs because they were about kids."
- Your friend, Angélica Alvarez
"Thank you for being here. I loved all of your songs, that was my best school day ever."
- Sincerely, Lucas Rivera
"I like your band because it is bilingual. I am learning spanish, so I am trying to get the hang of it. I now the simple words I love your band!" - Sincerely, Jordan Bonner
"I think Sol y Canto is the best music group ever. I have the Sol y Canto CD and I love your music."
- Your fan, Ariadna Martinez
Excerpts from letters from a juvenile detention center for adolescents
- Dominic
"I do want you to keep ...making your music, because when your group puts the lyrics together, they sound magical."
- Austin
"I realized that you guys created a mood depending on the type of music you were playing. You are a very active group as towards audiences."
- Brandon
"What I Really liked about your program is the different beats and sounds in your music, and how they all blend into this amazing song."
High Resolution ImagesRosi & Brian, SyC Trio with Tim Mayer 2011, and Brian Amador 2011 - photos by Paul Marotta; the next three, SyC Sextet (2 color, 1 b&W) - photos by Roz Cummins; Sol y Canto Quintet, Sol y Canto in action, and Sol y Canto Quintet 2 - photos by Susan Wilson; Rosi and Brian and Rosi and Brian with Guitar - photos by Rick Grossman.
Sol y Canto trio with Tim Mayer 2011
Sol y Canto Sextet
Sol y Canto Sextet Black and White
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3) Season with pepper and nutmeg and move the fondue pot onto a flame at the table. Serve with a selection of various vegetables to dip.
Recipe from Nigella Express by Nigella Lawson (published by Chatto & Windus) Visit Nigella's site.


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It's raining again this morning and, it seems, winter is soon upon us. Sadly, I should be out there in the rain, belatedly finishing my new woodshed project.
But, as Mrs. Tuttle and I now embark on Year 11 of our overly-ambitious "Five Year Plan", I'm reminded of Wayne Gretzky's famous statement, "A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be." At the moment, it seems that the puck is out there in the rain.
One of the first times this lesson made itself known to me was well past mid-stream in a major boat-remodeling project, when I realized that all of the money and effort expended-to-date was, in all likelihood, for naught. I was no longer the person who needed the finished product. Alas. I could take pride in a "job well done", but someone else would eat the fruits of my labor.
Some good part of this lesson can be put down to the single-most common error of our youth: With time stretched out before us, seemingly so limitless, we've no concept of (or, often, much interest in) who we might yet become in the world in which we so easily imagine that we should live. But, then, life is a moving target; the trajectory of our lives, uncertain.
"What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew." – Robert Browning
And, what is true in ourselves seems, often enough, to be true in the world around us.
Last night, for instance, I was challenged (by Ragazzo-the-Elder) to consider the superior merits of our nation's original Articles of Confederation in contrast to the, now well-eroded, later "compromise" we know of as The Constitution. This later (and by no means unanamously accepted) "compromise" ultimately conceded significant powers to the central, Federal, government, ostensibly in order to ensure survival of the confederation.
Today, it also seems rather clear (with the benefit of 20-20 hindsight, at least) that we've allowed many, if not most, of the cherished foundations of our nation slip away over the passing years. And, to be sure, some significant share of that loss has come as a result of the mistaken trust that was placed in that central government.
Today, the most "progressive" (and, ironically enough, often the youngest) among us continue to insist on furthering the distance we've travelled down that road, granting ever more power to that same government. Some of us remain, however, rather firmly, if sentimentally, attached to those earlier – youthful – ideals, however "impractical" they might seem.
"Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope." – Aristotle
Amen, brother. And, here, I'm once again reminded of Martin Luther's observation that, "For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel." In our youthful exuberance and, perhaps just as often, out of expediente haste, we often can't tell the two apart.
So, were our Founders deceived? Did they, in the end, take a wrong turn on the road toward protecting our liberty? Did the advancing years reveal their naivete? Would the Devil, in the end, corrupt their efforts? Are their ideals worthy or, even relevant today? Can I answer, "yes to all of the above"?
Here, then, my take on the paradox of youth: The fresh idealism of our youth, however appropriately inspired, is all too easily corrupted and, sadly, often too rash and inexperienced to perceive the nature of the challenges ahead. Sometimes, all we can see is where the puck is, not where it's going to be.
Sadly, youth might well speak loudly and earnestly about the nature of the beast, but it's unlikely to know him well enough to ever see him in the mirror.
"The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them." – Henry David Thoreau
Lest that thought discourage idealism, we might remember that we need woodsheds, too. (I know I do, at least.) I might also suggest that (at least some) of our Founders knew and planned for that right from the start.
Today, with the wisdom of age, we might realize that the woodshed needed right now is one in which we choose to return to the basic principles necessary to our survival and, one might hope, correct the more impulsive errors of our youth. The woodshed's always been good for that too.
Harry Tuttle


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You Should See the Other Guy/
As I mentioned last week, Zeca ran into a fence post. There are those who thought I was exaggerating when I said that she looked like a Klingon and there are those who believe that we should proceed with Christmas pictures. For all of you, I offer the following series:
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Day 5
Zeca's pediatrician said that it would get much worse before it gets better and, by gum, she has been right so far. Will she be right that it will take three to four weeks to heal completely? We are hoping that she is wrong about that.


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The Netherlands' Queen Maxima stepped out last night in a lacy, marigold-colo off-the-shoulder Valentino gown accessorized with the world's most prestigious extra: a gorgeous, crazy glamorous tiara. This one is commonly known as the Württemberg Tiara, and, no surprise, it has a lot of history in the royal fam.
The common name is a misnomer. The name it typically goes by reflects the fact that it was long thought to have been a wedding gift to Princess Sophie of Württemberg when she married into the Dutch royal family in 1839. However, pics found later showed that it was created for Queen Wilhelmina in 1897 by the royal family's official jeweler, Royal Begeer.
The top pearl drops are detachable. Love an accessory that can be worn multiple ways!
It was a former queen's favorite. Queen Maxima's mother-in-law, former Queen Beatrix, wore the tiara when she was married in 1966 and the night before she abdicated the throne, in 2013.
Maxima wore the piece to the gala dinner for the members of the Corps Diplomatique that happened in Amsterdam on Wednesday.


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When you access a contact record in Redtail, you'll notice new menu items in your Left Menu Bar underneath Contacts (these menu items only appear when within a contact record):
Here we'll take a look at Seminars. If you click that option from this menu, you'll see the Seminars area for the Contact:
Clicking the Actions icon to the left of any listed Seminars gives you several options:
- Edit takes you to the Seminar Details, where you can make any desired changes.
- Manage Attendees allows you to make any updates to the Attendees list for the Seminar.
- Send to Search sends any contacts linked to the Seminar as Attendees to your Advanced Search page.
- Labels allows you to run Labels / Envelopes for the Attendees list for the Seminar.
- Mail Merge allows you to run a Mail Merge for the Attendees list for the Seminar with any Mail Merge Templates you've uploaded to your database.
- Reports allows you to print out a Sign-in Sheet or Check-in List, run a Seminar Attendees Report and/or run a Seminar Workflow Report.
- Timeline displays a history of changes to the Seminar.
- Delete removes the Seminar from your database.
You have additional options above the list of Seminars:
- The active, prior and all buttons allow you to filter the seminars on display by Active, Prior or All.
- The pdf icon opens the seminar in a pdf suitable for printing.
- Add Seminar will allow you to create a new Seminar within your database.