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iTunes Music Review - Stadium Arcadium
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- Reviewed by Darla Sasaki
What? Only four stars, you stingy bastard? I'm asking myself the same question, so let me explain myself to myself... If I compare the new RHCP album to, say, any double album I can think of off the top of my head, Stadium Arcadium would be taunting lesser double albums from atop a French-occupied British castle while using a funny accent and a moustache.
However, if I compare it to 1991's Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Stadium Arcadium has failed to grab me as completely. I am telling myself that I'm being a little bit unfair to Anthony, Flea, Chad, and John. How could another album from one band possibly affect me the way Blood Sugar Sex Magik did? I tattooed their logo on my body, I loved them so much.
Four stars or five, Stadium Arcadium brings back the Peppers with a vengeance. The funk -- which (IMNHO) fizzled away with Dave Navarro on guitar and the subsequent so-so release One Hot Minute -- has come back. Drummer Chad Smith and bassist Flea lay down great beats, giving us the funk, but also showing some well-deserved musical maturity.
"21st Century" musically calls back to "Naked in the Rain," and has hints of the "old" band while it showcases the newer sound of the band. Guitarist John Frusciante blisters through a great run at the end of that song, which just makes me want to hear more. (Chanting for more in my living room gets me nothing, alas.)
Where I found Californication and By the Way to be fine, if not too laid back, I love the energy behind Stadium Arcadium. Tracks like "Readymade" and "Dani California" have bass and guitar lines (respectively) that cause head bobbing you don't even realize you're doing. The greatest compliment I can give this album is that I'd road trip to this set and not skip a song. Now what I want are the tracks that didn't make the album.
This band is 23 years old. While I fondly think back upon the pseudo-Seuss days of socks-on-[you-know-whats], I can't imagine a better gift than a new/old avenue for a great band.
The Peppers are going on tour this summer. You can bet I'll be there and feeling better than ever.
Favorite Songs: "Snow ((Hey Oh!))," "Charlie," "21st Century," "Readymade," "Animal Bar"
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The Ring Road Video: An Adventure in Iceland
I traveled to Iceland this summer with Julia and Owen to explore the island's waterfalls, mountain peaks, black sand beaches, glaciers, hot springs, geysers, and quaint villages. I put together a short video to highlight some of my favorite moments from our Iceland Ring Road adventure. Enjoy!


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Following a sell-out tour, Talents of Britain is back with a new show featuring top stars of variety, comedy, dance and music.
The Autumn tour has crammed in talent from around the globe featuring acts from Britain's Got Talent, X Factor, The Voice and more.
The show is visiting the Eastbourne Hippodrome on September 10 at 7.30pm with acts such as Britain's Got Talent's Russ Williams, X Factor singer Matthew Crane, nephew of magician Paul Daniels and talented magician in his own right, James Phelan, and more. Also appearing will be the hilarious Stavros Flatley and Eastbourne's own ventriloquist Steve Hewlett.
BGT contestant and Talents compere Kev Orkian comes from a family of entertainers and started playing the piano at four years old, and eventually studied performing arts at university. From 1988-1992 he toured the UK with the Russian Armenian Dance Troupe, before taking on West End roles including Fame, Me & My Girl and the Grease concert tour. In 2004, he started building a comedy routine around his musical talents, starting on cruise ships and supporting comics including Jim Davidson, Julian Clary and Joe Pasquale. In 2009, he appeared on Britain's Got Talent, and moved on to the comedy circuit, with Edinburgh Fringe shows in 2010 and 2011.
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Dark Sky can tell you at a glance exactly when it will rain (or snow) up to an hour in advance, so youre free to walk the dog or run out to lunch and know youll stay dry. You can also explore the most beautiful weather animation youve ever seen, both forward in time or back. (Dark Sky is available in the US, UK and Ireland.)YOUR WEATHER, DOWN TO THE MINUTE Using GPS, Dark Sky is able to create forecasts for your precise location, giving you minute-to-minute predictions for the next hour and detailed forecasts for the next day and week.BEAUTIFUL WEATHER ANIMATIONS The same technology that powers Dark Skys predictions also allows us to make the worlds first perfectly smooth radar animation. Other apps show you a chunky slideshow that makes it nearly impossible to tell how storms are moving. But Dark Skys radar animation lets you see the actual path of the storm: how it moved in the past, and where its going in the future. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Dark Sky can send you an alert before it starts raining at your exact location. Even if you haven't opened the app in days, Dark Sky will know when you're in the path of a storm.


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Well, that looks pretty close to me. 🙂 Did you get drenched? 🙂
Day 322 – Up Close
Rain and all, I still made it to the beach this morning, but had little success photo wise.
This photo was one from another day, when I thought I would see how low and close to the wave action I could get… this was about as brave as I got. 🙂


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South Africa Population Balloons To 55.91 Million
South Africa's population is estimated to be 55.91 million of which 51% are female, according to Statistics South Africa's mid-year calculations.
Announcing the figures at a media conference in Pretoria on Thursday, statistician general Pali Lehohla said migration is an important demographic process in shaping the age structure and distribution of the provincial population.
The largest share of South Africa's population (24%) lives in Gauteng accounting for 13.5 million people. KwaZulu-Natal is the province with the second largest population, with 11.1 million people (19.9%).
With a population of approximately 1.19 million people (2.1%), Northern Cape remains the province with the smallest share of the South African population.
The figures also showed that about 30.1% of the population is aged younger than 15 years and approximately 8% (4.47 million) is 60 years or older.
Of those younger than 15 years, approximately 23% (3.86 million) live in KwaZulu-Natal and 20.4% (3.43 million) live in Gauteng. The highest percentage of people (26.1% or 1.17 million) aged 60 years and older live in Gauteng.
Like elsewhere in the world, the proportion of elderly persons aged 60 and older is increasing over time.


text: Now that I know that God is real, that I am real, and that the world is a cover for the work of the absolute spirit, I can extend my knowing outside the story of my living. My struggle becomes its work; my pain becomes transcendent joy muffled by the density of the outer veils. Accepting it is difficult when everybody else walks around oblivious to the infinite spirit. Let it come, I say. I want more, show me the way to open more doors. Touch my heart with the grace of your perfection.


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FC Cymru - A new Welsh football magazine show
FC CYMRU is a brand new Welsh football magazine show featuring stories and features from all aspects of the game in Wales.
In episode 1, FC Cymru takes in some South Wales Alliance League action between Ynyshir Albions and Penydarren BGC, visit Tenby Juniors FC and fans explain why they love Wales and Arsenal midfield ace Aaron Ramsey. FC Cymru also takes a look at Welsh fan fashion.
Watch the new webshow right now here on FAW.Cymru.


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On 30 July 2018, during a visit to Timor-Leste, Australia's then Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop and Timor-Leste's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Dionisio Babo Soares signed a joint communique on a revitalised bilateral partnership. In this communique, the ministers committed to a new chapter in bilateral relations that will strengthen ties and deepen collaboration between Timor-Leste and Australia. Areas of deepened cooperation include trade, investment and economic links, seasonal workers, maritime security and Timor-Leste's socio-economic development. The revitalised partnership will focus not only on close bilateral cooperation but on working together in the Indo-Pacific region and globally. The ministers committed to regular dialogue between their respective governments, with annual ministerial and officials' talks. As part of a revitalised economic partnership, ministers agreed to continue constructive discussions on the development of the Greater Sunrise resource, noting its importance for Timor-Leste's prosperity.
The map shows the location of the maritime boundary which is established by the Treaty Between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea. The Treaty was signed by Australia and Timor-Leste on 6 March 2018 in New York.
The Southern boundary is a seabed and water column boundary (from points TA-5 to TA-10). The western segment of the southern boundary line (TA5 to TA-6) runs slightly above the median line, while the eastern segment of the southern boundary (TA-6 to TA-10) runs along the median line.
The eastern and western lateral boundaries are seabed boundaries only (from points TA-1 to TA-5, and TA-10 to TA-13
On 6 March 2018, Australia's former Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, and Timor-Leste's Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister for the Delimitation of Borders and the Agent in the Conciliation, His Excellency Mr Hermenegildo Pereira, signed the Treaty Between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea [PDF 592 KB]. The treaty was signed in New York at the United Nations Headquarters in the presence of the United Nations Secretary-General and the Chair of the Conciliation Commission.
The Maritime Boundary Treaty is an historic agreement for Australia and Timor-Leste: we have settled a long-running dispute, delimited our maritime boundaries, and laid the foundation for a new chapter in our relationship with one of our closest neighbours.
The treaty will benefit both countries. We recognise its significance for Timor-Leste. Australia was committed to finding an outcome that would best support Timor-Leste's future.
The agreement is a landmark for the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and international law. The conciliation that led to our treaty, under UNCLOS' dispute resolution procedures, was the first of its kind. As two democratic nations and close neighbours, Australia and Timor-Leste have highlighted the value of international law, and particularly UNCLOS, in the international rules-based system. Our joint success through the conciliation sets a positive example for the region and the international community. It highlights Australia commitment to international law as we have set out in the Australian Government 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper.
The treaty is a testament to the way in which international law, in particular the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, reinforces stability and allows countries to resolve disputes peacefully without coercion. It is an example of the rules-based order in action.
UNCLOS has underpinned stability and security in our region and around the world. In turn, this has allowed for the growth of trade and sustainable development.
With the world's third largest maritime Exclusive Economic Zone, Australia knows how important these rules and norms are. That is why we have steadfastly supported the dispute settlement processes in UNCLOS—regardless of the outcome.
The maritime boundary treaty marks a new chapter in our bilateral relationship. It will revitalise our friendship and cooperation in the years ahead.
As Australia's Foreign Policy White Paper highlights, a strong and prosperous Timor-Leste is of fundamental important to Australia. We look forward to partnering with Timor-Leste to develop the Greater Sunrise gas field, with benefits for both countries.
We are Timor-Leste's leading economic partner [$91.8 million in estimated total ODA in 2018-19]. We will continue to support Timor-Leste's objective of economic diversification and private sector growth through our development cooperation and labour mobility schemes.
We will continue to support Timor-Leste's armed forces and national police. We cooperate on regional security issues, including maritime challenges, border security and transnational crime. Australia supports Timor-Leste's ambition to join ASEAN, to facilitate its closer economic engagement with Southeast Asia.
The Treaty establishes permanent maritime boundaries between Australia and Timor-Leste in the Timor Sea and a stable legal framework for resource development. This will provide certainty and stability for businesses and investors.
The Treaty provides for both countries to develop the Greater Sunrise gas fields together and share in the benefits. This recognises both Australia and Timor-Leste have legitimate sovereign rights as coastal states under UNCLOS.
The Treaty will support Timor-Leste's economic development by providing new opportunities for income and commercial and industrial development. Seventy or eighty per cent of revenue from Greater Sunrise will flow to Timor-Leste, depending on how the resource is developed.
The treaty upholds Australia's commitment to international rules and reinforces peaceful dispute resolution norms, especially through the UNCLOS.
The Conciliation Commission has worked extensively with the parties to broker a way forward on Greater Sunrise. While we have not been able to agree on a way to develop Greater Sunrise, we have made good progress in the conciliation towards this goal. We look forward to building on the Commission's efforts and analysis and we will continue to discuss the how to develop Greater Sunrise bilaterally. The Conciliation Commission's analysis of the alternative concepts for developing Greater Sunrise is contained in its press release of 6 March 2018.
Australia wants Greater Sunrise to be developed in a commercially sound way that maximises the return for the parties, and therefore contributes to Timor-Leste's economic development priorities. Provided these conditions are met, Australia is genuinely neutral as to whether Greater Sunrise gas is processed in Timor-Leste or Australia.
Oil and gas fields currently shared between Australia and Timor-Leste in the Joint Petroleum Development Area will transition to Timor-Leste's exclusive jurisdiction. The Treaty provides that the security of title and any other rights held by the titleholders previously under the Timor Sea Treaty and the International Unitisation Agreement will be preserved through ensuring conditions and terms equivalent.
In the case of Bayu-Undan and Kitan fields, Australia and Timor-Leste have agreed that the companies which hold the production sharing contracts will be subject to the same fiscal and regulatory regimes although under Timor-Leste's jurisdiction not joint Australian and Timorese jurisdiction as is the case under existing treaty arrangements. This is outlined in an Exchange of Correspondence.
The following will remain in force until the Maritime Boundary Treaty is ratified by Australia and Timor-Leste:
In 2016 Timor-Leste requested a Conciliation Commission under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea to conciliate differences with Australia on maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea.
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Great review on DownBeat Magazine **** August issue !!
Live Recording 7/29 at IBeam Ditmas Quartet
Please join us for our live recording/ concert at IBeam ! 7/29 8:30 & 9:30pm sets
Michaël Attias, alto saxophone
Eva Novoa, piano
Max Johnson, bass
Jeff Davis, drums
We will be performing new compositions and new music.
There will be two sets and this concert will be recorded.
8:30 & 9:30pm
Come on down & support live music !
Novoa / Sonderegger / Bates / Gray
I will be curating the night at IBeam.
I am thrilled to be playing with great friends who I truly enjoy playing with and whom I also admire for what they do and who they are. Please join us for this very special night at IBeam.
I will be playing a first set / Duo with Sean Sonderegger. Then following we will play a second set with the whole band in a quartet set up.
8:30 pm
Sean Sonderegger, tenor sax
Eva Novoa, piano & chinese gongs
9:30 pm
Sean Sonderegger, tenor sax
Eva Novoa, piano
Michael Bates, bass
Devin Gray, drums
Come on down & support live music!!!
IBeam is located on 168 7th st in Brooklyn, NY 11215
Ditmas Quartet at Barbès
DITMAS QUARTET: Butterflies and Zebras
Michaël Attias, alto saxophone
Eva Novoa, piano
Max Johnson, bass
Jeff Davis, drums
8pm. We will play 90min slot. Come on down!
Everytime I get to play with this band I get really excited and happy! Plus we have just released our new album "Butterflies and Zebras" which is available on Fresh Sound New Talent. Come and check us out!
Barbès: 376 9th st, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Ditmas Quartet Cd Release Concert at Korzo's Konceptions Music Series
Please join us for our Cd Release concert at Konceptions Music series at Korzo.
DITMAS QUARTET: Butterflies and Zebras
Michaël Attias, alto saxophone
Eva Novoa, piano
Max Johnson, bass
Jeff Davis, drums
Come on down and celebrate the beginning of Spring!
Tuesday March 22nd 2016, 9pm
Korzo is located at 667 5th Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11215
"IF MONK WERE A FREE BOPPER" Great Review by George W. Harris at Jazz Weekly in CA!
Here is a very nice review on Jazz Weekly about our new album Butterflies and Zebras by Ditmas Quartet... thank you George Harris in CA!!
"Novoa's ectomorphic touch is both explorative, extrapolating and exciting as she and Attias' pungent alto appear like a rolling ball of yarn that slowly unravels downhill and somehow rewinds on "The Drone" and the frenetic "Pre-Nerve Scale."
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Radio Interview/ Entrevista a Scanner FM
Entrevista interessant per Scanner FM, Bad Music Jazz. Gràcies Martí Farrer Sender!
Bad Music Jazz número 148, el programa de jazz de la factoria Bad Music Radio, a scannerFM, aquí:
Interesting interview for Scanner FM, Bad Music Jazz. Thanks to Martí Farrer Sender! Bad Music Jazz number 148, the jazz radio program from Bad Music Radio, at scannerFM, here:
Radio Interview with Pere Pons for national radio RNE4
Hola amics de Barcelona. Aquí podeu escoltar l'entrevista que em va fer en Pere Pons al programa L'home del Jazz, emesa el 17 de gener a Radio4 en el programa de la 1a hora, al minut 28:09. També podreu escoltar dos temes del meu nou treball "Butterflies and Zebras" per Ditmas Quartet. Gràcies Pere!! Salut!
Hello friends from Barcelona. Here you can listen to a radio interview I had with Pere Pons for the public radio station Radio4, broadcasted on the program L'home del Jazz on January 17 on the 1st hour, 28:09... if you'd like to hear me speaking Catalan! You can also listen to two tracks of my new album "Butterflies and Zebras" by Ditmas Quartet. Thank you Pere!! Peace.
New album by Ditmas Quartet, Butterflies and Zebras out now on Fresh Sound New Talent
Third album: Butterflies and Zebras by Ditmas Quartet
Butterflies and Zebras by Ditmas Quartet is getting ready... My third album is coming out soon just fresh from the oven. Stay tuned, more details to come... Cover design by Valerie Trucchia !
Next album Butterflies and Zebras to be mixed in early August and released on Fresh Sound New Talent!
Excited about mixing my next album in early August! I am happy to announce "Butterflies and Zebras", by Ditmas Quartet, will be released on Fresh Sound New Talent. Each recording is different, each photo of a moment is truly different and unique. The music is always new, challenging and full of different emotions each time. The learning process is endless. I feel really fortunate that I am and chose to be a musician, a pianist and a composer. And by that I get to work with amazing and dedicated musicians. It feels just right to listen back, make choices and process that great picture of a moment so it becomes alive. Peace.Estoy muy contenta de mezclar mi próximo disco a principios de agosto! Tengo el placer de anunciar que "Butterflies and Zebras", por Ditmas Quartet, será editado por el sello Fresh Sound New Talent. Cada grabación es diferente, cada foto de un momento es realmente diferente y única. La música es siempre nueva, desafiante y cargada de emociones distintas cada vez. El proceso de aprendizaje es interminable. Me siento muy afortunada de ser y de haber elegido ser músico, pianista y compositora. Y por ello tengo la oportunidad de trabajar con músicos increíbles y dedicados. Sienta realmente bien escuchar de nuevo, tomar decisiones para procesar esa gran fotografía de un momento y que ésta cobre vida. Salud.
New York, July 2015.
New recording: Ditmas Quartet is going into Sear Sound studio in June
Really excited about my next album/ studio recording next month. Some pictures of a moment need to just happen and this one needs to happen now. So Ditmas Quartet will be recording new compositions by all of us at Sear Sound studio in early June. Can't wait to play on that beautiful piano Steinway D beast they have there... Michaël Attias, Max Johnson and Jeff Davis are my partners in crime this time. I love these guys and I love their music. Looking forward to this!!!
Ditmas Quartet at ShapeShifter Lab
Our gig at ShapeShifter Lab got cancelled because of the snow storm back in late January. It is rescheduled on March 17th.
Please, come on down and join us at ShapeShifter Lab!
Novoa / Kamaguchi Duo at Seeds
Looking forward to playing with bass player and friend Masa Kamaguchi who is in town this month. Please, join us for a very special night at Seeds.
Previous band/ set also not to miss!
Eva Novoa, piano Masa Kamaguchi, bass
Wednesday Jan 28th, 10:00 pm Seeds 617 Vanderbilt Av (Bergen & St Marks) Brooklyn, NY 11238
8:30 pm Vinnie Sperazza Trio Vinnie Sperrazza - Drums Jacob Sacks - Piano Masa Kamaguchi - Bass
Fresh Sound New Talent CD release celebration
Ditmas Quartet at ShapeShifter Lab
I am pleased to perform again with this project later this month in January 2015.
Please, come on down and join us at ShapeShifter Lab!
Attias / Novoa Duo at IBeam
Looking forward to this special duo concert with poet of the saxophone Michaël Attias. Michaël Attias, alto sax Eva Novoa, piano
IBeam Sunday September 28th, 10pm
15$ suggested donation
July 16th at Barbes
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Ditmas Quartet:
Eva Novoa Quartet at Jamboree Jazz Club soon to be broadcasted on Radio4
In March I was in Barcelona to present my latest recording Eva Novoa Quartet released on the label Fresh Sound New Talent. With Ernesto Aurignac on alto saxophone, Masa Kamaguchi on bass and André Sumelius on drums. It was indeed a very special night at Jamboree Jazz Club. Our performance was recorded live. This concert will soon be broadcasted by the national radio Ràdio 4, in the program "L'Home del Jazz" presented by Pere Pons. Coming soon!
Duo recording with Pal Nyberg - EP release
EP release, Duo with guitarist Pål Nyberg. This duo project was recorded in The Netherlands with Swedish guitarist Pål Nyberg from Stockholm. It was a pleasure to work again with sound engineer Micha de Kanter. Mixed and mastered in New York.
Mixing and mastering engineer: Jeremy Loucas
This recording will soon be released as an EP. More details to follow. Soon out!


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The best explanation of Bitcoins I have seen is available as a one-hour video on YouTube. I've seen regarding the evolution of money and how Bitcoin fits into the picture."Is bitcoin the currency of the future? A godsend for criminals? Or a recipe for financial disaster?" the moderator asks early in the video.
The video starts by saying that money is used to accomplish our dreams. But it is also an instrument of destruction, some might say evil. The video does a great job of explaining the benefits and evils of both money and Bitcoins. It also states that "this might be the end of money as we know it."
The film includes interviews with many well-known Bitcoin and financial personalities like Andreas Antonopoulos, author of "Mastering Bitcoin," and Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Roger Ver, a Bitcoin entrepreneur, notes there is nothing politicians or big banks can do to stop Bitcoin. "What the Internet did for information, Bitcoin is doing for money," says Eric Benz, director of UK Digital Currency early in the video.
Asked if Bitcoin could be the new gold in a TV interview, Greenspan says one has to stretch their imagination to infer what the intrinsic value of Bitcoin is.
Jeffrey Tucker, an economist, says bitcoin will change the economic culture.
I doubt if Bitcoins will ever replace money but it seems obvious that such cryptocurrencies are going to become more and more important in the near future.
The video was available free of charge on YouTube when this article was written but apparently has since been removed. Amazon Video has the same video available for sale for $4.99 athttp://www.amazon.com/dp/B013HU429O?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_aiv&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_aiv-20 and the video's producers also sell it on their web site at http://theendofmoneyasweknowit.com/ for the same price.
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See the Efe video report.
Read a letter from First Lady Michelle Obama.
See our photos of the launch event.
The Embassy kicked off Earth Day week by inaugurating an Embassy organic garden that will become a vital, active part of our embassy community and outreach to the Spanish community.
Our garden will be living proof of that key environmental message "Waste not, want not" with a composting system to create our own soil from organic waste and shredded paper, as well as a rain catchment system to use run-off water from the roofs.
We are also starting a number of new green initiatives including embassy-wide recycling, a water reduction program in bathrooms, commuter "incentives" including showers for bicyclists and special carpooler parking, LES teleworking, and a green "Pledge" to reduce residential energy use.
Greening the Embassy can save money and resources, demonstrate USG environmental commitment, provide an opportunity to educate the Embassy community and our interlocutors, and showcase U.S. products and technologies. But the real key to these new initiatives is that they involve the Embassy community. They are not passive systems that simply happen: they are activities that require engagement by all of us who are part of the community. Embassy Madrid is committed to continuing to look at ways to work together to improve our environment.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Embassy Madrid kicks off Earth Day week by planting community garden
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Red is searching for a Snowflake Developer for a 12 month+ contract opportunity based out of San Jose, CA. This is for a Warehouse move from Teradata to Snowflake. The ideal candidate will be based out of the West Coast.
Job Responsibilities:
- Experienced in Snowflake data warehouse architecture and application development
- Experienced in performance tuning of SnowSQL
- Experience in scripting with Python and Unix
- Experienced in developing ETL with Informatica 10.x
- Familiarity with connectors of data sources i.e. Teradata, Hadoop , HANA, Oracle etc.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and communication skills
- Experience working in an onshore/offshore model
- Minimum 8+ years of experience in for data warehouse and ETL development


text: James provides illustration for graphic novels, childrens books, posters, advertising and film, with a focus on storytelling through sequential art. In 2016 he illustrated An Adventure In Statistics: The Reality Enigma, written by Andy Field. Published by SAGE Publications, the book combined statistics learning with a science fiction graphic novel, and was shortlisted for the British Book Design and Production Awards 2016. " In James I found not just an exceptionally talented artist, but someone who would put as much care into the book as I did, it felt like he was passionately invested in the project. I was constantly impressed with James' ability to take my written descriptions, stick drawings, and schematics and transform the fictional world in my head into stunning visuals packed with his own ingenious ideas. The graphic novel element of the book benefitted immeasurably from James' ideas about how to frame a scene and what perspective to take to maximise the dramatic impact of the story. His talent and experience in visual storytelling was evident from the beginning" Andy Field Author/ An Adventure In Statistics: The Reality Enigma Below is a small selection of James' illustration work.


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Assvertising. Really? What's next?
Another day another body part to advertise. I was mildly amused by waxvertising (we posted a link with a rather hairy chap having his back waxed to advertise erm... wax strips) but I really don't know how I feel about assvertising.
I mean, come on. It's a little bit too overt for many I suspect but at the end of the day it probably works on a certain (male orientated) level.
Anyway enough of my feminist ranting. This unique form of promotion is being used to let people know that Australian travel agency ZUJI have scrapped booking fees. And why do booking fees relate to bums? Well it's because "Australia are dropping their pants to uncover the online fees".
Not quite sure I fully make the connection but who am I to get in the way of bum stunt?
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Norwalk, Brien McMahon football players, fans to face off in XBOX One Tournament
NORWALK — The start of football season is still six months away, so what better time to stoke the competitive fires between city rivals Norwalk and Brien McMahon than spring break?
That was the conclusion reached by Jason Petrini, one of the co-owners of My Three Sons Family Fun Center at 62 Wall St. and one of the co-founders of the brand name The Wall Street Gamers, along with Sean Ireland and AJ Albano, head coaches of the Bears and Senators, respectively.
This showdown won't be settled on the field turf of Jack Casagrande or Sam Testa Field.
Rather, through the cooperation of My Three Sons, players, coaches, fans and alumni of the two schools will get to compete in the first XBOX One Madden Tournament, Norwalk High School vs. Brien McMahon High School, beginning Monday, April 14, at My Three Sons.
"It's a double-elimination tournament, starting with 16 teams of two people," Petrini said. "Wall Street Gamers are the brand behind the tournament. The total field depends on how many contenders sign up. The cut-off to compete is April 12."
Ireland was on board from the get-go for the $17-per-competitor event.
"The idea came straight from Jason Petrini and My Three Sons," Ireland said. "I said, 'I think this could be great.' Jason is trying to come up with ideas for kids other than having them sit at home."
Registrations are done online at www.thewallstreetgamers.com, according to Petrini.
"When you sign up, you get a confirmation e-mail," Petrini said. "The cut-off is April 12. Then you receive a secondary e-mail, and you check in 30 minutes before your assigned start time. A 'no-check-in' produces a forfeit for that round."
Petrini explained that for the first round, there will be four players to one 60-inch LED TV screen — eight of those will be in use for the tournament — "and by the final round, there will be two people to one screen, and by the championship round, each person will play on one screen. There will be a challenge for the final spot."
"I think it's great," Albano said. "I've known Jason Petrini a long time, and I worked at My Three Sons when I was younger. I know his dad. This is a football tournament for football kids. It will start a rush for the kids. I've helped spread the word, helped get support from the alumni, and help the tournament make some money. We'll try it out this year, and we hope it's an annual thing. We think this can be an addition to the friendly rivalry."
Albano touched on another aspect of the fund-raising tournament — that it is not just limited to current high school students and coaches. Alumni of any age are welcome to play and support the Green and White or the Red, White and Blue.
"We have a database with over 20,000 names, and we anticipate a couple hundred people participating," Petrini said. "We want to raise several thousand dollars. We want graduates, moms and dads to represent their school. We want old-school guys going at it. We want to give several thousand dollars to the coaches, and give them full range for what they want to do with the money."
Petrini said of each $17 entry fee, the winning school gets $3, the winning gamer gets $2, and the losing school gets $2.
Competitors also get one game of laser tag or one game of Balladium (a ball-blasting target system) with their entry fee, and Petrini said soda and pizza will be provided for gamers each day, to ensure proper greasiness on the consoles.
While the tournament is underway — it begins at 10 a.m. on April 14 — competitors will get 10 percent off meals and drinks at the Banc House, across the street from My Three Sons.
The XBOX One is new on the market, and Petrini said it is still prohibitively priced for the average gamer.
"The grand release of the XBOX One was in February, and the majority of people don't have it because it's not affordable," Petrini said. "My marketing company, Studio Marketing, put together some clips from the Norwalk-McMahon Thanksgiving game. That video should go viral."
While the week of April 14 is spring break for the school system, Petrini realizes that most adults are not on an academic calendar.
"We want to run three tournaments a day," Petrini said. "We will have evening tournaments, too. We encourage people to sign up, even if you miss the age cut-off. We will hold spots on a sub-roster. If someone fails to show, we will fill those spots from the sub-roster."
Petrini said a "FAQ" section will be included with the registration page to handle any more inquiries.
"We're always talking smack between coaches, so we can relate to this type of competition," Albano said. "Some of the games can be fun. Winning this would be nice to hang our hat on, but it's all for fun. It's not just alumni and high school kids — it's city wide. Eventually, we hope older elementary school kids get involved. Technology has come a long way. This is fun for the town of Norwalk and both football programs."
My Three Sons has been at 62 Wall St. for more nearly a quarter century, and Petrini and his business partner, John Lisanti with Studio Marketing, believe the Madden Tournament is just the tip of the video-game iceberg.
"Eventually we want to develop a league out of this," Petrini said. "Wall Street Gamers motto is 'one-stop gaming.' We've been here over 24 years, and the community has been here for us since Day One. We've got FIFA, so we can have soccer tournaments. We have zumba, boxing — we can have any kind of tournaments. From there, we can create a league out of it."
Once again, visit www.thewallstreetgamers.com for full XBOX One Madden registration information. Sign-up deadline is Saturday, April 12.
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Arpad Goncz, who was jailed after the country's failed 1956 uprising against Soviet rule and went on to become its first post-Soviet president, died on Tuesday at 93, after what he had called a somewhat "grotesque and surreal" life of constant new beginnings.
The soft-spoken, grandfatherly Goncz, Hungary's most popular politician, held the largely ceremonial presidency for two terms, from 1990 to 2000, as Hungary shifted to a market economy and charted a path into NATO and the European Union.
He died on Tuesday surrounded by members of his family, national news agency MTI reported, citing the head of Goncz's secretariat.
Goncz rose from humble beginnings — he had to borrow a jacket and a pair of trousers for his wedding to Zsuzsanna Gonter, who gave him four children.
A writer-translator, his ascent to the presidency mirrored the rise of dissident playwright Vaclav Havel in what was then Czechoslovakia. It came after the first free elections, in 1990.
The conservative Hungarian Democratic Forum and the liberal Alliance of Free Democrats — both of which have since vanished — agreed to back Goncz, head of the Hungarian Writers' Union, to mark a symbolic break with Hungary's communist past.
"Goncz was able to represent two things: the 1956 revolt and the people forced into dissidence after 1956," Gabor Kuncze, a former Free Democrat leader, told Reuters.
Goncz was jailed for life for his involvement in Hungary's 1956 revolution, which was crushed by Soviet tanks but posed the biggest challenge up to that time to communist hegemony in eastern Europe.
In prison, Goncz learned English, which helped him make a living after being he was freed in a 1963 amnesty and began a decades-long period of what he described as "internal exile" until the change of regime in 1989.
A lawyer by education, Goncz became widely known for translating parts of "The Lord of the Rings". He also worked as a welder and an agronomist.
His political stance had already formed in adolescence. "It was indisputably Christian, humanist and left-wing," he said.
He became a founder member of one of the main opposition groupings before the change of regime, which later became the Alliance of Free Democrats.
Clashes with the conservative government in the formative years of his presidency drew calls of partisanship from some circles on the right. In his second term, Goncz became less active, saying the spoken word was his strongest instrument.
Goncz has largely disappeared from the public eye in recent years and withdrawn from politics completely.
In his farewell speech, he asked Ferenc Madl, his successor, to be aware of the social divisions created after Hungary began to build democracy.
"No one should be measured by any scale other than that of humanity," Goncz said.
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Cinema on the Bayou is an annual eight-day film festival held in and around Lafayette, Louisiana. Located in the heart of Cajun country, the Festival is dedicated to presenting narrative, documentary and animated films and filmmakers with truly original voices in one of the friendliest, most unique cultures in the world.
Friday, March 25, 2016
Film submissions are now open for the 12th Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, which will be held January 25 - February 1, 2017, and cane be made through FilmFreeway and WITHOUTABOX.
Deadlines and Fees:
Earlybird Deadline - June 3, 2016 - $30.00
Regular Deadline - August 5, 2016 - $40.00
Late Deadline - October 7, 2016 - $50.00
Extended Deadline - November 4, 2016 - $60.00
Notification Date of Official Selections - December 2, 2016
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Audience Award.
For more information on film categories, awards and the rules and regulations of the Festival, please visit our website.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
7th Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival Set for Jan. 25-29, 2012 in Lafayette, LA
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, now in its seventh year, is pleased to announce that this year's Festival will open with the U.S. Premiere of Délivrance, the dramatic story of a group of courageous Acadians and their escape from the British in 1756. The narrative film premiered across Canada this past fall with great fanfare. The amazing cast and crew created a "great snapshot of the hell Acadians were subject to during the great expulsion," says film and music writer Jim Lavoie. "Well written, directed, shot and acted," this is "one film that 'Delivered' as promised."
The film will screen on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. at Acadiana Center for the Arts in downtown Lafayette with New Brunswick based filmmakers Donovan Richard and Danny Thebeau in attendance to introduce the film. A reception for the filmmakers will follow at 7:30 p.m. Complimentary wine and appetizers will be served. Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased at www.acadianacenterforthearts.com or at the door.
Also, as the world mourns the death of boxing legend Joe Frazier, the Festival is proud to present Joe Frazier: When The Smoke Clears, a feature documentary which tells the story of the real Joe Frazier. The film, which has been hailed as "superb and heartfelt" and "inspirational," is more than just a boxing film – although it is definitely that; but it is also the story of a son's love and admiration for his father and the importance of his father and the sport to the greater community. Realscreen Magazine has called it a "must see" film.
The film, which screened this fall in Philadelphia, the adopted city of the legendary fighter; in New York City, on the day of Frazier's death; and at the 49th Annual World Boxing Council Convention in Las Vegas, will make its Southern U.S. Premiere at the Festival.
The Festival is also very pleased to announce that the Whitney Bank has come on board as a major funding sponsor for this year's five-day festival, which includes films screenings, provocative panel discussions and nightly parties through Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. "The Festival would not be possible without the generous financial contribution of the Whitney Bank, as well as the support of our many other community partners, including Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission, Acadiana Center for the Arts, LITE, Pack and Paddle, the Lafayette Parish South Regional Library, and our many loyal individual donors," said filmmaker Pat Mire, the founder and artistic director for the Festival.
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World renown outdoor adventure filmmakers Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins of Quebec, whose films Ice Philosophy and Encounters will make their Louisiana premieres at the Festival;
Two of Austin's hottest filmmakers, Andy Cope and Eric Hueber, whose delightfully funny film, Rainbows End, a journey film about one bus, six men, two roosters, a dream, and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, will make its Louisiana premiere; and
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Brian Nelson's Keeper of the Flame;
Ji Choi's Holding His Rabbits;
Jon Gunnar Gylfason's Fingers;
Chris Spear's Shock; and
Bart Wild's The Bingo Bandito, which will make its World Premiere at the Festival.
Other films that will be screened include Happy (Louisiana Premiere), The Natural State of America (Louisiana Premiere), Bridge To War Eagle (Louisiana Premiere), Mississippi Innocence (Louisiana Premiere), Wrestling for Jesus (Louisiana Premiere), A Weaverly Path - The Tapestry Life Of Silvia Heyden (Louisiana Premiere), Colores del Carnaval Dominicano (Louisiana Premiere), Puppet, Howard Citizen - The Man And The Music He Loves, and a host of others.
A complete schedule of events, including film screenings, panel discussions and parties, can be found at www.cinemaonthebayou.com.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
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7th Cinema on the Bayou Set for Jan. 25-29, 2012
The 7th Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival is scheduled for January 25-29, 2012. We are now accepting film submissions:
Please send TWO DVD copies of the film to us at 101 Duclos Street, Lafayette, LA 70506, along with the following information (there is NO submission fee at this time):
1. Film Title, date of completion and a one paragraph synopsis of the film;
2. Filmmakers, including producer and director, and contact information, including address, phone, and e-mail;.
3. Length of film, production format, and presentation format;
4. Previous screenings, including all previous screenings and upcoming screenings in Louisiana, and awards;
5. Press kit, if any; and
6. A signed statement confirming that you are authorized to submit the film, have cleared all intellectual property rights necessary for the screening of the film at this film festival, and hold harmless Cinema on the Bayou from any liability arising from the submission or use of the film.All submissions become the property of Cinema on the Bayou. DVD's will not be returned unless prepaid postage is provided. If the film is accepted, it is with the understanding that clips, photos and stills of and related to the film may be used to promote the Festival.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Film Festival Opening Night Film and Filmmaker Reception at AcA on Wednesday, Jan. 26th
The Cinema on the Bayou Film Society is pleased to announce that the 6th Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival will open on Wednesday, Jan. 26th at 6:30 p.m. at the Acadiana Center for the Arts with the Louisiana premiere of "Disfarmer: A Portrait of America," a documentary on a master portrait photographer who created hauntingly beautiful portraits of the towns people of Heber Springs, Arkansas in the 1940's and 50's. The film will screen in the new James Devin Moncus Theater at the AcA.
Toronto, Canada based filmmaker Dennis Mohr will introduce the film and participate in an audience Q&A afterwards. The film screening will be followed by an opening night reception with complimentary wine and boudin. Tickets are $10 per person/$8 for AcA members and can be purchased at the door or online at http://www.acadianacenterforthearts.org/.


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UK managing director Trevor Price takes on the role of managing the company's Middle Eastern operations and former Ingram Micro senior director of corporate strategy Greg Lockton joins as group business development director.
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F'harin hates that he's left so many people in the lurch. It galls him to know how disappointed they must be in him, because he couldn't regain his memories of them and the times they'd shared, couldn't truly be that same man they'd known and wanted back. It's hard for him not to wonder in his most maudlin moments if he wasn't a better man before, someone he'll never live up to now. There are times, when in a fit of spite, he will deny himself his most basic urges, or do the opposite of where instinct or reflex steers him, just to reaffirm with himself that he can be in control of himself, make his own choices, be his own person.
Birthplace: Ista Weyr, 8.415.5.1
The romance between F'hoxin and Marvena seemed like a fairytale when it began. He was a young bluerider with stars in his eyes and dreams crowding his mind, and she was a slightly older candidate, charmed by his quiet, thoughtful ways, finding him much more mature than most of the riders twice his age. He dreamed big for their future together, hoping to win her agreement to weyrmate, though she asked to wait until she impressed or exceeded the age limit for standing, whichever came first. F'hoxin agreed, though it pained him to wait; he would have given her anything in the world. Her announcement that she was pregnant after two turns together took the rider by surprise, but he greeted the news with boisterous joy and about a million plans for their life together with the baby.
Their child took his sweet time being born, in no hurry, apparently, to speed things along and meet his parents, finally coming into the world as if it was all the same to him, quiet and easy as you'd please. A hatching had come and gone during the time Marvena was pregnant, and she wasted no time once little Foxharin was born to rejoin candidacy. She was sure she was meant to be a dragonrider, and she was right — three turns later golden Queth found her, that last piece she was missing to complete the puzzle. And for a time after she emerged from weyrlinghood, life seemed as perfect as F'hoxin had ever dreamed of it being — there was sweet young Foxharin to look after, a weyrmating to sort out, and their whole lives ahead of them.
Only Marvena couldn't stay content for long. Life for her had changed so drastically once she had Queth. She had the attention of every bronze and brownrider in the Weyr it seemed, and those men who had once seemed not at all to her tastes were somehow now enticing — or at least having them clamoring for her was, anyway, even if she never came close to caring for any of them the way she had for F'hoxin. She began to draw away bit by bit, until even F'hoxin had to pull his head out of the clouds and acknowledge the gulf that had opened between them. There was never any clear end to their family unit. But there came a time when F'hoxin counted himself lucky to exchange a few casual words of hello with the love of his life as they passed in a corridor.
Growing up, Foxharin struggled to wrap his head around his mother's motivations, or his father's continued pining. A particularly sensitive child, he fought with how to express himself and put into words all the confusing feelings his parents' split engendered. He became a poster child for those who believe dragonriders shouldn't try to care for their own offspring, let alone be a weyrmated family unit. He see-sawed between holding himself back from others, fearing being like his father and being left behind, and giving too much of himself away, promising too much, fearing becoming his mother and breaking someone's heart. He grew into a young man with a vast array of friends, though few who weathered the storm of his ups and downs enough to be truly close to him.
Things were simplest, and perfect, once Kawsenth found him when he was sixteen turns old. Where others struggled in weyrlinghood, F'harin blossomed; for once in his life he could welcome someone into his heart and life without reservation or second-guessing. Even when Marvena became an increased presence in his life, hoping to impress upon him the standard she wished him to live up to, F'harin dealt with it easily enough — that is to say, by smiling and nodding and mostly ignoring her. For once, he felt steady and solid in his place in the world.
Until ten turns after impressing, when he was as settled into his place as a bronzerider of Ista as he could have been, a visiting rider from Benden sparked an argument in the dining hall with a few choice words, and F'harin decided to settle the matter with a bit of 'friendly' competition. He and Kawsenth took to the sky against the other pair, matching them maneuver for maneuver; they bided their time, knowing Ista's unique winds would sooner or later take their rivals by surprise — and just like that, it happened. The other pair faltered, only it was much worse than F'harin had anticipated. Kawsenth closed the distance between them to assist and in the other dragon's flailing, F'harin was struck by the lashing tail.
While an inter-Weyr incident was narrowly avoided in the aftermath, the Istans by and large blaming the outsider and closing ranks around their own, F'harin remained oblivious to it all, deeply unconscious and leaving everyone to wait and to watch Kawsenth nervously, wondering how long even a strong-willed bronze would remain with his connection to his rider as close to severed as it could get with F'harin still breathing. He remained in that state for five days before gradually coming to, but he awoke changed. His brain had suffered a traumatic injury, and most of his memory was lost - some certain things remained, like random mile markers from his life's timeline, only the barest framework for him to build his sense of self upon.
And the F'harin who emerged from the accident was changed in other ways. Without a lot of the memories that had formed and impacted who he was, he showed signs of being a different man — far less inhibited than he had been, and quieter, more thoughtful. For a time his loved ones assumed he just had too much to deal with, but it eventually became clear he really was just /different/ now. Not all of them reacted well, and the more F'harin was pressured to remember and be the same person, the more he did begin to crumble under the strain. He wanted so badly to make them happy and do as they asked, but he couldn't, and his efforts exhausted him more and more, pushing back his recovery.
Only Kawsenth accepted him wholeheartedly and without reservation, once again proving to be his steady, grounding cornerstone. Of course this was by being his usual exasperating, recalcitrant self. Kawsenth was entertaining, distracting, and demanding of F'harin's entire focus at times — just what he needed, especially as many of his memories did come back to him, but without any feeling of being /his/, no recognition, no connection to them. It was on a day flying far from the Weyr over half a turn after the accident that F'harin realized he /couldn't/ be the man the Weyr was waiting for him to be again. Even with many of the memories back, it was like hearing a story about someone else. He could only be a poor replacement, falling shy of their expectations.
Marvena in particular was furious when F'harin announced his intentions, but he held his ground. Mother and son hadn't been close since his childhood, but their falling out over his request to transfer away was an amazing spectacle, the Weyrwoman losing her famous cool rather publically. He was eventually granted his request, but as he left the Weyr, it was more or less clear that it was for the last time.
Not that F'harin didn't have his own doubts about the wisdom of what he was doing, but he needed to know for himself, and all he knew so far was that the only time when he didn't feel ready to lose it all was when he was /away/ from everyone who'd known him. He traveled to Igen first, and from that extreme across the continent to the next, High Reaches. He flew with Fort, drilled with Telgar, even went to Benden though he'd been told how it'd been their rider's fault he'd been hurt in the first place. He came alive in his travels, he and Kawsenth both greedy for the sense of discovery, asking endless questions. As it was still before the Pass, F'harin had time to take up with Harpers and discovered in himself a love of history and the old ballads. He fell into utter geeky glee and emerged only as the Pass started and news of Ista's tragedy reached him at Benden.
To his shame, he didn't volunteer right away. He waited to see if he'd be asked, but his Wingleader and Weyrleader didn't seem to want to force the issue. F'harin had to battle himself over the choice for some sevendays before he could breathe past the knot of uncertainty and make his decision. He'd return to Ista.
Mother: Weyrwoman Marvena of Gold Queth
Father: Bluerider F'hoxin
Son: Karvarin, Candidate at Ista Weyr
Unnamed half-sibling on mother's side
unknown number of half-siblings on father's
unknown number of children
F'harin's Dragon: Bronze Kawsenth
Dragon Name: Kawsenth
Colour: Bronze
Age: 21
Weyr of Origin: Ista
Weyrling Class: 8.435.9.9
Wing: Windraiders
By no means one of the larger bronzes, Kawsenth falls rather happily in the mid-to-low range for his color. He is a sleek specimen, sinuous and slender, eeling his way through the air, agile in a way that is remarkable for any color, let alone one of the largest. Kawsenth holds himself very still while at rest perching, and in the very next begins to fidget and wriggle with pent up energy, but when he is in motion he glides as smooth as syrup, easy and effortless and fluid. His hide is about as dark as a bronze can manage, as if he really was cast from the metal and left out for years to properly antique, rich and refined. The barest hints of leopard-like spots of a subtly different shade can be glimpsed on occasion, like they're hiding under the surface.
Kawsenth is a handful, as every great bronze should be in their own way. He's particular and peculiar, making you laugh one minute and want to choke him the next. Kawsenth is insanely curious, exploring the world around him and refusing to be left out of anything, wanting to try everything he sees anyone doing for himself, and he won't stop until a way for him to manage it is devised. He'll do his best to mimic facial expressions, stretching his mouth in his best version of a grin, or hunching his shoulders and putting his head down in a full-body glare. Kawsenth's learned to be very physically and vocally demonstrative from watching F'harin, gesturing with wings or tail, crooning and growling and nudging with his snout.
He's impossibly adorable in many respects. If he weren't so damned big, you'd want to knuckle his head and hug him close. But that lasts for about as long as it takes to realize Kawsenth only allows attention to be given to him on /his/ terms. /He/ will initiate caresses or hugs — usually by headbutting, /thanks/ Kawsenth — and he will let you know when it's time for them to be done, swatting you away with his wing. He'll obstinately refuse to come when called unless he absolutely feels like it, or can at least make it seem like he was going to come in that direction anyway. He'll play, sure, but there's a good chance it will be at your expense. No one had better dare make /him/ look silly though, or laugh at any accident he can't play off as purposeful. Kawsenth will be enormously offended, growling and snapping in his deep sulk until he's ready to venture forward again.
The only thing one never has to doubt about Kawsenth is his love and loyalty for F'harin. Kawsenth will snap out of a sulk in half a heartbeat to be there for his rider if needed. And happily, being himself is often just what F'harin needs most.


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News Roundups are posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning with quick hits on what you may have missed and what is still to come in The Beautiful Game.
Here's what you may have missed and what is still developing. And, as always, here's to helping bring you, the Fan, up to speed and Ahead of the Game.
Philadelphia Union
A slow news week is certainly nothing new to fans of the Philadelphia Union. But perhaps watching two of the Union's youngest defenders, Auston Trusty and Mark McKenzie, eat saltine crackers as quick as possible is.
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U in Preview: Philadelphia vs. Salt Lake
Look out later today for Philly Football Daily's Match Preview of the Union's match on Saturday, which analyzes the team's matchup against Western Conference side Real Salt Lake.
Major League Soccer
Orlando Defender Credits MLS for World Cup Selection
Orlando City SC defender Amro Tarek, who has been a regular in the Lions' backline this season, had no shortage of praise for Major League Soccer on Thursday.
Earlier, on Monday, Tarek was named to head coach Hector Cuper's preliminary World Cup roster, to the disbelief of many Egypt fans.
Speaking to Egyptian outlet DMC Sports Channel Tarek discussed his experience in the North American first-division thus far, pointing to the league's level of competition as reasoning for his shock call-up to the Egypt National Team.
"It is a very strong and competitive league and has a huge publicity," Tarek said. "The fans [Egypt fans] need to grasp this."
US Soccer
Bedoya: Vets Let Us Down
Union captain and United States National Team midfielder Alejandro Bedoya has never been one to hold back and keep his frustrations to himself.
Speaking with reporter Doug McIntyre of FC Yahoo, Bedoya opened up about the USMNT's failure to qualify for Russia, specifically pointing to the contributions of the team's veteran players.
"Bruce [Arena] gave us a game plan in that last game and we didn't execute," Bedoya said. "We had guys not getting stuck in. We were counting on an 18-year-old [Christian Pulisic] to carry the load for us. Other guys, the veteran guys, let us down I think."
Carter-Vickers Pens Contract Extension With Tottenham
USMNT defender Cameron Carter-Vickers committed his future to English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday, signing a contract with the North London side until 2021.
Carter-Vickers, 20, spent last club season on loan with English Championship sides Sheffield United and Ipswich Town.
CCV highlighted his loan spells as being beneficial in his growth as a player.
"I'm delighted to sign a new contract," Carter-Vickers told Tottenham's website. "I've worked hard out on loan this season, trying to get as many minutes and games as I could. I feel like I've improved as a player and it's definitely benefited me.
"Now I'm looking to kick on. The next step for me is to come back for pre-season, get my head down, work hard and try to impress the manager and as many people as I can."
PSG Offer Buffon Contract
According to ESPN FC sources, Gianluigi Buffon, who announced his decision to leave Juventus on Thursday, has been offered a contract by French champions Paris Saint-Germain.
PSG has, according to the source, already put a two-year deal on the table. Buffon, 40, will play his final match for Juventus against Hellas Verona on Saturday.
"Gigi" has remarkably spent the last 17 years playing for Juve. However, the loyal servant to Vecchia Signora has yet to rule out playing his club football elsewhere in Italy or in the world.
It is believed that the Parisians' newly hired head coach Thomas Tuchel wants the veteran Buffon to serve as a mentor to the club's budding French keeper Alphonse Areola. Areola is expected to stay in Paris next season as the club's No. 1.
Buffon's agent, Silvano Martina, has confirmed that there are several "attractive offers" on the table.
"There are certainly offers from clubs for Buffon, both on the field and off it, but he's not decided yet," Martina told Radio Sportiva. "Gigi didn't want to talk about [who the clubs are] so I think it's right that I don't talk about it either. It's right that he takes 10 days for reflection."
Thanks for reading Friday's News Roundup. Check back here, on Monday morning, for the latest happening in The Beautiful Game. Until then, Cheers.


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Tyranthor, the Greenflame Novice
| name = Tyranthor
| player = Terrance
| birthplace = Elsathar
| gender = Male
| race = Sun Elf (Eladrin)
| class = Swordmage
| alignment = Good
Fresh from his tutelage at the Greenflame Academy, Tyranthor is a young Gold Elf (Eladrin) Swordmage whose chosen disciplines are Fire and Translocation. After completing his studies, he performed a small stint as soldier of the Sun Elf town of Elsathar, where he further honed his ability with his chosen weapon, the longsword. In appearance, he stands five inches above five feet, with black hair and emerald green eyes. His chest and arms are covered in tattoos that reflect his dedication to his profession: green and black flames that occasionally flare as he channels his powers.


text: V.I.P. premiered in 1998 with the premier T&A of miss Pamela Anderson leading the way, running in sinfully sexy syndication until 2002. A mix of action and camp packed with voluptuous vamps, the show follows the exploits of Pam and her gang of gorgeous bodyguards, including Molly Culver, Natalie Raitano, and Leah Lail. V.I.P. pokes fun at Pam's public image as well as her spectacular pokers, showing that the blonde bombshell has a sense of humor as humongous as her honkingly huge hooters.


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Heavy rain again drives us into the Treadwell woods where there is evidence of last night's storm. Broken cottonwood branches litter soggy trails. We see one dog and its owner when we arrive. We won't see any other. Another effect of the storm.
Gulls huddle on the shoreline or cruise just off shore. Three American widgeons drift among them. For a few minutes a shaft of sunlight breaks through cloud cover, enhancing the little fall color that has survived the wind. But it doesn't stop the rain.


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My journey with Doug Jowdy started when I was first blooming in my quest for excellence during my Olympic pursuit. A young, hungry and determined athlete – I was looking for ways outside of the normal physical spectrum of training to take my performances to levels that I'd not even think were possible. Often times we are faced with our own internal struggles and conflict, but understanding, and finally confronting them was a part of process towards a mentality of having "Zero Regrets." Doug opened my eyes and in turn, helped me change my outlook on sport, business, and most importantly life. My "If's, could have's, would have's and should have's" were all replaced with "Yes, Can's, Will's, opportunities, and of course the everlasting mantra that remains true: "Zero Regrets." It goes without saying that with the time spent with Doug – it was the spark that really drove me towards many Olympic Medals, World Championships, all the while allowing me to understand why I was so in love with Olympic Games, and sports.
Apolo Anton Ohno
Olympics 2002, Salt Lake City – Gold and Silver Medal
Olympics 2006, Turin – Gold and 2 Bronze Medals
Olympics 2010, Vancouver – Silver and 2 Bronze Medals
Doug had a great influence on the skaters and coaches, handing them the tools and giving them the capabilities to deal with distractions and to stay focused in any situation, be it in training or in the midst of the frenzy of the Olympic Games. Doug really helped optimize the skaters working together. Because inherently within an individual sport, training together and at the same time competing against one another creates stress. Doug did a great job of helping the skaters look beyond that, and got them to work together to achieve a higher level of performance through working together, than they could have individually.
Bart Schouten
Former U.S. Olympic Long Track Speed Skating Coach
Coached skaters that have won 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals skating World and Olympic Records.
I first got to know Doug whilst working as the assistant coach at the Colorado rapids in 2010. I invited him to speak to the players and was very impressed with his ideas, manner and methods while addressing the group. In most professional sports the difference between winning and losing can be a very small margin as teams are often evenly matched, so in an attempt to create an extra winning edge, we did a lot of extra position specific work with the players and also asked Doug to work individually with some of the players too. I honestly believe that this extra effort played its part in helping a group of talented young athletes fulfill there potential by winning against the odds the MLS Cup for the first time in the franchises history that year! I also spent a lot of time with Doug working on training methods and coaching styles which I found a great help whilst preparing coaching sessions that hopefully benefit the players. Even though I'm now continuing my coaching career in the UK, I still intend to maintain our working relationship as I believe Doug Jowdy has helped me greatly in my coaching endeavours.
Steve Guppy
Former Assistant Coach – Colorado Rapids
Currently – Sunderland 1st team coach, United Kingdom
Our thirteen year old daughter was experiencing declining performance on the basketball court. She is a competitive basketball player who just wasn't playing up to her ability and it became exceedingly frustrating for her and for us. She started to struggle with her confidence on the court and had some performance anxiety. We knew that part of the problem came from too much parental pressure and criticism, so we knew we needed help too. We contacted Dr. Jowdy and he helped our daughter learn how to stay focused, stay calm, regain confidence, and simply be in the moment. The tools and techniques he taught her were invaluable, as they not only allowed her to return to playing to her ability, but also allowed her game to reach a new level. She just turned fifteen and finished her freshman year in high school and already has a handful of D1 basketball offers. Dr. Jowdy also helped us, as her parents, be more supportive of her performances in a much healthier and positive way. Dr. Jowdy is a true professional and we couldn't be more thankful for his help. He is nonjudgemental, kind, warm, and incredibly easy to talk with. So, thanks, Dr. Jowdy for giving our daughter tools for athletic performance success and for improving our relationship with our daughter both on and off the court.
Parents of a young athlete
I first came to Doug after I discovered the challenge of 'competing like you practice'. I had been diving competitively for about 3 years and was starting to show talent that could potentially rank me among the top divers in the nation. Although there was no mistake I had the ability to be great, I somehow managed to screw up my performances during competition on a regular basis. Doug was able to help me understand what was holding me back in competitions, and he showed me new and different ways to focus when it counted the most. Those familiar with the sport of diving will tell you that it is 5% physical ability, and 95% mental ability, which is no mistake. The strategies Doug and I came up with together allowed me to perform in ways I had never been able to before. If not for him, I may not have achieved the high levels of success that I did. After realizing that all along I had been focusing entirely too much on my competitors and not enough on myself, I began to actually enjoy the sport I loved and started the much easier journey of realizing my potential.
2008, 2012 Olympic Trials Qualifier
2009 USA Diving National Champion – Sychro 10 Meter
NCAA Athletic All-American
I have worked as a colleague with Dr. Doug Jowdy for many years. As a sports medicine acupuncturist, many of my patients need the support of a psychologist that understands how to deal with chronic and prolonged injury. And equally important are his skills in coaching the athlete with the enhancement of athletic performance. He has served as a great referral for many of the athletes I work with.
Whitfield Reaves, OMD, Lac
The Acupunture Handbook of Sports Injuries and Pain
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During my early collegiate swimming career, I was at a mental stand still. I had no improvement for a year and half. One summer, I worked with Dr. Jowdy and things turned around drastically the next season! He individualizes techniques and mental exercises for each client. Dr. Jowdy provided me with books, research articles, mental and physical exercises to help me move forward and improve in my career. I had a breakout season with personal bests and varsity records at my University. My experience with Dr. Jowdy was extremely successful and I am incredibly grateful to have been able to work with him. I recommend him to anyone who is looking to improve their mental game!
Annamarie N.
Collegiate Swimmer
NCAA DIII Record Holder
University Varsity Record Holder
NCAA All American
NCAA Academic All American
Sports psychology is a very important — and unfortunately often overlooked — aspect for the success of any aspiring athlete. Having worked with Dr. Jowdy for a number of years now, both for my own training and for the runners I coach, I can say that he is an excellent resource and can provide the necessary mental tools to reach the next level.
David Manthey
Owner/Director, RRCA Certified Coach
Runner's Edge of the Rockies Marathon Training Programs
Dr. Doug Jowdy has been the best guest speaker we have hosted at Road Runner Sports here in Westminster, CO. His broad experience with all levels of athletes gives him the ability to reach our entire customer base ranging from elite racers to weekend warriors to walkers. We love having him come join us and have customers stop by the store asking when he will be back for another talk. He is a privilege to work with and I highly recommend him to our customers dealing with everything from debilitating injuries to performance anxiety.
Nate Lindskoog
Road Runner Sports, Westminster, CO
Grassroots Marketing Representative
Group Run Coach
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Dr. Doug Jowdy presented a well rounded program to an adult audience on "Drugs and Alcohol Addiction and Mental Illness: Learning Lessons through Adversity." This program was in the educational series of Second Sundays, the second Sunday of every month at the First Congregational Church, Boulder, CO. These programs are sponsored by the church's Mental Health Ministry. Dr. Jowdy was professional in his lecture. His Power Point was engaging, and he entertained questions with clarity, understanding and information. He brought his expertise as well as his experience to the subject and therefore also created a safe and welcoming environment in which the audience would open up with their concerns. As the chair of the church's Mental Health Ministry, as cofounder of the Interfaith Network on Mental Illness of Boulder and Broomfield Counties , and as national chair of the United Church of Christ Mental Illness Network, I endorse the presentations by Dr. Jowdy and will encourage our church to have him return again.
The Rev. Alan Johnson M.Div.
Yale University Divinity School
Co-Director of the Interfaith Network on Mental Illness
After hearing Dr. Jowdy give a dynamic, interactive, passionate presentation in Boulder last year, I invited him to speak to my staff about the newest research in treating dual diagnosis patients. With examples and resources galore, he added a dimension of knowledge to these licensed clinicians (all of whom are also Certified Addictions Counselors) that has served them well as we continue to provide our Intensive Outpatient Programs to adolescents and adults. I would highly recommend Dr. Jowdy as a prepared, knowledgeable and interesting presenter, to lay people or skilled professionals who seek to further their knowledge in the areas of depression, anxiety, substance abuse and co-occurring disorders.
Ann Matino, LCSW
Director, Intensive Outpatient Program/CD Services
Centennial Peaks Hospital
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Sub-regional Programme Office
Programme Director: Peter Jones
Programme Manager: Fiona Sutton-Wilson
The Sub Regional Programme Office is a small team providing support to the Sub Regional Leaders Board and Management Board. It works closely with the Board, Local Enterprise Partnership and other key partners to provide programme management support for the delivery of a number of sub-regional collaborative projects and programmes that are aligned to the Public Service Transformation Strategy.
The Programme Office also support the effective functioning of the programme governance arrangements and ongoing development, maintenance and delivery of these strategies. Other activities include organising events and opportunities to share learning and best practice across public sector agencies and building the profile of Cheshire and Warrington as a sub-region to a wider audience.
In the past, the Programme Office has commissioned and supported the Cheshire and Warrington Collaborative Leadership Programme which completed its third year, delivered in partnership with Common Purpose and Northwest Employers.
You can watch a short video on the first years programme by clicking on the link below.
Details of future events can be found in the Events section.
For further information on any of the materials contained within this site please contact Peter on 01925 442078 or Fiona on 01925 443201 or via the contact us page.
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Welcome to the English part of our Homepage.
Dr. med. Wolfgang Dietrich
MD, Internal Medicine, Diabetologist
Leopoldstr. 151a
80804 München
Telephone: +49-89-45 219 219
Telefax: +49-89-45 219 220
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How to reach us: Here you can find all the information you need to get to our office.
Dr. Dietrich is specialised in Internal Medicine and as a Diabetologist (Curriculum vitae, Publications).
Diagnostic Equipment
Our office is equipped with an electrocardiogram (ECG), including equipment for stress testing, pulmonary function test, holter recorder for heart rhythm monitoring, recorder for 24-h blood pressure monitoring and ultrasound including doppler and color-coded duplex mode for examinations of the abdomen, thyroid, heart, vessels, and soft tissue.
An extensive variety of laboratory blood, urine and stool tests can be done through our association with the laboratory Becker/Olgemöller and München-Isar.
Office Hours
Our office hours are:
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Additional hours are made on appointment. To keep waiting times for all of our patients short, please make an appointment before coming to the office.
In case of an emergency, we treat you at any time during office hours. Try to call us before, so we can plan and keep waiting times for all patients short.
For emergencies outside our office hours, please call one of the following telephone numbers:
A general medical emergency service is kept up for 24 hours a day and can be reached under telephone 116 117.
For life-threatening emergencies call the ambulance under telephone 112.
More emergency services can be found here.