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On November 28, a round table on the role of the European Union in online gambling was organized by the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) during the sixth Responsible Gaming Day in Brussels.
Patrick Van Eecke, partner at the Brussels' IPT department of DLA Piper and member of DLA Piper's Gambling team recaps some of his statements made at the round table in Brussels.
Moderated by Jacki Davis, table representatives were:
Several topics were discussed, including market developments over the past months, key challenges facing operators, industry and regulators and which direction Europe should take after the European Commission's action plan and several European Parliament reports.
Commission official Claire Bury, Director for Internal Market and Services at the European Commission shared her insights on the implementation of the European Commission's action plan on online gambling to date and the policy actions that are in the pipeline in 2014.
Henrik Tjärnström, CEO of Unibet and board member of the EGBA, mentioned that: "The big challenge facing the EU, Member States and the licensed industry alike is how to make sure that regulation is capable of channeling consumers to safe and attractive online gambling products."
Any significant developments in the online gambling market?
With respect to market developments during the past 12 months, Patrick Van Eecke mentioned that a strong tendency to consolidation on several levels has taken place due to ever increasing regulatory burdens and tax initiatives.
First, smaller players in the market regrouped in order to face these regulatory and other challenges. Secondly, due to the same reasons, big players absorbed some smaller players in the market. A third consolidation wave identified was that land based operators and online operators started partnering increasing the convergence between off line and online gaming. A last consolidation activity we saw happening in the European market, is that US operators are more and more interested in acquiring or entering into commercial partnerships with local operators. As a result we may expect to see less gambling operators being active on the European market, but they will be bigger and will operate on a cross border level.
Are online gambling operators acting in compliance with consumer protection, data protection and other e-commerce related laws?
Patrick mentioned that online gaming and gambling operators seem to take into account general legal compliance issues (e.g. consumer and data protection regulations), even more seriously than traditional market players. The reason for this is that online operators indeed tend to comply with these rules as some of them may feel that they are being watched closely by the authorities, and wish to at least exclude that their operations can be challenged on legal compliance issues.
In an environment where there still seems to be much legal uncertainty on allowing the operations as such, these firms seem not to take any chance that non-compliance with legal requirements could be raised to question their conduct.
Can the online gambling market learn from any initiatives in other online industries?
On the question whether the online gaming and gambling industry could learn something from other industries, Patrick mentioned the example of the content industry. Indeed, the music and film industry has been confronted for several years with the distribution of illegal content to consumers. By providing a legal, user-friendly and cost-effective alternative, the content industry has however been able to turn a majority of the consumers to a well-controlled, secure and legally compliant provision of legal content.
Pulling consumers out of a grey zone into a fully regulated environment has shown that this industry can more easily offer certain standards to consumers (e.g. security-wise) and innovate further which increases competition.
Are there any new developments in the online gambling industry policy makers should be aware of?
Patrick mentioned that new fields of attention are the already much debated social gaming industry. Belgium for example is taking a leading role by introducing draft legislation on social gaming.
Further, and less debated, Patrick also mentioned peer-to-peer gaming and betting services which should get on the radar screen of not only the operators but also the regulators. As P2P initiatives in the financial sector, such as peer to peer lending, are becoming more popular, we may expect peer to peer gaming and gambling platforms to come into play as well. Interesting to note is that where peer to peer lending has until recently not been regulated, some jurisdictions like the UK have taken regulatory initiatives.
Regulators should be aware of these new developments and take them into account when issuing legislation.
The way forward?
Responding on the question how the future European online gambling market should be regulated, Patrick noted that it remains remarkable how gaming and gambling services are looked upon as a completely different and special sector. Without in any way denying that there are certain risks involved in the offering of these services (addiction, fraud, etc.), risks are also connected with other services which are harmonized on a European level (see e.g. financial services but even the use of children's toys). The question should therefore be asked whether it is logical to maintain in the long term that gaming and gambling remain excluded from the scope of legal instruments that could easily also be applicable to these services (e.g. see the recent exclusion of gambling services from the scope of the Consumer Protection Directive 2011/83; see also the exclusion in article 1, 5 (d), 3rd dash of the eCommerce Directive 2000/31).
Patrick therefore advocated a stepped approach where Member States, on a voluntary basis, could join a list of Member States recognizing the licensing conditions of other Member States, as such establishing a mutual recognition between licenses issued by these States. Patrick referred to the draft eID and Trust Services Regulation, where Member States also agreed on the principle of trusted lists of operators in the area of identification and electronic authentication, areas which are traditionally also in the domain of the national legislator.
A "Eurozone" of trusted and licensed online gambling operators, providing services in line with stringent but transparent common criteria would enhance the internal market of regulated online gambling services, and would subscribe to the principles of the European Digital Agenda.
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Published: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 1:17 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 1:17 p.m.
TALLAHASSEE — A judge on Tuesday blocked plans to privatize health care services in three of Florida's four prison system regions, but the state said it would appeal.
Circuit Judge John Cooper ruled that funding for such major policy changes must be approved by the full Legislature rather than a panel of just 14 lawmakers.
The privatization plans were challenged by three unions representing some 2,600 state employees who stand to lose their jobs after prison officials obtained approval for the outsourcing from the Legislative Budget Commission.
"It is the duty of the full Legislature, not a small group of select legislators, to make policy decisions on spending," Cooper wrote.
The Tallahassee-based judge noted state law gives the commission the ability to make "limited adjustments to the budget" rather than "new policy/spending priority decisions that could have been but were not passed by the full Legislature."
"This is a precedent-setting decision," said Alma Gonzalez, a lawyer for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. She said it shows "the governor cannot play fast and loose with the state constitution."
Cooper ruled the Department of Corrections, which is under Gov. Rick Scott, cannot outsource in the three regions north of Palm Beach County because the Legislature failed to include them in a budget provision that provided funding for the Southern Florida Region. The judge said the department can proceed with outsourcing only in that region.
The agency expected the contracts to save money, and state officials said the ruling would result in a budget shortfall.
"This ruling is wrong and puts in jeopardy nearly $90 million over the next two years that could be used to fund critical priorities - including increasing K-12 education funding," Scott spokeswoman Melissa Sellers said. "We are working with the Department of Corrections to appeal the decision and protect hundreds of other state jobs that the department could be forced to eliminate if they lose nearly $90 million in expected savings."
The decision invalidates a five-year contract the agency had signed with Brentwood, Tenn.-based Corizon Inc. for the other three regions. The department is negotiating a similar contract with Wexford Health Sources Inc. of Pittsburgh for a South Florida contract.
The state budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year included a similar provision for the other three regions but it expired on June 30.
"The ruling runs counter to the intent of the Florida state legislature, leaves the status of hundreds of dedicated Department of Corrections employees in limbo, and will more than likely cost the taxpayers of Florida tens of millions of dollars," Corizon said in a statement. The company said it's ready to offer jobs to displaced state workers if the issue ultimately is resolved in favor of outsourcing.
Cooper's ruling will automatically be stayed pending appeal, but Gonzalez said the unions will ask him to lift it.
The outsourcing also was challenged by the Federation of Physicians and Dentists/Alliance of Healthcare and Professional Employees and the Florida Nurses Association.
They had urged Cooper, as well, to bar privatization in all four regions based on a state law saying the department can outsource services it is unable to provide in its own facilities. That wouldn't be the case under the contracts with Corizon and Wexford.
Cooper wrote that law does not override a separate statute allowing health care privatization if it saves the state money. He also found the latter law is not limited to contracts with nonprofit providers.
Tom Brooks, another union lawyer, acknowledged that their victory on the legislative budgeting issue may be temporary.
"Obviously, the Legislature can come back and do what the judge said that they didn't do," Brooks said.
He pointed out the same scenario unfolded after another Tallahassee judge blocked the privatization of nearly 30 entire prisons in the South Florida region. Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford ruled that lawmakers should have passed a stand-alone law rather than ordering the outsourcing through the budget.
A bill that would have done so then failed to pass in the Senate.
"It didn't fly," Brooks said. "That's what needs to happen" in the health care case.
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Should I clip, or leave it alone? 2 Attachment(s) Here's my dilemma. My 9 month old colt grew a ridiculously thick coat this winter. I don't know if it's because he never lost his foal coat, I'm assuming, but it's thicker than I've ever felt on a horse. About a month ago we had a couple days that nearly reached 80°F and the little booger hadn't even STARTED shedding and sweat pretty good those days. His mom was well on her way by that time and so I was a little worried that he hadn't started yet. Well about 2 weeks ago he finally started shedding and he was actually shedding really really well, like it was coming off in clouds. I was relieved, but now everything has slowed down. While he's still shedding, it's not much, and he still has a ton of hair. We're getting temps in the 90's some days now and I'm sure by next month it will be mostly mid 90's days. So my question is, at what temperature would you consider clipping to keep your horse comfortable, or would you just leave it alone? Here are a couple pictures. The first one is from the middle of winter. I took a picture of my hand hurried in his fur because I just couldn't believe how thick it was. The second picture was from Saturday. |
Subbing. :) My mule has tons of hair like that too. Previous owners body clipped him, but I know nothing about clipping and stuff. |
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1 Attachment(s) Summertime hit you fast! What's the worry over clipping him? It's just hair and will grow back. I'd clip my horse at the first sign that the weather was going to stay too warm for his coat. Not that is ever have to, because my horse doesn't believe in thick winter fur. Posted via Mobile Device |
384 Attachment(s) He sweats during the day? How are the temps at night? I suppose you could body clip him, good intro to getting used to clippers, and if it gets chilly at night, blanket him. It certainly won't hurt him. |
I have a quick question, I hope you don't mind. Would clipping them make their hair more coarse? |
I don't mind at all. I'm also still wondering at what temp would you absolutely clip if they still had a winter coat. I'm thinking 95°, is that waiting too long? |
Okay, thanks! I had actually never heard that before but I was just thinking about it. :) |
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A recipe for Vereshchaka - Ukrainian Pork Stew. Follow the simple recipe instructions for Vereshchaka - Ukrainian Pork Stew shared by other home cooking experts.
1 lb. Pork, boneless and cubed 14 ea. Bacon thick slices
3/4 Tsp. Salt
3/4 Tsp. Black pepper
3 ea. Onions chopped coarsely
3 c. Beet kvas
1 Tsp. Dill freshly chopped
3 c. Rye bread crumbs
2 Tbs. Carrots shredded
1 ea. Garlic clove minced
Fry the bacon in heavy skillet. Remove the bacon from the skillet and set aside. Fry the onion and garlic in the bacon grease. Add the pork cubes salt and pepper then cook while turning until pork is done. Crumble the bacon in a large stew pot. Pour in the beet kvas and bring the pot to a boil. Reduce the heat cover and simmer for 1/2 an hour. Stir in the rye bread crumbs and carrots recover and simmer for 1/2 hour more. Serve over blini or boiled potatoes garnished with the chopped dill.


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Today's Biz Ladies post comes from Tara Gentile, previous Biz Ladies contributor and business strategist for entrepreneurs making a difference through commerce in the You Economy. She's also the co-founder and lab director of Kick Start Labs, a microbusiness accelerator that teaches sound business principles through experimentation. Today, Tara offers some strategies for better understanding your customers. Thanks, Tara, for this insightful post! — Stephanie
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Read the full post after the jump . . .
We all dream of developing a product so great that it flies off the shelves. It gets glowing reviews, it hits the media, it wows your customers, it pads your bank account.
To develop that knockout product, you need to know your customer. Really know her.
You need to watch her, listen to her, study her. Her feedback and your observations go a long way toward creating a product that is more than she ever imagined, a "no brainer" purchase. I have a knack for just this sort of thing, and I'm ready to share my strategy with you today.
The best way to learn about your customer and how you can wow her is by observation. Think like an anthropologist. Your goal is to observe her in her natural environment.
Take her out of that environment and she's sure to act erratically — telling you what you want to hear, becoming self-conscious about her behavior, adjusting her language. Your goal isn't to observe how she acts and what she says around you; your goal is to observe how she acts around her friends, family or coworkers.
Find her where she shops, works or socializes. Watch for patterns of behavior, and listen for repeated phrases. Take note of anything you find unusual or interesting.
One of the first pieces of homework I give to many of my clients is to go window-shopping at a high-end mall or boutique. Because so many of us are, rightly so, selling products to people in a socioeconomic bracket we're unfamiliar with, we have to stretch our comfort zone and get to know these people better! If you're used to shopping at the Gap, go check out how people shop at Neiman Marcus. If you're used to eating at Chipotle, treat yourself to happy hour at the four-star Mexican fusion place downtown. Take notes.
Your direct observations will color the rest of the feedback you gather and will lead you as you prepare questions, analyze results and begin product development.
Once you've started on the feedback journey through observation, your next goal is to talk directly with your customer about her experiences. You can do this in person (coffee is a delicious business expense), through social media, or by using a survey tool like Survey Monkey or Google Forms.
When you're talking to your customer directly, your goal is to leave yourself out of it. Ask your customer about her own experiences to get a truer representation of the opportunities you might have to serve her through a product or service. The worst mistake you can make in gathering feedback is to ask people about you or your business: "What would you like us to create for you next?" is a terrible question.
Instead, frame your questions about your customer and her world:
- Ask about her history: Tell me how you went from studying piano to working for Google.
- Find out how she feels about competitors: Where else do you shop for stationery? What do you think about their products?
- Discover her values: What do you look for in a gift?
- Ask about her choices: How do you choose between two dresses you really like?
Everyone gets frustrated from time to time. If your product is viable, it inevitably relieves someone's frustration. Whether it's as simple as the article of clothing that ensures you're never standing naked in front of your closet for more than three minutes or as complicated as the book that puts you on the path out of the cubicle, your customer's frustration is your inspiration.
Try to discover what is frustrating your customer as it relates to the product you want to create. Think about these questions:
- What keeps you from enjoying _____?
- How is _____ taking more time than it should?
- Why are you avoiding _____?
- What's really challenging about _____?
Your goal isn't to find out what your customer wants you to create but to discover the information you need to create something better than what they want.
For example, when I wrote my book The Art of Earning, I knew that my customers were frustrated about their ability to make more money. But by surveying their experiences, I discovered that their frustration flowed even deeper: They were uncomfortable with pricing, they didn't have the goals that would push them toward higher earning potential and they didn't have the systems in place that would allow them to earn more. Instead of writing a book on "how to earn more money" (snore!), I was able to write something that addressed the underlying frustration, giving them more of what they truly desired.
Speaking of desire . . .
There are surface-level desires, and then there are deep, truthful desires. Our customers are very good at expressing their surface-level desires. They'll tell you, they'll tell their friends and they'll tell strangers walking down the street. But they are less equipped to tell you about their deep, truthful desires.
Great products speak to both. In a great product, we see our surface desires realized, but we are also touched on a deeper level. An Apple computer works well and looks great while also sparking your imagination and creativity. A little black dress is the perfect outfit for the cocktail party, and it also makes you feel sexy and beautiful.
Understanding your customers' deepest desires requires reading between the lines of the feedback they provide. You need to look literally for the gaps in their experience and how you can fill that space.
Opportunities Are Everywhere
Every day is an opportunity to gather the feedback and information you need to create your next big thing. Your job as a product designer is to be a great student of people. When you turn your attention to gathering feedback, even casual conversations, emails and social media interactions can give you the fodder you need to spark an insight.
What customer feedback do you need to create your knockout product?
Thank you for this post. As an artist, you have given me a new perspective about getting to know what perspective clients might look for when purchasing paintings. I am developing a new collection and these insights will certainly help. Thank you so much.
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Every time I come across one of Tara's articles it inspires me. Not only to create a better product, but also to ponder about the art of being in business and how my experiences and values and upbringing affect the way I run my business. Thanks for another inspiring article! Lots to think about.
Thank you. This was a fabulous post. It inspired me in several ways, especially using and analyzing Desire. That to me underlines so much of what we all do as individuals personally and professionally.
Wonderful post – thank you! I have already started looking at things in a new way.
The psychology of consumer desire is so complicated it can feel totally overwhelming. As a marketing freelancer who no longer relies on an enormous research budget, I really appreciate the simplicity (and thought-provoking nature) of this article.
You're the best, Tara! Always fresh and in-depth info on what could be a tired topic.
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Really great article. I'll be looking to buy "The Art of Earning " also. Thanks :) Keep up the good work !
Thanks for the article on getting feedback Tara. This is like another layer deeper down the path of targeting your core customer. As always your writing style allows me to play out how this will work for me and my clients in practise while I'm reading it.
Appreciate the recommendation. Let me try it
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One-on-one interviews are a great idea. Having a system for regular interviews over the phone with the same questions will help guide you so you can compare the responses. You can't, after all, adjust your business on one person's feedback – but you can change direction when you start to notice a pattern.
This is smart advice, Tara. Especially about observing customers in their natural environments. I try to get feedback regularly with email follow-ups, but never thought about 'ethnographic-field research' style customer research!
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May 10, 2013 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Boise State men's tennis team's season came to an end, Friday, when the Broncos fell 4-3 to No. 23 Clemson in the first round of the NCAA Championships. The back-and-forth match came down to a third set in the finals singles match, a common theme for Boise State this season. With the match tied 3-3 Clemson's Dominique Maden captured the third set, 6-1 over Filipp Pogostkin to give the Tigers their fourth point. The match began with Clemson taking the doubles point with wins at No. 2 (8-4) and No. 3 (8-1) despite the Bronco duo of Bettles/Sereke up a break against the No. 11-ranked team of Maden/Maden. Although Boise State fell into the 1-0 hole early, hope was still alive, as the Broncos have come back six times after dropping the doubles point, most recently in the Mountain West Tournament final. Garrett Patton put the Broncos on the winning track with a victory at No. 6, 6-4, 6-4 to tie the match at one point apiece. After Hunter Harrington put Clemson up 2-1 by holding off Nathan Sereke, 6-4, 7-5, Thomas Tenreiro leveled the score with a win at No. 5. Tenreiro defeated Zachary Rigsby, 7-5, 6-2 to end his freshman campaign on a 19-match win streak and a 24-3 overall record. The Broncos and Tigers would trade points again as Scott Sears' late charge was not enough in a 6-4, 6-4 defeat but Andy Bettles would bring the match to 3-3 with an upset win (6-4, 6-1) against No. 23 Yannick Maden. Boise State finished the season with a 20-10 record. It marks the second-consecutive year the Broncos have been ousted in the first round of NCAA Tournament by a 4-3 final, losing to Florida State in 2012. No. 23 Clemson 4, No. 42 Boise State 3 First Round of the NCAA Championships Singles 1. No. 40 Andrew Bettles (BSU) def. No. 23 Yannick Maden (CU) 6-4, 6-1 2. No. 105 Hunter Harrington (CU) def. Nathan Sereke (BSU) 6-4, 7-5 3. Gerardo Meza (CU) def. Scott Sears (BSU) 6-4, 6-4 4. Dominique Maden (CU) def. Filipp Pogostkin (BSU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 5. Thomas Tenreiro (BSU) def. Zachary Rigsby (CU) 7-5, 6-2 6. Garrett Patton (BSU) def. Austin Ansari (CU) 6-4, 6-4 Doubles 1. No. 11 Dominique Maden/Yannick Maden (CU) vs. Andrew Bettles/Nathan Sereke (BSU) 3-4, unfinished 2. Zachary Rigsby/Ayrton Wibowo (CU) def. Garrett Patton/Scott Sears (BSU) 8-4 3. Hunter Harrington/Gerardo Meza (CU) def. Aidan Reid/Toby Mitchell (BSU) 8-1 Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (6,2,5,3,1,4) |
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Recording Roundup: Joyce DiDonato and Nicholas Phan a Study in Contrasts
Sunday, November 11, 2012 - 06:00 PM
In the opening scene of Puccini's Tosca, Mario Cavaradossi muses on the enigmatic harmony wrought by the beauty of the blonde Magdalene he is painting and the allure of his dark-haired lover, Floria Tosca. A similarly mysterious consonance unites admirable recent recordings by the mezzo-soprano Joyce Di Donato and the tenor Nicholas Phan.
Every musical career has an arc, and right now DiDonato is at the apogee of vocal and artistic splendor. Last season at the Metropolitan Opera the Kansas-born mezzo gave a commanding and searingly intense performance as the witch Sycorax in the company's Baroque mash-up, The Enchanted Island. Next month she will take on the exacting title role in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda in the work's Met premiere, and the production will be shown worldwide as part of the "Live in HD" series on Jan. 19, 2013.
"Drama Queens," DiDonato's latest recording on Virgin, is a collection of arias by composers illustrious (Handel, Haydn) and obscure (Keiser, Orlandini) depicting royal women on the verge. In terms of sheer number of notes, "Disprezzata regina" from Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea is one of the program's least virtuosic scenes, but what a wealth of feeling and tonal colors DiDonato lavishes upon the lament of the empress Ottavia, whom Nero has cast aside in favor of his mistress Poppea. Numb with disbelief, enraged, despairing, resigned: DiDonato takes listeners on a harrowing journey, deploying her limpid, lit-from-within voice like a knife inflicting so many stabs of pain.
For all its poise and exquisite ornamentations, DiDonato's rendition of Cleopatra's "Piangerò la sorte mia" from Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto is a touch impersonal compared with performances by Beverly Sills and Cecilia Bartoli, though it falls like balm upon the ears just the same. The playing of Il Complesso Barocco under Alan Curtis in Cleopatra's aria and throughout the program combines grace and fire in ideal measure. Diva and band make a giddy, sun-dappled thing of Rossane's "Brilla nell'alma" from Handel's Alessandro and serve up eerie sounds in "Geloso sospetto" from Keiser's Octavia, another opera telling of Nero's oft-betrayed wife, who here sings in the guise of a ghost. Dmitry Sinkovsky will lead Il Complesso Barocco when DiDonato brings her "Drama Queens" program to Carnegie Hall on November 18.
DiDonato's dazzling way with music portraying women in the grip of extreme emotions differs sharply from Nicholas Phan's performances of more Spartan music by Benjamin Britten on "Still Falls the Rain" (Avie), a follow-up to "Winter Words," his acclaimed Britten recital from last year. An emerging singer, Phan sometimes, and perhaps inevitably, seems in thrall to his illustrious forebear Sir Peter Pears: here and there on the Avie disc, a strangled-choirboy tone or inhaled word brings to mind Dudley Moore's send-up of the great Sir Peter. Phan, though, has no need to mimic the tics of others because he has so many strengths of his own: a dapper, cultivated timbre, splendid enunciation, and keen intelligence and musicianship.
"Still Falls the Rain" celebrates not only the love shared by Britten and Pears but also their friendships with the poet Edith Sitwell, the horn virtuoso Dennis Brain, and the harpist Ossian Ellis, among others. The album takes its name from its dark heart: Britten's Canticle III, his 1954 setting of a Sitwell poem that interweaves imagery of Jesus on the cross with impressions of 1940 London pounded by the Luftwaffe. (At The Poetry Archive you can read "Still Falls the Rain" and hear the author recite it.) Britten later set additional Sitwell texts; those songs, the Canticle, and spoken poems made up a program called The Heart of the Matter, which Pears performed in reduced form in 1983, the version recorded by Phan.
Eloquently accompanied by the horn player Jennifer Montone and the pianist Myra Huang, Phan gives a performance fully worthy of the austere dignity of Britten's music and Sitwell's verse. Heavenly grace seems to infuse his tone in the Canticle's closing phrases, sung in the redeemer's voice: "Still do I love, still shed my innocent light, my Blood for thee." A bonus for lovers of great acting: Alan Cumming performs The Heart of the Matter's spoken sections.
The harpist Sivan Magen is a magician. He accompanies Phan in folksong settings, Canticle V (based on a hermetic and disquieting T. S. Eliot poem), and Britten's last song cycle, A Birthday Hansel. Whether weaving a faux-naïve spell in "Dafydd Y Garreg Wen" (the song of an aged bard) or sending forth an ever-more-venomous cloud of sound in "She's Like the Swallow," Magen's playing I prodigious in color and imagination, the ideal accompaniment for Phan's sensitive singing.
New Yorkers can look forward to hearing Phan in Handel's Messiah at Carnegie Hall with Musica Sacra on December 20 and 23 and in music by Bach and Mendelssohn with the New York Philharmonic in March 2013. In the meantime, his new Britten recording and Joyce DiDonato's brilliant "Drama Queens" offer contrasting and compelling takes on the singer's art and the cares and joys of the human heart.
Joyce DiDonato: Drama Queens
Il Complesso Barocco; Alan Curtis, conductor
Nicholas Phan: Still Falls the Rain
Myra Huang (Piano), Sivan Magen (Harp), Jennifer Montone (French Horn)
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That first "comment" is only a long, ranting ad for its author, or so it seems to me. Stay on point: the idea is to comment on the article, not on oneself. I liked the article, a review of two recent recordings by eminent singers of today.
JOYCE DIDONATO KUDOS to you for your comments on receiving your Grammy. The arts are in dire need from the general public. WE MUST GET OUR LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT CULTURE AND SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT !!! HANDEL'S ORATORIOS ARE THE MOST REVERED OF HIS COMPOSITIONS. ONE THAT IS NOT AS OFTEN PERFORMED AS IT DESERVES TO BE IS HIS "JUDAS MACCABAEUS." ITS "SOUND AN ALARM"' IS STIRRING. IT'S MY CLOSING SELECTION ON MY SOLO DEBUT IN THE ISAAC STERN AUDITORIUM OF CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT "{LIVE" ON MY VALHALLA RECORDS CD AND MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM MY THREE WEBSITES. My cousin MICHAEL BLANKFORT wrote both the books and screenplays for the 1953 film THE JUGGLER Hollywood film made in Israel starring KIRK DOUGLAS and the 1950 Hollywood film BROKEN ARROW starring JAMES STEWART and JEFF CHANDLER [Cochise]. The music for THE JUGGLER was composed by opera composer GEORGE ANTHEIL, in whose opera VOLPONE I sang the tenor leading role [Mosca] in its professional world premiere in NEW YORK in 1953. ANTHEIL, famous for his opera TRANSATLANTIC and BALLET MECHANIQUE looked exactly like Peter Lorre. I am a romantischer heldentenor. I have sung four solo concerts in the Isaac Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall. As part of my Ten Language Solo Debut concert at the Isaac Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall, I opened my three hour concert with the Invocazione di Orfeo from Jacopo Peri's opera EURIDICE composed in 1600, the first opera, composed in the same year as Shakespeare wrote HAMLET. It and my Gott ! welch Dunkel hier ! from FIDELIO and the Sound an Alarm from JUDAS MACCABAEUS can be heard from the SOLO TEN LANGUAGE CARNEGIE HALL live performance on my three websites, www.WagnerOpera.com, , www.ShakespeareOpera.com, and
www.RichardWagnerMusicDramaInstitute.com. BY DOWNLOADING, FREE, at the RECORDED SELECTIONS venue. They received rave critical notices in newspapers and magazines. At the websites one may hear my singing of RIENZI, SIEGFRIED, GOTTERDAMMERUNG SIEGFRIED, PARSIFAL, LOHENGRIN, TRISTAN, WALTHER VON STOLZING, SIEGMUND AND FLORESTAN. My voice teachers were the legendary MET OPERA singers Alexander Kipnis, Friedrich Schorr, Martial Singher, John Brownlee, Karin Branzell and Margarete Matzenauer. In another commentary on wqxr.org one commented about all operas that were once NEW but now not new anymore should be archived like museum pieces. That implies that just being new is better than old. As an opera composer myself ["Shakespeare" and "The Political Shakespeare"] I fully comprehend the assumed urgency of recognition of the still living. However, I would not trade any living composer for Bach, Beethoven, Mpzart, Verdi, Puccini or Wagner. Revere and enjoy the MASTERPIECES of art, music, literature, architecture and science in its multiple formats . I am the director of the Richard Wagner Music Drama Institute in Boonton, NJ where I train actors in all the Shakespeare roles and big-voiced singers in all the Wagner opera roles.
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[ANN] Berkeley Max/MSP Day+Night School, July 21-25, 2014
Max/MSP/Jitter Day+Night School, July 21-25, 2014
CNMAT presents our intensive and immersive summer workshop for artists, musicians, interface designers, and anyone wanting to improve their skills with Max/MSP/Jitter (MMJ) or learn from scratch. This year's course will showcase CNMAT's odot library and in-house tools built up over the last 20 years, along with various hidden Max tricks. Our format includes lectures, demos, and hands-on lab time. If you are looking to get up to speed with the latest in Max, this is the place to be!
Special Guests include John Chowning, David Wessel and David Zicarelli.
Please find details below.
What is it?
CNMAT's Max/MSP/Jitter course course will be taught by programmers and artists with a great deal of experience both using and teaching the software. By the end of the workshop, students should be able to construct sophisticated, robust patches.
When is it?
Max/MSP/Jitter Day+Night School – July 21-25, 2014, 10AM-9PM
This intensive week of hands-on classes covers a wide variety of topics related to Max/MSP/Jitter programming and will make use of the latest features of Max 6.
The schedule will be as follows: Monday through Friday, July 21-25, 2014
Each day:
10am-12pm: Beginning/Intermediate MMJ Programming
12-1pm: Lunch
1-3pm: Beginning/Intermediate Lab
3-5pm: Open Lab/Special Topics 5-6pm: Dinner Break 6-9pm: Advanced MMJ Programming
Who is involved?
Instructors: John MacCallum, Jeff Lubow, David Wessel, Adrian Freed, other experienced teachers, and YOU.
How much $?
Fee: $750
What's the format?
The classes each day will consist of two lectures separated by lab sessions where the students will receive one-on-one attention from the instructors and assistants. All students, regardless of their skill level, are encouraged to attend all of the sessions throughout the day.
NOTE: Participants are required to bring their own laptops with the latest version of Max/MSP/Jitter 6 already installed and running (Mac OSX or Windows 7/8). Download here: http://cycling74.com/products/max/ Please bring a set of headphones to use during the lab. Also, participants are strongly advised to have gone through the Max, MSP, and Jitter (if applicable) tutorials before the workshop. Pricing: As always, we try to keep our workshop fees as reasonable as possible. In the past, the morning and evening sessions were priced separately and would cost over $1000 combined. We offer both for $750.
To reserve a space contact Richard Andrews: email@example.com
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Just wanted to pop in and let folks know that there are still plenty of spaces available for our summer course this year! Feel free to contact Richard so that you can get your space reserved!
Update: We'll be hosting David Zicarelli + John Chowning this year, along with a slew of local lecturers. Very excited.
Yes, there are still plenty of spaces left, folks!
Is the focus going to be primarily on Max/MSP, or will there be equal attention to Jitter as well?
It's not really clear from the announcement (Subject heading: Max/MSP Day+Night school. Body: Max/MSP/Jitter Day+Night School).
We focus quite a bit of energy on data flow and types (including the matrix as a data type) and how to get data to/from using the various areas of Max. We generally allow for the possibility of Jitter as a special topic throughout the week, and as we have many experienced Jitter users at your disposal, it can always turn into a one-on-one tutorial series (assuming it's OK with you to miss out on selected lectures).
We have a whole slew of odot tools that interface with the openGL world, so we can also get you up to speed with sketch and display lists with odot as an introduction.
If we get enough people onboard for a vote, we usually do an overview of Jitter on Wednesday or Thursday afternoon.
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We will cover these extensively.
Although a preliminary beta release of odot is included in the above packages, this week we're focusing efforts on an official odot 1.0 release, so please look out for that as well on our github page. ;)
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2009-02-15, 11:03 | Link #1081 |
Adeptus Animus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 29
And yet the trick of the light persists even the second time we see her, in a photo displayed during the credits her eye is just the same dull coloring it is here. It should also be noted that Laguna's eye is the only eye we see as such.
I'm quite sure her eyesight hasn't recovered before StrikerS ending, but I was hoping there would be more info on whether her eye would recover in the future. If all we have is that outdated description and the anime, then I think I'll stick to not having recovered. Would make her more fun to write too. A character starting out with a handicap... let's hope it wasn't her dominant eye.
2009-02-17, 08:55 | Link #1084 |
OC Belka Scriptor
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Germany
Age: 33
Jupp. The future Laguna I use has also a blind eye.
Actually I find this a lot more interessting, not only because it makes her a handicaped character like Keroko stated, but also that 'magic damage' can even cripple people.
2009-02-17, 17:52 | Link #1087 | |
Beta by Accident
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Maine
Age: 45
Oh, hey, wait: in the RF6 battle, Vice is destroying Gadget Drones left and right. Since I think we can rule out him being a powerful enough mage that he can just overwhelm their AMF, that comes close to proving that he can fire physical damage. (Oh, and from a narrative perspective, I do have to wonder about the idea that Laguna's eye is injured. That kind of paints Vice's recovery with an odd brush; I find it a lot easier for him to recover his confidence to help protect Tia from "Oniisan's such a numbnut; see, I'm not hurt!" than from "Oniisan shot my eye out of my skull, but I really don't blame him!") Oh, hey, last question: where does it say that Laguna is Vice's actual sister as opposed to just a random kid from a hostage situation? I missed that completely. Isn't that partly because while Fate adopted them, at the time she wasn't old enough to be their legal guardian so Lindy filled that role, making Fate their older sister in legal terms? |
2009-02-17, 18:16 | Link #1088 | ||
Adeptus Animus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 29
So magic damage isn't as completely non-lethal as we initially thought. More like... rubber bullet non-lethal. You can still screw up and hurt people with them if you're not careful. Quote:
At that time, but she eventually assumed full guardianship when she was old enough.
2009-02-17, 18:32 | Link #1089 | |
Beta by Accident
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Maine
Age: 45
Okay, though, two more questions: 1. How is Vice destroying AMF-equipped Gadget Drones, then? 2. If a shot from a relatively low-power magic-damage attack hitting a soft target can cause permanent damage, then how the hell does Nanoha's Divine Buster (which is powerful enough to, oh, blow through multiple levels of armored bulkheads under AMF conditions) not cause permanent damage to things? I mean, the eyes are in the area of effect, and you can't tell me that they're taking less impact than they do from Vice's shot... (Honestly, it sounds to me like whoever wrote the booklet got caught trying to justify the Vice scene and grabbed the easiest explanation without thinking it through but, eh, whatever...) |
2009-02-17, 18:42 | Link #1090 | |
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2. Maybe she can 'set' her magic to inflict damage to physical material but leave organics unharmed? |
2009-02-17, 19:33 | Link #1091 |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
mmmh, i may be wrong, but i distinctly remember someone mentioning the fact Vice Bemoaned he was, at the time, not able to make "complete" magical damage.
Also, while Vice is not as strong as Teana, he *is* more experienced than begining!teana. It is not that surprising that he could manage a technique that seemed to be about technique. Beside, mages are able to use techniques several ranks above their own with experience (in raw power). They just can't spam them (though in that case...i believe it was a tacnical difficulty more than strength). |
2009-02-17, 19:52 | Link #1092 |
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Hotsprings Resort
Age: 30
I'm sure everyone realizes this, but the eye is extremely fragile compared to the rest of the body. A hit that would cause no lasting damage could irrevocably destroy the eye. For example, a paintball hitting me in the chest would only leave a red mark, but if it hits my eye, then I would be a very sad (and angry) Tempest.
The same could be said of a magic attack directly to the eye.
2009-02-18, 04:17 | Link #1093 | |
Adeptus Animus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 29
Because he wasn't firing non-lethal rounds at the drones? I mean, just because he can fire non-lethal rounds doesn't mean he can't fire lethal ones.
I have little doubt that had Nanoha been in Vice's place firing a Divine Buster, an injured eye would have been the least of Laguna's worries.
2009-02-18, 05:17 | Link #1095 |
Adeptus Animus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 29
Investigators usually don't go to the front lines to fight, whereas Enforcers do.
Investigators gather intelligence so that others can do their work (Acous was not planning to fight at all in StrikerS for example). Enforcers are... more the James Bond type of investigators. They take action as well as investigate.
2009-02-23, 01:49 | Link #1098 | ||
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Join Date: Jul 2007
To be fair, the "Executive Officer" thing came out very late in the game, and the kanji does not translate nicely into English. "Executive Officer" in English culture is a 2nd in command, which would have also looked true given what little we see of them, but is not accurate either. Other alternatives are such awkwardities as "Execute Duty Officer". Maybe the whole reason for picking the name is to avoid linkages to Terran positions. Quote:
Of course, then there are the 捜査官. It probably isn't so much a combat v. non-combat thing, since IIRC Ginga is a 捜査官 herself, and the 執務官s have different styles themselves (some are lone wolves and some like leading teams). However, since 執務官 are stated to have certain legal powers (which presumably are special to them), they probably have greater authority than the average 捜査官. |
2009-03-02, 03:21 | Link #1100 |
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Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In the Netherrealm, thinking who to betray next...
1) The main gundam mecha have very similar colors, armor style and attacks to Nanoha's
2) The term "white devil" comes from Gundam (I think) 3) The level of destruction in both shows
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The American Advertising Federation (AAF) elected industry executives to its board of directors effective July 1, 2014. The Federation's membership has elected Rich Stoddart, CEO, North America, Leo Burnett, as the new Chairman. Jim Norton, Global Head of Media Sales, AOL, will serve as the Federation's Vice Chairman. The elections were held at the AAF's 2014 National Conference in Boca Raton, Florida.
AAF 2014-2015 Board of Directors
Executive Committee
*Chair: Rich Stoddart, CEO, North America, Leo Burnett
*Vice Chair: Jim Norton, Global Head of Media Sales, AOL
Treasurer: Andy Narrai, Director of Marketing, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
Asst. Treasurer: Geri Wang, President, ABC Sales, Disney/ABC Television Group
*Secretary: Kim Kelleher
*Asst. Secretary: Daryl Evans, VP/Consumer Advertising and Marcom, AT&T Mobility
Corporate Chair: Linda Thomas Brooks, President, Gear Digital
Corporate Vice Chair (East): Mike Kelly, Chairman, ColSpace
*Corporate Vice Chair (West): David Messinger, Co-Head, CAA Marketing, Creative Artists Agency
Corporate Vice Chair (Central): Jack Rooney, Chairman & CEO, Ogilvy & Mather Chicago
*Mosaic Council Chair: Tiffany R. Warren, SVP, Chief Diversity Officer, Omnicom Group Inc.
*Mosaic Council Vice Chair: Doug Melville, Chief Diversity Officer, North America, TBWA\Worldwide
Government Affairs Chair: Carla Michelotti, EVP, Chief Legal, Government, Corporate Affairs Officer, Leo Burnett Worldwide
*Knowledge Center Chair: Erik Lohmeier, agenda
Digital Chair: Lisa Weinstein, President, Global Digital, Data and Analytics, Starcom MediaVest Group
National ADDY Chair: George Riddell, Producer/Director, Big House Production
*Immediate Past Chair: Wendy Clark, President, Sparkling and Strategic Marketing, Coca-Cola North America
*Council of Governors Chair: John McCafferty, John McCafferty Advertising
*National Education Executive Committee Chair: Hong Cheng, Director and Professor, Virginia Commonwealth
University, School of Mass Communications
*Eastern Region Chair: Nick Ferrari
*Central Region Chair: Allison Beggs, Ruby Jane's Twisted Kitchen
*Western Region Chair: Julie Childs, Ogilvy Public Relations
President & CEO: James Edmund Datri
Board of Directors – Additional Members
President Emeritus: Howard Bell
President Emeritus: Wally Snyder
Former Chief Operating Officer: Jeffry L. Perlman
Paula Alex, Chief Executive Officer, Advertising Educational Foundation
Peggy Conlon, President & CEO, Ad Council
Board of Directors – Corporate Members
Jodi Allen, P&G
Lisa Cochrane, Allstate
Kimberly Kadlec
Glenn Roginski, Pfizer
Joe Sica, Santa Barbara Tax Products Group
Anton Vincent, General Mills
Christian Borges, true[X] media
Andrew Essex, Droga5
Jim Heekin, Grey
Jacki Kelley, IPG Mediabrands
Nancy Rabstejnek Nichols, Weber Shandwick/IPG
Nick Pahade, Poptent
*Brent Smart, Saatchi & Saatchi
Keith Turco, gyro
Allison Arden, Advertising Age
Tim Armstrong, AOL
Heidi Browning, Pandora
Toby Byrne, FOX
Chris Collins, The Wall Street Journal
Katrina Cukaj, CNN
Jeff Levick, Spotify
Meredith Levien, The New York Times
Joe Ambrefe, SecurityPoint Media
William Hagelstein, RPA
Michael Kassan, MediaLink
Hector Orci, Orci
McGhee Williams Osse, Burrell Communications
Dick Porter, Meredith
Marc Sternberg, Brand Innovators
Amy Wilkins, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Board of Directors - Council of Governors
*Council of Governors Chair: John McCafferty, John McCafferty Advertising
*Vice Chair: A.J. Busé, Brand New Day
*Secretary-Treasurer: Shelley Magee
*Immediate Past Chair: Blake Goldston
District 1: Alta Stark, Baystate Health
District 2: Cynthia Park, Color H20 Partners
*District 3: Ace Evans, OneFourFive Creative
*District 4: Michael Andersen, Signature Screen Printing
*District 5: David Caldwell, Balance Creative
*District 6: David Huhnke, Lafayette Savings Bank
*District 7: Dawn Reeves, Realty South
*District 8: Josh Barsch, Straight Forward Interactive
*District 9: Shannon Murphy, OnMedia Television Advertising
*District 10: Angelo Antoline, Something Shiny, Inc.
*District 11: Christal Gammill, Publicis
*District 12: Pearl Ford-Fyffe, AAF Tucson
District 13: Paul Lam, Servco Pacific Inc.
*District 14: Tim Hendrick, San Jose State University
*District 15: Suken Shah, Envision Marketing
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Nityananda Trayodashi (23 Feb), is a festival which commemorates the appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, who is an incarnation of Lord Balarama, brother of Lord Krishna. He appeared in 15th century with Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, in the village of Ekacakra in Bengal. Nityananda Prabhu appeared as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's principal associate for spreading the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord. He especially spread the holy name of Krishna throughout Bengal. His beauty was so enchanting and He was so full of ecstatic love for Krishna that, wherever He moved, crowds of people would follow and become lovers of God. Read More. |
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Rathayatra in Ba Town on 23 June 2012 with Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
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This festival celebrates the appearance of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. It is observed annually (in late February, early March) by Krishna devotees all over the world—especially in the area of Mayapur, India, the place where He appeared in the year 1486.
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krishna Himself, appearing as His own devotee, to teach us that we can gain full enlightenment simply by chanting the holy names of the Lord:
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare
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Shivaratri is celebrated on the 6th night of the dark Phalgun (Feb or March) every year. On the auspicious day, devotees observe fast and keep vigil all night. Mahashivaratri marks the night when Lord Shiva performed the 'Tandava'. It is also believed that on this day Lord Shiva was married to Parvati Ma. On this day Shiva devotees observe fast and offer fruits, flowers and bel leaves on Shiva Linga. This year the festivals falls on Sunday the 10th of March. Please Read More. |
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Pictures and video of Saturday's (17-Dec,2011) Shri JaganNatha Rathayatra in Lautoka City. The Rathayatra started from the Iskcon Lautoka Shri Krishna aliya Temple and went throught the town starteing at 10.30am. The rathayatra went in front of the Court, PostOffice, and then ANZ Bank, infront of Lautoka Hotel, MH, market, Fakirbhai and then to the main road (Naviti Street). Devotees performed sankirtan, danced and distributed prasadam along the way.
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Diwali Celebrations at University of Fiji on the Tueaday 25th October 2011.
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Shri Jagannatha Rathayatra went through Nausori town on Saturday 22nd October pulled by devotees from the ISKCON Suva Shri Radha Golokbihari Temple. This is part of the Rathayatra festival during the most auspicious month of Kartik.
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Pictures from the second day of the four day Diwali mela celebrations at Shri Gangaiyamman Kovil in Field Forty, Lautoka. The second day started with a arati of Maata Laxmi and one of Shri Ganesh by students. Lautoka town special administrator, Mr Praveen Bala was chief guest.
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On Saturday 15 October, ISKCON Shri Krishna Kaliya Temple and Gaudiya Math devotees from Lautoka along with devotees from Radha Golok Bihari Suva Temple took the Shri Jagannatha Rathayatra through Ba Town as part of the Rathayatra festival through all towns in the west. Rathyatra continues in Nausori town next week Saturday (22nd Oct.). Please read more.
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The fourth day of Diwali celebrations is 'Padwa' or 'Varshapratipada'. In the North India, it is called as Govardhan Puja. This pooja is performed with great zeal and enthusiasm and in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. In this pooja, there is a tradition of building cow dung hillocks, which symbolize the Mount Govardhan, the mountain which was once lifted by Lord Krishna. After making such hillocks people decorate them with flowers and then worship them. They move in a circle all round the cow dung hillocks and offer prayers to Lord Govardhan. Read more.
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The Shri Krishna Kaliya Temple in Lautoka organised the Rathyatra festival in all towns in the Western side of Viti Levu. On Saturday, 17th September the Rathayatra went through Tavua town, where devotees from Lautoka, Suva, Rakiraki and Nadi pulled the cart starting from Tavua College and through Tavua town, ending at the Shri Vrajmandal Dham; the Hare Krishna Centre in Tavua town. There, the Hare Krishna devotees attended arati and took prasadam. Rathayatra continues in Rakiraki in October. Please contact organisers - Shri Krishna Kaliya ISKCON Lautoka Temple on 6664112 to get details and confirm your participance. Devotees could also contact Shri Radha Golokbihari temple in Suva on 331-8441. Also there is a DVD (containing a 40 min. video and pictures) of the the Rathayatra. Please contact Lautoka Temple or email kirtanmandalis @ gmail . com or call 9147746 to place your order. To learn more about the benefits of participating in Rathyatra, please read more.
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Please see attached flyer for dates of the Jaganatha Rathyatra in all towns in the West, including Tavua, RakiRaki, Ba, Nadi and Lautoka. Organised by ISKCON Lautoka (Sri Krishna Kaliya Temple). For details or any information, contact Temple on 6664112. |
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According to the Puranas, Durga also fought the demon Mahishaasura in her form as Goddess Chamundeshwari and on the 10th day she emerged victorious. These wars, for a spiritual aspirantsare the wars we fight with our inner demons so that we can progress on the path of self realisation. The nine days are nine steps to moksha and the goddesses give our power to find our higher self. Please Read More.
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Hare Krsna Hibiscus Float, August 27, 2011. Pictures Courtesy of Gokula Bandhu Das, ISKCON Radha Golok Bihari Temple Suva.
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BOSTON – The University of Massachusetts is seeking $519 million in state funding for the new fiscal year that starts July 1, a sum that would trigger a freeze in tuition and fees for the second consecutive year.
UMass President Robert L. Caret announced the move Wednesday to continue the UMass "50-50" plan, in which the state provides 50 percent of funding for the school's educational programs, and suggested students and parents across the Commonwealth would welcome it. Caret noted that this year's freeze has improved the university's standing on the measure of affordability.
"If we can freeze tuition and fees for one more year, we will be in a much better place in terms of affordability for our students," he Caret said.
He made his remarks as the Board of Trustees' Committee on Administration and Finance met in Boston, according to a press release put out by the university.
The five-campus UMass system's request for $519 million in state funding for the upcoming fiscal year represents a $40 million increase over the university's current $479 million appropriation. About 71,910 students are enrolled at campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell and Worcester. In addition, UMassOnline has 60,000 course enrollments in place, the university said.
During the current fiscal year, UMass received a $40 million funding increase, the largest increase in the university's history and one that Gov. Deval L. Patrick and the state House and Senate have supported.
Besides allowing for the tuition-and-fee freeze, the additional funding would renew the 50-50 plan that began in the current fiscal year. Prior to the 50-50 plan, students and their families bore more than half of the cost of UMass' education programs.
Once again, when you benchmark Rhode Island against all other states, we see pathetic support for higher education. Absolutely no vision or commitment over decades. There should be no wonder as to why this state lags in so many areas when you have a legislature with no strategic concept or clue other than a practice of cronyism.
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No. 1 Trojans lost to the better team
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Could we possibly have been that wrong?
Did USC simply fool us?
Are Virginia and Ohio State that bad?
Either a bunch of impostors wearing cardinal, gold and white showed up at Oregon State's Reser Stadium on Thursday night, or the Trojans revealed their true colors.
USC's outlook-altering, 27-21 defeat didn't stem from Trojans mistakes like the last time they lost here, in 2006. No, this was different. This was about fundamentals such as tackling and blocking. This was about battles lost at the line of scrimmage. This was disturbing.
"They played better than us," USC coach Pete Carroll said afterward in a cramped hallway underneath Oregon State's basketball arena. "They played harder than us.
"They didn't hide what they were doing. They just did it, and we couldn't stop them."
The most unstoppable Beavers player of all was tailback Jacquizz Rodgers, a 5-foot-6 freshman whom the Trojans let slip through their grasp time and again.
Rodgers was the just the 10th player in the past 77 games to rush for 100 or more yards against USC - and he did that in the first half. Rodgers finished with 186 yards against a USC defense that had allowed 103 in its first two games, a pair of victories by a combined score of 87-10.
USC thought it might have a bead on Rodgers thanks to its own diminutive freshman tailback, Curtis McNeal, who arrived just in time after getting through the NCAA academic clearinghouse to serve as a Rodgers impersonator in practice. Oddly, though, McNeal wore No. 8 for those scout-team sessions - the number of Rodgers' brother, slotback James Rodgers. Jacquizz Rodgers is No. 1. USC won't be for very long.
How far the Trojans tumble in the rankings was among many lingering questions as they dressed quietly in the visitors' locker room.
USC was a near-unanimous No. 1 choice in the writers' and coaches' polls after smashing then-No. 5 Ohio State, 35-3. Pundits portrayed the Pac-10 as the Pac-1 and nine also-rans. The talk-show talk wasn't about Oregon State; it was about whether USC somehow could lose a spot in the BCS title game despite going undefeated in conference play, the conference supposedly weak enough to drag the Trojans down with it.
A perfect, dominant run through the Pac-1-plus-9 was beyond a likelihood; it was a certainty.
Then Oregon State happened, again.
"The reality of the Pac-10 is obvious," said Carroll, who had insisted all along that rumors of the conference's demise were greatly exaggerated.
Carroll believed he had his team prepared for a prime-time visit here, dismissing talk of a letdown and ignoring the ghosts of Corvallis past. Then the game started, and USC didn't look prepared at all.
"When we were out there," Carroll said, "it just didn't feel like it."
USC didn't bring a split squad to Corvallis; it brought a split personality.
During the first 30 minutes, the Trojans didn't look like they belonged on the same field with the Beavers. One scribe in the press box said he was counting the number of USC players on the field on each play to make sure there were 11. Carroll should have considered checking IDs.
Then, during the next 15 minutes, the Trojans suddenly looked like themselves again. They flew to the ball on defense. They gained first downs and scored touchdowns on offense. Carroll is renowned for his halftime adjustments; it appeared he had made all the necessary corrections.
But the hole USC found itself in proved too deep, a common thread with that 33-31 upset loss here in '06. The Trojans fell behind then, 33-10, and their unbeaten season died when a potential tying two-point conversion got batted down.
USC lost one more game that season, to UCLA, but won the Rose Bowl and finished No. 4 in the final rankings. The Trojans will have to readjust their expectations in 2008.
Reaching the BCS title game is still possible; heck, LSU made it with two losses last season. But the SEC's power ranking is much higher than the Pac-10's, even if the conference is better than people think. USC has lost any margin for error it might have had.
The Trojans did not expect to be caught in traffic outside of Los Angeles, but there they were, fighting through streams of orange-clad Oregon State fans who swarmed the field.
The public-address announcer repeatedly urged the fans to stay classy, Corvallis, but it was a fruitless plea. As he repeated his message in the final minutes, hundreds of students already had jumped the wall behind the Oregon State bench.
No one could stop the students, just like the Trojans couldn't stop Jacquizz Rodgers, not early and not late, when his plowing 2-yard plunge bumped the score to 27-14 and sent Oregon State's fans into a frenzy of leaps and hugs.
What Oregon State did to USC was nothing new.
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