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Super good news, a new shop with RC parts has been opened in the city, so I don't have to travel 150 miles in order to buy a servo that costs 5 bucks....It appears that I will be able to catch the last days of good weather for the test flight.
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Last good days? Like, mmm, the end of October?
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This is the test for the foil building technique. Layered pieces of paper are cut in the shape of the airfoil and printed on to the polymer mold. The mold is made out of modeling polymer (bioline) that hardens when exposed to the temperatures greater than 100 degrees Celsius. At the end this should produce unified shapes that can be replicated and used either as a mold for casting wing cross sections or as a guide for cutting them out of balsa. This foil is for the fan blade for the fanwing design that will come later on (these two are not the same designs). Once the shape is solid it can be sanded until it is smooth enough for further usage.
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It appears that the practice with the layered paper paid off and it paid off by "returning" the motor skills to my hands (from typing and clicking right mouse button to actually doing something physical). These are the foils and my attempt to even the curvature with sand paper. By taping the foils together and cutting off the part for the trailing edge (that will be added later) I was able to even the length of the airfoils. However the errors on the leading edge emerged right away. So I've started to sand them and during that process I've found out that the tape, can be used as a "mask" for the areas that you want to keep intact. So once the leading edge is finished (I know that it is not done by the book) I will continue to sand the rest of the airfoil until it becomes reasonably useful. Than I will drill and cut holes for the spars and glue the foils onto them. Hopefully by the end of the week, the wings will be finished.
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This is a sort of more precise sketch of the wing. Unfortunately the method I thought that it will work, doesn't so I will build the wing in the traditional fashion. This one goes into the CAD program for real drafting where it will be adjusted and printed as a plan for building.
After ruining couple pieces of balsa, I've decided to practice more with the layered paper and build the paper mock up of the airframe. This is the tail with the rudder and the frames for the horizontal stabilizers. The mockup should provide me with the clearer picture of the whole thing and highlight areas for improvement.
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Are you making a B-52?
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I see weeds growing on my project, darn work. However, I did a little experiment with the materials and it seems that I am on the right track, this time with the sludge made out of melted Styrofoam in acetone. I will try to glue it once it is solid and if that works, this project will end pretty soon. And it will be more interesting.Much much more interesting.
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Foam is melted and the sludge is in the mold. In couple of days we will see what will come out of it. So far it looks like a monster from "the Blob" movie. Literary it looks like that.
Aaaand an epic fail, the sludge dissolved the polymer mold. Back to the drawing board.
Well in the past few months, work has been very hectic so I didn't had the time to tackle this project (in a presentable form anyway). However I did a lots of experiments with materials and that was very interesting, cause at the end, I was able to conjure some sort of primitive composite, made out of wood glue, paper, acrylic shine and wood dust that is both light and strong. Big plus is that it can be painted. The last tool that I need is a hot knife for the foam and that will be completed next month.
I will keep updating when something significant happens.
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Field Peas and Grits
People will go in an Italian restaurant and pay lots of money for polenta, but then they turn around and say they don't like grits. Go figure?
Anyway, I found a can of Field Peas with Snaps the other day in the grocery store. I added some bacon grease, a little garlic, and some seasoning to the peas and then I cooked them down to where most of the water/liquid had cooked out.
I then cooked a pot of hominy grits and had a wonderful lunch. It is rare if I have a meal without meat. As for the grits, I'm going to give you a quick recipe for making them. I said there would not be a recipe in this post, but I can't help myself. So here goes…
1 cup water
1 cup milk
1 tbs butter
¼ tsp each of salt, pepper, and garlic powder
½ tsp parsley flakes (opt.)
½ cup quick grits (not instant)
Combine the first 5 ingredients on the list in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Next, using a whisk, add your grits to the boiling liquid, stirring briskly so they don't clump up. Turn down the heat and cook for about another 10 minutes, or until the grits have absorbed all the water and are thick. Be sure to stir the grits occasionally while they are cooking. After they're done, I like to let them sit for about 10 mins with the lid on. Now, serve and enjoy.
For the record, I prefer stone ground hominy grits, as well as stone ground yellow corn grits, but these quick grits are very good, especially if you're in a hurry. I'd never use instant grits though.
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I remember at the end of each episode of the classic Canadian animated series Rocket Robin Hood, there was this short vignette. It claimed that Rocket Robin Hood would be appearing in an all new movie coming to a theatre near me soon. I spent about a year of my early childhood religiously checking my local newspaper listings for news of this alleged Rocket Robin Hood movie. After that, I got a little more cynical about ever seeing something as awesome as a Rocket Robin Hood movie in my lifetime. I came to the conclusion that the vignette was, to use my Dad's favourite phrase at the time, "total malarkey".
However, the idea of a Rocket Robin Hood feature film has stayed with me all these years. And now with movies like Transformers and The A-Team perpetually ruling the box office grosses, it is clear that retro is in....again.
The time is right for the fabled Rocket Robin Hood movie.
In live action.
Rocket Robin Hood The Motion Picture has the potential to be that rarest of things: the English Canadian blockbuster. The entire film could probably be shot in front a green screen. Today's digital effects could easily duplicate the limited animation look of the classic Canadian animated series. Rocket Robin Hood The Motion Picture would be ideal as a purely Canadian movie. It should be 100% Canuck and not just because almost no one in the US seems to have heard of the show (apparently it did do well in syndication in the US in the 60's but thanks to our Cancon regulations, the series had much stronger rerun staying power in the Great White North), but because there are few pop culture icons as quintessentially Canadian as Rocket Robin Hood.
It's a property that is multi-generational in its appeal. The cartoon that has been running on Canadian TV pretty much non-stop for the last 50 years.
I also strongly feel that such a project should stay Canadian. That the cast and crew should be made up of people who still, for the most part, live and work in Canada in the Canadian film industry. So your Jim Carreys, your William Shatners, your Seth Rogans, your Pamela Andersons, your Keifer Sutherlands, your Rachel McAdams' and most definitely your Keanu Reeves' need not apply.
In the hopes that some high powered Canadian film producers are reading this (if I'm lucky maybe both of them are), here is my dream cast for the middle range budget Canadian live action blockbuster, Rocket Robin Hood The Motion Picture.
Also remember to hire yours truly to direct the film, write the script and act in it, K?
Paul Gross as Rocket Robin Hood
It's a natural.
There is no other Canadian leading man that could pull off the role of Rocket Robin Hood.....well...actually....there is no other Canadian leading man. Period.
Nonetheless, Gross would be able to nail just that right combination of tongue in cheek parody and semi-serious melodrama necessary for the part. If anyone out there is in doubt about the guy's acting chops, take a look at him in the outstanding Canadian TV series, Slings and Arrows.
Plus think about all those close ups on those great eyes of his during the lengthier bits of dialogue...
Tahmoh Penikett as Little John
Mr. Penikett's certainly has got the bod for the role. He's also got the BSG and Joss Whedon geek street cred that's helpful in selling a film of this nature.
He doesn't seem to be working a lot lately so a big canuck movie might be the extra boost Mr. Penikett's career could use.
Mr. Penikett will, of course, need a bit of electro-quaterstaff training and let's hope he likes squirrels.
Remy Girard as Friar Tuck
A name like Remy Girard is key to breaking the often impassible Quebec box office barrier that all English Canadian films must face. He'd have to be cast anyway. If the film shoots in Montreal, then I'm pretty sure there's a Telefilm regulation that states that Mr.Girard must appear in any film shot in the metropolitan area.
People I know who have worked with Mr. Girard tell me he can literally play anything. A portly futuristic man of the intergalactic cloth should be no problem then.
Go watch The Barbarian Invasions again and this time picture Girard bouncing bad guys off of his stomach.
Sarah Polley as Maid Marian
On the plus side, the role of Maid Marion in the original Rocket Robin Hood cartoon is almost nonexistent. It would be easy to beef up the part by working in Maid Marion's involvement with the New Space Democratic Party and other causes important to Ms Polley. Really, when you think about it, the Robin Hood myth (rockets or no) is all about combating poverty. Plus if there's any police brutality going on the year 3000, it's definitely being perpetrated by the Sheriff of KNOTT's burly guards.
Ms.Polley might also be looking to raise some cash for her next directing project. So a film that could possibly be even better than her excellent Away From Her might end up being a nice byproduct of Rocket Robin Hood The Motion Picture.
Eric Peterson as The Sheriff of KNOTT
He also showed off some of the best timing and comedic acting I've ever seen on Corner Gas (and yes, I'm one of those people that actually really liked the show...but I think that's another blog).
The Sheiff of KNOTT (National Outer-space Terrestrial Territories) is a scheming weaselly little guy that everybody loves to see defeated in the most comedic and humiliating way possible.
Tailor made for Eric Peterson, that is.
Colm Feore as Prince John
If you've seen him in the Vin Diesel vehicle The Chronicles of Riddick then you've got a pretty good idea of what Mr.Feore could do with a role as juicy as that of Prince John.
If Feore were to throw in a couple of Trudeau mannerisms while playing the villain of Rocket Robin Hood, he'd bring the house down in just about any cinema in Canada, especially out West.
With the Quebecois blockbuster status of Bon Cop, Bad Cop, Feore would more than likely add that extra juice to the box office revenues in La Belle Province.
Just as an aside, I remember Prince John's vignette had a line about, "...his plan to destroy and conquer the solar system". Oh, come on, Prince John! Anybody can conquer a solar system after they've already destroyed it. A half way decent evil genius tyrant has to at least conquer a solar system and then destroy it. Pfff! Wimp.
Rob Wells as Will Scarlet
Will Scarlet may be a bit of a stretch from Rick, the boozing, pothead, dim witted slacker of Trailer Park Boys.
But c'mon, Rob Wells in an actor, after all. He should be able to play another character. I have seen him in things other than Trailer Park Boys. Actually, come to think of it, I've never seen him play a totally different character (this is also true of his role in the upcoming intriguingly cheezily titled Canadian film, Hobo With a Shotgun).
That said, I'm sure the guy is dying to break out of the type casting mold he's been stuck in. Now that he's got the entire Trailer Park Boys series and two movies under his belt, Wells should be prime to move on.
Another important pertinent point is that Mr. Wells has a beard and so does Will Scarlet.
Will Scarlet is also kinda of a bit of a goofy character, as you can see in the clip below.
Those lines would be putty in Mr.Wells' hands, I'm sure.
Colin Mochrie as Infinata from Dementia 5
Including Dementia 5 is a must for Rocket Robin Hood The Motion Picture. I see it as a smaller part of the overall story. Some place Robin and Little John must get through in order to get a thing that'll lead them to another thing that'll help them stop some kind of a thing that Prince John is trying to do that's bad.
You know, kinda thing...
Infinata to be at bit too heavy handed and (as a small child) too scary for Rocket Robin Hood. Casting Canada's improv king in the role would lighten things up just enough to make the master of Dementia 5 a bit more humourous while still being a viable threat to our heroes. Colin Mochrie has got just the right kinda face for the part. The make-up and wardrobe teams could do some really neat stuff with Mr.Mochrie as a starting point.
Take a look at this classic sequence.
Proof positive that even the people making Canadian Saturday morning cartoons were on drugs in the 60's. In fact, Ralph Bakshi (the man who later be responsible for bringing R.Crumb's Fritz The Cat to animated life on the big screen) directed this episode. That explains quite a bit. Seriously.
My fave sequence here is when Robin and John discover that the secret to escaping Dementia 5 is to close their eyes. Were the writers stealing from Frank L. Baum or something?
Imagine what Mr.Mochire could do with the scene where Infinata starts freaking out saying, "No. No. Don't close your eyes! You can't do that!". It'd be a thing of comedic genius.
Plus there's a good chance Mochrie's Infinata scenes would end up being arbitrarily cut into the next Spider-Man movie.
Terence Bowman as All of The Guards
I'd have to hit the workouts a little harder than I already do just to pull off the physique of these guys. It would be worth it though. All of the guards look exactly the same. Through the magic of CGI, I'd be all over the movie. My personal theory on that, BTW, is that like the Old Republic in Star Wars, The Sheriff of KNOTT has put together an army of clones to do his dirty work.
There would be no lines to learn which would come in handy while I'm also writing and directing the film.
It was hard to find a decent picture of these glorified henchmen anywhere. So take a look at this clip. Just imagine me an' Remy nailing this scene.
I can't wait till we shoot that flying ass first into the camera stunt. That one'll take some practice.
Now Rocket Robin Hood The Motion Picture has its writer, director and cast.
What's left?
Well, a massively important element to the overall entertainment value of Rocket Robin Hood is, of course, the music. Not only is there that unforgettable theme song but the show is full of all kinds of little musical interludes. The interlude ballads are virtually always explaining how Prince John and The Sheriff of KNOTT are pure evil and vile and how Robin and his merry men are pure goodness and virtue.
If you wanna make some serious cash off of this project, the most obvious choice for a Canadian musician to interpret all of the classic Rocket Robin Hood tunes would be, undoubtedly, Justin Beiber.
Forget that....please.
Issues of taste aside, the kid's bound to be back to being a nobody getting beaten up in high school by the time Rocket Robin Hood The Motion Picture is actually made.
Other choices might include Avril Lavigne, Sam Roberts, Shania Twain, The Tragically Hip, Arcade Fire, Simple Plan, Nickelback, The Barenaked Ladies, Alanis Morissette or the even more dreaded than Beiber choice of Celine Dion.
Seriously, though, could you see any of those people really doing justice to this?
As far as I'm concerned there is only Canadian recording artist whose musical style could both respect and at the same time breathe new life into the classic balladeering of Rocket Robin Hood. As an added bonus, she's already got experience in family friendly entertainment:
No doubt about it. Feist's our girl. Now that I'm thinking about it, Feist should put out an entire album of covers of classic Canadian kid's TV show music.
Rocket Robin Hood The Motion Picture is just about ready to go.
So everybody out there write to your local office of Telefilm, the CRTC, the CABLE fund and your MP. Lobby heavily to get what will be The Greatest Canadian Movie Ever Made off the ground and into space.
In other words, raise a shout throughout the land for Rocket Robin Hood.
Finally, I'd just like to give a big shout out to my pal and former Star Trek: On Stage co-star, Andre, for planting this whole silly idea in my head.
So long for now, from an astro-glen on a star...


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A Stylized StatementBoldly modern, Lando is the meeting of artistic minds: the ordered geometry of graphic design meeting crosshatched, abstract ink on paper. Somehow both radical and refined, it makes a confident statement on its own, or an energetic canvas on which to create.
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I have spent some time today playing with my blog. Hope you like the changes and don't be surprised if more show up in the near future. There are now tabs at the top of the page and I'll be adding more as I gather information that I want to put in them.
To my surprise, I discovered today that I have DOUBLE DIGIT followers!! Thank you all so much for choosing to follow my blog. You have made my day!
Just for fun, I created a new Wordle Cloud from my blog. I just wished I knew how to make it appear bigger here but you can click on it to see it larger.
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My New Look
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Ali Pasha rice | Turkish recipe
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2 cups rice.
3 cups meat broth.
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1 onion.
1 garlic clove.
1 small cup Pistachio.
1/2 cup muhshi nuts.
1 small cup raisins.
Grate onion, add meat, garlic, and salt over it and blend well until the meat dough is ready. Cut the dough into small pieces ( nuts size) and roll it then fry it ( parboil if you want).
Soak raisins with water until they swell up. Parboil pistachio for 5 minutes and peel. Resins the rice and drain . heat oil over a pot then place the rice over it. add muhshi nuts with stirring.
Add meat broth, meat balls, and pistachio to the rice. Cook the rice for 15-20 minutes then add raisins. Serve hot.


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Crafting compelling characters for your novel
Guardian Masterclasses
Saturday, May 18, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (BST)
Event Details
How does character inform plot, and how can you bring your characters to life? Combining theory and practice, award-winning novelist Tim Lott will reveal the secrets of creating "real" made-up people in this full-day workshop.
Think of some of your favourite novels. What do you remember most about them? Is it the details of the plot, the snappy dialogue, the cunning subtext? Probably not – what you are most likely to remember are the characters.
From Catherine Earnshaw to Katniss Everdeen, from Tom Jones to Tyrion Lannister, it's the great characters that stick in the mind. They are the people we have come to know and love – or occasionally hate – on our reading journey. They are most often the protagonists, although minor characters can also be memorable – think Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist or Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter.
So what makes three-dimensional characters different from two-dimensional ones? And what is the secret of crafting rounded personalities?
Suitable for writers of all levels and abilities, this course with award-winning novelist Tim Lott combines practice and theory.
Course content
- Fieldwork: observing characters on the street and taking notes
- Analysing your findings with feedback from Tim and others
- The difference between character and characterisation
- Creating credible characters
- What makes us care about a character?
- How characters relate to one another
- Why all stories are the stories of a character's change
Tutor profile
Tim Lott is the author of eight novels and Penguin Modern Classic memoir The Scent of Dried Roses. He is one of the most sought-after writing teachers in the country, particularly through his personal mentoring services. His writing has been highly praised by Hilary Mantel, Alan Bennett, Sebastian Faulks, Tony Parsons and Sarah Waters, among others. His students are equally enthusiastic – read their testimonials.
"Tim's help got me to a point where I was ready to write my next draft. That next draft got me an agent."
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"No one else could have taught me what Tim did. Without him I can safely say I would still be flailing around in piles of rejection slips."
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Carpet mold can produce unpleasant odors, degrade your carpet, and cause wheezing in asthma sufferers. Check underneath furniture regularly, in order to catch mold at the surface of the carpet. If the mold has reached the carpet's backing, it will be significantly harder to treat, but there are still several remedies to try. Professional carpet cleaners have access to additional treatments and machines, but some of these are available to rent from tool rental services, without having to hire a professional.
Method One of Three:
Removing Carpet Mold with Home Supplies
2. Ventilate the room. Open all windows and doors in the room with the moldy carpet. Air flow will reduce the humidity that encourages mold, and lessen associated odors. If you plan to use a chemical cleaning product, ventilation will reduce the chance of irritating your lungs and eyes.If there are no windows to the room, turn on a fan pointing toward a doorway.
3. Sun the carpet if possible. If your carpet is removable, move it outside and hang it over a sturdy clothesline. 24–48 hours of direct sunlight will help kill mold spores, and remove moisture that encourages mold growth.If the carpet is soaked through to the backing, not just the upper fibers, it may take much longer to dry. Leave it in direct sun in an area with good ventilation for several days.
4. Remove moisture with baking soda. This step will absorb moisture and reduce odors, but further efforts will be required for all but the lightest mold problem. Sprinkle the affected area generously with baking soda, leave on overnight, then vacuum it up.Talc-free baby powder may be used instead. Avoid baby powder that contains talc, since this can cause serious harm if inhaled.
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Stories for May 24, 2019
Ron Howard's new Pavarotti doc makes billboard: 'upcoming music-driven movies' listPosted At : May 24, 2019 12:00 AM
Ron Howard's latest project documents the life of famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti, with testimonials from Bono and Pavarotti's Three Tenors compatriots, while newly available archival clips feature everyone from Nelson Mandela to Princess Diana. Howard on opera's storytelling power: "I thought you'd respect Pavarotti so much more if you understood what it takes to actually achieve what he could achieve. [I wanted] to use the drama of those arias to help tell his story. We could almost create an opera about Pavarotti by using those arias. That was an organizing principle for me." SEE THE billboard: 'upcoming music-driven movies' list
Nicholas McGegan realizes a dream with 'Le Temple de la Gloire' / All Classical PortlandPosted At : May 23, 2019 12:00 AM
British-born Nicholas McGegan has been directing San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra since the 1980s (about the time that this interviewer started in radio), and has had many sweet successes during that time in bringing great Baroque works to audiences around the world. One of the sweetest for McGegan happened just a few years ago, when he mounted a production of Jean-Philippe Rameau's opera, Le Temple de la Gloire (The Temple of Glory). What made this production remarkable, besides the exquisite performance, is that the original manuscript had been in UC Berkeley's archives during the time that McGegan was busy with the Philharmonia. The music is dazzling, and full of life, humor and emotion. Maestro McGegan shares the story with program director John Pitman. LISTEN TO All Classical Portland INTERVIEW p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d}
Igor Levit draws a throaty collective bark of appreciation from Wigmore Hall audience / theartsdeskPosted At : May 23, 2019 12:00 AM
You seldom hear a Champions League-level roar of approval at the Wigmore Hall. Last night, though, Igor Levit drew a throaty collective bark of appreciation from the audience after (for once) an awed hush had followed the final dying cadences of the aria's return in Bach's Goldberg Variations. Had he earned it? Absolutely. This recital was first of three devoted to the idea of Variations. Friday will see Levit play Beethoven's Diabelli set, and Frederic Rzewski's mighty deconstruction of the revolutionary anthem "The People United Will Never Be Defeated". On 27 May, the Russian-born Berlin pianist will take his regular explorations of lesser-known music further with the enormous, post-Shostakovich Passacaglia on DSCH composed by the Scottish-Welsh Lancastrian Ronald Stevenson in the early Sixties. Yesterday, though, the universally acclaimed Levit showed his paces at the familar core of the modern piano repertoire (albeit with a work that Bach conceived in 1741 as exercises for the two-manual harpsichord). READ THE FULL artsdesk REVIEW
Bill Frisell to perform in Vietnam for first time / Vietnam +Posted At : May 23, 2019 12:00 AM
Guitarist Bill Frisell, widely known as one of the most versatile players in jazz history, will perform for the first time in Vietnam at the "Bill Frisell: Summer on Guitar" concert which will take place on May 26 at the Soul Live Project Complex in Ho Chi Minh City's district 3. The concert features Thomas Morgan on bass, Rudy Royston on drums, and Bill Frisell on guitar. The audience will experience a musical space of jazz full of improvisation and romance, as natural as breathing. They will be treated to an interesting conversation of the three instruments on stage, as well as the creative musical approach and expression of the trio. Frisell said: "I'm very excited to come to Vietnam. Music is such a mysterious, magical and wonderful thing. Music has the most extraordinary power to connect and bring people together." READ THE FULL Vietnam + ARTICLE
On this episode of Performance Today, harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and the Rochester Philharmonic play Jennifer Higdon's Harp ConcertoPosted At : May 22, 2019 12:00 AM
American composer Jennifer Higdon won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for her Violin Concerto. Now she's written a new piece for solo harp and orchestra. On this episode ( MAY 22, 2019 ) of Performance Today, harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and the Rochester Philharmonic play Jennifer Higdon's Harp Concerto. The Higdon's Harp Concerto is the centerpiece to the Azica Records release; American Rapture and was written for and dedicated to Yolanda Kondonassis. Featuring the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Ward Stare, the album also includes; Samuel Barber's Symphony No. 1 in One Movement, Op. 9; and the world premiere recording of Patrick Harlin's Rapture. The album is designed to highlight three generations of American composition and, as defined by Harlin in the context of his work, to depict rapture not as a religious event, but as an experience of extreme human emotion.
In anticipation of the new Luciano Pavarotti film, CLASSIC fM presents a collection of photos into the family man, friend, actor and horse whispererPosted At : May 22, 2019 12:00 AM
In anticipation of the new Luciano Pavarotti film, CLASSIC fM delved deep into the archives and found the most beautiful photos of Luciano Pavarotti, showing his larger-than-life personality on and off stage. You might think you've seen all there is to see about Pavarotti, but the opera star led a very private life behind the stage curtain. CLASSIC fM found a collection of photos that give an insight into Luciano the family man, friend, actor and horse whisperer – as well as Pavarotti, global superstar. SEE THE CLASSIC fM PAGE p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d; min-height: 14.0px}
Ten reasons why you shouldn't miss Yo-Yo Ma's Athens Festival concert / tornosNewsPosted At : May 22, 2019 12:00 AM
Athens is but one of 36 cities in Yo-Yo Ma's Bach Project world tour. The internationally acclaimed cellist will perform The 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites at the Odeon for a single spellbinding evening on 30 June, in his first ever appearance in Greece. Why is this concert one of the unmissable music events of the summer? Read here everything you should know about Yo-Yo Ma, and his rich body of work as an artist and an activist. "Bach's cello suites have been my constant musical companions," says Yo-Yo. "For almost six decades, they have given me sustenance, comfort, and joy during times of stress, celebration, and loss. What power does this music possess that even today, after three hundred years, it continues to help us navigate through troubled times?" The Athens Festival audiences will have the chance to answer this question in a single, spellbinding, unforgettable evening. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} SEE THE 10 REASONS via tornosNews
Top 10 for May
Laurence Hobgood :
t e s s e t e r r aThe Laurence Hobgood Trio with string quartet ETHEL "Laurence Hobgood's new album is grounded in a deep and rich musicality that rewards frequent and multiple listenings like nothing I've heard in decades.
Angelique Kidjo :
CeliaOn April 19, Angélique Kidjo will release Celia (Verve/Universal Music France), an album that honors Celia Cruz, widely known as "the Queen of Salsa" and the most popular Latin artist of the 20thcentury.
Luciano Pavarotti :
PAVAROTTI OMPFrom the filmmaking team behind the highly-acclaimed documentary The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years, PAVAROTTI is a riveting film that lifts the curtain on the icon who brought opera to the people.
Seth MacFarlane :
Once In A WhileSeth MacFarlane will release his fifth album Once In A While (Verve and Republic) digitally, and the physical CD will be available on April 26th.
Radical Face :
Therapy"Hello, Hope, it's been a while," go the opening lines of "Dead Ends", the centerpiece of Ben Cooper's latest EP as Radical Face.
Philip Bailey :
Billy Jack from 'Love Will Find A Way'For over 50 years, Earth Wind and Fire provided the soundtrack to the lives of many.
The Stan Getz Quartet :
Getz at The GateOn November 26, 1961, saxophonist Stan Getz and his relatively new quartet of Steve Kuhn, John Neves, and Roy Haynes performed at New York's Village Gate.
Sarah McKenzie :
Secrets of My HeartAfter the great success of Sarah McKenzie's 2017 disc, Paris in the Rain(Impulse! Records), the 31-year-old pianist, singer, and composer returns with the poignant, Secrets of My Heart, reuniting with noted Australian composer, arranger, and events music director, Chong Lim, who produced her first two discs – Don't Tempt Me and Close Your Eyes.
Vikingur Olafsson :
Bach - ReworksFollowing his critically-acclaimed Johann Sebastian Bach album, pianist Vikingur Ólafsson releases a double LP of Bach Reworks, featuring new arrangements of his Bach transcriptions from electronic artists such as Valgeir Sigurðsson and Ben Frost (Prelude BWV 855a), Peter Gregson (Above and Below, B Minor), and Ryuichi Sakamoto (BWV 974 – II Adagio – Rework).
Ilan Eshkeri :
The White Crow OMPS w/Lisa BatiashviliHalf-hearted concessions to freedom of expression were not enough to hold Rudolf Nureyev in the Soviet Union.
Nicholas McGegan & PBO in their element for Handel's 'Saul' / Los Angeles TimesPosted: April 11, 2019 12:00 AM | By: Admin
The nation's petulant leader is consumed by self-destructive envy. He appears to listen to reason from his children, but then he goes and does what he likes anyway. He has it in for a war hero. He views the enemies of his enemies as his friends, even when they are clearly Philistines. He creates chaos in the Middle East. Before you draw any conclusions, it is the Israelite/Philistine conflict we're talking about and the failed biblical king of Judah, as depicted in Handel's oratorio "Saul," which Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale brought to Walt Disney Concert Hall on Wednesday night. This odd oratorio, an early example of a genre created by Handel when opera went out of fashion for a while in 18th century London, is not what you would expect this time of year, which is to say, it is certainly not "Messiah." (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
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Joseph and his Brethren
Handel's late-career oratorio Joseph and his Brethren, though popular during Handel's day, eventually became one of the composer's most neglected large-scale works. As such, Joseph had only been recorded once before Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale decided to take it on for its latest recording project, the 11th on the Philharmonia Baroque Productions label. With a cast of early music specialists led by noted Handelian Nicholas McGegan, PBO makes a strong case for Joseph to regain its place among Handel's most often-performed oratorios such as Samson, Judas Maccabaeus, and Israel in Egypt.
The formidable cast includes the award-winning Philharmonia Chorale led by Bruce Lamott; mezzo-soprano Diana Moore as Joseph; tenor and GRAMMY nominee Nicholas Phan as Simeon and Judah, two of Joseph's brothers; soprano Sherezade Panthaki as Asenath, daughter of the high priest; and baritone Philip Cutlip as Pharaoh and Reuben, Joseph's eldest brother. Phan, who will sing the title role in Handel's Judas Maccabaeus during PBO's 2019/20 season, gives dramatic depth to the character of Simeon, who undergoes remarkable development, from fierce and tortured to pious and sympathetic, worthy of Joseph's tears. The character of Asenath, originally portrayed by French soprano Élisabeth Duparc, for whom the title role in Semele was created, has several dazzling arias, particularly "Prophetic raptures swell my breast" in Part III. They are executed with show-stopping gusto by Panthaki.
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Rameau - Le Temple de la Gloire
In order to appease the somewhat provincial tastes of King Louis XV, composer Jean-Philippe Rameau and his librettist Voltaire altered the original version of Le Temple de la Gloire, and for centuries it was lost. The manuscript was discovered-at the University of California, Berkeley's Jean Hargrove Music Library and was brought to the attention of conductor Nicholas McGegan. For decades, maestro McGegan dreamed of reviving the original work-a dream realized in April 2017 through a partnership between Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Cal Performances at UC Berkeley, Centre de musique de Versailles in France and New York Baroque Dance Company.


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DEAR ANNIE: My wife of 25 years feels that emailing and texting male friends is nothing to be concerned about. By accident, I discovered she had visited one of these men when she was supposed to be at her girlfriend's for the weekend. She swears nothing happened. But I checked her laptop and found photographs of the two of them.
When I asked about the pictures, she claimed she was planning to send them to me but never got around to it. We went for counseling after the weekend trip, and things calmed down for a while. She ceased communication with that guy, as far as I can tell. But I recently found email evidence that she is still communicating with the other guy she knew from high school. They close their emails with "love you bunches" or "xxxoooxxx," and I found one that said, "Good night, Sexy."
My wife sees nothing wrong with this communication. Could you expound on this type of affair and the potential harm it can cause? � EMOTIONALLY DRAINED
DEAR DRAINED: An emotional affair is one of emotional, rather than physical, intimacy. There is no sex. However, there is deception, betrayal, intimate communication (texts, emails, phone calls) and an emotional connection to the other person at the expense of the marriage. Often, the person involved denies that it is any kind of affair, claiming it's "only friendship." But healthy friendships do not involve secrecy and lies and do not threaten the marriage. Please go back to counseling. Your wife needs to understand how her actions undermine your trust, and you both must work on ways to put your marriage back together.
DEAR ANNIE: My friend and I enjoy writing letters and receiving things via regular mail. For my birthday, she told me to watch the mailbox because she was sending me something.
Nothing arrived. She has my email address, but no birthday greetings came that way, either. I don't know what to do. Do I mention that nothing ever came in the mail, or should I let it go?
She's always good about sending Christmas presents, and I send her things in the mail, as well, but this has me perplexed. � MAILBOX MARY
DEAR MARY: Since this friend specifically told you to watch the mailbox, it means something was lost in the mail or she forgot to send it. If the former, she probably is wondering why you haven't said anything. If the latter, she is likely embarrassed. How good a friend? If you can casually say that whatever she meant to send never arrived, do so. Otherwise, say nothing. If she wonders why you haven't acknowledged a card or gift, she'll ask.


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Represented landowners throughout Northern California for total and partial takes—e.g. agricultural, nurseries, restaurants, service stations, packing plants, industrial, professional office, commercial, racing pigeon facility, motel, residential and pet cemetery. Clients included Sobrato Development, Oakridge Golf Course, Arcadia Development and California Giant Berry Farms.
Clients include the Hertz Corporation whose Pacific Operation site in Millbrae was taken for a BART station and numerous owners whose land was partially taken for the Santa Clara Valley light rail including SJW Land, Coherent Inc., Peery & Arrillaga, San Jose V Investors, Marbury REIFF and Macy's. The firm is currently advising and representing clients with issues related to BART's extension into Santa Clara County and the California High-Speed Rail Project.
Represented property owners in the take of property for high voltage power line easements seeking substantial severance damages. The properties include unimproved land in the McCarthy Business Park, Milpitas, ranch land with residential development potential for Harris Ranch, Coalinga, an office complex for Catellus Development, San Jose and an R&D park owned by ProLogis, Fremont.
Represented property owners such as Barry Swenson builders whose office building in Stockton was taken and business owners of gas stations, warehouses, markets, shopping centers, a radio station, machine shop, a walnut processing plant, and printing facility whose property was taken for various city projects.
Represented developer Glen Loma for the take of their property by Morgan Hill Unified School District.
We represented the owners of the Tropicana Shopping Center, in their successful challenge against San Jose's attempt to take their property.
On the government side we represented the City of Half Moon Bay Community Development for the take of property for a golf-course residential community and Salinas Union High School District's condemnation for an adult education center and for the Salinas High School Expansion.
Represented owners in the takes of their property for flood control projects such as the Guadalupe River project in San Jose and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Conveyance Tunnel (new peripheral canal). For a 43-mile water pipeline project by the Metropolitan Water District, we represented on appeal Campus Crusade for Christ Inc., owner of the property where the former Arrowhead Resort is situated in the San Bernardino Mountains.


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Keys N Krates are on a roll. Earlier this year, the group picked up a Juno for Best Dance Recording for the song "Save Me" from their Midnite Mass EP, which featured U.K. singer Katy B. Invariably, the group found out they had won the award while they were playing a show.
The song itself came out of a meeting with Katy B on a Mad Decent boat cruise. After bonding, the singer sent the group some vocals which they spliced up and framed within their genre-eschewing beat brew that blends the sounds of electronic, hip-hop and trap.
The Juno award is vindication of the work the Toronto-based band, comprised of DJ Jr. Flo, keyboardist David Matisse and drummer Adam Tune, have been putting in, releasing EPs and playing to sold-out festival crowds across North America. What makes Keys N Krates different from the average electronic music act is that while a DJ is at the fulcrum of what they do, they also have a live and spontaneous element. Consequently, they can issue the adrenaline-boosting drops crowds yearn for as well as more experimental fare. They've continued on this path with projects like the remixed version of their Midnite Mass EP, released last month.
There's no rest for the wicked though, and Keys N Krates are about to go on the road again. The trio are about to embark on a bunch of Canadian dates, starting with the Evolve Festival this weekend (July 8) as well as the Way Home and Pemberton Music festivals later this month. We recently caught up with the electronic music trio before they hit the road to talk about their creative process, growth and what to expect on an upcoming album.
So the song you won a Juno for was from the Midnite Mass EP. I'm not sure how old that song was from your perspective, but I'm interested to find out where you are now creatively.
Adam Tune: It was one of the first tracks we had done from that EP. To us it was old, but it was the first thing we released from that EP.
On the EP you can hear the continuity between the tracks and how it flowed. I'm noticing that you guys, on the Midnite Mass EP, are incorporating more vocals into the mix, and the track which you won a Juno for was approaching a song. You weren't doing that as much before. Is that something you guys are looking forward to doing more in the future?
Flo: We want to attempt to make an album. We want to make it dynamic and we want it to have songs with vocal snippets. We want to have full songs and we want to have beats and interludes. We just want it to be a dynamic record that just has lots of different aspects to it.
There were a lot of different moods on the record. Sometimes it could be about the drop and that's what gets the crowd hype
when you play live, but you do definitely change the mood up. So what can we expect in the future on an album and when can we expect it?
Adam Tune: We're just locking ourselves in that studio and see what happens, that's kind of the approach we're taking. We've given ourselves probably more time than we would probably need to be able to do it. I think a lot of the time we've been making our EPs, we've been trying to figure out our sound for the whole thing. As a whole, we try to have a lot of continuity. Instead, a lot of the other electronic acts that just put out one single now and one single then and you kind of change up a bit, but we kind of wanted something that you would listen all the way throughout and it kind of had similar sounds like the snares used throughout. So picking those sounds at the beginning is super important. I think we're just taking our time now to figure out what we want to make with the palette of sounds and then just kind of go ham on it and make a bunch of tracks with no pressure to release anything at any date. ... It's just been so free. I think we're just gonna try and do that as much as we can and then hopefully have a bunch of songs we can pick from, then take from those, go work with vocalists and then create this album.
Do you have a wishlist of people you'd like to work with?
Flo: There's definitely vocalists I want to work with and we probably all want to work with but I think more than anything. I think the demos we make are gonna kinda inform that. 'Cause I could say, oh yeah, I'd like to have The-Dream on a record or something. Which I do. But I don't know if we're going to make the record that suits him or whatever. I get the feeling we're going to be doing like, the demos are going to inform who we get to do the main idea of the songs and then hopefully we can get different people to do different small things on it too and listen to the Kanye album a lot.
You guys do a lot of shows. Is there anything that you've been gauging from crowd reactions that you're seeing that you'd
like to incorporate into this round of creativity?
Matisse: I guess for myself, I kinda envision what would someone who has been a music lover all their life and maybe doesn't like the traditional face value electronic music, they like something more intelligent, more mature, what would they listen to at this point in their life? If you had to listen to our album but you're not at a nightclub and you're at a lounge where you can get up and dance, how can I make those people move? How can I make someone who is a hip-hop head who doesn't normally like electronic music, how can I make those people like our music? I find just making music for the traditional electronic music people – that's really simple to us now – you just make a build up and a drop. To me, that's not fun anymore for us. We kinda want to get those listeners who are a bit deeper and need something to be surprised by. How can we make the song go somewhere where you're not expecting it to go, but still be catchy and still want to make you put it on? That's what goes through my mind now when we make songs and if I would like it. Right now I feel like I've become a very jaded electronic music lover. It's not my first love so it takes a lot for me to like a song.
That ties into something I wanted to ask as you guys don't necessarily fit into one genre. There's been a lot of writing recently about the lack of need for genres because of playlists and everyone listening to everything in the age of streaming and now it's more about how records make you feel and characteristics that cut across genres.
Matisse: It's almost about environment too, not just feeling, but where you listen to a song. What kind of crowd are you around? Are you at a barbeque or are you at home? We've talked about that a lot. We wanted our music to be something that you listen to at home as well as the nightclub. We also picture a lot, OK, so this could work at a festival but is this something that can work when you are waking up in the morning or at nighttime, like, where would this person listen to a song? Because that's what music is, it's just a soundtrack to whatever you're experiencing at that moment and we try to figure out the aesthetic and the mood and the type of place we would want this to be heard. I think that's what we pay a lot of attention to now.
Flo: I think it's a bit of a dangerous spot making music just for crowds because, I mean, you go to these EDM festivals, literally it's like a Pavlovian response at points and they're just making the simplest, dumbest stuff. ... It's crazy, but the crowd totally goes for it and if you are going to let that inform what you're making, you're going to make stuff like that. You've got to take the more interesting stuff from that world and let that influence you.
So basically, you're challenging yourself in the studio.
Flo: And for the record, there's tons of interesting electronic stuff out there to check out, it's just not what people often
think of when they think of electronic music. They think of some weenie standing on a table. [Laughter]
You guys are not only coming from an electronic background. I'm aware of Flo's background as a turntablist before being in this band. And Matisse's R&B background. There's a video of you guys playing hip-hop covers in a downtown Toronto bar to about 100 people going nuts, I remember seeing it like six, seven years ago.
Matisse: Eight years ago
All: That was our first show.
That was your first show?
Matisse: We put it on YouTube. It was the Down One Lounge. We had no idea what was going to happen when we put that show on. It was surprising to us that it did as well as it did. I think we all came together because we all shared the common thing that we liked to experiment with music and we're not satisfied with staying stagnant and we're always interested in like, OK, this is what you expect us to do, so what don't you expect me to do? How can I get into this world? And that's how this [group] was created. How do you put a DJ and a band together? And we just started live remixing these tracks and it just kind of went from there. To this day, we'll bring each other tracks and it's almost like, "Hey guys, look what I got, look what I did to this track." ... That's fun for us, to sit there and study how someone took a song, tried to emulate it and then to do it in our style. That's the only reason we're still doing it. If we lost that I don't think any of us would be interested in this project. And the great thing about the project and our fans is that they allow us to do that. I think they're happy with us to push into different sounds. I don't think they're asking us to make the same song over and over again. If we did, we'd be tired and done with this years ago.
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The not so lucky: Thank you so much for your insightful article "Saving Nicholas" [by Brian Wallstin, October 18]. The saddest aspect is that there are hundreds if not thousands of children in CPS custody whose stories do not end nearly as happily as that of Nicholas. Understandably, many would-be foster parents are reluctant to deal with the bureaucracy imposed on them by CPS.
God bless the Rihas for being willing to put up with all the hassle. If only there were more like them.
David Hinterberger
Down on Westbury
HISD's dirty secret: I read Stepchild?" [by Margaret Downing, September 6] and just wanted to say thank you! I am so glad someone finally took serious notice of the problems at Westbury High School.
I proudly attended Westbury all four years of high school (I'm class of 2001), and I watched in disgust as it steadily declined from bad to worse. In that time, it has been run by largely incompetent principals. The teachers know it, the students know it, but no one can do anything about it -- that's why all the good teachers leave.
Teachers and students alike are afraid to criticize the administration. I worked on the newspaper staff my senior year and wanted very badly to write an article condemning the deplorable restrooms and grossly biased enforcement of the rules by administration, but wasn't allowed to.
An administrator gave me three days of in-school suspension for not wearing a collar. I felt insulted and violated as I witnessed this same administrator merrily greet her favorite students in the hall as they wore sports jerseys and overalls, saying nothing to them about their dress code violations. To think that people wonder why the kids who can would take flight to Bellaire and Lamar.
I have long been infuriated over the unequal enforcement and the dilapidated state of the building. The only extracurricular activities that get any funding are track, baseball and football. No one gives a hoot for the swim team, drama club, key club, honor society, chess club, etc. In fact, when I was on the swim team we had all our practices down the street at Johnston Middle School. Oftentimes we shared the pool with the middle school special education classes.
In short, Westbury is going to the dogs; it's HISD's dirty little secret, and no one is willing to do anything about it.
Rachael Seeley
TEA Trickery?
Wasted lives: This is a wonderful report ["But Who's Counting?" by Margaret Downing, October 18]. I am so happy that this information is coming forward about the Texas Education Agency andthe school dropout rate. I work for a prisoner rights group and know that too many of these dropouts are spending their lives in TDCJ.
Joan Covici
Dallas ACLU
Gay Ways
Early lessons: I read the article about Mark Bingham [News Hostage, by Richard Connelly, October 11]. Just to throw my two cents' worth in, I appreciate the fact that he was openly gay and not ashamed about it. But is it necessary to print the fact? What has his being gay got to do with this wonderful person being no longer with us because of terrorism? I seem to think that religious hypocrites will use this to satisfy their address to God's punishment of gays and the like. Don't you think so?
I am glad to know that a memorial to him will be presented on television. I just wish that all people would get used to the fact that gay people have always been on this earth and will always be here. We are not going away and do not intend to go away. If people would really pay attention to the Bible, they would find that it does not condemn homosexuality at all. As a matter of fact, the word is not even in the Bible, nor did they even have that word in their vocabulary. Not to mention the fact that Christianity is not that old. They forget that gay people were around thousands of years before Christ and Christianity.
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Pullet Paradise
Frenchy's fanatic: I read the article about the Third Ward chicken shacks ["Chicken Run," by Robb Walsh, October 11]. As a UH student, I'm always trying to find good cheap food. Well, Frenchy's has it. Its Cajun-style chicken is the best I've ever had. It totally outdoes any of the major chains!
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A-Q ft X.O Senavoe – Legacy (Part II) mp3 download
Still headed for Blessed Forever collection which is Expected tomorrow, 1 Sep 2017. The Yung Exec – A-Q drops another hot mystery in suspicion to the undertaking discharge.
Much the same as the past track "Yung Exec", Legacy (Part II) highlighting X.O Senavoe is not recorded on the imminent studio collection.
Tune in to Legacy underneath
Download: A-Q ft X.O Senavoe – Legacy (Part II)


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This summer marks 36 years since the fall of Saigon, 16 since the United States and Vietnam established diplomatic relations, and 14 since the US Embassy in Hanoi opened its doors. Today, the two countries find themselves sharing more positions on a broader range of issues than ever before. Indeed, diplomats have even spoken in terms of a 'strategic partnership' developing between Hanoi and Washington.
Policymakers in both capitals justifiably speak with pride and enthusiasm of their achievements, and the great potential that exists to develop an even more robust relationship in coming years. Speaking on May 31 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell spoke of Washington's 'desire and intention to improve this relationship going forward.'
Yet while both sides rightly want to grow closer, absent improvements in human rights and political freedoms in Vietnam, the Barack Obama administration has taken engagement with the Vietnamese government as far as it can without alienating the US public and Congress. Although there remains room on both sides for further adaptation and accommodation, the onus now rests squarely on Hanoi to meet the US halfway by pursuing domestic policy reforms, particularly in the areas of political freedom and civil rights. Effectively addressing these Vietnamese domestic issues – what Campbell referred to as a 'limiting factor' in the relationship – would give the Obama administration a greater ability to work with Vietnam and allow the relationship to progress to the next level.Enjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month.
Since taking office, Obama has expended energy and political capital in pursuit of strong ties with Southeast Asia. After eight years that saw Washington disengaged and distracted from Southeast Asia, on coming to power Obama moved quickly to increase US engagement with this important region. Since the beginning of the Obama presidency, US engagement with Vietnam has grown particularly fast – though admittedly from a low base – to a level not seen since the heady days when President Bill Clinton visited Hanoi in 2000 and delivered the first ever speech by a foreign leader to be broadcast live across Vietnam.
In pursuing stronger ties with Southeast Asia and defending US maritime interests, the United States earned Beijing's ire when, at the ASEAN Regional Forum Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Hanoi last July, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aligned the US with Southeast Asian countries by raising concerns about China's ambitious maritime territorial claims in the South China Sea and calling for 'a collaborative diplomatic process by all claimants.'


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Ballyhegan Davitts CLG Nótaí Chlub
commencing 06/08/12
Draw # 68: 06/08/12
6, 7, 8, 28
Michael John Loughran
Quiz Night
Ballyhegan Davitts GAC Senior Ladies present 'QUIZ NIGHT' THIS Sunday August 12th, from 7pm, in The Famous Grouse, Ballyhegan. Admission is £5, & there will be spot prizes & a raffle. Tickets are available from Senior Ladies & Committee members. Funding towards Senior Ladies t-shirts.
New Merchandise
Unfortunately the thegaastore.com is no longer able to stock all our merchandise for single unit sales. However, the club is currently putting together a one off bulk order. Do not miss out!
Please fill in the order form (Ballyhegan Order Sheet.xlsx) available from here: www.ballyhegan.com/downloads and return the order with payment to any committee member or coach.
We are hoping to run a fitting night at the club rooms in the near future, if you are unsure of sizing until then please let your coach know, this can be updated before the order is processed, after the fitting night.
There seems to be big demand for the backpacks - they will be ordered as a priority to ensure arrival for school term.
PS. Christmas is just around the corner! :-)
Congratulations to the senior ladies who defeated Granemore in the Intermediate Championship at the weekend, and now to progress to face Crossmaglen, next Wednesday August 15th, throw-In 7.30pm - Venue TBC.
Croke Park Trip
A group of 65 kids and 17 adults from the club made the trip to Croke Park last Sunday to watch the AI Quarter Final Double header: Cork v Kildare & Donegal v Kerry. The Davitts group were treated to a football extravaganza and have been noted as a credit to our club. Credit to Youth Officer Paul Doherty for his precision planning in sorting tickets, coach travel & food, ensuring everyone had a super day out! There is now hope that this will become an annual club trip. Photographs from the day will be on the website next week (hopefully!).
If there is anyone interested in representing the club refereeing GO games (U12s), please get in touch. Training is provided! This opportunity is open to everyone, young (good for your CV) and old, male & female!
Mizen Head to Malin Head!
Club members (and players of sorts!) past & present - Shane & Dermot O'Hanlon, Adrian Woolsey, Paul & John McGrane (The Street) and Johnnie Quinn are undertaking a cycle from Mizen Head to Malin Head this summer in aid of good causes. Over 4 Days in August 12 novice cyclists will complete the 400 mile journey the length of Ireland in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care, Tiny Life and The Michela Foundation. A big effort has been made by all the inexperienced cyclists to prepare themselves for this huge challenge and your support would be very much appreciated.
Should anyone wish to donate to these great causes please log on to www.Justgiving.com/mizentomalin-thelonghaul or text the code MTMC 88 and the amount you wish to donate to 70070.
Fund Raising
Help Ballyhegan Davitts to raise money whenever you shop online:
It's very simple - just visit http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/ballyhegandavitts to register and shop with over 2000 well known retailers like Amazon, Argos, M&S, eBay and many more. Whenever you buy something, the retailer makes a donation to Ballyhegan Davitts.
It won't cost you a penny extra to shop through easyfundraising and you can even save money with special offers and voucher codes.
Zumba Dance Class
Will recommence in September!
Clothes Bank
A clothing bank now resides in the club car park. This is a new initiative to raise cash for our club, so we'd like to urge our members & local community to deposit any unwanted clothes and textiles. The items will then be exported across Europe and Africa. By doing so the club will get a donation for every bag of clothes recycled.
Thank-you in advance for your help and support.
· All types of Clothing (Adult, Children & Baby)
· Bags, Shoes, Hats & Belts
· Towels, Curtains & Bed Linen
Seat for Life
To help finance the development of the Athletic Grounds, a scheme whereby the general public can buy a "Seat For Life" has been launched. The bonus for our club is that we will receive £25 from each seat sold. For more information see the MyArmagh website:
Upcoming Fixtures:
Senior Men: SimplyFruit.com, JFL Cup: Ballyhegan v St Patrick's II Sunday August 12th, 2pm
S. Ladies: Intermediate C'Ship: Crossmaglen v Ballyhegan Wednesday August 15th, 7pm
@ The Club-rooms:
Zumba Dance class (Ladies Only) - Will recommence in September!
Adult Irish Classes - Tuesday 8pm
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In 1980, National Office Furniture joined the contract office furniture market with a goal to be a standout. By offering quality furniture at a better value and with shorter lead times, National jumped onto the scene and customers jumped at the opportunity to get the furniture they wanted in the budget and timeframe they needed. With exceptional value and design-driven products focused on today's working environments, we continue to grow and introduce innovative solutions that create spaces where people want to be.
Quality, reliability, safety, style, sustainability, productivity, and affordability aren't concepts that are taken lightly at National. We are dedicated to delivering each of these to our customers and partners. By nurturing relationships and making it a priority to do the right thing, we continue to prove that we have the right solutions for any space.
Our Corporate Headquarters is a prime example of how furniture from National can be used in any space. The 50,000 square foot facility, designed by the world renowned Gensler design firm, is full of innovative furniture, progressive work environments, and splashed with whimsy and humor throughout the space. With areas and furniture which help individuals collaborate, learn, interact, and focus, the Headquarters represents how customers can use National's solutions in their own spaces.
At National, we are Furniture with Personality. We take pride in our performance and know that our success is due to our employees. Our people create products; our people create experiences; our people are National. We believe it is important to embrace individuality and to nurture an atmosphere that encourages expression. With a diverse mixture of personalities, we can't wait to share our excitement, our energy, and our solutions with you.
While this is the "About National" section, we understand that furniture is about a personal experience. In an industry where there are literally thousands of choices, the National experience is the differentiator. Our products and their performance regarding quality, reliability, and sustainability are second-to-none, as evidenced by our on-time delivery rates, durability testing results, and environmental certifications. However, nothing speaks more clearly to our commitment to creating an extraordinary experience than our customers.
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Urban Education
5401. Introduction to
Urban Schools (3 s.h.)
This course explores major issues in urban education and the programs and practices that address them. Topics include effective policies and practices for urban schools, such as parent and community involvement, school violence, and small learning communities. Offered every term, including summer.
This course is designed to help students understand the social, political, and economic factors that shape urban schools. The focus is on both perennial and emerging issues affecting the urban environment and schools and on major policies relating to those issues (e.g., equity, accountability, and school finance). The class requires several critiques of educational literature, as well as an extensive review of the literature on a substantive topic related to urban education. Offered every Fall term.
5515. Service Learning and Community Development (3 s.h.)
This course presents models for service learning with particular emphasis on those that contribute to urban community development and community building. Students conduct a participatory community study and design a service learning project that meets authentic community needs. Offered every Fall term.
5516. School-Community Partnerships in Urban Settings (3 s.h.)
This course introduces models, practices, and theories for developing partnerships between schools, universities, community-based groups/agencies, and neighborhoods. Among the models studied are various types of partnerships, community organizations, family centers, and community schools. The course emphasizes the manifold issues that emerge when partnerships involve participants who cross the boundaries of class, race, gender, professions, culture, and language. Field visits and fieldwork are included. Offered Spring term.
5620. Special Topics in Urban Education (3 s.h.)
5630. Special Seminar in Urban Education (3 s.h.)
5565. The Origins of Urban Education (3 s.h.)
This reading and discussion class is based on the most important secondary literature in urban history and the history of urban education. Philadelphia is used as a case study. Topics in urban history include the geography and functional differentiation of urban space; the political economy of cities; urban demographics with a special emphasis on racial and ethnic minorities; urban political and social institutions; and the site as educator, including regional and site planning and urban material culture. Topics in urban educational history include race and ethnicity in the history of urban education; the politics of urban education; the history of social class; and the opportunity structure in urban education.
8602. Theory Seminar in Urban Schools (3 s.h.)
This course introduces some important theoretical frameworks and theorists that inform research in urban education. Emphasis in on the contributions of the social sciences. Theories are discussed in the context of urban education and are applied to major issues of interest to the class. Each student selects an issue, which s/he may have begun to explore in URBAN ED 5501, around which written and oral presentations are based. Teams of students also lead class discussions on the work of selected theorists.
9982. Independent Research in Urban Education (3 s.h.)
Because the Urban Education Program is interdisciplinary and draws on faculty from across the University, it is critical that students become acquainted with faculty whose research styles and interests will contribute to their course of study by, for example, serving on their dissertation committees. This course requires students to design and complete a project with a faculty member outside the program. In consultation with their advisors, students identify an affiliated member with whom to work and then create and complete an independent study. This research can take several forms, e.g., collecting and analyzing data, conducting an extensive literature review, or utilizing secondary data.
9991. Research Practicum (3
This doctoral-level course provides each student with the experience of completing an independent study research project. Students are required to formulate a research question; conduct a thorough review of the relevant literature on the topic; design a small study to be carried out throughout the year; and write up the results. While this project may be directly related to the student's dissertation research, it does not serve as a replacement of that research endeavor. Each student is expected to present her/his work in a public setting.
9999. Doctoral Dissertation (3-9 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Open only to doctoral candidates who have successfully
completed the minimum hours
of coursework required for the degree, the preliminary examination, and the dissertation proposal.
Continuous registration during the Fall and Spring semesters is required until the dissertation is completed and accepted by the Graduate School.
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Beginning Oct 13th
"NEW" Fall Menus and Hours of Operation
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Tuesday through Friday – 11:30am – 2:00pm
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Continuous service on the patio as long as weather permits.
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I am no longer a sane man.
i want to go home
i give up
come get me
Monday, January 31, 2011
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Nobodies ever Gotten like this...
Don't fucking give in.ReplyDelete
Not after all that.
Shiloh. I found you. E-mail me. I think I can help you with all this. That is, assuming it's not made up, it's the same thing I dealt with, and you're not just batshit crazy.ReplyDelete
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The Insomniac Prince
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Free your mind
Know the truth
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A pickup driver who crossed the center line of Guinea Road near Route 17/George Washington Memorial Highway in Hayes, Virginia (VA), hit a Jeep head on, inflicting serious injuries on the woman driving the other vehicle and killing the Jeep's passenger. Police determined that the at-fault driver was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the fatal collision and have charged him with involuntary manslaughter and second-offense DUI.
The deadly crash in Gloucester County occurred on February 18, 2015. Snow, ice and slush on the roadway from a major winter storm earlier in the week may have contributed to making the pickup truck driver unable to control his vehicle and stay in his own lane and out of the path of oncoming traffic. Intoxication appears to be the true explanation, however.
As a Virginia personal injury and wrongful death attorney whose firm has helped hundreds of victims of drunk and drugged driving accidents, I know that the only safe time to operate a car or truck while drunk or high is never. Add road conditions that challenge even the most sober and attentive drivers to maintain control, and an accident that leaves people hurt or dead is all but guaranteed.
I send my deepest condolences out to the friends and family members of the passenger in the Jeep who lost his life, along with my wishes for the injured Jeep driver to make a quick and full recovery from her injuries. I also want to take this opportunity to remind anyone who considers taking the wheel after drinking too much alcohol or abusing drugs that the life and health they risk is not just their own.


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Finding the Best Places to Live in the UKIf you ever watch HGTV's House Hunters than you know UK property expert Phil Spencer. He says,
"Picking an area to live in isn't just about a budget, it's about finding somewhere that suits your family and lifestyle."
I came across Phil's solid tips on On HouseToHome.co.uk where he writes about:
How to choose where to buy in the UK
Phil advises buyers in the UK to:
1. Think about transportation hubs and connections. The closer you live to a train station or major highway or airport the more popular the Real Estate - you'll have to pay for that convenience though. But convenience aside there are some negatives namely noise pollution and less privacy. It's a good idea to check train schedules and flight paths for where you are considering. Sometimes agents will pick optimum times to show a property - when the train is not running or the airport is quiet. It can be quite a shock if you're awakened at 5:00 am to the whistle of a commuter train passing through your backyard!
2. Look for places with useful amenities. Shopping, restaurants and entertainment close by can really turn a house into a home. It's about lifestyle and living. Also look for trends. If you spot small shops being renovated and new ones being opened it's a good sign the neighbourhood is moving in the right direction. You can also review current and past issues of local newspapers and magazines for announcements. You may even want to visit the local planning department to get an idea of the future for the community your considering.
3. Be alert to places that offer open spaces likes parks and water features. If you have a pet or children it's important to have recreation areas close by where you can walk and simply enjoy the outdoors. The best places to live are often associated with nature.
4. Check out the education system, even if you don't have children. Research has revealed that crime rates are in direct correlation to the quality of education in an area. Where a community is focused on developing the potential of their youth there is less chance you will find school drop-outs who pick up a life of crime. Well educated people believe in themselves and are contributing participants in the community they live in.
Of course as you read through this list of tips for finding the best places to live in the UK you've probably notices that they are applicable to finding the best country to live in and then using the same questions and criteria to find the best spots within hat country. After all we share the human condition regardless of our nationality or where we chose to live. Even when timers are tough and you need to find the cheapest place to live these tips can still help you skew the odds in your favour for finding the best place.


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If you're not absolutely in love with your service at TIN & LASH, we will make it right.
It's our desire to have each client pampered with the best experience from their service(s). Should you not love your new lashes or eyebrows for whatever reason, please contact us by phone within 3 days of your primary service appointment (unless otherwise noted) and we will be more than happy to have a follow up appointment with you, free of charge to resolve any issues.
If you need to cancel, reschedule, or adjust your appointment in any way, please give us at least 24 hour notice or you will be charged 50% of your service amount.
We want to make sure our clients leave ecstatic about their eyebrows. We always strive to achieve the desired shape, pattern and fill during our initial operating procedure. We include a single touch-up service (as most eyebrow microblading required 2 visits), as long as it has been booked for a service within 6 weeks of the initial service date.
All clients have different results and recovery based on lifestyle habits and skin types. Any additional requests for touch ups after the initial 2 week window will require a touch-up service charge of $195.
During a paid touch-up service, if the artist can not identify the shape of the initial microblading service with TIN & LASH, then the eyebrows must be reshaped, and the service charge will be that of a new microblading service.
All clients have different results in retaining eyelash extensions based on lifestyle habits and skin types. If you do have any irritation or are unhappy with the look, please contact us within 3 days and we will try our best to adjust things for you.
During a paid fill service, if the artist identifies that you have less than 50% of your original density from the last visit, you will be charged the price for a full set of the original type (e.g. classic set or volumation).