text: OPTAVIA CORPORATION NEW RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Brian Mangin 608.260.9000, ext. 309 [log in to unmask] 7th Annual Conference on Human Factors and the Web: Call for Submissions "Universal Access: More People, More Situations" theme highlights web usability and accessibility MADISON, WI (December 11, 2000) - Optavia Corporation today announced a call for submissions for the 7th Annual Conference on Human Factors and the Web conference (HFWeb) and HFWeb tutorials, to be held June 4-6, 2001 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin. The HFWeb 2001 web site, www.optavia.com/hfweb, was also announced. The theme of HFWeb 2001 is "Universal Access: More People, More Situations." The focus will be on the challenges and applications of accessibility and usability for web design, as well as other topics of human factors interest. Topics may include usability studies of e-commerce sites; current trends in accessibility design; human factors aspects of emerging web technologies; current challenges of applying technology to web design; or web design strategies. Submissions are requested for papers to be presented at the conference. Papers for the conference are opportunities to present pieces of original research that relate to human factors and web accessibility, and to receive comments and direction from a group of interested peers. Presentations will be 30 minutes in length with a 15 minute question and answer period. The conference, which is aimed at professionals in the human factors and usability field, is free to registered attendees. Submissions are also requested for the tutorials being held following with the conference. Tutorials allow presenters to provide an in-depth look at specific human factors areas. These full-day sessions will facilitate dissemination of specific practices and knowledge among practitioners of usable web design processes. The submission deadline for papers and tutorials is January 11. Optavia Corporation, a usability research and consulting company for e-commerce, is hosting the HFWeb 2001 conference and tutorials. The HFWeb conference is an annual event of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's Internet Technical Group. Such noted companies as Microsoft Corporation, IBM and SBC Technology Resources, AT&T, and US West Communications have previously hosted the HFWeb conference. For complete information on submission topics and requirements, the cost of tutorials, or for any additional information, visit the HFWeb 2001 site at www.optavia.com/hfweb, or contact Kary Lehman, Conference Administrator, at 608-260-9000. Optavia Corporation (www.optavia.com) serves the e-commerce industry with usability research and consulting for business-to-business, business-to-consumer, and business-to-employee commerce. The company's customer-centered usability evaluation and web design services benefit clients nationwide by improving customer interactions online. Optavia's services promote superior usability and accessibility for client sites, helping more of the client's customers succeed more of the time. Using real people and real tasks, Optavia Corporation makes technology comfortable. # # # www.optavia.com - 613 Williamson Street - Suite 204 - Madison WI 53703 - 608.260.9000 --------------------------------------------------------- About CHI-WEB: http://www.acm.org/sigchi/web/chi-web.html ---------------------------------------------------------


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Two weeks ago I was working on lesson plans and just decided to go home for the following 3 day weekend. I hadn't planned to visit home anytime soon, but I really needed a break from Institute life. Airfares were okay, so within half an hour, I had booked a red eye flight home for the upcoming Friday. I had to work my ass off all week to make sure I had as little to do as possible once I came home. This included using our surprise afternoon off for additional lesson planning…boo. I didn't get all I wanted to done, but I got a good start on most things. Friday came soon enough, and by 11:50 pm, I was on my connecting flight to Atlanta, ready for the three day pseudo-break.
It must have been about an hour into the flight that we got the snack and beverage service. I had apple juice and pretzels, and then tried to get as comfortable as possible in the middle seat (in an exit row, so I had a lot of leg room). I was fine, but then suddenly had a huge wave of nausea hit me. I never get sick like this, so I tried to just sit through it, but within minutes decided I had to get up and get to a bathroom ASAP. There was no way I was going to throw up in front of people.
I stood up fast and hit my head on the ceiling. This didn't phase me much because I was focused more on my destination. I remember being behind this guy walking SO SLOWLY in the aisle, and when he finally sat down, I made my way forward. I kept hitting almost every seat, which should have been a red flag, but about 8 steps away from the bathroom, I felt myself crumple to the floor. The last thing I remember was hearing everybody gasp and get up around me and then I must have blacked out.
When I opened my eyes, there were a few passengers around me and a couple flight attendants. One of the flight attendants said I fainted and then had a seizure. WHAT??? I remember thinking, "Oh, this is a dream. Wait, no, this is real. Yes, I remember falling and now I am on the floor in front of a plane full of people. Greaaaaaaaaaat." They asked me my name and age, and I also gave them my seat number for good measure (I had this urgent need to prove that I was okay). I told them what led up to falling while I mentally asked myself the following questions:
Did I throw up? ::Checks face, clothes, and floor:: No.
Am I clothed? Yes.
Does anything hurt? My knee, kind of.
Did they have to shoot me with some type of shot to wake me? I don't think so.
Two of the passengers with me were physicians, and they had a brief debate whether I actually had a seizure and why I would have collapsed. The same flight attendant who told me I had a seizure started talking about how planes can have weird effects on us. I was like lady, I just flew to Russia and back, and China and back the year before. I got this plane thing down (or at least I did). Then she said alcohol can make it worse. I told her I hadn't had any alcohol for a week at least, and she stopped talking. The group around me on the floor finally decided that this was probably a combination of dehydration and exhaustion, and eventually my "seizure" was downgraded to just shaking.
The minute I had regained consciousness I felt fine. I didn't feel nauseous, and I was able to get up and go back to my seat without any help. I was just mortified about the whole incident, and still had about an hour left to go on the plane. Just FYI, there is nowhere you can hide on a plane. I did suffer minor bruising on my knee and face, but otherwise was left fairly unscathed. The paramedics checked me out when I got off the plane, and reported that my blood sugar, blood pressure, and pulse were fine. They thought it was ridiculous that I was told I had a seizure because I wouldn't have been aware right afterwards if that was the case.
Despite being fine, the experience was really traumatizing. TFA Institute staff always says to take care of yourself, but it's really difficult when the expectations are so high here. No matter how far ahead I get, I always have something that I have to be working on. Luckily, we only have a week left and then my time will be mostly my own again. I've never felt like I couldn't push myself just a little more, but apparently even I have a limit. My goals for this week involved drinking (non-alcoholic drinks) and sleeping more, both of which I've been able to more or less accomplish.
I haven't cried almost at all since induction started, but I had way too much time to think on my way back to Phoenix. A few tears came out quietly when I let myself think about everything I force myself to bottle away when I am here to keep it together. Most heartbreaking of all? Remembering how happy I was on that roof in Russia with Nikita. I boxed up those feelings when I drove to Oklahoma, but they're definitely still with me all the time. His package is also MIA in Russia right now (USPS tracking status just says "Arrival at Post Office June 15 RUSSIA"…that's specific). I haven't lost all hope that he'll get it, but I'm thinking it's likely I'll see it returned before he would ever see it. As long as it isn't lost forever, I suppose that will have to do. Please think positive postal service thoughts in the meantime ❤

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I work in the slow, quiet glow of recognition, cloaked by the effort, and with a long shadow of waiting.
Have just come across the Fantasy writer Patrick Rothfuss (www.patrickrothfuss.com/content/index.asp). He's written a High Fantasy book called The Name of the Wind that has been widely praised by Le Guin, Tad Williams, Terry Brooks, and all the other old masters of the genre and he's even been blessed by the autarch of Fantasy Jeff VanderMeer. It's a wonderful sounding book, telling the tale of "a magically gifted young man and his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king."
And now some literary mazipan.
Our man Joyce…. Better than Old Papa Hemingway? I think so. Thing with Old Papa is he killed himself. And then I have to ask, well what was all his literary outpourings all about if he couldn't keep the flame alight? His work is more weltschmerz than the existentialists because its nihilism. The kiss of Thanatos. Leaves me, anyway, wondering why bother, why attempt anything if it all in the end is meaningless, even the work.
Old Papa's like a titanic Greek Chorus bleeding into an empty cup and with maudlin curses of Beware! Beware! Life will kill you if you don't kill it. And he had no humor. Not like Joyce who was a marvelous comic writer. And it's not like Joyce didn't suffer. Jesus, he was half blind by the end of his life, struggling to see to write.
Old Papa's overrated. Big rhino covered in literary jewels but missing the horn of life.
Joyce is a monkey with mites and seeing, hearing, laughing at life. And people don't finish his books because it's a lifelong commitment and most of us have our own lives to lead and can't take on another.
But then I favour a maxamilist writer over a minimalist. You just have to look at the atomic level to understand this. Minimalism is a kind of sham if you just practice that. As maximalism is, too. Mix the two, however, and you have mutability.
Sometimes I amazed at writers. And you can take this as everything or nothing, with salt, a dash of pickle, and a whole lot of infinite jest. But there's no profession harder than a writer's. Let me explain. How many people get to imagine and create another world in a book and then populate it with characters and situations? It's like living numerous lives. And most people have a hard time living the one they have. Writers are living the one they have but all the others they create. Plus they have to know everything down to the colour of the wine stain in the glass. It all has to be plotted out and realized and filled with honest dialogue and action and twists and then it has to entertain or challenge or do whatever a book does without the certainty of ever being read. If that's not hard work, I don't know what is.
If you are scoffing at this, remember I am, too. But there's also a certain truth in it. There has to be because otherwise what is this life we live, counterfeit, fake, a perpetual march to oblivion?
I married literature so long ago but I'm still in the honeymoon phase.
"Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas." Laurence Sterne.


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How did it get to be March so quickly? Apparently, in his hiatus post Dr. D said he'd be back before the end of February. Oops!
But wait! I have an excuse:
During his hiatus Doctor D found himself on the other side of the exam room. Yes, D managed to destroy most of the bones in his leg and became an orthopedic patient!Never fear, readers! Doctor D didn't forget his Clinic of Doctor-Patient Relational Awesomeness! So be mellow and keep the questions coming!
I'll have a full report for you soon, but for now I can tell you that Dr. D's skeleton has been reinforced with Titanium and he is considering changing careers to become a bionic superhero.


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The pīpīwharauroa, the shining cuckoo, is a migratory bird welcomed by Māori as a harbinger of Spring. Ka tangi te wharauroa, ko karere a Mahuru.
I ia marama, ka tuku ngā kauhau taonga mā ngā kairangahau Māori.
Central Library is delighted to invite you to join us for this very special series of seminars by kairangahau Māori. Each month a Māori researcher will present their work in kaupapa Māori areas – an opportunity for new learning as we welcome Spring together.
- Tuesday 12 September
Kōrero Māori mai – Te Reo Māori panel discussion
He aha te kai a te rangatira? He kōrero. For Māori Language Week, we present a panel discussion on what it means to kōrero as non-Māori. We are joined by Jennifer Ward-Lealand (Ngāti Pākehā) and Lidu Gong (Ngāti Haina), both fluent speakers committed to whakamana te reo rangatira. The panel will be facilitated by Peeni Henare, current MP for Tāmaki Makaurau electorate.
- Wednesday 20 September
'Stars of Aroha' with Tess Moeke-Maxwell
Tess Moeke-Maxwell will present her research in creating Stars of Aroha, a new book and resource that combines elements from the natural environment with Māori mythology to deliver meditation readings. These tools are designed for both beginners and more advanced meditators, to advance their spiritual potential and cultivate peace through the practice of guided meditation.
- Wednesday 11 October
'A Land of Milk and Honey?' With Tracey McIntosh
As a woman of Māori descent, Tracey McIntosh is committed to addressing issues that concern Māori, and her research and publications reflect this. She joins us to discuss her research around issues related to Māori incarceration, and her new sociology textbook A Land of Milk and Honey?
Making Sense of Aotearoa New Zealand. Despite being a textbook, this edited collection of essays explores where we have come from, where we are now, and what path New Zealand society might have embarked on. It is a lively introduction to our politics, our problems, and our people.
- Wednesday 15 November
'Tupuna Awa' with Marama Muru-Lanning
Marama Muru-Lanning will share her research from her book Tupuna Awa, which looks at the people and politics of the Waikato River. For iwi and hapū who live along the river banks, the awa is an ancestor, a taonga and a source of mauri.
Muru-Lanning shines a light on the debate surrounding the river and the politics of guardianship and water ownership, providing a human context to the discussion by sharing the stories from those who live along the river banks.


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Goodreads Book Giveaway
Waiting for You
by Allison Williford
Giveaway ends March 04, 2016.
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Giveaway begins Feb. 29th. Enter to win a signed paperback of my novel, Waiting for You!
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Giveaway begins Feb. 29th. Enter to win a signed paperback of my novel, Waiting for You!
This Sunday, 1/10, I will be on Rave Waves Radio @ 1PM EST/12 PM CST to chat about my Contemporary Romance novel, Waiting for You. You can tweet your questions with hashtag #RRBCTagTeam2*4*5 and join in on the conversation! And, as always, feel free to tweet me @AlliW_writes!
Book trailers seem to be a pretty popular trend. I'm not really sure why. The whole point of a book is to read, not watch. I browsed through a few on Youtube yesterday — most of them for Romance and Young Adult novels — and a good majority of them featured pictures of models or actors. One even had clips from a TV show. How many people actually watch these trailers?
I have a beef with this. One of the fun parts of reading a book is getting to imagine what the characters and settings look like. Book trailers that feature pictures and video clips of real people take away from the joy of using your imagination. For my previous Meet the Character posts, I included links instead of embedding the image in the post, offering people the choice to look or not. I had a very clear image in my mind of what my characters looked like before I found actors who best resembled them. I get that some people like knowing exactly what a character looks like beforehand, but not everyone does. Besides, you shouldn't need to rely on pictures to portray your characters; your description in your novel should be able to do all the work.
Here are my thoughts and tips on book trailers, should you choose to make one for your book:
For fun, I put one together for Waiting for You. I used iMovies, but to be honest, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing when it comes to making videos.
Waiting for You book trailer from Allison Williford on Vimeo.
What are your thoughts on book trailers? Any tips for authors who are thinking about making one?
I don't know of any indie authors who haven't made a playlist for their novels — you all have, haven't you? — or at least picked out actors who would play their characters if their novel was ever adapted for the big screen (which, by the way, I have an Evernote file of nearly all my characters and their respective actors…).
Music is such a phenomenal concept. I've been playing violin for 20 years and have had such wonderful opportunities to perform up and down the East Coast, including places like Epcot and Magic Kingdom at Disney World. In my private lessons, we studied via the Suzuki Method (which Adam makes a crack about in Chapter Two of Waiting for You. I couldn't resist.) In high school, I also was a part of my church's youth choir, which was associated with the Royal Academy of Music. In order to advance a level (and thereby getting to wear the next color adornment over your cassock and surplus), you had to take tests in music theory.
There are even studies on the effects of music therapy in psychiatric patients. Seriously, music is such an amazing thing. The right song can make us cry when we're sad, cheer when we're happy, and make us belt out a tune at the top of our lungs in rush hour traffic.
This is why I think it's a great idea to create playlists for our novels. There's something about the perfect songs that can help convey the heart and soul, blood, sweat and tears that we've poured into our novels. They can be the perfect accompaniment to, dare I say it, harmonize with our work.
So, without further ado, here is my playlist for Waiting for You!
(Sorry! Couldn't find a video to embed of this song.)
My newest novel, Waiting for You, is now available!
You can buy the Kindle version on Amazon
You can order a paperback copy from CreateSpace
I'm super excited about my new book, guys. I have loved watching my characters grow. They're like my babies — I love them!
Also, if you'd like to write a review for me, I will send a free PDF copy. Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you're interested!
I'm excited to announce that on 9/19, I will be releasing Waiting for You for ebook and paperback.
What's even more exciting?
From 9/19-10/19, I will be donating 50% of my profits to the Susan G Komen Foundation for breast cancer!
You can also like me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/allisonwilliford1 and follow me on Twitter: @AlliW_writes
Today I'd like to introduce one of my secondary characters — Kylie Lewis's best friend, Cat.
Be sure to check out the profiles for Kylie and Adam!
Full Name: Catalina Gabriela Gomez, nickname "Cat"
DOB: February 24, 1991
Height: 5'3″
Weight: 130 lbs.
Eye color: Brown
Ethnicity: Mexican
Hair color: Brunette
Family: Mother – Inés Gomez; Father – Felipe Gomez; also has two younger brothers, Carlos and Martín
Occupation: Ticket seller at the Coliseum (Charleston Performing Arts Center)
Hobbies: Surfing at Folly Beach, dancing,
Hometown: Born and raised in Charleston, SC
Current residence: Downtown Charleston
Friends: Kylie Lewis
Education: High School
Religion: Catholic
Personality: Extroverted, outgoing, bubbly, loud
Favorite Food: Mexican, seafood
Favorite Music: Pop, Pop-Rock
Here's your link to the actress (singer, in this case…who also happens to be one of my idols for all her mental health advocacy work!)


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Patna, May 16:
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said his government is ready to hand over the case of Siwan journalist Rajdeo Ranjan's killing to the CBI.
"We have learnt that the victim's family wants a CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) inquiry. We are deciding to hand over the investigation over to the CBI," Nitish Kumar told reporters in the state capital.
The chief minister also said that the investigation is being carried out with "highest diligence" and police will file a charge sheet at the earliest.
Assuring punishment to the perpetrators, Nitish Kumar said: "The person who has committed the crime will get the strictest punishment under law."
Nitish Kumar's remarks came after people across the state took out protests against the murder of the reporter.
Rajdeo Ranjan, Siwan bureau chief of Hindi newspaper Hindustan, which is part of the HT Media, was shot dead on Friday in a busy market near the Station Road in the district town.
Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for terming the killing of the journalist and of a teenager in Gaya earlier as "return of jungle raj" in the state, Nitish Kumar said: "In the last elections those who wanted to get votes in the name of 'jungle raj' were defeated. Now they don't have any issues to target. That's why they are comparing everything to 'jungle raj'."
The chief minister asked people if they had suggestions on any other steps that can be taken. "I would like to ask people what else can be done, because if something else can be done, we would very much like to do it." (IANS)


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My approach to documenting your day is to let the day unfold and flow naturally. With the exception of a few formal group photos I don't direct or stage your photos and try to remain as unobtrusive as possible simply photographing the laughs, the tears as well all of the cool details that you've spent months planning.
I aim to capture images that you will cherish for a lifetime. I always regard it as a great privilege to capture images of you and your family in which I am preserving memories of a special day or magic moments.
I have the skills and passion to capture your day in a discrete and unobtrusive way so that you receive a set of images that provide an honest account of your day. Finding a balance between documenting the little moments that you'll treasure along with a few traditional group photos, and those all important personal and beautiful portraits you'll want to show off to family and friends for years to come.
Natural, honest, fun photography with some seriously romantic portraits thrown in for good measure!
The excitement, energy, the bringing together of friends and family, the tears and the laughs, the crazy dancing late on in the evening.
Happy to travel throughout the UK and beyond! Have recently returned from photographing weddings in Italy and Kefalonia.
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Guest soloist for Charlton Kings Choral Society, Pitville Pump Rooms, November 28th 2015
Caroline was delighted to make her debut with Charlton Kings Choral Society, providing mezzo soprano solos in Charpentier's Messe de Minuit and Saint-Saens' Oratorio de Noel alongside bass Tom Hunt, tenor Deryck Webb, and counter tenor and soprano (and husband and wife team!) Sebastian and Vicki Field, the Mayor and Mayoress of Gloucester.
It was a lovely concert to open the festive season, and we were thrilled to have such a lovely warm welcome.
Private function – wedding, Goring upon Streatley, October 31st 2015
Emmy Destinn preliminary round October 15th 2015
Accompanied by Peter Foggitt. Programme included arias and songs by Dvorak, Verdi and Rossini.
Swan Hellenic Byzantine Empire and Beyond – a tour of the Black Sea with Opera Quattro September 30th – October 14th
Caroline was delighted to be performing onboard Minerva for Swan Hellenic again, this time as part of Opera Quattro alongside soprano Eleanor Ross, pianist Juliane Gallant and tenor Jonathan Cooke.
As well as presenting four evening galas of mixed repertoire, they also ran the passenger choir workshops, the participants of which joined them onstage for their final concert.
Feedback from the passengers included lovely comments such as:
Opera Quattro were superb professionals and fun to sing with.
All musicians were brilliant specially opera Quattro and Olga (pianist)
Please ensure that the Opera Quattro are on board. Their programme and delivery first class. Those people will go far.
Private function – wedding, Wiltshire August 7th 2015
Private function – wedding, Hampshire August 1st 2015
Swan Hellenic British Islands and Highlands – a tour of the British Isles with Opera Canteremo June 23rd – July 7th
Caroline was fortunate to be selected to work onboard Swan Hellenic's Minerva as part of Opera Canteremo alongside soprano Eleanor Ross, tenor Stephen Anthony Brown and pianist John Cuthbert.
Together they presented four evening galas of opera, art song and lighter fare and were delighted to receive some superb feedback from the passengers, which resulted in a further invitation to perform onboard.
Swansea City Opera – Faust June 3rd 2015, Spa Theatre, Bridlington
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Review: Faust, Swansea City Opera, Bridlington Spa
11:12 Friday 05 June 2015
Faust stands at number 33 on Operabase's list of the top 50 operas performed world wide. It is difficult to understand why so low. Even with the limited resources available to a touring company like the excellent Swansea Opera, the music, the narrative and the action make a powerful impact.
Director and designer Brendan Wheatley's Expressionist stage
set was an anonymous 19th century location that was reflected
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The English libretto was by Ruth and Thomas Martin,
further adapted by the company. Normally, I prefer
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The overture, with Faust slumped over his desk, was highly
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carried off all his arias in bravura fashion.
Rebecca Goulden as Marguerite seemed to have
difficulty playing the ingénue and was initially
unconvincing. However, the Marguerite of the
second half was a different story. Powerful and
tragic as the Fallen Woman gone mad, her redemption in
the finale trio, with that beautiful soprano line
(Purest Angels, Radiant Angels), set me blubbing.
Members of the Cadenza Choir supported the professionals
in giving a rousing account of the Soldiers' Chorus
(Immortal Glory) and Hakan Vramsmo as Valentin
received louder applause than some of the leads.
Unfashionable it may be, but a packed house at
Bridlington Spa cared little for trendiness and gave
Swansea Opera's Faust the ovation it deserved.
Review by Mike Tilling
Swansea City Opera – Faust May 22nd 2015, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
Via loveshrewsbury.com
Opera For The People. Swansea City Opera Tempt Us In!
Opera Dinas Abertawe/Swansea City Opera
Theatre Severn
Swansea City Opera, to celebrate its tenth year this year, has wheeled out the little performed opera; Charles Gounod's, Faust.
A cautionary allegory with debauchery, hedonism, mild Homo-eroticism, greed and death as its central themes should be explosive……Well it was! This is a powerful, beautifully framed, presented and performed show with such excellence the thunderous applause at the end was not only well earned but well -meant too.
No one could have left this show disappointed.
With a tale dating back to the mid sixteenth century, first found in a German book in 1587, the legend of Faust had had one or two face lifts before German Poet Goethe got hold of it in the mid Eighteenth century and wrote his poem, Faust. Noted as a benchmark in European literature Charles Gounod's Opera of the same name premiered in Paris around a hundred years later, in 1859.
With a beautiful Orchestra of twelve players the score was so superbly presented. One was aware that this orchestra was having to hold back its power to allow for the human voices to be heard above; but really they needn't to have worried as the voices were strong and powerful and the music blended with the harmonies really as it held its audience spellbound.
Mark Saberton's Mephistopheles or the Devil as we know him, was so mightily sinister the audience were dragged in by the sheer power and magic of his performance. We were also wooed by the beauty of Marguerite so strong, so powerful, so sumptuous.
Brendan Wheatley's direction shows a superb comprehension of the text, it's depths and its themes. He has fun with these characters and has brought the temptation, the evil and greed so much to the fore that one could have as easily been watching a brand new story for this capitalistic, sometimes over greedy world, as opposed to a story almost five hundred years old. Maybe its eternal?
The design was daring and inspiring. Using just a back drop of corrugated iron it gave the area a down at heel, Victorian slum feel . But then the audience were treated to the lavish costume that gave it the Gothic Mary Shelley kind of ambience.
Tonight Salopians were treated to a fresh, an entertaining and thrilling evening of theatre. If this is Swansea's tenth anniversary then I' m convinced people will wait expectantly for productions in the many decades to follow.
Perhaps for some, Opera is a difficult medium to identify with. Maybe it can be ,but having companies with the artistic integrity and cultural understanding that Swansea City Orchestra demonstrated, we should be seeing and hearing Opera for years to come and the World will be a better place for it.
What's your price? What would tempt you? Answers on a postcard to Mephistoheles care of Swansea City Opera. I'm sure it will find its way…just be careful what you wish for!
This is a four star review
Owen Lewis.
Faust at Theatre Severn Shrewsbury
This touring production by Swansea City Opera, and featuring Shrewsbury Choral Society, took us on an inevitable journey to damnation via some lovely melodies and fine acting.
Charles Gounod came up with this telling of the Faust tale back in 1859, and it as a huge hit in its time, becoming one of the most famous and most performed operas for decades. Its strong moral stance gives it a very Victorian feel but it's also an accessible opera – helped by the fact that this production was sung in English.
Faust (Alberto Sousa) is an old man who realies his life of study has achieved nothing. About to drink poison, he instead does a deal with Mephistopheles (Mark Saberton) who gives him back his youth and leads him to the demure and modest beauty Marguerite (Rebecca Goulden). Mephistopheles tempts Marguerite with jewels on behalf of Faust – it seems bling is a woman's downfall – and the two young people fall in love.
The curtain opens after the interval to reveal a fallen Marguerite, heavily pregnant, attempting to pray in church while Mephistopheles watches lewdly. Her soldier brother Valentin returns from war and duels with Faust, who had abandoned her and is now himself a drunken tramp of a man. Manipulated by Mephistopheles, Faust kills the brother, whose dying words are to curse Marguerite.
Mephistopheles later gives Faust the chance to rescue Marguerite from prison, where she is facing death for killing her baby. But sensing Mephistopheles' presence she refuses, and throws herself on God's mercy. As Faust is dragged to hell by Mephistopheles, she goes to the gallows assured of her place in heaven. Saberton's devil was a wonderfully disturbing creation of pure evil who knows exactly how best to tempt us – how easily are the two heroes ruined by their weaknesses. Sousa and Goulden were excellent in portraying their characters' descents to ruin. Credit too must go to Hakan Vramsmo as the brother Valentin who had a beautifully rich baritone voice.
Shrewsbury Choral Society served as an excellent off-stage chorus with the men also appearing on stage as soldiers to supplement what was a small cast.
With its single, simple set this was not opera as grand spectacle but a more intimate experience which had the power to captivate. Enthralling.
Alison Ashmore
Swansea City Opera – Faust May 16th 2015, Ucheldra Centre, Holyhead
Swansea City Opera – Faust May 6th 2015, Borough Theatre, Abergavenny
Faust, City of Swansea Opera
by Mike SmithArt Scene in Wales
Created May 7, 2015
How times flies when you are having fun – 10 years since City of Swansea Opera raised the curtain on its first show. How times also flies when you have sold your soul to the Devil as poor old Faust finds out in the Gounod opera of the same name.
For this 10th anniversary production the company chose a Victorian Gothic take on Gounod's once wildly popular work that is coming back into vogue. This was a brave choice, not only due to the massive individual vocal demands it makes of its principals but also the hit-you-between-the-ears big number demands from voice and orchestra.
The problem of how to have the large vocal impact was solved by the sensible use of local singers and choirs to bulk up the cast. The effect was glorious.
Conductor John Beswick and the small ensemble of musicians brought colour and texture from the melody-rich score allowing the singers to make the evening their own in terms of grabbing the audience's attention.
The tale of temptation and devotion, lust and sacrifice is played out with this sort of sepia tinted Gothic world with the only flashes of colour being the scarlet lining to Méphistophélès' hat, for example, and the immoral Marthe's dress. That role was sung and acted by Caroline Carragher with great aplomb and fun.
Angharad Morgan was vocally a magical Marguerite with a glorious fireworks thrill balanced with gentleness and ultimate pathos in this god-awfully pathetic character's role. The acting was not sensationally fluid but that could be down to the choice of director Brendan Whatley in making this as much a Victoria melodrama as Gothic horror.
The Faust of the piece was well taken by Alberto Sousa with some eloquent singing and he was given much more to do dramatically as was the case with the particularly rich baritone of Hakan Vramsmo as Valentine. Wagner was brightly sung by Ricardo Panela.
The biggest dramatic role and fun singing came from Mark Saberton's Méphistophélès, the panto villain of the piece which fitted rather well with this almost Victorian Music Hall boo hiss approach to the opera.
Alexandra Cassidy was a prettily sung Siébel, the lad whose flowers are no substitute for the casket of jewellery given to Marguerite by Faust (and conjured up by Méphistophélès) which prompts the opera's most famous aria, the Jewel Song. Add to that the uplifting Soldiers' Chorus, Méphistophélès' own tingling trills, especially The Song of the Golden Calf, and this is a musically compelling evening.
The Victorian Gothic approach to the design was perfectly good although Marguerite's costume did rather restrict her movement. Well, it seemed so to me, but again that may have been deliberate, and the hat hid her face. Once in her fallen woman clothes she could let it all go a bit more and her mad scene was nicely delirious.
I am not so sure about the corrugated iron set, including a corrugated cross, which was supplied by the Swansea film company that makes the US/UK series that set in Renaissance Italy, Da Vinci's Demons. I have struggled to think why the characters live in a sort of metal shanty town but I am sure the answer is out there somewhere. But this was a night for the ears rather than the eyes so I didn't spend too long trying to work it out.
Borough Theatre, Abergavenny
Gounod's 'Faust': Swansea City Opera
Abergavenny Borough Theatre, May 6 2015
Swansea City Opera and Orchestra
Director and Set Design: Brendan Wheatley
Musical Director: John Beswick
Costume Designer: Gabriella Ingram
Cast: Angharad Morgan / Alberto Sousa / Mark Saberton / Håkan Vramsmo / Alexandra Cassidy / Caroline Carragher / Ricardo Panela
The overture to this production of Gounod's Faust began with the restrained tones of a string quartet, and the curtain opened to the bowed figure of the elderly Faust alone on stage lamenting his fate, then from off-stage the sounds of a choir. A strong atmosphere was created from the start, which augured well for this reduced-scale touring production of the still-popular jewel of the mid-nineteenth century French operatic repertoire, sung here in English.
This is Swansea City Opera's 10th anniversary production, and all credit to Artistic Director Brendan Wheatley for bringing opera to some of the smaller towns of Wales (and England and Scotland) on this 2015 tour – Faust has already been to Milford Haven, Pwllheli and Brecon, and goes on to Holyhead and Rhyl before reaching Swansea at the end of May. All potentially good in pursuit of the company's laudable aim of making opera accessible and bringing it to new audiences. The people of Abergavenny and around certainly turned out in sufficient numbers to nearly fill the 338 seat Borough Theatre. However, to the best of my knowledge and observation there were no young(er) people there, which was a shame.
Given the small size of the theatre, and of the orchestra, here was an opportunity for an intimate interpretation of Faust, but this was not in the event what we got. Reduced in scale yes, but not restrained in character. So, Méphistophélès, the devil himself and villain of the piece, was here played by baritone Mark Saberton rather more in the style of a swaggering circus ringmaster than the frightening svengali figure (at least as pictures from the time show) cut by the famous Russian bass Chaliapin, one of the classic interpreters of the role at the turn of the twentieth century. Faust, played in this performance by Portuguese tenor Alberto Sousa, is clearly Méphistophélès's puppet, but there was scope here for more subtlety in the characterisation, given the size of the playing space and the proximity of the audience.
The costume design by Gabriella Ingram is intended to convey the steampunk nature of the production, in a Victorian industrial setting, but with fantastical overtones. Unfortunately, for me, Méphistophélès's super-shiny pointy metal shoes threatened to upstage him, and steampunk aspects of some of the other costumes looked merely slightly strange rather than adding layers of meaning to the production. Similarly, the set, built to resemble a corrugated iron Victorian city slum, served the purpose of providing an upper level for the singers, but was also sometimes distracting as the performers negotiated ladders and awkward steps.
The singing throughout was excellent from the entire company. Although there could have been more variation in volume, Angharad Morgan's consistently rich tones throughout her vocal range, Mark Saberton's deep resonances and Alberto Sousa's soaring high notes were all splendid, but would have been the more so had they been matched by stronger acting. It is disappointing to see professional opera singers, still – now that the music colleges are paying more attention to the development of acting skills – sawing the air, pacing around the stage or taking hats off and putting them back on moments later for no apparent reason.
That said, there were for me stand-out performances from Swedish baritone Håkan Vramsmo as Marguerite's soldier brother Valentin and, especially, from mezzo Alexandra Cassidy as Valentin's friend and would-be wooer of Marguerite, Siébel. The death scene of Valentin, which risks appearing ridiculous, like all deathbed scenes in opera where a singer continues to sing heartily as he or she expires, was particularly well done. And Siébel, a man played by a woman, also always a fine line to walk in opera, was to me a totally convincing, indeed a compelling, character, combining beauty of vocal tone with first-class acting.
The orchestra, reduced to a mere eight players with John Beswick as Musical Director also helping out on keyboards, gave proficient and sympathetic support to the singers, but as all had to play throughout, they could not deliver the variety of tone colour which a larger orchestra can provide. Neither could they supply the swell of sound that the action really requires at dramatic climaxes in the action.
A feature of this production is the involvement – thanks to funding from the Arts Councils of both England and Wales – of local choirs as part of the chorus. The men of the Gwent Bach Society who joined the on-stage chorus acquitted themselves well. This opportunity was doubtless more rewarding for them than for the larger off-stage chorus, which was, apart from the section in Act One when Gounod intended them to be heard from a distance, a little too remote to be effective, and provided no more than a suggestion of the choral component of the opera.
Bringing a production of grand opera to a small theatre presents many logistical challenges, of which how to deal with the chorus is just one. Lighting is also tricky, being limited by the resources and flexibility of the particular venue, so that in Abergavenny's Borough Theatre there were times when the singers were not ideally lit. The question is, are the inevitable compromises worth it so as to bring opera to audiences who would not otherwise have a chance to see and hear it? Swansea City Opera, as a touring company, sits between what is offered by local amateur groups and the big opera companies. We have to be grateful that, for now at least, funding enables it to continue, particularly as Mid-Wales Opera has been forced to cancel its planned 2015 autumn tour of Rossini's The Barber of Seville because of funding problems. And it is wonderful that small towns can offer opera to people on their doorsteps. Would that funding had permitted an additional matinée performance in Abergavenny for local schools. The clear education pack supplied by the company really needs students to come and see the performance for the material in it be brought to life.
The star of this show was Gounod's music, by turns lyrical, reflective and stirringly rhythmic, and always tuneful. It is an ideal introduction to opera for anyone who has not heard any before. I did, however, wish that we could have magically enlarged the Borough Theatre so as to have had a full chorus on stage, with the swirl of the waltz, the bustle of the inn, the terror of the demons on Walpurgis Night, and a full orchestra to bloom and carry us all away with the drama. As it was we must be grateful that we have touring opera at all, and that people like Artistic Director Brendan Wheatley are prepared to devote themselves to continuing to bring it around Wales.
Further details about the tour can be found at http://www.swanseacityopera.com/
Photographs by Guy Harrop
Swansea City Opera – Faust April 18th 2015, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon
Swansea City Opera – Faust April 17th 2015, Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli
Swansea City Opera – Faust April 6th 2015, Gaiety Theatre, Ayr
Absolutely brilliant performance last night in Ayr. We were sad that there was not a larger audience to enjoy the great singing and playing and conducting, .all working together to produce a memorable evening. Thank you all.
Swansea City Opera – Faust March 28th 2015, Torch Theatre, Milford Haven
We were joined on tour in Milford Haven by a wonderful operatic society whose vocal and dramatic contribution to the show were invaluable – and we have been extremely lucky that they've enjoyed it enough to come and join us in Brecon and Abergavenny too!
An amazing and memorizing Milford performance! Your attention to detail in producing this opera was so carefully crafted in choreography, colour and costume, and had us captivated from the excellent pre-show talk right through to the final curtain. Just wonderfully done!! It was my partner's first ever opera and he was anxious about going but the talk was so helpful for understanding the plot (we heard every word of all the wonderful singers) and the opera's setting in the life and times of both Goethe and Gounod, my partner has become your latest convert to the genre!!
I am surprised to know that despite the opera's successful history, it is not staged much these days. I think the story is totally relevant to our times, and your accessible production made it so, regardless of one's religious outlook. Faust's archetypal images and effects, staged and played so passionately by Swansea City Opera, still have us talking. Wishing you every success on your tour!! Thank you!!
Swansea City Opera – Faust March 22nd 2015, Palace Theatre Mansfield
Swansea City Opera's performance in Mansfield received some lovely reviews, as seen below. Huge thanks go to our local ensemble, who were all sixth form students and sang fabulously, despite there being only five of them!
The talk was most informative, humorous and enhanced enjoyment of the performance. Given the limitations of touring, it was brilliant! Mephistopheles carries the performance!
Found the talk very interesting and it enhanced my enjoyment of the performance. AN AMAZING EVENING!
Had the pleasure of watching Swansea City Opera perform Faust at The Palace Theatre last night and it was truly amazing. I then also had the pleasure of meeting the cast and they kindly gave me an offer to join them in singing backstage and accompanying them. I have to say it was such a lovely experience and the cast are all genuinely talented. Well done Swansea City Opera!
The Messiah, Alto Solo, Côr Penclawdd – March 21st 2015
Caroline was delighted to be invited back to sing with Côr Penclawdd after the success of last April's Mozart Requiem. Caroline was one of the four soloists, namely Ros Evans, Wyn Davies and Nigel Hopkins.
The ensemble were accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra of Wales (leader Carl Darby) and conducted by Tim Crossland.
Swansea City Opera – Faust March 20th 2015, Wolsey Theatre Ipswich
A real test for all the musicians on stage and in the orchestra – who weren't in a pit, but on a balcony to our right! We received a wonderfully warm welcome in Ipswich, and our thanks go to all involved and all those who came to see us.
Faust – InSuffolk Review
Swansea City Opera
New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
Friday March 20th
First performed in 1859, Gounod's opera was immensely popular both in England and Europe during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Even though its popularity has declined over the last century some of its arias and choruses have enduring appeal and the story of Faust and his pact with the devil continues to resonate with audiences and invite new angles of interpretation and direction.
For a successful performance of any opera, one central requirement needs to be met – the singers must be up to the mark. Without exception this was true and there was much fine singing, vocal technique and sharp characterisation on display throughout. Alberto Sousa may not have looked much like an old man at the start of the work but he sounded careworn and disappointed with his life. However, as he recaptured his youth, his voice took on an extra brio and he sang ardently in his duets with Marguerite. Mark Saberton was well cast as Mephistopheles, initially plausible and engaging but gradually turning the screw and revealing his dark depths; his diction was also particularly clear. Angharad Morgan sang Marguerite with a sweet, clear tone, adding an extra sheen in her celebrated Jewel Song. In her unhappy end she found a touching and credible pathos. The smaller parts were all performed with vocal and dramatic aplomb and the local and intriguingly-named Rabble Chorus performed rather better than their name suggests.
A touring production in a venue not specifically designed for opera does involve compromises in the music. The reduced orchestra under the astute baton of Music Director John Beswick, played with great commitment and responded well to the varying demands of the score. However, a string quartet alongside woodwind and keyboard does present some difficulties of balance and on occasions the sound had something of an edge.
Director Brendan Wheatley set the opera very much in the late Victorian era, with extensive use of corrugated iron, the stage space was effectively used and the lighting helped to create an authentic atmosphere. A thought-provoking performance of one of the cornerstones of the opera repertory in a local theatre is always something to cherish and the close attention and warm applause was indicative of the audience's appreciation.
Gareth Jones
I went to see Faust at The Wolsey, Ipswich and saw an absolutely stunning production by Swansea City Opera. The singing and acting were first rate, as was the chamber orchestra. The final scene was, arguably, the most moving one I had ever seen. The production would have graced some of the more renowned stages. It's great that we are able to see an opera of this quality in our home town.
Roll on next year, and your 11th Anniversary Tour!
Saw Faust last night at the Wolsey. What a wonderful production! A clever set and some imaginative costumes for a start. Excellent performances all round with a particularly engaging Mephistopheles. I thought Angharad Morgan was in fine voice as was Hakan Vramsmo, but all the company sang and acted well. I also thought that the whole thing was very well conceived and directed and by the end I found I had a lump in my throat as Marguerite walked towards the cross. All three of us thoroughly enjoyed the evening and we look forward to the next production you tour in to the Wolsey. Thank you for a great evening.
Wonderful performance at New Wolsey, Ipswich tonight. Can't fault singing or acting at all. Not all things come right with a touring production, but I thought that staging could have been slightly further 'back' on the stage, the backlight towards the audience was too intense for the length of time it went on for and the siting of the orchestra – who were good – sometimes detracted from the singing. Not the fault of the production, more the fault on no pit, but please don't let this put you off coming again.
Loved singing in Faust at The New Wolsey Theatre on Friday. What an experience and what a great production. The cast and crew were fantastic. Please invite us to join you again next time!
Swansea City Opera – Faust March 18th 2015, Buxton Opera House
Another successful outing for the company, this time in the beautiful Opera House in Buxton.
Musically excellent, both singing and orchestral. Work deserved a much larger audience.
Swansea City Opera – Faust March 15th 2015, Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
Caroline was thrilled to see some of her old friends at Park Opera in Bracknell, who had kindly agreed to come and form part of the offstage chorus in Faust. Some lovely comments came back from both choir and audience, and it would seem a good time was had by all! Especially Mephistopheles…
Many thanks for giving us the opportunity to share something of your 'Faust'. Everybody enjoyed and valued the experience. Nearly half our 'group' were not opera buffs. For some it was a first time at an opera – let alone singing in one. So your wonderful idea – and risk !- of local community involvement has a positive effect. Every good wish for the rest of the tour Best regards John
Well done last night. Terrific production. Sorry it wasn't a sell-out. Terrific voices the singers and the chorus came over so well both on and off stage. Soldiers chorus still buzzing in my head! Mephistopheles did enjoy himself! Chairman South Hill Park
Been to see Faust this evening – Brilliant – Loved it Congratulations
Excellent talk – brought it all to life. I wonder why Faust is not popular today when it was in the past.
Vivaldi Gloria, St Michael and All Angels, Sandhurst March 14th 2015
Caroline was delighted to be able to join the choir and chamber orchestra of St Michael's to provide alto solo for their Vivaldi Gloria.
Swansea City Opera – Faust March 13th 2015, Theatre Royal, Winchester
The two romantic leads in Faust are double cast, and this time Ben Kerslake and Rebecca Goulden took to the stage in Winchester, to some rather lovely reviews!
I was at the Theatre Royal Winchester on March 13th. The production was brilliantly intimate and brought the human drama out of the "show". All human life is there with its lust, nobility and vanity. Absolutely loved the performance. The staging was cleverly uncluttered with marvellous use of light and shadow. This was the first time I'd really grasped the depth of the Faust story in itself. The music was brilliant with a disturbingly appealing (to me) Mephistopheles. I first saw the Swansea Opera performing the Pearl Fishers at the same theatre and that determined me to see their Faust. It's now Sunday morning and I'm still buzzing with the dramatic energy. Do not miss this production even if you have to do a dodgy deal with the devil. The pleasure will be worth it. Gonna blog you guys out later today. http://www.emmacalinblogspot.co.uk Thanks for a wonderful evening.
Philip Plambeck @hampshireagent · Mar 13 Excellent voices @swanseaopera @TRwinchester tonight! Brilliant evening.
We have enjoyed all your visits to Winchester since you first came, look forward to the next one! The enthusiasm of the singers & good quality of their voices produce a very good entertainment.
Good performers, especially Mephistopheles, didn't quite get the with the music. Prefer Marlowe!! *Wrote this in the interval, changed my mind in the 2nd half, and thought the ending was brilliant!
Loved the music and the voices.
Any opera in Winchester is welcome and is usually well supported in spite of our small theatre. It was also our first chance to hear Faust and we enjoyed the performance.
Swansea City Opera – Faust February 28th 2015, Queens Theatre, Barnstaple
Swansea City Opera's 2015 tour of Gounod's Faust got off to a flying start in Barnstaple.
Best production yet! Excellent cast, I heard every word!!! I have enjoyed all your productions very much, but this was the best by far!
It was the first time we had been to a performance of Faust and we were impressed with the production done on a small stage and with a small cast. An intimate performance – thank you!
We all enjoyed the show very much. You have an excellent company, with splendid soloists and chorus. It was a huge pleasure to be part of the production and we all wish you the very best for the tour. Thank you for making us so welcome. I am sure there will be no shortage of volunteers, should you ever need us again! North Devon Choral Society
A first rate show: all elements very good – singing, orchestra, staging. Using local choral society worked well. Pity the theatre was not full – performance deserved a full house.
Thoroughly enjoyed the performance of Faust at Barnstaple this weekend. It was enhanced by the pre-show talk that explained the origins of both the story and the opera as well as the characters and their behaviour. Particularly impressed by stage settings and lighting which was excellent and the costumes reflected its adaptation to a different period. A five star performance by everyone in the cast and the orchestra performance could not be faulted.
John S. Davies Singers New Year Day Concert January 1st 2015
New Year's Day in 2015 will be heralded with the Singers' 24th annual concert at St Davids Cathedral.
This now, annual tradition provided the listener with joyous, seasonal music including a first performance of Angelus ad Virginem, a specially written composition by Eric Jones for John S Davies and the Singers. Music also by J S Bach, Mendelssohn, Stanford, John Rutter, Karl Jenkins and others provided a broad and balanced enjoyable programme of choral music.
Simon Pearce, Cathedral organist, played and accompanied the Singers.


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Who wouldn't love a 1959 Fender Champ lap steel? Especially this one, has all the charm and more. To us from Somewhere in Florida, beats me as to where but it certainly has played some music though I can't imagine what kind. Hula stuff to woo all the palm trees there? Western swing through the South way back then? Way cool original Desert Sand (do I have that name right?) Fender paint job on body, nicely worn. Just completely and thoroughly dismantled, gone over and brought up to sparkling playing condition by yours truly, and every single little detail is 100% up to par, maybe even 101%. Tuners removed, serviced, lubed and given classy new black buttons; intonation adjustment screws lubed and adjusted; pots (original and untouched, date to 1959) thoroughly cleaned; the works, totally ready to go as the day it was new in 1959. Original tweed hard shell case, admittedly seen better days (hole in one end, no idea, dint get to the guitar though; handle replaced, remnants of orig in the case). Original 1959 Strat pickup in there too untouched and don't you dare even think of swiping it. This ultra-cool 1950s Fender lap steel is the bestest. A fabulous deal at only $1095 w/ohsc
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This truly global exhibition attracts around 200 exhibiting companies and 4,000 attendees from over 100 countries.
Meteorological Technology World Expo is a truly international exhibition of the very latest climate, weather and hydrometeorological forecasting, measurement and analysis technologies and service providers for a global community of key decision makers within the aviation industry, shipping companies, marine/port installations, airports, military operations, off-shore exploration companies, wind farm operators, met offices, agricultural operations and research institutes.
Meteorological Technology World Expo is organized by the publisher of Meteorological Technology International magazine, the world's only publication dedicated to weather, climate and hydrometeorological prediction, measurement and forecasting instruments and services. In effect, the Meteorological Technology World Expo brings the pages of the magazine to life.
If you are looking for new measurement, forecasting and analysis technologies, weather or research service providers, or simply to meet up with your established suppliers in one convenient location, Meteorological Technology World Expo is the place to be.
See the very latest technologies and services that are designed to ensure that the highest standards are met in terms of product quality, reliability, durability and safety.
Meteorological Technology World Expo 2018, the world's largest exhibition dedicated to meteo- and hydro-meteorological technologies and services, has been universally hailed as the biggest and best show yet, with a record number of visitors and exhibitors. Taking place from October 9-11 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the three-day event attracted almost 4,000 visitors, including key decision makers and innovators from research institutes.
"Meteorological Technology World Expo has been lively, as always, and I've really enjoyed speaking with all the suppliers," said Prof. Dr Nick van de Giesen, Water Management, Civil Engineering & Geosciences, TU Delft. "As co-director of TAHMO, I also found the Global Weather Enterprise meeting very interesting. There seems to be some real movement and forward-looking actions concerning public private partnerships in Africa."
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A cross between an igloo and psychedelic art installation, ICEHOTEL is a large-scale art exhibition and simultaneously a luxurious holiday lodge. Over 40 artists from around the world come together for the ICEHOTEL project to create several dozen 'art suites' — intricately carved rooms and pavilions made of pure ice and snow, each designed by a different artist or group.
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God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday (1941)
"God Bless The Child" is a song written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr. in 1939, first recorded on May 9, 1941 in New York City by Holiday under the OKeh label. She recorded the song with Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra with Roy Eldridge and Ernie Powell on trumpet, Jimmy Powell and Lester Boone on alto saxophone, Eddie Heywood on piano, Paul Chapman on guitar), Grachan Moncur II on bass, and Herbert Cowans on drums. Holiday's version of the song was honored with the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1976. It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. In her autobiography 'Lady Sings The Blues', Holiday indicated an argument with her mother over money led to the song. She indicated that during the argument she said the line "God bless the child that's got his own". The anger over the incident led her to turn that line into a starting point for a song, which she worked out in conjunction with Herzog. Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan, April 7, 1915 July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed 'Lady Day' by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing. Critic John Bush once wrote that she "changed the art of American pop vocals forever". In 1987, Billie Holiday was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The United States Postal Service introduced a Billie Holiday postage stamp in 1994, she ranked #6 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Rock n' Roll in 1999, and she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.
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In 2005, Chris and Annie met in high school and formed a friendship strung on the occasional exchanges of "The Office" quotes and sarcastic banter during their Algebra 2 class. After graduating, they never thought they would see each other again, let alone, work together, and this is their story.
Good Luck Soda was founded in 2015 by photographer, Chris Hahn, and illustrator, Annie Seo. They believe that, like art, soda can be creative, collaborative, and a little weird. Together they embarked on a mission to provide Los Angeles with the best damn hand-crafted, all-natural sodas.


text: The mythology Celine Reymond has created around Kali Mutsa is so detailed, it's challenging to distinguish what's real and what's imagined. "She [Kali Mutsa] was born in a valley that's called Pachacuti. It's an oasis of jungle in the middle of the Chilean desert. She's born in a caravan, of gypsy artists. She started very young, she escaped in a circus and she wanted to be a dancer and then she started singing in an orchestra. Now a lot of years later she modernized her music so she can come back to the scene because she's very young looking," said Reymond. And like many Chileans, Reymond's heritage is a mix of many different cultures. "My grandfather is Palestinian," she said. "And I'm French, and I'm Ecuadorian, and Venezuelan, and Chilean of course. I have an ancestor that is gypsy, very far away, and is very mysterious. That's why I like to draw a line, like an imaginary line to continue the story." Reymond said she's always had an active imagination so allowing herself to be possessed by Kali Mutsa comes naturally. "I love her. She's me but with a magical story, you know. I'm an actress actually, but it was the most 'near to me' way to do music. I can be as magical and as surrealistic as I can because I'm in a character," she said.


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It's a stylish promotion for BEAR FISHER and a stylish move for BOB PEDERSON at, where else, the Style Network, part of NBCU. Ms. Bear's new title is Senior Vice President, Brand Strategy and Creative Director for the cable net, upped from SVP Creative Director for Style and E!. She's been with Style since 2001 when she came over from Director, On-Air Promotions at FX Networks.
Bob is joining with the title Vice President, On-Air Creative. He was most recently the Marketing Director for Film Independent. His background includes high caliber stints doing creative for Comedy Central, Lifetime as well as Disney/ABC Cable Nets and FX Nets. Well Dunne! you two!
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Pete Ploszek, Jeremy Howard , Noel Fisher - 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows' World Premiere at Madison Square Garden at Madison Square Garden - New York, New York, United States - Monday 23rd May 2016
Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael are back in full force and ready to protect their beloved home town of Manhattan, this time the brothers are equipped with their fully loaded Tartaruga wagon and nothing will stop them from fighting the bad guys they face, in their own words: "We're just four brothers who hate bullies and love this city."
Once again the team is joined by the feisty April O'Neil and this time the Turtles mission is bigger than ever. When a mad scientist by the name of Dr. Baxter Stockman, creates a new form of mutagen, chaos is released all over the city in part due Shredder's two new henchmen, Bebop & Rocksteady and a much bigger mechanical Alien invasion which will see the turtles step out of the shadows and take the spotlight to save their city.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows will be released 16 June 2016 and was once again directed by Dave Green.
Jeremy Howard - A host of stars were snapped as they arrived for the Los Angeles premiere of the sci-fi thriller 'Project Almanac' which was held at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States - Wednesday 28th January 2015
Some years ago, four baby turtles were discovered in a puddle of radioactive ooze in a sewer by a rat named Splinter. Adopting them as his own, he gave them the names of the four most influential Italian painters: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, and the humanoid reptiles grew up learning the art of ninjitsu from their rodentine sensei. Defiant defenders of New York City, they must band together to fight against the merciless Foot Clan; a gang of vicious criminals led by city samurai The Shredder. Meanwhile, an aspiring reporter named April is following the turtles, but with no-one likely to believe her story the city residents have little hope left for peace in their crime ravaged home. Determined to restore humanity to the town, April joines the turtles in their fight - though not even Splinter is strong enough to take on their latest enemy.
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April O'Neil is a fearless news reporter whose job to land stories is all the more dangerous in this day and age as the city of New York is overcome with crime, suffering and destruction. The law enforcers of the city are unequipped to deal with the level of power that the top villains of the streets wield, those being The Shredder and his brutal Foot Clan. There is still one last hope for the town though with the arrival of four mutant brothers (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello); laboratory guinea pigs (well, turtles) that found themselves living in their sewer for most of their lives while being trained in the art of ninjitsu by their rodentine sensei Splinter. They have now surfaced to defend the human race against The Shredder and April is determined to gain the exclusive story on their existence alongside her trusty cameraman Vernon Fenwick. Question is, is she ready to face such formidable creatures?
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In a city rife with crime and destruction, there's danger at every turn and suffering in every corner. The real authority of New York is The Shredder and his violent Foot Clan, whose power supersedes both police and politics. The only hope for restoring safety to the streets comes in the form of four mutant brothers, created in a laboratory many years ago and who have now found their way out of the sewers. A plucky newspaper reporter named April O'Neil is determined to land an exclusive story on the arrival of these martial art heroes alongside her cameraman Vernon Fenwick, but on being faced directly with these teenage mutant ninja turtles, she doesn't feel as brave as she first appears. However, if she wants to save the city from total obliteration, she and the masked mutants (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello) must team up and fight against Shredder and his formidable Clan.
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