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2012 Santa Fe Opera line-up announcedEvents, Things to Do, Travel Tips, What's New — By stevelarese on May 10, 2011 at 10:08 pm
Five new productions to be presented
Puccini, Tosca. New Production
Bizet, The Pearl Fishers. First Performance by The Santa Fe Opera. New Production
Rossini, Maometto II. World Premiere of the New Critical Edition. New Production
Szymanowski, King Roger. First Performance by The Santa Fe Opera. New Production
R. Strauss, Arabella. New Production
May 10, 2011. Santa Fe, NM. All five operas chosen for the 2012 Santa Fe Opera Festival Season will be presented in new productions. Three will be "firsts" for the Company. Two will not have been seen for a dozen years or more. New to the Company are Bizet's The Pearl Fishers, Rossini's Maometto II and Szymanowski's King Roger. Returning to the repertory are Puccini's Tosca, last performed in 1994, and Strauss's Arabella, not seen since 1997. The ambitious season was announced today by General Director Charles MacKay. The opening night performance, Tosca, is scheduled for Friday, June 29. The season ends on August 25 with The Pearl Fishers.
Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham will be the host for a special Gala Concert on Saturday, August 4, featuring singers appearing in the season. Chief Conductor Frédéric Chaslin will conduct. Details will be announced later.
Family Nights, which offer greatly discounted tickets at selected summer performances, will again be available in August. The program differs from Youth Nights offered at final dress rehearsals, in that Family Nights provide the opportunity to attend a regular full performance and at an early 8:00 P.M. starting time.
"2012 represents the best tradition of The Santa Fe Opera," MacKay said in making the season announcement. "It could be called a season of history and romance. Two operas depict actual historical events, and two are passionate love stories. Among the season's composers, Rossini and Bizet are represented by operas other than their best-known calling cards. Strauss aficionados will be happy to see his name, and Arabella is one of his most beloved works. When I first heard that Mariusz Kwiecien was eager to reprise the title role in King Roger in the United States, I thought it would be the perfect choice for The Santa Fe Opera, with its reputation for unconventional repertory."
"There is more good news for operagoers," MacKay continued. "Over the last several years our patrons have asked that we consider starting performances earlier. I am happy to say that from opening night on June 29 through July 28, performances will begin at 8:30 P.M.; on July 30 and for the remainder of the season at 8:00 P.M. We have studied the times of sunsets and worked closely with directors and lighting designers to make sure the performances will not be impacted by daylight."
"There are many new names on the roster," MacKay continued. "Conductor Evan Rogister will make his Company debut leading King Roger. Amanda Echalaz, Leah Crocetto and Andrew Richards are young singers whose careers are very much in the news these days. Also new are director Stephen Barlow and scenic and costume designers Yannis Thavoris and Jon Morrell."
Familiar names returning are Thomas Hampson, who will sing Scarpia in the final five performances of Tosca, and Raymond Aceto, who will open the season in the role; Nicole Cabell, Luca Pisaroni, William Burden, Mark Delavan and Mariusz Kwiecien are also returning.
Four well-known directors – Lee Blakeley, David Alden, Stephen Wadsworth and Tim Albery – will be in Santa Fe again. Duane Schuler will provide the lighting for Tosca and King Roger.
SINGERS: Patricia Bardon, Zack Borichevsky, Leah Crocetto, Amanda Echalaz,
Victoria Livengood, Dennis Petersen, Andrew Richards,
CONDUCTOR: Evan Rogister
DIRECTOR: Stephen Barlow
SCENIC/COSTUME DESIGNERS: Jon Morrell, Yannis Thavoris
LIGHTING DESIGNER: David Finn
SINGERS: Raymond Aceto, William Burden, Nicole Cabell, Eric Cutler, Mark Delavan,
Thomas Hampson, Mariusz Kwiecien, Christopher Magiera, Erin Morley, Luca Pisaroni,
Bruce Sledge, Heidi Stober, Dale Travis, Wayne Tigges, Erin Wall
CONDUCTORS: Frédéric Chaslin, Sir Andrew Davis, Emmanuel Villaume
DIRECTORS: Tim Albery, David Alden, Lee Blakeley, Stephen Wadsworth
SCENIC DESIGNERS: Tobias Hoheisel, Thomas Lynch, Jean-Marc Puissant
COSTUME DESIGNERS: Tobias Hoheisel, Martin Pakledinaz, Brigitte Reiffenstuel
LIGHTING DESIGNERS: Rick Fisher, Duane Schuler
Complete casts are listed below.
+Former Apprentice Singer
Giacomo Puccini
New Production
Last Performed by The Santa Fe Opera in 1994
Sung in Italian
June 29, July 4, 7, 13, 20, 30, August 8, 11, 15, 18, 21, 24
CONDUCTOR Frédéric Chaslin
DIRECTOR *Stephen Barlow
` DESIGNER *Yannis Thavoris
LIGHTING DESIGNER Duane Schuler
TOSCA *Amanda Echalaz (American Debut)
CAVARADOSSI *Andrew Richards
SCARPIA Raymond Aceto, June 29 – August 8
Thomas Hampson, August 11 – 24
SACRISTAN Dale Travis
Puccini's Tosca is one of the most famous and popular operas of the 19th century, consistently listed on everyone's "Top Ten" list. The score is filled with arias, duets, and choruses of great beauty, including the show-stopping aria "Vissi d'arte." Yannis Thavoris, the young Greek designer, will create both the scenic design and the costumes. The director is Stephen Barlow, who is artistic director of London's Holland Park Festival. It was there that Amanda Echalaz sang the title role for the first time, and later at Covent Garden. "The young lady everyone is talking about…" said the critic of The Guardian. The American tenor Andrew Richards is Cavaradossi. Tosca marks the Santa Fe Opera debuts of Thavoris, Barlow, Richards and Echalaz and is also Echalaz's American debut. Raymond Aceto and Thomas Hampson will share the role of Scarpia. Hampson has appeared in Santa Fe only once, in Donizetti's Don Pasquale nearly three decades ago. Chief Conductor Frédéric Chaslin will be on the podium.
George Bizet
First Performance by The Santa Fe Opera. New Production
Sung in French
June 30, July 6, 11, 31, August 10, 13, 22, 25
CONDUCTOR Emmanuel Villaume
DIRECTOR Lee Blakeley
SCENIC DESIGNER Jean-Marc Puissant
COSTUME DESIGNER Brigitte Reiffenstuel
LIGHTING DESIGNER Rick Fisher
LEILA Nicole Cabell
NADIR Eric Cutler
ZURGA Christopher Magiera
NOURABAD Wayne Tigges
The creative team of director Lee Blakeley, scenic designer Jean-Marc Puissant and costume designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel, who gave us the highly original 2010 production of Madame Butterfly, will repeat their collaboration for the new production of Bizet's The Pearl Fishers. Returning after an absence of a decade is French conductor Emmanuel Villaume, most recently music director of the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston. He is a regular guest conductor at Chicago's Lyric Opera.
Nicole Cabell, who was the fiery Musetta in the 2007 production of La Bohème, returns to sing the role of the princess Leila. Her competing love interests, who are also best friends, will be sung by tenor Eric Cutler and baritone Christopher Magiera. Their duet "Au fond du temple saint" is one of the most familiar in all of opera. Bizet was only 24 when he wrote The Pearl Fishers, which was imbued with musical brilliance that predicted what was to come.
Gioachino Rossini
World Premiere of the New Critical Edition. New Production
Sung in Italian
July 14, 18, 27, August 2, 7, 16
DIRECTOR David Alden
DESIGNER *Jon Morrell
LIGHTING DESIGNER Duane Schuler
ANNA *Leah Crocetto
CALBO *Patricia Bardon
PAOLO Bruce Sledge
MAOMETTO Luca Pisaroni
This version of Maometto II will be given its world premiere of staged performances in a new edition edited by Hans Schellevis to be published by Barenreiter-Verlag. Philip Gossett, one of the world's leading authorities on the operas of Rossini, and the general editor of Works of Gioachino Rossini, is working closely with The Santa Fe Opera on the production. The score is being edited from the original 1820 Naples version, using Rossini's own autograph manuscript and best available sources. The setting is 15th century Greece at war with Turkish invaders. (Later, Rossini created a major revision entitled The Siege of Corinth, which is a different opera altogether according to Gossett, not simply a name change.)
The title role will be taken by Luca Pisaroni. The fast-rising young Italian baritone charmed audiences in Santa Fe as Figaro in 2008 and also as Tiridate in Radamisto that same year. Making her Company debut as Anna, Leah Crocetto was a winner of the 2010 Metropolitan Opera National Auditions. She is also the American candidate at the 2011 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition to be held in June. Also debuting is the Irish mezzo soprano Patricia Bardon, who is singing the role of Erda in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of The Ring. She is also widely admired for her interpretation of the Baroque repertory. Bruce Sledge appeared as Count Almaviva in the 2005 production of The Barber of Seville. Stage Director David Alden was here in 2008 for Radamisto. English native Jon Morrell, with whom Alden has worked, is making his company debut as designer of sets and costumes. He has done considerable work in British theater in addition to his work in opera.
Karol Szymanowski
First Performance by The Santa Fe Opera. New Production
Sung in Polish
July 21, 25, August 3, 9, 14
CONDUCTOR *Evan Rogister
DIRECTOR Stephen Wadsworth
SCENIC DESIGNER Thomas Lynch
COSTUME DESIGNER Martin Pakledinaz
LIGHTING DESIGNER Duane Schuler
ROXANA Erin Morley
SHEPHERD +William Burden
EDRISI *Dennis Petersen
KING ROGER Mariusz Kwiecien
ARCHBISHOP Raymond Aceto
When the Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecien appeared as the Count in The Marriage of Figaro in 2008, he said to Charles MacKay, "You must do King Roger," to which MacKay responded, "It's on the list!" The opera tells the story of a 12th century Sicilian king who is tempted to excess by a mysterious prophet from the East disguised as a shepherd. The production is the first by a major American opera company and follows the noteworthy production at Bard College SummerScape Festival in 2008.
The young American conductor Evan Rogister, who now lives in Berlin, makes his Santa Fe debut in this production. Featured in the August 2009 issue of Opera News, he has conducted extensively in Europe and in the US including the Seattle Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Atlanta Symphony and more.
Mariusz Kwiecien will repeat his role as King Roger in Santa Fe. William Burden, who last appeared in 2008 in Billy Budd, will sing the role of the Shepherd. Erin Morley as Roxana, Dennis Petersen in his debut as Edrisi, and Raymond Aceto as the Archbishop complete the cast. The creative team of director Stephen Wadsworth, scenic designer Thomas Lynch and costume designer Martin Pakledinaz collaborated here in 1997 for Peter Lieberson's Ashoka's Dream. Pakledinaz, a two-time Tony Award winner, was also here in 2008 for Adriana Mater.
Richard Strauss
New Production.
Last Performed by The Santa Fe Opera in 1997
Sung in German
July 28, August 1, 6, 17, 23
Co-Production with Canadian Opera Company
CONDUCTOR Sir Andrew Davis
DIRECTOR Tim Albery
DESIGNER Tobias Hoheisel
LIGHTING DESIGNER *David Finn
ARABELLA Erin Wall
ZDENKA Heidi Stober
ADELAIDE *Victoria Livengood
MANDRYKA Mark Delavan
COUNT WALDNER Dale Travis
MATTEO *Zack Borichevsky
Strauss lovers especially will welcome the opportunity to see Arabella, which has not been seen here since 1997. The title role will be sung by Erin Wall, who sang the role of Daphne here in 2007, and who portrayed Hoffmann's four loves in the 2010 production of The Tales of Hoffmann. Strauss wrote a number of great singing roles for women; Arabella is one of his finest. Heidi Stober will be remembered for her colorful trouser role performance in Radamisto in 2008. Mark Delavan's most recent appearance was as Simon Boccanegra in 2004. The American baritone, with a repertory of more than forty roles, has a long list of distinguished opera credits in this country and abroad. Director Tim Albery and scenic and costume designer Tobias Hoheisel will work together again, having created the production of Mozart's The Magic Flute which was revived in 2010. Sir Andrew Davis conducts.
Tickets for 2012 will go on sale at The Santa Fe Opera Box Office on July 1: (505) 986-5900/
(800) 280-4654. Online orders will be accepted beginning September 1 at www.santafeopera.org.


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I recently switched over to Verizon from Alltel on June 1, as I was told then we would not get the early termination fee from Alltel for this (which we did, and that was an ordeal as well, but finally got that taken care of). Anyway, so I pay my bills through my bank's online bill pay. I have never had trouble doing that, my bills get paid on time, even when I pay them on there the same day they are due. Apparently this isn't the case with Verizon. I paid them through it, and 1-2 weeks later they say they haven't gotten payment. So, I talked to my bank, who is quite helpful, and they reversed the payment since it wasn't seeming to go through (it was with a check to Verizon from their bill pay service). Anyway, so they resent payments through bill pay, only this time it was electronically, not via check. Verizon STILL says they didn't receive payment. My bank says it is automatic, and it is guaranteed. What is going on here!? I have talked to Verizon on the phone MANY times over the past month or two. I refuse to pay those past payments when they are lingering out there (or when someone is using the money for themself or paying someone else's bill with it). I will not pay them twice! I will pay for my current service that is due, but I don't think I should be paying for their late fees or their shutting off/turning on service fees when it is not my fault! RIDICULOUS! I have had 4-way conversations on the phone with Verizon, my bank, and my bank's bill pay service to no avail. I want to rip my hair out!!
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1. Band pass filter and Driver Amplifier
2. Bi-directional RF Amplifier
3. Mixer
4. Bi-directional IF Amplifier
5. Crystal Filter
6. Bi-directional IF Amplifier
7. Modulator\Product Detector Audio\Mic Amplifier.
With these modules in mind I looked at what common signals would be used by each module. The BITX amplifiers switch direction by supplying 12 volts to one of the two amplifiers, and grounding the supply line on the inactive amplifier. These signals are labeled as R and T in the BITX schematic, and are controlled by either a relay or switch. Other modules also need switched 12 volts for both receive and transmit. Most modules require an input and output which are swapped when going from receive to transmit.
While the individual modules could just be mounted in a chassis, I decided that I would build a back-plane similar to what you would find in a computer, and what I have seen in some instrumentation systems I worked on. I incorporated relay switching of the 12 volts for the R and T signals. I brought out all the signals to two connectors , one that contains signals related to the receive path and the other the transmit path. I located the un-switched 12 volts along with the transmit connector. I placed a ground between each signal and added bypass capacitors on the supply lines to minimize noise.
|Layout and Etched boards
|Assembled Backplane
|Backplane with Balanced Modulator- Audio board
For the modules I am going with a 'Muppet' type construction using double sided circuit boards. Hopefully the grounded solid copper layer on the back of the boards will provide adequate shielding. For the connectors I am using .1in. right angle headers on the modules and pins on the Backplane.
I etched up a Backplane and the Balanced Modulator - Audio Baord using toner transfer. After etching I used a new 'Liquid Tin' solution form MG Chemicals that I wanted to try. It is fairly expensive, but the results are great. The boards look nice and solder better than just bare copper.
Now just need to check out the 12 volt and R/T switching and I can move on and build and test the Balanced modulator Audio Board.


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It's a brilliant movie and the front runner to win the Oscar for best picture, but unfortunately, "La La Land" is opening against the movie that's gonna make all the money this weekend. "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" leads off this week's Showtime.
Felicity Jones (as Jyn Erso): "If my father built this thing, we need to find him.
The new "Star Wars" stand-alone "Rogue One" takes place right before the events of Episode Four. Rebels go on a daring mission to steal the plans to the Empire's colossal Death Star.
Felicity Jones plays a rebel with a cause.
Felicity Jones: "The joy and the happiness people have with 'Star Wars' is so, so, so special. And those films, they've lasted from the 70s, and they're a part of film history."
Will Smith (as Howard Inlet): "Love, time and death. These three things connect every single human being on earth."
In "Collateral Beauty," Howard, better known as Will Smith, stops living life after tragedy strikes.
Instead of interacting with people, he writes letters to Love, Time and Death, and those close to him try to help him snap out of it.
Will Smith: "The very idea of 'Collateral Beauty' is that no matter how dark, and no matter how difficult a time is, there's something beautiful that's happening right there. You just have to look and you just have to see it."
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Area B2 of Ronghua Mountain Industrial Group (GanoHerb Industrial Park), Pucheng County, Nanping City, Fujian province
On November 11-12,2016, International Conference on Ganoderma Research was held successful .Under the theme "Technological Innovation and Ganoderma Industry Development" ,hundreds of experts, scholars and business representatives from all over the world gathered together to share the latest develop & research status of Ganoderma Lucidum.
There are 220 academic representatives attended the conference ,which produced 38 academic papers and 33 conference reports(including two invited reports, 12 conference reports and 19 presentations).
During the academic forum, Prof. Miomir Niksic ,who was from the University of Belgrade of Serbia made a special report on "the potential use of water-soluble polysaccharides in food and beverages for dietary supplement and medicine". Through the oxidation research on ganoderma lucidum , He found that ganoderma lucidum can be used as a natural antioxidant, which tap the potential value of Ganoderma lucidum further in the field of food.
Dr. Kiyoshi Shimizu, from the department of Environmental Agronomy, Kyushu University, Japan, made a lecture on "Triterpenes: Clues to Understanding the Multi-medicinal Effects of Ganoderma lucidum". He introduced the diversification of the triterpenes. He said that the bioactivity of Ganoderma lucidum made him curious and excited.
Dr. Daniel Sliva, International Nutrition, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, He was from the department of Medicine, Indiana University School of , he made a special report on " The past, present and future of mysterious mushroom "; Xing Jia-liu, the former president of Beijing 307 Hospital, he made a special report on "Ganoderma lucidum lipid adjustment experimentalstudy and treatment of 190 dyslipidemia cases in clinical application" . He used a large number of clinical reports to confirm the efficacy of Ganoderma lucidum for lipid-regulating, cardiovascular protection , cerebrovascular and dyslipidemia treatment. Dr. Xu Ruixiang, professor of Taiwan University, he gave a lecture on "The development and application of Ganoderma lucidum protein immuno-regulatory function". He shared with us the latest Ganoderma research results and the future application of Ganoderma lucidum.
Professor Yao Weixi , former researcher of ecological environment center of Chinese Academy of Sciences, now the director of Ganoherb R&D center made a special report on "Ganoderma lucidum extract on cell proliferation and apoptosis ". Dr. Zhang Jinsong, director of the Institute of Edible Fungi of Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, made a special report on "The standard research on the development of Ganoderma lucidum industry in China" He pointed out the importance to solve the problems to in Ganoderma industry transformation; ChenRuoyun, researcher of Institute of Materia Medica of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, made a special report on "The establishment of quality control system of Ganoderma lucidum, " made it necessary to set up the quality standard of Ganoderma lucidum composition characteristics to maintain the quality of each batch of Ganoderma lucidum; Zhang Yonghe, professor of Peking University of Medicine, made a special report on"Ganoderma lucidum in the study of central nervous system "; Gao Mingqin , professor of biotechnology department of ChinaMedical University, made a special report on "Ganoderma lucidum extract on anti-cancer and longevity" , explored the anti-cancer effect of Ganoderma lucidum alcohol extract in the human body.
The professional and brilliant reports was catching the attention of all the audience. Under that strong academic atmosphere, attendees discussed deeply after each report.


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Heart Transplant and YOU
For me, the heart transplant recovery has been arduous but gratifying. A blessing really. In some earlier posts, I mentioned a seminar on the psychological aspects of transplantation held at Columbia Pres.
The stories were interesting. In all honesty, I never thought these kinds of stories would happen to me. I am not sure they have, but something is up. What I do know is that I am a lot healthier than when I left Tampa. The Albany Medical Center Hospital saved my life on two occasions. This eventually motivated me to get some body weight back and try to build some muscle. I hope Dr. Hoffman will be pleased.
At first, my workouts were mild. Each week they seemed to intensify. Even to the point that after a good two-hour workout, I would try to walk the 3.6 miles back to my beautiful home.
Two weeks ago a young female driver was on her cell phone and suddenly veered into the walking lane. I moved quickly to the left and rolled my ankle before falling hard on my left rib cage.
As mentioned earlier, this is the only area where I have any pain. The pain has been elevated for two weeks. Pain is just so unyielding, don't you think? The neurosurgeon who originally estimated a year before relief would arrive has moved that date back due to some complications this spring.
But, the gym has been my savior. At the end of each daily workout, my adrenaline is so high I can barely write although my mind is spinning off the charts. I have even tried singing. Good Lord! It is now 1:28 a.m. and I am so awake it is embarrassing.
Now that it appears I will be healthy for a long time to come, my mind is all over the globe. I am sure that this winter will be the winter of my first ever ponytail.
I am leaving for Tampa soon and am very anxious to get involved in the growing protest movement there. I am determined to work with veterans coming home and write at least three books, two non-fiction and one fiction. I am taking the train to New York next week to interview some protestors. Basically, I am pretty psyched about life.
Tonight, I watched a movie called Get Him To The Greek. I have no idea why I laughed so hard, except that the new me thought it was quite humorous.
However, I am beginning to wonder from where this is coming. I guess I shouldn't ponder it, but my donor is really in my thoughts these days.
Now that the only pain medicine I take is an occasional merinol "happy pill", which without any question is the greatest appetite inducer and pain neutralizer of them all, I am truly overjoyed with life.
It has been a long time.
Everyday is a new surprise. I do not drink except for one social beer a week. I am not interested in golf. My son keeps pushing but it just isn't ringing any bells. I am not interested in football, which I coached for eight years.
I am hooked on tennis, which I have not played in 30 years. There are great, lighted courts within walking distance in Tampa. There is also a Little League Field, home of the 2007 World Champions, around the corner. I have always loved baseball but now I am obsessed with it. Too bad you Rays! If they will have me, I intend to sign up to help the pitchers this winter.
I know I should not feel this way, but I am content with the smallness of my new life. It does seem like it will be gaining some wingspan, but who knows?
My obsession with this ponytail is innerving to my daughters. My son says it will pass. The idea of a suit, blazer and necktie seems foreign. What's that all about? I bought a nice pair of penny loafers but I have no intention of wearing them. I am somehow into deck shoes. What the heck!
I am so anxious to see my Thursday morning Bible class pals. I finally e-mailed a couple of those good people today.
Anyway, for me, recovery from my wonderful heart transplant has certainly been about change. I guess tonight I am just shaking my head and wondering where the next day, next week or next chapter will take me.
An author friend once told me that there are two ways to tell a story. One is by narration where the author directs and controls the flow. The other is by telling the story through the characters. He said that if the author told the story through the characters, it would never end up the way the author envisioned.At this stage, that would be the way I would have to tell my story because I honestly have no idea how things will conclude. I think it is time for a bucket list. How about you?


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Assembly hears growing social inequality demands urgent tax reform
Church and Society Council convener Rev Sally Foster-Fulton calls for urgent reforms to reduce poverty and inequality.
Church and Society Council convener Rev Sally Foster-Fulton calls for urgent reforms to reduce poverty and inequality.
A minister from Aleppo in Syria has made an impassioned plea for the world to focus on the war raging in his country and on the persecution of Christians
Princes Street Gardens buzzed on Sunday afternoon with the atmosphere of the Church of Scotland's popular Heart and Soul event, now in its fifth year.
Outgoing Moderator Very Rev John Chalmers has used his final address to urge Church members to unite and work together in harmony to fulfil the mission of the Church.
The Church of Scotland has voted in favour of allowing people in same sex civil partnerships to be called as ministers and deacons.
The chairman of the Church of Scotland's Commission on the Purposes of Economic Activity comments on the new Churches' Mutual Credit Union.
The Church of Scotland's General Assembly begins tomorrow with the installation of the Moderator Rev Dr Angus Morrison, who was forced to withdraw last year after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Now fully recovered, one ...
Key figures from the financial industry in Scotland today welcomed the arrival of a new Church-led player on the affordable credit landscape.
The Church of Scotland is among four major UK Churches who have signed an open letter to the re-appointed Prime Minister, David Cameron, urging him to hold 'truth, justice, peace and wellbeing' at the heart ...
A new publication featuring some of the successes and good work of the Church and its members is coming to parishes around Scotland.


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Who wants to see Bomb It?
Please post a comment to this post if you are interested in watching the documentary film Bomb It on Wednesday April 15th at 7pm (somehow it's fitting to watch something anti-establishment on tax day). There is no commitment on your part. I just want a general idea if there is interest.


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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the most common gastrointestinal (GI) tract, or "gut," diagnosis, affecting roughly one in five people worldwide and between 30 to 45 million in the United States. IBS is a functional symptom-based diagnosis, including chronic and recurring abdominal pain and/or discomfort associated with changes in bowel habits (constipation, diarrhea or both). Abdominal bloating and distention are commonly present. Classification of IBS subtypes based upon bowel function informs both testing and treatment.
IBS can significantly reduce quality of life and ability to work. Most people who would be diagnosed with IBS do not consult with a health care professional. There are many current advancements in the understanding, recognition, diagnosis and treatment of IBS.
IBS: A Functional Disorder
IBS is the most common of many functional GI disorders, or FGIDs, in which symptoms are related to dysfunction or disturbance of how the GI tract (gut) works and functions. Many patients with IBS have more than one FGID. In most cases there are no abnormalities identified by endoscopy/colonoscopy, X-ray or blood tests that account for symptoms.
IBS Symptoms and Subtypes
IBS is categorized into subtypes based upon the predominant bowel symptom(s): IBS with constipation (IBS-C), IBS with diarrhea (IBS-D), IBS with mixed or alternating constipation and diarrhea (IBS-M) and IBS post-infectious (IBS-PI). Most patients with IBS also have abdominal tightness or fullness, called bloating. This symptom is commonly associated with abdominal enlargement, or distention.
IBS is a symptom-based diagnosis, which can be facilitated with a new app called the MyGIHealth Mobile App. IBS subgroup recognition guides and informs the diagnostic process. Diseases that can mimic IBS are considered through the patient and family history and by simple blood and stool testing. Scopes and X-rays are usually not necessary unless the history and/or basic testing raise concerns.
Management of IBS is also based upon the IBS subtype, and both patient education and healthy lifestyle (including diet, exercise, adequate sleep and stress management) serve as the foundation. Multiple potentially effective treatment options are now available. Associated anxiety and/or depression may require treatment.
Associated Conditions
IBS is often associated with other FGIDs, such as functional heartburn or upper abdominal (epigastric) pain not responsive to strong acid-reducing drugs. IBS is also commonly associated with other non-GI pain-related disorders, such as chronic headaches and fibromyalgia. Anxiety and depression are more common in IBS patients and affect illness experience.
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome (SIBO)
Many patients with IBS have alterations in the gut microbiome, which refers to the resident bacteria and flora playing an important role in both GI and overall health. Such microbiome dysfunction is termed, "small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)."
IBS is a chronic and relapsing disease for most, although the number of people with IBS appears to decline with age. People can change subtype over time, most commonly from IBS-C or IBS-D to IBS-M. Some of this change may be related to IBS treatments, such as the use of laxatives and antidiarrheal remedies. About two-thirds of those who develop IBS-PI following food poisoning (bacterial gastroenteritis) will recover within five years.
IBS in America Survey
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) in December 2015 published the most comprehensive survey of both patients and physicians ever conducted: the IBS in America survey. The survey shows that IBS symptoms are often so bothersome and unpredictable that they interfere with daily life at home, work and school, and many people suffer for years before seeing a doctor. The AGA suggests that patients speak openly and frequently with their doctors in order to receive the best possible care.


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"What would men be without women?
Scarce, sir .. mighty scarce."
Mark Twain
Both the genders will have a different point of view about Twain's musings,an English professor wrote "A woman without her man is nothing" He asked his students to punctuate it correctly. All males in the class wrote: "A woman, without her man, is nothing." All females in the class wrote: "A woman: without her, man is nothing."
I have a soft corner for my fellow men so,this post is dedicated to the guys.
We are all of sick of incessant whims and crazy what to do lists of women so we picked up this pretty cool list of rules for the women.
We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules
from the male side. These are our rules! Please note ... these are
all numbered '1' ON PURPOSE!
1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put
it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us
complaining about you leaving it down.
1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints
do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!
1. Yes, and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it.
That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.
1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.
In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.
1. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect
us to act like soap opera guys.
1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us.
1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.
1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.
1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions and neither do we.
1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.
1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.
1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.
1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.
1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine.Really.
1. You have enough clothes.
1. You have too many shoes.
1. I am in shape. Round is a shape.
Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know men really don't mind that, it's like
Well I just stumbled across this list and had to share it with you!!!!!


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Kaley Cuoco & Will Arnett: Academy Hall of Fame Gala!
Kaley Cuoco and Will Arnett step out in style for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' 2013 Annual Hall of Fame Induction Gala held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday (March 11) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 27-year-old The Big Bang Theory actress acted as the host for the evening, which honored and inducted Dick Wolf, Bob Schieffer, Philo T. Farnsworth, Al Michaels, Ron Howard and Leslie Moonves into the hall of fame.
Also at the event were Aaron Sorkin, Matt LeBlanc, George Lucas, Ted Danson, and Mary Steenburgen.
FYI: Kaley is wearing a Monique Lhuillier dress, Brian Atwood heels, and a Kotur bag with Meira T earrings.
15+ pictures inside of Kaley Cuoco, Will Arnett, and more at the gala…


text: I have not had a woman crush in awhile but I do know that Teyana Taylor does have the most juiciest lips I have seen on a woman and she wears her features better than any other beauty. How lovely is it to have such a natural full pout that seems as though you are always blowing a kiss, only coming from Teyana that would be the best. Teyana can have bright lip color on or just nude lips and she still keeps things very sexy.


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Labour leader Ed Miliband said voters faced a "competition between two visions of the country" at May's election on a visit to Nelson and Colne College this afternoon.
Mr Miliband was in a relaxed mood as he answered questions from an audience of 175 people who were a mixture of Labour Party members and floating voters.
Topics varied from energy and the environment to education and employment right through to the NHS, immigration, Europe and global trade policies and relations.
The Labour leader said there was a choice between the Conservative plan where wealth from a "few at the top" would "magically trickle down to everybody else" or his idea that only "when working people are doing well, every day people are doing well, that we can succeed as a country".
Mr Miliband dismissed the theory that people were feeling the benefits of an economic improvement saying "the recovery might have reached the City of London but it hasn't reached most kitchen tables".
He also vowed to protect the NHS, clamp down on tax avoidance from both businesses and individuals, scrap MPs from having second jobs and promised to give the vote to 16 and 17-year-olds.
Earlier in the day, the Labour leader visited BAE's Samlesbury site to launch the party's North West regional economic plan.


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We will spend two hours together going over the basics of your camera and its settings. Topics covered include:
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This private lesson is a combination of a personalized presentation as well as hands on practice with your camera for each topic we discuss. We'll talk about the kinds of things you like to photograph and create some setting principles for your specific shooting preferences and needs. By the end of this lesson, you will have all the basic technical knowledge you need and some base guidelines to get you shooting comfortably with your camera.
This lesson is three hours long. The first half of the lesson is spent going over the basics of your camera and it's settings. This time includes a personalized presentation that covers topics such as:
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The second half of the lesson is spent on a personalized photo walk designed around your particular shooting preferences. During this time, you will be able to apply the knowledge you gained from the presentation through creative, hands on training. I have a series of drills for us to practice working with different camera modes and the basic settings in multiple lighting situations. By the end of this lesson, you will have learned all the basic technical knowledge you need to know about your camera so that you can be completely comfortable changing settings to adjust to the lighting around you while still being innovative and creating beautiful photographs.
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Touchmark is unique among the array of companies offering retirement living options.
- Over 20 awards received from nationally known organizations, including our award winning life enrichment program.
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Commentary on the intersection of fashion, art, books, history and life by Ingrid Mida.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Book Review: Dreams of Joy
Lisa See is the author of one of my favourite fiction books - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - which was recently adapted into a film. I also was entranced by Peony in Love. Her stories transcend time but are rooted in history to bring alive themes of love between mother and daughter, love between best friends and love for one's country. A captivating story teller, Lisa See's books illuminate the Chinese culture in a way that makes me yearn to know more.
When I saw her latest book, Dreams of Joy, the sequel to Shanghai Girls at the book store, I snapped it up with great anticipation. The title and the image on the front led me to believe that this would be a joyful story. And while it is is another beautifully written novel that has great depth and poignancy, it could have used a warning label.
The book is set during a tragic period in China's history called the Great Leap Forward. During this time period of 1958-1961, the Communist Party of China instituted reforms intended to transform the country from an agrarian economy to a modern industrial society. In short, the reform initiative was a disaster and millions of people died in a horrific famine and by violence at the hands of party officials. The horror of living through this time is conveyed in great detail through the eyes of the main characters of the story, Joy and her mother Pearl. I am not at all sorry that I read this book, but I did not realize what I was getting into.... If you are looking for a light summer read, this book is not for you.
Title: Dreams of Joy
Author: Lisa See
Publisher: Random House 2011
Category: Historical Fiction
Number of Pages: 354
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With the strange weather we've been having, the plants have been behaving a bit oddly. Case in point is Salvia apiana. One of the focal points of the front garden, the flower stalks of this beautiful gray-green sage usually grow to about 6 feet, and the plant can be pruned to about 4 feet after the growing season.
This year was different. The late rain resulted in 8+ feet high flower stalks, but the dry weather after caused the larger of the two plants to split in thirds at the bottom. The middle third broke off the root and had to be composted. The other two fell in opposite direction, creating a less than pleasing display. Initially, I planned to prune everything close to the ground - but then I realized that the remaining blossoms were literally humming with small bees and other pollinators (of course they fly away when you need a photo...).
Here's where things get complicated for the suburban gardener: On the one hand, I like my garden moderately tidy, on the other hand, offering a wildlife haven is high on my list of garden priorities. Fortunately, the rest of the garden didn't look bad, with some Clarkia providing much needed color and the grasses and coyote brush offering resting places for the eye. I decided to leave the salvia until all the blooms were spent, and went on a cutting spree when only the seeds were left.
Even that was a compromise, as I know how much the birds enjoy the seeds. I had a similar conundrum in the back. Salvia brandegii 'Pacific Blue' is supposed to be about 2 feet wide, trellised against a fence. Last year I'd been a little lazy cutting it back, so this year I had 4 feet of growth.
This delighted the birds, which enjoy perching on the branches and picking these seeds.
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Born in Nigeria and growing up in Grenada and the U.K., Farida Bedwei moved to Ghana with her family in the late 1980s. Developing cerebral palsy as an infant, she has achieved to become a top software engineer in Ghana, and now an author.
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Branded content and entertainment should be simple: produce a content property inspired by a brand, and delight an audience with its entertainment value or usefulness. It works for brands like Red Bull and Unilever, just as it works for Netflix or ESPN.
In 2013, I've been the jury president at the Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity for its inaugural Branded Content and Entertainment category, and a jury member for the annual One Show Entertainment. Regardless of where the event occurred, both juries were challenged to answer the question: what is good branded content and entertainment?
Like Hollywood, with its guilds and unions establishing the criteria for how talent is paid and credited for work, we need to better define how branded content and entertainment is awarded and ultimately perceived within the industry. The following are questions we should ask to determine the work we should celebrate:
What's the story? This is a category for work that traditional advertising, and its process, often can't, or won't make. Does the content use a narrative structure, character development or offer an experience beyond advertising? Does it become sharable, and ultimately, an endurable property powered by the entertainment or utility value? Frank Rose, author of "The Art of Immersion," summed it up well when he wrote, "content without story is just noise. Content without story and excitement is noise pollution."
One area of debate is the role of technology, when coupled with story. Innovation is certainly important, if it enhances the audience experience. But technology does not make it more valuable, just as movies are not always better if presented in 3D. And agencies in their quest for hardware don't help juries, submitting sixty-second broadcast spots as short films, or media sponsorships dressed up as original content.
Does it build an audience? When I was at UCLA, one of my instructors liked to remind us that "films" were made by students for class projects, while "movies" an audience paid to see on a Friday night. Are we making movies? Do we create an audience, and ultimately convert them into fans? I'm not just talking Facebook likes, but inspiring fans to do something -- buy a ticket, subscribe to a YouTube channel, show up in costume at a convention…whatever shows they actually care about the content. We can measure its effectiveness, and if leads to customers. But first make something good enough to take up space on a customer's iTunes, DVR or newsfeed.
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The beauty of circulant matrices (and of Toeplitz matrices, to a lesser extent)
A circulant matrix is a matrix where each row (column) is a cyclic shift of the preceding row (column):
Note that a single row (or column) completely determines the entire matrix.
The beauty of circulant matrices lies in the fact that they are all diagonalized in the Fourier basis, that is, every circulant matrix can be decomposed as:
where is the unitary discrete Fourier transform matrix, is its conjugate transpose and is the diagonal matrix of eigenvalues of . The eigenvalues can be found by taking the discrete Fourier transform of the first row of .
Here are two immediate consequences of the above fact:
- The inverse of a circulant matrix is also circulant. Indeed, if , then .
- The sum or product of two circulant matrices is also circulant: if and , then and .
So, it's extremely easy to work with circulant matrices. Unfortunately, these properties do not generalize to Toeplitz matrices, i.e. matrices with constant diagonals. However, it turns out that if one thinks of a sequence of Toeplitz matrices defined by the entries , provided certain conditions on are satisfied, one can find (or construct) a corresponding sequence of circulant matrices such that and are asymptotically equivalent, i.e. roughly speaking they behave similarly in the limit of large and thus properties similar (but not identical, for example will not diagonalize in the Fourier basis even for large ) to the ones mentioned above for circulant matrices also hold for .
This result may be relevant to computational neuroscience, because in some cases, one wants to perform operations on covariance matrices (for example, inverting the covariance matrix of neural responses for Fisher information calculations) that are Toeplitz, but not necessarily circulant: for example, when correlations between neurons decay as a function of the difference between their preferred stimuli in non-circular stimulus dimensions (e.g. spatial frequency or spatial location). The fact that and are only asymptotically equivalent (i.e., in the large limit) is not a problem, because that's the limit one is interested in in most cases in computational neuroscience (the limit of a large number of neurons).
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- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
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- 1/4 cup finely chopped shallot
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic plus 1 whole clove, peeled
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 leek (white and pale green parts only), thinly sliced crosswise
- 2 celery ribs, thinly sliced crosswise
- 1 carrot, thinly sliced crosswise
- 1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf
- 1 tablespoon crushed coriander seeds
- 2/3 cup concentrated brown chicken stock (see cooks' note, below)
- 2 1/2 tablespoons Sherry vinegar
- A bouquet garni of 2 sprigs thyme and 2 sprigs flat-leaf parsley tied together with kitchen string
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- 3/4 pound mixed salad greens such as radicchio, frisée, and arugula, torn into bite-size pieces (8 cups)
- Accompaniment: grilled or toasted slices of country bread
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- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté one fourth of mushrooms with 1 tablespoon shallot, 1/2 teaspoon garlic, 1/2 tablespoon butter, 1/2 tablespoon thyme, 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper, stirring, until mushrooms are browned and tender, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a shallow baking pan lined with paper towels (you want the flavor of the butter, but not the grease). Wipe out skillet. Sauté remaining mushrooms with seasoning in 3 batches in same manner, wiping out skillet between batches.
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- Wash leek in a bowl of cold water, agitating water to loosen any grit, then lift out leek and drain in a sieve.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in cleaned 12-inch skillet over moderately low heat until hot, then cook leek, celery, carrot, and remaining teaspoon kosher salt, stirring occasionally, until vegetables soften, about 10 minutes. Add whole garlic clove, bay leaf, and coriander seeds and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are very tender, 8 to 10 minutes more. Stir in mushrooms, stock, vinegar, and bouquet garni and simmer 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in remaining 1/4 cup oil. Let stand 5 minutes. Discard bouquet garni, bay leaf, and garlic clove and season with salt and pepper, then transfer mixture to a colander set over a bowl and let drain 3 minutes. Reserve vinaigrette. (You will have about 3/4 cup.)
- Bake crottins and assemble salad:
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
- Arrange crottins in 1 layer in a 9-inch baking pan and spoon about half of reserved vinaigrette over them.
- Bake crottins, basting with vinaigrette once or twice, until they are slightly softened and bubbling on the bottom, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Toss salad greens with remaining vinaigrette to coat and divide among 8 salad plates. Cut crottins in half, then top salad greens with crottin halves and mushrooms.
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- Calories374
- Carbohydrates14 g(5%)
- Fat31 g(47%)
- Protein15 g(29%)
- Saturated Fat11 g(53%)
- Sodium561 mg(23%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
- Fiber3 g(11%)
- Monounsaturated Fat16 g
- Cholesterol41 mg(14%)


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I began climbing in New England. The climbing in New England is awesome. If you have a good belay parka and like swinging ice tools the climbing is year round too. Well, almost. We have two weird in-between seasons when it rains. A lot. Climbing during the transitional period between fall and winter and between winter and spring can be brutal. Not only am I usually out of shape, the temps are far from ideal and the rain makes neither rock nor ice climbing enjoyable. Click here for a short video to see what I mean.
So what do you do to stay psyched? Climb that one climb that doesn't get wet? Do pull-ups till you collapse? Read the same magazines you have already memorized since you are too cheap to renew your subscription?
All of these are useful options but when overpowered by the need for something fresh many climbers hit the internet and live vicariously through our heroes who live lives of eternal sunshine and perfect sending conditions. Climbing companies seem aware of this. Lately gear manufacturers like Patagonia, Petzl, Mountain Hardwear, La Sportiva, and Black Diamond have added extensive multimedia content to their websites. Even those of us who use computers that were invented around the time the T-rex went extinct are willing to wait through ten minutes of downloading to immerse ourselves in five minutes of video-climbing bliss.
The internet has also become a virtual meeting point for climbers, many of whom will never know one another, to imagine themselves as participants in a global climbing community. Though the mags have been doing this since tank tops, neon, and lycra, the internet is interactive and available across the world in a way print can never be.
So even though we may not be friends on each other's facebooks, myspaces, or 8a.nu accounts we create a sense of a globally shared climbing experience.
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South Korean giant Samsung Electronics has sold more than 10 million units of its Galaxy S8 and S8 + (plus) handsets in less than a month. This was revealed last Wednesday by company sources.
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The company plans to have the smartphone available in about 120 countries by the end of May, and analysts believe that given the success it is having, the S8 could surpass the 50 million that its predecessor, the Galaxy S7, sold last year.
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Gloves, ski band, down vest, jacket - all necessities as we went walking. A couple of days of below average temperatures had people bringing out the warm outer wear again. The tulips have stayed closed, preserving the warmth. Sunshine and predicted warmer temperatures will open them wide again. In the meantime, I was glad to have these gloves in my jacket pocket - and then - on my hands! The early morning brought a few flakes of snow and more fell north of Montreal. We seem to get three seasons in one week - the wintry chill, the warmth of spring and temperatures forecast for the weekend up to 26°C (79°F).
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For his book The Dark Net Jamie Bartlett spent two years immersed in some of the internet's most shocking and secretive sub-cultures: spending time in secretive 'trolling' forums, interviewing illegal pornographers, buying drugs from the notorious 'Silk Road', following bitcoin enthusiasts, attending live internet sex shows, and hanging out with neo-Nazis.
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