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Length 46â61 cm (18-24 in), wingspan 59-73 cm, weight 600-1500 g
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African and Australasian birds show less seasonal variation, only attaining winter plumage for a short period if at all.
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Similar to non-breeding adult, but has striped head
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Shows bold white scapulars and leading and trailing edges to wing.
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A widespread Old World grebe breeding in Eurasia, Africa and Australasia.
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Breeds across most of the continent from Iberia and the British Isles eastwards ranging north to central parts of Sweden and Finland and south to the Mediterranean coast and Turkey. Range extends eastwards across Asia to China and locally in Japan but absent from most of Arabia, India and south east Asia.
[edit] Africa
Breeds, or formerly bred, at a few scattered localities in the north in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia but more widespread, although discontinuously, south of the Sahara. Breeds in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania, and in the south in Namibia and South Africa.
[edit] Australasia
Range is confined mainly to the east in central an southern Queensland, New South Wales and southern South Australia, but also occurs in Tasmania and the south-western corner of Western Australia. In New Zealand occurs on South Island and most numerous in South Westland.
Resident in western Europe but migratory to the north and east and more widespread around the Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas in winter. East Asian birds winter in southern Japan and southern China. African and Australian birds are resident, or nomadic following rainfall and avoiding areas affected by drought.
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Three subspecies are usually recognised[1]:
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Fresh or rarely brackish waters, usually medium-large with emergent vegetation, often on artificial reservoirs and gravel pits. May move to estuaries, sheltered bays and coastal inlets in winter.
East African birds breed mainly on mountain lakes.
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Breeds April-September in Europe, throughout the year in Africa, and November-January in Australia.
Courtship display is lengthy, elaborate and involves paired dancing and ritualised gift-giving of bits of plant matter.
Nest is a heap of vegetation in reedbeds, sometimes anchored to emergent plants or on the bottom in shallow water.
Eggs: 4 (sometimes 3-6), white initially soon becoming stained (55 x 37mm, in Australia 50 x 35mm). Incubated by both sexes for 25-26 days. Young tended by both sexes, independent at 42 days but may remain with parents for up to 72 days. Single- or double-brooded.
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Prime location in Towson, across the street from Baltimore County's premier shopping mall, Towson Town Center and just one block east of Towson Commons and York Road. Numerous shops, restaurants, bars and night spots are within walking distance. Public transportation is available along Joppa Road and York Road. Within one mile are Towson University and Goucher College. I-695 is situated one-half mile to the north and can be accessed by Dulaney Valley Road (Exit 27), York Road (Exit 26) and Providence Road (Exit 28). The Towson County offices and court houses are located just 3 blocks to the west.
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$466.00 per month (includes electricity, water, use and access to all common areas)
In fee simple; sold free and clear of all liens
By appointment only or 10:00 a.m. on the day of the auction.
Deposit payable by certified or cashier's check of $15,000 will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. The deposit is to be increased to 10% of the purchase price within 24 hours at the office of the Auctioneers. Balance to be paid in cash within 45 days. If payment of the balance does not take place within the specified time, the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser. Interest to be charged on the unpaid purchase money, at the rate of 12% per annum, from date of sale to date of settlement. Taxes, condominium fees and all other public charges and assessments, payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if any, to be adjusted for the current year to date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium documents are available for inspection at the office of the Auctioneers. The purchaser waives their right of rescission as provided by Maryland Law. The property will be sold in "AS IS" condition, without express or implied warranty as to the nature and description of the improvements as contained herein; and subject to easements, agreements, The Ridgely condominium association by-laws, restrictions or covenants of record affecting same, if any. Purchaser assumes risk of loss from the date of sale forward. If the Seller is unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser's sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit. Upon refund of the deposit this sale shall be null and void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Seller or Auctioneer. The purchaser agrees to waive the right of inspection for lead paint as provided under current Federal and State law. Recordation costs, transfer taxes and all costs incidental to settlement to be paid by the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. NO BUYERS PREMIUM!
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Bin Jawad: First real test in Libya's fighting
The scale of the battle here may be small, but the importance for the future of Libya, and just possibly for the wider region, is great.
On Sunday night the rebels' morale, which had previously been immensely high, took a serious knock when they failed to capture the small coastal town of Bin Jawad.
For the previous five days they had become used to brushing Col Muammar Gaddafi's troops aside without much difficulty, driving from place to place for 150 miles (240km) along the coast road and capturing town after town.
In Bin Jawad, however, Col Gaddafi's men used different tactics.
Here they are much closer to their power centre at Sirte, and it is easy to bring up aircraft and heavier weaponry. And, according to the rebels (though this remains unconfirmed), they used the inhabitants of Bin Jawad as human shields.
The rebels, by contrast, have long drawn-out lines of communication, and sometimes find it difficult to get fuel for their vehicles. If the allegation about the human shields is true, that made it even harder to attack the town.
So at some point during Sunday night they pulled back.
Changing balance
By this morning, the number of rebel troops along the road was far smaller. We pushed westwards as far as we could, and were fired at by men who were flanking the first of the pro-Gaddafi roadblocks outside the town.
When we got back to the strategic port town of Ras Lanuf, captured by the rebels on Friday night and the most important of their victories so far, we found that the defenders were greatly reduced in number and were expecting to be attacked at any moment.
Still, Col Gaddafi's army is not known for its speed and decisiveness, and - instead of following up their overnight success - its commanders preferred to bombard Ras Lanuf from the air and by rocket.
A Russian-made Sukhoi from Col Gaddfi's air force dropped two bombs close to the crossroads where the rebels had assembled, but far enough away to make the rebels wonder, as they have before, whether the pilots are deliberately setting out to miss. No-one was hurt on either occasion.
Soon afterwards a series of rockets hit the town in the area of the Hotel El Adeel, where several journalists - including the BBC team - spent the night.
Then, as so often seems to happen in this campaign, the balance began to change.
Although dozens of volunteers had fled from the area around Bin Jawad and Ras Lanuf, a column of vehicles from rebel strongholds further back along the coast started to arrive, bringing fresh soldiers and weapons to the rebels' positions around Ras Lanuf.
The reinforcements were fewer in number than those who had left, but they often seemed to be trained soldiers who, a month ago, would probably have been serving in Col Gaddafi's own army.
Broadening campaign
It is a mistake to see this campaign as an outright civil war.
In skirmishes like these, as few as 100 men are fighting on each side. Most are lightly armed, and even the aircraft which are used on the government side are, as we have seen, remarkably ineffectual in their bombing - for whatever reason.
Yet if the rebels can get through to the city of Sirte, that will broaden the entire campaign.
A majority of people in the city are said to favour Col Gaddafi, whose tribe comes from the area, but there is also said to be strong opposition to him in Sirte itself, and even - so it has been suggested - within his tribe.
If Sirte fell, the road to the anti-Gaddafi towns of the north-west would open up. If the rebels cannot fight their way as far as that, there would probably be stalemate and perhaps even an opening up of old east-west rivalries in Libya.
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OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to determine the utility of tubular (urinary/plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin [NGAL] and urinary kidney injury molecule 1 [KIM-1]) and glomerular (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR]) biomarkers in predicting preeclampsia (PE) in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) who were free of microalbuminuria and hypertension at the first trimester.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This was a prospective study of T1DM pregnancy. Maternal urinary and plasma NGAL urinary KIM-1 (ELISA of frozen samples), and eGFR (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation) were determined at three study visits (V1: 12.4 ± 1.8; V2: 21.7 ± 1.4; V3: 31.4 ± 1.5 weeks' gestation [mean ± SD]) in 23 women with T1DM with subsequent PE (DM+PE+), 24 who remained normotensive (DM+PE−), and, for reference, in 19 normotensive pregnant women without diabetes (DM−). The groups with diabetes were matched for age, diabetes duration, HbA1c, and parity. All subjects were normotensive and free of microalbuminuria or albuminuria at V1. All study visits preceded the onset of PE.
RESULTS Urinary creatinine-corrected NGAL (uNGALcc, ng/mg) was significantly elevated at V1 in DM+PE+ versus DM+PE− women (P = 0.01); this remained significant after exclusion of leukocyte-positive samples (5 DM+PE+ and 2 DM+PE−) (P = 0.02). Accounting for BMI, HbA1c, and total daily insulin dose, a doubling of uNGALcc at V1 conferred a sevenfold increase in risk for PE (P = 0.026). In contrast, neither plasma NGAL nor urinary KIM-1 predicted PE. Also at V1, eGFR was elevated in DM+PE+ versus DM+PE− (P = 0.04).
CONCLUSIONS Early tubular and glomerular dysfunction may predict PE in first trimester women with T1DM, even if free of microalbuminuria. These data suggest that subclinical renal tubular and glomerular injury, if present early in pregnancy, may predispose women with T1DM to PE.
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I find it disappointing that she takes such a one-sided view of the media. It reminds me of 1998, when she famously told the "Today" show that her husband was the victim of "a vast right-wing conspiracy." (It was true that some conservatives were plotting to reveal his exploitation of Monica Lewinsky, but the allegations she was denying were absolutely true.)
In the book, "What Happened," Clinton unloads on elements of the left-leaning media, especially the New York Times. She just doesn't like the press, and hasn't for a quarter century. So the attack on conservative media is essentially a liberal Democrat playing to her base—yet another glimpse of why she lost the election.
In fact, Clinton was treated fairly in her handful of appearances on Fox, and might have picked up some swing voters if she had done more interviews. What's more, she barely granted interviews to CNN or MSNBC either, given her wariness of such encounters.
In the book, Clinton calls Fox "the most powerful and prominent platform for the right-wing war on truth," but with almost no details. She knows full well that Bret Baier, Chris Wallace and the rest of the news division play it straight, but prefers to ignore the distinction between them and the conservative commentators she must detest. In an interview this week with her former Obama pals at "Pod Save America," Clinton called Fox a "dedicated propaganda channel," and lumped it together with Breitbart and "crazy Infowars."
Hillary also writes that by 2016 "most liberals and conservatives got their news from distinctly different sources and no longer shared a common set of facts." That is true—but she blames it on Fox "polarizing the audience," as there is no polarization whatsoever at left-leaning outlets.
Has she read or watched lately as liberal pundits and organizations attack Donald Trump as a racist, sexist liar and question his mental stability? Or does she so embrace the demonization of the man who defeated her that none of this seems polarizing to her?
I'm sure the Fox-haters out there love this, but there are two sides to the polarization phenomenon.
Clinton also unloads on Matt Lauer for supposedly being tougher on her than Trump at NBC's Commander-in-Chief Forum. That is way off the mark, though a number of mainstream outlets agreed with her. Lauer asked her a series of questions about the email scandal that she had trouble answering. Her explanation: "Many in the mainstream media bend over backwards to avoid criticism from the right about being soft on Democrats." And he asked tough questions of Trump as well.
Her defensiveness comes through as she rips the Times for breaking, and sticking with, the email story. "The Times's argument was that using personal email reinforced the narrative that I had a penchant for secrecy, but I've always found that charge odd." Odd? Even most liberals would concede that point. Clinton says other outlets followed "a story that must be important, because the New York Times had put it on the front page."
And while admitting she was "rusty" at the presser she held to deal with the allegations, she dismisses the whole thing as "silly"—this after she had finally admitted during the campaign that it was a mistake and repeatedly apologized.
Hillary Clinton got her share of unfair press during the campaign. Perhaps it is unfair to expect that she could offer a dispassionate analysis of her coverage. But if the "right-wing" media was such a problem, why does she remain so unhappy with the rest of the press?


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This weeks listmania prompt was to write a "Reverse Bucket list", a list of things you've done so far. I thought this was a really awesome idea. We spend so much time thinking about the things that we still want to do, that we can often overlook the cool stuff we've already done.
Here's some highlights from the last 30 years:
My Europe trip.
I hate flying, so surviving 21 hrs on a plane was a really big deal for me.
I got to go to Croatia and see where my Dad grew up and meet some of our relatives. I went to Peré Lachaise cemetery in Paris to visit Jim Morrison's grave. I ate amazing breads and cheeses and drank local wines and beers and had a wonderful time. The only thing I would change if I could would be to have not gone with my (at-the-time) boyfriend, who was a miserable git the whole time and stopped me from trying lots of things I would like to have done.
Becoming a qualified hairdresser.
Becoming a qualified hairdresser.
I have a pretty short attention span and tend to jump from idea to idea fairly quickly, and rarely finish things. (I have a whole cabinet devoted to unfinished craft projects to come back to one day!)
So when I started a hairdressing apprenticeship, I had major doubts about whether I'd be able to stick it out for the whole four years.
Having Babies.
Before having my daughter, I thought I was prepared to give birth, I read books, I went to the classes, I was ready… Then it happened and it was nothing like I imagined. It was the most powerful, incredible, scary, overwhelming experience I've ever had. And that was with the epidural. Then I held the squirmy little thing the midwife handed me and nothing else mattered anymore. The second time round, there wasn't time for an epidural. I had to do it naturally. I am still in awe of this thing that our bodies are supposedly designed to do. But again, same as last time, when I held my son, nothing else mattered and I'd do it again a hundred times over for my beautiful babies.
I've always loved music, of all kinds and I was lucky enough to start going to see bands at a fairly young age. For my eleventh birthday I asked for mum to take me to the (don't laugh) MC Hammer concert! This sparked a life-long obsession with live music.
I can't even begin to count how many gigs I've been to, but these are some of my favourites: – Prince, – Metallica, – The Black Eyed Peas, – Eminem, – Madonna, (back when she was cool) – UB40, – Neil Young and Crazy Horse, (a couple of years ago, and again tonight!) – The Whitlams, (twice, so far) – Pet Shop Boys, -Snoop Dogg, – Kanye West, – The Drones, (4 or 5 times and counting) – Sime Nugent, – Nelly.
I love trying different kinds of food, Thai, Vietnamese, French, Malaysian, Nepalese, German, Indian, Greek, Indonesian, Spanish, Turkish, Japanese. I haven't had Ethiopian or proper Moroccan yet, but I'm sure I will. I even have a rule when out at a restaurant, that if I see something on the menu that I've never tried before, I have to order it.
So far I've had Quail, Snails, (really yummy) Pigeon, (like tiny, tiny chicken) Sea snail and minced raw steak with a raw egg on top at a fancy japanese restaurant.
So, that's it for my " reverse bucket list". What makes your list?
Till next time,
Beck xoxo


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These are notes from the Burned Area Response Team (BAER) meeting held at the Multi-Agency Facility at The Big Sur Station on Thursday Evening July 17th at 6 P.M. taken by Belinda Shoemaker (thanks Belinda!):
Firstly, as Lisa Goettel was unable to attend the meeting last night, I agreed to take the notes. My apologies up-front for my lesser standard of note taking!
The BAER team members; Mike Boone, incident commander for the west side and John Bradford from the U.S Forrest Service under the leadership of Kevin Cooper (previously the BAER team leader for the Kirk fire in 1999) each gave presentations and took questions and answers from the community about the plans in hand for the long and short term emergency stabilization and rehabilitation of the areas affected by the Basin Complex Fire in Big Sur. Frank Pinney represented The Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade.
Up-date from Mike Boone – Incident Commander:
- Mike reported the good news that over the last few days the fire fighters have continued to make excellent progress in and around the Boy Scout camp area. Additionally Mike reported:
- Problems with fallen trees and landslides around boy scout camp.
- Numerous 911 calls to which they are willing to respond. These calls pertain mainly to flare-ups and smoke areas. Mike suggests if residents feel there are significant threats they should come down to highway 1 to the response unit. Response time might be faster and free up the 911 system.
- The tan oaks within the containment area will continue to smoke for several weeks.
- They continue to do water barning to reduce to suppress burn and smoke areas (some of us witnessed Chinook helicopters yesterday. They continue to draw water from the ocean.)
- 160 person crew remains stationed at Molera, and includes 12 fire engines and 3 hand crews. This number will be reduced over the weekend. A crew will continue to be in Big Sur over night.
Frank Pinney expressed concern about, and the need to look forward to winter and what is likely to occur. In response to this Kevin Cooper proceeded with his presentation.
Presentation by Kevin Cooper, BAER Team Leader:
Kevin gave a slide presentation outlining plans for Big Sur. Please see video recording of the meeting for details.
- The objective of the BAER team is to protect life, property, cultural, and natural resources.
- The Baer process includes; assessment/prescription and treatment of the burn areas, implantation of remediation plan, monitoring of treatment plan.
- The goal is to minimize threats to property, roads, and facilities
- The BAER team will consider the likely rain fall and its effects on watersheds.
- The team will analyze and repair the damage caused by equipment, trucks, vehicles, dozer lines, helipads etc. used for suppression work. They will also focus on burn area rehabilitation and stabilization of area as a whole.
- Analytical phase will take one week and begin on August 11th.
- A hydrologist will be part of the team.
- Satellite imagery will continue to be used to map out hot-spots and to identify which areas will be more prone to flooding.
- Agency coordination will include; federal, state, local agencies and hydrologists etc.
- The emergency plan in place is not the same as a FEMA emergency program.
- In the interest of public safety there might be some road closures, and hazard warnings will be given.
- John Bradford, BAER team member representing the Forrest Service will lead the effort to stabilize and rehabilitate forest area.
Robert Clyburn, our representative from the Office of Emergency Services (OES) stated that he will continue to coordinate and liaise with emergency services and the community at large.
Caltrans has a contract open within 12 watersheds where they see problems concerning culverts.
Assistance Available:
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) will provide technical assistance in order to assist in the preservation and protection around developments.
Emergency Watershed Protection Program is available in Monterey County to assist property owners via various agencies in the remediation and protection of private land. Grants are available whereby 75% of cost will be provided by federal agencies, and 25% of cost will be paid by home owner. Contact OES for further details.
Red Cross needs to find all property owners and renters who have suffered significant damage and do not have insurance. If you fall into this category please call the main chapter 2 at 831-624-6921.
Frank Pinney met with the Big Sur Land Trust today to work on a grant for fire suppression.
Coast Property Owners Association (CPOA) continues to play a significant role in coordinating donations and other offers for help for the community during this time. Gratitude was expressed for all their hard work and financial support to date.
Need for Volunteers:
Ventana Wilderness would like to hear from anyone willing to donate their time.
Please also follow links on http://www.surfire2008 for general community needs.
For further details regarding the community question and answer session following presentations please watch the video of the meeting.


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Finally I finish to update the website. Some sections are still missing. Some others will not ever return.
This site will remain as it is, as a gallery of my doller time.
I promise I'll be back~~
Magna Mater
I started dolling the last round entry for TMP [link] "Another place" as a Norse vision of Inanna as Freya. But when I added the lions, (not cats)… I got… Cibeles (or Magna Mater)!
If you do a little research, many love/war goddess had the same atributes and myths in ancient cultures. So, finally Inanna was dressed as her greek-roman vision: Cibeles/Magna Mater. voila!
I took several references for the lions and chariot, mostly from the statue in Madrid, real lions and other Cibeles and Freya depictions (I chose a war chariot with 2 wheels). I have also seen the HBO "Rome" (lol) while I was dolling her
And… Fur is fun to do! But I don't like so much the lioness
Inanna MP2ºR
2nd round doll for the Mythology Pageant with the tag "In This Time"
The goal is make the god in a modern context, with a mortal job or something like this
I chose for Inanna "Women's Advocate", because she's also a warrior goddess and she may fight for women rights and protect them from injustice.
I kept her symbols at her golden pin and carved in her table. Also both lions are over the books ;) (if you didn't noticed :))
Mother of Dragons
Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons. With Drogon, Viserion and Rhaegal.
I want to post this before but some people are still watching the series… so… here is!
I totally hate that they kept her hair safe from fire… D:
It's a very tiny and quick doll. But I like it.
Inanna – Morning Star
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The ESG Choir is supported by professional singers who act as section leaders and as occasional soloists.
Emily Taub, First Soprano
Whilst completing her degree in Voice at McMaster University, Emily had the privilege of not only participating in its concert and chamber choirs, both as a chorister and soloist, but also leading the concert choir as assistant conductor to Rachel Rensink-Hoff. Emily also had the pleasure of vocal directing several musicals during her studies with McMaster Musical Theatre and continues to provide vocal instruction with clinics.
Emily has toured abroad with the acclaimed production of Ruth Fazal's "Oratorio Terezin" across Europe, Israel and Carnegie Hall and was featured as a soloist with the HPO at the Hamilton Place performance. An alumna of the Hamilton Children's Choir, Emily has recently accompanied the Ilumini ensemble to China, South Korea and France. Emily is very honored to now hold a position on the artistic staff as a conductor of two feeder choir programs. A student of Tom Schilling and the "vocalway studio", Emily continues to pursue excellence in classical voice. Most recently, Emily has founded a mixed voices ensemble: À LA MODE out of Hamilton.
Meghan Jamieson, Second Soprano
Nova Scotia-born Soprano, Meghan Jamieson, has performed with the Maritime Concert Opera singing the role of Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly and later the role of Amor in Orfeo ed Euridice, the DGM Music Inc. production of Rent and several Dalhousie Opera Workshops including Mahagonny Songspiel, where she sang the role of Jessie and Cinderella, where she brought the character of Miranda to life. Her performance as Cathleen in Riders to the Sea at the Halifax Summer Opera Workshop was reviewed in the magazine Opera Canada, where she was described as "an exciting and beautiful young singer with a wide vocal range and much acting ability." In the summer of 2015 Meghan played the role of the First Lady in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. She debuted at the Glenn Gould School in her role as Parthénis in Offenbach's La belle Hélène and her title debut in El Gato con Botas this fall playing the role of the Cat. She looks forward to her title role in Alcina in Handel's Alcina in the spring.
Meghan has completed her Bachelor of Music in Performance at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, close to her hometown, under the tutelage of Lucy Hayes-Davis. Now she is working towards her Artist's Diploma at the Glenn Gould School in Toronto, studying with the incomparable Monica Whicher and coaching with the incredible Peter Tiefenbach.
Gwenna Fairchild-Taylor, First Alto
Ottawa native soprano Gwenna Fairchild-Taylor is currently in her final year of an Opera Diploma at the University of Toronto. This past season she sang the role of Lady with a Cake Box in Argento's Postcard From Morocco with "great conviction and pathos" (Barczablog) and brought "heartfelt sadness to a lyrical aria of mourning" (NOWMagazine) in creating the role of Hanna Campbell in Footsteps in Campbell House, a new opera with libretto by Michael Patrick Albano. She is a 2015 Laureate of Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques and will appear in gala concerts in Montreal from November 12th-15th.
Gwenna is also a 2015 recipient of a Government of Nunavut Culture and Heritage Grant for her music and drama classes with young women and children in the arctic designed to foster positive self esteem and encourage participants of all ages and from all walks of life. Other select 2014/15 engagements included excerpts from Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder with North York Concert Orchestra and Vivaldi Gloria. Previous opera credits include Lady Billows in Albert Herring (UofTOpera), creating the Box Office Attendant in Bekah Simms' The Box Office, the title role in The Merry Widow (UWOpera), and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Opera NUOVA). Past summer seasons have brought Gwenna to Stratford Summer Music Vocal Academy, St. Andrews by-the-sea Opera Workshop, and the Centre for Opera Studies in Italy.
Gwenna holds a Master of Music (Opera) from University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Music (Honours Voice Performance) from Western University where she studied with Jackalyn Short. Find out more about Gwenna at gwennafairchildtaylor.com.
Margaret Bardos, Second Alto
Hungarian-born mezzo Margaret Bárdos is based in Southern Ontario and loves touring. At home with classical as well as new, experimental music, she seeks out creative challenges and cherishes working with good hearted people. With a voice described by Opera Canada as "mellow, fruity, that caresses the ears", recent highlights have featured interdisciplinary collaborative projects that make use of her varied training: from Butoh dance and physical theatre to extended vocal technique and improvisation.
Upcoming / current highlights: Living Creature in Schafer's Apocalypsis for Luminato, a tour with Theatre for Social Change, backup for Polaris-winning Tanya Tagaq, an evening with the Toronto Concert Orchestra at Casa Loma, oratorios in Owen Sound, St. Catharine's, Ottawa and Toronto, a multidisciplinary installation in Waterloo, and site-specific explorations throughout Ontario with various artist collectives.
She continues an association with MT Space Theater and Inter Arts Matrix in Kitchener-Waterloo, the Institute for the Music and the Mind at McMaster University in Hamilton, the Mother Courage Collective in Stratford, and is a grateful member of the studio of Tom Schilling. Margaretbardos.ca
Ross Mortimer, First Tenor
Ross Mortimer, tenor, is a native of London, Ontario. He completed his is Bachelors of Music, Voice Performance, at Western University in the spring of 2015. There he studied under the tutelage Torin Chiles and Christiane Riel. Ross has now relocated to Toronto where he is continuing his studies privately with Nathalie Paulin.
This Summer Ross was invited to Edmonton where he performed the role of Simon Stimson in the Canadian premier of Ned Rorem's Our Town. Past roles with UWOpera include Torquemada in L'heure Espangole, Le théière, Le petit vieillard and La rainette in L'enfant et les Sortilèges, Romeo in City Workers in Love and Olaf in Gisela in her Bathtub, the two later directed by the opera's librettist, Michael Cavanagh. As a soloist Ross has performed most recently with the London Community Orchestra in selections from Berlioz's Nuit D'été and with the London Youth Orchestra in Benjamin Britten's arrangements of British folk songs. He looks forward to presenting the third annual Carols by Candlelight concert in London, an event that has raised over $10,000 for local charities.
Ross is thrilled to be part of ESG choir and looks forward to enjoying the miracle of singing together every Thursday and Sunday!
Michael Sawarna, Second Tenor
Michael Sawarna is happy to be a member of the Eglinton St. George's Choir this year. He is a member of the Elmer Iseler Singers and a section lead for the Amadeus choir. His past choral experiences had him singing with the Aradia Ensemble, Choir 21, the Elora Festival singers, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Nathaniel Dett Chorale. He also plays bassoon with The North York Concert Orchestra.
Bryan Estabrooks, Baritone
Ottawa-born lyric baritone Bryan Estabrooks first joined Eglinton St. George's choir in 1999 while completing his BMus at the University of Toronto. After completing his Master of Music at the University of Michigan he was thrilled to rejoin his fellow choristers. When not singing at ESG, Bryan has performed in the city with Toronto Operetta Theatre, Opera in Concert, members of the Toronto Symphony (Messiah for the City), and as a soloist and workshop educator with various local choirs. Bryan also works in video and audio content production, recently on his brother Jonathan's debut album: These Miles.
Kenneth Baker, Bass
Kenneth Baker has performed across Canada from Victoria, B.C. to St. John's, Newfoundland. Having received his musical education at Wilfrid Laurier University and Toronto Opera School, he has performed as soloist with the Canadian Opera Company (COC), Stratford Festival, K-W Symphony, Tafelmusik, Opera Piccola, Opera in Concert, Royal Opera, Tapestry Singers, Toronto G & S Society, Elmer Iseler Singers, and Toronto Boys' Choir. Versatile in Opera, G & S and Music Theatre, Kenneth has performed more than 60 stage roles, as well as performing in numerous concerts and recitals. He is currently in his 35th season with the COC as a chorister, and was the bass soloist and section lead at St. Timothy's Anglican for 7 ½ years prior to coming to ESG. His home church is St. Clements Anglican, where he sang with his children at the 9:00 service while they were with the youth choir. He is looking forward to being a part of the ESG family.


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i don't believe in god
but some days, i try to make myself believe that there's a heaven.
and today, that i want to believe there is a hell for this guy to go to. he needs to suffer.
the more i read about the virginia tech massacre, the worse it gets.


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The 2017-2018 school year begins on August 14, and this year, the School District of Palm Beach County has one question: How will you make it count?
From students challenging themselves to achieve in the classroom, to the teachers and staff dedicated to their students' success, Palm Beach County schools are filled with people who are making each school day count.
Throughout the school year, the District will highlight those stories on social media, using the hashtag #MakeItCountPBC.
Lake Worth High School graduate Pasquale Francisco Felipe is one example of a student who made each day count, balancing his high school classes while working overnight shifts to help support his family. He plans to attend Palm Beach State College to become a teacher.
Glades Central High School valedictorian Perla Cervantes also made it count during her time in Palm Beach County schools. She is the first person in her family to graduate from high school, and in the fall will attend Earlham College in Indiana. When Emmanuel Geddehomme returns to Belvedere Elementary School this year, he will take advanced-level classes for reading and mathematics, overcoming academic challenges after he was retained in third grade.
Students, teachers and District employees can share their success stories and show how they will make it count in the 2017-2018 school year by using the #MakeItCountPBC hashtag on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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Hi guys,
So I know a lot of you warned me off this detox diet, but I fell absolutely amazing! I am not very hungry at all on it, in fact the only time I feel really hungry is usually about this time in the morning, just before I'm about to have my snack. It isn't as restrictive as many of you thought, I reckon with the cereal bar snacks I'm on about 900/1000kcal a day roughly, I mean this is a typical day on this diet (this is what I had yesterday anyway):
Breakfast (6:30am)- Pomegranate green tea drink (200kcal)
Snack (9:30am)- Cereal bar (150kcal)
Lunch (12:30pm)- Raw carrots, Raw red Peppers, Raw cherry tomatoes (lots of) (200kcal)
Snack (4pm)- Cereal bar (150kcal)
Dinner (7pm)- Big bowl of stir fried vegetables, with ginger, coriander and a bit of soy sauce (200kcal)
Cups of tea (milk no sugar) throughout the day- about 50kcal I reckon.
So that's basically 950kcals. And I didn't feel THAT hungry at any point. I've got leftover stir fried vegetables and some grapes for my lunch, and I'm not sure what i'll have for dinner yet, maybe might make a basic carrot soup or something. I feel like I can eat salads and raw things in the afternoon but the evening meal just needs to be warm, y'know? Tonight i'll be weighing in, and if I am going to lose 11 pounds in 17 days, I should be at least 2 pounds down by now. And I feel like it to be honest.


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Here is a list of games that are similar to Fashion Designer: Holiday Dresses.
Movie Star Planet
Get ready to personalize your very own movie star avatar. You have to work hard at it, but you can now become a movie star without spending all the money, you customize the hair, and other things and choose between male or female characters as well, it's not just for girls!
Dream Mining
Get started by choosing out of three main characters, Lily is a singer, Ella is a film maker, and Sarah is the designer of fashion! It does not matter what you dream of being, you will have the ability to make it come true in Dream Mining. You will be able to shop and more.
Lady Popular
Introducing Lady Popular, where you will customize the look of your character from hair style and makeup to breast size and clothing, there are 16 million ways to change your character! You may find that you have so much fun that you forget about the time spent here.
Spark City World
If you love to shop and customize things, then you will love Spark City World as you get to customize the way your avatar looks. You will be able to play with your friends or meet new people as well in the social environment. Get ready for hours of fun!
Disney Superbia
You will be able to get creative in a very Disney way with Disney Superbia. You get a house that you will be able to customize the way you would like and make your character look like Disney characters with various outfits you can get, then show them off!
Stardoll Game
How would you like a chance to play dress up with a virtual paper doll? Stardoll will allow you to create your very own avatar known as a Medoll and dress up celebrities, or design your own clothes for your Medoll to wear. You will have a chance to do more than just dress up your character as well.
Virtual PopStar
Do you love to perform, sing, dance, or just be the center of attention, but you aren't that great? Virtual PopStar will give you a chance to do what you love without ever having to leave your home. Build up a huge fan base so that you can earn plenty of cash.
Our World
It is your time to shine when you are able to create your very own avatar that you will be able to use to chat with, play mini-games, and so much more. You will be able to customize just about everything in your world like condos, your avatar, and so much more.
GoodGame Fashion
Running your own Clothing Boutique can be fun, however it is a challenge. You will be creating the clothing designs and your two seamstresses will put it all together for you, you also will have a sales assistant to help in some areas. There will be a catalog that you choose the designs you would like to go with.
Liv World
Here you get to dress, style, create a personality for each of the fashion dolls, and simply have fun. You will be the only one allowed to read these dolls diaries, oh, and the secrets they hold. It is an interacting gameplay that lets you socialize with other girls within your same age group.
Elite Dollz
The social features gives you the ability to talk with other gamers, using your cell phone no less! You can even leave messages. After developing your character you'll want to decorate your loft up so you can be the envy of everyone. It mainly about fashion, however, it is important to find the hidden objects throughout in order to be able to continue progressing.
Mall World
Get ready to sell various new styles in your brand new shop. With this Facebook game you will be able to show off your stylish boutique to your friends from around the world and much more. You will dress your avatar, sell new styles and you can provide makeovers for your friends too!
Once you get started you will create your Woozen, and your Woozen Unitz (which you'll used items you have collected such as furniture and etc., to decorate your Unitz. There is plenty for you to do once you have created your avatar and your avatars home. You can even visit other regions referred to as 'Nationz'.
Download this client and start creating your avatar, customize it the way you would like and then hang out with friends and more. You will have many features like inbox messages, shopping, chatting with other people and more. You even have a room that you can decorate.
Second Life Game
In second life you will not only have a character you can customize, but you can make your own clothing and other items, even houses, cars, you name it. You can start a business, go shopping, hang out with friends or make new ones. If you have always wanted to be free, this is the place!
For more games like Fashion Designer: Holiday Dresses, check out the Fashion Worlds category.


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I've always been a writer of short films and feature scripts which made writing novels seem like the next logical step. My first book, We Are But Human: Short Stories of Werewolves, Animal Instincts and Dormant DNA, is currently on Amazon in ebook and paperback format. The stories in this book center heavily around human emotion and how we have created barriers for ourselves from what we consider to be more savage instincts. Many of the characters in these stories have to resort to harnessing these instincts in dire situations.
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Many of the stories in my first book actually started as scripts for short films or features. Currently I am in the studio creating the audio book for We Are But Human, as well as beginning the Pre-Production process for Omnivore. As for my film projects we are eagerly awaiting the release of Friends Don't Let Friends coming to VOD this fall from Gravitas Ventures.
I know my years working as a behavioral specialist play a crucial role in how I develop characters that could live and breath in the real world. A character who is ground in reality has always been far more terrifying. Most of my protagonists are strong woman because I find strong woman to be attractive and interesting and vastly overlooked in traditional storytelling. Thankfully the horror genre not only embraces the female lead but also endorsed strong woman fighting unbeatable odds.
My second book, Omnivore is now available via amazon.
"Just finished 'Omnivore'.Really, really well written. Honestly. I wrote quite a few notes as I read, but after about 60% in I just got lost in the story.Good job, dude."
I have always felt that great horror comes from being relevant in the time in was created. From directors such as George A. Romero(RIP) to John Carpenter. When done correctly it creates an element of realness for the reader that concretes the world for them to enjoy that much more. If you enjoy Omnivore or We Are But Human, please take a moment to give it a review on Amazon.
Thank you. Jamie
A group of friends come together to cover up a murder in this fast paced supernatural thriller. We'd like to announce that Gravitas Ventures will be handling the VOD distribution in North American with a release expected this fall. More details to follow.
I was incredibly fortunate to work with Jesse Snider on this video. I was Director of Photography under the direction of John Herzfeld(Two Days in the Valley, 15 Minutes). This shoot was one of the most fun shoots of my career and the talent was off the charts.
Mari came to me with the idea of creating a political video to show the people who were being demonized as immigrants. Her amazing talent and style gives a voice to so many people. Mari has been one of my long time collaborators with over eight years of video and live events
The first of our VR projects was a short little horror project that put you in the passenger seat with an unknown gift from a secret admirer.
The second VR short we created put you in the POV of a dead body at a crime scene.
With producing, directing and al also writing for a completely different medium I want to keep up with everyone who follows my projects. Feel free to contact me regarding upcoming projects and I'll make sure you have the earliest information regarding everything I'm doing.


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My kids keep doing this thing called growing, which is how I found the five of us yelling and screaming at each other on a Saturday morning while we were all trying to dress for synagogue. If you saw my family on Saturday, you probably didn't notice that Isabella was wearing sandals that were exactly two sizes too big and that Josh's too-small pants were both too short and held closed with a rubber band. You probably didn't notice that I was wearing my dress backwards and that Josh's rolled-up sleeves were rolled up because his shirt was a size 8 and he's 11 years old. Suddenly Emily wears a size 6.5 shoe (my size!). Suddenly Isabella doesn't have a single bathing suit that isn't wedgie city. Suddenly my small son has become all gangly arms and legs. Suddenly they are huge.
We are a bit on the ragamuffin-y side these days, but like weeds these kids of mine.
Do they grow overnight?
I swear, it was just yesterday when they were this size. *Breaks into melodramatic weepy song from Fiddler on The Roof.*
I have been shooting a lot lately, which is just so wonderful. Babies, and toddler, and young kids—oh my! They have mostly been doing those things that young kids do, like run away from photos. We've had diaper blowouts mid-shoot, we've had donut breaks, we've had injuries, we've had tears, we've had screaming. Two times this week I was complimented on my patience with these wee ones. "I remember those days," I always say with a sigh. "Kids are kids. What are you gonna do? So, we change the diaper, so we change the scenery, so we take a donut break."
(I wish I had a quarter of this patience when my babies were this age.)
I just sit back and remember what that was like. It was so incredibly tiring and physically draining. There were a lot of tears back then. Theirs. And mine. (Also band-aids.)
It's different now, their needs.
The dress themselves (with fights, usually)(in clothing that's too small, of course), they potty themselves (with no fights, thank the good lord), they walk to and from school on their own (oh my god!), they don't need me at the park to do anything other than hold their worldly goods and snap photos of them on the monkey bars, they take donut breaks but now I can send them on their own to bring back donuts and coffee.
Their needs are much more emotional than physical. We deal with words and how they affect other people. We deal with drama—so much drama. We deal with can I wear makeup and heels? We deal with eye rolls and door slams and the silent treatment instead of screaming. And, you know, the occasional ride to the mall or help with googling photos of rohypnol for a 7th grade health project.
So maybe I haven't bought these children bigger clothing because I'm lazy and busy.
Or maybe I'm in some sort of denial about this entire growing up thing.
Because right now I am really missing my babies.
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This week I continue the "highlights of highlights" series: I include some excerpts from the Project 2010 Step by Step chapters and elaborate on them. This week: Chapter 16, "Customizing Project."
This chapter describes some of the ways that you can customize Microsoft Project 2010 to suit your own preferences. Project 2010 adopted the ribbon interface, which offers new customization options. Project has other customization features, such as the Organizer and global template, that are unique to it. (pg. 345)
Most of the Office applications deplyed the Ribbon interface in 2007, but Project didn't get the Ribbon until the 2010 version. Personally I really like Project's Ribbon UI. I had the benefit of using the Ribbon in other Office 2007 apps, so I was familiar in general with the conventions and affordances of this interface design approach by the time I saw it in Project 2010. There are some big changes (I'd say improvements) between the 2007 and 2010 Ribbon interfaces in Office, especially in the Backstage.
Project uses a feature called the global template, named Global.mpt, to provide the default views, tables, and other elements that you see in Project. The very first time you display a view, table, or similar element in a project plan, it is copied automatically from the global template to that project plan. Thereafter, the element resides in the project plan. (pg. 346)
Project's global template is somewhat similar to Word's normal.dot in functionality. The global template is just one of those Project features that most people don't know about but once they learn about it other features and Project behaviors make more sense.
You could use Project extensively and never need to touch the global template. However, when you do work with the global template, you normally do so through the Organizer. (pg. 347)
In this chapter of the book we show the utility of the global template and the primary means of directly using it in Project, the Organizer. Use of the Organizer is key to sharing highly customized elements like views between MPP files.
Many activities that you perform in Project can be repetitive. To save time, you can record a macro that captures keystrokes and mouse actions for later playback. The macro is recorded in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), the built-in macro programming language of the Microsoft Office system. (pg. 351)
This section of the chapter introduces VBA and simple macro recording. Later in the chapter we introduce the VBA editing environment and VBA code. I regard VBA as one of those features that gave the individual Office apps their cohesion and helped reframe them as part of a system rather than a product bundle. Our coverage of VBA in the book is introductory but for the reader who wants to really invest in this area there are many good sources of additional information available.
The default option, Global File, refers to the global template. When a macro is stored in the global template, the macro can be used by any project at any time because the global template is open whenever Project is running. (pg. 352)
This excerpt is from a hands-on activity that illustrates the utility of the global template as your centralized repository of Project customizations, including macros.
As with other Office applications, you have several choices concerning how to work with Project. Some of the many customization settings include the following: Add frequently used commands to the Quick Access toolbar; Customize an existing ribbon or create a new ribbon that includes any commands that you want. (pg. 362)
One of the nice benefits of the Ribbon interface is that it can be customized in ways that the old pull-down menu interface could not. I especially like the Quick Access toolbar, which is unique to each Office application. In my Office apps I've customized my Quick Access toolbars with the commands I use most often. Since Quick Access toolbar is always visible, I then shrink the Ribbon UI out of the way (one way to do this is double-click on any Ribbon name) and still have one-click access to my most frequently used commands. There was no easy way to do something comparable with pull-down menus.
Previous posts in the "Detailed Commentary" series:
Part 1, Simple Scheduling
- Chapter 4, "Assigning Resources to Tasks"
- Chapter 5, "Formatting and Sharing Your Plan"
- Chapter 6, "Tracking Progress on Tasks"
Part 2, Advanced Scheduling
- Chapter 8, "Fine-Tuning Resource Details"
- Chapter 9, "Fine-Tuning Assignment Details"
- Chapter 10, "Fine-Tuning the Project Plan"
- Chapter 11, "Organizing Project Details"
- Chapter 12, Tracking Progress on Tasks and Assignments"


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System Restore Did Not Complete Successfully Error 0xc0000022
Before visitors arrive I always set a restore point and restore my Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit system after hey leave.
This time I got a message:
System Restore Did Not Complete Successfully. Unspecified Error 0xc0000022
Earlier restore point = same
Earliest restore point = OK.
Can you tell me what's going on? What should I do next time?
Thanks, cb
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
System Restore is far from reliable at times. Have you tried from Safe Mode?
Safe Mode
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I was able to successfully restore to a restore point 10 days ago.
Next time, I'll try Safe Mode as you suggest.
Thanks, cb
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Very Strange:
I had posted about this problem on my desktop computer.
Today it happened on my Windows 7 laptop. I was again able to restore only to a restore point 10 days earlier. I did not try safe mode.
I noticed that there were many Microsoft Critical Updates restore points.
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This is a few shots from recent weddings in my Northern Ireland Wedding Showcase Album. In addition to what we have been offering in the past , we have a new selection of albums and prints available. The prints especially are exquisite coming from a print house in the UK which has been selected by myself after a considerable amount of testing. Nothing else I have tried matches the quality they have provided. In the meantime here are some of the photos I have selected.


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Festival season is well and truly underway and there are soooooo many to choose from these days. When I started my festival-going career it was either Reading or Glastonbury, and it seemed to me that you made your choice depending on whether you were a rocker or a hippie. I'm lucky enough to be based not a million miles away from either site so over the years have visited both as I consider myself to be a bit of a hippie with a penchant for a wanky guitar solo. As the popularity and variety of festivals has increased I've taken in a few of the others too.
My first though, and I think will forever be the best, was Reading 1992.
There were 3 girls, 2 boys, 2 cars, one worn out tape copy of Nevermind and a brand new copy of Blood Sugar Sex Magic, and enough fags to keep us going for weeks, let alone a couple of days. These were the days when you could park up near the festival and wander in and out without a full body search or needing to show 5 different wristbands, ID and a ticket. What little sleep we had was in the cars and we all moved around as a pack, no mobile phones in those days. (I feel so old)
It was a proper bog, there were music lovers playing naked in the dirty puddles, and the band Mudhoney even stropped off stage as mud was hurled at them, really what did they expect?? …. We saw The Beastie Boys, L7, Nick Cave, and finally Nirvana do a set that some call the best to have ever been played at Reading, and we were right there at the front… sleep deprived, caked in mud, soaking wet and happy as pigs in shit!!!…. Oh how things have changed.
My first Glastonbury was a turn up late and climb the fence affair… so you can probably work out that it was some time ago, to sneak in now you'd need to be airlifted in during the early hours with a full set of wrist bands and a back story worthy of a Russian secret agent, but although tickets are hard to come by and incredibly expensive, it's the most amazing festival and everyone should try do it at least once in their lifetime, although I retired my Glasto wellies the year this happened!!!
Next was V festival, after Glastonbury's wood whittling workshops and watching the sun rise over the mystical stone circle, V was a corporate slap in the face. From the Virgin logoed bog roll to the JJB sponsored dance tent it was an altogether cleaner and tidier experience. I queued politely at the bar for a Budweiser (the sponsor) clutching tickets I'd had to purchase from a separate kiosk, and then had to approach yet another kiosk to get a soft drink, Virgin Cola obviously, all the time watching some of my fellow female festival goers tottering around the field in their sky-scraper heels and mini skirts with full faces of slap and deadly looking manicures. Bewildered I was!!… Chilling out watching a great band with some of your favourite people in the sunshine or dancing like crazy person under the stars with thousands of like-minded folks is good whatever the location… I just felt personally that V didn't have that festival vibe.
After a few too many cold, wet and muddy festival weekends we decided to travel to the sunshine of Benicassim in Spain, camping on dry land, beach close-by, showers and no trench foot, luxury we thought. The Spanish have it down to a fine art, short beer queues, better than average street food, massive outdoor shower blocks and a great line-up, one bit of advice for those of us not used to the heat, do not camp!! The festival runs from 7pm until 7am limiting sleeping time to during the full heat of the day. With temperatures hitting 30c+ our pop up tent served only as a green house, the small amount of sleep we did get was either in the recovery position on the beach coated in factor 50, or on a wooden bench in the shower block. So summing up, we gave the festie in the sun a big thumbs up, just treat yourself to a nearby apartment with air conditioning, it'd be worth every penny.
I thought after frequenting some of the festival giants that I'd try a smaller event. Friends of friends were putting on the Re-Cydrate the West festival, and said friends were playing there too. We drove down a tiny track along the edge of a field on the Welsh border, as we looked down we saw it, what looked like Windlesham village fete with a few tents next to some parked cars… Hmmmmm, this was not what we'd had in mind.
Turns out we all had the best weekend, not only was it in the most beautiful location surrounded by an un-spoilt forest and fresh water lakes but you never lost your friends. You didn't have to go to the loo in pairs or wait until everyone else got cold to go back to the tent for a jumper, you could store stuff in the car instead of filling your tent with crap you didn't need anyway, and one of our crew even became the talk of the festival due to some monumental snoring, you know who you are!… I am now a small festie convert, right people, right location, a huge variety of ciders and some top tunes, can't beat it… especially as you get a bit older, and don't want to walk 20 miles a day up hill and the need to be close to a porta-loo at all times becomes a priority.
This same little festival also welcomed me the following year, while I was going through chemotherapy. I'd had 1 session and was still reeling from the news that I had Breast Cancer. My Oncologist begrudgingly gave me permission on the basis that I had access to proper washing facilities, phone service and there were medical facilities on site, I thought it was hopeless. The hubby called the organizers and they were amazing, I was given special permission to rent a room in the little hotel on the grounds that some of the festival staff were staying in, I had a 4 poster bed, en-suite bathroom and a special wrist band, perfect. I got to enjoy the weekend with my friends after all, and not feel like fucking cancer had taken fun from me along with my energy levels and apparent tolerance to cider… We even got fake married 🙂 . This little festival deserves the success it's had and this year welcomes 50,000 visitors to it's newly named Boomtown Fair.
At 37 the mind was optimistically willing but the body was becoming a bit less happy to play ball. Tamoxifen wasn't always kind to my joints and the thought of a 3-day hike, late nights, hangovers and a slowly deflating airbed in a damp tent was starting to lose its appeal. I still love live music, fresh air, my friends, dancing and beer so Dan and I scoured the long list of festivals now available to us and stumble across Wilderness.
This is what I call a posh festival, it's in the grounds of a mansion house near Oxford, you can swim in a fresh water lake, take a boat ride, join the crazy people out for a group morning run, do a yoga class, learn to crochet, visit a spa, and dine at a Michelin star pop up restaurant. We set up under an ancient oak tree and had our own private little camp, there was a short walk to the eco-loo's and main festival site, eggs benedict for breakfast, stone baked pizza for lunch and Goan fish curry for dinner. The campsite was quiet, well it would have been if it wasn't for my lot, and I actually went home having seen the bands I wanted too and not feeling like I needed a holiday to recover… I think as I get older and should feel the need for a night or two under canvas (Nylon) listening to some music then these posh festivals will be my first choice, they get nick named "middle-class" festivals… I think "middle-aged" is more appropriate.
So that's my take on festivals as a teenager and then as a nearly 40 something. An evolution from considering it a badge of honor to have barely slept and drunk my body weight in beer, to making sure I have packed a first aid kit, earplugs and my book. I reckon with today's variety and choice that there's a festival out there for us all… if it ever stops sodding raining!!!!!!


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Updated at the bottom with what the City Council did. First posted at 8:03 a.m.
One of the quirky and beloved aspects of life in Greater L.A. has to be our road names, oft roasted in the "Saturday Night Live" skit called "The Californians."
We hardly knew the alliteration of La Cienega or Rancho Cucamonga were funny until we realized the rest of America was watching. Same goes for the bizarre-yet-true name of one of Beverly Hills' more tony streets -- "Little" Santa Monica Boulevard:
Officially, it's South Santa Monica Boulevard, which is the name of the street that runs parallel to Santa Monica, south of that boulevard, through downtown Beverly Hills.
But locals call it "Little," as in, "I said Little Santa Monica Boulevard, Stuart!"
Sadly, the city of Beverly Hills, at the behest of City Councilwoman Nancy Krasne, is considering changing the name of the street to Burton Way, which is what it used to be.
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The council was taking up the matter after resident Fred Barman requested it do so. Because Beverly Hills is a town where residents can get the politicians to do stuff.
For the sake of comedy and quirkiness, we hope the "Little" stays. We'll keep you posted.
[Update at 4:18 p.m.]: "Little" Santa Monica stays for now, but not because the City Council voted that way. No, the body put the matter off until its Sept. 10 meeting, a city official told the Weekly. Keep your fingers crossed.
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The Chamber Cartel is a group of adventurous musicians located in Atlanta dedicated to propagating New and Experimental music.
Chamber Cartel was born out of the idea that contemporary classical and experimental music should have a more substantial presence in the Atlanta music scene. Our first concert season, spanning all of 2012, will feature living composers as well as composers of the last half of the 20th century. Our aim is to perform this music in various settings for those that might not have heard or even known of music of this type existing.
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