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John Nelson to Conduct Bach's Mass in B Minor March 11
SDG Music Foundation's 2016 Chicago Bach Project concert will feature J. S. Bach's monumental Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, with Grammy Award-winner John Nelson conducting an all-new cast of soloists and the Chicago Bach Choir and Orchestra.
The one-night-only performance will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 11, 2016, at the Harris Theater at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago, Il.
Mass in B Minor soloists will include soprano Kathryn Lewek, mezzo-soprano Margaret Lattimore, tenor John McVeigh, and bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch.
Prior to the Mass in B Minor performance, the choir under chorus master Donald Nally will give the U.S. premiere of Laudate, commissioned by SDG Music Foundation for its Psalms Project. The contemplative a cappella choral work, set in Latin, was composed by John Metcalf, founder and artistic director of the Vale of Glamorgan Festival in Wales.
Now in its sixth season, the Chicago Bach Project has staged world-class productions of one of J. S. Bach's towering sacred masterworks each spring since 2011. The rotating cycle launched with a sold-out performance of the St. Matthew Passion conducted by Nelson, who is SDG's founding artistic director. Nelson also conducted the project's 2012 St. John Passion, 2013 Mass in B Minor, 2014 St. Matthew Passion, and 2015 St. John Passion.
The 2016 performance returns to Bach's final crowning achievement, the Mass in B Minor, which many consider the greatest composition in Western classical music. Although completed in 1749, the work was never performed in its entirety during the composer's lifetime and did not receive its first full performance until over 100 years later in 1859. The work moves far beyond its liturgical origins in scale and offers some of Bach's most profound and beautiful music.
Free Pre-Concert Events March 1 and 7. Conductor Nelson will offer "A Bach Briefing" from 5:30–6:45 pm. on Monday, March 7. Nelson will demonstrate themes from the Mass in B Minor at the piano and offer insights into Bach's work. While both events are free to the general public, seating is limited. Pre-registration is required by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com or phoning (630) 983-4300, ext. 400.
Tickets and information:
Single ticket prices for the Mass in B Minor concert are $25 to $55. Tickets are available online at HarrisTheaterChicago.org, by phone at (312) 334-7777, or in person at the Harris Theater Box Office, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago, IL 60201.
--Nathan J. Silverman Co. PR
Vanessa Perez Performs Spanish-Influenced Music by de Falla & Debussy, 1/28 at Americas Society
A product of the same musical culture that produced internationally renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel, and pianist Gabriela Montero, Vanessa Perez is undoubtedly a rising star in her own right. Perez brings her bold, energetic pianism to works by Manuel de Falla and Claude Debussy at the Americas Society (680 Park Avenue, NYC) on January 28 at 7pm. The program is inspired by Perez's latest album for the Steinway & Sons label, "Spain," which showcases her artistic sensitivity and acute awareness of unexpected connections between composers and musical styles. Admission to the concert is $20 general admission and free for AS/COA members; $10 tickets will be available at the door for students and seniors.
Perez made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2004, but as a testament to her versatility, her first New York performance wasn't in an uptown classical concert hall – it was at the downtown jazz shrine of the Blue Note, where Latin jazz star Arturo Sandoval had her perform his Sureña, a piece laced with Venezuelan folk melodies.
For more information on Ms. Perez, visit www.vanessaperez.com
For ticket information, call 212-249-8950 or visit http://www.as-coa.org/events/vanessa-perez-spain
--Amanda Sweet, BuckleSweet Media
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg to Step Down as Music Director of New Century
New Century Chamber Orchestra announced that Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg will step down from her role as Music Director following the 25th anniversary season in 2016-2017.
Appointed in September 2008, Ms. Salerno-Sonnenberg led New Century through an exciting period of growth over the course of eight highly successful seasons. Through her leadership, the orchestra founded a Featured Composer program, commissioning a total of eight new works and expanding the string orchestra repertoire; embarked upon three extensive national tours garnering record-breaking audiences and national critical acclaim; recorded three live recordings on Nadja's own NSS music label; cultivated vibrant partnerships with some of the Bay Area's most celebrated arts organizations such as the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Girls Chorus and Chanticleer; and further enhanced the orchestra's national footprint through a rapidly increased national radio presence.
"The impact of Nadja's tenure as Music Director is incalculable and her achievements are many," said President of the Board of Directors Mark Salkind. "After nearly a decade of extraordinary leadership, New Century has risen to a new height of artistic excellence and acclaim. Thanks to her hard work and dedication, we are confident that our search for a successor will attract an illustrious pool of candidates."
As one of the leading violinists of her generation, Salerno-Sonnenberg's career began when she won the 1981 Walter W. Naumburg International Violin Competition which she followed up two years later with an Avery Fisher Career Grant and later in 1999 the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize. A powerful and creative presence on the recording scene, Nadja has released over 20 recordings on EMI and Nonesuch labels as well as working with an extensive roster of musicians on her own NSS label including her most recent New Century release "From A to Z" (May 2014) featuring commissioned works by Clarice Assad, William Bolcom, Michael Daugherty and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.
For more information on New Century, please visit http://www.ncco.org
--Brenden Guy, NCCO
Yale Cellist Chang Pan Makes Carnegie Debut with Brazilian Pianist Ronaldo Rolim
A recipient of full scholarships to Yale and the Heifetz International Music Institute, 27-year-old cellist Chang Pan will perform his Carnegie Hall debut recital in New York with pianist Ronaldo Rolim on Wednesday, February 3 at 8:00 PM at Weill Recital Hall.
Presented by esteemed Yale School of Music Professor Aldo Parisot, Mr. Pan's program includes Manuel de Falla's popular Suite Española, César Franck's Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, Edvard Grieg's Sonata for Piano and Cello in A minor, Op. 36 and Wentao Jiang/Ling Cao's Festival Tianshan.
Admission: $25, $20 for students and seniors. Tickets on sale at www.carnegiehall.org, CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800, and at the Carnegie Hall Box Office.
--Katharine Boone, Kirshbaum Associates
PBO SESSIONS' "Mozart's Piano" Almost Sold Out
PBO SESSIONS: "Mozart's Piano," Thursday, February 4, 8 PM at the ODC Theater in San Francisco's Mission District.
Mozart selections from Concerto for Fortepiano No. 23 in A major.
Keyboard master Kristian Bezuidenhout will hold you captive as he demonstrates what Mozart intended you to hear when composing some of the best music of all time, on a replica of Mozart's piano.
Hosted by KDFC's Hoyt Smith, PBO Music Director Nicholas McGegan and Kristian will discuss Mozart's Concerto No. 23 as one of his most popular piano concertos. Then Nic and the full orchestra will accompany Kris in a performance of the entire work.
Following the concert, stick around to meet Nic, Kris, Hoyt and the orchestra and enjoy a glass of complimentary wine provided by WineWise.
General Admission Tickets just $25. For more information, visit https://philharmoniabaroqueorchestra.secure.force.com/ticket/#sections_a0Fi000000KSfXZEA1
--Dianne Provenano, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Cellist Zuill Bailey Performs Vivaldi at Strathmore
Award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey joins the National Philharmonic, led by Music Director and Conductor Piotr Gajewski, in a performance of two concertos by the Baroque master Antonio Vivaldi on Saturday, February 20 at 8 pm and on Sunday, February 21 at 3 pm at the Music Center at Strathmore.
Bailey also performs Gregor Piatigorsky's brilliant Variations on a Paganini Theme. The concert also features two choral works--Beethoven's Elegischer Gesang (Elegiac Song) and Vivaldi's Gloria. A free pre-concert lecture will be offered in the Concert Hall at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday and at 1:45 pm on Sunday. Tickets start at $29 and are free for young people 7-17 through the ALL KIDS, ALL FREE, ALL THE TIME program. ALL KIDS tickets must be reserved by calling (301-581-5100) or visiting the Strathmore Box Office. Parking is complimentary. Strathmore is located at 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit nationalphilharmonic.org or call 301-581-5100.
--Deborah Birnbaum, National Philharmonic
Third Coast Percussion Performs NYC Premiere of Dennehy's Surface Tension, 2/10 at Met Museum
Widely praised for their continuing efforts to redefine the repertoire for percussion ensemble, Third Coast Percussion brings an exciting new work by Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy to New York City. Dennehy's work, Surface Tension, was written expressly for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's extensive collection of historic percussion instruments.
In this new piece, inspired by the playing techniques associated with the Irish bodhrán drum, the performers surround the audience with a battery of over 40 drums tuned using a special technique designed expressly for this piece. Surface Tension was commissioned by the University of Notre Dame's DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is dedicated to Third Coast Percussion.
Also on the program is Steve Reich's Sextet, a seminal work for percussion ensemble that is included on Third Coast's latest album, "Third Coast Percussion / Steve Reich." 2016 marks Reich's 80th birthday and this album pays tribute to the profound impact the composer has had on contemporary music and on the ensemble's members. Of Reich's influence, Third Coast's Robert Dillon says: "While most composers now welcome our instruments on the concert stage, only a few have shown audiences how percussion can be absolutely essential. The rhythmic drive, articulated melody, and perpetual cycle of Reich's music seems to have marimbas and vibraphones in its very DNA."
Third Coast Percussion returns to the Met Museum's MetLiveArts series on Wednesday, February 10 at 7pm. Tickets are $30; call 212-570-3949 or visit http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-live-arts/third-coast-percussion?eid=83022
Members of Third Coast Percussion will join Dennehy and curators from the Met's musical instrument collection on Sunday, January 24 at 3pm for a free discussion about the creation of this one-of-a-kind work.
--Caroline Heaney, BuckleSweet Media
Classical Music News of the Week, January 23, 2016
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John J. Puccio, Editor, Publisher, Reviewer
Understand, I'm just an everyday guy reacting to something I love. And I've been doing it for a very long time, my appreciation for classical music starting with the musical excerpts on The Big John and Sparkie radio show in the early Fifties and the purchase of my first recording, The 101 Strings Play the Classics, around 1956. In the late Sixties I began teaching high school English and Film Studies as well as becoming interested in hi-fi, my audio ambitions graduating me from a pair of AR-3 speakers to the Fulton J's recommended by The Stereophile's J. Gordon Holt. In the early Seventies, I began writing for a number of audio magazines, including Audio Excellence, Audio Forum, The Boston Audio Society Speaker, The American Record Guide, and from 1976 until 2008, The $ensible Sound, for which I served as Classical Music Editor.
Today, I'm retired from teaching and use a pair of bi-amped VMPS RM40s loudspeakers for my listening. In addition to writing the Classical Candor blog, I served as the Movie Review Editor for the Web site Movie Metropolis (formerly DVDTown) from 1997-2013. Music and movies. Life couldn't be better.
Karl W. Nehring, Contributing Reviewer
For more than 20 years I was the editor ofThe $ensible Soundmagazine and a regular contributor to its classical review pages. I would not presume to present myself as some sort of expert on music, but I have a deep love for and appreciation of many types of music, "classical" especially, and have listened to thousands of recordings over the years, many of which still line the walls of my listening room (and occasionally spill onto the furniture and floor, much to the chagrin of my long-suffering wife). I have always taken the approach as a reviewer that what I am trying to do is simply to point out to readers that I have come across a recording that I have found of interest, a recording that I think they might appreciate my having pointed out to them. I suppose that sounds a bit simple-minded, but I know I appreciate reading reviews by others that do the same for me -- point out recordings that I think I might enjoy.
For readers who might be wondering about what kind of system I am using to do my listening, I should probably point out that I do a LOT of music listening and employ a variety of means to do so in a variety of environments, as I would imagine many music lovers also do. Starting at the more grandiose end of the scale, the system in which I do my most serious listening comprises an Onkyo C-7030 CD player, Legacy Audio StreamLine preamplifier, Legacy Audio PowerBloc2 amplifier, and a pair of Legacy Audio Focus SE speakers augmented by a Legacy Point One subwoofer. I also do a lot of listening while driving in my 2016 Acura RDX with its nice-sounding ELS Studio sound system through which I play CDs (the ones I especially like I rip to the Acura's hard drive so that I can listen to them whenever I want) or stream music through the system using my LG G7 ThinQ cell phone, which features surprisingly sophisticated audio circuitry. For more casual listening at home when I am not in my listening room, I often stream music through the phone into a Vizio soundbar system that has remarkably nice sound for such a diminutive physical presence. And finally, at the least grandiose end of the scale, I have an Ultimate Ears Wonderboom Bluetooth speaker for those occasions where I am somewhere by myself without a sound system but in desperate need of a musical fix. I just can't imagine life without music and I am humbly grateful for the technology that enables us to enjoy it in so many wonderful ways.
Bryan Geyer, Technical Analyst
I initially embraced classical music in 1954 when I mistuned my car radio and heard the Heifetz recording of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. That inspired me to board the new "hi-fi" DIY bandwagon. In 1957 I joined one of the pioneer semiconductor makers and spent the next 32 years marketing transistors and microcircuits to military contractors. Home audio DIY projects remained a personal passion until 1989 when we created our own new photography equipment company. I later (2012) revived my interest in two channel audio when we "downsized" our life and determined that mini-monitors + paired subwoofers were a great way to mate fine music with the space constraints of condo living.
Visitors that view my technical papers on this site may wonder why they appear here, rather than on a site that features audio equipment reviews. My reason is that I tried the latter, and prefer to publish for people who actually want to listen to music; not to equipment. My focus is in describing what's technically beneficial to assure that the sound of the system will accurately replicate the source input signal (i. e. exhibit high accuracy) without inordinate cost and complexity. Conversely, most of the audiophiles of today strive to achieve sound that's euphonic, i.e. be personally satisfying. In essence, audiophiles seek sound that's consistent with their desire; the music is simply a test signal.
Mission Statement
It is the goal of Classical Candor to promote the enjoyment of classical music. Other forms of music come and go--minuets, waltzes, ragtime, blues, jazz, bebop, country-western, rock-'n'-roll, heavy metal, rap, and the rest--but classical music has been around for hundreds of years and will continue to be around for hundreds more. It's no accident that every major city in the world has one or more symphony orchestras.
When I was young, I heard it said that only intellectuals could appreciate classical music, that it required dedicated concentration to appreciate. Nonsense. I'm no intellectual, and I've always loved classical music. Anyone who's ever seen and enjoyed Disney's Fantasia or a Looney Tunes cartoon playing Rossini's William Tell Overture or Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 can attest to the power and joy of classical music, and that's just about everybody.
So, if Classical Candor can expand one's awareness of classical music and bring more joy to one's life, more power to it. It's done its job. --John J. Puccio
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why do you blog?
Thank you everyone for all your good thoughts about Z's upcoming surgery. I'm feeling much better about it. Not saying that I'm looking forward to it, but I'm feeling like I'll survive (her surviving has never been in much question).
Sometimes I have an idea for a blog post, and I think it to death and it never gets posted. Sometimes the idea just seems to not let me leave it be – it keeps showing up everywhere I look.
This past weekend, I got together with some local parenting bloggers when the local paper's parenting blog had a get together. It was fun, I'd never gone to a blog-related get together, but everyone was very friendly and we all had a great time. At some point, we discussed why we blogged. Some blog as a creative outlet, some as a way to keep family and friends updated, some are hoping to get a book published, some want a way to talk about issues that are near and dear to them. It got me thinking about the reasons I blog.
Then Alicia posted yesterday about some of her favorite blogs and ended by asking everyone why they blogged. And then today I got a survey about the "state of the blogosphere" which made me laugh. It had questions about how much money I make on my blog and whether I have ever been fired or lost friends because of my blogging. Huh.
So now I'm curious, why do you all blog? Or if you don't, why do you read blogs? Are there certain types of blogs that you gravitate towards or shy away from?
For me, I really started updating this blog once I was pregnant. I had been reading infertility blogs and a few blogs of friends for a while, but hadn't quite gotten up the courage to start really writing my own. I ended up using the blog mostly as a way to keep friends and family updated, but slowly, it also became a way to be a little more open about our fertility struggles and journey. I wanted other people to know they shouldn't feel alone if they were going through something similar. It's a little strange, since infertility is not the topic of most of my posts nowadays.
I also blog because I hate writing. I know that sounds stupid, but writing is hard for me. I put it off, procrastinate, find excuses not to do it and generally feel like I'm pulling teeth trying to get words out of my head and in to print. So I started to write more frequently with the idea that writing would become easier the more I do it. I suppose that might be the case, though writing still is certainly not my favorite activity, and it still does not come easily.
What has been so surprising to me is how much I've gained from blogging in other ways. I really love the feedback on my thoughts and my writing, and I love hearing that something I wrote might have helped someone. I've also learned so very much from posting about topics that I hadn't known a lot about before. With my little four eyes blog, I keep learning a ton, both from my own research, but in large part from the other posters and commenters, about children's vision and visual development.
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We're pretty simple people. I blog about the Bean so we can tell her family and distant friends what's going on with her. It's a bonus that the only people who see the updates are those who, by definition, have some sort of interest in hearing about our daughter or seeing pictures of her with something unusual balanced on her head. There are also various services that will convert your blog into a book, so I anticipate converting what we have into dead tree format at some point.
blogging for me is the best therapy avaliable!! I read others blogs cause I love stories, I love seeing what other people are doing and how they are living. I read a lot of IF blogs, and now some PG blogs because they were IFers. I also have a few book blogs and mom blogs I read, I would read anything I think!
Ditto Alicia 🙂
I joined the blogging world when I felt like I just couldn't go through this IF journey alone anymore…and the support I've received is phenomenal, both in terms of others' comments to me, and just be reading the blogs of others who are or have gone through similar circumstances…I'm so grateful for what the blog world has done for me. 🙂
Right, what David said. Of course, I started blogging long before our baby was born. It was 2001, to be exact, and I didn't have a real reason for blogging other than that I was procrastinating writing my master's thesis. My blog evolved and became a creative outlet for recounting past experiences, often with embellished details, and also for processing current situations. After I realized I actually had an audience (mostly family and friends, but also some random strangers who'd found my blog), I strove to write more entertaining posts.
On the flip side, knowing that I have this audience has inhibited me A LOT. I can't vent about problems I'm having with someone who regularly reads my blog, and I often tone down my writing so that it's PG-13, rather than NC-1 because I don't want to offend people.
It's funny that what started out as a forum for me to be open has now become something with boundaries. Still, I got a book deal because of my blog, an amazing dream come true. I'll always be grateful for that.
My IF journey has been a lonely one. It is something people don't talk about so I had it in my head I was the only one experiencing it. Then I stumbled on a blog about infertility and every post I read, I thought to myself "Me too!!"
The more I read, the more I wanted to share my story. To read other stories makes me feel normal and the dialogue between bloggers is what keeps me sane in this crazy (and sometimes cruel) journey.
Hi Ann! It was lovely seeing you last week, though, as usual, too brief.
I love this question, because it's one to which I have no real answer. I have a lot of possible answers, including
– it seemed like the thing to do at the time
– my little sister and one of my brothers blogged already
– I wanted to keep in touch with friends in Mpls better, after having moved to the Bay Area
– and, as a poet, I found it was nice to have a non-poetry outlet for writing . . . though I sometimes post poetry too
– when I finally joined the digital photography world, I could post photos for family & friends to see without paying ridiculous rates to print things and then procrastinate sending them for months on end. I still have a set of photos printed about 4 years ago which I have never sent out. I never addressed the envelope, forgot who I was sending them to, and now have to figure out what else to do with them. In fact, perhaps I should scan them and post them to my blog!
P.S. Ann – I would never work for our former employer again, but someday if I join the academic world, I would love to work close enough to you that we can do lunch on a whim whenever we felt like it. I am getting nostalgic about our random lunches. And Caribou Coffee.


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Kia ora Alex and welcome to the VLN and Enabling e-Learning.
I am here to support you and help you get the most out of the VLN community.https://vln.school.nz/groupcms/view/785042/ko-wai-matou-who-are-we
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And so I was off…
I was pretty sure I was ready. The bike was fully loaded. I was itching to roll. Before I took off, I asked a passerby to snap a picture of me. It was at that moment that I realized I was wearing running shoes and my waterproof riding boots were still in my apartment. Oops.
So then I was off. I wasn't really sure how far I was going to go. I called my friend Dave in Frederick MD before I left. That was my first stop last year. How could I resist. We caught the crest of the fireworks in Frederick as his kids were getting ready for bed.
Dave and his wife Joi have a new addition to the family since my last visit. Say hello to Sam.
He's a tiny little bugger and seems to wear a smile like it was a part of his skin. And then there is my favorite little biker girl Noa. A year older.
She is darling. She made me feel good too. After dinner she sang a Pat song she made up, and before I left she did a Pat cheer! She kept telling me, "Pat, I like you!" I like you too kiddo!
The next morning it was time to venture to new lands. In Virginia I passed a house once owned by George Washington.
Then I road through the rolling hills of West Virginia. West Virginia Mountain Mamas served up some good riding through twisty foot peg scraping roads. It always freaks me out when those pegs scrape the ground, especially when I am fully loaded. Big Thrills! And lots of good old Americana along the way.
I went to Blackwater Falls. I had been here once before, many years ago. I remember a lot about that trip, but don't remember the actual falls, so I had to check em out.
On tis journey I have seen a number of abandoned schools. I am assuming that's because they built new schools. But after meeting some locals one has to wonder.
I woke up yesterday morning feeling a little queezy. Could be the heat. It's been over 100 degrees in the daytime. Sometimes I am a little over eager to check things out without concern for thing like eating and drinking. I got up and want to investigate when I saw this sign.
Cool, right. So without breakfast I headed up this path. It was a steep uphill climb. With each turn of the switchback there were interesting facts to wet your appetite for what was to come.
And so I continued that climb. Upward to the fort I ignored my yearning for the basic needs like water. The forested path opened up as I reach the top. Tall brush prevented me from seeing the fort. I still needed to round one more turn. And then…this.
A canon and a porta a potty is all that marks this landmark where apparently a fort once stood. Not a great way to start the day.
So I rolled along. I got a hardy breakfast at a Waffle House and chugged a lot of iced tea. I had one of those good ol' Southern stye waitresses who overflowed with "darlins" and "babys". "OK darlin, can I get ya some more tea baby!"
There were lots of signs in Kentucky to visit the many bourbon distilleries. I road by just one that wasn't open for tours.
It is inevitable that some local at a pitsop will ask me the same question once we get to talking and they find out I am traveling and camping out alone. "Are you packing?" It seems everyone is but me. I told this guy Earl that I cross too many state lines to be packing. He said he doesn't go anywhere without his 38 under the seat. I asked Earl about some road as I had gotten lost after a truck jack knifed on my desired route. He suggested 93 South. He said he has taken it when he enters the Bass fishing tournaments down there. So what is the great appeal with the guns. Maybe I should find out.
When I stepped inside the gun range I immediately heard the guy behind the counter talking to this old dude sitting on a chair. "All I know is I feel sorry for the poor bastard that enters my house unwelcome." Beside him was a box of posters of Obama they use for target practice and on the fence outside a political poster for Rand Paul. Every time I hear that Rand Paul I expect him to be selling chickens. So I thought about renting a gun to fire off a few rounds, but I don't really know what I'm doing and these fellers didn't seem like they were the type for teaching me. So I just grabbed a cold drink and some jerky and moved on.
I road along the Ohio River as I headed west. It's a beautiful ride.
I had planned on camping out once I crossed into Illinois, but I got lost again. I ended up on a road that turned to dirt as the sun was going down. Bugs were everywhere. The dirt road eventually lead to a paved road which dead ended at the river. But there was this grand old bank at the river side.
The sun dropped and I was still lost. I rode like a mad man to Harrisburg to get a room. I must have killed a thousand bugs with my face on the way there. But I got a cheap room and had a good night's sleep. Tonight I should be in Memphis.
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You and I must have passed each other on the road or darn close to it. I as in WV, Western Maryland, Frederick at about the same time. I did 3 days on the road myself. I told my wife that if I run into you, I could be gone for a few more days!!!! Sounds like your having an awesome trip. did you get the starting issue sorted on your bike yet?


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- Analysis of tectonically active orogens, sedimentary basins and intraplate regions.
- Quantification of deformation, erosion and sedimentation rates ranging from scales of millimeter/years to kilometers/million years.
- Inversion of geological fault slip rates.
- Deformation mechanisms in tectonically active regions; relationship between earthquakes and volcanic centers.
- Large-scale vertical uplift and subsidence processes; coastal uplift and earthquake segmentation.
- 3D structural geometry and kinematics of sedimentary basins and evolving fault systems.
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Regional geological synthesis, neotectonics, active tectonics, paleoseismology, structural geology and geochronology.
Field exploration geology, sedimentology and basin analysis, metamorphic geology, and geological remote sensing.
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- 2012 - 2017: HGF Alliance: Remote Sensing and Earth System Dynamics. The HGF Alliance "Remote Sensing and Earth System Dynamics" aims at the development and evaluation of novel bio/geo-pysical information products derived from data acquired by a new generation of remote sensing satellites and their integration in earth system models for improving understanding and modelling ability of global environmental processes and ecosystem change. Project: "Geological context of seismically inactive, but geodetically active regions." One Postdoc: Simon Kübler (LMU Geology).
- since 2011: Dynamic Evolution of the North-Alpine Foreland Basin. (1 PhD student: Markus Hoffmann, 1 Master student: Florian Hofmann).
- since 2011: Mechanisms of strain release in the northern Basin and Range Province (western USA): relationship between faults, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and the growth of continental fault systems. Collaborators: Geoffrey King (IPG Paris), Steven Wesbousky (University of Nevada, Reno).
- since 2008: Earthquake segmentation and tectonic geomorphology of the Red Sea coast north of Quseir (Egypt) (1 PhD student: Mohamed El Khashab).
- since 2008: Vertical motion of Crete and implications for fault system dynamics and seismic hazards — based in integration of PSI-InSAR data, tectonic geomorphology, and geological data. In progress. ( One PhD student: Stefanie Rieger).
- 2004 - 2012: DFG Project: Dynamics of Active faulting in the Lower Rhine Graben, awarded to A.M. Friedrich (FR1693/1-1) and M.R. Strecker. Publications are in preparation, 1 PhD Student (Simon Kübler) defended in January 2013.
Since 2014:
Baran, R., Friedrich, A. M., Schlunegger, F., 2014, The late Miocene to Holocene erosion pattern of the Alpine foreland basin reflects Eurasian slab unloading beneath the western Alps rather than global climate change; Lithosphere, v. 6, no. 2, 124 - 131.
Stein, S. and Friedrich A. M., 2014, Clearing the crystal ball; Astronomy and Geophysics; v. 55, no. 2., 2.11-2.17.
Prior to 2014:
Ballato, P., Uba, C. E., Landgraf, A., Strecker, M. R., Sudo, M., Stockli, D. F., Friedrich, A., and Tabatabaei, S. H., 2011, Arabia-Eurasia continental collision: Insights from late Tertiary foreland-basin evolution in the Alborz Mountains, northern Iran: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 123, no. 1-2, p. 106-131.
Ballato, P., Mulch, A., Landgraf, A., Strecker, M. R., Dalconi, M. C., Friedrich, A., and Tabatabaei, S. H., 2010, Middle to late Miocene Middle Eastern climate from stable oxygen and carbon isotope data, southern Alborz mountains, N Iran: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 300, no. 1-2, p. 125-138.
Baran, R., Guest, B., and Friedrich, A. M., 2010, High-resolution spatial rupture pattern of a multiphase flower structure, Rex Hills, Nevada: New insights on scarp evolution in complex topography based on 3-D laser scanning: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 122, no. 5-6, p. 897-914.
Friedrich, A., 2010, Leopold-von-Buch Medal awarded to Prof. Dr. Tanya Atwater. Zeitschrift Der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, v. 161, no. 2, p. 112-112.
Landgraf, A., Ballato, P., Strecker, M. R., Friedrich, A., Tabatabaei, S. H., and Shahpasandzadeh, M., 2009, Fault-kinematic and geomorphic observations along the North Tehran Thrust and Mosha Fasham Fault, Alborz mountains Iran: implications for fault-system evolution and interaction in a changing tectonic regime: Geophysical Journal International, v. 177, no. 2, p. 676-690.
Rezaei, K., Guest, B., Friedrich, A., Fayazi, F., Nakhaei, M., Aghda, S. M. F., and Beitollahi, A., 2009a, Soil and sediment quality and composition as factors in the distribution of damage at the December 26, 2003, Bam area earthquake in SE Iran (M (s)=6.6): Journal of Soils and Sediments, v. 9, no. 1, p. 23-32.
Rezaei, K., Guest, B., Friedrich, A., Fayazi, F., Nakhaei, M., Beitollahi, A., and Aghda, S. M. F., 2009b, Feed forward neural network and interpolation function models to predict the soil and subsurface sediments distribution in Bam, Iran: Acta Geophysica, v. 57, no. 2, p. 271-293.
Ballato, P., Nowaczyk, N. R., Landgraf, A., Strecker, M. R., Friedrich, A., and Tabatabaei, S. H., 2008, Tectonic control on sedimentary facies pattern and sediment accumulation rates in the Miocene foreland basin of the southern Alborz mountains, northern Iran: Tectonics, v. 27, no. 6.
Cloetingh, S. A. P. L., Ziegler, P. A., Bogaard, P. J. F., Andriessen, P. A. M., Artemieva, I. M., Bada, G., van Balen, R. T., Beekman, F., Ben-Avraham, Z., Brun, J. P., Bunge, H. P., Burov, E. B., Carbonell, R., Facenna, C., Friedrich, A., Gallart, J., Green, A. G., Heidbach, O., Jones, A. G., Matenco, L., Mosar, J., Oncken, O., Pascal, C., Peters, G., Sliaupa, S., Soesoo, A., Spakman, W., Stephenson, R. A., Thybo, H., Torsvik, T., de Vicente, G., Wenzel, F., Wortel, M. J. R., and Grp, T.-E. W., 2007, TOPO-EUROPE: The geoscience of coupled deep Earth-surface processes: Global and Planetary Change, v. 58, no. 1-4, p. 1-118.
Bartley, J.M., Glazner, A.F., Coleman, D.S., Kylander-Clark, A., Mapes, R., Friedrich, A.M., 2007, Large Laramide dextral offset across Owens Valley, California, and its possible relation to tectonic unroofing of the southern Sierra Nevada. SPECIAL PAPERS-GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, vol. 434 pp. 129
Stein, S., Friedrich, A., and Newman, A., 2005, Dependence of possible characteristic earthquakes on spatial sampling: Illustration for the Wasatch seismic zone, Utah: Seismological Research Letters, v. 76, no. 4, p. 432-436. Bennett, R. A., Friedrich, A. M., and Furlong, K. P., 2004, Codependent histories of the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault zones from inversion of fault displacement rates: Geology, v. 32, no. 11, p. 961-964.
Bennett, R.A., Friedrich, A.M., Furlong, K. 2004, Codependent histories of the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault zones from inversion of fault displacement rates, Geology, v. 32; no. 11; p. 961–964; doi: 10.1130/G20806.1.
Friedrich, A. M., Lee, J., Wernicke, B. P., and Sieh, K., 2004, Geologic context of geodetic data across a Basin and Range normal fault, Crescent Valley, Nevada: Tectonics, v. 23, no. 2. Niemi, N. A., Wernicke, B. P., Friedrich, A. M., Simons, M., Bennett, R. A., and Davis, J. L., 2004, BARGEN continuous GPS data across the eastern Basin and Range province, and implications for fault system dynamics: Geophysical Journal International, v. 159, no. 3, p. 842-862.
Wernicke, B., Davis, J. L., Bennett, R. A., Normandeau, J. E., Friedrich, A. M., and Niemi, N. A., 2004, Tectonic implications of a dense continuous GPS velocity field at Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, v. 109, no. B12.
Niemi, N. A., Wernicke, B. P., Friedrich, A. M., Simons, M., Bennett, R. A., and Davis, J. L., 2004, BARGEN continuous GPS data across the eastern Basin and Range province, and implications for fault system dynamics: Geophysical Journal International, v. 159, no. 3, p. 842-862.
Bennett, R. A., Wernicke, B. P., Niemi, N. A., Friedrich, A. M., and Davis, J. L., 2003, Contemporary strain rates in the northern Basin and Range province from GPS data: Tectonics, v. 22, no. 2.
Friedrich, A. M., Wernicke, B. P., Niemi, N. A., Bennett, R. A., and Davis, J. L., 2003, Comparison of geodetic and geologic data from the Wasatch region, Utah, and implications for the spectral character of Earth deformation at periods of 10 to 10 million years: Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, v. 108, no. B4.
Friedrich, A. M., and Bartley, J. M., 2003, Three-dimensional structural reconstruction of a thrust system overprinted by postorogenic extension, Wah Wah thrust zone, southwestern Utah: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 115, no. 12, p. 1473-1491.
Wernicke, B., Friedrich , A. M., Niemi, N. A., Bennett, R.A., Davis, J. L. , 2000, Dynamics of plate boundary fault systems from Basin and Range Geodetic Network (BARGEN) and geologic data, Geological Society of America Today, v. 10, no. 11, p. 1 - 7.
Friedrich, A. M., Bowring, S. A., Martin, M. W., and Hodges, K. V., 1999a, Short-lived continental magmatic arc at Connemara, western Irish Caledonides: Implications for the age of the Grampian orogeny: Geology, v. 27, no. 1, p. 27-30.
Friedrich, A. M., Hodges, K. V., Bowring, S. A., and Martin, M. W., 1999b, Geochronological constraints on the magmatic, metamorphic and thermal evolution of the Connemara Caledonides, western Ireland: Journal of the Geological Society, v. 156, p. 1217-1230.
Coleman, D.S., Bartley, J.M., Walker, J.D., Price, D.E., Friedrich, A.M.,1997, Extensional faulting, footwall deformation and plutonism in the Mineral Mountains, southern Sevier Desert. Brigham Young University Geology Studies, vol. 42 pp. 203-234.


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This is The Happiness Kitchen
You probably already knew The Happiness Café, the breakfast and lunch shop near the Blob, but did you know that this healthy heaven also has a big brother on the Nieuwstraat? This is The Happiness Kitchen. Here you are welcome for seven days a week for yoghurt bowls, superfood pancakes and scrambled eggs, but also for fresh daily meals en (vegan) burgers, because this location has a large kitchen and bakery downstairs. "Here we make everything ourselves," says owner Linsey van Oers, "All our dishes are homemade and made with pure ingredients."
We get a tour through the kitchen and the bakery. It smells wonderful. Not surprising, because a batch of muffins has just come out of the oven, and also the carrot cake is ready to be baked. A bit further a team member is busy pressing juice with a gigantic machine. Linsey: "We are the only cold press juice bar in the area. Cold press means that the fruit and vegetables are crushed, which preserves the vitamins and minerals. The ordinary juice pressers have rotating knives that heat up during the proces, which means that a lot of healthy nutrients are lost."
What comes in handy at The Happiness Kitchen is that you can also go there for your dinner. Linsey: "When you have a busy job, healthy cooking is sometimes forgotten. Here you can compose daily fresh meals using our Happiness Food Bar with freshly prepared salads, vegetables, grains and every day proteins: to eat at our place or take home or to the office for lunch or dinner. Or you can order via Deliveroo, so you do not have to go get some fast food. Healthy and fast is also an option. We are of course in Brabant, so we also provide food with a Burgundian touch. We have something for everyone: from guilty pleasures to sugar free and vegan and meals with extra protein for athletes."
"You see a change in dietary preferences and a growing awareness of the health aspect of our diet. Vegetables take an increasingly prominent place on our plate and meat and fish are exchanged more often for a vegetable source of protein. That's why 80% of the dishes in our Kitchen consist of vegetable preparations. We follow the international trends in food and give our own twist. We like working with local products: we get bread from the Hartogs bakery in Eindhoven and our coffee from BeanBrothers. I come up with the dishes together with our team of chefs. The team of The Happiness Kitchen and The Happiness Café consists of a total of about 42 people, everyone works at both locations. This way we can build together one Happiness team."


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A couple days ago, I reported the results from the Food Demand Survey (FooDS) for March 2017. In addition to a typical question we ask every month "Have you ever worked on a farm or ranch?", we added a new follow up question, "Which of the following best describes the kind of farm you worked on? (Check all that apply)."
As I reported then, about 17% of people said yes to the first question. Of this 17%, about 38% followed it up by saying the type of farm was a "garden in your backyard", 23% said "A chicken coop in your backyard" and 12% said "a community garden". I received some Twitter questions and reaction to the results.
Here's one vein of reaction:
@JaysonLusk @Bovidiva a backyard garden qualifies as working on a farm?— Willowfield (@wfvcr) March 18, 2017
Of course, this is exactly what we wanted to know: who are the people checking "yes" to this question and what do they (not us) consider farm or ranch work?
A more substantive question was this one:
@JaysonLusk @wfvcr @Bovidiva Couldn't that just be because it was provided as an answer and a lot of farmers have also done this?— Hannah Davis (@berlinbuggirl) March 19, 2017
The answer is "yes". This was a "check all that apply" question and a lot of commodity crop and livestock farms also have backyard gardens and chickens. To get at this issue more directly, I went back to the data and looked at the 17% who said "yes" they had worked on a farm and ranch and looked at the percent of respondents who said they had a backyard garden (or chicken coop or community garden) but did NOT check "A farm that produces commodity crops (e.g. corn, wheat, soybeans, cotton, or rice)" or "A farm that produces commercial livestock (e.g. cattle, swine, or poultry)."
Here are the results: of the 17% who said they'd worked on a farm or ranch: 4.7% indicated working in a community garden but NOT a commodity crop or livestock operation, 12.2% indicated they worked in a garden in their backyard but NOT in commodity crop or livestock operation, and 7.5% said they had a chicken coop in their backyard but had NOT worked in a commodity crop or livestock operation.


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- 29 August 1981
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- Hometown: New York
- AAMINA SHEIKH Age: 38 Year as in 2019
AAMINA SHEIKH is a Pakistani most highest paid model and actress. On this page we will provide you all detail about Aamina Sheikh such as her height, age, weight, date of birth, boyfriend/Husband name, father, mother, Brother and sister name, net worth, education, wedding date pics, likes, dislikes, Favorite things, Body Measurement, Body type, dramas list, Latest photo shoots, affairs, scandal, awards, hometown, star sign, body facts, Religion and much more. Aamina Sheikh was born on 29 August 1981 in New York City. Her father was Pharmacist by profession. Amina spent her childhood in Karachi and Riyadh Saudia. She completed her school from American International School in Riyadh. She came back to Pakistan and completed her O and A Levels from St.Joseph's Convent and The Lyceum. After completion of her studies she started her career as a director and producer. In 2003 she directed and produce a children show 'Bachay Man Ke Sachay' on Geo TV. She made her screen debut with a telefilm 'Gurmukh Singh Ki Waseeyat'. In 2005 she got married with Mohib Mirza who is also a famous actor. It was a love marriage. In 2008 AAMINA SHEIKH start modeling and did many brands commercials. Same year she made her drama debut with a drama serial 'Qisson ki chadar' and 'Mera Naam hai Muhabbat'. She got fame in drama industry too and later on worked in much Pakistani dramas's. In 2011 she got a special appearance in a Pakistani film 'Love Mein Ghum'. In 2013 Amina and mohib made a movie 'Seedlings'. she played leading role in that movie and movie got many positive reviews by audience and Amina won three awards due to that movie Lux Style Award for Best Actress, New York Film Award for Best Actress and SAARC Film Festival Award for Best Actress. Later on, Amina worked in Arman, Josh, O21, Good Morning Pakistan and Cake. In 2015 Amina and Mohib blessed with a cute daughter.
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I say that to myself to give me courage to face the times that strong is the last thing I want to be, but inevitably what I have to be! Everyone has trials in life and it's those times that really show a person what they can handle. No matter what happens, it takes inner strength to cope, we all have the strength needed, we just sometimes don't know it. We just have to remember that just because someone cries doesn't mean they're weak, they've just been strong too long!
The Athena ll hair from >Asset< makes me feel strong and capable! I receive a large amount of review packs from the We Love to Blog review group and it's always an adventure to see what gems are lurking in the group notices! This is my first time featuring >Asset< and I like the easy care hair which would be perfect for role playing!
The Adore, Darkling skin in Amber tone is from Lumae!
The Elwyn Off-Shoulder Top from G Field reminds me of a bar wench's dress! I love the tight corset to show off the curves and the bare shoulders for all that shoulder sexiness! So nice!
The Cavalry Boots from !APHORISM! are a complete work of art!
The November Ice eyes are from Poetic Colors.
The Little Soldier jeans in gold are from SN@TCH. I still love the system layer pants!
Poses by [KoKoLoReS]
Pictures taken at the Spencer Museum of Art.


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We hope you can join us for this very special event.
Limited to only 10 participants, this intimate cooking class will show you beautiful Indian flavors & techniques so you can recreate nourishing meals at home. Join Sofia in the newly-expanded Mayanjali kitchen at Shakti - 1114 White St.
$50 per person / class runs from 6-8.30
Please contact Sofia for bookings.


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PTA 2018-19 Board Members
Kirk Brohman, PTA President
I have two sons (Leo is in 2nd grade and Barrett will be heading to Rieke in 2019) and am happy to be serving as the Rieke PTA President. My wife Amanda (the new PTA Vice President) and I live in Hillsdale with our boys and dog, Cooper. Please let me know if you have any questions about how to help with volunteering or to find out more about how the PTA helps the community. I look forward to speaking with you!
Amanda Brohman, Vice President
Hi! My name is Amanda Brohman and I'm excited to be the PTA Vice President. My second grader is Leo and my pre-k son is Barrett. This is our third year at Rieke and I'm excited to be more involved with this community. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or suggestions about events, involvement, resources, and community!
Israel Hill, Fundraising Chair
The Fund Razor.
Jordann Kearns, Secretary
The Good Listener.
Darius Amjadi, Treasurer
Darius Amjadi was born in the same hospital as President Obama and raised in Honolulu, HI. He is a neuropathologist at the Portland VA Medical Center and an Iraq War veteran. Darius has two daughters at Rieke. He is committed to inclusivity and social justice. Darius enjoys hiking, swimming, travel, reading, and craft beer.
Needed: Volunteer Coordinator
The 'Happy to Help'er.
Kathryn Juergens, Communications Coordinator
My name is Kathryn Juergens. My daughter Harper Davey is in the second grade. We moved to Hillsdale two years ago, and my entire family has really loved getting to know the teachers, kids, and families that make Rieke so special. I am so impressed with how warm and welcoming everyone has been, and how active and engaged the school community is. I look forward to even greater involvement through the PTA. Please feel free to share any ideas you have about making our school an even better place!
Jessica Foote, Membership Coordinator
Hello! You may have seen me running down the path to school pulling a red wagon with my three kids. My oldest daughter is in first grade and my twins are future Rieke Rockets. We moved to Hillsdale three years ago and after just one year at Rieke, our family has found it to be a wonderful and welcoming community. I look forward to helping build engagement with the PTA as the Membership Coordinator. If you have any questions or suggestions for the PTA, please let me know!
Needed: Event Coordinator
John Kurtz, Media Coordinator
Hi - my name's John Kurtz. I have a daughter in third grade, Dylan, and have been living in the neighborhood for three years now. Our experience at Rieke has been fantastic - from the quality and dedication of the staff to the community support of the school to the colorful cast of other parents and friends that we've met. What can I say? I think this place is pretty special and I look forward to doing what I can to continue making it so. Reach out anytime if you have questions, comments, or ideas to share. Let's have a great year!
Thank you 2016-2017 PTA Board Members for your most excellent dedication and service!


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Cone Scribbles/
Too chilly to draw outdoors today so it is a bit of a cone study. I find drawing cones difficult because they are so very 3-D and they pattern to the right and then the left and open up towards the top and slant off in all directions, whirling and twirling, twirling and whirling...
I received these particular cones in the mail. Isn't it nice to receive cones in the mail? I knew what they were before I opened the box because they smelled so resinous. My mother sent them to me as a surprise gift as she collected some when she was on holiday in the states. Did you know that you can order cones from suppliers in the states who do nothing but collect cones and ship them off to people who use them for crafts and such? Well, they do. I don't craft with them, I just like looking at them.
So what I have here is a Ponderosa, a sequoia, and a pinyon. The ink ran though so I will have to do a better study of them later.
So I also forgot to mention that my husband called me from work yesterday to tell me that he was standing there staring at a Snowy Owl. Yep. They migrate south through to Washington in the winter and on occasion you can spot them. Some years they are easy to suss out and other years there aren't so many. It's all depending on the lemming supply up north. When they fly south, their diet switches to water foul. Ken said that he could even see his feathery feet. He sat there for ages being dive-bombed by dozens of crows ( the owl, not Ken) but not moving in the slightest. He said, "PAH" to those crows. At any rate Ken phoned the Snowy Owl sighting into the Natural History Society who sponsor the Rare Bird Alert. That'a boy!
Coldish again, around -1 and very grey.
sunrise- 7.46 am
sunset- 4.16 pm


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Celebration of Community Spirit:
50th Anniversary Gala
NW Event Center
2900 NW 229th Ave.
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Presented by Tuality Healthcare
Community Action would be honored to have you join us as we commemorate 50 Years of providing Hope, Help and Change to thousands of Washington County families seeking a better life.
Enjoy the festivities of dinner, dancing, an auction and a grand reunion of friends and supporters of Community Action to celebrate the transformation of lives and communities that has spanned five decades.
Community Action holds the vision that all Washington County residents are strong, resilient, involved in the community and live with dignity and security. For fifty years we have helped to make this vision a reality by leading the way to eliminate conditions of poverty and creating opportunities for our residents and communities to thrive.
We believe that all Washington County residents can be strong, resilient, involved in the community and live with dignity and security. Community Action supports this belief by eliminating conditions of poverty and creating opportunities for people and communities to thrive.


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Thierry Henry says Arsenal can win the Premier League title thanks to defensive dream team of Shkrodan Mustafi and Laurent Koscielny
Gunners face rock-bottom Sunderland on Saturday lunch time
ARSENAL can win the Premier League title this season if they keep their centre-defence partnership of Shkrodan Mustafi and Laurent Koscielny fit and in form.
The Gunners hero has watched Arsene Wenger's side wilt away in recent top-flight campaigns as they try to recreate the magic of the old Invincibles.
But, ahead of the clash with Sunderland on Saturday lunchtime, the Frenchman claimed the backline duo can bring the crown back to the Emirates.
Keep up to date with ALL the Arsenal news, gossip, transfers and goals on our club page plus fixtures, results and live match commentary.
Henry told Sky Sports: "I've start to seen some great partnership developing in the side, especially at the back with Mustafi and Koscielny.
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"Partnerships are so important to win the title and everything starts from the back.
"But it's not just the back, Mesut Ozil is starting to score goals, Alexis Sanchez is playing in the middle and offers a lot and Theo Walcott is also scoring goals.
"The boss even said it himself, it's the best chance he's had in years."


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India's bullet dream is about to turn into reality as Indian PM Modi and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe will lay the foundation stone of first bullet train which will hail-faster-than-ever between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
India's railway lines date 172-years old, but that doesn't mean the country is still powering the coal-fuelled boogies (although they are as classy as it gets), India has braced technology. With metro rails running efficiently in many metro-urban areas and continuously expanding, it is time to step up with – those speedy fancy Japanese bullet trains. To fulfil this bullet-dream, a massive Rs 1.10 lakh crore will be spent to build a high-speed bullet train corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad; of which Rs 88,000 crore will be funded by Japan as 'soft loan'.
To begin with, PM Modi and Japanese Shinzo Abe will be laying the foundation stone of India' first bullet train on Thursday at Sabarmati Railway Station of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The train will cover a corridor of 508km taking in 12 stations within just 3 hours at a speed of 320-350 kmph. Of the 508km long route, 468km will be elevated, 27 km will pass through an undersea tunnel and the remaining 13 km will be the ground. The 12 stations that will be covered by bullet train are – Sabarmati, Ahmedabad, Anand, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Bilimora, Vapi, Boisar, Virar, Thane and Bandra Kurla Complex. Initially, the train will consist 10 coaches will carry 750 people and it will be expanded to 16 coaches with capacity of 12,00 people – in future.
Well but don't start planning about travelling through bullet train yet! It is just the foundation stone laying ceremony, which means the bigger than real life dream will certainly take some 5 years to complete. Currently the deadline for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is December 2023, but Government might get buckled up and prepone the deadline to 2022 – which would be cool. Although the fares are estimated to be laying in range between airfares and AC First Class train tickets, the speed will make it all worth it, hopefully. This mega-project will face many, many challenges but it will boost Indo-Japanese trade and economic relations – for a speedy, bullet-train ridden India.


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For the last year, a green light has reassuringly pulsed next to my bed just as I turn off the lights, letting me know that the ambience is optimal for sleep. During the summer months, when even the window AC unit struggled to keep the room temperature comfortable, that light would pulse yellow, a warning that there was too much humidity.
The source of the light, and the data, is Sense, a sleep aid system developed by San Francisco-based Hello that began as a Kickstarter project nearly two years ago. Sense combines a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-enabled base station that stays plugged in next to your bed, taking light, sound and temperature readings, with so-called Pills that clip to a pillow to take a sleeper's movement data. Together, they capture, and through a mobile app convey, a huge amount of useful data that, over time, creates a trend chart that determines the quality of one's sleep and how it can be improved.
To date, Sense has worked extremely well for me, helping me figure out that going to sleep just half an hour earlier was more important than sleeping longer.
Today, the company is releasing an update for the system called Sleep Sounds, which uses the included speaker to generate a variety of soothing audio tones, including white noise, wind, fire, rain and more. Sense already uses its speaker as a gentle alarm clock, so the company's CEO, James Proud, says this is the logical next step.
"We're using the same hardware [as before]," he says, improving the product for everyone. "We now have the perfect combination of hardware, software and data," he continues, noting that by accumulating millions of hours of collective sleep data it has been able to refine its algorithms to make pointed, useful suggestions on how to get a better night's rest.
Proud says that Sense's design plays a big role in how easily it is accepted into the bedroom, fitting in with existing furnishings while avoiding the dreaded "tech-on-a-desk" look. The Pill, too, is nondescript, attaching passively to a pillow with a small battery that only needs to be changed once a year.
Sense is administered through an iOS or Android app over a Bluetooth connection, and the company has regularly issued updates over the past 12 months to alter the layout to make trend data more accessible and useful. This is where Sense Sounds is enabled and customized, and where the company hopes people will find a better night's sleep.
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Day 35 of our Lenten Journey through Dr. King's "Beyond Vietnam."
As that noble bard of yesterday, James Russell Lowell, eloquently stated:
Once to every man and nation comes a moment do decide,
In the strife of truth and Falsehood, for the good or evil side;
Some great cause, God's new Messiah offering each the bloom or blight,
And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Though the cause of evil prosper, yet 'tis truth alone is strong
Though her portions be the scaffold, and upon the throne be wrong
Yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
And if we will only make the right choice, we will be able to transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of peace. If we will make the right choice, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our world into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. If we will but make the right choice, we will be able to speed up the day, all over America and all over the world, when justice will roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
-Today, we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's "Beyond Vietnam." Rachel Harding, Ruby Sales, Michelle Alexander and many others will be gathering tonight at Riverside Church from 7-9pm EDT.
-Listen to the original audio recording of Dr. King's "Beyond Vietnam" speech in its entirety HERE.
-For more analysis of the speech, Dr. Vincent Harding and the history social justice movements in the U.S., check out this Iconoclast episode with Joanna Shenk, Elaine Enns and Ched Myers, recorded at the February 2017 Kinsler Institute hosted by Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries.


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Oregon Trail
Whether you're looking for a leisurely cruise through Pearson Metropark or an all out day trip on your bike, the Oregon Trail is where you'll find it.Learn More
Whether you're looking for a leisurely cruise through Pearson Metropark or an all out day trip on your bike, the Oregon Trail is where you'll find it.Learn More
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We invite you to explore all that Oregon has to offer and discover what makes this City on the Bay a City of Opportunity for so many. Please check out our upcoming events and calendar. Please check out our upcoming events and calendar.
The City of Oregon is actively working on a bikeway network that when completed will help create a route from the Maumee River to Maumee Bay State Park, with connections to many Oregon locations such as schools, Pearson Metropark, Oregon's Municipal and Recreational Complex, Clay High School Complex, South Shore Park, and the James A. Haley Boardwalk.Learn More
The City of Oregon provides a variety of recreational opportunities for residents, workers, and visitors to the area. The City is home to Pearson Metropark, Maumee Bay State Park, South Shore Park and the Coontz Recreational Complex. Maumee Bay State Park has over 1,800 acres. The northern border is one mile of shoreline on Lake Erie. Maumee Bay has an eighteen hole Arthur Hill golf course, lodge and conference center, cabins, campgrounds, inland lake, nature trail, tennis courts, sledding hill and amphitheater.
The Outdoor Lover Index is representative of how many outdoor places there are, per person, in a given city.
Dedicated in 1993 for William P. Coontz, the first Recreation Director in the City of Oregon, the Coontz Complex boasts 8 baseball/softball diamonds with 5 lighted softball/baseball diamonds, and 1 lighted baseball field named for John Ousky, a former Oregon police officer active in the Police Athletic League.
The South Shore Veterans Park, located on Bayshore Road, offers residents a picnic area, playground, ball diamond, basketball court, open space and an observation/sledding hill overlooking Lake Erie. During 1999, the word Veterans was added to the name of the park to recognize all the Oregon men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces.


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People are mad at Pastor Rick Warren/People are mad at President Elect Barack Obama. Gays think that Heterosexuals hates them/Heterosexuals think that Gays hate them. Obama's pick to do the invocation has sparked much controversy. I don't believe there is a pastor, father, reverend or bishop on this planet that would have pleased everyone. A reporter even called Obama a bigot. All this time and now we find out Obama is a racist?? I guess that reporter hasn't seen Obama's picks for cabinet members. I take it that lately Gays feel that they are being persecuted. Well that is another conversation that is up for debate at another time. I want to end this post on a positive note.
My Holiday message for Obama is simply this: Oh well….you can't make em all happy.


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Road Trip: Part One
I shot two rolls on my road trip up the coast to Etna, California; this is the first one.
First, I stopped at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles to hang with my friend Sam, that place was literally littered with tourists (my favorite thing on this earth), and so finding photos opportunities alone was a rough. I couldn't help but play the La La Land soundtrack while up there, so fitting.
I was off on my way to Marin county, more specifically, Mount Tamalpais. We stopped by a beach on the way there, meandered around in the sand, and then headed for the hills. For those of you who have never been to this place, its straight out of a Lexus commercial. The kind folks at Bradley Mountain Bag Company gave me a bag for my summer so I decided to snap a couple pictures of my friend Jack while we were up there. This place was crawling with photographers, rightfully so, but for some reason it killed my drive to shoot the "pretty things." But altered my eye to look for the hidden beauty, not only take the road photos, but try to get some feeling. In the spirit of enjoying the moment we plopped down and enjoyed the last hour of the day. Sitting, relaxing, not hustling to take that next portrait of a pretty girl for likes/self-esteem, but hanging out with friends, and enjoying the beauty of nature. Enjoy.
Camera: Konica Hexar AF
Film: Kodak Portra 400


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The Government is again urging lenders to get involved with its HomeBuy scheme but has rejected industry pleas to provide subsidies and ease stringent regulations.Speaking at an all party Parliamentary group on debt and personal finance, minister for housing and planning Yvette Cooper said that much greater private investment was required in the shared-equity scheme but dismissed calls for up-front financial support and cutting red tape. GMAC-RFC executive chairman Stephen Knight also spoke to the group, saying shared equity was a potential solution to the problem of first-time buyers being priced out of the market. However, he suggested that the Government should provide initial funding which would be returned by lend- ers in payback schemes as the equity values grow with house price increases. He warned that lenders would not get involved unless sale regulations were relaxed. He said HomeBuy borrowers should receive a generic statement at the point of sale, preventing the need for lenders to spend more on IT devel- opment. Knight also warned that the projection figures of interest required to be shown to buyers are unrealistic and offputting. Cooper said lender concerns about regulatory burdens of the new scheme need to be balanced against the FSA having to ensure that past troubles, such as endowment misselling, are not repeated. Labour MP Sarah McCarthy Fry also backed the tough regulations to avoid misselling and dismissed Knight's concerns that buyers will be put off by the high projection figures for potential interest repayments. Only three lenders have so far signed up for the HomeBuy scheme – HBOS, Nationwide and Yorkshire Building Society. Knight expressed concerns over what he sees as a clever Government initiative which is not receiving the support it deserves because of the barriers to lender involvement. He claimed that the HomeBuy scheme could be opened up to a potential 400,000 first-time buyers if the Government were to more flexible. Knight said: "If the project could be freed up from the current rules as to who qualifies, and what lenders can offer, we could achieve real market impact with shared equity. We have also argued for borrowers of a shared-equity product to receive a generic statement at point of sale that demonstrates the equity that they would be giving up in a range of growth scenarios." Cooper also stressed the need for the supply of houses to be increased to meet growing needs. She said: "We need much more private sector involvement. Why should it need Government subsidy? On regulation, we have to be proportionate. The FSA has to take past troubles into account."
Deadlock over HomeBuy
Government scheme has enormous potential but minister refuses to relent on subsidies and tough regulations


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PHS (PHS) Class of 1975 Alumni List
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Jaws was the top movie in theaters in 1975, with a lifetime gross of over $260,000,000. Among TV shows in 1975, All in the Family was the most popular of the year.
Hit Songs From 1975
Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)Al Green
I'm Not In Love10cc
Only YesterdayCarpenters
Dance With MeOrleans
Have You Never Been MellowOlivia Newton-John
Love Will Keep Us TogetherCaptain and Tennille
Get Dancin'Disco Tex and The Sex-O-lettes
Do It (Til You're Satisfied)B.T. Express
That's The Way Of The WorldEarth, Wind and Fire
Only YouRingo Starr
Hit Movies From 1975
Hit TV Shows From 1975
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It's Hammer Time
So, the girl friend has always wanted to go to the Galapagos Islands it turns out. She had mentioned it when I told her of my grand plan to hit every continent in my life time. So I figured, Galapagos, cool, that's South America, fulfills one of my continents right there. Sounds cool.
But then I found a site explaining some of the best adventures in the world. And the Galapagos Islands went from "Sure, why not" to "OH HELLS YES". One Reason:
Apparently, you can, as a tourist, go diving with Hammerhead and Whale sharks. They're harmless to humans, but who cares, they're SHARKS. Sure, you can also go see penguins and ancient tortoises but who cares? SHARKS!
I want to swim with sharks! Lots of them. Like this from National Geographic.
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SEGO Skis Big Horn 96 Skis 2019
The Sego Big Horn 96 is one ripping ride for progressive skiers who want to charge through the powder and have a playful feel when turning the groomers into your playground. Symmetrical Moustache Rocker has a heavily rockered tip and tail that floats and smears in all that is deep and fluffy, while giving you a loose ride when the conditions are less than stellar. Sego uses a Poplar Wood Core with Triaxial Fiberglass Laminates for a lightweight and lively spring to the Big Horn 96. Oversized Edges and a 1.4mm thick base add extra durability when the snow is at low tide. A VDS Rubber Dampening System smooths out the ride for you when you are really cooking or conditions get firm. If you want a ski that kills it in the deep while being a gas to rip the groomers, the Sego Big Horn 96 is the way to go. Symmetrical Moustache Rocker, Poplar Wood Core, 1.4mm Base, VDS Rubber, Triaxial Fiberglass, Oversized Edges, Recommended Bindings: Tyrolia Attack2 13,Look SPX 12, Salomon STH WTR 13, Marker Griffon, Recommended Brake Size: 100-110mm, Tip/Waist/Tail Widths: 122/96/118 (@181cm), Actual Turn Radius @ Specified Length: 19m (@176cm), Warranty: One Year, Type: All-Mountain Wide Skis (96-110mm), Construction Type: Sidewall, Core Material: Wood, Tail Profile: Twin, Bindings Included: No, Rocker Profile: Rocker/Camber/Rocker, Flex: Stiff, Used: No, Metal Layer: None, Waist Width: 96mm, Ski Gear Intended Use: All Mountain, Skill Range: Intermediate - Advanced, Model Year: 2019, Product ID: 493939, GTIN: 0852809006253