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Babysitting & Day Care
Available daily, babysitting and day care are a great option during the day for young kids, and kids who want a break from skiing. Babysitting is also available in the evenings, for when you want to explore the resort's nightlife!
Babysitting Service
Your babysitter will come prepared with activities to keep your child entertained, or take them outside to play in the snow when the weather permits.
- Regular Rate for up to two children: ¥3,500 per hour
- Holiday Rate for up to two children: ¥5,000 per hour (applicable on 24, 25, 31 DEC & 1 JAN)
- Hourly Rate per Additional Child: ¥1,000 per child
Please note the following:
- Available for children between 0 - 14 years of age
- Minimum booking of 3 hours
- Maximum of 4 children per babysitter
- Maximum 2 children aged between 12 months and 2 years per babysitter
- Must be booked in advance and is subject to availability
- Available in winter only
- Babysitters will bring a selection of age-appropriate activities geared towards your child's interests.
*Please note that food, drink, milk and diapers (nappies) are not included in the service.
Day Care Services
Niseko Kid's Club is an international Day Care centre located in AYA Niseko, Hirafu.
Little Bugs (12 - 36 months old)
- Full Day: ¥18,500 (08:30-16:30)
- Morning: ¥13,500 (08:30-13:00)
- Afternoon: ¥10,000 (13:30-16:30)
Forest Animals (3 - 6 years old)
- Full Day: ¥12,500 (08:30-16:30)
- Morning: ¥9,500 (08:30-13:00)
- Afternoon: ¥7,500 (13:30-16:30)
- Morning and Full Day services include lunch
- The child to staff ratio is 3:1 for children aged 12 to 36 months and 8:1 for children aged 3 to 6 years. Children are encouraged to play outside with supervision, in the grounds of AYA Niseko.
Please note the following:
- Available for children between 1 - 6 years of age
- Open from 1st week of December to 15th of April
- From April 1st to the 15th, bookings required in advance.
- Nanny/Parents are not allowed inside the Kids Club as it makes other children stressed out or nervous.
- 100% cancellation fee if childcare is cancelled within 48hrs of allotted time.
If you wish to book a Day Care service, please kindly send the details (children's full names, age, service required) to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Terms & Conditions
- This is an exclusive booking service to Ki Niseko accommodation guests.
- Bookings must be made at least 72 hours in advance.
- Payment for Concierge bookings is due 7 days prior to check-in. We reserve the right to cancel without notice any unpaid service by this due date.
- Cancellation 48 hours or less prior to the start date will incur a 100% cancellation fee.
- Cancellation includes changes that reduce the overall value of the booking and no shows.


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Right on Großglocknerstraße before the tollbooth more than 200 animals are found, on an area covering some 15 hectares. Walking time is around 1 hour. The trails are suitable for prams and wheelchairs. In the middle of the terrain there is a large pond which has lots of places to stop and take a breather and also a viewing tower.
Educational and illustrated charts provide information about the flora and fauna in the Alps. Just a few animal species which are found in the wildlife & leisure park: brown bears, bisons, raccoons, wood grouse, marmots, red deer and lots of petting animals.


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October 31, 2014
(from Thursday)
We had JA – Junior Achievement.
by Ivan
This was our third week of weekly lessons from JA – Junior Achievement. This is a program where volunteers who work in the community come to teach lessons to the kids about money, jobs and our community. Yesterday's lesson was about getting paid, and then paying taxes 🙂
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Black is Your New Best Friend.
On The Outfit: Black dress, black undergarments, black hair. It's basic, it's simple, but it says so much by saying so little. This sheer little number is sexy but covered enough were it isn't slutty. I was in a real Carine Roitfeld mood which is why I chose this. The end of PFW made me miss all that there is to miss about Paris. My best friend is getting married in France soon and I think this little outfit will have to come with me for a dinner or something. Here in Venice, CA I kind of stick out like a sore thumb.
On My Mind: Wearing Black...
"I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas." - Johnny Cash
"Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony." - Coco Chanel
"Black is not sad. Bright colors are what depresses me. They're so… empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not." - Ann Demeulemeester
"I'll stop wearing black when they invent a darker color"
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Monday, December 6, 2010
Don's Biopsy..
..is tomorrow at 12 noon. They are going to do it through the artery in his neck instead of through the skin. Please join us in thanking God for great results!!
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Julie...what the hay???? Email me immediately. I am praying!!!
- December 6, 2010 at 7:04 PM
- gowestferalwoman said...
Praying - for an excellent outcome for Don , and a Doctors steady hand, and Julies strength, and most of all a speedy recovery!
- December 7, 2010 at 11:33 PM
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This is incredibly great news! The Malawi couple (Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalangal – transgender who identifies as a woman) that were sentenced to 14 years of hard labor in prison for getting married have been ordered by the president to be set free, thanks to international protest and Madonna (who started a worldwide petition).
The order for them to be released comes 9 days after their sentencing, but several months after their original arrest. Here's what Madonna (who had adopted her two sons, David and Mercy from Malawi, had to see about this great news:
"I have always believed love conquers all—yesterday I got to see it in action. In the last week over 30,000 of you added your name to mine calling for the release of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalangal—the Malawi couple sentenced to 14 years hard labor for the "crime" of homosexuality. With incredible joy, I am writing to share with you that Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has ordered their release."
She also added, ""Though they are free from prison, sadly their safety and future in Malawi is still unknown. I hope this is just the beginning of our work together."
Agreed. Well, all I can say is that I'm so happy this couple was released. A big win for sure.
UPDATE: Apparently Tiwonge Chimbalanga has gone missing after being released and arriving into their village at 9:00pm last night. Oh God, I hope she's okay/safe!


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The result means Old Es will play Old Colstonians in the BOwl final at a date tbc.
Old Es warmed up for the semi by beating Bredon Star RFC 52-0 in the league with a star performance from try trio hero Will Tobin.
Bishopston celebrate 125 years this year. Chairman Dave Martin said the semi final was a "very good game".
• Keynsham RFC have forfeited their BDC Cup semi-final against Weston-super-Mare RFC as they have a rescheduled home South West 1 West fixture at home to Plymouth's Devonport Services RFC tomorrow.
Weston will now meet Thornbury RFC in the cup final.
Thornbury won through to the final 18-17 in a pulsating dramatic semi final at Cleve thanks a last minute unconverted winning try.
• In the BDC Vase final Bristol Saracens RFC meet Bristol Imperial at Lockleaze Sports Centre under lights on Thursday April 18 (1930ko).
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Permits and inspections are written by Montana Department of Livestock (MTDOL) Brand Inspectors after inspecting the owner's paperwork and livestock. There are 12 brand inspectors in Missoula County. Livestock includes sheep, all equine, cattle and bison according to MTDOL.
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St Nicholas Early Education
At St Nicholas Early Education our highly-skilled educators are here to help unleash the unlimited creative potential within each child. A child's curiosity and desire to explore their own interests and operate as an active participant in their unique development help create their own learning path. The aim of St Nicholas Early Education's educators is to help nurture and guide them through this exciting journey.
This understanding of the innateness of curiosity and its role in early learning is at the heart of St Nicholas Early Education's approach to early learning and child care.
St Nicholas Early Education Chisholm
St Nicholas Early Education Chisholm is a 77-place centre located next to St Aloysius Catholic Primary School which makes St Nick's Chisholm centre perfect for parents who need to drop off their older children at St Aloysius.
The highly-skilled team of educators at St Nicholas Early Education Chisholm create more meaningful play based on each child's interests, with activities tailored to the needs and skills of each child.
Drawing upon a Reggio Emilia-inspired approach to early education, St Nicholas Early Education places children at the forefront of their learning so children are able to form an understanding of themselves and their place in the world through the interactions with others and the environment.
St Nick's Chisholm boasts a 20-place nursery program for children aged under two years. There is also an 12-place two-year-old program, a 20-place three-year-old program and a 25-place preschool program catering to children aged four to five years.
The stimulating and wondrous outdoor play area consists of man-made and natural materials, creating challenging and diverse play opportunities for children of all ages.
This play area includes a large sandpit, complete with shade structures and water pumps, dry river beds with bridges, cubby houses and tipis, bike tracks, mud pits and interactive vegetable and flower beds for the children to nurture.
Transition to School Program
At St Nicholas Early Education Chisholm, we understand that the transition from early education to primary school is an incredible step in your child's learning journey - so we have a Transition to School Program for your child, which is a standout feature of the preschool curriculum.
The Transition to School Program at St Nick's Chisholm is a year-round program. Because the centre shares a fence line with St Aloysius Primary School, preschools become very used to the sound of the school bell which signals morning tea and lunch. They're very used to the sound of the school children at lunch time and, if they've got siblings enrolled at St Aloysius, the preschoolers can speak to them through the fence.
The shared fence line also gives St Nick's Kids a chance to see how the primary school students interact with one another as well as the play equipment at the school. In this way, the Transition to School Program is a daily part of the experience for St Nick's preschoolers.
Enrolling your child at St Nicholas Early Education Chisholm
If you'd like more information about enrolling your child at St Nick's at Chisholm, please fill out the contact form on this page and select Chisholm as your centre of choice. A friendly member of our team of educators will get back to you shortly.
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Staff profiles are coming soon! For more information about our St Nicholas Early Education centre at Chisholm, please contact us here, or request a tour.
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Selena joined the St Nicholas Early Education team in January 2018 and helped get the Chisholm centre ready for opening in February of the same year.
With 15-years of experience in early education, Selena has also worked in long daycare and after school care settings. She came to St Nicholas Chisholm from the Central Coast because of St Nick's child-led approach to early education which allows the child to play an active role in their learning journey.
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Feb 3, 2017
Father, son & uncle all working the sausage meat by hand to combine the chunks of fat. When we asked why they didn't use a machine Gino replied 'You can use a machine, but the machine doesn't have any heart'. I think we all wanted to marry him on the spot.
Feb 8, 2017
This meat has been hanging for months to get a greater depth of flavour. It is periodically taken down and trimmed back, and any exposed bits of meat are resealed with ground black pepper. This it what gives the meat such a lovely colour on the outside. The colour on these pieces of prosciutto is fantastic - they look like old worn leather saddles
Feb 16. 2017
Fresher than fresh and homemade. What's not to love? Two different ways of using up the liver and the insides of the pig. Slow cooked in the oven, they were the tastiest bits of cooked meat we've tried in a long time.
Feb 21, 2017
Amazing bacon from the market in Shrewsbury - love the name although pretty sad that we have been conditioned to think fat will make us fat. It's natural, delicious and so much better for you than anything artificial, over processed and pumped with sugar!


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Colorado used to have extremely strict anti-gambling regulations, but the state allowed land-based casinos in 1990 and has since then developed a rather impressive gambling industry. The local casinos and card rooms allow Colorado-based real money gaming enthusiasts to play games like poker, slots, roulette or blackjack, but if you'd like to try pari-mutuel horse race betting, The Centennial State should also have you covered.
One of the rather unique features of Colorado casinos is the fact that they all have a pre-determined max-bet limit, so most of the local high-rollers prefer to play their favorite games online. Colorado has a state-controlled lottery but doesn't allow online ticket sales.
Top-Ranked Colorado Real Money Casinos
Taking part in unlicensed gambling in Colorado is considered a misdemeanor and usually results in a rather minor fine. However, the state doesn't have any iGaming laws and the local regulations don't refer specifically to online play, which means that joining the action on one of the Colorado-friendly offshore sites is pretty much perfectly safe.
Many people believe that turning internet gambling into a major source of income isn't allowed within the borders of the state due to the fact that Colorado code has provisions against "professional gambling." Fortunately, those opinions are flat-out wrong, as the aforementioned regulations deal exclusively with gambling operators and don't apply to individual players.
Choosing the right site is an important part of getting the most out of your online gambling experience. Fortunately, picking the right site isn't as difficult as it sounds. In most cases, the best sites attract the highest traffic. The holds especially true in the case of online poker rooms, as the ones with the highest number of active players allow you to enjoy 24/7 cash games and bigger tournament prizes.
When it comes to casinos and sportsbooks it's easier to make a mistake as you don't really interact with the other gamblers. Consequently, our recommendation would be to focus exclusively on the most reputable sites operated by major iGaming companies, such as the ones listed here.
Colorado Online Gambling FAQ
How Do I Get Started?
The first step would be to sign up for an account with the site that you've picked. All you need to do is click the register button and fill out a simple form by providing the site's staff with some basic personal information. If you want to make a deposit and play for real money, you'll have to pass an identity check. Most sites allow you to fund your gambling account via the cashier menu by using standard credit or debit cards, such as Visa or MasterCard.
How Do I Get My Money if I Win?
The money that you've transferred to a gambling site can be managed via the aforementioned cashier menu. If you want to withdraw your winnings, simply pick the appropriate option, select the cash out method that you'd like to use and way for the transaction to be confirmed and processed. In most cases, withdrawals take between 2 and 3 weeks if you stick with a wire transfer.
What is the minimum age to gamble online in Colorado?
Most offshore sites require their customers to be 18 or older. The gambling age in Colorado is 21 for casino games and 18 for other forms of gambling.
How do I open an account?
All you need to do is fill out a registration form and provide the site's staff with some proof of identity if you'd like to wager real money.
Where can I open my account from?
Colorado-facing sites usually allow you to create an account from anywhere in the United States.
From where can I access Colorado online gambling sites?
Colorado-friendly sites can be accessed from anywhere in the country and, in some cases, even from abroad. Keep in mind that some of the US states have strict anti-gambling regulations, so you should avoid playing for real money from Washington and Utah.
Where can I familiarize myself with the official regulations over gambling in Colorado?
Section 18 of Colorado Code contains all the important gambling-related regulations.
How do I deposit to my online gambling account?
In most cases, you'll have to go for a credit card payment. Visa and MasterCard offer high reliability. We advise you against using other brands even if they are supported by your site. Getting your transaction blocked will not result in any serious consequences or loss of money, but it's not going to bring you closer to playing your favorite games either.
How do I withdraw my winnings?
In most cases, the supported cash-out methods include wire transfer and check by courier.
Is my money safe?
Your money is guaranteed to be safe with reputable sites such as the ones listed here. However, you should keep in mind that there are quite a few scam sites targeting inexperienced US-based gamblers, so you should avoid signing up with iGaming platforms that haven't been vetted by our experts and/or aren't familiar to you or you someone you know and trust.
What body regulates gambling in Colorado?
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When Kirby Star Allies was announced for the Nintendo Switch, I expected a bit more than what we've seen on the 3DS handheld throughout the past few years. While my experience with the Kirby games is well under a decade, Star Allies in many ways feels like a full game built around the mini-game modes that have been tacked on to each subsequent handheld release. Star Allies rarely has a strong moment that hooked me in with some thrilling aspect of its gameplay or some unique mechanic that left me wondering why It hadn't been included before. Kirby Star Allies has none of these things and rarely kept my attention peaked during the short 6 hours it took to complete. It's not the worst Kirby game I've played so far, but it certainly isn't great.
Kirby, to me, has been one of Nintendo's most stagnate franchises. HAL Laboratory has been the core developer of Kirby games since the character's debut in Kirby's Dream Land for the Game boy in 1992. The developer has made some substantial strides in evolving the Kirby series, but Star Allies feels so much like a huge backstep than what other characters on the platform have seen with the likes of Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. I'm not expecting Nintendo to create a game on that level for the little pink wonder, I just want to see the Kirby games evolve into something far more than what they currently are.
Star Allies follows the typical Kirby formula where the little pink fluff will inhale various enemies and adapt their powers for his own use. Borrowing a concept from Kirby Super Star from the SNES days, Kirby can have partners that assist him during his adventures. The core difference here is that Kirby can be joined by 3 AI companions or a group of friends each with a Joycon. As Kirby approaches a special type of enemy, he can toss out little hearts that will convert that foe into Kirby's bestest pal. These characters can combine powers during combat or use them to solve elemental based puzzles like using fire to light a fuse with a fire whip when it's just out of reach or freezing flowing water to let a burning fuse pass by.
The combative elements of Star Allies borrow a lot from the beat-em'-up co-op mode of Kirby: Planet Robobot called Team Kirby Clash, which eventually became its own standalone release. While the use of each character's powers to solve puzzles is a new concept to this formula, it doesn't fully make the game stand out. What was impressive about past Kirby releases, at least a good portion of them, was that they had a gameplay hook to keep the game fresh and original. Planet Robobot had its Kirby-styled mechs, and Kirby's Epic Yarn was, and still is, the most imaginative Kirby game to date.
Plot has never been the strongest part of a Kirby game, let's be honest. Usually, the character stumbles across some sort of evil happenings and does his part to stop said evil. When a corrupted heart falls from the sky and attempts to corrupt little innocent Kirby, it ends up granting Kirby the ability to befriend anyone they touch, with a few exceptions. There are nearly 30 different abilities for Kirby to mix and match his team out of with four new abilities added to the series. Artist, Festival, Spider, and Staff join the existing abilities from various Kirby games. The mixing and matching of these abilities is similar to how mixing abilities worked in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards or Kirby: Squeak Squad on the Nintendo DS.
Combining abilities will help you not only solve puzzles but to locate various collectibles and secret areas that usually will grant rainbow puzzle pieces or access to bonus levels in each of the four worlds. The puzzle pieces will be used to unlock some Kirby Artwork, and those who are familiar with Friend Pass on the 3DS will recognize the same basic format here. Locating secret areas and unlocking the bonus levels are quite easy at the start as most levels fence post their secret locations in very obvious ways and often will have the required ability nearby to ensure you don't miss it. This hand-holding changes in the later levels as it can be much harder to find not only the secrets but the whereabouts of certain enemies for the use of their abilities.
The AI in Star Allies will often smash and bash its way through each level as long as you keep up. While it never truly feels like the game is playing itself, you can sit back and have the AI slowly, in some cases, accomplish most of your tasks. I've sat at low health on a boss and floated around the screen as my AI companions did the dirty work. Should an AI fall in battle, you can revive them back with a portion of their health, or just dismiss them entirely, or even inhale them to take on their ability. The puzzles themselves will always have the AI drop what it's doing to assist you, meaning you don't have to worry about the AI wandering about as you attempt to trigger parts of the puzzle and have them just standing around, like in say The Last Guardian, where that damn Bird Dog would often sit there staring at me like I had a third arm.
Standing atop platforms will trigger friendship events that will turn Kirby and his pals into instruments of destruction, sort of. While you can form a friendship circle and bash through portions of the level, you can also form a friendship bridge to assist other characters in transporting a key to a locked door, or fly aboard the Star Allies Sparkler, which is probably the best power in the game.
While I've briefly mentioned that Kirby Star Allies can be played with a group of friends instead of just relying on the AI, there is a small caveat to this jump in and jump out co-op Kirby action. Each joining player is subjected to use whatever frenemies that Kirby has hearted, so working in tandem with player one is crucial to getting the most out of this game. While most of the companions are fun to use and offer some unique powers, there are a few that just don't measure up, so getting stuck with them can often sour the experience. I did enjoy the fact that you can just jump in while someone is playing and also leave as well, all without having to exit to the main menu.
One of the more odd choices to this game, and I'm sure this is present in previous games, is the peck-on-the-cheek healing ritual when characters use random food items and then appear to give out small little kisses when healing their companions. It caused a few giggles when playing with a few friends, and when every member of your team gets involved, it has these small few seconds of quick starts and stops as Kirby is going on the mack-attack.
The boss encounters of previous Kirby games certainly have this game beat hands down as while Star Allies does feature a few engaging boss battles, there were only a few that really had me hooked. While the final boss is certainly the best I've seen in the series for quite some time, I did also enjoy The Grand Mam, a bomb-equipped foe where you are required to cut off the bombs and set their fuses, forcing you to swap between characters in order to use certain abilities. There are also several fights you will have multiple times with slight variants. You'll fight the typical Kirby Tree a few times, and the story-based mage-like characters will see action more times than I think was required.
Despite any issues I have with the game feeling remarkably uninspiring, Star Allies is still a visually fun game featuring the best visuals for a Kirby game to date. It still feels and plays and identifies with what has come before it, and in many ways, it could just be described as a high-definition Kirby game and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Some levels are action-packed and feature some clever puzzle solving and some bad guys to beat up, but there are several instances of nothingness, not a puzzle or enemy to discover. There are a total of four worlds featured in Star Allies; Dream Land, Planet Popstar, Jambastion, and Starlight Heroes. In Dreamland you will encounter King Dedede, whereas Meta Knight will join you in Jambastion, one of the more satisfying worlds included. These characters can enter and leave your party, but can only be brought back to the team via the Dream Palace, a location designed with a roulette wheel of chance.
Much like all of the previous Kirby games, some additional game modes have been added, but honestly, these are probably the worst selection of them I've seen in years. Star Slam Heroes is a batting practice mini-game that lacks any real depth or staying power, as does Chom Champs which is simply just a mini-game centered around tree-cutting. The Ultimate choice, despite its ominous title, is picking a set team and ripping through boss after boss. The Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! mode is the only one with any real meat to it, but effectively it simply revisits certain locations from the campaign instead of offering us anything new.
With a good group of people, Kirby Star Allies can be an enjoyable time, but it still feels like a whole game built around past elements of Kirby games instead of offering us anything new. Kirby needs a title on the level that other Nintendo characters are getting, a title that revamps the Kirby landscape. It's not that I didn't enjoy my time with the game, because there are some aspects of the game I did enjoy, but it still disappointed me in how much of this game I've seen and played a dozen times before.


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Supporting Product Launches/
New product launches and line extensions are high stakes propositions for healthy brands looking to keep pace with consumer demand and the evolving health & wellness marketplace.
Health influencers can be an important ally in the effort to get the word out and drive trial of new products. But there is groundwork to be laid.
Research with health influencers in the HCPNetwork has consistently shown that two primary factors drive recommendations of one healthy brand over another:
1) familiarity with the nutritional profile of a brand and
2) a personal experience with the brand.
Simply seeing a new product advertised in print, on television, or online is not enough to win health influencers over. In fact, even direct outreach to those influencers can fail to deliver results for a new product if it doesn't educate them about the brand or provide them with the opportunity to try it themselves.
If you have a new healthy product launch or line extension set to debut this year, do your plans go beyond a health headline to engage health influencers in a way that builds brand awareness and earns recommendations?


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Getting engaged is a beautiful occasion. However, some couples are tensed because they are unable to meet the expenses of engagement functions. They want to save money for their wedding while at the same time they wish to have a perfect engagement planned out. The best thing is to cut down your expenses by being moderate in everything. Do not go for showy jewelry and dresses – – because this pomp and show will do no good to you. In fact, it will exceed your budget and take your credit to a minimum. Therefore, I feel that it is better to cut down expenses on things that can be purchased at lower costs.
The first are head pins. A head pin, at its most basic, is a metal stick with a horizontal piece on the end. Head pins, a type of jewelry findings, are required for the manufacture of jewelry pendants. You can imagine that many people have their heads on them, but who are not familiar with them. This piece helps beads stay onto the pin. There are also decorative head pins, which, instead of a flat horizontal piece, has a decorative stopper at the end. The stopper could be round, oval, heart-shaped, diamond-shaped, etc. These knob-endings can also sometimes be embossed with decorations and even with dangles.
The best gemstones would be the one that matches the birth date for then the effect of wearing it would be great. Emerald is greatly liked for it looks hard like diamond and looks good too. Even pearl, turquoise and sapphires make nice gemstone rings. If your budget is quite high and you wish to gift her something better, then gift a ruby gemstone ring which is encircled by diamond. These two stones go great together because of the wonderful color combination. But before you buy them, always be sure of the quality of the gemstones.
Cuts define the characteristic of the person wearing it, so if you want it to be classy, a traditional round is good for you to buy. You can also opt for emerald, oval, marquise, and pear cut diamonds.
Bezel – a metal collar is wrapped around the diamond in the sides to give it more security. but side covering may mar the beauty of the precious stone. Side covering of metal is more useful for diamond having exterior side blemishes.
It is always the responsibility of the man to buy Jewelry new. Here are a few things that you can help you go about the process of getting one. You can decide to give your woman the engagement ring worn by your mother or grandmother. As much as this can be romantic, make sure that the owner (mother) allows you to give her and have it fixed so that it can fit your girlfriend.
Regular dusting and cleaning with the help of soft cloth is required. If you have the wooden bead jewelry then each bead should be cleaned with the cloth. You can damp the cloth slightly with water and then clean the jewelry with this. But make sure to dry the wood jewelry completely after cleaning it with a damp cloth.
Making sure you are aware of the 4 c's for evaluating the quality of a diamond is an essential that you need to know when buying this type of ring. If you do not know what the 4 c's are, they stand for color, clarity, carat, and cut. These are the things that diamond experts look at when it is time to appraise a ring, or assess its value.


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Minutes from downtown St. Paul and adjacent to the 3M Campus and Global Headquarters, DoubleTree by Hilton St. Paul East is the perfect place to host your next event.
Offering 10,500 square feet of flexible event space, this hotel can accommodate meetings, events, or celebrations for up to 500 guests theater-style or 350 for a seated banquet. Plan your work meeting or wedding reception in a new, completely refurbished conference center. Take advantage of delicious on-site catering and A/V options along with the support of expert event planners. Plus, your guests will enjoy convenient access to shopping, attractions, and great dining options in the capital city and getting there is easy with complimentary shuttle service to destinations within 10 miles of the hotel.


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This is a personal perspective of Founder and occasional volunteer at Choson Exchange, Geoffrey See, with a special Blockchain cameo.
What does North Korea want? Secretary Pompeo talks about economic assistance after a deal is done. North Korea disputes asking for economic aid. How does economics and business intersect with this geopolitical challenge? This is our view formed from over a decade of economic and entrepreneurship training in North Korea. But first a long story of how we got here…
The idea for Choson Exchange came in 2007 after I met young North Koreans interested in learning about starting a business, but had no way to access materials.
I spent 2 years seeking a way into the country to deliver training in entrepreneurship, law and economic policy legally, without success. In 2009, things changed. I spent the next two years chasing down sources in NGOs, governments and among North Koreans to understand their economic intentions.
When we started our first program in 2009/2010, it was a rocky relationship – some people in the country liked what we were doing but many were suspicious of it. The signals (often conflicting) were just emerging of top down prioritization of economic development. Some officials read the signs, others feared this change would be short-lived. This change is important because prioritizing economic development provides space for mutual cooperation on a nuclear deal. It took another 4 years of programs (until 2013) before we were able to truly gain broad acceptance for our content. This was the year North Korea scattered more than 20 Special Economic Zones across the country. That year, North Korea started tinkering with changes to agriculture policy, reminiscent of what China did in the 70s. Enterprises were given a lot more autonomy and individuals were better protected in their pursuit of profits. New enterprise and property laws were being introduced rapidly, some with which we contributed to. North Korea also sought to diversify their economic dependency, by focusing state resources on Wonsan, the furthest point from China.
But changes were and still are slow. Agricultural policy changes hit roadblocks because there were economic losers. Without resources to head off opposition, changes were pursued half-heartedly. Special Economic Zones suffered from lack of infrastructure, the country's reputation with foreign investors and a paranoid bureaucracy still trying to adjust to the changes needed to work with the outside world.
These changes are real. They were top-down, popular with the mid-level officials and buoyed by a grassroots community of entrepreneurs. But North Korea also mentioned it would never embark on "reform and opening". While North Korea experimented, they resist the idea that ideologically they would be the same as other countries like China, Vietnam or South Korea. In implementation, this contradiction meant that North Korea would adapt ideas from abroad to its own circumstances – which include its geopolitical and security situation and its own experience of what works within the context of its history, political and social structures.
Essentially, they were "reforming" but in their own way and at their own pace. We wished North Korea would move faster. John Delury is right that North Korea needs a stable geopolitical environment before it could experiment more.
In 2011, Andray and I wrote an article in Harvard International Review arguing that the North Korea leadership was shifting its legitimacy towards economic development. They had prioritized something that was never a priority, and tying their hands publicly. In 2012, I visited Washington DC to share our thesis backed by analyses from training North Koreans and what we heard from governments in Southeast Asia that had hosted North Korean delegations. Speculating about intentions is a tricky business – I can only say I observe changes and actions, and speculated with some basis that this was a priority of Chairman Kim Jong Un. I have never met Kim Jong Un but talked to people who had done so. Many in DC laughed at us and dismissed us as "economic apologists" for North Korea. Some wise scholars and analysts probed our thesis and evidence. As the crisis intensified in 2016 and 2017, my property was physically attacked by people who hated our message that North Korea can integrate into international society, donors fled a challenging situation and if not for Blockchain technology and Bitcoin, a space I was forced to move into, I would have ended up living on the streets. Another story for another time.
That brings us to today. Secretary Pompeo is offering economic assistance and North Korea denies asking for it. Based on our experience in the country, this is my humble speculation on this exchange:
1. North Korea's top priority is survival and security. The leadership does not see security as something to trade away.
2. North Korea places significant importance on economic development. This creates space for a creative deal but economic assistance is not a direct quid-pro-quo for degrading their security situation.
3. Understanding where US fits into the North Korea economic situation is key to a deal: US investments will be dwarfed by Chinese, South Korean and possibly Japanese investments. North Korea's economic needs are better met by other parties but its security needs are best met by American AND South Korean assurances.
4. BUT US economic assistance matters because North Korea cares about legitimizing effect (e.g. sanctions), diversification (vis a vis China), international debt relief (e.g. World Bank/IMF), and US technology/entrepreneurship (e.g. Silicon Valley).
5. And US should care about economic cooperation not because it is a direct quid pro quo for denuclearization, but because it stabilizes what should be an ongoing relationship and can reinforce US security assurances to North Korea
Geoffrey See
Founder, Choson Exchange
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We are excited to announce Bazaarvoice Personalization Data, unique shopping data from across our network of 5,700+ brand and retailer websites that can make personalization engines smarter and more powerful. Read on for more details on Bazaarvoice Personalization Data and our latest research on personalization.
Personalization, once the latest buzzword, is now table stakes for anyone with online e-commerce. However, many companies fail to do it well. Only 14% of companies rank themselves as "strong" in achieving a single view of the customer, and less than 10% of top tier retail brands say they're highly effective at personalization.
Because the retail industry has yet to master personalization, consumers often find themselves at the receiving end of irrelevant or annoying personalization and a poor online shopping experience.
To better understand the consumer perspective on personalization in e-commerce, we surveyed more than 1,000 U.S consumers about what they were experiencing across five key industries. Our findings showed two key takeaways: consumers want to be able to quickly and easily find what they're looking for, and, if they can't, they will take their business elsewhere. With the right combination of data and technology, brands can serve up timely, relevant content to in-market consumers, but while many have been working hard to make this a reality, shoppers are still not seeing the full promise of personalization on e-commerce platforms.
Consumers want help with discovery and decision-making.
The results of our survey showed that while many consumers still want a wide variety of product options online, they also value services that simplify the discovery and decision processes for them. When done correctly, personalization should serve a shopper with an email, a product recommendation, or a search result that matches their shopping behaviors and saves them from spending time searching for products.
According to a study by Accenture, 75% of consumers are more likely to buy from a retailer that recognizes them by name, recommends options based on past purchases, or knows their purchase history. We found similar results: 70% of consumers said a personalized shopping experience and product recommendations are somewhat or very important to them.
Unfortunately, though consumers desire more personalized experiences, companies are failing to meet this demand. In our survey, 51% of shoppers say a personalized home page showing products they are looking for would be useful. Yet, only 25% say they have experienced it — and less than 20% say the product recommendations they see are relevant.
What personalization tactics do consumers find most helpful? First and foremost, it must be relevant. After that, personalized home pages and on-site product recommendations were preferred by our respondents over personalized emails. Only 25% of shoppers say emails showing products they might like based on things they've bought in the past are very useful. Even fewer (23%) said emailed reminders about items they put in their carts, but didn't buy, were very useful.
A bad customer experience will drive customers away.
Online shopping experiences inform brand affinities. In our survey, 71% of consumers said a good online customer experience is one of the top reasons why they like certain brands, equal to affordable pricing. A completely painless and effortless shopping experience leads to higher sales and and higher retention.
Personalization is one of many ways to improve the online customer experience — but only when it's done right. eMarketer found that 41% of U.S consumers say bad personalization is enough to drive them to shop with a competitor, and in our own survey, 38% of shoppers said they won't return to an online retailer that recommends things that don't make sense for them. Personalization that is irrelevant or annoying can cause customers to shop elsewhere.
Data makes the difference.
To boil it down, consumers want personalized shopping experiences, and many companies are trying to deliver them. Where are they going wrong?
There's a big gap between the promise of personalization and the reality, and it comes down to data. The problem is twofold. For one, data is often siloed due to different personalization solutions for different functions. A brand might, for instance, be using one solution for product recommendations and another solution for customer emails, making it difficult to consolidate data pools.
But a bigger issue is data quality. One study found that more than half of retailers don't trust their data. That's an issue. But more pressingly, most personalization solutions today rely on and make assumptions based on aggregated demographic data. Knowing who someone is is helpful, but that alone won't tell you what they're shopping for.
To solve for this, we have launched Bazaarvoice Personalization Data. We see shoppers researching products and engaging with online content across more than 5,700 websites and have a unique view into what products and categories shoppers are in-market to buy. Bazaarvoice Personalization Data makes it possible to target shoppers with personalized content based on what they want, not who they are. With these insights into shopping behavior, brands and retailers can use an existing or custom-built personalization solution to display highly relevant product recommendations to every shopper.
With Bazaarvoice Personalization Data, you have an unmatched view into consumer buying behavior and the ability to deliver a relevant, compelling shopping experiences that converts. To learn more about our solution and receive content on personalization trends and best practices, visit our Personalization Hub.


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St. Augustine's primary claim to fame is its status as the oldest colonial settlement in the United States. In 1513, the famed Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed on the southeastern coast of the North American mainland. He claimed the land for Spain and named it La Florida, which translates into English as "land of the flowers." About half a century later, another Spanish voyager, Pedro Menendez de Aviles, founded the city of St. Augustine. The modern-day city traces its heritage back to 1565.
Visitors will find a wealth of treasures to enjoy in St. Augustine, including lots of family-friendly activities for kids. Here are 12 hot suggestions to help kick off your trip planning…
St. Augustine features many reputable tour operators that offer informative, educational, and entertaining guided experiences. Guided tours are a great way to get acquainted with the city, and operators offer themed outings that cover a wide range of subjects. You can take a hop-on hop-off tour that allows you to explore points of interest on your own, as well as history tours that delve deep into the city's storied past.
After nightfall, you can experience the spooky side of St. Augustine with mystery tours and ghost tours. Research your options and book in advance to optimize convenience.
Choosing where to retire in the US can be very overwhelming – so many great options and factors to consider! Regardless of whether you're seeking an action-packed retirement or looking
Traveling for business or pleasure can easily derail your health and fitness regime.
When it comes to travel, one of the most important things to consider is safety.
The United States is one of the best countries to go and explore because it has so much to offer.
There are surreal landscapes all around the world, many which seem to be from another planet entirely and go well beyond the point of extraordinary.
There's nothing quite like getting out to sea and sailing the mighty waters and if you've ever experienced it, there's a good chance you're hooked.
A large swath of Europe's landscape is occupied by the Balkan Peninsula, one of the continent's oldest and largest settlements.
Aromatic spice plantations, languid rivers, ancient cathedrals, and frothy waterfalls raise the bar when visiting Goa for the alabaster beaches, hypnotic swaying palms, and the easygoing nature of Goa's people.
The historical and cultural wealth throughout Yorkshire screams "medieval" more so than any other English city.
Budapest is a gorgeous city with two very distinct sides separated by the Danube River: Buda is on the west and Pest on the East.
Boulder enjoys a reputation as one of Colorado's most forward-thinking cities.
St. Augustine's primary claim to fame is its status as the oldest colonial settlement in the United States.
Bend is the largest urban area in central Oregon.
Orlando is well-known for its fun and family-friendly theme parks, which are headlined by Universal Orlando and Walt Disney World, home of Epcot Center.
Madison is Wisconsin's scenic state capital. Built around five beautiful lakes, the city and its surrounding suburbs are home to about 650,000 people.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire is a popular seasonal destination that attracts thousands of visitors during the warm-weather months.
Nestled in the eastern Wasatch Mountains, Park City is one of Utah's prime tourism destinations.


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Euro zone Retail Sales, US Jobless Claims on Tab
Four trading days into the New Year and investors across the globe are on the edge amid persistent worries surrounding slowing growth in the Chinese economy. In the absence of significant macro updates in the UK, Sterling traders will continue to focus on global economy, particularly any headlines from China.
Meanwhile, the European docket will offer a slew of economic data releases in the Euro zone including that on business climate, consumer confidence, retail sales and unemployment rate. Earlier today, German factory orders rose well above expectations for November driven by a jump in demand for basic-goods since 2011. Across the Atlantic, weekly jobless claims data due later in the day will be closely scrutinised.
Pound Sterling – UK Markets
The Pound dropped to fresh multi-month lows against the US Dollar yesterday after data from UK's dominant services sector revealed some weakness in activity growth for December. Although the reading suggested strong overall growth in the services industry for last month, markets had been anticipating a slightly better UK print. The survey still points out that the services sector will remain the major growth driver of the UK economy for the fourth quarter of 2015, offsetting some weakness witnessed in manufacturing recently and putting the economy on track for another year of growth this year. However, there is no assurance of a rosy outlook for the UK economy as the cost impact of the living wage, government spending cuts, uncertainty in regards to interest rate increase, global economic growth jitters and a potential exit of the UK from the Euro zone poses downside risks to this year's economic growth.
Tomorrow, UK's trade data will be in focus and could again raise concerns about the state of the British economy against the backdrop of the dwindling export of goods and the struggles in manufacturing.
US Dollar – US Markets
The US Dollar has nudged lower against the shared currency after minutes of the Federal Reserve's (Fed) December monetary policy meeting out late yesterday revealed that some officials were concerned about inflation lingering below their 2% objective while giving their nod to raising rates last month. Officials including Fed Chairperson Janet Yellen have repeatedly indicated that the US central bank will move rates at a gradual pace. However, the FOMC meeting minutes are likely to have raised some doubts that the Fed might end up doing less than what they had initially hinted.
On the macro front, data released yesterday showed that US services firms recorded their slowest activity growth in year and a half for December. However, an unexpected gain in private payrolls for December via ADP provided fresh optimism for the US labour market in the New Year. Today's weekly update is also anticipated to show a healthy decline in first-time jobless claims. If the predictions hold true, the news will encourage confidence that tomorrow's nonfarm payrolls data will also dispense good news for the US jobs market.
Euro – European Markets
Earlier today, the Euro extended its recovery mode and jumped above the 1.08 mark against the US Dollar supported by a renewed bout of risk-aversion across financial markets. Also, the minutes of the recent FOMC meeting published late yesterday highlighted that some of the Fed officials were more concerned about an extended period of low inflation levels, reflecting a slightly dovish tilt which has further aided the recovery in the Euro – US Dollar currency pair. The Euro traders will be kept busy by a wave of economic releases in Europe scheduled in today's session.
Later in the day, the rebound in the currency pair could further gain traction if the Euro zone retail sales expand as per market estimates in November which will be a first since July 2015. Retail sales growth in the Euro zone will likely add to signs of a stronger recovery across the Euro bloc, which could encourage the European Central Bank (ECB) to adopt an improved economic outlook and retain its current stance of monetary policy throughout 2016. Also, data earlier today showed a surprise rise in German factory orders for November.
Other Currencies – Highlights
The brief rebound in Aussie – US Dollar currency pair stumped earlier today and hit a near-two month low after the Chinese central bank devalued the Yuan further and the officials were coerced to suspend share trading for a second time this week. Also the Chinese currency's latest movement has fuelled concerns that economic growth in China, world's second largest economy and Australia's one of the major trading partner, is slowing faster than anticipated. This is likely to have weighed on exporters of Australia, who rely on Chinese demand to support their own growth. In the coming months, the Reserve Bank of Australia might be pressured to cut rates in an effort to offset weakening demand from China.
In economic news, the Australian economy recorded its twentieth monthly trade deficit in a row for November as a weaker Aussie currency made some of the imports expensive. In addition, building approvals in Australia posted its strongest decline in nearly a year in November.


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Chamber Music
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 7:30 PM
Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Fantasy in F minor for four-hands, D. 940
Zhenni Li, Juan Carlos Fernandez-Nieto, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Violin Sonata No. 5
Alissa Margulis, violin; Eduard Zilberkant, piano
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Sonatensatz
David Kim, violin; Eduard Zilberkant, piano
Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Quintet, Op. 44
David Kim, Eric Silberger, violin; Andrew Gonzalez, viola, Alexander Buzlov, cello; Klara Min, piano
About the Artists
Zhenni Li
Hailed as "a magnetic pianist–with fire and poetry" by music critic David Dubal and for her "big, gorgeous tone and a mesmerizing touch" by The Philadelphia Inquirer, pianist Zhenni Li's passionate performances have brought audiences to their feet around the world. A winner of Astral's 2016 National Auditions, Ms. Li has performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, in such notable venues as Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Merkin Concert Hall and WQXR's Greene Space in New York, Philadelphia's Kimmel Performing Arts Center, San Jose's California Theater, the Grieghallen in Norway and the National Concert Hall in Tianjin, China.
Highlights of the 2017-2018 season include debut recitals in Carnegie Hall and the Berlin Philharmonie and her CD recording debut, "Mélancholie," for the Steinway & Sons label, featuring works by Schumann, Lourié and Bartók. Other upcoming engagements include a concerto appearance with the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra and recitals at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia's American Philosophical Society, McGill University and the University of Washington, as well as the preparation of the complete Préludes for solo piano of Claude Debussy. Recent engagements include performances of Beethoven's Concerto No. 4 with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Edward Gardner, Beethoven's Concerto No. 2 and Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 3 with McGill Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Alexis Hauser and the NYCA Symphony Orchestra under Eduard Zilberkrant, and Beethoven's Concerto No. 5 with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony with Jason Weinberger. She also gave solo recitals in Philadelphia, Montréal and China, performed in collaborations with the Jasper and New Orford String Quartets, and appeared as a guest artist for the New York Philharmonic Symposium on Stravinsky with conductor Valery Gergiev.
Ms. Li has garnered worldwide recognition, most recently as the winner of the 2017 New York Concert Artists Worldwide Debut Audition, Astral Artist's 2016 National Auditions, the Grieg International Competition in Norway, and the unanimous 1st Prize at the Concours Musical de France. She is also a top prizewinner of the International Russian Piano Competition, Midwest International Piano Competition, the Kosciusko Chopin Piano Competition and The Heida Hermanns International Piano Competition. Her performances have been broadcast internationally on New York's WQXR, Canada National CBC Radio, Norwegian National Radio: NPK P2/NPK Klassisk, Texas Public Radio, Chicago's WFMT Public Radio, Iowa Public Radio, Philadelphia's WWFM The Classical Network and WRTI, and Hunan Daily in China.
A deeply devoted chamber musician, Ms. Li has collaborated with ensembles such as the New Orford String Quartet, the Jasper String Quartet, and Quatuor Hugo Wolf, and has appeared in concert series and venues including Bennet Gordon Concert Hall at Ravinia, Brandywine Museum in Philadelphia, Château de Fountainebleau in France, Church of the Holy Trinity at Rittenhouse Square, Salle Redpath and Pollack Hall in Montréal, and Théâtre de Vevey in Switzerland. Summer festival appearances include performances at such prominent chamber music festivals as Ravinia's Steans Music Institute, Music@Menlo, Kneisel Hall, Juilliard ChamberFest, and Fontainebleau Festival in France.
Ms. Li holds a Bachelor and Master of Music degree, both on a full scholarship, from The Juilliard School, under the tutelage of Seymour Lipkin and Joseph Kalichstein. After obtaining her Artist Diploma studying with Peter Frankl at Yale School of Music, she is currently completing her doctorate studies at the McGill School of Music under Dr. Stéphane Lemelin. She is a Piano Faculty/Chamber music coach for the McGill School of Music for undergraduate students and is also the co-founder and Artistic Director for "Zhenni's Schubertiade", a multi-genre performing arts series which will launch in New York this spring.
Juan Carlos Fernandez-Nieto
Juan Carlos has concertized throughout his native Spain, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Ukraine, Central America, Puerto Rico, to name a few. He has collaborated with orchestras such as, Orquesta de Radio Televisión Española, The Chamber Orchestra of New York, Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra, Orquesta de Valencia, Orchestra Sinfonica di Bari, Orquesta Nacional de El Salvador, Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y León, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Orquesta de Extremadura, among others, and has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Schumann Haus in Zwickau, Steinway Hall in New York and London, St James's Piccadilly in London, Chicago Cultural Center, Royal Dublin Society, Kharkov National Opera House, Palau de la Música, Teatros del Canal, Teatro de la Maestranza, Auditorio Monumental, Teatro Nacional de El Salvador, Auditorio Manuel de Falla, Fundación Juan March, Fundación Scherzo. He was featured on the Messiaen Centennial Celebration at Yale performing Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus. Also an advocate for contemporary music, he has premiered works by Fernando Buide, Jesús Rueda and Sean Hickey.
As a chamber musician, Juan Carlos has performed in festivals in Europe and the US, such as The Holland Music Sessions, Norfolk Music at Yale, Stony Brook and Wintergreen Performing Arts. Past engagements include chamber music performances with the Tokyo String Quartet, as well as performances with the Grammy-nominated "Yale Cellos" under the direction of Aldo Parisot.
Juan Carlos is a prize winner of many prestigious competitions internationally, such as Iturbi International Piano Competition, 56 Jaén International Piano Competition, CSMTA Young Artists Competition, Chamber Music Society at Yale, Ciudad de Linares, National Piano Competition in Leon. He has also been the recipient of prizes and awards as the George Miles Fellowship, Linda & Alan Englander Fellowship, and the Yale Alumni Prize. He has been a featured guest in TV shows and radio, as in Estudio 206, Programa de Mano, Los Conciertos de La2, Televisión Castilla y León, and Radio Nacional de España, Radio Nacional de El Salvador, Price-Rubin Radio, and has been featured as well in specialized magazines as Gramophone UK, Ritmo, Scherzo, and Melómano.
His newly published CD, Carnaval, a monographic CD with music of Schumann, features both his carnavals and is garnering rave reviews.
Juan Carlos holds degrees from the Yale School of Music (MM '09, AD '10) where he studied with Boris Berman. He previously studied in Spain under Julia Diaz-Yanes and Claudio Martinez-Mehner.
Alissa Margulis
The Guardian describes Alissa Margulis' playing as "exceptional", Ivry Gitlis praises it as "a revelation" and Martha Argerich calls her a "strong musical personality".
Appreciated for her expressive and very emotional performances, Alissa Margulis regularly plays in important concert halls such as the Berlin Philharmony, the Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Tchaikovsky Hall Moscow, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Cologne Philharmony, the Vienna Musikverein, Sumida Triphony Hall Tokyo, the Sage Gateshead, the Tonhalle Zurich and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall.
Born in Germany into a family of Russian musicians, Alissa Margulis studied in Cologne with Zakhar Bron, in Brussels with Augustin Dumay and in Vienna with Pavel Vernikov. She won numerous prizes at international violin competiitons and was awarded with the "Pro Europa" prize of the European Arts Foundation which was presented to her by Daniel Barenboim in Berlin.
She made her first public appearance at the age of seven with the Budapest Soloists and has performed since then with numerous orchestras such as the English Chamber Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National d'Ile de France, New Russia Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Bilkent Orchestra Ankara, Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Belgian National Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestras of Kiev, Skopje, Ljubljana, Minsk and Novosibirsk, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, the Moscow Soloists, and the Kremerata Baltica, amongst many others.
Alissa Margulis worked together with famous conductors: Ivor Bolton, Jacques Mercier, Arnold Katz, Jacek Kaspszyk, Dmitry Liss, Jaap van Zweden, Enrique Mazzola, Daniel Raiskin, Fabrice Bollon, Stefan Vladar, François-Xavier Roth, Lars Vogt, Howard Griffiths, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Hubert Soudant, Yuri Bashmet, Gidon Kremer, Christian Arming, Augustin Dumay, Mikko Franck and Gerd Albrecht to name just a few of them.
Besides her solo career Alissa Margulis is an enthusiastic chamber music player and collaborates with artists such as Martha Argerich, Yuri Bashmet, David Geringas, Ivry Gitlis, Gidon Kremer, Bruno Giuranna, Mischa Maisky, Gabriela Montero, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Liana Issakadze, Alexandre Tharaud, Stephen Kovacevich, Alexander Lonquich, Polina Leschenko, Paul Badura-Skoda and Lars Vogt.
She further appeared at various Festivals: at the Enescu Festival Bucharest, Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival, the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, in Davos, Tours, Stravanger Festival, at the Mozartwoche Salzburg, "Spannungen"-Festival in Heimbach, "Progetto" Martha Argerich Festival in Lugano, Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Sotshi Winter Arts Festival and Verbier Festival.
Her discography includes more than than a dozen CDs at labels such as EMI Classics, Oehms, Novalis, Avanti Classic and CAvi. Notalbly two of the six EMI Classics releases of the "Martha Argerich and Friends" series received a GRAMMY nomination, several others won the Diapason d'or. She recorded repertoire by Mozart, Shostakovich, Enescu, Beethoven, Messiaen and others as well as the complete music for violin and piano by Franz Liszt. She recorded Piazzolla's seasons and took part in an all Klezmer recording alongside musicians such as Myriam Fuks, Roby Lakatos, Evgeny Kissin, Polina Leschenko and Mischa Maisky. Alissa Margulis will be featured in another live recording of chamber music performed at the Progetto Martha Argerich, a 2016 release by Warner Classics.
This season she plays concerts in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Russia
Luxembourg, Lebanon, South Africa, Aruba, Malta, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the USA, Italy, France at venues such as the Philharmonie de Paris, the Tchaikovsky Hall Moscow and the Verbier Festival, among many others.
Eduard Zilberkant
Russian born Eduard Zilberkant is recognized as one of today's most gifted artists and has an active career as conductor and pianist. A Yamaha performing artist, Eduard Zilberkant has been received enthusiastically by audiences and press alike throughout Europe, Canada, Asia and the United States, performing in such halls as The Academy of Music and Curtis Hall in Philadelphia; Merkin Hall in New York City; Artur Rubinstein Hall and Warsaw Philharmonic Hall in Poland; Teatro di San Carlo Opera House in Naples, Italy; Teatro Sangiorgi in Catania, Sicily; Volgograd Opera House in Russia; and Alaska Center for the Performing Arts in Anchorage.
Eduard Zilberkant has been a guest artist and conductor at some of the most prestigious music festivals which include the International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York City; the Ravello Festival in Italy; the Gumi International Music Festival in South Korea; the Corfu Festival Ionian Concert Series in Greece; the Monolis Kalomiris International Music Festival in Greece; the Assisi International Festival and Orazio Frugoni Music Institute in Italy; the Baracasa Festival of Radio France in Montpellier, France; the Alaska International Piano-e-Competition, Fairbanks, Alaska; and the Bellingham Music Festival in Washington. Some of the orchestras he has guest conducted include the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in Prague and on tour to Germany; the orchestra of Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano in Italy; the Martinu Chamber Orchestra in the Czech Republic and Germany; the Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, Sicily; the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra in New York City; the Teatro di San Carlo Orchestra in Naples, Italy; and the Prague Philharmonic in Prague and Italy.
The Badische Zeitung wrote of his performance of the Dvorak's "New World Symphony", "[Maestro Zilberkant] made an impression for feeling the nuances of tempo, pauses, and accents… he brought out new colors and romantic feeling with full balance of the sound from the orchestra." After his performance of the Mozart's Symphony No. 41 in Anchorage, Alaska. The Anchorage Daily News wrote: "[Maestro Zilberkant] brought admirable intelligence to his reading of the piece…and sculpting the individual lines into a monumental and heroic structure; his weaving of the finale's awesome counterpoint show him to be a musician of significance whom we hope to hear again." American Record Guide stated, "Zilberkant's artistic approach emphasizes a strongly colored rhetoric, supported by passionate and sensitive temperament…Zilberkant's pianistic and musical qualities are found not only in his speed, but also in his ability to distill the slow tempos by drawing them out to the extreme." Radio France, Polish Radio and Television and PBS Radio and Television in the United States have also broadcast his performances. Music critics have asserted that he "possesses a remarkable keyboard mastery; plays in the style of the old romantic masters; he knows how to extract quite a palette of colors from the piano; his playing is subtle and passionate at the same time; he has the equipment that makes for pianist greatness."
Eduard Zilberkant has been hailed as an inspirational teacher around the world. He has given masterclasses at the International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York City, the Rubinstein Academy in Dusseldorf, Germany; the Puccini Conservatory in Italy; the Gumi International Music Festival in South Korea, and the Ionian Conservatory in Greece. His students have won national and international piano competitions and appear as soloists worldwide.
A Fulbright Scholar in Germany, Eduard Zilberkant received a Solisten Diploma from the Freiburg Musik Hochschule. He received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Temple University in Philadelphia. His teachers have included Jerome Rose, Vitaly Margulis, Theodore Lettvin, Robert Spano and Robert Shaw. Presently, he is Artist in Residence and Professor of Piano at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. For the past fifteen years he has been Music Director and Conductor of the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra and the Arctic Chamber Orchestra.
David Kim
Violinist David Kim was named Concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1999. Born in Carbondale, Illinois in 1963, he started playing the violin at the age of three, began studies with the famed pedagogue Dorothy DeLay at the age of eight, and later received his bachelor's and master's degrees from The Juilliard School.
Highlights of Mr. Kim's 2017-18 season include appearing as soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Teaching/performance residencies at Bob Jones University, Haverford College, Swarthmore College, Brevard Music Center, and the Aspen Music Festival and School; continued appearances as concertmaster of the All-Star Orchestra on PBS stations across the USA and online at the Kahn Academy; and recitals, speaking engagements, and appearances with orchestras across the United States, including a Brahms Festival (complete Sonatas and Concerto) with the Fairbanks Symphony in Alaska.
In September, he appeared with famed modern hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville and will again appear with them in December on tour in Cleveland, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Carnegie Hall. He will also be included on a soon to be released Getty Music CD. Next September, he will return to Nashville to perform at the Getty Music Worship Conference – Sing! 2018. A dedicated teacher, Mr. Kim presents masterclasses at colleges, universities, and conservatories across the country each season. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the annual David Kim Orchestral Institute of Cairn University in Philadelphia, where he is also a Professor of Violin Studies. Additionally, Mr. Kim serves as Distinguished Artist at the obert McDuffie Center for Strings t ercer University n Macon, GA.
Mr. Kim appears as soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra each season as well as with numerous orchestras around the world. He also appears internationally at festivals such as Brevard, MasterWorks (USA), and Pacific (Japan). e frequently serves as an adjudicator at international violin competitions such as the Menuhin and Sarasate.
Mr. Kim has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from Eastern University in suburban Philadelphia, the University of Rhode Island, and Dickinson Colleg. His instruments are a J.B. Guadagnini from Milan, Italy ca. 1757 on loan from The Philadelphia Orchestra and a Michael Angelo Bergonzi from Cremona ca. 1754. Mr. Kim resides in a Philadelphia suburb with his wife Jane and daughters Natalie and Maggie. He is an avid runner, golfer, and outdoorsman.
Mr. Kim endorses and uses Thomastik Dominant Strings as well as the AirTurn Hands Free Page Turning System.
Eric Silberger
Virtuoso violinist Eric Silberger is a prize winner of the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition and the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in 2011. His performances have been described by critics as "spine-tingling…astonishing" (The Guardian), "dazzling virtuoso playing" (The Washington Post), "impeccable level of playing, a wonderful musician" (Heather Kurzbauer, The Strad), and " ….he has got everything in his favour, technique, composure and personality. We are on the eve of a great soloist" (El Pais, Spain).
Eric has performed as soloist, recitalist and chamber musician throughout the United States and around the world, including solo performances with the St. Petersburg Philharmonia, Mariinsky Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Chamber Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, London Philharmonia, Danish National Symphony, Orquesta Sinfónica de México, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, among others. Conductor collaborations include Lorin Maazel, Valery Gergiev, Dimitri Kitajenko, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Donald Runnicles, Robin Ticciati, and others. He has appeared at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Louvre in Paris, the Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonia, The Moscow International House of Music in Russia, Shanghai Grand Theatre in China, Royal Festival Hall in London, Seoul Arts Center in Korea, the National Arts Centre in Canada, and more. Among numerous television and radio appearances in the United States, Asia, and Europe, he was featured on Radio France, STV in China, KBS in Korea, and WQXR, WFYI, FOX 59, WISH-TV, and NPR, among others.
An avid chamber musician, Eric frequently performs chamber music internationally. He also has a special collaboration with bandoneonist and composer JP Jofre and the JP Jofre Hard Tango Chamber Band.
Eric received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Columbia University and a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School. Mentors have included Glenn Dicterow, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Robert Mann, and Dorothy Delay, among others. He was also mentored by Maestro Lorin Maazel.
Eric plays on a rare J.B. Guadagnini violin from 1757 on generous loan from the Sau-Wing Lam collection.
Andrew Gonzalez
Hailed by the Strad Magazine for his "mellow tone and jovial playing", Andrew Gonzalez is a soloist and chamber musician based in New York. He has collaborated with world class artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Gil Shaham, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Nobuko Imai as well as members of the Orion and Cleveland Quartet. Andrew is currently a member of Carnegie Hall's "Ensemble Connect" (formerly known as Ensemble ACJW). As part of his fellowship with Ensemble Connect, Andrew teaches at PS 226 Alfred De B. Mason in Brooklyn. He performs frequently at Barge music, a concert series in Brooklyn. His most recent concerts there include a Mozart piano quartets with violinist Mark Peskanov, a New York premiere of Joel Friedman's solo viola work "when a world disintegrates before your eyes", and a solo viola recital performing both Brahms viola sonatas. Andrew performs regularly with Sejong Soloists, a Korean ensemble based in New York City and has toured with them all over Europe and Asia. He is on the sublist for the New York Philharmonic and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and plays when them frequently. Andrew recently performed the Brahms songs for Mezzo, Viola, and Piano at the Morgan Library recital series with James Levine's assistant Ken Noda and Sarah Mesko, a frequent singer at the Metropolitan opera.
In 2014, Andrew began playing the baroque viola and took lessons with Cynthia Roberts at the Juilliard School. Andrew performs in a baroque and classical ensemble in New York called Quodlibet and have had a chance to work with a lot of musicians who have come through Juilliard 415 and Yale Baroque programs. Andrew has performed at American Bach Soloists and Valley of the Moon this summer and looks forward to returning this summer.
Andrew received his undergrad and masters degree from 2010-2016 at the Juilliard school under the direction of Heidi Castleman, Hsin-Yun Huang, Steve Tenenbom, and Michael Tree. He has participated in music festivals including, the Verbier Academy, Music@Menlo, the Perlman Music Program, the Heifetz Insitute, Sarasota Music Festival and many others. As part of the Perlman music program, he went on a tour with Itzhak Perlman and alumni to Mexico, Canada, and Virginia performing Mendelssohn and Shostakovich octets. The Heifetz Institute also has a off season tour schedule and he plays with alumni of the program frequently. He frequently appears at the Heifetz institute as an artist in residence and looks forward to being there this summer on chamber faculty of the PEG program. Andrew plays on a 1930 Frederick Haenel modeled after a Gasparo da Saló.
Alexander Buzlov
Alexander Buzlov won many top prizes at the world's most important cello competitions such as at the Feuermann Competition (Grand Prix, Audience Prize), ARD Competition Munich (second prize), Concours de Genève (second prize), Belgrade (first prize), Monte Carlo (first prize) and the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (Silver Medal, Rostropovich Prize).
Today Alexander Buzlov performs throughout Russia's most prestigious halls as well as at venues abroad such as the Berlin Philharmony, Carnegie Hall, Herkulessaal Munich, Lincoln Center, Santa Cecilia, La Scala, Théatre des Champs Élysées. He has appeared with many renowned ensembles, among them the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, Orchester des Bayrischen Rundfunks, Orchestra of St. Lukes, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, The Svetlanov State Academic Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Soloists chamber ensemble, Munich Chamber Ensemble, "New Russia" Symphony Orchestra, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, the Grand Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, the St Petersburg Academic Philharmonic and numerous others.
He has worked with conductors including Valery Gergiev, Yuri Bashmet, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Karel Maria Chichon, Paavo Järvi, Yakov Kreizberg, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Thomas Sanderling, Daniel Boico, Leonard Slatkin, Vladimir Spivakov, Yuri Temirkanov and Christoph Poppen. As a soloist he has performed with numerous American symphony orchestras, travelling to almost each and every American state while on tour.
Alexander Buzlov performs aside musicians such as Natalia Gutman, Yuri Bashmet, Vadim Repin, Leonidas Kavakos, Martha Argerich, Julian Rachlin, Dmitry Sitkovetskiy. He takes part in international festivals including Verbier Festival (Switzerland), Musical Kremlin, Moscow Autumn, December Evenings of Svyatoslav Richter (Moscow), the White Nights, Arts Square and Musical Olympus (St Petersburg), festivals in Ludwigsburg, Mecklenburg Vorpommenn, Usedom (Germany), Pietrasanta in Concerto, (Italy), and festival in Menton (France), the Oleg Kagan Memorial Festivals in Moscow and Kreuth (Germany), international chamber music festivals in Colmar, Menton and Montpellier (France), Crescendo (Israel). He has recorded for Russian TV and radio as well as for radio stations in Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria and the USA.
Alexander Buzlov was born in Moscow in 1983. He studied at the Moscow Conservatoire with Natalia Gutman and at Musikhochschule Köln, Germany with Frans Helmerson. At master-classes he worked with such renowned cellists such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Daniil Shafran and Bernard Greenhouse. He teaches at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire.
Klara Min
World-renowned concert pianist Klara Min is a Steinway Artist who makes her home in Berlin and New York. Respected also as a thought-leader in music industry, Ms. Min is the founder and artistic director of New York Concert Artists and Associates (NYCA). NYCA serves as a networking organization for musicians to collaborate and create dynamic partnerships with managers, presenters, and other artists.
A native of South Korea, Ms. Min has performed extensively throughout North America and Europe as well as in her home country of South Korea, in some of the world's most important concert venues including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Munich's Gasteig, the Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin's Konzerthhaus, Laeiszhalle, Wigmore Hall, Vienna's Konzerthaus, and South Korea's KBS Broadcast Hall. She has performed with prestigious orchestras such as Hamburger Kammerphilharmonie, Munich Kammerphilharmonie, Seoul Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra, American Chamber Orchestra, St. Petersburg State Symphony, and Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra among others.
Gramophone magazine describes Ms. Min's recent recording of Scriabin work on the Steinway & Sons record label as, "In short, Min's finest performances on this gorgeously engineered release will make Scriabin fans sit up and take notice." Klara Min's first album Ripples on Water features modern Korean piano music; it was released on Naxos and complimented for "mak(ing) every note count" (All Music). Her second release of a selection of Chopin's Mazurkas was released on Delos. American Record Guide selected the album as one of six critics' choices in 2013 raving, "her dynamic control is out of this world".
In the 2017-2018 season, Ms. Min will have her debut recital in Paris at Salle Cortot and in Seoul at Lotte Concert Hall as well as her second Scriabin record release with Steinway & Sons label.
Klara Min was the recipient of a Samsung scholarship.