text:
Why Criminal Assailants Are Not At "Fault" in a Business Premises Case
One of the most commonly misunderstood areas of tort law, including within the legal community, is the issue of the fault of the assailant. When a plaintiff files a lawsuit alleging that the business failed to use reasonable care to protect a customer from foreseeable criminal conduct, at the surface level it seems logical that the criminal should share blame. But that is not the case.
To start, Washington's Legislature defines "fault" in RCW 4.22.015 as, in relevant part, "acts or omissions, including misuse of a product, that are in any measure negligent or reckless toward the person or property of the actor or others." There is, for lack of a better phrase coming to mind, a range of egregiousness in tort law, which starts with ordinary negligence, then goes to gross negligence, then recklessness, and then intentional acts. Washington's comparative fault statute excludes intentional acts from the definition of "fault."
But, how can the person most at fault, in a moral sense, not be at fault in the legal sense? To understand why, we first need to examine why the business has a duty to protect patrons in the first place.
In Nivens v. 7-11 Hoagy's Corner, 133 Wn.2d 192, 195, 943 P.2d 286 (1997), Plaintiff Nivens parked his car and began entering a 7-11 in Tacoma, Washington. Before he could enter, a group of loitering youths asked him if he would buy them beer. Nivens refused. As he attempted to enter the store, the youths grabbed him from behind and assaulted him.
The Supreme Court acknowledged that it was confronted squarely with a major issue, and proceeded to resolve that issue:
We must decide if a business owes a duty to its invitees to protect them from criminal acts by third persons on the business premises. Because a business has a special relationship with them, it has a duty to take reasonable steps to protect invitees from imminent criminal harm or reasonably foreseeable criminal conduct by third persons.
Id. at 194. Nivens reasons, "As with physical hazards on the premises, the invitee entrusts himself or herself to the control of the business owner over the premises and to the conduct of others on the premises." Id. Further, "We discern no reason not to extend the duty of business owners to invitees to keep their premises reasonably free of physically dangerous conditions in situations in which business invitees may be harmed by third persons." Id. at 202-203.
As to the scope of the duty owed, Nivens expressly adopts the Restatement (Second) of Torts § 344 (1965):
A possessor of land who holds it open to the public for entry for his business purposes is subject to liability to members of the public while they are upon the land for such a purpose, for physical harm caused by the accidental, negligent, or intentionally harmful acts of third persons or animals, and by the failure of the possessor to exercise reasonable care to
(a) discover that such acts are being done or are likely to be done, or"
(b) give a warning adequate to enable the visitors to avoid the harm, or otherwise to protect them against it.
Id. at 203-204. The court recites the Comment for fuller clarification:
A public utility or other possessor of land who holds it open to the public for entry for his business purposes is not an insurer of the safety of such visitors against the acts of third persons, or the acts of animals. He is, however, under a duty to exercise reasonable care to give them protection. In many cases a warning is sufficient care if the possessor reasonably believes that it will be enough to enable the visitor to avoid the harm, or protect himself against it. There are, however, many situations in which the possessor cannot reasonably assume that a warning will be sufficient. He is then required to exercise reasonable care to use such means of protection as are available, or to provide such means in advance because of the likelihood that third persons, or animals, may conduct themselves in a manner which will endanger the safety of the visitor…. Since the possessor is not an insurer of the visitor's safety, he is ordinarily under no duty to exercise any care until he knows or has reason to know that the acts of the third person are occurring, or are about to occur. He may, however, know or have reason to know, from past experience, that there is a likelihood of conduct on the part of third persons in general which is likely to endanger the safety of the visitor, even though he has no reason to expect it on the part of any particular individual. If the place or character of his business, or his past experience, is such that he should reasonably anticipate careless or criminal conduct on the part of third persons, either generally or at some particular time, he may be under a duty to take precautions against it, and to provide a reasonably sufficient number of servants to afford a reasonable protection.
Id. at 204-205 (emphasis added, original emphasis omitted). The Nivens court concludes, "we hold a business owes a duty to its invitees to protect them from imminent criminal harm and reasonably foreseeable criminal conduct by third persons. The business owner must take reasonable steps to prevent such harm in order to satisfy the duty." Id. at 205.
In short, a business has a special relationship with its customers because it attracts customers and benefits financially from their presence. It is only fair then, that if the business owner knows the business also attracts violent people, or there is otherwise a foreseeable risk of violence, he or she ought to take reasonable steps to prevent harm to the customers.
To put it another way, the law does not allow businesses to simply say, "criminals will be criminals." Rather, when a business invites the customer into a foreseeable risk, the business has a responsibility to use reasonable care to prevent assault injuries.
In likening criminal assault to physical hazards on the premises, which is also a cause for premises liability, Washington's Supreme Court essentially characterizes the criminal wrongdoer as a mechanism of injury in the negligence case against the business, rather than an at-fault party.
For that reason, any question as to the conduct of the assailant goes to causation, not fault. Did the business's negligence allow (cause) the assault to occur, or would it have occurred anyway?
This issue was thoroughly examined and spelled out in Rollins v. King County Metro Transit, 148 Wn. App. 370, 199 P.3d 499 (Div. 1 2009). In Rollins, a bus passenger attacked by a number of assailants brought an action against the County for negligence in allowing the assault. The plaintiff did not name the tortfeasors as defendants. Id. at 374-76.
The court reported, "Metro proposed a jury instruction stating the plaintiffs must prove 'the percentage of damages caused by negligent conduct and the percentage of damages caused by the assailants' intentional conduct." Metro requested a special verdict form requiring the jury to calculate such percentages pursuant to Tegman v. Accident & Medical Investigations, Inc., 150 Wn.2d 102, 75 P.3d 497 (2003). Id. at 376. Metro was wrong.
Rollins explains, "Tegman is about joint and several liability. Here, Metro is the only defendant and negligence is the plaintiffs' only theory. To recover at all, plaintiffs had to prove their injuries were proximately caused by Metro's negligence." Id. at 379. Thus, liability is about the overlap between the negligence and the intentional conduct allowed by Defendants.
Rollins elaborates on the overlap between negligence and intentional harms:
The jury here was instructed that plaintiffs had to prove that Metro was negligent, that Metro's negligence was a proximate cause of plaintiffs' injury, that there may be more than one proximate cause of an injury, and that its verdict should be for Metro if it found the sole proximate cause of injury was a cause other than Metro's negligence.
Id. at 379. The court declines to approve an instruction as to the percentage of damages caused by the defendant's negligence and the percentage of damages caused by the intentional tortfeasor's negligence because there is no segregation burden, especially where the intentional tortfeasor is not a party. Id. at 382.
The key in any case involving intentional harm is that there may be more than one proximate cause for an injury. That does not prevent an individual defendant from being 100% responsible if, for instance, the fact-finder determines that but for its failure to screen for weapons, the plaintiff would not have been shot. As WPI 15.04 states:
There may be more than one proximate cause of the same injury or event. If you find that the defendant was negligent and that such negligence was a proximate cause of injury or damage to the plaintiff, it is not a defense that the act of some other person who is not a party to this lawsuit may also have been a proximate cause.
In a successful claim for premises liability for criminal assault, both the business's negligence and the assailant's intentional acts caused the injuries. Causation is not apportioned–only fault is. Thus, there is no apportionment of anything to the assailant in a claim against a business for the negligent failure to protect customers.


text:
Every morning, we wake before sunrise, pull back the drapes, and admire the serene landscape. It's lush in a way that reminds the soul that even in the harshest of environments, beauty can thrive.
The morning routine is simple: Suit up in a few layers, put on your trail runners, grab your water bottle and room key, and vamonos! The layers keep us warm in the early morning chill as we cross the ranch to meet our group.
By the time we arrive, our bodies are beginning to warm up from the inside out. I fill one jacket pocket with almonds, the other with tissue. We grab some fruit and follow the hike shepherds out past the vineyards.
The pace is a quick clip out in front, and following the leader can be a bit challenging when we're still yawning. But soon we are invigorated and wide awake.
Although we all start at the same spot, all hikes vary in almost every way: difficulty, terrain, vistas. Talking to staff members about skill level and ability will give each hiker a good idea about which trail to take. Even when hikers fall back on a hike, the shepherds are always there to make sure no one is left behind or lost.
Once we conquer our mountains, we return to the vineyards for a stretch. Shepherds guide us through a series of stretches and then send us off for the day. Most hikes end by the time the old bell clangs and clamors, calling us to nourish our bodies.
We walk towards our breakfasts, knowing we earned every morsel!
This week, I am a forever grateful hosted guest of Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, Mexico.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Saturday, April 28, 2018
Please RSVP to email@example.com.
Feet on the Ground is a participatory group performance and art collaboration that asks, 'how do we decolonize ourselves?' Featuring a custom-made toolbox containing items designed by artists Esther Neff, IV Castellanos, and Maria Hupfield, the artists invite the audience to participate in empowering the collaborative and considerate by making new items for the toolbox using materials provided onsite. Conducted as an ongoing series of performances, each one informing the next, this project brings together survival strategies of politically-minded performance artists.
The artists will introduce new items, and collaborate in the space with visitors and invited guests during regular gallery hours, leading up to this two-hour performance. For EFA's iteration of #callresponse, the artists have created a custom bookshelf and triangular bench-style pedestal. Unlike the military term "boots on the ground" the title Feet on The Ground is one where direct community interaction and liberation of the undressed foot takes priority over combat. Previous iterations of this project were performed in New York at MAWA Gallery, Bullet Space, and Emily Carr University of Arts and Design (Vancouver, Canada).
Maria Hupfield is martin clan, Anishinaabe and a member of Wasauksing First Nation, Ontario, based in Brooklyn NY. Her solo traveling exhibition The One Who Keeps on Giving premiered at The Power Plant in 2017 and was featured in Art in America. She is the first Indigenous Artist Resident at ISCP 2018, has performed and exhibited at Site Santa Fe Biennale 2016 and is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptures Award. She is a member of Social Health Performance Club and co-owns Native Art Department International with artist Jason Lujan.
IV Castellanos is a trans Bolivian-American sculptor and abstract performance artist based in Brooklyn, NY. They were a 2017 AIR Chez Bushwick resident with collaborator Amanda Hunt and Gibney Work Up 2017. IV is Founder of the IV Soldiers Gallery 2014, Founder of the Feminist Art Group 2015 in collaboration with Esther Neff and is a regular performing member of the Social Health Performance Club.
Esther Neff is an artist, organizer, and independent theorist whose work deals with forms-of-life, mentalities, social gathering, and ways-of-seeing (theories and beliefs). She is the founder of Panoply Performance Laboratory (PPL), a lab site in Brooklyn, a performance-making collective, and thinktank. Neff's performance work (solo and as/with PPL) has been performed at Momenta Art, The Kitchen, The New Museum, Dixon Place, Bronx Museum, 14 Wall Street (NYC) as part of festivals in Chicago, Berlin, Copenhagen, and elsewhere across the USA and around the world. She is also the instigator of Brooklyn International Performance Art Foundation (BIPAF), PERFORMANCY FORUM, and is currently co-opening a life-art lab in St, Louis called MARSH (Materializing and Activating Radical Social Habitus) with her mother.
This event takes place in conjunction with #callresponse (March 23 - May 5, 2018).


text:
05 December 2019
At Spire Harpenden Hospital, we use many of the latest surgical techniques to replace painful and damaged hips and help…
We welcome your views on our website and invite you to take part in a brief survey when you've finished your visit.
Your response will help us improve the site and the experience we offer to visitors.
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
MBBS, MCh Orth, MS, FRCS Orth
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr George Verghese at Spire include:
Mr George Verghese is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon practising in North London.
After qualification as a doctor from the Armed Forces' Medical College in India, Mr Verghese trained widely in orthopaedics and gained considerable specialist expertise in spinal surgery, which forms the majority of his orthopaedic practice.
Mr Verghese also retains a keen interest in trauma surgery and is active on the faculty of the AO Foundation. He is a member of the British Association of Spinal Surgeons and an orthopaedic trainer with London Deanery.
The Spinal treatments he offers include discectomy, spinal decompression, kyphoplasty, dynamic spinal stabilisation, fusion and spinal Injections.
Mr Verghese also provides a hip and knee replacement service and consults regarding the management of complex musculo-skeletal trauma.
Spinal surgery
Special Clinical Interests: The ageing spine, Minimally invasive spinal surgery, Dynamic spinal stabilisation versus fusion, Kyphoplasty, Complex musculo-skeletal trauma, Joint replacement (hip, knee).
British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
British Association of Spinal Surgeons (BASS)
Stanmore Research Ethics Committee member
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS TrustBack to top
Holds less than 0.1% of the shares in Spire Healthcare Group plc.Back to top
|0800 585 112 / 020 8901 5555
|Private secretary email
05 December 2019
At Spire Harpenden Hospital, we use many of the latest surgical techniques to replace painful and damaged hips and help…
14 November 2019
Urology is a surgical specialty which deals with diseases of the urinary and reproductive tracts in men, and with urinar…


text:
Like so many of the places we treasure today, protecting the Newberry volcanic area took a lot of hard work. Twenty-five years ago a small group of committed citizens were successful in creating the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. One of those citizens was LandWatch's Executive Director, Paul Dewey. Read more about their work below.
Central Oregon's Newberry nears 25th anniversary
Effort to create national monument grew from geothermal concern
By Dylan J. Darling / The Bulletin / @DylanJDarling
Nearly 25 years after Newberry Volcano became a national volcanic monument, one of its biggest proponents is glad how things turned out.
"It has gone exactly how I and the rest of us had hoped it would," said Stuart "Stu" Garrett, a Bend physician. "… It is still a quiet, nice place to visit, but it is protected."
Concern about potential geothermal development in and near the caldera of the volcano south of Bend in the late 1980s drove the creation of the 54,822-acre Newberry National Volcanic Monument, which encompasses Paulina and East lakes, as well as Lava River Cave, the Lava Cast Forest and Lava Butte.
Garrett, who wrote the 1991 book "Newberry National Volcanic Monument: An Oregon Documentary," helped lead the efforts to designate the national monument.
Congress enacted the law establishing Newberry on Nov. 5, 1990, a year after it was introduced by former U.S. Rep. Bob Smith, R-Ore. Smith guided the bill through the House of Representatives, and former U.S. Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Ore., did the same in the Senate.
Throughout this year and into next, the Deschutes National Forest plans to celebrate the anniversary, starting with a kickoff celebration June 19. Events range from specialized interpretive programs June 20, Garrett giving a pub talk June 30 about the making of the monument and stargazing at Lava Butte on Sept. 12.
The events will highlight the varied geology that makes Newberry different, said Scott McBride, manager of the monument for the national forest. Although it is a short drive from Bend, many locals might not have explored Newberry yet, he said.
"It's certainly worth a visit, whether for an hour or three days," McBride said.
The national monument centers around the massive Newberry Volcano. Unlike the towering Three Sisters and other steep-sided stratovolcanoes in the Cascades, Newberry Volcano is a shield volcano. Its squat shape hides its size, with the volcano having a volume of 120 cubic miles compared with South Sister's 5 cubic miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The agency calls the volcano, which last erupted about 1,300 years ago, "Central Oregon's Sleeping Giant."
The top of the Newberry Volcano features a caldera containing the pair of lakes divided by an obsidian flow. Native Americans used the obsidian as a material for tools, and the foundation of an ancient home has been found in ash on the volcano.
"Newberry has been a special place for thousands, thousands of years," McBride said.
The caldera has drawn comparisons to Crater Lake, which became a national park in 1902. In the 1920s, the Bend Commercial Club started a campaign to designate Newberry as a national park of its own, but the campaign did not succeed, according to Garrett's book. While a state law in 1975 and a federal designation as a national natural landmark in 1976 provided some protections for Newberry, by the late 1980s a small group of Central Oregonians came together to try to gain more. Along with Garrett, they were: Stephen "Stosh" Thompson, a scientist; Tom Throop, a former Deschutes County commissioner; Paul Dewey, an attorney and now executive director of Central Oregon LandWatch; and Don Tryon, who represented the Sierra Club.
They wanted to see more protections because of increasing geothermal interest in Newberry Volcano. At the time, more than 40 geothermal exploratory wells had been drilled deep into the volcano.
"We didn't want to see drilling or power plants in the caldera or really in the immediate vicinity," Dewey said.
At the time, the Bonneville Power Administration estimated the hot rock within the volcano could produce between 1,500 and 2,000 megawatts, according to Garrett's book. That's more than Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lists as producing about 1,200 megawatts, enough to power about 900,000 homes.
Creating the plan for the national monument was at times an "excruciating process," Dewey said, with at least one meeting lasting until well past midnight.
"A lot of it was drawing lines on maps," he said.
Crafting the proposal involved a wide mix of people with a stake in Newberry's future, from anglers to snowmobilers to geothermal companies. Garrett served as chairman for a committee with 35 other people.
"It was quite a process," he said.
The result was a plan to cordon off the caldera and other features on Newberry Volcano from geothermal exploration and development in creating a national monument, a status typically held for lands managed by the National Park Service, said George Chesley, district ranger for what was then the Fort Rock District of the Deschutes National Forest, from 1978 to 1995. He was in the many meetings that lead to Newberry's designation.
"It's a neat place," he said. "It's a spectacular place."
Like the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in Washington, the Newberry National Volcanic Monument is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Geothermal interest continues at Newberry Volcano, with a private experiment ongoing and a federal lab a possibility on the western flank near La Pine. While glad to see geothermal exploration on Newberry Volcano kept outside the monument and away from the caldera, Dewey said, he still would like Newberry to become a national park someday. Critics of the concept say it could draw too many crowds to the area, but he said it could also bring more funding.
"We still want the monument to be treated special," Dewey said.
— Reporter: 541-617-7812, firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Specialist Order To Cash
At our Company, we grow People, Brands, and Businesses! Do you have great attention to detail and are looking to bring value to a client-driven team? We are seeking a dedicated entry-level Specialist Order to Cash associates have strong Excel skills, are open to learning and are coachable. In this role, you'll assist with order processing, invoicing, and contract creation for some of the best brands in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry. You will utilize additional aspects of claims and deductions, and accounts receivable to provide exceptional support to our clients.
Take this opportunity to join North America's leading business solutions provider and build your career working with amazing people in a growing industry! Apply today!
What we offer:
The Company is one of North America's leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.
Position Summary
The Specialist OTC is responsible for the validation and execution of order processing and invoicing, contract creation and validation, claims and deductions, accounts receivable. Responsible for performing all necessary work and tasks to ensure administrative goals and metrics are met. Works closely with the Team Lead to deliver outstanding results for our clients.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
Order Entry Administration
Supervisory Responsibilities
Direct Reports
This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports
Indirect Reports
Does not have direct reports, but may delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports
Travel and/or Driving Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
The following are the minimum job-related qualifications which an individual needs in order to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job
Education Level: (Required)High School Diploma or GED or equivalent experience
Field of Study/Area of Experience:
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
Environmental & Physical Requirements
Office / Sedentary Requirements
Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear the telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may also require the ability to lift up to 10 pounds.
Additional Information Regarding The Company Job Duties and Job Descriptions
Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one's supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job position or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.
Any estimate, schedule, or guideline provided to associates in this job description or elsewhere in connection with their jobs is only intended to help describe job duties and for planning purposes. Regardless of any such estimate, schedule, or guideline, associates must always record all time worked for our company (which includes but is not limited to on-site work time in an assigned store, office, or other work location; required waiting time; administrative time; and work-related travel time).
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of associates so classified.
The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.
The Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws including Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring (Ban the Box) Ordinances. All of our positions require the satisfactory completion of a background check. Please be aware that acknowledging or having criminal convictions does not constitute an automatic bar to employment. Factors including, but not limited to age and time of the offense, seriousness and nature of the violation, and rehabilitation will be taken into account.
Software Powered by iCIMS


text:
Technical Documentation
I start to write the project technical documentation. This documentation will explain the project and technical information about the tool for facilitating rework on the project.
This blog presents development of the ADF MAGE-ML Tool from the EBI. As first developer (the projet started for my master training period), I am maintaining it and I started this blog for improvement (changelog) and some useful tips.


text:
The Grammys has always been a celebration of popular artists and musicians coming together and being rewarding for their work. However, over the years it seems as though there has been a shift from the awards ceremony to just being an over the top concert and last night's Grammys were no exception. If you missed it, you missed Pink flying though the air while singing and Taylor Swift throwing her hair around like a 1980s hairbanger band, to name of few of the most over the top moments.
With over 15 million tweets, The Grammys where by far the most buzzed about event of the night. They also displayed a growing trend in the music industry; the collaborating of artist and therefore brands. Last night's performances displayed a wide variety of collaborations from Paul McCarthy and Ringo Star of Beatles fame, to one of the most talked about of the night, Imagine Dragons and Kendrick Lamar, which spurred over 171,000 tweets. While collaborating with different artists isn't uncommon in the music industry, it's the style of music that is being displayed that is. This juxtaposition is opening up more opportunities for viewers to be exposed to different artists and in turn, artists will be exposed to different demographics.
This idea can help cross-market a new listening audience, which would make more money for the record label and for its advertisers. While this trend isn't anything new, it has grown exponentially in the last few years and with some of the biggest hit songs right now blending different genres of music such as Ke$ha and Pitbull's "Timber", Christina Aguilera and A Great Big World, "Say Something", and Eminem and Rihanna's "Monster", it seems as though this trend maybe here to stay. Or at least until listeners get bored.


text:
SeaBird: 20', 1940
Asking Price: $29,900
Posted Date:October 5, 2017
Port Carling Boat Works SeaBird: 20 ft,
Well maintained antique woody in great working condition.
Price: $29,900 Ad number pb786
Contact Seller
Contact Name: Gary
Current Location of Boat: Port Carling, Ontario
Phone Number: 705-765-3177 ()
Alt. Phone Number: ()


text:
There is a shit ton going on right now in sports. 3 of the major leagues are in game operation, with the NFL being in full swing as the playoff picture begins to take shape. Don't forget about college football either as we approach the ridiculous number of "bowl" games, but even with all those meaningless bowls in the mix, it doesn't mean that I didn't watch 2 incredible football games Saturday with THE Ohio State University vs. Michigan and the Auburn beating the 2 time reigning National Champion Alabama on a play that has to compare with only a walk off grand slam in terms of game ending plays. Major League Baseball's hot stove is starting to pick up even in a down free agent year. NBC won't let us forget that the Winter Olympics are going to happen in Russia, but until they reunite Tonya, Nancy and a crowbar I don't know that I'm super interested. Unless I can figure out how to make or join a curling pool. I saw those guys in picture at a Bosstones Throwdown in 2011 I think! Continue reading
Tag Archives: NHL
Bunting for a Hit 2013: Week 13
The baseball season is upon us and there has already been some great action. Clayton Kershaw not only starts opening day for the Dodgers, but throws a complete game shutout and provides all the offense his team would need with a homer run to lead off the 8th. The Astros started their new life as an American League team with a win over their cross state rival Texas Rangers. Bryce Harper started his sophomore season with a bang, actually 2 bangs, as he homered in his first 2 at bats, providing Stephen Strasburg with plenty of support as the Washington Nationals began their run at a World Series title. Continue reading
Bunting for a Hit 2013: Week 12
We have gotten way behind in many things here at Hooking Foul and I apologize for that, but without further adieu here is this weeks Bunting for a Hit, a day late, but with some great great news. Continue reading
Jay's Confessional: Baseball
Sully's note: This is the first article published on Hooking Foul not written by me. I'm very happy to have it be from Jay who, while he hasn't written anything for the site until now, has been an integral part of HF since its inception and his influence can be seen everywhere.
It's time to come clean, I love baseball. Yep…love it. Watch it damn near every day in season, take part in several fantasy leagues and proudly (well, somewhat proudly) wear a baseball cap nearly year round. While I realize that it's wildly unpopular among the nerderati to take part in anything "sportsball" related, I just don't give a fuck. While I've never been one to follow the crowd, I can't help but find it incredibly tedious to have to defend my love of the game. Continue reading
Bunting for a Hit 2013: Week 7
NBA All-Star weekend just passed and I fell asleep during the Saturday Night activities. The premier event, the slam dunk contest, needs to be saved. It needs star power. It needs Lebron and the other jumpers of his caliber. TNT reporter David Aldridge has the way to get those guys, he says put an absurd sum of money, 10 million dollars, in the center of the court and tell them winner takes all. That is a great idea, and if they find enough corporate sponsorship to get a prize of 5 million for the 3-point contest or 20 million for the guy who wins both, ratings will go through the roof. Were the NBA able to pull that idea off I would watch EVERY year, not fall asleep and wait with baited breath for each dunk, much like I did as a 9 year old watching Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins go mano-a-mano in the greatest dunk contest I've ever seen. Continue reading
Bunting for a Hit: 2013 Week 2
If Colin Kaepernick couldn't beat out Alex Smith to win the starting job in San Fran out of training camp, how did he get this much better taking the second team reps during practice? And while Alex Smith got Wally Piped, it's obvious that it was the right football decision. Continue reading
Bunting for a Hit: 2013 Week 1
I hate Nick Saban, but god damn the man knows how to win a College Football National Championship. At this rate he will be far and away the best coach in the history of college football. I haven't come to that conclusion mildly either. Look at the history of just the last 4 years. 3 titles and 11 first round picks, 8 in the last 2 NFL drafts. Its unprecedented and terrifying because he isn't going to leave, and they sure aren't going to ask him too without a scandal of Paterno like proportions. Continue reading
Bunting for a Hit: You get what you give
I didn't get my picks posted. I apologize. I'm hoping to make that a video segment and it didn't pan out last week. I did make them though.
Week 4 NFL Picks: 11-15. Season 36-63.1 Continue reading
- At least it is a palindrome [↩]


text:
Meteor Impact: the Day the Dinosaurs Died
By Charles Shaw
Chicken Little was right, the sky can fall. At least rocks do fall out of the sky from time to time.
Take one hugely significant example. Sixty-five million years ago an asteroid about ten kilometres (six miles) in diameter and moving at a velocity of 20 kilometers per second slammed into the Earth at a point near the modern city of Merida on the Yucatan Peninsula. Figure 1 shows an artist´s conception of the moment of impact into the ocean.
The center of the impact is found on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, just north of Merida, at a Maya fishing village called Chicxulub (chick-shoo-lube). A huge circular crater surrounds the spot. It measures 180 kilometers (108 miles) from one side to the other. Impressive? Of course! But you can´t see it on the ground because it is buried under a kilometer (3000 feet) of limestone that was deposited after the impact.
At the time this rock fell out of the sky, theYucatán Peninsula did not exist in its present form. The area then was a shallow rise on an ancient ocean floor which has been uplifted from the sea some time after the meteor hit the Earth. On Figure 2, a radar map of the modern Yucatán Peninsula made from space by NASA, the crater can be seen in the northwest corner of the peninsula as a faint half-circle onshore with the other half under the Gulf of Mexico. The darkest green color near the coast marks the lowest altitudes just above modern sea level and the light blue-gray color at the south edge of the map indicates altitudes of over 200 meters (600 feet). The crater outline is reflected through the kilometer of younger rock strata much like a dinner plate hidden under a rug.
The consequences of such a large impact were immediate and severe. A large plume of melted and vaporized limestone rock was blasted into the air along with vast quantities of pulverized rock material and enormous boulders. The hot gases formed by vaporization of the limestone rock consisted largely of carbon dioxide, which we know is a potent greenhouse gas. The vapor, saturated with calcium and magnesium released from the rock, rolled outward from the impact site as a plume hugging the land surface with a temperature measured in thousands of degrees and with its front moving at 60 kilometers per second. Limestone and dolomite (a magnesium-rich limestone) from the plume began to condense as very fine dust as the gas expanded and cooled. The dust collected like a blanket of hot snow over the land surface, reaching a thickness of 40 feet near Chetumal and nearby parts of Belize. Figure 3 shows a quarry cut into the deposits, which are called ejecta. The front of the plume would have covered the 200 kilometers between Chicxulub and Chetumal in about 90 seconds! The devastation caused by the plume was immediate and total.
At greater distances other phenomena came into play. Large quantities of finely pulverized material along with larger blocks, some big as a house, were lofted high into the stratosphere and some into space beyond the atmosphere. The finest material spread out around the Earth along the top of the stratosphere where they blocked the sunlight, causing a dense twilight over the Earth. The larger blocks that fell back to Earth from space were heated to incandescence by atmospheric friction. Where these fell into the global forest, they started wildfires. Soot from the fires flooded the atmosphere and completely shut off sunlight from reaching the surface for months, or even years. As these particles slowly fell to Earth, they accumulated as a distinct layer a few inches or less thick. The layer is found all over the deep ocean basins and, wherever rocks of the correct age are found on the land.
The Earth was not a lifeless place at the time of impact. It was home to a highly developed ecosystem of microbes, plants, insects, and animals. The largest and most famous of the animals were the dinosaurs. Figure 4 shows Tyrannosaurus Rex getting ready for dinner. The dinosaurs and the ecosystem of which they were a part had developed over 190 million years, since the end of the Paleozoic Era, 255 million years ago. The impact sixty-five million years ago destroyed the ecosystem of that time completely. This is not the same as saying there were no survivors, there were, or the modern world around us, including ourselves, would not exist. But, sixty-five percent of all living species went to extinction, a disaster by any reckoning. The modern world evolved from the survivors.
The survivors included numerous species of small mammals, creatures with warm blood, which lived in burrows underground, perhaps also creatures that hibernated. Without sunlight there was no photosynthesis, so no plants could grow. Creatures that could eat dead plants, seeds, and carrion had the best chance of survival among the vertebrates. Insects that laid their eggs in protected places also could survive. But upon the return of sunlight, the survivors saw a bleak, destroyed world that lacked a functioning ecosystem to sustain them. A new ecosystem had to evolve from the pieces of the old.
One inheritance from the impact was an atmosphere heavily laden with carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. These produced two things; a very warm greenhouse world and a long period of acid rain. Water vapor reacted with carbon dioxide to make carbonic acid and with sulfur dioxide to make sulfuric acid. These caused acidified lakes, streams and ocean and slowed regeneration of plants. Estimates vary, but it probably took several thousand years for a functioning ecosystem to evolve.
If you would like to learn more about the death of the dinosaurs and the birth of the modern world, the story is available on CD with numerous illustrations and includes a sample of the ejecta material from near Chetumal. Copies of the CD are available at Cyberakumal, the internet café just inside the Akumal arch.
Charles Shaw holds a doctorate in geology and is a former Director of Centro Ecológico Akumal. www.envirocurricula.com
Charles Shaw's presentation takes place every Thursday at 6:30 at the CEA Center in Akumal.
Hotel Akumal Caribe
On Akumal Bay, in the heart of Akumal.
Akumals unique bay with its clear, blue-green waters and glistening white sand beaches that never burn your feet is breathtaking, inviting and uncrowded. And its the safest bay for children of all ages. Nearby, in the tropical jungle are easily-accessible ruins of the mysterious Mayan civilization, which flourished centuries ago.


text:
Artist Bio
Turnaround time:
1-2 interview sessions
2 rounds of edits
200-400 words that fit like a glove
No one does quite what you do. Seriously.
You, your work, and your business are all unique, and you deserve a bio that agrees.
Usually, however, we settle for half thought-out words, copied from the internet to describe who we are and what we do.
These words make you look like a kid wearing adult sized shoes. Or an adult wearing a tiny t-shirt. Either way, not good.
You deserve better and we can do much better.
Through March 2017, I'm offering artist bios at a discounted price.
My artist bios are whatever you need them to be: witty, sarcastic, dry, professional, personal...We'll sit down and talk through who your audience is and what your voice should be. Then I'll get to work. We'll go back and forth until we have the right words to fit you perfectly.
Artist Bios are good for:
- Keeping your brand and messaging consistent (both online and in person)
- Great to send to publications and important people
- Extra pep in your step by helping you stand out from the crowd


text:
June 27, 2017 - Geofencing with Côr Home Automation
Geofencing Allows Homeowner Precise Control. Geofencing defines a virtual perimeter around a real-world location. With the Côr Home Automation Location Services feature, a homeowner can use a virtual boundary around the home in order to create a list of actions associated with it.
For instance, a homeowner can use the location feature on their smartphone in order to enlist a series of responses from their Côr Home Automation hub. Consider this, when a family crosses the geofence/boundary on their way home, their porch light turns on and the garage opens. When the homeowner leaves in the morning, the Location Services feature on the app makes sure the doors are locked and the garage door is closed once the specified smartphone crosses the boundary.
Geofencing uses the homeowner's smartphone to sense their approach or departure, triggering a series of convenient automations saving time and hassle while enhancing security and peace of mind.
- Never forget to lock your doors or turn off your lights.
- Saves time and effort by eliminating the need to drive back to check if garage door is closed.
- Your smartphone provides live status of locks, doors and lights at any time.
- Save energy by programming your system to use resources only when needed.
- Hassle-free security and peace of mind for the homeowner.
- Learn more and download the Côr Home Automation brochure here.
June 20, 2017 - Bryant® FZ Preferred™ Series Fan Coil
Two-Stage Operation in a Smaller Cabinet Creates Options. The Bryant FZ Preferred Series fan coil allows for a higher SEER, two-stage option in a smaller space than previously available, creating a more energy-efficient unit that offers versatile installation options. Features of the FZ fan coil include two-stage blower operation, wider airflow range and lower continuous airflow option than FB4C and FX4D fan coils, and single and two-stage outdoor unit compatibility.
In addition, the FZ Preferred Series fan coil utilizes the latest in electronic commutation motor (ECM) technology through the use of high efficiency, multi-tap ECM motors, allowing reliable air delivery with increased static pressure. Homeowner benefits of the FZ Performance Series fan coil:
- Up to 3.5" narrower and up to 6" shorter than the Bryant FV fan coil to be better suited for tight applications.
- Two-speed airflow for active and passive dehumidification.
- Low continuous airflow option includes yearly national average energy savings of $1171 for the FZ fan coil vs. the FB fan coil when running in continuous fan airflow. 1Based on 11.06 cents/Kwh
- Low continuous airflow option results in 6-10dB sound reduction vs FB fan coil.
May 31, 2017 - Benefits of Bryant Dehumidification
Bryant Perfect Humidity technology actively controls both temperature and humidity in your home to maximize your comfort, all year long. Perfect Humidity technology from Bryant has the unique capability to provide humidity control independent of heating or cooling demand to provide truly superior indoor comfort and energy savings.
Indoor humidity control is important because too much or too little moisture influences your comfort, your health, and the condition of your home's interior and furnishings. During the heating season, low humidity can cause dry skin and nasal passages, growth of bacteria and viruses, static electricity, damaged woodwork and more. Moisture evaporating from your skin makes you feel cooler than normal. During the cooling season, high humidity allows faster growth of bacteria, viruses, dust mites, mold and mildew; it causes painted surfaces to peel and woodwork to warp, buckle and rot; and it makes you feel hot and sticky. In addition, high humidity creates stagnate, musty odors. Bryant Perfect Humidity technology minimizes these problems by maintaining proper humidity levels, allowing you to feel more comfortable all year long. Homeowner benefits of system dehumidification:
- Better comfort, helps eliminate cold/clammy feeling.
- Helps prevent allergies and dust mites.
- Reduces stagnate, musty odors.
- Helps protect home investments by preventing wood warping, metal rusting.
- Avoids condensation.
- Precludes mold and mildew growth.
- Can save energy by lowering cooling set-points and raising heating set-points because indoor air with proper humidity is more comfortable.


text:
Sloans, Glasgow's oldest bar and restaurant is proud to present to you SMAC
Pledge your Allegiance to the Scottish Macaroni Appreciation Club
The Scottish Macaroni Appreciation Club serves up an evening of macaroni with four delicious dishes & sides and presents mac addicts with their very own Founder Member Card as they recite their allegiance to all things macaroni, before casting their vote for their favourite mac of the night.
Four macs to enjoy – only one will be crowned the winner – you decide.
This month SMAC's menu is Legendary mac, Cajun Chicken Mac, Halloumi and Roasted Veg Mac and Mystery Mac


text:
I'm sure some of you have heard of the dollar bills with the website addresses stamped on them to track where they end up over time. In fact, many of you have probably even acquired a few of these at one point or another.
While this is a very interesting experiment, do you want to play this game with your food? If you had to guess, how far, on average, do you think your food travels before making it onto your plate?
The answer is an astonishing 1500 miles.
The United States is roughly 2800 miles from west coast to east coast. That means your food travels almost 54% of the distance of the US before you see it. Industrial food has become more well traveled than the people consuming it and in this blog post we cover its impacts as well as reasons for why local food is the better alternative.
The Impact of Industrial Food
Environmental Costs
Some environmental concerns that are commonly associated with conventional farming practices include: unsustainable energy use, mono-cultured crops and limited biodiversity, run-off from synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, excessive antibiotic, growth hormone, and additive use and most importantly, global climate change.
Health Costs
Not all conventional foods are bad. This is not an attack on buying bananas from your local grocery store, but there are adverse effects caused by eating foods which have been covered in every herbicide, pesticide, and fungicide known to man.
Studies which have deemed these to be safe for humans are rarely unbiased and there are not long term studies to correlate the use of these chemicals with an increase in the rate of disease.
According to the USDA, hired farm workers make up less than 1 percent of all U.S. wage and salary workers, and only 17 percent of Americans now live in rural areas. What this could suggest is a serious gap in consumer knowledge about the underlying agricultural processes and techniques that support our livelihoods.
Furthermore, Michael Pollan, author of the Omnivore's Dilemma believes that industrial agriculture has instilled the belief in consumers that all food is the same and that it is always cheap to produce. This is much further from truth, yet, whenever we as consumers enter the marketplace, we internally make this association and come to expect it as the norm.
What Buying Local Has to Offer Us
7 Reasons to Buy Local
- Eliminate Transportation Pollution. As we mentioned above, removing this added pollution, which in theory has no purpose, is a smart, environmentally friendly solution.
- Supporting Local Farmers. Local farmers work hard to grow food to support the community and their families. Many of these farmers use best practices to grow food correctly and safely. Supporting them allows them to continue their all too forgotten trade.
- Know What You're Eating. With local farms, you can actually visit and see what your food is, where it's coming from, and how they are growing it. You can take charge of your life and see what you are consuming with your own eyes. This is very powerful. Direct feedback to the farmer means an immediate response to personal preference and concerns, whether they be environmental or within the food source itself.
- Organic, Natural Food. Not all local farms produce organic food, but more and more are changing their growing techniques to incorporate good, organic practices to produce higher quality foods.
- It Just Tastes Better. Local foods just taste better. They are usually fuller, brighter, and come in a wide variety of selections. It doesn't look like they just came off of a conveyor belt production line.
- Connection. Farmers markets are a great place to visit. They offer a wide range of foods which you would sometimes be hard pressed to find in a grocery store. It is a great way to meet new people, and many times there are events or other goods sold as well.
- Local Economy. We mentioned supporting local farmers, but this also helps your local economy. Instead of outsourcing your money to large corporations, feeding their pockets, you can keep your money local and help build a vibrant economy. Many local communities are in dire need of this support. In his article, Home Grown: The Case for Local Food In A Global Market, Brian Halweil states, "In every country, money spent on local produce at farmers' markets and locally owned shops will stay in the community, cycling through to create jobs, raise incomes, and support farmers."
A recent report from the International Panel of Experts of Sustainable Food Systems found that food also accounts for as little as 11.4% of US household expenditure, yet everyday middle and lower class Americans continue to find ways to spend an extra fifty or one-hundred dollars each month to spend on technology and leisure items. Last year's press release from the National Retail Federal suggests that many of us could afford to spend more on food than material items if we chose to, as holiday retail sales were $626.1 billion just last year in 2015.
Food isn't prioritized as it should be. Which is why industrial agriculture's model continues to live on. But what we as consumers have is the power to directly influence the current paradigm in a new direction; one that will benefit our local economy, environment, as well as our own bodies.
So please go support your community today and buy produce from your local farmer!
Halweil, B. 2002. Home grown: the case for local food in a global market. Worldwatch 160(1): 41-45.
National Retail Federation (NRF) [Internet]. [updated 2015 Jan 15] . Washington (DC): National Retail Federation; [cited 2016 Aug 14]. Available from https://nrf.com/resources/consumer-data/holiday-headquarters
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) [Internet]. [updated 2016 Jul 12]. Washington (DC): Department of Agriculture, Division of Economic Research Service; [cited 2016 Aug 14]. Available from http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-labor/background.aspx


text:
Locked out?
Shop Tel: 01582696108
Andrew - 24hr Tel: 07960 665903
Or contact us via email by following the link below
Generations of Locksmiths
In 1978 Dunstable Lock & Safe Co was started by the Freeman family. We have continued to thrive as a successful business over the years and we have been serving Dunstable and surrounding areas ever since. Our shop has become a local & household name and we take great pleasure in knowing that even through tough economic times director Steve Freeman has kept the business running smoothly, and with over 30 years of experience is an expert in his field.
Along with his son Andrew Freeman who with 15 years of experience and an extensive knowledge in UPVC locks & safe mechanisms , can get you in without a problem. We are a family run local business and pride ourselves in giving our customers the best possible service we can using our vast knowledge of security expertise. We stock domestic and commercial safes at our shop in Dunstable so please feel free to pop in and discuss your requirements.
So, from lock outs to replacement parts to key cutting, we do it all, just give us a ring and speak to Steve or Andrew and we will do our best to find the solution that's best for you.
Our PROMISE
As a long standing member of our local community it is our promise to provide the absolute best service we can and to never compromise on quality or reliability. Due to our line of work we see the worst and are always here to provide advice. Check out what services we provide by clicking the link below.


text:
An Innovative New Treatment for MigraineSeptember 2004
By Dr. Sergey A. Dzugan
The following article details a groundbreaking treatment program that achieved a 100% success rate for the cessation of migraine headaches during the study period. The cause and relief of migraine is an extremely complex issue involving hormonal balance, neurochemicals, and metabolic integrity. While this article may appear somewhat complicated, it summarizes years of research that can now deliver relief from migraine. If you or someone you know suffers from migraine, we encourage you to read the following article very carefully and to share it with your physician.
While recent advances in treatment have reduced the symptoms of suffering for millions of migraine patients, the underlying causes of migraine continue to be a focus of debate. In this article, we will present an innovative treatment that cured all patients treated for migraine in a recent study. This study was initially conducted at the North Central Mississippi Regional Cancer Center in Greenwood, MS, in association with Dr. Arnold Smith, and was continued at the Life Extension Foundation.
The Continuing Mystery of Migraine
Migraine affects about 10-15% of the population in various countries.2-4 Migraine may occur at any age, but its prevalence increases from childhood up to 40 years of age.5 Migraine is more common in women than in men. According to the American Migraine Study, 17.6% of females and 6% of males in the US currently suffer from severe migraine.6
The numerous theories and hypotheses that have been advanced concerning the causes of migraine are a subject of dispute among experts on the disorder.7 For example, the theory of migraine as a result of dilated blood vessels in the brain was suggested in the early 1850s by Brown-Sequard and Claude Bernard. Their theory was rebutted, however, when Du Bois-Reymond proposed constriction of the brain's blood vessels as the cause of migraine in 1860.8
Today, no single hypothesis readily explains the mechanism underlying migraine.9 Because of this, new hypotheses continue to emerge but defy acceptance,10 as shown in the accompanying sidebar. While sufficient scientific data exist to support many disparate hypotheses, scientists have yet to promulgate a single hypothesis that explains all the laboratory findings and clinical observations.
Current Treatment Approaches
As one might expect, each hypothesis is accompanied by its own recommended treatment regimen and no single treatment is effective for everyone, or even for a given person with every migrainous attack.
As a result, it is not surprising that so many migraine sufferers (migraineurs) express dissatisfaction with their treatment and discontinue treatment despite continued debilitating migraine. Indeed, 44.5% of patients surveyed reported adverse events after using various drugs for migraine, and these side effects were considered serious in 1.7% of those treated.28 The adverse events, including dizziness, nausea, headache, tingling of the fingers or toes, difficulty in thinking, and fatigue, are evidence of the need for safer, more effective medications for the treatment of migraine.29,30 While behavioral management and relaxation training are important complements to pharmacological therapy, drugs remain the mainstay of migraine therapy.31-37
In reviewing the medical literature in an effort to determine the cause of migraine, one repeatedly encounters several consistently documented abnormalities:
Several studies performed since the 1960s have demonstrated that migraine is caused by a primary biochemical disorder of the central nervous system involving neurotransmitters, and serotonin in particular. Serotonin has long been implicated as a key neurotransmitter in migraine.39 The body's serotonin level falls during a migraine attack.40 Among its other actions, the release of serotonin results in blood vessel constriction in the brain and impaired neural transmission.
The pineal gland, a primary source of serotonin and melatonin, is also known to contribute significantly to migraine attacks.41,42 Research has found that the pineal hormone melatonin is low in migraine patients,43 suggesting impaired pineal function.44 Additionally, several studies have demonstrated that the administration of melatonin to migraine sufferers relieved pain and decreased headache recurrence in some cases.43,45 It has been suggested that the pineal gland could act as the intermediate causative factor of migraine, via a derangement of melatonin.42 The melatonin precursor serotonin showed diurnal variations with opposite phases to melatonin synthesis.46 What this indicates is that serotonin levels rise during the daytime and fall at night. Melatonin levels rise at night and decrease during the day. Stress and dietary habits lead to deficiencies of both serotonin and melatonin. A diminished ratio of melatonin to serotonin leads to a decline in adaptive processes.47 Also, abnormal circadian rhythms of cortisol may occur in states of decreased melatonin.48 Our research supports the hypothesis that migraine is a response to a pineal circadian irregularity, and that the administration of melatonin normalizes this circadian cycle;45 that is, melatonin may play a role in resynchronizing biological rhythm to lifestyle, and may subsequently relieve migraine.
During the last 15 years, many researchers have proposed that migraine is generated by a hyperexcitable brain. A migraine attack can be triggered at any time, depending on the threshold of brain excitability, and in fact, the frequency of migraines is proportional to the excitability level. According to classic theory, a migraine attack is initiated by a cerebrovascular spasm followed by extracranial vasodilatation. This change may be caused by an imbalance in brain biochemistry. Decreased cellular oxygen can cause an increase in the flow of calcium from the extracellular fluid to the intracellular space, resulting in a calcium overload and cellular dysfunction.49 Disturbances in mitochondrial oxidation reactions, magnesium deficiency, or abnormalities of cellular calcium channels may be responsible for the neuronal hyperexcitability between attacks.50 We believe that the restoration of calcium-magnesium balance is one of the critical issues in migraine therapy.


text:
Biography Coming Soon
Enter your e-mail address to receive regular updates, as well as news on upcoming events and special offers.
Through a gift to the Annual Fund, you play a vital role in the Sarasota Orchestra's mission to engage, educate and enrich our community.
Our mission is to engage, educate, and enrich our community through high-quality, live musical experiences.
709 N Tamiami Tr, Sarasota, FL 34236
Box Office: 941.953.3434
Administration: 941.953.4252
Please Note:
The Box Office is closed for the summer and will reopen September 3rd. To leave a message, call 941.953.3434 opt. 2.


text:
While EMOB typically focuses on issues and databases associated more with the humanities, we have on occasion discussed scientific commercial databases–often in terms of the unwieldy control they exercise and the exorbitant subscription fees they charge. In a post several years ago "The Big Bundle Steal: Open Access and Subscription Databases", we discussed how some scholars in the scientific community have been working hard to find other avenues that will wrest control from these large firms and place that control back into the hands of those in the academic community.
In this context, EMOB thought it might mention a situation that has recently transpired in Australia involving the country's leading academic medical publication. When the journals division (AMPCo) of the Australian Medical Association decided to outsource the production of its renowned Medical Journal of Australia to the hugely powerful mammoth Elsevier, its equally well-respected editor, Dr. Stephen Leeder protested that "working with Elsevier was 'beyond the reach of my ethical tolerance'" (Sydney Morning Herald 4 May 2015). As a result, Leeder, who had not been informed about the decision to outsource until it was a done deal (The Guardian, 4 May 2015) was fired by the AMA from his role as MJA's editor. In response 19 of the 20-member editorial board have resigned. While the ultimate fallout over AMPCo's decision to retain Elsevier and dismiss Leeder remains to be seen, Australian academics in the field are predicting that scholars will shun the MJA. Accusations of Elsevier's launching "fake" medical journals (ones that appeared too closely aligned with major pharmaceutical firms) in 2009 seemed to have already caused many to question its credibility. Maybe problems of credibility, more than outrageously high subscription fees, will prove to be the price that is finally too high for the academic community to pay.


text:
Terra Pascarosa presented to the Student National Environmental Health Club (SNEHA) at Old Dominion University on Thursday, February 23rd. She was invited by SNEHA's esteemed President and TerraScapes intern, Dirk Weaver.
Terra presented to the club about what TerraScapes Environmental does on a day to day basis. She emphasized environmental advocacy, event planning, sustainable landscaping/hardscaping, and beekeeping.


text:
All BrightTALK
Business Management
Human Resources
Information Technology
Research & Development
Hi [[ session.user.profile.firstName ]]
Channels I own
My feed
Watch later
My viewing history
My channels
Add profile photo
Change profile photo
Edit profile
Log out
All BrightTALK
Information Technology
Human Resources
Business Management
Research & Development
Log in
Join now
My account
Channels I own
My feed
Watch later
My viewing history
My channels
Edit profile
Log out
All BrightTALK
Information Technology
Human Resources
Business Management
Research & Development
Log in
Join now
My account
Channels I own
My feed
Watch later
My viewing history
My channels
Edit profile
Log out
Share this content
Share on LinkedIn
Share on Twitter
Share on Facebook
Share on Google+
A review of energy markets in 2016
A review of energy markets in 2016: How have macroeconomics, geo-political uncertainty and the increasing globalisation of energy markets impacted UK Gas and Power Prices? Mark will also look at the possibilities for 2017 and what large end users should look out for.
Dec 16 2016
54 mins
Your place is confirmed,
we'll send you email reminders
Add to calendar
Watch for free
Presented by
Mark Linke, British Gas hosted by Priyanka Shrestha, ELN
Watch later
Viewing Certificate
Presentation preview:
Related topics:
Channel profile
Energy Live News Webinars
MCPD: what your business needs to know
Jul 4 2019
60 mins
Leigh Preece, Power Electrics, Steph Charnaud, Enzygo, Jack Christie, KiWi Power
The Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) and Specific Generator Regulation aim to improve air quality and reduce pollution by cutting harmful emissions from medium combustion plants (1-50 MW) and specified generators. The regulations apply to all medium combustion plants across the UK including back-up generators, Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant and boilers.
The legislation is complex with multiple compliance deadlines and this has resulted in a lot of confusion amongst businesses. This webinar will untangle the process and clearly explain how businesses are affected and what they need to do.
-MCPD & abatement – Leigh Preece, Power Electrics
-Permitting – Steph Charnaud, Enzygo
-Impact on DSR – Jack Christie, KiWi Power
Our expert speakers:
Leigh Preece, Sales Director, Power Electrics
Leigh Preece is the Sales Director for Power Electrics, the UK's largest independent supplier of FG Wilson generators.
Steph Charnaud, Principal Consultant, Enzygo
Steph has 16 years' experience within the environmental sector, within non-governmental organisations, local authorities and as a regulatory officer and policy advisor within the Environment Agency.
Jack Christie, Head of Account Management, KiWi Power
Jack has worked with KiWi Power for the past three years within the company's sales team, becoming the head of the account management channel in June 2017.
Please note, all data you provide through pre-registration will be shared with our webinar partners once the webinar has been concluded. If you do not wish your data to be shared with the partner, please email email@example.com detailing the specific webinar.
Watch now
Capitalise on rising energy costs: Five ways to transform your buying strategy
May 23 2019
58 mins
Stuart Lea, Inenco, David Oliver, Inenco, Michael McGowan, Ibstock
•Inenco - Stuart Lea, Head of Energy Procurement
•Inenco – David Oliver, Technical Product and Insight Manager
•Inenco customer – Michael McGowan, Group Sustainability Manager, Ibstock
Increasing commodity and non-commodity costs amidst a back drop of unprecedented economic uncertainty means that revisiting your energy buying strategy is more important than ever.
A robust energy strategy, executed well, will give your businesses long-term cost and carbon savings, it will shelter you from rising commodity and non-commodity energy costs and provide you will revenue generating opportunities.
In this webinar, we will share our top five essential steps for developing a future-proofed energy strategy that can handle anything 2019 throws at it.
You will also hear from Inenco customer, Ibstock, who will share first-hand experience of how an effective energy procurement strategy helped their business achieve a competitive advantage, despite a changing and challenging environment.
The webinar will explore all elements of the energy strategy, from choosing the right procurement tools through to optimising your consumption patterns.
Watch now
The right medicine: reducing cost and carbon in the NHS
May 16 2019
59 mins
Lorcan Anglin, Inenco Mark Winn, Inenco
Lorcan Anglin, Head of Solutions at Inenco
Mark Winn, Lead Consultant, Public Sector at Inenco
How can a better approach to energy management help NHS organisations to deliver the Ten Point Efficiency Plan?
Bottom lines in NHS Trusts take a direct hit every time energy costs rise, forcing organisations to direct an already-stretched budget away from front line service delivery. Many choose to fix their energy prices annually, but taking a different approach to procurement can provide greater budget certainty and create opportunities to better control energy price inflation. Looking afresh at energy consumption can also unearth real optimization opportunities and the chance to control overall costs.
Using real life case studies and practical advice, this webinar will focus on delivering both better energy procurement and an holistic approach to energy optimisation. Our industry experts will address:
1.How differing approaches to procurement strategies can achieve better outcomes and reduce the risk of annual price variations and provide greater budget certainty
2.Taking a shorter-term focus on invoice validation to remove the need for retrospective review and recovery, keeping much needed resources available for vital frontline services within financial year
3.What opportunities exist to review technology and processes that will optimise energy consumption to both reduce cost and help achieve 2020 carbon reduction targets
4.Five essential steps for identifying saving opportunities, prioritising them and developing investment cases based on short pay-back periods.
Watch now
Capitalising from clean energy: finding the right on-site solution
Mar 19 2019
59 mins
Stuart Reid, Managing Director (Projects), Mark Tarry, Chief Financial Officer
On site energy centres can provide long-term cost and carbon savings, sheltering large energy users from rising energy costs and boosting sustainability through low carbon generation. Industrial sites and commercial property infrastructure are playing an increasing role in the decentralised energy system but technology is rapidly evolving, and no one solution suits all users. Businesses face a myriad of choices, from on-site heat and power generation and waste heat recovery to peaking plant to provide export services.
In this webinar, Stuart Reid and Mark Tarry from AMP Clean Energy will explain how businesses can still benefit from the transition to decentralised energy, despite a changing subsidy environment.
The webinar will consider what options are available to businesses looking to explore a switch to on-site generation, from choosing the best low carbon technology for your site's needs to overcoming financial obstacles to secure investment.
You'll also hear real-life examples of how the installation of an on-site peaking plant is helping a commercial property developer attract new tenants and how award-winning British grower Villa Nursery's CHP plant has reduced their gas spend by £200,000 per annum, and the rewards they have reaped since its installation in 2017.
About AMP Clean Energy
AMP Clean Energy provides businesses with low-carbon heat and power solutions, with significant funding available to invest over the next five years in low carbon and clean tech energy projects. With investment in over 120 low carbon assets, their tailored solutions for high volume heat and electricity users provide long-term cost and carbon savings through fully financed, turnkey solutions.
•Stuart Reid, Managing Director (Projects), AMP Clean Energy
•Mark Tarry, Chief Financial Officer, AMP Clean Energy
•Case studies: Villa Nursery & Centric Power
Watch now
Targeted Charging Review: Likely Winners and Losers in Energy Charges Shake Up
Feb 1 2019
60 mins
Dan Hickman, Helen Gardner, Dan Connor, Herdial Bibby
Our webinar will take you through Ofgem's proposed changes to the way in which major Network Charges such as Transmission Network Use of System (TNUoS) and Distribution Use of System (DUoS) are calculated. We will also look at the scenarios under which energy users may benefit under these major changes– and which may face cost increases.
Watch now
ESOS Phase 2 - are you compliant?
Sep 27 2018
59 mins
Adam Pigott, Liz Morgan, Pri Shrestha
ESOS Phase 2 – are you compliant?
Now is the time to start thinking about ESOS Phase 2, become compliant and avoid fines of up to £235,000.
This webinar will highlight what you have to do for ESOS Phase 2 and ensure that you hit the deadline of 5th December 2019. You may think that December 2019 is a long time in the future but your data preparation period began 1st January this year.
So make sure that you tune in for Adam Pigott & Liz Morgan, Kinect Energy and Pri Shrestha, Energy Live News as they take you through the seven easy steps to ensure your compliance.
To sign up for this exclusive webinar, click on the ATTEND button in the panel below.
Watch now
How to beat your competition – become an energy leader with distributed energy
Sep 11 2018
50 mins
Andrew Donald, Simon Farr, Pri Shrestha
Simon Farr and Andrew Donald from Centrica Business Solutions discuss the findings from the Energy Advantage Report which spoke with over 1,000 respondents from six countries on their organisations' attitudes to energy.
See how energy leadership has business benefits and those taking the lead are gaining a competitive edge.
Understand the ways to improve your energy efficiency and operational performance through the adoption of distributed energy solutions.
Watch now
Your Network Charges Are Changing - Will You Be Paying More for Energy?
Sep 7 2018
42 mins
Daniel Hickman, Pri Shrestha
The Targeted Charging Review (TCR) and the Reform of Access Arrangements & Forward-Looking Charges proposed by Ofgem could be the largest ever changes proposed for Network Charges since market start-up.
We would like to share with you what we know about these proposals so far and how you can make your voice heard in these discussions.
There will be impacts (many companies will be charged more, some will be charged less) and we at npower Business Solutions want to ensure business customers have all the relevant information.
Watch now
Is battery storage a viable technology for my business?
Nov 30 2017
58 mins
Tim Barrs, James Dow
Tim Barrs and James Dow will discuss the market context, technical considerations together with the business case and potential revenue streams of a battery storage installation.
Watch now
Energy Resilience - have you got it?
Nov 28 2017
45 mins
Pri Shrestha, Tim Wynn-Jones
As more businesses are beginning to feel the true impact of not having a dedicated Energy Resilience strategy, learn about the practical steps you can take to ensure your business is more energy resilient.
We will discuss
•What is Energy Resilience?
•The risks of non-resilience?
•How do I know if I am resilient?
•What do I need to do?
Join ELN's Pri Shrestha and Tim Wynn-Jones, Centrica Business Solutions as they take you through it.
Watch now
Oil prices are rising, how do you control ALL your energy budgets
Nov 23 2017
42 mins
Julian Keites, Priyanka Shrestha
Controlling your gas and power budgets through flexible procurement contracts? Well now you can for liquid fuels too: total fuel budget control. If you're worried about your strategy for liquid fuels, Julian Keites of Kinect takes you through the new thinking on fuel price risk management…..and how you can make significant savings.
Watch now
Energy purchasing made simple
Oct 11 2017
42 mins
Mark Davis, Phil Best
With emerging technologies, changing regulations and increasing pressure from the boardroom to help meet organisational goals, being an effective energy buyer has never been more challenging. However, one thing remains core – getting the right supply contract for your business.
Aimed at the energy buyers who want to make sure they are covering all of the basics, Total Gas & Power will highlight what you need to know and why.
Viewers will also receive a complimentary copy of the MEUC's Contracting for Power and Gas training guide.
Watch now
How to minimise non-commodity charges on your energy bill
Mar 31 2017
60 mins
Pri Shrestha
We will be running a special webinar on 31st March at 10 a.m.
Non-commodity charges are going up and are becoming a bigger part of your energy bills. The expert team from British Gas will join Chief Reporter, Pri Shrestha to discuss what's changing and how you can start to alleviate these charges.
Topics to be covered include
•T&D costs
•Green Charges
Watch now
Understanding Water in the National Trust
Jan 24 2017
60 mins
Mark Roberts, Pri Shrestha
Mark Roberts works for the National Trust as an internal consultant on water. His role is to provide their properties with advice and guidance on all aspects of water across the properties including key items like mains water usage, private water supplies, private sewage systems, flood risk and sustainable drainage. He is passionate about the environment and is keen to improve the way the organisation manages water and reduce the impacts it has on the local water environment.
Mark will discuss how to baseline and monitor water and then look at wider aspects of water including the deregulation happening in April. We will be joined by Jodi Robinson, VAS Operations Manager at Water Plus. She is knowledgeable in water efficient products and building tailored Water Management strategies to suit individual requirements. Jodi has over 15 years working in various consultancy and project managements positions.
A big thank you for Fit for the Future helping to pull this all together.
Watch now
A review of energy markets in 2016
Dec 16 2016
54 mins
Mark Linke, British Gas hosted by Priyanka Shrestha, ELN
A review of energy markets in 2016: How have macroeconomics, geo-political uncertainty and the increasing globalisation of energy markets impacted UK Gas and Power Prices? Mark will also look at the possibilities for 2017 and what large end users should look out for.
Watch now
TPIs: transparency and trust
May 20 2016
60 mins
Sumit Bose, Emily Groves, Giles Hankinson, Michael Dent
Giles Hankinson the CEO of Utility Aid, Michael Dent, MD Inprova Group and Emily Groves, the MD of last year's most trusted TELCA winners Indigo Swan join ELN Editor Sumit Bose for a robust chat on broker fees and reputation. Don't miss it!
Watch now
Managing both sides of the bill-3 steps to minimise non-commodity costs in 2016
May 20 2016
58 mins
David Oliver, Matt Osborne
With non-commodity costs making up the lion's share of an energy bill, how can businesses manage growing network charges, fixed environmental levies and a Climate Change Levy set to double in the next three years?
Inenco's Matt Osborne and David Oliver will guide you through how non-commodity costs are forecast to change and outline strategies to mitigate them, from changing the way we think about risk management to unlocking flexibility in your business.
Watch now
Power to the people
May 20 2016
47 mins
Sumit Bose, Sir Ed Davey
Former Energy Secretary and now Chairman of Mongoose Energy, Sir Ed Davey talks to ELN Editor Sumit Bose about community energy, renewables and perhaps a dash of policy! Don't miss this one!
Watch now
Infrastructure or Bust
May 19 2016
45 mins
Sumit Bose, Keith Waller
How do we build our way to the future when it comes to energy? Join Sumit Bose in conversation with Keith Waller, Senior Advisor, The Infrastructure & Projects Authority.
Watch now
Private Wire PPAs – save energy costs with secure and sustainable energy
May 19 2016
55 mins
Sumit Bose, Nick Boyle
Sumit Bose and Nick Boyle, CEO Lightsource Renewable Energy discuss the upswing of Private Wire PPAs and how large energy users can save money whilst getting secure and sustainable energy. Nick will touch on the benefits of these PPAs and how companies such as Thames Water have gone about using them.
Watch now
Reporting Energy 365
Energy Live News is the leader in energy news and information. We started with a simple vision to cover energy across the board, fossil fuels or renewables, nuclear or cleantech we will bring the news to you wherever it is happening. We are independent, fair and engaging and listen to all voices across the sector. We are leaders in online TV for the energy sector and we bring you interviews and interesting filmed stories from across the UK and abroad and very proud to have won the BEST JOURNALISM prize at the 2012 Scottish Green Energy Awards.
Energy is a complex business but we make it simple. Our aim is to explain the business of energy to everyone from the CEO of a multi-national corporation to the person who changes the light bulbs in your office. If you deal in the business of energy we communicate the issues that matter to you.
Upcoming webinars (0)
Recorded webinars (50)
Subscribers (4,438)
Channel RSS feed
Watch later
Watch later
You can now save presentations to a watch later list and revisit them at your convenience. Click on your profile menu to find your watch later list.
Got it
Viewing Certificate
Register for Free
Already have a BrightTALK account?
Log in
Recommended for you:
[[ webcast.title ]]
[[ webcast.presenters ]]
[[ webcast.start * 1000 | amDateFormat: 'MMM D YYYY h:mm a' ]]
[[ (webcast.duration / 60) | number:0 ]] mins
[[ webcast.title ]]
[[ webcast.presenters ]]
[[ webcast.start * 1000 | amDateFormat: 'MMM D YYYY h:mm a' ]]
[[ (webcast.duration / 60) | number:0 ]] mins
Embed in website or blog
Copy and paste this embed code to your website or blog:
Your colleagues' emails:
Successfully added emails:
Remove all
Your message:
Hi, I thought this webinar was interesting and I wanted to share it with you.
Title: A review of energy markets in 2016
Live at:
Dec 16 2016 10:00 am
Presented by: Mark Linke, British Gas hosted by Priyanka Shrestha, ELN
Your email has been sent.
Invite more colleagues
You are confirmed to attend for free on BrightTALK!
Save to your calendar to make sure you don't miss the live event
Add to calendar
A review of energy markets in 2016
Mark Linke, British Gas hosted by Priyanka Shrestha, ELN
[[ webcastStartDate * 1000 | amDateFormat: 'MMM D YYYY h:mm a' ]]
54 mins


text:
I am so grateful that I found Annie, a student and friend of mine, who is willing to scan all my sketchbooks, which in turn has allowed me to make Flipagroms of them and share them with you. Thank you Annie for taking my sketchbooks home, by the piles!
Here is the next sketchbook on my shelves: 2016, Volume 2. (If you've missed them, I posted my earlier sketchbooks in previous blog posts.)
I hope you enjoy flipping through my sketchbooks. And if you have any comments or questions, don't be shy. For as much as I love painting big watercolor paintings, sketchbooks are my real source of daily creativity, my inspiration, my joy.


text:
You don't hear a lot of 175-year-old companies described as "agile," but that's exactly the direction John Deere has taken with its latest round of online and mobile advancements. Big iron, meet Silicon Valley.
Company officials are pointing to MyJohnDeere.com as the centerpiece of these new digital tools. The site is a central online portal to access, view, archive and manage a wide variety of business information. Users can access applications such as JDLink for real-time information about their farm operations, field locations and equipment performance data.
Also on the password-secured website are applications such as AgLogic, JDParts, John Deere Financial, StellarSupport and My Equipment. The portal can be accessed via computer, smartphone or other handheld mobile device.
Data access. "This will be a new suite of technology to help producers plan, run and analyze their operations through the entire farming cycle," says Nathan Greuel, product manager with the company's Intelligent Solutions Group (ISG), the driving force behind John Deere displays, receivers, guidance systems and information systems. "Users can access their MyJohnDeere site to view the information that is most important to them, as well as allow access to their dealer, farm manager or third-party individuals."
David Everitt, president of John Deere's agriculture and turf division, says the company understands the sensitivity of data management and has joined the ranks of AgGateway,
a consortium of agribusinesses that want to "promote, enable and expand eBusiness in agriculture."
"One of our big issues is data privacy," Everitt says. "The combine at some point becomes a rolling data collector. Whose data is that? We think it's only the farmer's."
John Deere extends the theme of "access" with its new Remote Display Access technology, which allows users to view the operator's GreenStar 3 Display 2630 screen from any computer or mobile device. Once the display is synced, the remote user can help the equipment operator identify problems and navigate the steps needed to resolve any issues.
"Having remote access to this real-time information saves unnecessary trips to the field, improves your service from dealers and increases the productivity of the equipment and field operations," says ISG product manager Dave Mulder.
Unique opportunities. Other recent changes include accuracy improvements to the StarFire 3000 receiver and greater scope of analysis possible with the HarvestLab silage tool. These tools help address several farmer challenges, says ISG technical product manager Tyler Hogrefe. "We're in a unique situation. We're the manufacturer of the tractor, the planter and the precision components as well. That allows us an opportunity to provide a green-on-green advantage unlike anyone else in the industry."
ISG development manager Aaron Senneff says that embracing the concept of "agile development" is a distinct competitive advantage.
Agile development is a term you might expect to hear in Los Altos, Calif., not Moline, Ill. It is a system of continual adjustments, where goals are re-evaluated from every few weeks to every several months. John Deere operates its agile development processes in two-month cycles.
A two-month cycle simply "felt right to us," Senneff says. "We looked to Silicon Valley to see different ways it was being done. Two months fits our cadence, but it's also fast enough to respond to markets. As a result, our engineers have a better opportunity to plan and respond to what's happening in the marketplace today." He adds that the process is helping everyone in the company to embrace the changes in agriculture.


text:
Skip to main content
Suburban Ramsey Family Collaborative
Together We Can Do More
Search this site:
About Us
Collaborative Tools
Worried about a Child Articles
Crisis Text Line
How to Talk to Kids About Terrible Things
Children's Mental Health Resource Guide
Collection of Resources for Homeless Youth
New Resource available for parents of children with depression and anxiety
Teens Report Higher Use of Performance Enhancing Substances
Five signs your teen may be abusing medicine
"Medicine: It Cures, It Kills", a new video developed for parents about Rx drug abuse
What Families Can Do When a Child May Have a Mental Illness
Let's Talk About It, Ramsey County
Facebook provides first-of-a-kind service to help prevent suicides
Suicide and Bullying
New Helpline for Parents Worried about Drinking or Drug Use
What Parents Can Do to Prevent Alcohol and Drug Use
Hosting Teen Parties
Teens and Peer Pressure
Four Characteristics of "Problem" Parents
Worried about a Child or Young Person?
Signs of Youth Alcohol or Drug Use/Abuse
Eating Disorders
Dating Violence
A Parent's Guide to Gangs
Signs of Potential Violence
Signs of Abuse
Helping a Child who is Bullying Others
Signs a Child may become a Bully
When a Child is Being Bullied
Signs a Child may be being Bullied
Recognizing and Responding to Bullying
Preventing Bullying
Raising Peaceful Kids
Start Early to Prevent Alcohol or Drug Use
Signs a Child May Be Skipping School
Truancy Intervention Programs
Consequences for Skipping School
Skipping School
Violence and Abuse
Worried About Youth Alcohol or Drug Use?
What Influences Kids to Use Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs?
Why Delaying the Onset of Alcohol Use Matters
What to Say to Kids about Alcohol and Drugs
When to Talk to Kids about Drugs and Alcohol
Which Kids are at Risk to Use Alcohol and Other Drugs?
Designed and Developed by Himmelberger Design -
Minneapolis Web Design


text:
Although I don't do it very often, it can pay to glance at journals that have nothing to do with one's field: you never know what interesting things you might turn up. The other day in the library I happened to look at the Spring 2009 issue of The Victorian Newsletter, which is devoted to William North (1825-1854), whose 1850 novel The City of the Jugglers is described by Patrick Scott as "the least known but most relevant novel of the 19th century" and "perhaps the only English novel fully to take up the challenge of 1848 and the revolutions elsewhere in Europe."* It's available as a print-on-demand paperback from the University of South Carolina Press and also available in a digital version. (Incidentally, North was also, among other things, the author of Anti-Coningsby, a satire of Disraeli and the Young England movement.)
*Patrick Scott, "Introducing a 'Lost' Victorian Novel: The Elusive William North and The City of the Jugglers (1850)," The Victorian Newsletter #115 (Spring 2009): 7-15.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
The City of the Jugglers
No comments:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Join us for an afternoon concert, "Spirit of Tango" by Duo Amie! And guest appearances by two Lyra students!
TICKETS: $25 (Seniors & Students $20)
All proceeds will directly benefit Lyra Music Workshop Scholarship Students
El corazÓn De la Rosa
Spirit of Tango
The Maiden and the Nightingale ("Goyescas", Op. 11) Enrique Granados
Suite for Solo Cello Gaspar Cassado
Suite Popular Espagnole Manuel de Falla
Allegro de Concierto, Op. 46 Enrique Granados
Requiebros Gaspar Cassado
Le Grand Tango Astor Piazzolla
About the Artists
Ellyses Kuan (Piano)
A native of Hong Kong, Ellyses started taking piano lessons at age three. She received a full scholarship for her Masters Degree, studying Piano Performance with Barry Snyder at the Eastman School of Music, and was selected to represent Hong Kong at the International Kirishima Music Festival in Japan. Among her other major teachers and mentors were Dr. Siu-Wan Chair Fang and Paul Odette. She also performed in masterclasses by John Perry, Dang Thai Son and Malcolm Bilson. Ellyses is enthusiastic about chamber music and collaborates with artists from all over the world. She also performs as a soloist and is particularly passionate about Baroque and Classical performance practices, striving to bring authentic music interpretation to her audiences. Aside from being an active performer, Ellyses is currently the music director of EKS Music School and a founding member of Duo Amie, a cello and piano duo in the Greater Boston area. She also organizes and hosts house concerts at the Alida House Concert Series in the South Shore area. In 2014, Ellyses was invited by the Boston GuitarFest Roundtable Panel to speak about Entrepreneurship and Making a Career in Music Work, and her music school was also featured in the Boston Globe the same year. In 2017, she participated in the 42nd Annual Classical Music Festival Eisenstadt Summer Academy, in Eisenstadt, Austria. She is President-Elect of the Massachusetts Music Teacher Association. Her goal is to build a community, promote performing arts awareness, and support local young musicians through advocacy, inspiration and performance. She has recently set up a music scholarship fund at her school to support quality music programs in the area.
Julie Reimann (Cello)
Born in Connecticut, Julie Reimann started playing the cello at age nine, and began studying with Aldo Parisot (Yale School of Music), at age thirteen. Under his tutelage Julie performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Brazil, and won a number of music competitions, including Gold Medal in the New Haven Youth Symphony Young Artists Competition, First Prize in the Connecticut Chamber Orchestra Young Artists Competition, and Second Prize in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Junior Division. Julie earned her Bachelor of Music degree in 1992 from Curtis Institute of Music where she was a student of David Soyer of the Guarneri String Quartet. During her four years at Curtis, Julie was an invited performer in the Nationale Academie de Violoncelle in Paris, France, as well as the Banff Music Festival, Rencontres Musicales d'Evian, Musicorda Music Festival, and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and performed in the United States, Canada, and Europe. She won First Place in the Alliance Auditions National Music Competition in 1991, and was Principal cellist of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in her senior year. Julie graduated from Bryn Mawr College's Post-baccalaureate Premedical Program in 1994, where she received the Horace Alwyn Prize for the student who contributed the most to musical life on campus. Julie continued to perform solo and chamber music recitals while pursuing her M.D. and Ph.D. in Biophysics at Stanford University (including in the Fortnightly Chamber Music Series in Palo Alto and Soiree Musicale Chamber Music Series at Villa Montalvo), and during her residency and fellowship in Boston. She continues to perform chamber music as well as solo recitals locally in various venues, including as a soloist with the Waltham Symphony Orchestra in 2016 (with whom she has also served as principal cellist), and as a workshop artist at the Lyra Summer Music Festival. She isa member of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra and is a founding member of Duo Amie, a piano cello duo dedicated to chamber music and performing benefit concerts for charity organizations. Julie is also a dermatopathologist and Director of Molecular Dermatopathology, at Miraca Life Sciences.