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Experience life in the Arctic Circle and feast like a Viking
Travel the length of Norway aboard some of the world's most impressive railroad lines, discovering its delightful cities and island communities along the way. Experience life in the Arctic Circle and feast like a Viking on our thirteen day tour.
Meet your group and Tour Manager in Oslo at the Thon Opera Hotel. We explore Oslo on a guided tour on the morning of Day 2, visiting some of the most beloved sights of the Norwegian capital, including the incredible Opera House, the City Hall, and the stately Royal Palace. Following the tour, we continue to the station for our train journey to Bergen. Upon arrival, we check into our hotel and then you are free for the rest of the evening.
The city of Bergen is surrounded by seven mountains and is based around its harbor. In the Bergenhus district there are well-preserved medieval buildings. On the other side of the harbor is the Klosteret area, which has beautiful 18th century wooden houses and charming alleys, where you can take a stroll out to the Nordnes peninsula.
We take a sightseeing tour on Day 3 with a guided walking tour of the city that includes the old Hanseatic waterfront of Bryggen, the narrow streets of Bergen, and the local fish market. After a seafood lunch there will be a tour of Bergen's bridges by coach.
Today we enjoy two scenic journeys by rail, beginning with the Bergen Railroad. The train makes its ascent into the rugged mountains, traveling alongside deep fjords and passing through numerous tunnels hewn out of the solid rock before arriving at Myrdal, where we board the famous Flåm Railroad for an unforgettable ride along one of the steepest lines in the world. A branch line of the Bergen Railroad, the scenic Flåm Railroad takes passengers on a wonderful 12.5 mile (20km) journey up one of the steepest railroad lines in the world. On its journey from Flåm, located at the innermost corner of the Aurlandsfjord, the train negotiates horseshoe curves, twists, turns and 20 tunnels - 18 of which were drilled by hand. The scenery is truly spectacular, with rivers and waterfalls, snow-capped mountains and remote farms passing by the window as you travel towards Myrdal at 2,838 feet (865m). This evening we enjoy a Viking plank feast, with a selection of local beers, in the atmospheric Ægir Brewery, a traditional Norse-style building set beside Aurlandsfjord, its focal point an imposing central fireplace.
We set out by coach into the rugged landscapes of Fjord Norway on Day 5, making our way to Geiranger. En-route we visit the rare Kaupanger Stave Church and the Dalsnibba viewpoint, Europe's highest fjord view at a staggering 4,500ft elevation.
On Day 6 we enjoy the beautiful scenery of Geirangerfjord by boat, cruising the calm waters of this UNESCO-listed site. Acclaimed for its stunning, unique landscape this nine-mile-long branch of the Storfjord (meaning 'Great Fjord'), the magnificent Geirangerfjord boasts towering walls that overlook some of Europe's finest scenery. Along Geirangerfjord's shores, a number of high waterfalls - including the Seven Sisters and the Suitor - plunge straight from the lofty forests to the smooth waters below. There are also a scattering of abandoned farm buildings dotted along the steep shores. In sunshine, this UNESCO World Heritage site is alive with color and contrasts - the lush greens of the trees clinging to the rock contrasting with the deep blue water and the brilliant white of the snow-capped peaks in the distance. When it rains, countless waterfalls appear from nowhere, flowing majestically and crashing down into the water below. After disembarking, we take a scenic drive from Hellesylt to Geiranger.
We make the journey to Åndalsnes today along the serpentine Trollstigen mountain road*, which offers cinematic views over the mountainous valleys and their crystalline waterfalls. From here we travel on the famous Rauma Railroad to Trondheim, our base for the next two nights. The 71 mile long railroad line delivers a spectacular journey through magnificent, contrasting landscapes. We navigate the same course as the emerald waters of the River Rauma for much of the trip, the tracks following the river as it winds around the hillsides below jagged mountain peaks. On Day 8 you are at leisure to explore Trondheim's broad avenues, old warehouses and pretty timber dwellings.
*The opening date of Trollstigen Road varies due to road and snow conditions. Early departures before mid-June may travel on alternative route.
Departing Trondheim, we catch the train to Bodø. We travel north on the Nordland Railroad for a 452-mile journey to Bodø. The route takes us through the beautiful and varied landscape of northern Norway, past gently sloping hills and distant mountains, majestic lakes and deep forests, rocky coastline and views across small islands and out over the open sea.
We cross the Arctic Circle - 66 degrees north - shortly before reaching the town of Lonsdal, the highest point of the railroad. The train reaches Fauske before turning due west for the final short section of the journey to Bodø. Also known as the 'Polar Express', the Nordland Railroad is rightly one of the world's most famous, passing unconquerable landscapes that are a delight to experience. Vast, ever-changing environments as far as the eye can see stretch out from our comfortable carriages as we strike out across Norway's dramatic landscape, watching as clear blue lakes, sparkling fjords and the spectacular Svartisen Glacier roll by our windows.
On Day 10 we board a speed ferry to Moskenes before taking a scenic coach journey to Svolvaer, the tiny capital of the stunningly beautiful Lofoten Islands. Described as Europe's most dramatic and spectacular islands, the Lofoten Islands are tethered to mainland Norway by a series of bridges and resemble spikey, wired teeth. The islands are home to small fishing communities, their houses built on timber piles with seawater under the floorboards and imposing cliffs towering 3,000ft above. After a late dinner this evening, we take a night time excursion to Gimsoy Beach, where we see the never-setting Midnight Sun and enjoy hot drinks at the beach as our local guide tells us stories about Lofoten and the Midnight Sun.
We continue to explore the Lofoten archipelago today by visiting the charming fishing village of Henningsvaer, the petite harbor town of Kabelvåg, and Lødingen - a scenic village surrounded by mountain scenery. On the morning of Day 12, we transfer to the airport to fly back to Oslo. Here, we enjoy a farewell dinner at a local restaurant. You bid farewell to Norway on Day 13, when you make your way to the airport for your flight home.
For this tour, we recommend arriving into Oslo Gardermoen airport, which is approximately 30 miles from your first hotel.
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Text: Jorge Pessinis & Carlos Kuri
English translation & page design: Francisco Luongo
Music and Graphics selection: César Luongo
Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was born on
March 11, 1921 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, only child of Vicente Nonino
Piazzolla and Asunta Mainetti. In 1925, the family relocates to New York City until 1936
with a brief return to Mar del Plata in 1930.
In 1929, when Astor is 8 years old, his
father gives him his first bandoneon which he had bought at a pawn shop for 19 dollars.
Astor studies the bandoneon for one year with Andrés DÁquila and he makes his first
record, Marionette Spagnol; a phonograph disk (non commercial) at the Radio Recording
Studio in New York on 11/30/1931.
In 1933 he studies with the Hungarian pianist Bela Wilda, disciple
of Rachmaninov, and of whom Astor would later say With him I learned to love
Bach. Shortly thereafter, he meets Carlos Gardel who becomes a good friend of the
family and with whom he takes part in the movie El Dia Que me Quieras, playing
a brief part as a newspaper boy. This feature film plays a monumental role in the history
of Tango.
In 1936, he returns with the family to
Mar del Plata, Argentina for good, where Astor begins to play in some tango orchestras. It
is here that he makes his second grand discovery (after Bach with Bela Wilda), when he
listens to Elvino Vardaros sextet on the radio, Elvino would later become
Astors violinist. That alternative way of interpreting Tango deeply touches him and
he becomes an admirer of Elvino. Astors love for Tango, and especially for that
style of Tango, touches him deeply and gives him the courage to move to Buenos Aires in
1938. He was only 17 years old.
He plays on some second rate tango orchestras until 1939, when he realizes his dream of playing bandoneon within one of the greatest tango orchestras of that time; the Anibal Troilo orchestra. Pichuco was one of the best bandoneon players, and Astor always considered him one of his masters.
Astor feels the need to advance
musically, and already being the arranger of the Troilo orchestra, he begins his musical
studies with Alberto Ginastera in 1941, and later in 1943, he studies piano with
Raúl Spivak. In 1942 he marries to Dedé Wolff and from this marriage he has two
children: Diana in 1943 and Daniel in 1944. His works are too advanced for the time and
Troilo edits them so as to not scare off dancers.
In 1943, he begins his
classical works with the Suite para Cuerdas y Arpas and in 1944 he
leaves Troilos orchestra to lead the orchestra which accompanies singer Francisco
Fiorentino, he plays with Firoentino until 1946, when he forms his first orchestra, which
is later dissolved in 1949. With this orchestra, with a similar formation to the other
orchestras of the day, he begins to develop his creative impulses with his works and
orchestrations with a big dynamic and harmonic content. That tango, of the young and
daring director, more modern and different, begins to incite the first controversies among
traditional tangueros.
In 1946 he composes, El
Desbande, considered by Piazzolla as his first formal tango, and shortly thereafter
he begins to compose musical scores for movies.
In 1949 he feels the need to disband the
orchestra and part with the bandoneon, and almost abandons tango altogether. He searches
for something else, a different destiny. He continues to study Bartok and Stravinsky, he
studies orchestra direction with Herman Scherchen, he listens to lots of Jazz. His search
for a style becomes obsessive, he longs for something that has nothing to do with tango.
Everything was a mess and Astor decides to drop the bandoneon to dedicate himself to write
and pursue his musical studies. He is 28 years old.
Between 1950 and 1954 he composes a
series of works, clearly different from the conception of tango at the time, and that
further define his unique style: Para lucirse, Tanguango, Prepárense, Contrabajeando,
Triunfal, Lo que vendrá.
In 1953 he presents the work Buenos
Aires (three symphonic pieces) composed in 1951 for the Fabien
Sevitzky competition. Piazzolla wins the first prize and the work is performed at the Law
School in Buenos Aires by the symphonic orchestra of Radio del Estado with the
addition of two bandoneons and under the direction of Sevitzky himself. It is a full-blown
scandal, at the end of the concert there is a generalized fist-fight due to the strong
reaction of some members of the audience that consider it an indignity to include
bandoneon in the cult setting of a symphonic orchestra.
One of the prizes he won at this
composition contest was a scholarship from the French governement to study in Paris (where
he goes in 1954), with Nadia Boulanger, considered the best educator in the world of music
at the time. At first, Piazzolla tries to hide his tanguero past and his bandoneon work,
thinking that his destiny is in classical music. This situation is quickly remedied when
he opens his heart to Boulanger and he plays his tango Triunfal for her. From
then on he receives a historic recommendation: Astor, your classical pieces are well
written, but the true Piazzolla is here, never leave it behind
After this episode, Piazzolla returns to
tango and to his instrument, the bandoneon. What was once a choice between the
sophisticated music or tango, now would be sophisticated music and tango,
but in the most efficient way: to work the structure of sophisticated music with the
passion of the tango. In Paris, he composes and records a series of tangos with a string
orchestra and he begins to play the bandoneon while standing up, he puts one leg on a
chair, a trait that would characterize him on the music scene (Most bandoneonists play
sitting down ).
When Piazzolla returns to Argentina
(1955) he continues with the strings orchestra and he also forms a group, the Octeto
Buenos Aires, which is the beginning of the contemporary tango age. With a makeup of two
bandoneons, two violins, double bass, cello, piano, and an electric guitar, he produces
innovative works and interpretations which break away from classic tango, he breaks away
from the original mold of an orquesta tipica and creates chamber music
instead, music without a singer or any dancers. He continues his personal revolution and
continues to generate hatred among the orthodox tangueros, becoming the target of very
mean criticism. He does not sway and keeps going on the path which he more than ever
deems his own, but the media and record labels make it an uphill battle. In 1958 he
disbands the octet and the strings orchestra and he goes back to New York City to work as
an arranger.
Between 1958 and 1960 he works in the US,
where he experiments with Jazz-Tango with negative results and where, because of the death
of his father in October 1959, he writes while in New York his famous, Adiós
Nonino. Upon his return to Argentina, he creates the first of many famous quintets,
playing New Tango (bandoneon, violin, bass, piano, and electric guitar). The quintet was
Piazzollas most beloved formation; the musical synthesis that best expressed his
In 1963 he premieres under the direction of Paul Klecky:
Tres Tangos Sinfonicos (Hirsch Prize) and in 1965 he makes two of his most
important records: Piazzolla at the Philarmonic Hall New York, which has the works he
played at a concert at the hall with the quintet in May 1965; and El Tango, of
historical value, a product of his friendship with Jorge Luis Borges.
In 1966 he leaves Dedé Wolff. In 1968 he
begins an extensive collaboration with the poet Horacio Ferrer, with whom he composes the
operita Maria de Buenos Aires; beginning a new style: the tango song. Around
that time he begins dating the singer Amelita Baltar.
In 1969, with
Horacio Ferrer, he composes Balada para un loco, presented at the First
Iberoamerican Music Festival, where he receives second place. This work turned out to be
his first popular hit, premiered by Amelita Baltar with Piazzolla himself conducting the
In 1970 he returns to Paris where, with
Ferrer, he composes the oratorio El Pueblo Joven, the premiere of which was in
Saarbuck, Germany in 1971. That same year he forms the Conjunto 9, acting in Buenos Aires
and in Italy where they tape many shows for RAI. This group was like a dream for
Piazzolla: the picture-perfect chamber music formation he had always wanted and for which
he composed his most elaborate music, but the economic impossibility of keeping the group
together led to its dissolution.
In 1972 he plays at the Teatro Colón in
Buenos Aires for the first time, sharing the bill with other Tango orchestras. In 1973,
after a period of great productivity as a composer, he suffers a heart attack which forces
him to reduce his artistic activities.
That same year (1973) he decides to move
to Italy where he begins a series of recordings which span 5 years, the most famous being
Libertango, a work that is widely accepted in the European Community.
During these years he forms the
Conjunto Electronico: an octet made up of bandoneon, electric piano and/or
acoustic piano, organ, guitar and electric bass, drums, synthesizer and violin, which was
later substituted for flute or saxophone. Later, in 1975 Jose A. Trelles is incorporated
as a singer with a formation that alternates between Argentinean and European musicians.
This group had nothing to do with the previous ones, and many considered this change as an
approach to jazz-rock: but according to Piazzolla, That was my music, it had more to
do with tango than with rock
In 1974 he separates from Amelita Baltar.
That same year he records with the saxophonist Gerry Mulligan a great record: Summit, with
an Italian orchestra. The music that Piazzolla composes for this disc is characterized by
the exquisite melody of the bandoneon and the saxophone on top of a rhythmic base. Aníbal
Troilo dies in 1975 and Piazzolla composes the Suite Troileana in his memory,
a work in four parts, which he records with the Conjunto Electronico, with A. Agri playing
In 1976 he meets who would be his last
wife, Laura Escalada. In December of the same year he plays an extraordinary concert at
the Gran Rex theater in Buenos Aires, where he presents his work, 500
motivaciones, written especially for the Conjunto Electronico. In 1977, he plays
another memorable concert at the Olympia in Paris, with a similar formation as before, but
with musicians with roots closer to rock. This is the last time he has an
electric group. Piazzolla regrettably stops making reference to Chick
Coreas international sound and even though the Conjunto Electronico makes good
music, he doesnt consider it the real Piazzolla. In 1978, the second incarnation of
the quintet is born, the one that would make Piazzolla world renowned. He also restarts
his dedication to chamber music and symphonic works.
The next ten years are the best for
Piazzolla as far as his popularity is concerned. He intensifies his concerts all over the
world: Europe, South America, Japan, and the United States. During a period which lasts
until 1990 he does a series of concerts mostly with the quintet, and also as a symphonic
solo performer and as a chamber musician; and in his final years with his final
group, the sextet, and with string quartets. There are many live recordings of the
numerous concerts, many of them on CD. This in some way proves what is frequently said:
Piazzollas music does not exist unless he plays it; him playing the music is a
testament to the style, which we could define as the aesthetics of a musical state of
In 1982 he writes Le Grand
Tango for cello and piano, dedicated to Russian cellist, Mtislav Rostropovitch and
premiered by him in 1990 in New Orleans. In June of 1983 he puts on one of the best shows
of his life: he plays a program dedicated to his music at the Teatro Colón in Buenos
Aires, the big scenario of classical music in Argentina. For the occasion he regroups the
Conjunto 9 and he plays solo with the symphonic orchestra directed by Pedro I. Calderón,
playing the beautiful Concert for bandoneon and orchestra.
In 1984 he plays with the singer Milva at
the Bouffes du Nord and in Vienna with the quintet where he records a live album
Live in Wien. In 1985 he is named an exceptional citizen of Buenos Aires and
he premieres the concert for bandoneon and guitar :
Homenaje a Lieja, under the direction of Leo Brouwer at the Fifth International
Belgian Guitar Festival.
In 1986 he receives the Cesar prize in
Paris for the score of the film El exilio de Gardel and with Gary Burton he
records Suite for Vibraphone and New Tango Quintet, live at the Jazz Festival
in Montreux, Switzerland. In 1987 he records with the St. Lukes orchestra directed
by Lalo Schifrin, the Concert for bandoneon and Three Tangos for
bandoneon and orchestra.
The concert which takes place in 1987 in
New Yorks Central Park in front of a massive audience, is a rejuvenating experience
for Piazzolla. The city where he spent his childhood, where he became mesmerized by the
music of Bach and Jazz, and where he failed in 1958, finally pays attention to his music.
The records released in the US in the late 80s document his life: Tango Zero Hour, Tango
Apasionado, La Camorra, Five tango Sensations (with the Kronos quartet), Piazzolla with
Gary Burton, etc.
In 1988, a few months after recording
what would be his final record with the quintet (La Camorra), he undergoes a quadruple
bypass. Shortly thereafter, early in 1989, he froms what would be his last group: the New
Tango Sextet of unusual characteristics: two bandoneons, piano, electric guitar, bass and
cello. With this group, in June of 1989 he plays at the Teatro Opera in Buenos Aires in
what would be his last concert in Argentina and he begins an extensive tour throughout the
US, Germnay, England, and Holland.
Towards the end of 1989 he dissolves his
group and continues playing solo with string quartets and symphonic orchestras. Until
August 4, 1990, in Paris, when he suffers a stroke. After almost 2 years of suffering the
consequences of this incident, he dies in Buenos Aires on July 4, 1992.
His opus, comprising more than 1000 works, a characteristic career and an undoubtedly Argentinian flavor, continues to influence the best musicians in the world of all generations. For example, the violinist Gidon Kremer, the cellist Yo-Yo-Ma, the Kronos Quartet, the pianists Emanuel Ax and Arthur Moreira Lima, the guitarist Al Di Meola, the Assad brothers, and numerous chamber music and symphonic orchestras. A career characterized by his aesthetic power and his unique style, almost in a league of its own. His music is unmatched; when we listen to it we are obligated to question the roots and say, This is Piazzolla. It is all about the language he created, which is unique and can be identified as his and only his. With hetergenous and rebellious elements (Jazz, classical music, experiments in sound) he produced a unique music under the drastic pulse of his Tango.
El dia que me quieras (Gardel/Lepera)
Inspiracion (Rubinstein/Paulos)
Preludio No. 1 (for violin and piano) (A. Piazzolla)
Viejo Ciego (Piana/Castillo/Manzi)
El desbande (A. Piazzolla)
Triunfal (A. Piazzolla)
Melodia en la (A. Piazzolla)
Bando (A. Piazzolla)
El entrerriano (Mendizabal)
Lo que vendra (A. Piazzolla)
Decarisimo (A. Piazzolla)
El Tango (A. Piazzolla/J.L. Borges)
Buenos Aires Hora Cero (A.Piazzolla)
Alevare (A. Piazzolla/H. Ferrer)
Balada para un loco (A. Piazzolla/H. Ferrer)
Tristezas de un Doble A (A. Piazzolla)
Libertango (A.Piazzolla)
Años de soledad (A. Piazzolla)
Bandoneon (A. Piazzolla)
Invierno Porteño (A. Piazzolla)
Concierto para bandoneon, guitarra y orquesta (Hommage a Liege)
- 2do movimiento (Milonga) (A. Piazzolla)
Duo de amor (A. Piazzolla)
Laura's dream (A. Piazzolla)
Palabras de Piazzolla
Mumuki (A. Piazzolla)
Concierto para quinteto (A. Piazzolla)
Milonga del angel (A. Piazzolla)
Adios Nonino (A. Piazzolla)
You can listen to an Internet radio show based on this chronology that "aired" through TodoRadio.com in June of 2000. Hosted by Vicente Alongi, Ramiro Carambula and Cesar Luongo. Requires MS Media Player to listen, broadcast is in Spanish.
2002 J. Pessinis, C. Kuri, and piazzolla.org

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Because an unmarried Earl must be in want of a bride . . .
Every debutante in the ton wants to be the Countess of Hartford—and mistress of Hartsworth Castle. Never mind that Hart has no interest in marrying just yet, the young ladies hunt him as ruthlessly as a pack of hounds after the elusive fox. What he needs is a hired bride—one who is guaranteed to call it off at the end of the Season.
Because a girl with no prospects will do what she must to help her family . . .
Miss Emily Spencer must do something. Her mother's health is failing and the notorious Duke of Danby is growing dangerously close. Why not hide in plain sight and pretend to be the Earl of Hartford's betrothed? And getting paid for her troubles? It's just what she needs to make her family comfortable again.
Because love comes when you least expect it . . .
Sparks fly when the two put their plan in motion—and deeper emotions grow. But how can they be together when the path they've forged only leads to their inevitable separation?
Light spilled into the street. The theatre was lit up like a beacon. Swinging carriage lamps and torches carried by footmen further brightened the area—as did the sparkle of embroidery and jewels on the ladies and gentlemen moving to ascend the broad steps.
Emily Spencer stepped out of the shadows. "Excuse me, miss. You dropped this from your reticule."
The grandly dressed young woman raked her with a bored gaze, took in the rough, ill-fitting linen of her dress and the dirty cloth hiding her hair. She looked away. "It's not mine. You are mistaken."
Emily did not let rudeness deter her. She stared with admiration at the young woman's gown, allowed her eyes to wander upward, and gave a happy little gasp. "Oh, my! Are you not Miss Paxton? You are even more beautiful than I have heard!"
The young lady's head swiveled back, her expression warmer. "Thank you. Yes, I am indeed Miss Paxton."
"Oh, how wonderful! And your dress! It's so beautiful. Surely it will be described in the papers." She focused on the sheer overskirt. "How cunning that garland is, how beautifully embroidered!" Emily deliberately looked up, then. "And it is repeated on your headdress. I'm sure you'll start a new fashion, Miss Paxton!"
In fact, Emily was more than passing familiar with that particular embroidery. She'd been present for many hours while her own mother labored over it. She'd also been on the premises of one of London's preeminent modistes, making a delivery, when Miss Paxton had returned the bill for the garment, including a note stating that the dress was unsatisfactory, and not fit to be worn.
"You'll be dictating fashion when you are a countess, Miss, won't you? Many congratulations to you on your engagement!" Emily bobbed a curtsy. "The streets are full of talk of your splendid match."
The ice descended once more. "Thank you." The young lady turned her back and stepped forward.
"Oh, but wait . . ." Emily allowed a mask of confused dismay to wash over her. "Your betrothed is the Earl of Ardman, so why would you be carrying a gentleman's handkerchief with these initials?" She ran a finger over the MLH stitched onto the linen.
Emily knew very well why—because Miss Paxton was engaging in some very illicit behavior with Marcus Lionel Holt—the middle-aged earl's younger cousin.
"Hush, you meddlesome creature." Miss Paxton had turned back. "That doesn't belong to me, I told you." Her eyes narrowed. "But give it to me and get from my sight."
"Oh, Miss Paxton!" Emily's voice ranged a bit higher. "Tell me you never stepped out on your betrothed?" She pressed the hanky to her mouth, hoping the linen hid her nerves and allowing the initials to face outward. At least she didn't worry that it might be unclean. After all, she had purchased and embroidered it herself.
Miss Paxton snatched at the offending piece of linen.
Emily stepped back, out of reach. "You did!" she wailed accusingly. "You played the Earl of Ardman for a fool!"
"Lower your tone, you tiresome troublemaker!" The lady was glancing about now—and beginning to truly worry.
There. That was the look Emily had been waiting for.
"I will." She dropped the subservient, eager-to-please note completely. "For five pounds."
Miss Paxton gasped. "Why you grasping little cheat!"
"Katharine, come along!" The stout matron ahead beckoned Miss Paxton. "We do not dawdle in the street!"
"Ten pounds," Emily said flatly. "Or I start to cry about the poor, mistreated earl. Loudly. In detail." She steeled her nerves and tilted her head. "I could mention that tryst in Green Park, perhaps? The one in which Mr. Holt tore the sleeve of the rose under-dress you wore beneath a green pelisse?"
"I don't have ten pounds." Miss Paxton could barely speak for gritting her teeth. "Ladies do not carry such vulgar amounts of money."
Emily raised her chin. "Nor do they carry on in such vulgar ways in the shrubbery." She pursed her lips. "An earring will do—if those diamond chips are real."
"Of course they are real. As is the ruby!" Miss Paxton's face had gone red with outrage. "Even one is worth far more than ten pounds!"
"Is it worth more than your betrothal?" Emily asked heartlessly. She hoped she sounded heartless—and convincing. "I won't get its full worth when I pawn it, in any case."
Miss Paxton speared her with a deadly glare. Emily gave her credit. She showed more spunk than she had expected—growing angry instead of dissolving into a teary puddle of guilt and fear. Good heavens, she would never have had the spine to stand there emanating hatred and calculation.
Luckily, the reckoning went Emily's way. Without another word the heiress removed the earring and tossed it at her.
Emily caught it with shaking fingers and tucked it away.
"Give me the kerchief," her victim hissed.
"No." Emily turned to go. "I'll think I will keep it for insurance."
She walked off into the dark, leaving Miss Paxton fuming behind her—and telling herself that she felt not a smidgen of remorse. Girls like Miss Paxton did not deserve it. She'd been born with everything—health, wealth, a large, warm home, fine clothes, a name that meant something, and a family that cared for and wanted the best for their daughter. So she'd been engaged to an older man? By all accounts the Earl of Ardman was a kind man, a good caretaker of his properties, a fair lord to his servants and tenants. Perhaps the gentleman had lost a few hairs—he also had a ready smile and a good heart and a willingness to lay them all at Miss Paxton's feet. And she had repaid him with betrayal.
Nothing riled Emily Spencer more than watching a person in possession of a treasure willfully toss it aside.
She stuffed the linen into a pocket as she left the scene. It was still in good shape. She could pick out the initials and use it again—if she could stiffen her backbone enough to try something like this again.
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Orlando, FL - The gunman authorities say is responsible for shooting an Orlando police officer and killing four children in a standoff has been identified as a former Volusia County resident. Gary Wayne Lindsey Jr. was the suspect in a nearly 20-hour standoff after barricading himself in an apartment at the Westbrook Apartments near Universal Studios, according to the Orlando Police Department. When OPD arrived on scene in response to a domestic disturbance call, they were met with gunfire that now has Orlando officer Kevin Valencia in critical condition at Orlando Regional Medical Center, according to Orlando police chief John Mina.
Lindsey was a former Volusia County resident who was arrested in December of 2008 for first-degree arson, domestic battery, and attempting to flee or elude law enforcement. He has been booked at the Volusia County Jail over five times since his arson charge in 2008 including violation of probation in May. Police lost contact with Lindsey around 8:30 pm. It is still unknown when Lindsey killed the four children held hostage before taking his own life. The children that were held hostage by Lindsey were 1, 6, 10, and 11 years old and believed to be the children of his girlfriend. Lindsey's mugshot is courtesy of Volusia County Jail.
Chief Mina and Sheriff Demings brief the media following 21'-hour standoff. pic.twitter.com/nXau5Y4euJ— Orlando Police (@OrlandoPolice) June 12, 2018


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Technology Taking Off - Survey Association UAV Conference 2013 - 05/08/2013
Richard Groom reports back from the Survey Association's recent UAV conference at the Newark showground in June. Sadly the weather limited the flying display but delegates still got a real understanding of the latest technology for mapping.
The Civil Aviation Authority prefers the term "unmanned aircraft" (UA) to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or system (UAS). This may sound pedantic but (thankfully) logic and order are fundamental to air traffic control. And the first speaker, Gerry Corbett, who is in Flight Operations Policy at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), says that the same principles apply to piloting an aircraft, whether they are manned or unmanned. Both have pilots who operate the aircraft and have the same responsibilities, even if the pilot stays on the ground. UA's currently used for commercial surveying are all less than 7kg in weight, at the lower end of the lowest CAA category.
Unmanned aircraft can only be operated within line of sight, nominally 500m, and at an altitude lower than 400 feet. UA operation in the UK is covered by the Air Navigation Order and these rules should ensure the safety of third parties.
The CAA licenses UA operators who have a qualification taught and examined by the European Unmanned Systems Centre (EuroUSC). The two-day course equips operators with the knowledge to operate an aircraft safely and there are currently about 200 licenced pilots with another 20 qualifying every month. A refresher course is required every year. The CAA encourages discussion on the adaptation of the rules for a particular use and some conference delegates had been able to relax the maximum flying height and/or the maximum operating range.
Inconsistent Safety
Corbett was at pains to point out that the purpose of CAA regulation is safety, but this does not quite gel with the CAA policy of requiring only commercial pilots of UAs to be licensed. Surely safety has the same importance whether you are paid or not – as is the case with manned aircraft. Although several delegates made the point that accidents have to be avoided at all costs if the future use of UAs is not to be put in jeopardy, there was some evidence from the audience that everyday health and safety standards are not being fully implemented by all operators. Each flight should be recorded but not all near misses or minor incidents were being reported. There did not appear to be full awareness of the established relationship between the frequency of near misses, injuries and fatalities.
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In the USA, the industry also has to contend with privacy. John Palatiello of the Management Association for Photogrammetric Professionals, or MAPPS, (see our sister magazine Geomatics World May/June 2013, p20) gave a video presentation explaining that privacy of the individual is guaranteed by the constitution. Two states have passed bills to prevent use of UAs for "surveillance" but with specific exclusions to enable the use of UA imagery for mapping purposes. There is a possibility that aerial photographers will have to gain the permission of all landowners before taking photographs, which would clearly render the technology unviable.
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Christophe Strecha described how Pix4D software converts image data into orthoimagery and digital surface models. Strecha contrasted conventional photogrammetry, using precise, calibrated, large-format photos/images, precise GNSS positioning and IMU data with image processing of UA data. It works by using massive redundancy from 80% overlaps, which means that the data itself can be used for calibration and precise relative orientation. Absolute positioning uses GNSS or with reference to ground control points. The results are close to accuracies obtained with conventional photogrammetry.
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Three users presented their results and experiences. Trimble's Tor Erik Dujpos talked about the data workflow and analysis of Gatewing data and reported on a test with lots of ground control. The result was an average positional error of 31mm with a maximum – on a relatively isolated point in the model – of 60mm. Alan Cooper at Sky Futures spoke about how his company uses its three UAs – a Gatewing, an Aztec Falcon 8 and an Aeryon Scout. They notify CAA of all surveys and gave a rather alarming account of a low flying military aircraft crossing their site minutes before they had planned to take off. Clearly, the notice to CAA (which are issued as Notices to Airmen or "NOTAMS") had been ignored. Duncan Forrow from the Geoinformation Group described a 3D creator/viewer that the company has developed in conjunction with English Heritage, which produces 3D images viewable with glasses on 3D televisions.
The day concluded with questions and answers that covered, among other things, insurance – professional indemnity and third-party risk – and the practicalities of deriving "bare earth models" from the surface models typically generated in the first instance.
Your correspondent congratulates the TSA on a well run, enjoyable and useful day despite the wind, which limited flying to a single demonstration.
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Last year at this time, the biggest question facing the Huskies football team was who would play quarterback. After months and several auditions, Johnny McEntee eventually won the gig though his first season under center can kindly be described as a rocky one. It wasn't entirely his fault; head coach Paul Pasqualoni was in his first season, as was offensive coordinator George DeLeone, plus McEntee, a former walk-on, had zero career starts before the 2011 opener against Fordham.
It was a perfect storm of inconsistency and that's exactly what the Huskies got. Now, with five quarterbacks competing for one job (including McEntee and two-time Gatorade state player of the year from Connecticut, freshman Casey Cochran), there are bigger issues. And for the offense, it starts with the five guys tasked with protecting whomever ends up as the starting quarterback.
Gone is center Moe Petrus, a freshman All-American who served as the anchor of the unit for four years. Also gone: the previous blocking philosophy. The former hurts but the latter is in everyone's long-term best interests.
"I think the main thing is DeLeone is our new line coach and he's changed up our stances, our footwork and a lot of our technique for his offensive plays," senior guard Adam Masters told the Hartford Courant's Desmond Conner. "So in a way, our technique is built for his play-calling and I would say it makes the blocks a lot easier for us now."
As Conner points out, any success UConn has offensively starts up front.
"I think we're still getting used to it," Masters said. "But it's something that practice makes perfect and I think each day we're getting better at it and in the long run will make things easier for us." And the more comfortable the players become in the scheme the more they trust it, which in turn leads to more big plays. That much is obvious, even from the perspective of March.
"I think we're going to be better finishing plays," said junior guard Steve Greene. "If you watch the film from last year we're so close to busting so many plays. A 20-yard gain could have been an 80-yard touchdown. I think that's one of the things we're realizing, too, but It's knowing the philosophy and the scheme. If we would have done that last year … that's what I mean about finishing the play."
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Ruth Davidson has called for Russia Today (RT), the network that broadcasts Alex Salmond's television programme, to be banned in the UK as the SNP faced further pressure over its response to the former First Minister's position.
The Scottish Conservative leader said RT was peddling "soft-sell propaganda" in a bid to "poison our public discourse" and called for a crackdown.
Regulator Ofcom is reviewing whether RT remains 'fit and proper' to hold a UK broadcast license in light of the government's claim that the Russian government, which funds the station, is "culpable" for the nerve agent attack in Salisbury.
In an article for the Sunday Telegraph, Ms Davidson writes: "Russia Today, the state-owned, UK-based channel described the claims of a Russian link to the Salisbury attack as 'fanciful'.
"On Russian state TV, it was suggested that Britain deliberately arranged the attack in order to stoke 'Russophobia'. It is we, not Russia, who are guilty of spreading propaganda in the wake of the attacks, declares their foreign ministry, as part of an 'anti-Russian campaign'.
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"The tactics are familiar: hard evidence is dismissed as a political smear. Absurd conspiracies are put forward to stoke a wider nationalist narrative; that Russia is under attack from arrogant Western elites, hell bent on humiliating the Russian bear."
Ms Davidson goes on: "Even as victims lie gasping for their lives in a hospital bed in England, truth is bent beyond recognition. Russia is industrialising false information: less an Iron Curtain these days than a web of lies.
"Exploiting the very virtues we uphold - of free expression and freedom of speech - the purpose is to further corrode trust in our public realm, and weaken our society.
"So, beyond the necessary sanctions proposed by the Prime Minister this week in response to the Salisbury attack, there is also a wider response necessary. We must reject any attempt to draw moral equivalence between Britain's vigorous free media, and the highly polished counterfeit versions that Russia is promoting.
"Firstly, that means cracking down on Russia's ability to broadcast falsehoods in this country - by, for example, tougher regulation of the soft-sell propaganda of Russian Today and its Sputnik offshoot.
"That Alex Salmond, the former Scottish first minister, continues to act as a frontman for RT is a shameful stain on his reputation. I hope we can soon pull the plug on it."
Appearing on ITV's Peston on Sunday programme, the SNP's Westminster leader insisted Mr Salmond was a "private citizen" and refused to criticize the former nationalist leader, but made a point of highlighting the lack of press freedom in Russia, saying: "We couldn't have this conversation if we were on Russian television".
Asked whether Mr Salmond's producer and co-host, the former SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, should remain on the party's national executive committee as equalities convener, Mr Blackford said the position was elected and unpaid, but highlighted abuses of human rights in Russia.
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In her article, Ms Davidson goes on to call for greater protections for free speech in the UK, arguing that proposals to force British newspapers that do not sign up to a new state-approved regulator to pay the costs of complainants in data protection cases would be "disastrous".
"They wouldn't be able to pay, so, most likely, editors would simply drop investigations, for fear of being taken to court," she says. "They might feel compelled to print apologies even when they had written something correct."
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Failing The Grade: How Diesel School Buses Threaten Our Children's Health.
Publication Date: May 2008
Publisher(s): Coalition for Clean Air
Author(s): Lesley Dobalian; Todd R. Campbell
Topic: Environment (Pollution and environmental degradation)
Transportation (Motor vehicles)
It's time for school and as dutiful parents, we carefully escort our children to the curbside to await that yellow school bus to safely deliver our kids to the classroom. We entrust the public school transportation system with our children because we believe it to be safe, reliable and convenient. Although our children return home from school appearing safe and healthy, what we may fail to see is the real, physical damage that can take hold inside the deep recesses of our children's lungs due to diesel exhaust exposure.


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Side Effects of Combining Beta-Blockers With Calcium Channel Blockers
Calcium channel blockers and beta-blockers are both medicines used to treat hypertension and abnormal heart rhythms. Calcium channel blockers such as nifedipine, verapamil and diltiazem, prevent calcium from getting into heart muscle cells and smooth muscle cells surrounding arteries. This causes a decrease in the rate of heart muscle contraction and blood vessel dilation. Beta-blockers such as propranolol and acebutolol inhibit epinephrine actions on the heart and kidney leading to decreased heart muscle stimulation and decreased blood pressure. In combination, the effects of these drugs are additive or synergistic, which is considered beneficial in the treatment of hypertension and heart disease; however, serious side effects may occur with incorrect dosing and inadequate monitoring of patients.
If you are experiencing serious medical symptoms, seek emergency treatment immediately.
When used in combination the effects of calcium channel blockers and beta-blockers are additive and may produce a serious drop in blood pressure; however, a review in the June 2010 issue of "Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome" reports that one-drug therapy is not effective for treating hypertension in most patients and multiple drugs are required to produce a significant reduction in blood pressure. These two drug classes have been used successfully in combination without producing serious side effects, but it is essential to use the correct dosing and monitor patients for hypotension.
A review in the journal "Blood Pressure" notes that bradycardia or a very slow heart beat is a rare complication of combined calcium channel blocker and beta-blocker therapy and is most often observed in patients with coronary heart disease. The correct combination of drugs to treat heart disease is partially dependent on the type of heart disease and other pre-existing conditions, such as impaired liver or kidney function, diabetes and obesity that have a concurrent presentation in patients.
Heart Failure
According to a case report in the "Japanese Circulation Journal," heart failure is a rare complication of the combination therapy of verapamil and atenolol.
- CVPharmacology: Cardiovascular Pharmacology Concepts
- "Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome"; Combination Therapy in Hypertension: An Update; Sanjay Kalra et al.; June 2010
- "Blood Pressure"; Cardiac Conduction with Diltiazem and Beta-blockade Combined. A Review and Report on Cases; S.E. Kjeldsen et al.; September 1996
- "Japanese Circulation Journal"; Cardiogenic Shock Triggered by Verapamil and Atenolol; H. Sakurai et al.; November 2000
- Buena Vista Images/Stockbyte/Getty Images


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Justin Malbon
Justin Malbon specialises in consumer law and international trade law. He is a Professor at Monash Law School and an Adjunct Research Fellow of the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture.
Justin was a Visiting Scholar at the Law School and Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College at Cambridge University (2007), and a Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute in Italy (1998). He is also a former Dean of the Law School at Griffith University.
Justin's publications include Australian Export: A Guide to Law and Practice (Cambridge University Press, 2006), Interpreting and Implementing the TRIPS Agreement: Is it Fair? (Elgar, 2008), Understanding the Global TV Format (Intellect, 2006), and A Commentary on the TRIPS Agreement (Elgar, forthcoming).
Justin is a board member of the Queensland Competition Authority, and a panel member of both the Financial Ombudsman Service and the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal.


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The origin of a pattern can come from the way you were conditioned to act and feel as a child. Here are some options:
1. You were taught that a certain pattern was the way to be. Your parents told you to be that way, praised other people who acted that way, or disparaged people who weren't that way.
2. You were rewarded for manifesting a certain pattern. You were given attention, caring, appreciation, and love when you acted in a certain way.
3. You were punished when you failed to act a certain way. Your parents withdrew their love and caring, judged you, yelled at you, shamed you, or gave you actual punishment whenever you didn't act out a certain pattern.
4. One of your parents modeled a certain way of being, so you came to believe that that was the way to be.
5. One of your parents Judged you in a certain way or about certain issues, and so a part of you internalized that role, and now it judges you in a similar way or about similar issues.
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Andre Villas-Boas: Chelsea were right to fire me
SPURS manager Andre Villas-Boas has admitted he made mistakes at Chelsea and the club was right to fire him after less than nine months in charge.
Chelsea were fifth in the Premier League and had lost their Champions League last-16 first leg 3-1 at Napoli when they sacked the Portuguese. They went on to win the European Cup for the first time under caretaker coach Roberto Di Matteo.
"I think they could have give me the opportunity to continue. But I am fully aware that changing (the manager) was the only way to make an immediate impact on the results," Villas-Boas said today.
"What we have been doing at Tottenham with my staff is a reaction to the mistakes we made at Chelsea," the 35-year-old coach added.
"We did not make everything wrong there but we could have done better ... (The sacking) did not change the way I see football but I recognise that I have thought a lot about it."
Villas-Boas has led Spurs to fourth in the table with 40 points from 22 games - one behind third-placed Chelsea, who have a game in hand.
"Fortunately for me, the quality of the game play wins over the results in Tottenham's philosophy," he said.
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BOSTON — The police swept into Occupy Boston's campsite early Saturday morning, bringing one of the country's largest continuous demonstrations inspired by New York City's Occupy Wall Street protest to an end.
Boston police said 46 people had been arrested during what the city's police commissioner, Edward Davis, said was "by and large" a peaceful eviction.
Police officers arrived shortly before 5 a.m., dragging tents out of the camp and warning the roughly 75 protesters who had stayed the night there that they would be arrested if they did not leave.
"The first thing I heard was the sound of a knife ripping through a tent," said Mike Hipson, a demonstrator who stayed through the night. A group linked arms and awaited arrest as police officers backed vans into the camp.
Some protesters noted that they could not read police badges, and some members of the media said they were kept at a distance as arrests were being made.Continue reading the main story
The sweep was not a surprise. On Thursday, a Boston judge lifted a temporary restraining order that had barred the police from evicting the group. By Friday, protesters had received eviction notices warning them that they risked arrest if they did not vacate Dewey Square by midnight, and many began clearing tents and valuables from the camp. But that night, a crowd of more than 1,000 gathered in and around the square. "The mayor and I decided it was good to hold off 24 hours after the deadline," Commissioner Davis said.
By 8 a.m. Saturday, the city's cleanup of Dewey Square was in full force, with workers using leaf blowers and moving garbage into dump trucks. Others had begun power-washing posters off of the building they had adorned in the square.
Across the street, a couple of dozen protestors chalked messages, like "Occupy Boston Lives," on the pavement outside of South Station, using supplies from the group's "mobile sign unit." The supplies, one housed in a sign-making tent, were now inside a child's wooden wagon.
One of the protesters, Steve O'Brien, a homeless 18-year-old, said he did not know where he would go now.
"I'm hoping it will be reinstated, that we go back in and set it up again," Mr. O'Brien said. He said he had wanted to be arrested, but that the police told him he was too young.
The group scheduled a general assembly for Saturday night on the Boston Common to discuss its next move.
"We have a lot of options," said Robin Jacks, 31, who, along with one other, helped begin the Boston occupation. Ms. Jacks has expressed interest in transitioning, as other groups around the country have done, from a public occupation to action like occupying foreclosed homes.
"This is not over. There's no way that we're going to dispense and not be us anymore."
At a news conference on Saturday, Mayor Thomas M. Menino said safety was the primary motivator behind the eviction, praising the police for acting with "patience and respect." Mr. Menino had words of gratitude for the protestors, too.
"They shined a much needed light, still needed, on growing economic inequality in this country. In the end, they also acted with restraint, I thank them for that," Mr. Menino said.
But he said the city would immediately move to evict protesters from any new campsites.Continue reading the main story


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The manufacturing scene in San Diego -- like much of the United States -- is facing an identity crisis: With the surge of off-shoring abating and companies slowly trickling back to manufacture on home turf, questions about the benefit of bringing these types of jobs back -- if they should be brought back at all -- are on the minds of those in the industry.
Some of San Diego's leading experts in the manufacturing and production field met at a recent Daily Transcript roundtable to hash out some of the issues on their immediate horizon and start a higher-level conversation about whether manufacturing is something the region should be actively pursuing at all.
As for some of the top-of-mind concerns at present, lack of suitable employees is a big one.
Jim Berg, president of Advanced Test Equipment, said he simply cannot find American engineers capable of -- and willing to do -- the type of work his company requires.
He said he's not interested in using highly skilled foreign workers via visa programs -- he said he wants to hire U.S. citizens, which is proving increasingly difficult.
"Engineers are impossible for us to find," Berg said. "Our biggest problem is to find qualified staff. Capital is not a problem -- there's more money out there than we know what to do with -- we can't utilize the funds because we can't find the staff."
Vipul Doshi, vice president of Nortek, said his company is facing a similar challenge, even after going to great lengths to give opportunities to local students.
"Last year we were hiring 35 engineers and having a hard time finding engineers, so we went to San Diego State University and said, 'Give me your whole senior class -- we'll hire all of them as interns,'" Doshi said. "We hired 60 of them for the entire summer, and said at least we can get 10 out of those. Only one came back. Only one out of 60."
Roundtable participants postulated a variety of reasons for why this might be -- everything from the high cost of living in San Diego, to the work ethic of this younger generation, to a desire to hit it big fast at a startup, and the decision to work for bigger-name companies such as Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL).
Many of the participants agreed that one key aspect of any solution to this issue is more collaboration between manufacturers and schools to properly train students -- both high-level engineers and technically trained workers -- in skills needed for careers in manufacturing.
"How do we work with the schools?" asked Joseph Mignone, president of JFM Global Associates and an active member of the Riverside County Manufacturers and Exports Association. "Because the schools are interested in [science, technology, engineering and math], but manufacturers are interested in what? Technical people, who can run a CNC machine or a 3-D printer. But what are the schools turning out? That's why we have the skill gap, too."
Keith Easler, program manager at Lumedyne Technologies, added that his degree at SDSU was in manufacturing engineering, a program that is no longer available there.
Issues surrounding the cost of renting or buying space to manufacture in San Diego also surfaced, but no one said they viewed Tijuana as a viable alternative to keep their production facility close to headquarters.
Susan Long, president and CEO of Diving Unlimited International, said because Tijuana is a border town, the wages would be too high to make it a cost-effective site, and companies would have to go deeper into Mexico to achieve that. She was concerned about Mexican labor laws, saying her "understanding is once you have an employee, you have them forever."
Long also said she had quality concerns because the diving suits and equipment her company manufactures require extreme precision, a level of quality she's not sure she could accomplish south of the border.
Doshi said that Nortek does not have any facilities in Tijuana either, though it does have a factory in Tecate and recently bought about 100 acres in Monterrey to relocate its Missouri and Oklahoma sites.
A divergence of opinion surfaced when talk came up of San Diego potentially increasing the minimum wage and implementing a state requirement for employers to give employees three paid sick days.
Long said if these regulations pass, she'll likely be forced to cut one of her employees' two vacation weeks to accommodate for the sick leave since her margins are too thin to absorb that cost, and raising the price of the products is out of the question in this global marketplace.
The minimum wage issue also touched a nerve for Berg.
"Well if everybody is guaranteed that, then what's the motivation for someone to go to school and get a high-level engineering degree if I'm going to make what an engineer makes anyway?" Berg said. "So by the government t becoming involved with the details and minutia of it, they demotivate people to go and advance and make themselves more attractive to bring more value to the value proposition."
Bryan Pate, co-founder and co-president of ElliptiGo, which is headquartered in San Diego but manufactures its elliptical bikes in Asia, disagreed.
"My employees aren't that motivated around salary -- it's a lot of passion for what we're doing," Pate said.
"I don't think engineers are going to stop going to become engineers because the minimum wage goes up to $15, let's call it," he said. "I'd still go to school to get a better job than $15 an hour. So I think, in my opinion, it's not all going to hell in a handbasket."
If an increase in the minimum wage, a lack of suitable employees or unduly burdensome regulations does make manufacturing in San Diego too cost-prohibitive, what is it that the region would be missing out on?
"Manufacturing is the backbone of the country," Mignone said. "We bring up the middle-class people --we make stuff. And making stuff produces what? Revenue."
Long echoed his concerns that cutting out manufacturing as a segment of the economy would lead to a class polarization, with high-level engineers and people working at burger joints and nothing in between.
Not everyone was so convinced.
"If you think about the hierarchy of value-add, where does wealth come from?" Pate asked. "We either take it from the ground … we work for it by moving something or building a house for example, or we create an idea that is a better way of doing things.
"It seems to me for the U.S., the only one of those that's saleable is innovation. And so maybe it's not a bad thing that we have very little manufacturing in San Diego because the companies here -- there are still companies here -- are living off of a more scalable value, which is innovation. The issue comes back to the gap between the innovation economy and the noninnovators of the world. And what do we do with people who aren't engineers who aren't able to play in the innovation economy?"
Mignone said that perhaps it's time to develop a different paradigm for manufacturing here.
Easler suggested constructing a manufacturing zone of sorts, where companies could pool their individual funds to create a production site capable of making a variety of products, that is then the party responsible for hiring and providing its employees' benefits, as opposed to the company placing the orders having to account for that as well.
"Do we really want to push for old-school-high production -- we're going to put wheels on cars -- is that really where we want to go?" Berg said. "Is that the expectation? And Southern California, the U.S., we need to come up with that. Is this what we want to do? Do we want to bring that kind of manufacturing to San Diego?"
If the roundtable participants are any indication, it seems the jury is still out on that.
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Roundtable Participants
Chris Bao, Regulatory Compliance Manager, Barney & Barney (sponsor)
Jim Berg, President, Advanced Test Equipment
Vipul Doshi, Vice President, Nortek
Keith Easler, Program Manager, Lumedyne Technologies Inc.
Susan Long, President and CEO, Diving Unlimited International
Joseph F. Mignone, President, JFM Global Associates
Drew Miller, Plant Operations Manager, Kyocera America
Cassandra Mougin, Attorney, Pettit Kohn Ingrassia & Lutz (sponsor)
Bryan Pate, Co-Founder and Co-President, ElliptiGO Inc.
Rick Timm, President, Seabotix
Trevor Walker, Client Executive, Barney & Barney (sponsor)
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Here is a mini album I made for my hubby for Father's Day. I used the new June kit from Citrus Tree Studio. I love this kit it is perfect for this project. I left some blank pages to add some more photos later. Thanks for looking :) Have a Great Father's Day!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Father's Day Album
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very cute album! I'm sure he will be happy to get it.ReplyDelete
What an adorable album!!! I love that you did pages that were more about Dad and then pages of the kids snapshots in there too.ReplyDelete
Your album is great. Your DH is lucky to have such a keepsake. Great job.ReplyDelete
This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL Angie. What an amazing job you did! xoxoReplyDelete
Looks awesome!!! I love the papers you used! I am sure your DH loved it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 21, 2010 at 12:52 AM
Love, love, LOVE your mini album! The photos are great, and those papers are awesomeReplyDelete
love this angie!!!ReplyDelete
awesome album!ReplyDelete
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With only three weeks to go until the event of the year for the Norwich Lanes Association, plans are well and truly underway to make the Summer Fayre 2015 an event to remember! This year, the Maddermarket Quarter is busier than ever, with a whole heap of festivities to keep the crowds fed, watered and entertained. Here's a breakdown of what's on offer so far…
Sinsins Boutique of Love, 2A Charing Cross
Our goal for the Norwich Lanes Fayre week will be putting romance back into relationships. Anyone that makes a purchase saying 'It's just the birds and the bees' will be rewarded with one of our special romance packs. These little goodie bags will contain essential items for a night of romance including a scented tea light, petal confetti, sensual bubble bath, Liquid Silk lubricant and a discount voucher for their next purchase from us
To continue the romantic theme outside we'll be offering a new experience to the folk of Norwich - ice cream topped with flavoured ID Frutopia lube of your choice (It is surprisingly delicious!) Yes, it's a novel idea... but when introduced to us at a recent trade fair, we knew it was an idea we just had to share. With six mouthwatering flavours to chose from, we hope you'll pop by our stall for a try. Please be sure to say hello to Bradley (Frutopia's rep) who is coming all the way from Newark just to be with us for the day. What Bradley doesn't know about lubes is not worth knowing!
Maddermarket Kitchen Stage Performers Sponsored by Easters, 20 St John Maddermarket
Our neighbours two doors down have taken great measures to ensure all visitors to our quarter are entertained. With live bands and DJs spinning funky tunes, awesome wall art along the alley and of course plenty of delicious food! For the early arrivers, there'll also be a chance to join in with The Intellectual Hooligans for a game of "Who's line is it anyway" - enjoyment and laughter guaranteed
Music artists include…
Aphra, Maroubra, DJ Rokk,Tibetan Night Terrors & The Piratones
Lanes Live Art Wall, St John Maddermarket Street
Curated by Frazer at Moosey Gallery, just around the corner on Bridewell Alley, A team of Norwich's most contemporary street and lifestyle artists will be painting the Lanes and selling their wares. Adding a touch of colour to our already vibrant city, this spectacle is not to be missed!
Artists include…
Ruth Knapp, Frazer Bailey, Anmar Mirza, SHHHH, Liam Clark
Maddermarket Theatre, St John's Alley
The Maddermarket Theatre will be throwing opening its doors as part of this year's Norwich Lanes Fayre. Built in 1794 as a Catholic Chapel, but transformed into a gem of a theatre in 1921, there is so much history to this place. All day they will have people on hand to talk to you about the theatre and tell you how you can get involved.
That's not all, they'll also have…
Art and craft stalls, food stalls, storytelling, live music in the churchyard next door, face painting, the Redwell Bar, a shakespeare themed GoGoDragon in the courtyard, vintage clothes rail, Mad Red Theatre School, indoor and outdoor seating.
Ali Bongo, 22 Saint John Maddermarket
The team at Ali Bongo's next door are going to create an outside shisha bar reminiscent of Syrian and Egyptian tea houses found throughout the Middle East! Expect a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere for people to experience our glorious Norwich Lanes with sofas, blankets and bean bags. They will be charging a nominal fee for the use of shisha pipes, with every group using the shisha café receiving a raffle ticket... At the end of the day they will give away all of the shisha pipes used #result!
As you can see there's plenty to offer, (and this is just in our end of town!!) we just need you to come along and support our efforts in making this a truly fabulous day! Please spread the word, bring your family, friends and smiles. We hope to see you with us. If you have any questions before the big day, you can get in touch with us here and we'll do our best to help
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