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Alba Carpet Cleaning is a Surbiton based traditional owner-operator business specializing in eco-friendly carpet and upholstery cleaning. Alba has operated throughout London and the Hampton TW12 area for over 5 years. We work for a number of letting agents, estate agents and builders, as well as domestic households.
We've grown due to our commitment to provide the best possible carpet cleaning service to our customers; in Hampton TW12 and beyond. To do this we have focused on all aspects of carpet and upholstery cleaning such as stain removal and alternative methods of cleaning carpets such as encapsulation and dry cleaning.
Due to customer demand - and our belief in protecting the environment - we're now using eco-friendly carpet cleaning solutions. These carpet cleaning products are free of toxins, bleaches and other hazardous chemicals. They're safe for the environment, the home and the kids.
For carpet cleaning in this area call Chris on 07828 318 716 for a quote.
Other services we provide in the Hampton TW12 area are Upholstery Cleaning, Rug cleaning and Curtain cleaning. We can also protect(scotchgard) carpets and upholstery.
Prices start from £40(minimum charge)

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Project Description
Established in In February 1937, against the backdrop of the Great Depression, Pepperdine University is a private, not-for-profit, coeducational research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The University is known for its picturesque location in Malibu, California and has had over 110,000 alumni's in over 73 different degree programs. The Princeton Review has also recognized Pepperdine on its list of Green Colleges 500+ acres of the campus are preserved in a native state and 99% of on-campus irrigation is recycled water.
The stunning 830-acre Malibu campus is located 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles with five graduate campuses spread across Southern California. Pepperdine also has six permanent international campuses, and additional study and internship programs on six continents.
Saved on glass replacement costs
Protected from future stains
Easier and less frequent cleanings
UV resistant and eco-friendly
The Problem.
The first-floor windows at Pepperdine University were suffering from significant hard water damage, due in most part to a nearby sprinkler system which, over time, severely stained the glass. Another company had also tried to repair the glass and ended up chemically burning the surface, resulting in worse damage. The glass was set to be replaced until the benefits of a protective coating were discovered.
The Solution.
After considering the various hydrophobic coatings on the market and the skill that would be needed to restore their windows, Kilroy Realty Group utilized DFI's restoration and protection services. Through Diamon-Fusion's patented nano-coating process, the chemical treatment creates a water-repellent effect, which enables ease of cleaning and protection against scratches, abrasion and other environmental elements.
The Outcome.
By first using DFI's restoration products, the team successfully restored the glass back to a like-new appearance, then protected it from future harm by applying Diamon-Fusion glass treatment. The work was done without interrupting the tenants, being sensitive to hi-traffic business hours.
The Feedback.
An executive from Kilroy Realty Group explained, "We are extremely pleased with the outcome and the glass looks beautiful. The cost we acquired in restoring and coating the glass exterior pales in comparison to what we would have spent had we been forced to replace the glass. I would recommend doing this treatment on any commercial building looking to cut costs on maintenance."
Saved on glass replacement
When applied to exterior glazing, Diamon-Fusion protects against sprinkler stains, concrete leaching and much more. As a result, glass replacement projects are avoided, saving thousands of dollars.
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Similar in functionality to a non-stick cooking pan, Diamon-Fusion treated glazing repels rainwater and outside pollutants, resulting in easier cleanings and a reduction in maintenance costs by up to 50%.
Protected from future stains
By filling in the microscopic peaks and valleys of the exterior glazing, dirt, dust and other environmental contaminants cannot embed themselves in the glass, protecting it from future staining and etching.
UV resistant and eco-friendly
Diamon-Fusion is 100% optically clear, UV stable (won't break down in sunlight) and prevents damaged glass from undergoing costly replacement projects which ultimately end up in landfills.
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Archive for August 2014
Demystifying Apple's ProRes Codec
Comments off · Posted by Philip in Apple, Apple Pro Apps, Video Technology
In this free webinar I examine Apple's ProRes codec inside and out. Content includes:
Apple's ProRes family is becoming one of the most common formats in production and postproduction, but how much do you really know about this code? Which version is best for your needs?
- Introducing the ProRes family
- RCBA vs YUV – what does it mean?
- Lossless vs Visually Lossless
- Using ProRes: a codec by codec guide.
Check out the trailer and register free.
Avid is the most used NLE?
11 Comments · Posted by Philip in The Business of Production, The Technology of Production
Avid folk – hi Frank – have been promoting this survey result that purportedly shows that Media Composer is used more than all other NLEs. In fact the article starts off with:
Avid Media Composer remains the most popular editing system in production by a considerable margin. It's the primary editing system of 70% of our respondents, proving that it still rules the roost despite the challenge from Apple and Adobe
Which is hardly accurate if you really examine the subject. In fact is bordering on deliberately misleading.
More "New Studio" Production
Comments off · Posted by Philip in The Business of Production
In recent announcements, Amazon Studios debuts five pilots in their third wave of original programming. Meanwhile Netflix is going for humor in a series of comedy specials.
The more funding opportunities, the more production is done and that's good for all of us.
Avid to (Finally) Restate Accounts within two weeks.
Comments off · Posted by Philip in The Business of Production
After a long period going back over accounts without reporting, we are finally going to be able to get an insight into how Avid's financial position is looking. With the revised plan to publish restated accounts for 2011, accounts for 2012, and 2013. Within 40 days of that, the figures to June 2014 will be published.
I look forward to having a detailed look at the company's financial position.
Will Netflix "Rip the Heart" out of Pre-sale Film Financing?
2 Comments · Posted by Philip in Business & Marketing, Monetizing
An article in Forbes this week asserts that Netflix's eventual world-wide reach will prevent funding via pre-sales through traditional territory-by-territory strategy. While a shift is this necessarily a bad thing?
Indeed, Netflix will likely expand from creating original series to creating its own large budget films, with the initial premiere on-line. Netflix may be a vibrant, important source of new financing that disrupts the studio system and bypasses standard distribution channels.
The Metadata on a discussion about Metadata!
Comments off · Posted by Philip in Metadata
Over the weekend, Chris Fenwick interviewed me for his FCPX Grill podcast about the importance of logging, metadata and Lumberjack System. The podcast is available now and it is a good conversation.
What makes it meta though is that Alex Gollner logged the conversation and put it up on his website: metadata (logging) about a conversation on metadata. It doesn't get much more meta than that!
Get a copy of Producer's Best Friend Free with Lumberjack Subscription
Comments off · Posted by Philip in Lumberjack
I'm very happy to announce that Lumberjack System now has an iOS Logger – an app for logging without an Internet connection. To celebrate we're offering the next 50 (well, less now) people who sign up for a year of Lumberjack System a free copy of Intelligent Assistance's Producer's Best Friend.
Avid Everywhere – as I understand it!
6 Comments · Posted by Philip in The Business of Production
Yesterday I had to pleasure of being invited to USC for Avid's Avid Everywhere presentation. Shortly thereafter I attempted to share what I learnt with Larry Jordan and Michael Horton on the Digital Production BuZZ. Avid friends, I hope I got it close to right!
Here's the link to my segment on the BuZZ. http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/BuZZ_Audio/Buzz_140731_Hodgetts.mp3
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Comparing Streaming Services
6 Comments · Posted by Philip in Apple, Distribution
I have to say that there is a lot of difference in the experience delivered by Amazon Instant Video and Apple's iTunes.


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THD Wednesday Challenge: Eat Your Fruits and VeggiesPosted: September 10, 2013 Filed under: Challenges, Healthy Eating | Tags: healthy solutions, Wednesday Challenge Leave a comment
The Wednesday Challenge is here once again! This week, we want you to eat 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables.
According to ChooseMyPlate.gov, adults need 2 cups of fruit and 2.5-3 cups of vegetables every day. Fruits and vegetables are a great source of vitamins and fiber. They can also provide extra hydration, for those who aren't big fans of drinking water.
Getting 5 servings a day can sometimes be tricky. Everyone has different ways of getting their five a day. One tip for getting 5 or more servings is to have at least one fruit or vegetable with each meal and to have a fruit or veg as a snack as well. Eating a little throughout the day is much easier than trying to get all of your servings in one meal.
What are your favorite tips for getting your 5 servings a day?
Remember to check in with us through our Twitter hashtag #THDWednesdayChallenge so we know how you are doing. Zee (@zeethd) and Suze (@suzethd) will be munching on fruits and veggies with you! And you can join us on Facebook too!
We look forward to seeing you!
THD Wednesday Challenge: Take A WalkPosted: September 4, 2013 Filed under: Challenges | Tags: fitness, walking, Wednesday Challenge Leave a comment
It's that time again! Time for another Wednesday Challenge. This week, take a couple of minutes each hour, 10am-5pm, and take a short walk. 200 steps each hour is the goal, but you don't have to be exact. A two minute walk should get you there. Take a short break from your desk and do a lap or two around the office, or step outside for some fresh air.
Staring at a computer screen all day can be draining. Taking short breaks to stretch your legs and your brain, can refresh and rejuvenate you, making you more alert and productive. Enjoy the short breather!
As always, check in with us through our Twitter hashtag #THDWednesdayChallenge to let us know how you are doing. Zee (@zeethd) and Suze (@suzethd) will be there! And you can join us on Facebook too!
We look forward to seeing you!
THD Wednesday Challenge: Compliment YourselfPosted: August 28, 2013 Filed under: Challenges | Tags: postive thinking, Wednesday Challenge 1 Comment
Are you ready for another challenge? This week the challenge is to compliment yourself. Every hour from 10am to 5pm, find a mirror, look yourself in the eye, and give yourself a compliment. The compliment can be anything. The point is to remind yourself how amazing you are and to break the negative thinking cycle so many of us are guilty of.
Don't know what to say about yourself? What accomplishments have you achieved lately? They can be big (reached a goal, completed a project) or small (made it into work on time when you are usually late, got yourself out of bed for a workout when you usually hit snooze). What have others complimented you on or thanked you for in the past month? What's your favorite physical feature? What are your virtues?
This is personal, so you don't have to tell us what you are saying to yourself. But we would like to hear how the challenge is going for you, so remember to check in with us through our Twitter hashtag #THDWednesdayChallenge. Zee (@zeethd) and Suze (@suzethd) will be around if you need ideas. Maybe we'll even share some of our compliments so you can steal them for yourself! And you can join us on Facebook too!
We look forward to seeing you!
THD Wednesday Challenge: Quench Your Thirst with WaterPosted: August 21, 2013 Filed under: Challenges | Tags: water, Wednesday Challenge Leave a comment
It's time for Wednesday's Challenge again! This week, we are focusing on refreshing, thirst quenching water! The challenge is to drink 1 cup (8 oz) of water each hour, starting at 10am and ending at 5pm. You don't have to chug the glass at the top of the hour, unless you want to. Just make sure 8 oz is down the hatch by the next hour.
Not a fan of water? Try adding lemon, cucumber, raspberries, watermelon or strawberries to your water. You can add as you go or fill a container with water the night before, drop in your choice of additive, and let the flavor infuse the water overnight. You can also add some herbs. Mint goes well with watermelon, strawberry, or cucumber. Basil also goes well with cucumber or strawberry. Or use your imagination and come up with some other fruit, vegetable, and herb matchups. Just make sure to share the recipe if it's really good!
Remember to use the Twitter hashtag #THDWednesdayChallenge to let us know how you are doing! Zee (@zeethd) and Suze (@suzethd) will be drinking with you! And you can join us on Facebook too!
We look forward to seeing you!
THD Weekly Wednesday ChallengePosted: August 14, 2013 Filed under: Challenges | Tags: fitness, motivational tool, Wednesday Challenge Leave a comment
Hello! Remember us? We know we've been gone for a long time. Life got in the way. And admittedly, when you aren't doing that great at sticking to your food tracking and exercise goals, it's really tough to write about all of it.
But we're back! And we are both working at getting back on track and staying there. With that in mind, and to help us get back to blogging as well, we're starting the THD Wednesday Challenge. Each week will be something different. It could be exercise related, it could be food related, or it could be something mental. We have some ideas to get us all started, but we value your suggestions as well.
This week's challenge is squats! We'll start at 10am and go until 5pm. Each hour you will do the same number of squats as the hour, in military time. So 10am will be 10 squats, 11am will be 11 squats, 12pm will be 12 squats, 1pm (or 13:00) will be 13 squats, etc.
Join us and use the Twitter hashtag #THDWednesdayChallenge to let us know how you are doing! Zee (@zeethd) and Suze (@suzethd) will be there! And you can join us on Facebook too!
We look forward to seeing you!
Suze's Status (6/12/12)Posted: June 13, 2012 Filed under: Suze's Status | Tags: walking Leave a comment
Status: Gained…A LOT!
Mood: Frustrated but using this as motivation
So today was the 4 week mark when I was supposed to get back on the scale and begin counting calories again. As a recap, my plan was to work out 5-6 times a week and eat healthy, but not count calories. I failed on both ends. I can't say I didn't pay attention to what I ate, because I'm confident I was fully engaged when I was eating Frito Scoops with french onion soup dip. I was also fully aware when I was mixing up mojitos, mint juleps, and Lynchburg lemonades. But I slacked. I wasn't accountable for my calories so I cheated. I should've known it wouldn't work because that is precisely how I tried and failed to lose weight in the past.
It takes work to measure everything out so you can account for the calories. It's tedious and a pain. But what I learned is that it works. I'm not going to eat half a bag of Fritos with dip when I know I have to write that down for Zee and anyone else on SparkPeople to see. Read the rest of this entry »
Zee's Status (6/11/12)Posted: June 11, 2012 Filed under: Zee's Status 4 Comments
Status: Working on it
Quote: "Success is dependent upon the glands – sweat glands." ~Zig Ziglar
For the last couple of weeks, I've actually been doing a good job. OK ok … full disclosure: I have forgotten to count every single calorie recently. And while that's a big no-no, at least for me, it's obviously not the reason why I think I'm on the positive side of this healthy lifestyle.
I've been working out! Read the rest of this entry »


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Ladies and gentleman, my very first physical copy of October Sky is here! I'm really happy at how the album turned out, especially the designs and the mixes from the 3 new tracks on there. Can't wait for you all to hear it! You can get it on the Store page!
Welcome to my website! Thanks so much for stopping by! Check out the home page here for updates to shows, music, and more! You can also check out other pages like the "About" and "Store" pages to find out more info about me and what you can find in my site's store, respectively.
Have fun touring the page and thanks again for stopping by!
"The Rush" and "October Sky" are available on Spotify and iTunes.
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Joanna Berry, J.D.
Joanna graduated from the University of Ottawa's Common Law Program in June 2015. She joined Waldman & Associates in August 2015 for her articles, and became an associate following her call to the Ontario bar in September 2017.
Prior to joining the firm, she worked for a year in the immigration division of a community legal clinic located in Ottawa, Ontario.
While in law school, Joanna was awarded the Shirley Greenberg Public Interest Fellowship for Women and the Law. Through this fellowship, she provided research support to the Advisory Group to the Ottawa Police Chief on Violence Against Women. Joanna also taught weekly criminal law tutorials to first-year law students and worked for the university's Legal Writing Academy as a peer mentor. She worked for a year as a coordinator for the Refugee Hub, a program that supports refugee law-related projects at the University of Ottawa.
Joanna is an active volunteer, engaging in various migrant rights advocacy initiatives. She currently serves on the National Executive for the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL). She also sits on a committee of legal and mental health professionals that aims to enhance access to mental health services for refugees. She has supported the private sponsorship of LGBT refugees for resettlement in Canada.
At an undergraduate level, Joanna obtained an Honours Specialization in four-field anthropology. Prior to pursuing a career in law, she worked as a licensed archaeologist specializing in heritage conservation in the Ontario Great Lakes region.
Joanna speaks and reads French at an intermediate level.
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Executive Member, Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers
- Member, Refugee Lawyers Association
- Member, Human Rights Research and Education Centre
- Member, Ontario Archaeological Society


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Also, I went shopping for some stuffs before I go (But you already have TOOO MUCH).
I got this in Costco in the States, it's a nice set consisted 12 X 5ml polishes and one nail file. I heard that Jenna Hipp is a celebrity nail artist, but not sure what's special about her. I like this set, because it's 5 FREE and the price is awesome! $15 dollars for this set! Definitely a steal!
A nice Nicole by OPI set gifted by my friend, Ariel. Tons of thanks to her! It's neons!! (screaming!) I am so happy when I received this gift!
I also visited Lush before I go. Lush Lemony Flutter is my ABSOLUTELY staple, I got two jars in case I cannot find it in Taiwan.
Lastly, I got my staple shampoo BIG and a mask called Magnaminty (not in the picture). I should get a large jar of Magnaminty, because I love it so much and it was almost gone already. Hope I can get some in Lush Taiwan.
No more shopping for a while lol ( the truth is, I don't have any Taiwanese dollars and I cannot go shopping in there unless I find a job). I will always always miss Vancouver!


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DevOps: Explanation for "simple mortals" Part1
DevOps is not a word that's constantly heard, or that we use for conversations, unless you work at TinkerWare ;).
But if you're a simple mortal, don't worry, let's learn together or at least make it easier to understand.
1.-First of all: Welcome to the technological era!
It reached us! That's right, technological advances are part of our daily lives. There's no going back, look around you, we are surrounded by robots (cell phones, computers, tablet televisions etc ...)
You have to accept them, and to do so, you have to understand it. It is important as human beings in constant evolution to be informed and updated in the new trends (We never know when they could be used).
2.- What does DevOps mean?
There are several definitions for DevOps, but the simplest thing is to say that DevOps is an acronym in English of Development and Operations.
It is the combination of two worlds combines Software developers and server operations.
Not clear yet ?, Do you want a story? Check the second part of this blog ...


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If you had the opportunity to interview 100's of successful people and business leaders, what would you discover about business growth and innovation? Over the last five years, I've had the opportunity of doing just that and I've learned there are patterns in what successful people and their businesses do and how they do it.
Ingenious Oz Project – NT
Recently I headed off into the Northern Territory (supported by NT Tourism and Department of Trade Business and Innovation) with my good mate Brad Foster to discover and share stories of ingenious and innovative Australian businesses and people. As we rode (couldn't help but do it on Indian Motorcycles) from Alice Springs to Darwin we filmed a series of unique interviews. Each one revealing insights into what it really takes to consistently grow a sustainable and dynamic business. These fresh new case studies will be folded into my future keynotes.
Unique Case-Studies and Pragmatic Insights
The Ingenious Oz Project began five years ago when I headed off into remote and regional Australia, just me, my motorbike and a video camera. I wanted to capture on film clever and ingenious Australian business success stories in the hope that these stories would inspire others to pursue their business ideas and dreams. This led to the development of the 'Game of Inches' business process, and of course the book. It forms the backbone of my keynotes and workshops on business growth and innovation. This latest trip through the Northern Territory confirmed the Game of Inches process.
The 4 most important learnings around business growth and innovation
1. It's a Game of Inches
It's the small things that drive big results and business success is a game of inches. It happens one step at a time. 99% of successes come from many small, practical steps rather than the single 'Eureka' idea. This recent trip confirmed the Game of Inches process.
The big idea makes a good story, but it's hard for people to incorporate into their everyday working lives. Success is not a one-off disruptive moment but a matter of consistently finding ways to improve everything you do and consistently disrupting and innovating.
The game of Inches is what makes big happen.
2. Find the Gap
Successful people are geniuses at finding gaps. Gaps are problems or opportunities that, if addressed, result in massive payoffs. Just outside Alice Springs is an award-winning tourism operation called 'Earth Sanctuary' run by three brothers and their dad. If you visit their 'Star Show' you literally sit under the stars in the desert (which is amazing in its own right) and they teach you about the night sky.
What's interesting is how they developed the idea (they didn't sit around one-day brainstorming new product offerings). The idea came after sleeping under the stars for 10 years. Realising no-one was exploiting one of the NT's great assets (it's incredibly clear night skies) they created their astro tourism business.
Finding gaps isn't just about finding market gaps, it's also about finding those little things that make a big difference. Humpty Doo Barramundi Farm just outside of Darwin is constantly looking for gaps in the way they do things. An amazingly sustainable operation where they constantly look at finding ways to improve everything they do. Incremental innovation at its best.
Be a gap hunter, not an idea hunter.
3. It's Action that drives business growth and innovation
One of the main traits you see in successful people and businesses throughout the NT is their ability to simply 'have a crack'. They don't wait till everything is ready to go (because if they did nothing would ever happen). Damien Ryan, Mayor of Alice Springs told me "Remoteness instigates inventiveness". Part of the reason for this is that it forces people to think differently, find inventive solutions and act.
Just start and take action. Without it, business growth and innovation will never happen.
4. Nurturing the Right Mindset is Paramount
In 1997 Justin and Karinda Gill arrived in Darwin with $1000.00 to their names. Along with their kids, they slept in a caravan. Today Justin and Karinda run Abode New Homes, an award-winning residential building company worth around $40million. When interviewing Justin, he talked about the importance of nurturing and maintaining the right mindset. Mindset is a trait you see in all successful people.
Mindset is everything
Check out how I can help your organisation and people think and be more innovative from the lessons learned of many ingenious people I've met. (and hear their stories and see snippets of their interviews with them).
As well as executive coaching.
You might also like to read 'What Phrenology can teach us about creative thinking' and 'Hoe do I foster an innovation culture in my team?'


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Kyzylkum desert
We have over 5000km behind us. So far mainly straight roads through Ukraine, Russia and Kyzylkum desert with very different quality of tarmac and several kilometers on gravel roads.
I am happy the tank is working well so far. No leakage. Even over 1000 km in really hot Kyzylkum desert it didnt melt. Only the heatshield sticker on the side behind rear-shock fender flipped off.
I dont fill it every time, only when the petrol stations are far away. What is the case in Uzbekistan. I didnt try the maximum limit, but I did over 440 km.
And I was forced to find new use-case for this tank. My fuel pump stopped working in the desert. So I bay-passed it from the rear-tank directly to the carburateur and because of higher gas-table level it has worked for about 40 km, till the gas-table got lower.
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Experience the '80s at 'Rock of Ages'
The 1980s was an era filled with big hair and even bigger dreams. Places like the Bourbon Room – the fictional nightclub in the new stage production, "Rock of Ages" at the Eldorado Resort Casino – were popping up in cities across America.
Big wigs, leather vests, spikes, chains, spandex and fishnets made up the costumes of the night. Rock music was the fuel that drove the dreams. Following an era of punk rock and disco, the time period was a time of change.
"The '80s were a mixed bag of transition from the '70s," said Barry Singer, co-producer and founder along with Joe Miranda of the show's production company, Jersey Shore Entertainment, which also produced the just-closed "Footloose" at the Eldorado. "There wasn't a lot of inner meaning in a lot of the music coming out. It was more about having fun and getting down and having a boogie kind of time.
"That all changed in the 1980s. The songs are simple but with hard-driven chord structures, which included a campaign of how they were feeling. There were beautiful melodies and lyrics that were poetic. Writers were actually saying something in the lyrics."
"Rock of Ages" is a 75-minute musical jukebox of a ride that's filled with the sights, sounds and dreams of the 1980s nightclub scene. Based on the original Broadway production of the same name, "Rock of Ages" features a cast of 15 performers, a live five-piece band and songs from Foreigner, Poison, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Journey, Night Ranger and more.
"There was a thriving hard rock club scene during that time period," Singer said. "These artists were able to develop a following. They didn't just walk into a recording studio, cut records and become famous. They developed followings by actually performing live. They cut their teeth on the rock 'n' roll club scene. The Bourbon Room in the show is an example of how these groups came about."
The Broadway show ran for 2,328 performances during six years before closing in 2015, making it the 27th-longest running show in the history of the New York theater district, Singer said.
"The songs from that era are becoming nostalgic-type songs," Singer said. "There's a large group of people who find the songs from the show remind them of their youth. The music was very melodic with good lyrics and a strong underlying musicality. The show is an inside look at the '80s club scene. It tries to capture the funkiness and the raw feeling of the nightclubs, which are what gave birth to that whole era."
"Rock of Ages" chronicles the story of Drew Boley (played by Owen Beans), an aspiring rocker who works at the popular Bourbon Room as a busboy, and Sherrie Christian (Allison Foote), a blonde, blue-eyed dreamer hoping to make it as an actress in Hollywood. She gets hired as a waitress at the club and a friendship with Drew ensues.
But so, too, does conflict. Club owner Dennis Dupree (Charles Caruso) and his best friend/assistant Lonny Barnett (Andrew Sklar) learn early in the show that two German developers, Hertz Klinemann (Thomas Pope) and his son, Franz (Jacob Bivens) have convinced the city's mayor to swap out its trademark "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" lifestyle for a more modest clean-living way of life. That would also open the door for the developers to make a fistful of money, which they're more than happy to share with the mayor.
So while Drew and Sherrie struggle to express their feelings for each other – as youngsters often do – Dupree and Lonny fight to save the beloved club from being torn down. The story is told to the audience through song, dance and dialogue.
"There's a unique commentary about the 1980s in the dialogue that is very tongue-in-cheek with a lot of rock 'n' roll innuendo in it," Singer said. "It's comedic in its delivery with double entendres all over the place."
Because the show does contain suggested sexual acts and drug use, along with some mild profanity, there's a disclaimer that the show is meant for those 16 and older. But the show doesn't glamorize the sex and drugs. The references are more like spices to flavor the dish that is "Rock of Ages."
"It's actually quite tame," Singer said. "It touches on those areas but it's like a Sweet 16 party in the way it treats it. It doesn't glorify it. It makes fun of it. It makes it silly."
Adding to the silliness factor is Lonny, who serves as the show's guide.
"There's really three Lonnies," Sklar said of his character. "There's your barback Lonny who works at the bar. There's your narrator Lonny, and then there's your everyman, regular guy Lonny. The one thing that's the same is that he's a guy that will always try to put a smile on your face. He's the guy who tries to make everything happy and good."
Sklar knows his character well, having played Lonny for two years on the "Rock of Ages" national tour, then for a year-and-a-half at the Palace Theater in New Hampshire before joining the Reno cast.
"Lonny is essentially who I am as a human," Sklar said. "When I'm on stage, I'm essentially not acting. I'm just living my life, enjoying myself and giving the audience the humor and the entertainment that they want."
As the characters struggle to find solutions to the obstacles placed before them, the audience is treated to a smorgasbord of rock hits of the 1980s, including "Nothin' But a Good Time," "Too Much Time on My Hands," "I Want to Know What Love Is," "We Built This City," "I Wanna Rock," "We're Not Gonna Take It," "Wanted Dead or Alive," "Here I Go Again," "High Enough," "Don't Stop Believin'," "Can't Fight This Feeling" and "The Final Countdown."
Sklar said the show connects with a wide range of people, including those who aren't into musical or live theater.
"When they hear the show has all these great hits of the '80s, it piques their interest so they come out and see it and love it," he said. "It's like a gateway show into trying a new experience that is the realm of live theater."
Sklar said on the national tour, audience members would sometimes dress up in their favorite '80s outfits as if they were going to a real nightclub.
"People like to relive the '80s," he said. "There was a certain rebellion and free love in those days. The show is nostalgic and does a great job of touching base with everything 1980s. It's like being inside the club at an actual rock 'n' roll concert again."
The story also includes an aging superstar, Stacee Jaxx and his band, Arsenal, who are hired to help raise enough money to save the club. Does it work? Do Drew and Sherrie find what love is? Do the German developers drop their "clean living" credo and go back to their homeland to open a confectionary store?
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|NOTE: This column displays cars I have found on the Internet. I am not selling them. Please follow the links if you are interest in a car. Be mindful of the date this article was published. For an explanation why I do this read the original column here.
September 1, 2010
By Scott Lewis
I have been too busy this month. If you look at the found dates below you will see i grabbed a few cars at the last moment. I was too tire to keep going, but I this goes to show how easy it can be to find something at any given time. Hopefully i will have a more focused group of cars next month.
1971 Chevrolet Chevelle - $13,900
Description: Harwell Motors is proud to offer a 1971
Chevrolet Chevelle. This car has a great running 350, turbo 350
automatic transmission, custom 18 inch wheels, power steering, bench
seat and more. The body is solid with nice paint. The interior is in
excellent condition and shows very well. This car runs and drives great
with plenty of power. This is a great looking Chevelle for a great price
so don't wait.
Source: Harwell Motor Company
Found: 8/8/2010
Comments: I love a clean Chevelle. I used to own a 1970 version that I regret not holding onto.
1971 Chevrolet Nova - $11,900
Description: Harwell Motors is proud to offer a 1971 Chevrolet Nova. This car has a good running 350 with a Turbo 350 transmission. The car comes with factory air but is missing the compressor and brackets. The car comes with power steering. The car has driver quality paint that shows well. The interior is in good condition.
Harwell Motor Company
Found: 8/31/2010
Comments: I don't like the stripes on this car. But the price seems reasonable. Of course we will have to complete replace the A/C system so we can cruise in comfort.
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle - $15,900
Description: Harwell Motors is proud to offer a 1970
Chevrolet Chevelle. This car comes equipped with a strong running 454
and a Turbo 400 transmission. It has driver quality paint that shows
well. The interior is new and looks great. Options include power
steering and factory A/C (compressor and brackets are missing). It comes
with 17" Torque Thrust wheels and low profile tires that have plenty of
tread. This is a great deal on a big block Chevelle so don't wait.
Source: Harwell Motor Company
Found: 8/31/2010
Comments: Like I said above... I had a 70 Chevelle... and blue is my favorite color. This car makes me want to complete an SS look on the car.
1972 Chevrolet Nova SS - $12,900
Description: Very Pretty True Super Sport. Cranberry
Red with Black Vinyl Top and Interior. L-48 Option. Matching Numbers 350
Cubic Inch V-8 with Performance Upgrades and Four Barrel Carburetion.
Power Disc Brakes and Power Steering. New Dual Exhaust. Bucket Seats.
Rallye Wheels, Raised White Letter Radials. Nice Chrome. Very Clean
Throughout. Runs, Drives, Excellent.
Source: Gentle Touch Motor Cars
Found: 8/31/2010
Comments: This Nova is a real SS. We should check that out. Overall I just like the look of the black vinyl roof with the red.
1968 Mercury Cougar XR7 - $11,900
Description: 85,000 Actual Miles. 302 V8, Automatic
Transmission, Power Steering, Power Front Disc Brakes. Hide Away
Headlights And Directional Rear Turn Signals Work Great. Immaculate XR7
Interior With Wood Grain Dash, Gauge Package Including In-Dash Tach And
Upper & Lower Consoles. Beautifully Detailed Stock Engine Bay And Trunk
Areas. New Dual Exhaust System. Factory Wire Wheel Covers On Stock Rims.
Runs And Drives Like New.
Source: Memory Lane Motors
Found: 8/31/2010
Comments: I was blown away by how clean the interior was on this car. If you can't find a good Mustang a Cougar can be the next best thing... and almost always cheaper.


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2017 Report on the Work of CIHA
LaoZhu ( ZHU Qingsheng ), President Dec.11, 2017
In our last Assembly on September 15, 2016, in Beijing, I was elected as the President of CIHA, Jean-Marie was elected as the Scientific Secretary, and Tristan was elected as the Treasury. In the past year, the three of us have worked closely to adjust the current state of affairs and administrations at CIHA. Jean-Marie and Tristan will report on membership and financial issues respectively. Now I will report on our work.
The past year has been a year of preparation. Now we are having the first official board meeting, following the one held in Beijing last year. After deciding on the approaches of dealing with many issues, we could carry on our works even without face-to-face meetings. Here lies the significance of this board meeting. Our colleagues in charge of specific issues will give detailed reports. Particularly, we wish our Italian and Brazilian colleagues' preparation for the next CIHA Congress will progress smoothly, and they will communicate with each other on relevant issues.
We hope that the next Congress/Congresses (?)will focus on two interconnected themes that can mutually enrich each other. The theme of the CIHA at Beijing last year is "Terms", dealing with different narratives of art and art history in different cultures across different times, as well as different interpretations of events or objects of the similar kind across different periods. This theme focuses on the diversity in art history. The theme of 31st Congress at Montréal, 2004 is "Sites and Territories of Art History". The 32nd Congress at Melbourne, 2008 is "Crossing Cultures: Conflict – Migration – Convergence". They also emphasize exchanges and interactions between cultures. The theme of 33rd Congress at Nuremburg is "Object".
In the coming years we will push forward some projects.
First, the website. It is a concrete project. We have communicated with our Mexican colleagues in the past couple of months. Peter, Mexican representative is also here today. We have come up with detailed arrangement . The website will become the core of our interaction. In addition to our current communication channels, we will expand our network through employing modern media and technology. When this board meeting has reached its final decision, the new official website will subsequently be open. With the website, we can strengthen two aspects of our work. Firstly, our activities and publications will be updated online weekly or even daily. Secondly, we should establish links with various countries. Not only should we have links to relevant websites of these countries, but also connect with art historical activities in these countries. In this way, news and events emerging in our member countries will be announced on the website and will reach our colleagues in other countries in a timely manner.
Secondly, publication. We have proposed to resume our CIHA journal and this issue has been discussed at length. Now we need to reach a decision. If we want to launch such a journal, then how to manage it; how to edit it; how to establish the editorial board. As for these questions, we need to carry out further discussions. This journal will represent a special viewpoint of CIHA.
Various perspectives and methods from different cultures will be taken into consideration in research, criticism, and publication. In the past several years, my colleagues and I have considered how to run the journal with a new approach . Focusing on the growth of knowledge,we have carried out many experiments. For example, at the Han Art Institute which I am taking charge of , (chronologically speaking, the Han dynasty coexists with the rule of Roman Empire, which is also the time when the Silk Road was thriving), when an article is collected into its database, related information and relevant articles can be found automatically in the database, which would serve as supporting resources and sources of inspiration for further research. When other scholars want to elaborate on a thesis, he/she can find new evidences and conduct further research with the help of the database. In this way, every published papers will be recorded with copyrights. It is a bit like sport records. One record may be broken in a couple of days or even a couple of hours. This process makes scholarship a lively, open, and efficient platform for discussion. Comprehensive collaboration and communication should be the new direction that CIHA will take in the future.
Thirdly, we hope CIHA will launch a shared program. For example, we can set up online courses on art history. New knowledge and new discoveries of different countries should not be limited merely to the reach of scholars but should be accessible to people in need. In the past, world art history could be displayed in a book or an atlas, such as in John Onians' contribution. Now it could be taught through online courses. New technology has made this possible. When a lecture is delivered in a specific language, a device could translate it automatically into other languages. People may first try a small section of the lecture and then decide if they want to take the whole course at some cost. This teaching mode has been widely applied in China in the past several years. One of my colleagues at Peking University has carried out his online course in this way. It has attracted more than 200,000 people. Since each individual paid about 30 USD dollars for the course, my colleague received 6 million USD in total. Half of the sum was paid for the website and its technical management, and the other half became his own earnings. This is only one example of the rapidly developing knowledge-based economy in China. I wonder if this way of offering online courses could be implemented by CIHA. I report this phenomenon for your consideration.
Last but not least, since CIHA is an academic association, I hope we can set up a shared database. In fact, in the 1970s, the older generation of scholars, such as Chastel, started setting up a database in CIHA. However, there was no real database as there was no internet at that time. Nowadays, with the internet widely accessible, we can develop an online database. Automatic translation technologies could be applied to the database, which would enable people from various countries to get access to new findings and new discoveries in the world, including new achievements of traditional research. Many museums have already contributed to the development of similar databases or shared knowledge systems. How to advance the cooperation between various countries, cultures, and systems could be an issue to be considered by CIHA. We can discuss all the details later.
I believe what we hope for will be achieved!


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BEYOND THE MASK is a drama set around the Revolutionary War period about a criminal running away from death, who meets a beautiful woman and desires to change. BEYOND THE MASK has a very strong Christian worldview, but it could be much better dramatically, if not technically, and there's some violence requiring caution.
William Reynolds is doing criminal activity for Charles Kemp in England. William tells Kemp he doesn't want to do the work any more. So, Kemp puts a bomb on the bottom of William's carriage. Happily for William, a man yelled at William telling him there was fire coming from his carriage. Realizing what happened, William was able to get out of the carriage, but he's wounded.
William ends up on the land of a wealthy family, where he's sheltered to be treated. Somehow the family thinks William is a vicar of the local church, so they give him the house connected to the church in order to preach. Little do they know, however, that he's a criminal.
The family has a beautiful daughter named Charlotte who flirts with William. The two clearly have an interest in each other and start taking long walks on the property. William has to preach at the church and has no idea what he's doing but somehow pulls it off.
Even so, Charlotte thinks his faith is a little wishy-washy. So, when William asks her to marry him, Charlotte tells him her uncle must meet him first to help make the decision. When Charlotte's Uncle finally comes into town, William greets her uncle, who turns out to be Charles Kemp, the same criminal associate who wanted William's head. With the help of one of the attendants of the house, William is able to get away, but the attendant is shot and dies.
Some time passes, and William is able to travel and move to America. There, he meets and befriends Benjamin Franklin. Franklin gives William a job at his printing press in Philadelphia. William decides to start fighting the crime of the town, behind a mask.
Of course, it's not long before William runs in to Charlotte, who has also come to America because her Uncle Charles has brought her to reside there. Charlotte doesn't yet know that the vigilante is William, because he is hiding behind the mask. William saves a baby in front of Charlotte. She then takes the story to the printing press so they can report that the man in the mask is a good man. Charlotte's uncle sees the story, chastises Charlotte and puts her in danger's way. Will William be able to protect Charlotte?
BEYOND THE MASK has a very strong Christian worldview. The main character has a come to Jesus moment. He learns he can't redeem himself, but needs Jesus as His savior. Charlotte helps bring William to faith as well. This is an action adventure movie, however, so there is enough violence that younger children should be cautioned.
BEYOND THE MASK is a low quality movie. The storyline is a drawn out for no apparent reason. The graphics are television quality. Also, the hair and makeup aren't well done. In every scene, for example, Charlotte has her lipstick perfectly applied, including when she gets out of the water. The acting itself isn't horrible, but it's not great either. Overall the quality is pretty poor, but BEYOND THE MASK does have some entertaining elements showing what better craftsmanship and a stronger emphasis on story structure could have done with this material.
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[Esan Onsen in Hakodate] Day Trip Bath and Sour Hot Springs Can Be Enjoyed at Esan Onsen Ryokan
June 19th, 2014
Esan Onsen
Esan Onsen (恵山温泉) is a hot spring place in Esan, Hakodate city located in the eastern part of Hakodate city. Esan Onsen Ryokan (恵山温泉旅館) is built at about 90 m above sea level in the foot of Mt. Esan. There are Esan-Kakokgen (恵山火口原), Esan Observatory (恵山展望台), Misaki Lookout (岬展望台), Azalea Park (つつじ公園), Ishida Onsen (石田温泉) and Misaki Onsen (御崎温泉) around here. Unfortunately, convenience stores are not built around the building. The Esan Onsen Ryokan is adjacent to the Azalea Park that is famous for beautiful azalea. A guide map introduced "The distance between a trailhead and a lookout around a hilltop is 500 m. It takes about 20 minutes on foot". I supposed that it was easy to go up because the distance was very short, but there was very rough path, and the path was a steep slope, and I was considerably out of breath. Esan Tsutsuji Festival (恵山つつじまつり) is held in late May.
Atmosphere of Mt. Esan Can Be Watched on Youtube
The heat source of the acidic hot springs is Mt. Esan, and the hot springs are famous for strong acidity with ph 2.2. An alkali soap does not lather because of neutralizing. The power of nature is great. Please take off your noble metals to take a bath, because acids bite into metals. Therefore, you will probably think of dangerous hot springs. But when people bath the acidic hot springs, it is said that those remove old keratin, and promote the metabolism. Those do not seem to affect on a human body. The stimulation may be a little strong for people with sensitive skin.
Mt. Esan
Mt. Esan (恵山) is an active volcano with 618 m of the altitude in the eastern part of Hakodate city, the easternmost of Oshima Peninsula (渡島半島). Around there has been desinged as Esan Prefectural Natural Park (恵山道立自然公園). Mizunashi-Kaihin Onsen (水無海浜温泉), Esan Onsen (恵山温泉), Ishida Onsen (石田温泉) and Misaki Onsen (御崎温泉) are at foot of the Mt. Esan, but the Mizunashi-Kaihin Onsen are not linked with others via a road, so visitors should make a detour. The Mt. Esan is well-known as an easy trekking mountain for beginner hikers, and Yezo Mountain Azalea is full in bloom from late May to early June, and it is a famous place to see fall foliage, too. The end of Esan-Tozan Road (恵山登山道) beside Esan Onsen Ryokan (恵山温泉旅館) is Esan Kakogen Parking Lot (恵山火口原駐車場). The Esan-Tozan Road under traffic control is available from 06:00 to 18:00. Do not be left behind! A public restroom and a resting station are built around the parking lot. Admission free. A parking lot is free of charge, too. Article is here
Kaikyo Lookout
Kaikyo Lookout (恵山展望台) is a lookout at about 350 m above sea level on the mountainside of Mt. Esan (恵山) with 618 m of the altitude in the eastern part of Hakodate city, and comes into sight after finishing going up Esan-Tozan Road (恵山登山道) with some s-curves beside Esan Onsen Ryokan (恵山温泉旅館). I suppose that its name is named after a view of Tsugaru Strait (津軽海峡). * The Kaikyo means "A strait" in Jappanese. Although a signboard written "Esan Lookout (恵山展望台)" is built, the Esan Lookout is built at an another place, so it is a little more confusing. The Esan-Tozan Road under traffic control is available from 06:00 to 18:00. Do not be left behind ! There is not a facility in particular. Admission free. A parking lot is free of charge, too. Article is here
Hakodate (函館) that about 260,000 people live is the 3rd largest port city in Hokkaido, and is a regional hub city of the Southern Hokkaido area. The Hakodate became incorporated with Toi town (戸井), Esan town (恵山), Todohokke village (椴法華) and Minami-kayabe town (南茅部) in 2004, and most of Kameda Peninsula (亀田半島) has changed to the Hakodate. It is one of most popular tourist cities in the Hokkaido, and about 5 million people visit here. The downtown of the Hakodate from Mt. Hakodate toward former Goryokaku fort is developed on a large sandbar between the seas, and a unique seashore landscape is very popular. Although a lot of tourists think the center town of the Hakodate is around Hakodate Station and the Mt. Hakodate, it is around Hakodate Streetcar Goryokaku Koen-mae Stop (函館市電五稜郭公園前駅). The Hakodate is also well-known as a city with a lot of slopes, and there are 19 slopes with its name such as Hachiman-zaka slope (八幡坂), Daisan-zaka slope (大三坂) and Motoi-zaka slope (基坂), so around the Mt. Hakodate has a lot of slope lands, and the Hakodate has a lot of narrow roads. As for a climate, the Hakodate is wamer than other cities in the Hokkaido because it is located of the Southern Hokkaido, and it does not snow hard. Article is here
List of Day Trip Onsen
Visitors can take day trip bath at the Esan Onsen Ryokan.
Esan Onsen Ryokan
Esan Onsen Ryokan is a small-sized long-established onsen ryokan founded in 1932. The interior decoration has an atmosphere such as the Showa period. An entrance fee to a bath facility is JPY 300. Cafe Tsutsuji (喫茶つつじ) is built near the building, and visitors for day trip bath can use the cafe. A staying is possible, too. By the way, They close a business from January to April.
There is 1 indoor bath at a public bathroom. The wooden bathroom is small but cozy. A shower is not installed at the bathroom, so you must pour the hot springs on yourself to rinse off your surface dirt and sweat before entering the bath. Heated water is used as hot water of faucets at wash places. The wooden bath is the size that about 4 people can take a bath, and uses 100% natural free flowing hot psrings. It is suitable for taking a long bath because water temperature is lukewarm.
The hot springs are aluminum and iron sulfate spring, and are clear and colorless and have sour taste and no smell. The sum total of the hot spring ingredients are 5.296 g/kg. The meta-silicic acid content is 263.4 mg/kg. It is said that the hot springs including the meta-silicic acid with over 200 mg/kg is effective for beautiful skin. What you should mention specially is the aluminum ion. The aluminum ion is said to be most large in Japan together with the hot springs of Ishida Onsen (石田温泉) in Esan, and it has 363.5 mg/kg, too.
The hot springs seem to be drinkable. When I drank the hot springs, those were bitter and sour taste such as tonic water. The hot springs seem to be effective for Chronic digestive diseases and Anemia. I guess that it might be tasty if I poured the cooled hot springs into a liquor, and drank it. In addition, if the hot springs get into your eyes, you sting your eyes. Because shampoos and body soaps are not provided at the bathroom, bathers must bring those. Because there is not a restroom at a dressing room, you should get a wash beforehand at the restroom at a corridor.
Atmosphere of Esan Onsen Can Be Watched on Youtube
|Types of Hot Springs
|Aluminum and iron sulfate spring (Type: Acidic, Osmotic Pressure: Low, Spring Temperature Type: Hot spring)
|Water temperature of Hot Spring Source
|Neuralgia, Muscular pain, Arthralgia, Frozen shoulder, Motor paralysis, Tightening of the joint, Bruise, Sprain, Relieving fatigue, Chronic digestive diseases, Hemorrhoid, Cold sensitivity, Convalescent convalescence, Healthy increase, Chronic skin diseases, Menopausal problems
|Acute disease(when there is the heat in particular), Active tuberculosis, Malignant tumor, Severe heart disease, Respiratory failure, Renal insufficiency, Hemorrhagic disease, High anemia, Sensitive person of the skin, Person of the photoallergy, Other diseases during condition of a patient progress generally
|Indications of drinking
|Chronic digestive diseases, Anemia
|Contraindications of drinking
|Indoor bath(1). * Sex-Segregated Bathroom.
|Entrance fee to the bath facility
|Adult: JPY 300. Child: JPY 150. Infant: Free of charge.
|Business hours
|Regular closing day
|From January to April
|Parking lot
|A free parking is provided (5 cars)
|Telephone number
|Home page
|Home page is here
|Jalan is here, Rakuten is here
|875 153 083*70
List of Accommodations
Refer to following websites for the accommodations in Esan Onsen. You can get information regarding online reviews and photos.
|Esan Onsen Ryokan(恵山温泉旅館)
A page of Great Onsen in Hokkaido is here
Great Onsen in Hokkaido
A page of Hakodate is here


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Chart of the Day: Gold (XAUUSD)
The refocus on US-China trade tensions, with Trump ordering 10% tariffs on US$300bil of Chinese exports, reportedly against the advice of his close advisors, has seen a new period of outperformance from safe-haven assets.
Gold (XAUUSD) managed a rally of 1.4% of the week, taking its appreciation year-to-date to 12.4%, while gold in AUD terms (XAUAUD) gained 3% on the week to trade to a new all-time high. It was only really gold in JPY terms that struggled, highlighting that the JPY has returned as the instrument to own in times of uncertainty. The fact we've seen a renewed bid in US Treasuries and global bond markets more broadly is also helping gold. We can see an incredible US$14.5tril of all global bonds now have a negative yield. To put context on that number, that's 26% of all outstanding bonds commanding a negative yield.
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Rare books and the Franciscan special collection in Ostra Vetere
I enjoy using the British Library's Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC). If you know Le Marche, try typing in the name of a comune and see what comes up. Ostra Vetere has 80 incunabula. That's about one for 42 inhabitants. You can also find some amusement in seeing what other large and famous libraries have copies of little Ostra Vetere's books: Bodley and the British Library have copies of Marchesinus' 1489 Mammotrectus.
The library also has a 1481 Mammotrectus, printed in Milan by Leonardus Pachel and Uldericus Scinzenzeler, but I couldn't photograph it as it wasn't on display. In fact they hadn't displayed any other incunabula.
Ostra Vetere's collection of antiquarian books derives from the Frati Minori, or Franciscan Friars Minor, whose collection the comune took over at the time of the unification of Italy, when many religious houses were suppressed, as happened in Mondavio. As you would expect,the friars had many medical books, for they were expected to doctor the townsfolk. In my previous post I showed you one book by Jean Fernel, and here is another.
Modena and libraries
This time I had a look at the Biblioteca Estense in Modena – only the normal tourist bit, I didn't get a special look round.
As all the guide books will tell you, the library contains the famous manuscript bible of Borso d'Este, which is indeed beautiful, but somehow MSS just don't do it for me – I like early printed books, of which obviously they have a fine collection including some printed by Aldus Manutius.On dispay are also some maps from the library's cartographic collection, including a fine portolan. (NB There are lots of portolans in Barcelona's Maritime Museum). Imagine my disappointment when I found that 2 of the half dozen or so display cases were filled with examples of facsimiles – not from their collection, which would have been fair enough, but from e.g. the Vatican Library.
I also met my good friends, and helpers with my article in the Cilip Rare Books Group newsletter, Barbara Lepidio (a librarian at the university of Verona) and Monia di Cosimo, Corinaldo's communal librarian. Barbara knows Mauro Mei, the doyen of antiquarian and rare book librarianship in the Marche, and has offered to introduce me to him which would indeed be a privilege.
Biblioteca Planettiana, Jesi
When I arrived here the exhibition I had hoped to see was in the process of being moved from one floor to another. I expressed my disappointment, whereupon a kind employee offered to show me round the library itself. This is just what happened in Mondavio (see my earlier post) and is typically Italian; everything is personal.
Jesi's public library goes back to … well, just when does it go back to? It is based on a donation made to the city in 1710 by the jurist and bibliophile Monsignor Giuseppe Pianetti. As a priest, he didn't have any direct descendants to leave his collection to, so he left it to the city via his nephew Cardolo. This is one of the reasons why the Marche region is so rich in fine books and libraries. As part of the Papal states, the Marche had lots of priests! The good cleric's nephew had a catalogue of the library compiled by a Franciscan friar of Ancona. This beautifully handwritten and illustrated work now rests proudly on a table in the middle of the room.
Frontispiece of the catalogue (below )
"P" page of the catalogue (above ). Both from collectio thesauri, vol 1, pp447-8, ed. Mauro Mei. Florence, edifir for Regione Marche, 2004.
I asked my guide about incunabula, and he was particularly proud of the Constitutiones Egidianae of Cardinal Albornoz, (the constitution of the Papal States), printed in Jesi in 1480 by Federico de' Conti. I also saw a little office book, printed by a local monastery in 1473, with one illustration.
My guide was also very anxious to show me two facsimiles, one of Dante's Divina Commedia, also printed by de' Conti, in 1472 (now in Ravenna). The people of Jesi are understandably proud of the fact that this is one of the three earliest Italian printings of the Divina Commedia.
The other facsimile was of a manuscript of "Hunting with Birds" by Frederick II, who was born in Jesi. It is a beautiful manuscript with detailed illustrations, apparently very useful for natural history, but not really what I am interested in! However, I didn't have the heart to say this to my guide. It was a bit frustrating when I got back and looked at my Marcheggiano bibliographer's Bible, the exhibition catalogue of Collectio Thesauri, and realised what I could have asked to see.
This leads me to digress and remark on the Italian love of facsimiles. In Modena two whole display cases were dedicated to them, and recently the Vatican library donated a very expensive and beautifully produced facsimile to the Queen's library at Windsor Castle . I suppose they are proud that they can still achieve the same fine craftsmanship as their ancestors.
In the library some books have been opened and faced forward, so that you can see their title pages. I noticed:-
Apiaria uniuersae philosophiae mathematicae, by Mario Bettini and Francesco Curti. Bologna: Ferroni ,1642, dedicated to Matthias Galasso (other copies in the British Library)
Funerali antichi di diuersi popoli, et nationi; forma, ordine, et pompa di sepolture, di essequie, di consecrationi antiche at d'altro, descritti in dialogo da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione Arretino. Venice: Galignani, 1574. (also in the BL)
Seneca's Works [in Latin]. Paris: Dupuis, 1586.
The globes you can see in the photograph at the top were made in 1699-1700 by Coronelli, a Venetian monk who was also the founder of the Cosmographic Academy of the Argonauts in Venice in 1684, followed by his appointment as Cosmographer of the Republic [of Venice] in 1685. His fame was assured by the fact that he produced 2 globes for the King of France between 1681 and 1683. Never mind that they weren't very accurate or easy to use: what was good enough for the king of France was good enough for Monsignor Pianetti.


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(17 November 2019, Hong Kong) Online application for Phase Two of the Crunch Time Instant Relief Fund for Retail sector will go live tomorrow. Application procedures and information are as follows:
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Burns, in second place overnight, took the lead with a bogey-free round that included five birdies. He made three birdies during a four-hole stretch on the back nine, beginning at No. 12.
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Desiree and a couple of volunteers from Alley Cat Rescue have been operating on a TNR (trap-neuter-return) task within the house once they have been knowledgeable concerning the kitten.
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"A resident instructed us about this thin kitten that was once searching for a house. Positive sufficient, we discovered her on a doorstep being shooed away," Desiree instructed Love Meow.
"She was once so grimy, lined in fleas and had an higher respiration an infection. Regardless of all this, she purred like loopy and is tremendous candy."
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Her voice had gotten raspy from the entire meowing however she by no means stopped purring. That day, the little stray after all discovered what she have been on the lookout for — protected refuge, excellent meals, and anyone to cuddle with.
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"She was once grimy and her voice was once hoarse from begging, however she saved purring from that first night time. She was once so thankful to be indoors," Desiree added.
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[embedded content] Stray kitten so satisfied to have excellent meals, protected refuge and a pal to cuddle with youtu.be
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My best friend sophie and her partner jay were over joyed to find out they were expecting another baby. At 20 weeks they found out they were having a baby girl and names her poppy-rae. At 23 weeks sophies waters broke. From that point on sophie was in and out of hospital with endless complications. On the 14th July 2018 sophie was rushed in to hospital for an emergency c.section. At 15.57 poppy-rae was born weighing in at 3lb 3oz. Poppy lived for a short 2 days and passed away on the 16th July 2018 which was her older twin sister's 4th birthdays. I would to reach out to the public to ask for help towards a beautiful head stone and decor for poppys grave and help towards the cost of the funeral. Please please please can you dig deep into your pockets to give poppys older sister's and brother somewhere beautiful to visit. Thankyou
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The woman who told Johnathan Thurston to 'clean up your act'
SHE is the woman who told Johnathan Thurston to "clean up your act" and in turn helped create the rugby league superstar's multimillion-dollar empire.
Eleven years ago, Samantha Thurston (nee Lynch) was the Cowboys' sponsorship manager and just friends with her future husband when she told him he needed a "legacy".
"You need to clean up your act," Samantha said to Thurston.
"Long term you need a legacy, your character will be your legacy, that's what people will remember."
It was in 2007 when she had the first of many conversations with Thurston about the importance of having a great character off the field as well as on it.
"It was always in him, he didn't do it because I told him to, it was just at times he just needed direction," she said. With Samantha's advice, Thurston began making an effort and in turn enjoyed engaging with sponsors and fans.
He began to use his status to help his community. Since meeting Samantha, he has also turned his attention to indigenous education, with his club running Cowboys House for indigenous secondary students as well as being involved in the Deadly Kindies program.
Last December Thurston was awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal for his work in Queensland indigenous communities.
Samantha continues to steer Thurston's career, they've since had three children (Frankie, Charlie and Lillie).
She says fatherhood has been the making of him.
Fans are eagerly awaiting the release of his autobiography later this year.