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1. Alton Towers Tickets, (save more than £20pp)
Look out for cheap Alton Towers tickets from just £34 an adult/£28.50 a child when you book online in advance. We're always searching for Alton Towers deals & Tips To Beat the Queues and we often find that the best savings available are for those that can plan ahead. As this online ticket promotion saves you more than £20pp if you book in advance, we think it offers value for money. We find the best deals are available for those that can book a few days in advance and look out for the rainy day guarantee too!
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2. Alton Towers 2 for 1 Vouchers
Check out our round up of valid 2 for 1 vouchers for Alton Towers for those looking for cheap ticket options. Worth being aware that your voucher must be used against on-the-gate ticket prices rather than online discounted prices so consider the actual savings being made per person. Vouchers cannot be used in conjunction with any other deal or discount with more information available at Alton Towers 2 for 1 Vouchers.
TOP TIP; Pick up Alton Towers Tickets from £34pp when you book in advance that comes with a nifty rainy day guarantee too!
3. Alton Towers Tickets; Rainy Day Guarantee
Take advantage of this rainy day guarantee from Alton Towers that offers you a FREE return visit to the park to hedge your bets against the great British weather! Should it rain continuously for an hour or more during your visit, you will be entitled to a like-for-like ticket on selected dates during the season. This offer is only available to those that book theme park tickets direct with Alton Towers and not valid for those taking advantage of 2 for voucher, short breaks or other promotions.
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4. Alton Towers; Half Price Vouchers, (Carex)
For those that managed to pick up half price ticket vouchers from Carex, it's good to know that these remain valid for use until 31 May 2021. This voucher is particularly useful for groups that have an odd number in their party that can be used against full price on-the-gate price tickets at your selected Merlin Attractions. More information is available at Carex Half Price Alton Towers Vouchers.
5. Alton Towers Breaks; FREE 2nd Day & Early Ride Time
In previous years, we've seen promotions that offer a Early Ride Time and FREE second days at the park when you book overnight accommodation at the Alton Towers Resort, (due to Covid restrictions these promotions are not currently available). Resort accommodation includes the Splash Landings Hotel & Waterpark, Alton Towers Hotel & Spa or Enchanted Village Lodges and comes with a great free parking perk too. Promotions vary throughout the season so worth taking a look for your next visit.
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6. Alton Towers Tickets from £34pp
Book online and in advance to pick up Alton Towers tickets from just £34pp, (£28.50 a child). With savings of more than £20pp off standard price ticket options, you can enjoy all the rides & attractions at the park, (including Wicker Man & CBeebies Land) at a discounted price. Ticket prices vary throughout the season so worth taking a look before you book.
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7. Alton Towers; FREE Ticket Offer
Look out for this popular newspaper offer that runs each year in conjunction with The Sun. Here's your chance to pick up 2 FREE tickets to Alton Towers for those that have flexibility on when they visit as you cannot specify the date of your visit. Whilst this can be quite a complicated application process, just follow the application instructions to the letter for your chance to enjoy free entry. This promotion tends to run during March each year and we'll bring you more details on this offer as they come in.
8. Alton Towers; Clubcard Vouchers
Regular Tesco shoppers can redeem vouchers in exchange for Alton Towers entry that includes access to all the rides & attractions. This can be a great way to slash costs at Alton Towers where you can either opt for a day ticket or invest in a Merlin Annual Pass with these 'pay in full' deals. You can even upgrade to a Premium Merlin Pass for around an additional £50pp cash when you visit the park.
9. Alton Towers; Kellogg's 2 for 1 Vouchers
Alton Towers has once more teamed up with Kellogg's to offer 2 for 1 vouchers that are valid at this popular theme park in Staffordshire. Whilst vouchers can only be used in conjunction with FULL PRICE tickets, these vouchers can been redeemed online in advance through a special booking site. More information is available at Alton Towers – Grown Ups Go Free Vouchers.
10. Alton Towers Deals; 365tickets
Alton Towers often teams up with 365tickets to offer special discounted tickets & promotions throughout the year. Whilst promotions change during the theme park season, it's worth keeping an eye out for current offers running for the date of your next trip.
LOOK OUT FOR OUR Alton Towers Guide; Tips To Beat The Queues packed with money saving ideas to bypass the queues at this popular visitor attraction!
11. Alton Towers & Thrill Hopper Ticket
Consider a Thrill Hopper ticket that offers you one admission to all four of the following; Alton Towers, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Water World & Snowdome, (limited to specific activities). This is a substantial saving against the cost of four separate entries with Thrill Hopper tickets priced at £65pp or £185 for a family of 4 and a great value for money, (not valid for Alton Towers fireworks). More information available at Thrill Hopper Ticket.
12. Alton Towers; Come Back Tickets, (not currently available)
Alton Towers run some attractive come back ticket deals during the season that are worth looking out for. With options on either next day entry or later in the season tickets, this can offer value for money on a return trip. We've even come across a deal for the Alton Towers Waterpark! More details available at Come Back Tickets for Alton Towers.
13. Alton Towers; 2 for 1 Travel by Train Voucher
Here's a 2 for 1 voucher for Alton Towers if you travel by train during the theme park season. Simply download the voucher & present your train tickets plus voucher on the day of your visit for discounted entry. Saying this, Alton Towers is not an easy place to get to by train as the closest main line station is Stoke on Trent, some 20 miles away but is a connecting bus services. More information available at Alton Towers; 2 for 1 Vouchers.
14. Alton Towers Resort Family Break
Take advantage of this short break package that offers hotel accommodation, breakfast, Alton Towers tickets + 2 other visitor attractions from £235 per family, (up to 1-2 adults/1-3 children under 12 years). The great advantage with this offer is the flexibility it offers both in terms of accommodation & the range of attractions included within the break such as Water World, Trentham Monkey Forest, SnowDome, Shugborough, Churnet Valley Railway, Conkers & more. More details available at Alton Towers Resort Family Break.
Alton Towers; Blue Peter Badgeholders
Whilst the Blue Peter badge free entry offer remains in place for 170+ visitor attractions around the UK, unfortunately Alton Towers is no longing participating in this scheme. This new policy came into effect back in 1 January 2017 and runs across the full range of Merlin Attractions. You can find out more details over at Important Changes for Blue Peter Badgeholders.
Alton Towers Ticket & Meal Deal, (not currently running)
Look out for this Alton Towers ticket PLUS meal deal offer from Attractiontix from £39.25 an adult/£31.25 a child. Choose from a Burger Kitchen or Fried Chicken Co meal deal plus drink with offers savings of up to 41% off package gate prices. Your theme park ticket is also included within this deal that secures you entry to the rides & attractions at Alton Towers including CBeebies Land.
Alton Towers; The Wicker Man
Look out for latest wooden coaster now open at Alton Towers; The Wicker Man complete with a 57.5ft, (17.5m) flaming structure! Claiming a world's first by combining wood and fire within a coaster, this £16 million ride is likely to be popular with theme park visitors this year. Whilst not strictly a new development we do still rate the Rollercoaster Restaurant that delivers your food via miniature coaster track.
Beat the Queues at Alton Towers
Early Ride Time; find out how you can enjoy the rides at the park before they open to the public each day, (not currently available).
Single Rider Queues; take up available space in ride carriages and bypass the standard queues.
Fastrack Tickets; invest in a solo fastrack or select fastrack packages to get a few of the popular rides under your belt.
Find out more tips & tricks within our Alton Towers Guide packed with money saving ideas to help you get the best from your visit.


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I really struggled with this book. There were so many things about it that were appealing. The new take on pulpy noir writing certainly jumped out at me. I am a fan of noir, even when it gets a little campy, so I liked the idea that the story has a nice shadowy edge to it. And the characters are really well developed, particularly Sam. I felt like we were really able to tap into his feelings. The characters had depth and dimension, and I thought the writing itself was interesting.
Where I seemed to struggle was the organization and flow of the plot. I felt like the rhythm of the story changed part way through the book. There were so many strange things going on throughout the story, and I never really felt like I got good resolution on all of them. The resolutions we do get felt a little forced, or rushed maybe. All I know is, in the end, I was left a little unsatisfied.
I think this book will appeal to fans of noir crime writing, and fans of dark mysteries.
I received a review copy courtesy of TLC Book Tours in exchange for my honest review. See the rest of the tour here.
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We removed the valances (always a good idea to make the ceiling seem taller and to bring in more light)
I chose a gorgeous Oriental from the Gallery of Oriental Rugs and we went with a larger size to make the room feel even bigger. I chose a sectional in a performance fabric in a textured cream and added nail heads for detail.
I kept their coffee table because I liked the size and the wood element. I chose a tray, some pretty coffee table books and accessories to dress it up.
Lacefield pillows and custom sewn pillows in watery fabrics layer the sectional.
The room boasts a great deal of built-ins for storage, components and a hidden bar.
They were originally finished in a whitewashed pickled finish that dated the look and made the room feel heavy. We had them sprayed in an ivory satin for a factory finish. With new glass knobs, these built-ins look like brand new cabinetry for a fraction of the cost.
A custom spool chair in a driftwood finish adds extra seating and the client's end tables were reused, just repositioned.
Gorgeous lighting from Currey and Company flank the sectional and add pops of color to the neutral palette.
Now the beautiful outdoors (can you believe this view?)and now the soothing indoors feel like one open space....


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My sister is going to be a Grandma!!! I am SO excited for her! The baby, a boy, is due in a few months and the whole family is excited.
My sister is also a quilter and in her travels, before there was even a hint of a baby, she found these absolutely darling panel prints. She purchased them and saved them for when she would be a Grandma, or if that didn't happen, she would donate them to a kids charity. I don't know where she purchased the panel prints, but these were some of the nicest panel prints I have seen or worked on!
The first panel print is titled "In the Beginning" for obvious reasons. Here is the full view of the finished quilt.
Click on any photo for a larger view.
Here is a close up of the top of the quilt.
And a close up of the bottom of the quilt.
This is quilted with Signature, 100% cotton thread and many thread color changes were done to match the thread to the fabric.
Now for the fun quilting!!! My nephew, the baby's father, is a heavy equipment operator. When my sister saw this panel print, she could not help herself! Here is the full view of the panel. It isn't very large, only about 42 x 34 inches.
On a panel like this, I like to quilt "texture" into what is already printed on the fabric.
Here is a close up of some of the trucks.
And another close up of another truck. Please click on the photo for a larger view and you can see the stitching on the trucks.
Again, I changed my threads many times and I also used Soft & Bright batting.
I have one more panel to show you – Another heavy equipment themed panel. (My sister finds the GREATEST fabrics!) Here is the full view of the "Gravel Pit" and I went crazy with the texture! Yes, I did quilt pebbles in the gray "asphalt" on the panel! This quilt is also 42 x 34 inches.
Because I knew that I was going to be changing my thread a LOT, I decided to baste the quilt first. I like using a bright (usually neon) color, high sheen poly thread for the basting with a large stitch. After the basting, I put a color of thread in the machine ( I started with a variegated gray) and quilted the "asphalt" and anything else using that thread color, moving the quilt back and forth as needed to get to the area to be quilted. Then I changed to another color of thread and quilted ALL the areas that need quilting with that color. Before I quilted any area, I removed the basting from that section.
This photo shows the basting on the un-quilted quilt top. The quilt is on my machine with the bright overhead lights.
In this photo, this area has been quilted and it is hanging outside on a cloudy day. Click on any photo for a larger view.
Another photo of a basted area.
And here is that area quilted.
One more basted area –
And the same area quilted.
One more photo of another section of the Gravel Pit.
I have sent my sister photos of these quilts but I can't wait for her to see them in person! These quilts are getting mailed back to the Midwest in the morning!
I can't wait to hear about the reaction of both my nephew and his wife when they see these quilts. And of course, after the baby is born, I'll get photos of the baby laying on the quilts!


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Elizabeth Goodweather has seen her fair share of mysteries in Ridley Branch, a small hamlet in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. For now, though, Elizabeth just wants to settle down on her Full Circle Farm, manage her herb and flower business, and marry her handsome policeman boyfriend, Philip Hawkins. Elizabeth's peaceful life is interrupted, however, when her sister Gloria descends on the homestead. Fresh from Florida and avoiding her potentially dangerous current husband, Gloria is the complete opposite of Elizabeth. Compared side-by-side, Elizabeth and Gloria's relationship is a mystery in itself. Gloria loves material things, steals men's attention with her beauty, and buys into all of the new age remedies that plain-looking, salt of the earth Elizabeth mocks. With all this, Gloria grates on Elizabeth's nerves.
Now that Gloria has made herself at home, however, Elizabeth begins to see a new side of her sister. While she may have some annoying traits, Gloria proves to be a generous, thoughtful, and complex. A skeptical Elizabeth decides to join her sister at a workshop with a medium to show her support, but events that unfold during a séance leave her questioning reality – and put both sisters in danger. It is up to Elizabeth to uncover the truth and to restore harmony in her life, which now includes her sister.
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|This one belonged to my Aunt's Mother-in-Law
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That thought led me to think I should get them out and display them and that a good spot would be my sewing/stamping room. THAT led me to realize that the room was an absolute disaster area. Can't believe I'm posting these pictures!
So that one little bulletin board that Steph created led me to an entire afternoon of cleaning, organizing, rearranging and finally . . .
a fairly clean, organized work space! I bought an over-the-door shoe organizer for all of my spray paints, brushes, etc. I'd like to add some decorative touches, accent lamps, etc. but that's another project for another day.
So what's the "Little Blue Chair"?
Here she is . . . isn't she adorable?! I've been looking and looking for a chair to paint and put on my front porch (which is currently a VERY sad looking place!).
I found this little gal at our local thrift store today wearing a $10.00 price/name tag but all furniture was half off! I thought it was amusing they put "blue chair" on the tag. And believe it or not . . . this is one comfy chair even without a cushion (which I may add when she's finished). Now it's time for a nice hot cup of tea. Happy weekend everyone!


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In a statement today by Face Paint Kit manufacturer Bo Buggles they issued an advisory notice to customers on the Amazon retail platform to buy their face painting supplies for Halloween early as stock may not last in the weeks leading up to the Halloween holiday on October 31st.
A spokesperson for Bo Buggles explained further, "We have seen an unexpected high demand for Face Paint Kits over the summer holiday season which was boosted by our #1 bestseller status on Amazon over the summer months. As we move towards Halloween and into the Christmas buying season which includes the online holiday retail events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday surrounding the Thanksgiving holday we have tried our best to estimate the necessary stock levels required. However, we do advise that customers purchase their Bo Buggles 'Super Buggly' Face paint Kit early so as not to be disappointed should stocks run out before the Halloween holiday.
Bo Buggles is the manufacturer of the 'Super Buggly' Face Paint Kit. The Face Paint Kit contains 14 x 4g colors that are FDA Compliant, Vegan, Paraben & Lead Free. The kit also contains 2 x 10ml glitter gels, 2 brushes, 2 sponges, 1 twin tip applicator, boys & girls stencil sets, plus a bonus E-Book containing instructions for painting 8 face painting designs.
The Bo Buggles 'Super Buggly' Kit has achieved a 5 stars rating on the Amazon retail platform and is an upgraded version of its number 1 bestselling Face Painting Kit providing more colors and extras than its bestselling counterpart. Read all reviews at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DO1TF6Q/
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My daughter loved it. So i would recommend others as well to buy this item for their kids. Its great for gifting as well."
"My daughter and I had so much fun with this paint kit! The paint actually goes on very well, its the same paint I see the professional face painters using at Chucky Cheese's. Its easy to remove, and stays on for hours!"
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I am a quilter - a retired widow living in the Nebraska Panhandle. I am surrounded by beautiful semi-arid ranch country, and treeless hills and fields under incredibly wide blue skies, located far from the upheaval found often in large towns or cities. I am blessed to have delicious time to quilt and to appreciate my peaceful moments in an unpeaceful world.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Blue Eggs, and a Jewel Box AKA Buckeye Beauty WIP
Last Saturday, having some ham left from Thanksgiving, I decided to make a REAL breakfast. DH brought home eggs from the Barber Shop and I opened the carton to this lovely surprise.
All lovely shades of (neutral?) brown but the blue ones were just plain lovely. I've never seen them before and had to Google "Blue Eggs". Todays lesson!
The Araucana, also known in the USA as a South American Rumpless,[1] is a breed of chicken originating in Chile. The Araucana is often confused with other fowl, especially the Ameraucana and Easter Egger chickens, but has several unusual characteristics which distinguish it. They lay blue eggs, have feather tufts near their ears, green legs and yellow undersides to their feet. Conversely, the Ameraucana has blue-slate to black legs and either black or white on the undersides of the feet.
Below is a current project on my "Design Floor" - yes, another scrappy quilt. I kept the HSTs all in browns, deep reds and a few greens. I kept the rest of the palette somewhat consistent, with a few brights for "twinkle." The lights really needed to be scrappy for a bit of contrast (IMHO). This should be 10 x 11 blocks and the blocks are 6 inch finished. I was smart this time and make ALL the 4-patches, and ALL the HSTs and kept track of them with a tally sheet. in baggies, then started sewing them together. It's a small suggestion, but often I don't count ( duh) which is definitely a waste of time. I make 10 blocks at a time, then get up and do something else. Sewing definitely goes faster if one does not need to stop and cut more, a little at a time. This block has so many possibilities. If you are consistent in sewing the same way each time, I found if I twirled all the seams in the back, (pressed all clockwise) each block's seams will nest in the next block with no problem seams - a good time saver.
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- Janet O. said...
My BIL used to have chickens on the family farm that laid blue eggs. Aren't they pretty?
I have always loved the look of the Jewel Box pattern.
- Lori said...
I always have little notes study in baggies. Remember to put the NAME of the project on there too. I measure my tops, write the figures on a piece of paper. All of a sudden you find 3 scraps with numbers on them, but no idea which top they go yo!
- ~Joan said...
When I have oodles of units (like you do here), I safety pin or straight pin groups of 10 and put a small note in the bag like 15/275, letting me know I have 15 finished and a whole lot more to go!
- Debi said...
Aren't those colorful eggs divine. We have a variety of chickens and get blue-green eggs every now and then. When I share them with friends they are always delighted to see natural "Easter Eggs". I've missed your posts and keep that cold weather away from Ohio!
- suz said...
pretty quilt - we had a neighbor, when I was a kid, who had a chicken that laid blue eggs. He told us it was because the chicken ate his Morning Glories! I do remember those chickens with whiskers though!
- Vic in NH said...
Your blocks are beautiful and I never tire of Jewel Box quilts when they are so wonderfully scrappy!
- Purple Pam said...
I have never seen so many colors of eggs in one container. Actually, I have not seen that many different colors of eggs anywhere. Nice start on your Jewel Box. Thanks for the tips on ironing.
- Vivian said...
Judy over at Pathwork Times used to (still does?) have some of those Arucanas. Blue eggs, let alone truly "fresh" eggs are definitely something I don't get to see in the city.
Love, love, love the colors of your jewel box. Will have to check back --- I'd love to see what the border will be (pieced or fabric?) although this one would also be pretty bound to the edge.


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Sunday, January 6, 2013
7th MIT Pan-Arab Conference
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We have all read stories in which people from a sinking ship reach an island and have to learn to do for themselves. In a real sense Saudi Arabia is an island but what they need to do is learn to rely on their own labor not that of imported foreigners (except for those few real skills that only foreigners can do such as teach English or any other foreign language). At this point it might make sense for Saudi Arabia to go cold turkey and stop importing foreigners. Of course that would mean minimum wage laws and job safety regulations. It would make work a bit more expensive, but unless you really kick the foreign labor habit you are only going to add cost to Saudi society without fixing things. If all the foreigners vanished the real work would have to be done by locals, and some of it would get done (unless Saudis are a lazy as foreigners think they are).ReplyDelete
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A BBC Music Magazine rising artist, pianist Joon Yoon has performed at venues such as London's Wigmore Hall, Barbican Center, Barcelona's Palau de la Musica Catalana, and New York's Lincoln Center, among others.
Praised by BBC Radio 3's In Tune as "Magic", pianist Joon Yoon made his solo recital debut in Korea at the age of 12 and his concerto debut in the U.S. a year later. He is an avid solo and chamber musician and performs a wide range of repertoire from Bach to Brahms to Carter and contemporary composers.
In 2018, he was the unanimous winner of Guildhall School's most prestigious award, the Gold Medal, previously won by artists such as Jacqueline du Pre and Bryn Terfel, for which he was named a BBC Music Magazine rising star. He won top prizes at competitions such as the Piano Texas Concerto Competition in the USA, and Piano Campus International Competition in France, as well as winning awards at the Campillos International Piano Competition in Spain and the Verona International Piano Competition in Italy. He was the 2017 winner of the Glass Sellers' Beethoven Prize at the Guildhall School.
"Magic!" on the radio live performance
BBC Radio 3 In Tune
As an avid chamber musician, he collaborated with prestigious musicians such as current and former members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, and Ying quartets.
Joon performed in prestigious venues across Asia, Europe, and the USA, including the Barbican Center, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Palau de la Musica, Seoul Arts Center, and Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. He made concerto appearances with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Sinfonietta, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, and Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto.
He was a fellow of prestigious music festivals such as the Music Academy of the West, the Bowdoin International Music Festival's Kaplan Fellowship program, where he collaborated with faculty members of prestigious music institutions such as the New England Conservatory (Ayano Ninoyama), Oberlin Conservatory (Amir Eldan), and Indiana University (Kurt Muroki). Additionally, he collaborated members of the previous and current Guarneri Quartet (Peter Wiley), and the Juilliard Quartet (Joel Smirnoff), the Ying Quartet (Phillip & David Ying), and New York Philharmonic Concertmaster Frank Huang.
As a versatile musician, Joon explores contemporary music, performing in festivals such as the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music, and New Music New Haven. As a vocal pianist, he appeared in Guildhall's Songs and Six, and the Leeds Lieder Festival in UK.
His teachers and biggest musical influences are Yong Hi Moon, Robert McDonald, Hung-Kuan Chen, and Ronan O'Hora, having studied with full scholarships at the Juilliard School in New York, Yale School of Music, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He will resume his endeavors with the renowned pianist Kirill Gerstein at Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin for the school's most prestigious Konzertexamen degree.
Aside from music, Joon is an avid cook and a film and art lover, especially those of Wes Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Chang-dong Lee, Chan-wook Park, Wassily Kandinsky, and Joan Miro.
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29th, March, 2019, 1PM
St. Barnabas Church, London
Piano Quartets by Mozart and Brahms
Goethe Piano Quartet
23rd, April, 2019, 7PM
Korean Cultural Centre UK, London
Solo and Chamber Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, and Brahms
Ben Tarlton, Cello / Joon Yoon, Piano
27th, April, 2019, 11AM
Recital Room, Leeds College of Music
Leeds Lieder Festival: Cortex by Dimitrios Rontsis (World Premier)
William Thomas, Bass / Joon Yoon, Piano
May 23 – June 10, 2019
Sendai, Japan
Sendai International Piano Competition
3rd, December, 2019, 2PM
St. Mary's Perivale, Middlesex, UK
Solo Recital
Works by Beethoven, Rameau, Couperin, Ravel, and Liszt
6th, December, 2019, 1PM
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, UK
Solo Recital
Works by Beethoven, Couperin, Ravel, and Liszt
22nd, January, 2020, 8:30PM
Nouvelle scène nationale-Théâtre 95, Cergy, France
Solo Recital
Works by Couperin, Rameau, Debussy, Granados, Liszt, and Ravel
26th January – 2nd February, 2020
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Gurwitz International Piano Competition
Works by Couperin, Rameau, Debussy, Granados, Liszt, Prokofiev, Scriabin, Ravel, and more
27th February, 2020
New North London Synagogue, London, UK
Solo Recital
Works by Rameau, Beethoven, Brahms, and more
17th April, 2020
St. James' Church, Picadilly, London, UK
Solo Recital
Works by Beethoven and Ravel
4th – 14th May, 2020
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Bourgie Hall, Montreal, Canada
Concours musical international de Montréal
Works by Rameau, Yun, Scriabin, Brahms, Prokofiev, Ravel, and more
11th January, 2021
St. Mary's Perivale, Middlesex, UK
Solo Recital
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Goethe Piano Quartet
Members of the Goethe Piano Quartet have all collaborated together in various chamber music settings, including BBC total immersion projects, LSO Pre Concert, and The Guildhall Chamber Music Festival, and Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music and have recently formed the quartet. As individual players, the members of the quartet have won prestigious awards and competitions, which include The Indianapolis Violin Competition, Guildhall Gold Medal, among others to name. The quartet is based in London, where each member studied at the Guildhall School, and the Royal Academy of Music. The quartet's future engagements include Korean Cultural Center, and St Barnabas Church in London, and Stavanger Young Chamber Musicians Festival in Norway.
Luke Hsu, Violin
Hailed as "in a class by himself with total command of the instrument" by the Montreal Gazette, acclaimed London-based, VC (Violin Channel) Young Artist violinist and composer Luke Hsu has just recently won the bronze medal, the Bach prize, and the Mozart Sonata prize at the 10th Quadrennial Indianapolis International Violin Competition and a major prize at the 2018 'Premio Paganini' in Genoa, Italy. As a soloist, he has appeared at the Wigmore Hall, St. John's Smith Square, Windsor Castle, Kennedy Center, Herkulessaal, Jordan Hall, and Teatro Carlo Felice, among many others. Highlights of his current season included a solo recital at St. John in Smith Square in London, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin on the podium, and his Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 debut with the Teatro Carlo Felice Orchestra
Ben Tarlton, Cello
Born in 1995 in Wales, Ben Tarlton studied with Sharon McKinley and Alexander Baillie before being accepted to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School with Thomas Carroll. In 2014 he received a Scholarship to study with Louise Hopkins at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After graduating with First class honours, he has been awarded a Scholarship to continue his studies there as a Postgraduate Student, with financial help also from The Countess of Munster Trust and Help Musicians UK.In May of 2016 Ben was selected as a Fellow to participate in the Piatigorsky cello festival in Los Angeles and in April 2017, he participated in the masterclasses at IMS Prussia Cove, attending Open Chamber Music the following September. He has recently performed chamber music and solo performances in venues such as Milton Court, The Barbican Hall, Wales Millennium Centre and BBC's Hoddinott Hall.
Oscar Holch, Viola
Oscar Holch studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with David Takeno where his studies are generously supported by the Leo Birnbaum Scholarship Trust and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust. He previosuly studied at the Royal Academy of Music where he graduated with a 1st class degree and was awarded the Max Gilbert Prize. He has performed in masterclasses to Tatjana Masurenko, Thomas Riebl and Hartmut Rhode. As a chamber musician, he has appeared at festivals around the UK and in Europe including the Beaminster, Cowbridge, Ryedale, Monteleón Fundación and Vilalte festivals and has performed as part of the Leeds International Lunchtime Concert Series. After winning their annual 'Apprentice' competition in February 2018, he performed alongside the Edinburgh Quartet as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August and will return for more concerts in 2018. He has performed the chamber music of Colin Matthews' at a BBC PromsExtra concert celebrating the composer's 70th Birthday, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and performed the music of Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks in a concert celebrating his 70th birthday, collaborating with the composer beforehand. He recently performed in a BBC Total Immersion concert performing the chamber music of composers who lost their lives in WWI.
Joon Yoon, Piano
Pianist Joon Yoon was the unanimous winner of Guildhall School's most prestigious award, the Gold Medal, previsiouly won by artists such as Jacqueline du Pre and Bryn Terfel, for which he was named a BBC rising star, appearing live on BBC Radio 3's In Tune.Joon has performed in venues such as Palau de la Musica Catalana, Lincoln Center, Seoul Arts Center, and the Barbican Center among others to name. As an avid chamber musician, he has collaborated with prestigious musicians such as current and former members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, and Ying quartets.He has won top prizes in Campillos International Piano Competition (Spain), Verona International Piano Competition (Italy), among numerous others.His teachers and greatest musical influences are Yong Hi Moon, Robert McDonald, and Hung-Kuan Chen. He is a graduate of Yale School of Music and The Juilliard School under full scholarship, and is continuing his studies at the Guildhall School in London as an Artist Diploma candidate with Ronan O'Hora.


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Jul 02, 2018 - National Geographic Quest
We awoke this morning on National Geographic Quest in the calm waters of Holkham Bay at the entrance to the Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness. This wilderness, established in 1980, is over 650,000 acres in size and surrounds both Tracy and Endicott Arm Fjords. The morning began gently with a stretch class on the sundeck and a delicious breakfast in the dining room. We spent the early morning hours cruising for wildlife and we were not disappointed. Many of us on the bow were delighted to encounter some humpback whales spouting as they traveled through the glassy, calm, ice-laden waters. Rab, our expedition leader, then introduced us to life aboard the vessel and gave us tips and tricks for kayaking, hiking, and Zodiac cruising in this awesome place. The National Geographic Global Explorers met on the sundeck for some 'get to know you' games and to begin work in our Field Notebooks. Ryder offered us a great program on expedition photography and then we broke into small groups to learn more about our individual cameras. After lunch we headed out for our first Zodiac excursions amongst the beautiful ice of Endicott Arm near Dawes Glacier.
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I have been thinking to write about this subject for quite a long. Namely housekeeping and appreciating (material) things you have. I am a realist and I don´t want to go back in time, there were lots of hardships and especially women had more norms to follow than nowadays.
Yet something we can learn that suits for modern environmentally conscious lifestyle.
Every week I struggle with cleaning and washing dishes that are normal everyday tasks. If I am being honest it is not about time, I have lots of time to take care of my home. I also have all the modern equipment that makes cleaning effective and quick. And I do enjoy when my home is clean and I can bring in fresh flowers and bake something nice for the weekend. Then what makes these tasks so boring and dull?
One of my best inspirational guides for cleaning is a housekeeping magazine from the 1950´s. If we pass the fact that mostly in that magazine there are women doing the cleaning tasks, we can find a good guidelines for a better housekeeping philosophy for both women and men. 1950´s housework was considered important and responsible. The one who took care of the home was responsible for all those material things that the family had accomplished (and of course the immaterial things like the atmosphere and well-being of the family members). Is it so nowadays? Do I feel myself important and meaningful when I vacuum floors of sort laundry? Maybe not.
From the housekeeping magazine I have found lots of new ways to make the life cycle of furniture, textiles, clothes etc. a lot longer. I actually wonder if we have lost the capability to think that the things we purchase are for a lifetime? Everything is so temporary. If we buy new furniture, not to mention smaller things, do we think it as an investment that will last for the whole life or something till the next season? Maybe we will be happy with the same sofa for 10 years, but 50? Taking care of the things you are going to watch after decades inspires you to take better care of them.
Some might think this very old fashioned but it is a current problem that we have to learn to live with less new material if we want to have a planet that has something to do with the Earth that we now know. And yet the value of things has vanished. Most of us have enough money to buy constantly new in a manner that it is normal to waste perfectly good stuff. We are no longer proud if we have bought our furniture or kitchenware years ago and it is still good as new.
The fault is not completely ours. Not all products are high quality. Even if you are willing to pay more it does not lead to getting better products. But how much do we care if the things we purchase do not last as long as we expected or do we even expect them to last long? Sometimes I feel a bit unrealistic when I assume that I am buying for a lifetime. But it is important that we as customers want products that last and that we say it out loud. Then after that it is our duty to take care of our purchases. After a certain style has gone off fashion there are many ways to revamp or then you can give it to goodwill.
Here are some tips for sustainable housekeeping philosophy:
1. Your home reflects your own personal style. You can pick the trends that you feel inspired by. Don´t feel pressure to change just because someone tells you to.
2. Appreciate your housework. You are cleaning and mending things because you want them to last beautiful for years to come. Your home is not temporary.
3. If something gets spoiled or broken find out if there is still something you can do. When you buy a new one predict what could happen and protect it from possible harm. For example if you have mistakenly washed a cardigan in a hot temperature don´t make the same mistake twice but look for the instructions (your´s truly has made the mistake and learned from it :).
4. Be organized. Most of the time my home looks quite neat because I have a of habit keeping things organized. Pile your newspapers and magazines, put shoes in a row and clothes to the rack, carry your dishes to the sink and use baskets or boxes for all loose projects that are hanging around.
5. Put old things to the goodwill or sell them if you no longer want to keep them. Also if you want something new try secondhand shops, flea markets, antique shops, ask from friends and don´t forget all those DIY sites that tell you how to revamp the things you already have. Making yourself is also a good pastime that lets you to be creative.
6. Spend time in your home and enjoy all the things you have accomplished.
What are your thoughts about this?
What kind of housekeeping philosophy do you follow?


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As the U.S. electoral process grinds on and the Republican primary debates fold into state primaries and caucuses, the candidates' views on national security and foreign policy are being carefully scrutinized by voters who consider them to be crucial components of the total policy package a candidate will carry into the Oval Office. Citizens' attention is understandably riveted to candidates' proposals for solving our national economic crisis.
And, while there is little doubt that the condition of our economy will weigh heavily in the final outcome of the 2012 election, U.S. national security will undoubtedly play a huge role in the evolution of our national economy for the foreseeable future. After 9/11, and throughout the first post-9/11 decade, we have known that a meltdown in the Middle East would destabilize economic partnerships and jeopardize the flow of oil and energy to the West. We've also known that an increase of jihadi radicalism in the region will boost the chances of war and human rights abuses and lead to more terrorist attacks against the U.S. homeland. The security of the United States and other democratic societies will be at risk if the Middle East is abandoned to radicals and radical regimes.
The foreign policy and national security strategy of only one of the four remaining Republican candidates is adequate against this tenuous scenario. Ron Paul's agenda for the Middle East will guarantee a nuclear Iran, turn North Africa over to the Islamists, and ignore the next wave of jihadists who have trained their sites on the U.S. homeland. Congressman Paul may be a staunch advocate for citizens' constitutional rights, but in my modest view, his vision for U.S. foreign policy may force Americans into a national security predicament as bad as or worse as that of a second Obama administration.
I respect and admire all three leading candidates and their positions on the Middle East and U.S. national security. In the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that I have worked with all three at different times and find their strategic understanding of the threat to be as grave as my own, though differently expressed. Speaker Gingrich, Senator Santorum and Governor Romney have long warned about the Iranian threat in both in the surrounding region and globally. Their characterization of the jihadi threat as existential hits the bull's-eye. From my own field of research and publishing, I have not authored or opined on domestic social and economic issues, so I praise all three candidates, Gingrich, Santorum and Romney, for seeing and warning about the threat.
As Senior Advisor to Governor Mitt Romney on matters of national security and foreign policy, and one of three co-chairs on the Middle East and North Africa, I would like to share with readers why I believe Governor Romney's platform on the region is more advanced than the other candidates' platforms and the best alternative to the Obama administration's agenda on the Middle East. Governor Romney's edge over the other candidates is his perception of the threat and understanding of the enemy's tactics. His strategy for victory is precise and reasoned. For more than two decades, I have focused intensely on the strategies of America's enemies, not just their ideology. The most-read book of the three I have written on jihadism and published after 9/11 is Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies against America.
The book enabled lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic and many in the U.S. defense and national security communities to understand the fundamentals of the conflict. The U.S. is confronting an ideologically-driven force with a global strategy. The latter area is where I see Governor Romney's strategic edge. Knowledge of where the threat is coming from is crucial. Understanding its ideological roots is a must. But understanding our enemies' strategy and devising an appropriate counter-strategy that is part of a broader U.S. strategy which advances freedom and democracy, saves the national economy, and stabilizes the world economy is, in my view, what make the governor's agenda cutting-edge.
The Romney strategy acknowledges and praises U.S. successes in taking down the al Qaeda terrorist commanders Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, as well as the capturing other senior leaders and hundreds of al Qaeda terrorists over the past ten years. But America's strategy must go beyond beheading al Qaeda, which subscribes to an ideology that can grow new heads faster than the U.S. can take them out. Mitt Romney's al Qaeda strategy considers where the organization will be in five years, not just where it was five years ago.
On all battlefields where the jihadists operate, the Romney strategy will be based on day-to-day achievements on the ground, and a solid understanding of the enemy's next targets. We will anticipate and intercept their mutations before they begin, not after. In Yemen, despite al-Awlaki's elimination, al Qaeda is seizing villages. Al-Shabab is wreaking havoc in Somalia; in oil-producing Nigeria, Boko Haram is expanding; in Iraq, Salafi jihadists have returned to detonate car bombs; in Libya, al Qaeda flags are flying in Tripoli. The real fight against al Qaeda is in front of us, not behind. A super-global strategy must be applied, not the current retreat-and-declare-success strategy.
On Iran, the current administration claims to have assembled all tools needed to keep the growing threat in check, but continues to try and reason with the regime. All three Republican candidates know that the Iranian regime must be considered as a threat to regional, U.S., and international security interests. All three want the regime to end as an ultimate solution to the menace. Mitt Romney is interested in how, with whom, and when this can be accomplished. In his definitive Wall Street Journal article, the governor underlined two pillars of his strategy. One certifies the regime is driving the Iranian nuclear threat. He wants the Iranian regime to disappear like Qaddafi's. In addition to U.S. efforts to contain the Iranian military and terror networks, the governor sees the Iranian people, the Green Revolution, the regime's primary opposition, as the real U.S. partner in removing the regime.
On these grounds the Romney agenda for the Middle East provides a strategically advanced vision—countering radical jihadi ideology, partnering with the Iranian people against the Iranian regime, and equipping the U.S. with a defensive vision that intercepts the threat rather than reacts to it.
Walid Phares writes for History News Network, from where this article is adapted.


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Robert Swearingen, of Bradenton, left, a sarcoma survivor, watches the opening ceremonies at Relay for Life at Coquina Beach May 19 with co-workers from the Crab Trap in Palmetto, including caregivers Zanna Sammartino of St. Petersburg and Ann Sommer and her children, Lizzie and Aiden, of Ellenton. Islander Photos: Kathy Prucnell
Mayor Mike Selby proclaims May 19 "Power of Purple Day" to Coquina Beach some 250 Relay for Life sponsors, survivors, caregivers and team members. With him on stage are committee member Marlene Podguis, left, cancer survivor Kathy Hood, Bradenton Beach Commissioner Gay Breuler and Relay For Life advocacy chair Nancy Ambrose. Approximately $33,000 was raised from the event, according to Ambrose. Islander Photo: Kathy Prucnell
Anna Maria Island Privateers join the Relay for Life at Coquina Beach May 19, including from left, Tim "Hammer" Thompson, Ronald "Candyman" Fisher, Dee "Patch" Lonergan, Kathy "Longlocks" Griffenkranz, friend Sarah and Cindy "Bubbles" Shealy-Swager.
Relay for Life committee members rally the troops at the start the 18-hour event at Coquina Beach. The 29 teams were asked to keep a member on the track 1 p.m. May 19 until 7 a.m. May 20 to illustrate "cancer doesn't sleep."
Cancer survivors take the first lap May 19 at Relay For Life while a young man, with a young man wearing a Blake Medical Center T-shirt looks on. Blake and Miller Electric were two of the relay's major sponsors. The event benefits the American Cancer Society. Islander Photo: Kathy Prucnell


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Steve Combs made it back from from his surfing and stand up paddle trip to Nicaragua on 3/18. Check out the pictures. The surf camp is GreenSurf Nicaragua. They treated us well and the surf was excellent. It's north of all the crowds. I definitely want to go back. Contact me if you have questions.
Back From Nicaragua
Great looking waves and shots. Lots of smiles in there–looks like it could be a photo session out of the magazines.
Some of those smiles are due to boat captain. Note the beer and cigarette in his right hand. We were plowing through some pretty good seas at the time. He opened that bottle with his teeth.
He still has teeth?
Beautiful pictures. Almost makes you feel like you're there.
Time to face the music armed with this great inofomatirn.
stevie, your living the dream – that looked like fun.
You have grown up – that is a lot different than seeing you at Turkey Creek snorkling for turtles.
Hi Steve,
I just moved to Atlanta 2 weeks ago from VA Beach/ OBX, NC. I am 46 and a passionate surfer. I would love to meet some new friends and take some surf trips. I am not totally into SUP, but seeing that there is no surf here, I better, warm up to it if I want to get on tHe water. Anyhow, I was at our house in OBX and ran into a guy who ran a surf camp in Nicaragua . He was from OBX, NC. I was wondering whether you might have met this person. I don't remember his name, but he spends about 7 months in Nicaragua, and then come home to NC for a few months every year. Hope to meet you and the group soon. Neil Woisard, Morningside Section of Atlanta
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Yesterday was a sad day for people who listen to the radio in Boston.
Yes, WBCN was no longer the rock haven it once was. It's largely ceded that territory to WFNX. And yes, it aired the incredibly stupid/annoying Howard Stern and Toucher and Rich (who it will keep airing). But it still played better music than 99% of the crap radio stations in the nation. And the real tragedy is what it's being replaced with. Sports talk radio. Because this challenger to WEEI will work, unlike multiple previous attempts to dethrone the station that basically invented sports talk.


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Why It's Important to Constantly Monitor Your Cumulative GPA
Learn more about degree programs at American Public University.
By Brandon Patton
Academic Advisor, School of Health Sciences, APUS
Your grade point average (GPA) is determined by the final grade you receive in each course as you move through your degree program. Each letter grade is worth a certain number of points, which are used to calculate your cumulative GPA as you complete more of your required courses.
For example, a final grade of "A" in a course is considered a 4.0. Other final grades receive a lower number of points, according to the rules in the Student Handbook. Your GPA is determined by adding up the grade points of your classes and dividing them by your total number of credit hours.
GPA Requirements for Graduation
The university has GPA requirements for graduation to ensure that you have established your competence in the learning objectives for your degree program. For example, the cumulative GPA requirement for undergraduate students is 2.0 or higher. Graduate students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
If you fail to meet the minimum GPA required for graduation after your courses and university requirements are completed, you have a couple of different options available. One option is to take additional courses outside the current degree program to boost your cumulative grade point average to the minimum requirement to graduate.
The other option is to contact the university for a letter of program completion. However, you will not receive an officially awarded degree. To request the letter of program completion through our Registrations office, contact email@example.com.
Calculating Your GPA
In your ecampus, there is a GPA Calculator that is useful for determining what your grade point average would be for certain grades in your current and/or upcoming courses. This calculator is a helpful tool for creating future academic plans or to determine what your final GPA could be when you prepare to register for your final courses. To use the calculator, go to the "Academic Plan & Forms" drop-down menu in the ecampus and look for "GPA Calculator" under "My Status & Records."
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As academic advisors, our job is to help ensure you are prepared for success in your degree program. We do this, in part, by providing information on course progression and resources available to you.
We greatly encourage you to contact us and arrange for an advising session, so we can review your unique situation and prepare a plan to ensure your academic success. Academic preparation and support from university staff will help ensure that you complete your degree program with confidence and on time.
That preparation and support will help you establish and maintain a satisfactory grade point average throughout your degree program. If you have any additional questions, please contact email@example.com.
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I am struck that the two respondents to my epic letter on Libeskind's World Trade Center design (AJ 17.4.03) both complained that they 'had to read it twice'. How many times does an architect look at anything that fascinates him? Why should a piece of writing be any different?
Why do architects expect to consume writing like a car driver glimpses a glass box (even one by Herzog & de Meuron), as it flashes by on the freeway (blink and it's gone)? What else is there to dwell on after the first visceral impact? In Herzog's words, postarchitectural tristesse?
I cannot but treasure the description of my literary style as 'intensely decorative and heavily embellished with obscure references'. The aniconic, grey-cement architecture that replaced the inter-War Moderne (Art Deco to Thing-Collectors) accompanied a determined attempt to control the populations of Europe by denying anyone (whatever their class, for it was a blanket taboo) the ability to write on the walls of public space.
In the US, after the 1939-45 war, they went even further by abolishing public space itself.
Architects are known, by the mass public, to have collaborated in this repressive project. As welfare state politics crumbles before the assaults of capitalism, the mass media, and so on, architects scramble for any mythology that justifies their control of both exterior and interior surface-scripting (or rather de-scripting).
Decoration is the conceptual medium of lifespace-design.
Everyone except architects recognises this. But styling buildings to look green with softwood plank walls and vent cowls is dumb. Destyling their surfaces with the nonsensical scribbles of Libeskind merely puts off the evil hour when architects must face up to the fact that they will either show themselves more capable of iconic engineering, or be replaced, as they have been in Las Vegas, by illustrators and filmset designers. Architects in the hotter spots of the US now work only as project managers.
How are the mighty fallen!
Everything that man makes is 'embellished with arcane references'. It is politically repressive at worst and blissfully ignorant at best to refuse to recognise this fact and deal with it openly and professionally. The only thing that matters is the intellectual sophistication and quality of the surface-scripting.
So what is so illuminating about planar glazing and rivetted zinc? Is this free-thinking or empty-headed? This is why I asked what the difference was between Vegas and the WTC design? Maybe someone would be so kind as to tell me.
For my part, Libeskind's WTC is (as Lord Fawsley used to remark) 'fundamentally flawed'.
New York has a confused and violent climate, and no tradition of lazy outdoor Latin-living - even though it has the same latitude as Rome.
Its tradition is for giant and wonderful internal public spaces - lost railway stations and skyscraper lobbies. Why make the monument to the fallen a giant bomb-pit overhung with crazypaned architectural decowreckage?
In summer it will fill with the irrigation sprays needed to water the plants and become a broiling soup-pit of humid heat unswept by the sea breeze. In winter the humid cold will sink down into its depths and freeze at night to kill all but the hardiest plants and stiffen the sleeping winos into human ice-men.
It would be far more authentically NY (a far from chaotic and highly regulated city) to oblige all of the developers to build huge internal plazas and then make sure their external doors all lined up so that one could walk from one to the other through that city's humid heat or whistling cold.
At least these monumental compositions would be alive - and what a chance for surfacescripting. NY was, after all, the capital of the 'Moderne'.
John Outram, by email
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Hometown girl brings big time act to Frost Ridge
As a little girl Krista Marie Robusto would watch her mom in Rotary shows and think, "Oh, gosh, I want to do that someday."
About 10 years ago, Krista was the lead of the Batavia Rotary's production of the "Wizard of Oz."
Now, Krista Marie -- just Krista Marie to her fans -- is living in Nashville and hitched to a rising star.
Tonight, her band, The Farm, plays at Frost Ridge Campground in Le Roy.
Krista Marie, Nick Hoffman and Damien Horne were friends in Nashville, all working professionally -- Krista pursuing a solo career and Hoffman toured with Kenny Chesney and Horne with John Legend. The three young artists decided to try writing some songs together.
Soon, their songwriting projects evolved into putting some serious thought into forming a band.
"When we finally decided to be a group we looked at each other and said, 'OK, we've got to be all in,' " Krista said. "We said, 'we're going to be betting the farm.' That was the little bell that went off and we said, 'OK, betting the farm,' and that's it, The Farm."
The Farm was signed with Warner Brothers and they were off and running. The first song the trio wrote together, "Home, Sweet Home," became the band's first hit single.
The last three years have been filled with nearly nonstop touring, and though The Farm has played two gigs in Rochester, tonight is The Farm's first shows "inside the county lines," as Krista put it.
"I'm super excited," she said.
"Every time I come home I absolutely remember how lucky and how grateful I am to be from Western New York," Krista said. "The people are great. The food's amazing and it's just really awesome. I'm really, really proud to be a hometown girl from Upstate New York."
Krista grew up in Alexander and attended Alexander Central School through 10th grade before starting home school. Her mother and father owned and operated Pat's Meat Market in Batavia. They were both musicians and performers and Krista's father was an internationally acclaimed accordian player.
All of those influences -- along with the Rotary shows, singing in church, dance lessons at That Dancing Place -- all pointed her in the direction she wanted to go, which is performing country music.
"If you're from here you know how country we are," Krista said. "I grew up riding and in 4-H and my dad was a butcher. I grew up riding horses, got into four-wheelers and motorcycles, and we have beautiful farmland up here. It's as country as it gets. I live in Nashville, Tennesee now and I'm always bragging on what awesome country we've got up here."
Krista is feeling pretty good about the trajectory of her career -- a career that started playing country music locally with Richard Fink and Johnny Cummings, including a series of summer-long gigs at Darien Lake Theme Park (she hopes The Farm can play there as soon as next summer) that helped her earn the money to buy her first motorcycle.
She said she's very grateful for Genesee County making her into the hometown girl she still is, even on any stage anywhere in America.
"I grew up with the Rotary shows and I grew up singing in church and I grew up riding and showing horses at the Genesee County Fair," Krista said. "I raced mini-stocks at the Genesee County Fairgrounds, so all of this is who I've become and it's a big part of who I am today."
The Farm takes the stage at Frost Ridge at 7 p.m., opening for Jerrod Niemann.
Krista Marie and her mother, Barb Galliford, with a school bell that was once belonged to Krista's grandfather (it may have been a school bell for a school in Batavia originally). It was a gift to Krista today from her family. Barb said, "Of course I'm proud of her, and my thing is whatever you do, try to do it well and with all your heart, and she's done that."


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Huck's father is all worn out. He looks old, his clothes and shoes are rags, and his face is a sickening whitish color. They talk for a while and Pap gets angry. He is mad that Huck can read and is better than his own father now that he is educated and wears nice clothes. He wants Huck's money because he heard that Huck is rich, but Huck swears he doesn't have any money. Pap makes him give him the only money that Huck has in his pocket ($1). He goes and gets drunk. Pap tries to get the money from Judge Thatcher, but the judge refuses to give it to him. The judge and the widow try to get custody over Huck, but the court (with a new judge) rules against it; the court doesn't want to separate a family.
Pap gets thrown in jail and when he comes out, he goes to live with the new judge. The judge gives him new clothes, food, and a place to sleep. He tries to reform Huck's father, but it doesn't work. He sells his new coat for money to buy alcohol, falls out of the window, and breaks his arm.


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This monthly feature profiles a plan included in Planning for All New Yorkers: An Atlas of Community- Based Plans in New York City, an interactive, online tool created by the Municipal Art Society and the Community-Based Planning Task Force.
May is Labor History Month, and given the current economic climate and the national push toward a sustainability agenda, the talk of the town is creating jobs in the sustainability industry. A New York Times article last year described the national attraction to these "green jobs": "Labor unions view these new jobs as replacements for positions lost to overseas manufacturing and outsourcing. Urban groups view training in green jobs as a route out of poverty. And environmentalists say they are crucial to combating climate change."
Last year, Bronx environmental organizations Sustainable South Bronx (SSBX) and Green Worker Cooperatives released a plan for an Eco-Industrial Park at Oak Point. This plan explores the feasibility of developing a $36 million dollar eco-industrial park on an approximately 28-acre, waterfront brownfield site in Hunts Point, in the South Bronx. The site is located in the western corner of the Oak Point rail yard next to Bruckner Boulevard, across the river from Rikers Island.
The South Bronx has historically borne a much larger burden of noxious environmental and other undesirable uses than most of the rest of New York City. With 15 waste transfer stations, processing about 25 percent of the city's waste, and a sewage plant handling more than half the city's sludge, more than 11,000 diesel trucks per day drive through the South Bronx. The neighborhood is also downwind from four large power plants that dot the East River shoreline. Unsurprisingly, the area has the second-highest asthma rate in the country.
The Oak Point property has historically been used as an illegal landfill, and the City has eyed the site for potential location of a new jail, although the City's intentions remain unclear. SSBX opposed the jail, and created this alternative plan for an eco-industrial park, which they define as, "a community of manufacturing and service businesses seeking enhanced environmental and economic performance through collaboration in the management of waste, energy, water, and raw materials."
SSBX and Green Worker Cooperatives based this plan on input from the local community. They conducted over seven community workshops reaching over 60 participants, with the help of other organizations such as The Point CDC, St. Luke's Church, and Bronx Community Board 2. The community feedback was then tabulated and given to the plan's authors, to ensure that the community's needs were integrated into the eco-industrial park's structure and design.
The proposed eco-industrial park would include:
- a construction and demolition (C&D) debris recycling facility
- a plastics product manufacturer
- a paper converting operation
- a wood salvage and re-milling opertion
- a glass powder manufacturing facility; and
- a small non-profit facility with educational exhibition space about recycling, re-use, and re-manufacturing; incubator space for craftspeople designing artworks or products made from recycled materials; a small café; and a child-carefacility for children of the employees.
The site is currently zoned M-3 manufacturing, so each of these uses is allowed as-of-right.
The plan's authors conclude that together, these facilities would generate upwards of $90 million in annual revenues, including $70 million in sales of products made from recycled waste materials that most recyclers and processors consider to have low-end use and value. The facilities of the eco-industrial park would achieve a net reduction of some 20,100 truck trips annually (84 daily) by shipping and receiving on 4,300 barges and railcars a year (17 daily). In addition, they estimate that the industrial park would create approximately 335 living-wage jobs, and employers would qualify for tax credits for local hiring through the Bronx Empowerment Zone.
Although the Oak Point site's future remains uncertain, SSBX continues to advocate for the eco-industrial park. For more details on SSBX and Green Worker Cooperatives' plan for an Oak Point Eco-Industrial Park, please visit the Atlas of Community-Based Plans, where you can download a detailed summary, or download a PDF of the full plan.
For more information on green jobs in New York City, check out this Municipal Art Society podcast review of a panel discussion, "Manufacturing a Greener New York: More Industries, More Jobs" featuring Adam Friedman of the New York Industrial Retention Network, Omar Freilla of Green Worker Cooperatives; Andrew Kimball of Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp.; Rebecca Lurie of the Consortium for Worker Education; and Dawn Ladd of Aurora Lampworks.


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NIH (Not Invented Here) is a common initialism that refers to excluding solutions that the project itself did not create. For example, some game studios NIH their own game engines, where others license an existing engine. There are advantages to both and neither is always correct. For me, I have a tendency to NIH things when working in Rust. This post is to help me understand why.
When I started with Rust, I built an example bot for one of the The AI Games challenges. The focus of that project was parsing the protocol and presenting it in a usable way for folks to get started with and extend into their bot. I built my parser from scratch, at first focusing on getting it working. Then spending time looking at other parsers to see how they go faster, and what the their interfaces in Rust look like. I updated the implementation to account for this research and I learned a lot about both Rust itself and implementing low level parsers.
I did similar for another couple projects. Spending a lot of time implementing things that there were libraries to do or at least assist with. Something I've started to notice over time: I'm using libraries for the parts I used to NIH. Especially the more serious I am about completing the project.
In my broker I'm doing little parsing of my own. I resisted using PlainTalk for my text protocol because I didn't want to write the parser in a few languages. I'm using JSON since most languages have an implementation already, even if it isn't the best to type. My only libraries so far are for encoding and decoding the allowed formats automatically. This means my socket and thread handling has been all custom or built into Rust itself.
I definitely get joy out of working at those layers. Which is an easy explanation for NIHing those parts while working on a project in general. I'm also learning a lot about the design as I implement my own. But I find myself at a crossroad. Continuing to NIH the layer and spend a week on getting a workable socket, thread, and job handling story. Or I can entangle the fate of my project with the Rust community more. To explain lets talk about some pros and cons of NIH or using other's projects.
NIHing something means you can build something custom to your situation. It often takes more up front time than using an external solution. Your project will need to bring in or build up the expertise to handle that solution. The more central to the heart of your project, the more you should NIH. If the heart of your project is learning, then it could make sense to NIH as much as possible.
Using something external means doing research into the many solutions that could fit. Narrowing down to a final few or one solutions to try. Then learning how to use that solution and adapt it to your project. Often the solution is not a perfect fit but the savings on time and required expertise can make up for it. There is an accepted risk of the external project having different goals or being discontinued.
This morning I found myself staring down the problem of reading from my sockets in the server. Wanting to be efficient on resources I didn't want to only rely on interval polling. I started by looking in the Rust standard library for a solution. The recommendations are to create a thread per connection, use interval polling, or external libraries. Thread per connection wont work for me with my goals. The resource cost of switching between a lot of threads shadows the cost of the work you are trying to perform. I had already ruled out interval polling. A less recommended path is wrapping the lower level mechanisms yourself.
So, I started looking into more and less complete solutions to these problems. When using less complete solutions, you can glue a few together. Creating a normalized interface on top of them that your project can use. The more complete solutions will do that normalization for you. Often at a cost of not closely matching your needs. This brings me to what I mean by entangling my project's fate with the Rust community more.
Tokio is a project the Rust community has started to center around for building services, protocol parsers, and other tools. Designed to handle a large part of the asynchronous layer for users. I heard about it at RustConf 2016 and read about it in This Week In Rust. My understanding stayed high level and I've not had any serious Rust projects to apply it. I began looking into it as a solution for my broker and was delighted. Their breakdown of this problem is similar to how I have been designing my broker already. The largest difference being their inclusion of futures.
The architecture match with Tokio, as well as the community's energy, makes it a good choice for me. I'll need to learn more about their framework and how to use it well as I go. But, I'm confident I'll be able to refactor my broker to run on top of it in a day or so. Then I can get the rest of the minimal story for this message broker done this week. Once I have it doing the basics with at least the Rust driver, I'll open source it.


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MJDS Beacon technology could be the very technology for other players looking to enter the cashierless store model going forward. When paired with the Mojo Tag App, beacons can be set to deliver various forms of interaction e.g., product information, promotions, coupons etc. to the user's device when customers are in a certain range of the beacon. Mojo Beacons can also be used as point-of-sale systems to capture shopper information. The versatility of the technology makes the uses of the beacons countless and up to the imagination of the business. The opportunities are endless.
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When Muslims travel, it is always convenient to stay at a hotel which can provide Halal food. Although Bali is not a resident of the Muslim majority, still you can find quite a few hotels in Bali which offer various Halal cuisines. Here is a list of hotels that have Halal restaurant inside their hotel property.
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text: The Global Panorama Showcase (GPS) witnessed 650 pre-registrations on its first day in Lucknow. The inaugural lamp was lit in the presence of Sunil Satyawakta, Chairman, TAAI UP Chapter; Vivek Pandey, President, TTAUP; M Shoeb, President, TAFCA; Manish Marwah, Director-Sales, Indigo; SMA Sheeraz, Managing Director, Sheeraz Tours and Yogesh Aggarwal, Manager-Sales, Oman Air. Harmandeep Singh Anand, Managing Director, GPS, said, "The numbers speak for themselves; 650 is a great number to begin with in Lucknow. The industry is accepting what we are offering at GPS. GPS. The exhibition is more of an opportunity for future endeavours."