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Hidden in the depths of Mass Ave (if you consider crossing the cultural trail as depths) lies a building that is currently unmarked. If you are brave enough to step through the door (it's really not that scary) you will be rewarded with a thoughtful list of small plates, entrees, and desserts. Not to mention a fantastic selection of wine and local craft beer. You can even sit at one of the fine communal tables and get to know your neighbor, which I recommend. If instead, you sit at the bar, you will see a unique lighting fixture above your head, a very cool, very rustic beam with the lights embedded in the thick wood. They really did a beautiful job with the space and I look forward to going as often as I can. Very cozy and sophisticated without being stuffy.
The food at Black Market is nothing short of spectacular. We tried each of the small plates and were enamored with them all. The selections are a perfect mix of fine dining and comfort food. They offer brunch on Sundays, and lunch and dinner service during the week (closed on Mondays).
We usually hold out on reviewing new breweries until they've had some time to find their footing. We figured it was time, so we chose Flat12's Pogue's Run Porter. A nice, roasty nose followed by a pleasantly sweet caramel flavor. This is the favorite of Rob, their brewer, and it shows. 3.2 Mugs
I'll let my colleagues discuss Black Market in more detail. I'll just say that if you're into the gastropub thing (and Black Market is a true gastropub), you should get to Black Market as soon as possible. Otherwise, I'm certain that you're going to be waiting awhile for a table when you finally visit, especially as word gets out about this welcome addition to Indianapolis's roster of independent restaurants.
So let's turn to Flat12 Bierwerks' Pogue's Run Porter. Every brewery in this city has its forte. To name a few, Sun King has Osiris Pale Ale, Brugge has Tripel de Ripple, Broad Ripple Brewpub has Monon Porter, Barley Island has Dirty Helen Brown Ale, and Thr3e Wise Men has Golden Zoe IPA. Pogue's Run Porter is Flat12's forte, and it's a beer that Flat12 brewers Rob and Josh do amazingly well. I had this beer for the first time in March at Flat12's tasting room (which you should visit soon if you haven't been to this rustically cool space) and was immediately impressed by the beer, so much so that I couldn't stop at just one pint. My experience with the beer when I had it on tap at Black Market was just as good. Pogue's Run Porter is dominated by cocoa and brown sugar notes, with hints of raisins and dates. It has a pleasing, medium mouthfeel, a subtle sweetness, and a faintly hoppy finish. In short, it stands up well to any good American porter (for example, Founders Porter). If I were to put together a stash of Indiana beers for my zombie apocalypse shelter, Pogue's Run Porter would be one of the beers that got top shelf status. Of course, I'd have to convince the brewery to put it in cans or bottles first. How about it, Flat12? 4.15 Mugs.
I must start by saying that I love the beer style known as porter. It is a very old style of beer originating in England in the early 1700s. Porter is a style that really helped turned my craft beer enthusiasm into a craft beer obsession. It was the first style that really made me seek out as many other historical and creative examples as I could. I've traded, traveled for, or bought just about every type of porter that I can can get my hands on. American, English, Irish, Russian, Finnish, Australian, and hopefully I will be able to continue seeing someones newest take on either the historical English version or what porter has morphed into in the US. I've gone out of my way to try historical reproductions, home brewing many Washington porters (the first porter in the US, by George Washington himself), and studying the porter style more than any other. Fun fact, did you know that Guinness was still called a porter until 1974 until the name stout was added to it? And that Guinness still retains the historical brewing technique by using young and old (sour) beer? That technically makes Guinness the most widely brewed and consumed sour beer in the world. Porters were truly one of the first styles of beer that gave a country a beer reputation, and to this day I think it is most heavily associated with Ireland, but still have a very large appeal in Britain after almost disappearing from the brewing culture. I don't often get to geek out on the porter style as my wife tells me to shut my mouth when I start rambling about it. I also don't like that the BJCP makes brewers put true historical examples with a "sour" twang or brettanomyces into the specialty category, but that is how they are separated. Porter is a style that I can drink at any time and in any situation. Onto the Flat 12's version of their American porter.
This was the very first beer that I had from Flat 12 right before they opened, and the beer that I've had the most from them. It is the only beer I've ever bought from a growler from them, and the beer that I order the most from them. I've had their other offerings on tap, but this beer is truly the finest beer that they make. I don't mean for that to sound like a slam against their other offerings, but for me this is their finest beer. I mean to buy another beer at the tap house, but I just never buy anything other than the porter in a growler. I think this beer is a great mashup of the American brown porter and robust porter. It has very good hints of chocolate and a sweet toffee-liked roasted grain flavor to it. What I like most about this beer is how refreshing and quaff-able this beer is drinking. The mouthfeel is smooth and medium bodied. It is a porter that is drinkable all year long. 4.0 Mugs
I also must say do yourself and favor and get down to The Black Market. Indiana is so chain resturant driven, and if you look at the stats, one of the lesser drinking craft beer states, but places like the Black Market are really helping to change that perception. They have a solid tap and bottle list, and we had all of the appetizer plates they offered. I would recommend the tongue and pork belly. I just love the space and feel in there. I will certainly be a repeat customer.
I've been reading Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard's Let My People Go Surfing lately. Patagonia's focus lies not in being the first to do something - Chouinard refers to borrowing or outright theft of ideas more than once in the book - but to doing those things better than anyone else and making them your own.
Black Market is not a unique idea - owner Ed Rudisell admitted that many of the ideas came from restaurants in other cities - but it is exactly the sort of restaurant Indianapolis needs more of; Confident in who we are as Hoosiers, from the updated Indiana classics on the menu, to the shared spaces that show faith in the idea of Hoosier hospitality and Indianapolis community, and a beer menu that places its focus on our breweries.
As we gathered as the Knights of the Beer Roundtable, we made our way through the appetizers: house pickles (including pickled egg), welsh rarebit on bread made from Broad Ripple Brewpub's spent grain, locally sourced duck buns, and a pork belly dish that turns the idea of pork and beans on its head. All left us happy. Happy enough - in the case of Gina and I - that we returned the next evening to take on a few entrees. The pork schnitzel and duck dumplings did not disappoint.
To call Flat12 Beirwerks a unique idea would also be false - they were the first of many to come who look to follow in Sun King's business model, building a production-only brewery and an audience from the inside out. As a result they're often compared to their near-eastside neighbors, a rivalry unfair to both. The doors Sun King opened were always doors - it's to their credit that they may have opened them wide enough for others to walk through.
Although the Indianapolis market has gotten more competitive as of late, craft still only makes up 2-some percent of the Indianapolis market (as of last I've heard), lagging far behind the 4.9% national average. As breweries begin to dot the Indiana landscape - I heard another one just the other day, a special new brewery (on the northwest side, in case you're wondering) - awareness goes up, and hopefully market share follows. It doesn't matter who was there first - only whose beer you loved first, and how it opened the door for you.
Flat12 Porter (or Pogue's Run Porter) is a beer that stands on its own and can open doors. A deep brown body, cocoa powder nose - this porter is definitely on the sweeter end of the scale, balancing fruity elements with a hint of cocoa on the back end. Further in and warmer, more of that cocoa powder comes out, but the sweetness never goes away. It's a highly drinkable porter that can be equally appreciated by old drinkers as well as new ones. 3.4 Mugs
Flat 12's Pogue's Run Porter is my favorite beer in the Flat 12 lineup, so it's probably good that we reviewed this one first! Up front, this porter greets you with the subtle scent of roasted grains, french roast coffee, cocoa and a touch of sweetness. The kind of understated nose that a porter should have. The mouthfeel isn't too heavy but carries and interesting creamy character. Flavors of cocoa and roasted barley are the stars of the show, but a bit of sugar and charred bread can be found in the background. Overall this is a very solid, roasty porter that flirts with the idea of a sweet stout. A nice porter, any time of the year. 3.4 mugs
Oh and the Black Market? Holy crap does this place have character. Between the communal tables, mixed materials and great lighting, there isn't much I could say negative about this place. Every small plate we tried was excellent and I would order them all again. A lot of thought obviously went in to each dish and it shows. I'm crossing my fingers that the 2-way liquor license keeps the crowds down, but a bar with an atmosphere this polished is going to be packed in no time. I highly encourage you to check it out now before you have to fight to get in. Tip of the hat to Ed and company, you've raised the bar significantly with this one.
Flat12 Pogue's Run Porter
Mike: 3.4 Mugs | Gina: 3.2 Mugs | Jim: 4 Mugs | Jason: 4 Mugs | Rodney: 3.4 Mugs | Matt: 4 Mugs | Jess: 3.4 Mugs
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Bluestone is pleased to announce that the ship "Good Fortune" at the Blue Lagoon has now been launched with some great new aqua adventures, replacing the "Tipping Bucket" on the right-hand side of the water park as part of our investment into new facilities. We've already had a great response to the new activity and we're sure you'll love it too.
We still have some more work to do to complete what will be a great new experience for all guests and this means we're transforming the small play area to the left of the water park into a new "Sandy Bay" experience. To do this we will have to close this area from 3rd June until early July. We apologise for this, but we know you'll love the new experience when it opens – and it'll be worth the wait.
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Guess who, Moda Bake Shoppers? It's me again, KarrieLyne from Freckled Whimsy, bringing you another tutorial! Actually, two tutorials! Woo Hoo!!
I'm really excited about this quilt because the idea came from a pillow I made for a pillow swap and I turned it into a quilt! It looks complicated but it's really quite simple to put together and I also show you how to make the pillow! 🙂
Leah from Burgundy Buttons is also kitting this for you so hop on over HERE and grab it up quick!! Kits always sell out fast and I'd hate for you to miss out! 🙂 As an added bonus, Sweetwater has designed a label for this quilt and it will be included in the kit! How awesome is that??!!
Presenting…. Sunkissed Squares…
1 Fat Eighth bundle of Sunkissed
4 yards total of background fabric (includes enough for pillow)
4 1/2 yards for backing
1 yard for binding (8 strips @ 2.5″ x wof)
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(This is ALL the white that needs to be cut for the blocks. If you only do one for a baby quilt, you just divide it by 4.)
Now all that is left is to sandwich your quilt with your favorite batting, quilt it, bind it, and throw it in the wash so it gets all squishy! 🙂
Before washing, your quilt should measure approximately 70″ square.
You're probably wondering about that pillow too?
If you'd like to make this pillow to match, there is a bonus tutorial included in the Printer Friendly Version…
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial! If you make this quilt, please oh please share it with me? You can email a photo of it to me HERE or you can add it to my Flickr Group HERE. I would love to feature them on my blog! 🙂
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The prolonged drought in Central Texas is leading to historically low water levels in a string of six lakes that were dammed in the 1930s and 1940s to prevent flooding in the Austin area and secure the region's water supply.
While the record absence of rainfall that started in 2008 partly explains why the lakes are drying up, the Austin American-Statesman reported that many residents and Austin city officials blame the Lower Colorado River Authority.
The water agency says it's continued to release water in order to honor contracts with rice farmers along the Gulf Coast, and even though there are a number of factors at play, the drought is ultimately to blame for low lake levels.
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"Weather catches up to you," LCRA manager Becky Motal told the newspaper. "We're having record-low inflows, and when you have that, it shapes everything else."
Nearly 70 years ago, farmers agreed to drop their objections to the damming projects if they were guaranteed rights to some of the water stored. Rice farmers flood their fields with about three inches of water to kill competing grass and weeds.
As Lake Buchanan and Lake Travis -- both reservoirs for Central Texas -- approach the 30 percent filled mark, Austin plans to further restrict lawn watering and impose other restrictions. The only time the drought was worse was between 1947 and 1957.
The 30 percent filled mark is the third of three milestones that must be reached in order to call this the worst drought ever. The other two have already been surpassed: Both Lake Buchanan and Lake Travis are well past two years between being full and less water is flowing into them than during the drought of record.
Greg Meszaros, director of the Austin Water Utility, says the LCRA acted as if the drought was not going to last several years.
"Now the decisions made in '08, '09, '10, '11, they're coming home to roost," he said.


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An attorney for Kim Kardashian says the reality star is "handcuffed" to her estranged husband because the case is not yet ready for trial.
A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday ordered attorneys for Kardashian and Brooklyn Nets forward Kris Humphries to return to court in mid-February to set a trial date to try to dissolve or annul the couple's 72 day marriage.
Humphries is seeking an annulment based on fraud, but his attorney says he needs more time to collect documents from companies that handle Kardashian's reality shows.
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Kardashian is seeking a traditional divorce.
Kardashian's attorney Laura Wasser sought a deadline for the end of pretrial investigation and a trial date, but the judge gave Humphries more time.
Wasser says Kardashian's mother and current boyfriend Kanye West have been deposed in the case.
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An Open Letter to Linda S. Bolon
Following is a letter I wrote to Ohio House Representative Linda S. Bolon (D), District 1.
I urge you, as a representative of the People of this great State of Ohio, to read New Hampshire House Resolution HCR 0006, available at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HCR0006.html
The co-sponsors of this resolution in New Hampshire are true American patriots, acting to protect the People of their State from the out-of-control Federal government which was formed to protect the same. The Constitution, which was ratified by the several States, and accepted by our State, explicitly states that any power not specifically delegated to the Federal government belongs to the States or the People. Nearly all acts of Congress in our lifetimes have been unconstitutional acts, seeking to take liberty from the States and the People. The constitution is very straightforward and does not allow for the statutes and laws, executive orders, and judicial orders so often passed into "law" by the Federal government. All of these "laws" are null and void, according to the Constitution for the United States.
We have long forgotten, as a People, what exactly the Constitution means, and what "State" means, and who is supposed to have the power in this Union. We act as though we are one nation, which is absolutely false. We are a Union of fifty nations, fifty States, bound together by certain, enumerated principles, spelled out specifically in the Constitution for the United States. We have for too long allowed the Federal government to exercise power over the individual States and it is high time this was put to an end.
I call on you to act swiftly in introducing a similar resolution in the Ohio House of Representatives. It is your duty as a representative of the People of this great State to protect our liberties and those of our State.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) - More than seven in 10 Americans think Sarah Palin is not qualified to be president, according to a new national poll.
Seventy-one percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday morning believe the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee is not qualified to be president, with 29 percent saying she does have the credentials to serve in the White House. Republicans appear split, with 52 percent saying she's qualified and 47 percent disagreeing with that view.
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The poll indicates that about half of the country, 51 percent, has an unfavorable view of Palin, with 42 percent seeing her in a positive light. Nearly two-thirds of those questioned say Palin's not a typical politician, and feel she's a good role model for women. Fifty-six percent add that Palin cares about people, and a similar amount think she's honest and trustworthy. But the survey indicates Americans are split over whether Palin shares their values, agrees with them on the issues, or if she's a strong leader.
"Sarah Palin has one advantage that many past Republican candidates have not shared - Americans think she cares about people like them," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "But her biggest Achilles heel is the number who think she is not qualified to be President. Those numbers are similar to what Dan Quayle got in 1993, when only 23 percent thought he was ready for the White House."
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In a very early look at the next race for the White House, the survey indicates that nearly one in three Republican voters, 32 percent, say they would be most likely to support former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in a hypothetical battle for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, with Palin seven points back at 25 percent, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at 21 percent. Five percent said they would back Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, with one in ten suggesting they would support some one else.
"Huckabee appears to have more support among Republicans than Palin and her unfavorable rating among all Americans is twice as high as Huckabee's," Holland says. "Palin may attract a lot of attention but the GOP may be looking elsewhere for their frontrunner."
It's the pre-season for the next White House contest, as possible GOP contenders form political action committees, campaign for fellow Republicans, write books and address conservative conferences and party dinners. The poll's release comes the same day that Romney, a 2008 Republican presidential candidate, campaigns in Virginia with Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, and less than three weeks before the release of Palin's book, "Going Rogue, an American Life."
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted October 16-18, with 1,038 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for all respondents and plus or minus 4.5 percentage points for questions asked only of Republicans.
I would never vote for Sarah Palin for anything.
She is way too right-wing extremist in domestic and foreign policy, as well as regards religious views.
CNN...there is nothing wrong with hoping she will go away. But she wont. She will continue to be viewed as the exact opposite of the Obama administration, which will endear her greatly over the next few years, at least.
Let's put this in proper perspective.
Bad news for CNN: They poll last in cable news.
Badder news for major newspapers (except WSJ): All are plummeting in popularity.
Baddest news for the Democratic Congress: Less than 20% of Americans think they are competent. Specifically, the leadership Pelosi, Reid and Frank are polled as being even less competent...
I am not a fan of Sara Palin, I did not vote for John McCain, but the lack of qualifications for the office of the president applies to Obama. He is naive, lacks military or international experience, and fancies himself some sort of savior. Talk about qualifications. He is a community organizer (whatever that is) and barely served in the Senate. I did not vote for Obama either. Enough turkeys exist in elected office in DC.
Who are the 3 in 10 who think she IS? Those are the dangerous ones.
Oh come on people,
sure she is ...she and rush.. and beck.. speak for the gop these days.... don't we want nalin palin, beck the nazi wannabe and pill popping rush running the show?? sure we do........
This article is hilarious saying Gov. Palin is inexperienced!! It's funny though how a "Freshman Senator" somehow is qualified to be President!! He should be in a office in the basement right now learning skills to become a good Senator!! As CNN and everyone said during the campaign " it's not time for on the job training" well everyone was right, so I say who cares if Pailn has the experience or not the road has already been paved for her.
Did anyone else cry when they read this article? How dumb is America? I can't believe that 29% of our population thinks Sarah Palin is qualified to be President. Wow.
I want her to run. She is the greatest leader of our time. Thank you Gov Palin for giving us hope again. Thanks a lot
And this is uh.....surprising?
How many times do you have to run a poll with essentailly the same results. S/P makes a great cheerleader but a lousy high school class president..
She's so underqualified it makes my back teeth hurt....
if this woman is qualified to be president then Joe the Plumber is fit to be Secretary of State. Republicans are scrapping the bottom of the barrel for 2012 hopefuls.
I say "Go for it, girl!" By 2012, the country will be in a great shape again. We will have fixed most of the stuff the Bush admin had botched and if we can get a quitter, blunderer, like Sarah up there to run against, so much the better. I hope she runs and gets chosen as the nominee. That means Obama and Democrats in power until at least 2016! Too cool.
When John McCain shows her as his running mate he gave Democrats a gift that keeps on giving. Every time she says something stupid she makes all the Republicans that support her look stupid.
Palin is less qualified than the other GOP contenders who do not necessarily inspire confidence in the electorate. At least we know who will buy her book, the gullible 29 percent.
Was it really necessary to do a poll for this? I mean really, the moment she opened her mouth the world knew she was not qualified for anything.
that means that about 29% of americans are completely brainless!!!!!!! which is not good news.
Almost 3 in 10 think she IS QUALIFIED to be President?!?!?!??!
I think THAT is the interesting statistic – Wonder what they think qualifies her... Grasp of the issues? Stick toitiveness? Ability to work with others? ANYTHING?
Sarah Palin is preparing herself to quit the GOP for the conversative group. This is not news – everyone but silly Sarah knows she shouldn't be no where near politiics... Truly a pagent is her niche!
Also decide by same poll: water is wet, ice is cold, sugar is sweet, etc.
To paraphrase an old headline, "How Can 52% of Republicans Be So Stupid?". So Palin is qualified to be President?!? Last I heard, she abandoned her post as Governor so she could further her career, as opposed to staying put in order to further the interests of Alaskans! And if people will remember, in delivering her "Adios" speech, she looked and sounded like she was barely holding it together. The GOP and it's army of fear-mongerers and liars and propagandists have driven rank-and-file Republicans mad!
I can't believe anyone would consider her not qualified and yet voted for Obama. She at least was a governer as opposed to a community organizer. It really doesn't matter, it's going to Bush's fault for the next 3 years until Obama is voted out of office. The only hope we have is that the Demo's can't get anything done even though they control all branches of government.
I would rather have a squirrel from my yard, sitting in the Oval Office, than the 'amazingly unqualified' snob who is sitting in the chief's chair.
This man is the Commander in Chief of the greatest army in the world?
Now he has the genius idea of paying the Taliban to give up their beliefs? There will never be a more irresponsible President than your President. I had to concede that he is not my President anymore.
Paying the Taliban with my tax dollars, that is the last straw with me.
Palin is hard working, intelligent, pretty, just not very good at public speaking. Barak Obama is the best SPEAKER, gotta love that skill,
and he is going... going... going.. and still speaking, what a fella.
Palin is a breath of fresh air. Read this board and see all the hatred for her for the left wing media "jokes" about her. It's about being jelous of a very attractive and intelligen woman who is successful and NOT A LEFT WING DEM.
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METRO VANCOUVER -- Notorious Abbotsford gangster Jarrod Bacon was sentenced to 12 years Friday for conspiring to traffic up to 100 kilograms of cocaine worth millions.
B.C. Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Austin Cullen said Bacon was an admitted criminal who showed no remorse for his role in a conspiracy to distribute a huge amount of cocaine across the Lower Mainland in the summer of 2009.
He said the sentence was on the high end of the range because Bacon was on bail when he made the coke deal and continues to be unrepentant.
And he said Bacon's enabling family circumstances mean there is little hope for rehabilitation for the 29-year-old father of a young son.
Bacon was given almost five years credit for the time he has been in jail awaiting trial, meaning his net sentence will be seven years and two months.
Dressed in red prison garb, Bacon declined to address the court, then shook his head slightly as Cullen read out his reasons for judgment.
"The accused's record and apparent lack of remorse reduces the likelihood of rehabilitation and the circumstances taken as a whole warrant a sentence that firmly repudiates the evil of people trafficking," Cullen said.
The Vancouver court room was packed with media and a few spectators, but only two Bacon supporters who were from his mother's church.
Bacon and his former father-in-law Wayne Scott were arrested in November 2009 by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit after a reverse sting using an agent identified only as GL.
GL, an acquaintance of Scott's, approached the CFSEU about becoming an agent and said he believed he could get at Bacon, whose Red Scorpion gang at the time was locked in a bloody street war against rivals from the United Nations gang.
GL, a convicted smuggler himself, convinced both Bacon and Scott he was bringing in large shipments of cocaine from Mexico and both accused bought in to the fake deal.
Both Bacon and Scott, 56, were convicted on Feb. 3, based on incriminating statements surreptitiously recorded over several months in 2009.
The sentencing for Scott, who is the grandfather of Bacon's child, has been delayed until June 7 because of health issues.
Cullen said there was evidence at trial that Bacon's parents David and Susan were aware of their son's involvement in the cocaine deal.
And he said the fact Bacon has no work history and described himself in court as a "criminal" and an "enforcer" demonstrates that he has chosen a criminal career path.
Cullen mentioned the gangland execution of Bacon's elder brother Jonathan last August in Kelowna and his younger brother Jamie facing murder charges as more evidence of Bacon's negative family environment.
CFSEU Supt. Pat Forgarty said Friday the sentence given to Bacon sends a powerful message to those who might want to emulate the gangster siblings.
"Here is the end result of the three of them. They are either dead or incarcerated," Forgarty said.
And he said "this particular Bacon won't be causing mayhem for us now."
The whole investigation" is a wonderful success -- there's no question," Forgarty said.
Crown prosecutor Peter LaPrairie had asked for a sentence of 21 years for Bacon, minus pre-trial credit, while defence lawyer Jeffrey Ray said a more fitting term for the offence was eight years given that no cocaine ever existed in the conspiracy.
Cullen disagreed with the Crown's submission on sentencing, saying most of the cases cited were for importation of cocaine -- a more serious crime.
Cullen earlier described Bacon's testimony at trial as evasive "and at times confrontational and argumentative."
Bacon had claimed on the stand that he was only humouring GL about participating in the cocaine deal so that he could get access to five-kilo sample that he planned to rob.
The cash for cocaine exchange had been scheduled for Aug. 28, 2009, but was called off after Scott saw police activity outside of a warehouse where GL purported to be holding the cocaine.
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Oh man, I am excited. I had been working on a couple of form-fitting dresses when I found out I was pregnant with Ken. Those dresses quickly got put on the back-burner due to my increasing belly. And due to the copious amounts of pizza I consumed during pregnancy, I wasn't in a hurry to finish the dresses.
So they sat in a bag in my sewing room for about two and a half years. Scared, I opened the bag in March, just to assess the situation. How much had I gotten done? Are they even worth finishing?
The dress(es) in question were from this pattern – Simplicity 3835.
You might remember I already made this dress in purple in August of 2009 and entered it into the Iowa State Fair.
I had plans to make three more dresses – the long version – because I loved it SO MUCH. So, two of the dresses were 90% and 60% done. Two really good things happened, 1. I had already installed both of the zippers (hard part over!) and 2. THE DRESS FIT!!!
I finally finished one of them last night, here are the results:
So excited. I found this fabric in my mom's quilt stash. And there wasn't enough, so the next time she saw the fabric dealer at a quilt show, she got more. Did I mention that my mom has fantastic taste in fabrics? If you're wondering, the fabric is by Stephanie Brandenburg and you can buy her other designs here (or at Fern Hill in the beautiful Amana Colonies in Iowa).
Hopefully I'll get the other one finished next week and get some photos up. OWLS 🙂


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Brendan expands on a topic he shared with us a while back: practice strategies. Learn how to get the most out of your practice time with 8 very helpful and practical tips from a seasoned veteran!
Taught by Brendan Burns in Tips & Tricks with Brendan Burns seriesLength: 26:57Difficulty: 0.0 of 5
This is the kind of lessons that really helps. A great teacher with a lot of experience and knowldge talking to us. Sure, scales, chords and picking stuffs are important, but you can check that anywhere. But the "little things" Brendan teaches us here are the differences betwen doing an excercise good or not, and waisting our time or actually practice. Thank you so much, Brendan. For real.
Had never heard slowing down the metronome explained this way before. I always assumed that slowed down was a starting point, not a direction. great stuff. Thanks Brendan.
Good Idea Jojje, that would be very helpful. Brendan you are a very good teacher I enjoy these lessons very much - Thanks.
This is awesome! Thank you Brendan. I wish that you could make a video of you practice and making your own journal as an example so that I/We can see and understand it even more.
Brendan Burns takes a look at tips and tricks for taking your guitar playing to another level.
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Brendan Burns explains how pivot fingers can be used to achieve smoother, quicker chord changes.Length: 9:04 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
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Brendan Burns discusses a "battle plan" for performing chord changes. The battle plan prepares you for the next chord in the progression through visualization as well as physical preparation.Length: 8:16 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
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Brendan explains how rhythmic consistency with the right hand must be maintained in order to perform effective chord changes.Length: 9:27 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
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Brendan Burns demonstrates and discusses ways to connect dominant 7th chord voicings.Length: 10:35 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Brendan Burns demonstrates connecting chords for both the 6th string and 5th string minor 7th voicings.Length: 13:15 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Brendan Burns discusses the major 7th chord voicings and ways to connect them.Length: 13:15 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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The last chord voicing in the connecting chords series is the minor 7th flat 5. Brendan demonstrates uses and voicings for this chord.Length: 7:52 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Brendan answers some frequently asked questions about his Kline guitar.Length: 6:31 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
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Brendan Burns discusses ways to get the most out of every practice minute you spend with the guitar.Length: 22:28 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
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Get ready for the wild and weird! In this two part series, Brendan shows us how to achieve some very unique, organic sounds by physically attaching various items to your guitar.Length: 25:27 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Brendan wraps up this short series by showing us some practical applications for the prepared guitar.Length: 17:24 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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In part one of this mini-series, Brendan shows you everything you need to know about producing solid left hand harmonics.Length: 23:39 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Brendan shows us how to play the simple tune of "Amazing Grace" using only harmonics. In addition, we'll learn how to develop other melodic ideas that enhance the original melody.Length: 9:43 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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Brendan continues in his harmonics series by showing us how to bend harmonic notes behind the nut, culminating in the harmonic exploration of two traditional folk tunes: "Danny Boy" and "Shenandoah".Length: 35:39 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Brendan wraps up his harmonics series by showing two really awesome techniques: tap harmonics and pluck harmonics. These two techniques will make the entire chromatic scale available to you via harmonics!Length: 14:24 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Brendan expands on a topic he shared with us a while back: practice strategies. Learn how to get the most out of your practice time with 8 very helpful and practical tips from a seasoned veteran!Length: 26:57 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
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While at Berklee, Brendan was a member of the Music Mentoring Program, teaching private lessons to gifted high school students. He is currently teaches, and is chair of the guitar department at Brookline Music School. Brendan also teaches guitar for Tune Foolery & privately at his home in Cambridge, MA.
Along with educating, Brendan plays out often as a Solo Guitarist, performing standards, pop, and classical repertoire. He has recorded and played with the chamber-fusion band Ra Quintent, and as well as Vessela Stoyanova's Eastern Stories Under Western Skies Project. Brendan also performs as a leader, director and sideman for various Boston art-rock projects, and is former member of MIT's Gamelan Galak Tika.
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A to Z: 26 ways he can do you wrong
I can't help wondering if The Dictionary of Failed Relationships fell into my in-box as some sort of reparation for my failure to get on the Sex and the City bandwagon.
This, sisters, is the Diva of chick books.
The Dictionary's 26 entries (from "Ambivalence" to "Zero") are dedicated to one Tony Columbo, the millennium's sorriest cad not a felon. Tony Columbo and his graceless treatment of The Dictionary's editor, Meredith Broussard, serve as the cynical glue binding the stories of a gaggle of uniformly young and talented female writers, who, if they have not necessarily all had their Tony Columbo's , would certainly know how to make short work of him if they had.
Now that the guys have been warned off, here's my plug for the ladies: If you like quick stories that leave you feeling like you have an irresolute hangover, The Dictionary of Failed Relationships is a sure bet.
Like all good bouts of excess, this anthology gets off to an exhilarating start. "Ambivalence" by Heidi Julavits is one of the finest short stories I have ever read. It tells the tale of two doomed lovers on a road trip whose exquisite banter can't breach a fundamental disagreement: Is taking the risk of running out of gas a cliché or a rite of passage? We've all seen perfect couples fall apart over that one.
On to "Berniced," a fairly trite monologue saved (maybe?) by the (almost) irritating gimmick of using the vernacular of washed-up youth of the early '90s. In which everyone is a Valley Girl? Even if they, like, live in some snowy city that appears to be on the Great Lakes? Whatever.
The alphabet proceeds apace with tales of obsessive behavior and sophomoric metaphors so that by "Island," (lost virginity) the reader may start feeling bloated, and by "Queer," (broken-heart inspires lesbianism), the pheromones have set up an achy salon behind the eyes.
Not to fear– respite comes regularly. The 'F' entry (FAQ) is a hilarious piece of self-deprecating advice on men; "Honeymoon" is a delicate story of a first fight in which the grrrrl wears kid gloves; and "Justice" involves shoving raw shrimp into an ex's curtain rod-– take that Tony Columbo!
Most importantly, by alphabet's end, we understand that none of these relationships have actually failed… but that all humans seek ferret out others' flaws. As we all know from the Manolo Blahnik-wearing gals from Sex and the City: no pain, no gain.
Editor Meredith Broussard and authors Leslie Pietrzyk and Colleen Curran discuss the stories of The Dictionary of Failed Relationships: 26 Tales of Love Gone Wrong at Barnes & Noble, Thursday, July 10, at 7pm. Barracks Road Shopping Center. 984-0461.


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Barnum finale includes parade, fireworks
A city's resiliency, pluck and perseverance are worthy of celebration.
And a city-wide party worthy of 19th century entrepreneur P.T. Barnum is planned by the Barnum Festival for its finale weekend of activities in Bridgeport and on Long Island Sound.
"Similar to P.T. Barnum's own life, our city has reinvented itself at different times and in different ways," said the festival's honorary leader, Ringmaster John F. Stafstrom Jr., chairman of the government finance department at the law firm of Pullman & Comley.
"From the entrepreneur who founded both the (Bridgeport to Port Jefferson) ferry and water companies, to the civic leader who built much of the housing on the East Side and founded Bridgeport Hospital, the philanthropist who donated Seaside Park to the city and the entertainer who gave the world the original Tom Thumb, each day I am witness that the spirit of P.T. Barnum continues to reside in the people of Bridgeport," Stafstrom has said.
Founded in 1949, the festival is celebrating its 65th anniversary with the theme: "Honoring Tradition, Embracing Diversity and Having a Barnum Blast."
Events kick off Thursday, with the Jenny Lind concert and conclude on Sunday with the Great Street Parade.
"It's been an exhilarating and inspiring couple of months," Stafstrom said about his ringmaster's role.
The finale weekend is always a festival highlight, in part because of its "focus on fun, history and community ties.
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"It's one good, old-fashioned American festival -- with music, fireworks, a parade and a big party," he said.
Stafstrom, the festival's first openly gay ringmaster, said that the parade will reflect the diversity that is found in the Park City and neighboring municipalities. He urges those who haven't been to a parade in a while to attend, because they will find that it's "very different, visually and sound-wise," with various ethnic and cultural groups represented.
"As we honor tradition, we're adding, not subtracting, from the parade. I think it will be the best in years," he said.
Here is the schedule; all events are in Bridgeport.
Jenny Lind concert, in memory of the enormously popular 19th century "Swedish Nightingale," Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Bijou Theater, 275 Fairfield Avenue. The recent winner of the American Jenny Lind competition for young sopranos, Kathryn Bowden, and her Swedish counterpart, Magdalena Risberg, perform art songs and classical favorites. $20 advance, $25 at the door.
Also, the Linds will perform at a Swedish Smorgasbord, open to the public, at the S.S. Norden Club in Black Rock, Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m.. Tickets at the door: $15. For directions: www.nordenclub.com.
Always a highlight, the Barnum Festival fireworks will take place at dusk on Friday off Bridgeport's Seaside Park. For those who want an up-close view -- and want to avoid the traffic -- a cruise on Long Island Sound aboard the Island Belle, a New Orleans-style paddle boat, will be offered from 7 to 11 p.m. Tickets, at $55, include a "N'Orleans-style buffet" and Red Hurricane cocktails.
Among the summer's family entertainment bargains is the Champions on Parade drum and bugle corps competition, Saturday, rain or shine, at Kennedy Stadium, 1 Lincoln Boulevard. Tickets are $5, free for age 9 and younger when accompanied by an adult. Gates open at 4:30 p.m.; the event begins at 5:45. Seats are unassigned.
Competing will be: the Connecticut Hurricanes, of Seymour; the Empire Statesman, of Rochester, N.Y.; Reading Buccaneers, Reading, Pa.; The Cadets 2, Allentown, Pa.; the Hawthorne Caballeros, Hawthorne, N.J.; and Fusion Core, Lincoln Park, N.J. Performing in an exhibition will be the Park City Pride of Bridgeport, the Saints Brigade, of Port Chester, N.Y., and the Hawthorne Alumni, Hawthorne, N.J.
The Great Street Parade will step off Sunday at noon, from the intersection of North, Clinton and Brooklawn avenues. Special guest will be Stratford native Javier Colon, winner of NBC's inaugural season of the "The Voice." Marching bands, Irish dancers, floats, vintage automobiles, giant balloons, clowns and state and local officials will be featured. Sal DiNardo is the parade grand marshal. The route is east on North Avenue, left onto Park Avenue, right onto Capitol Avenue, right onto Lincoln Boulevard, ending near Bridgeport Central High School.
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What is Audiobus? — Audiobus is an award-winning music app for iPhone and iPad which lets you use your other music apps together. Chain effects on your favourite synth, run the output of apps or Audio Units into an app like GarageBand or Loopy, or select a different audio interface output for each app. Route MIDI between apps — drive a synth from a MIDI sequencer, or add an arpeggiator to your MIDI keyboard — or sync with your external MIDI gear. And control your entire setup from a MIDI controller.Download on the App Store
Audiobus is the app that makes the rest of your setup better.
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Hy there!
Am I the only one that dream about using Garage Band not just as output but also as:
Effect: using the various keyboard or the guitar amplifier and effects
Input: using the various instruments of garage band or a real guitar plugged in?
... And am I the only one dreaming about the possibility of have Garage band simultaneously in two positions?
Why can't this be done?
There are some other app that I really would like to use both as input and effects, but Garage Band is quite the only one we really could take advantage of in all three positions!
Best regards :-)
Yes we all want that and a lot of us have posted this to Apple politely asking for this. But I believe it falls on def ears. It's fairly useless in the output unless this is your daw.
I think you could do all of that if GB was in input slot.
...and it seems we will never know why it is not.
It would be MUCH more useful at the other side of the Bus.
Yes, they have some great virtual instruments and then take away half of their usefulness by not allowing it as an Input on AB. I really hope they change their mind on this.
I'm not holding my breath!
I think for most members of this forum Garageband was/is one more $5 music app in a collection of music apps. For (total guess) 90% of GarageBand owners it is their only music app. If my guess is even close to true, it's understandable that they would concentrate on GarageBand as AB output and it would be pointless, generally, for it to be an input.
I mean, I'm 100% with you guys. It would be dreamy as an input. I just think we are a tiny tiny minority as compared to most GB users and probably deserve to be ignored by apple on this one.
I'm mean were on audiobus for a reason and it isn't to record into GB!
Apple can't seriously think the iOS version of GB works as the final place for assembling compositions, otherwise they would allow more tracks and song sections. When I was really trying to do all my stuff in GB (before audiobus) I was always hitting a limit in the app. I love the smart instruments. If I could have it in the input slot I'd use it all the time. Virtual midi would make it a serious controller. As it stands the only reason I can see why apple added the bus is $$$ to increase sales of music apps in general.
@Simon - dunno, but they added some serious sounds to it, so it seems they were after a notch or two above it just being a fun app. I think @Mythmongrel has a good point on the intent to drive more music app sales. If that's the reason, I don't know if any further dev work, to add it to the other slots, will have a significant payoff for Apple.
It's not intended as the final place for assembling compositions, that would be Garageband/Logic OSX (hence the project export). It's purpose is more as a mobile sketchpad to begin songs which are polished and completed later on the Mac. For that purpose it works nicely, I still find it the fastest way to get a beat & melody down out of my head (for rock-type music).
I agree @busker as a singer songwriter GB is still the easiest app for me to set up chord changes and work out ideas. It was someone else that said Apple wants GB to be "the final place where you piece your music together." I was just saying they can't really believe that. My "real" DAW is Digital Performer, but I'm really enthralled with making music in the iOS demension. Still nothing iOS is got multiple time signatures or tempo changes, but a guy can dream.
@Mythmongrel Actually I recently discovered you can use lemur to obtain these changes from one interface. It's not easy but totally possible. Here's to hoping that Bm2, Cubasis, Auria all jump on board with tempo changes and make it easy.. I love to play metal and punk and without time changes it limits a lot of what I want to do.
Read all of yours and now I think ... Follow the money! If Apple record a "critical mass" of request they'll see also a profitable way to reach more customers and they'll develop this feature. Don't forget that there are plenty of forum full of request on GB such as a wind section or more thrack and so on. So I just can unite my mail request to 'em to those of yours ;-)
I think many of us were surprised when Apple actually let a 3rd party app influence its behavior, at all!
I firmly believe that Apple does not perfect their apps in order to create a market.
As a singer/songwriter, I still use GB as my base, too.... I'm really hoping that IOS7 brings the features we all want to see PLUS some SMART brass!
Michael and Sebastian early on made a point of how easy and quickly devs could put their apps into the input slot of Audiobus. I've seen apps created in a day (Oscillator) including Audiobus input slot capability. Output slot may be a little more involved, but Apple went to the trouble to add it. I believe its been a deliberate decision on their part to avoid external connectivity in this way just like they did with audio copy/paste. Apple GB devs probably spent more time at the water cooler on a given day than would have taken to hook up to Audiobus input. iPad for Apple is an entertainment device, not a production tool. One quick anecdote, when I bought my iPad there was a fellow at the store doing some kind of sociological survey about the ways people use touch devices. He had already spoken to about 200 people and was a little surprised when I told him my primary intended use was for music composition. He had to add a new category to his spreadsheet for that! We are just lucky to have this device that accidentally became a platform for music making. Look at 99 percent of the apps in the "music" section to see what its all about for Apple.
By "accidentally became a platform for music making" I mean the hard work of individual brilliant low budget developers working on their own to create something great.
I am sure that Apple could easily add AB as an Input if they wanted, it seems to be a policy thing with them, rather than any technical difficulty with actually doing it. They added GB in the Output slot and that is supposed to be more difficult. I do hope they change their mind on this, it would add a lot to their reputation in delivering things that customers want, in addition to greatly adding functionality.
@smeeth: I think it's one way to look at the Apps that are available on the AppStore, but to conclude from that what it's all about for Apple themselves, is taking it a bit far, i think.
Also, in my opinion, the whole framework (coming from OSX, of course) for Audio on IOS Devices is so greatly done, with a lot of features, that aren't even mentioned anywhere (for example: similtaneous usage of Dock connector/lightning and analog TRRS for splitting input/output), that I personally don't believe the usage of these Devices as (semi-)professional Audio-Equipment is "by chance" and not very much intended.
Just my two cents, and I really don't mind Apple acting the way they do, as long as they deliver these astonishing products. (Sounds all very fanboyishly, but seriously: just ask any Android-user about, for example, real-time-audio possibilities for live shows etc. ...)
In short: I am first of all really happy with the possibilities I am given, I wouldn't have thought any of my nowadays workflow per touch-devices possible only two years ago... .
Friendly greetings, peace!,
...the same stupid reason (for me) that you can't copy to pasteboard. You have to e-mail yourself as m4a, open in...etc. They really don't want you to leave GarageBand but it's easy to bring things inside. In my case they make me hating using it. But that's Apple like many things i still can't understand today. Give me my Top 5 Apps for Android...and i'm gone But it seems that will never happen...or?!?
@Galaxyexplorer - that's why I will always have android as my main cellphone. I can do waaay more, waaay easier with it than I can with an iPhone. Heck, most features you get from jailbreaking come stock on Android.
@JMSexton: So true, but when it comes to music production ios is lightyears ago. But Android could beat ios in this case very fast if once the right api's and apps are there. Give it another year or so! 4" inch screens are from yesterday too!
@animal - That's a good way of looking at it.
Apple has a history of making nice general-purpose devices that music programmers could exploit, to create midi sequencing, waveform editing and digital multi-tracking. Its taken the work of outside developers once again to make it possible for iOS music apps to communicate with each other, and everyone was kind of holding their breath for a while as to whether Apple would even allow that. So I really don't know what they're thinking, but they do like to keep tight control on their stuff. I still love em. But not Garageband...
Another way of looking at it is that if you want to use a particular AB effect, you can do this by using a third party instrument recording into GB, but not Apple's own GB instruments, thus excluding their own products! Which is kinda weird.
I have this exact same complaint about garageband. I even posted a message on their support forums asking about audiobus input, audio paste and virtual midi:
True to form 2 weeks have passed and not a word from apple. It seems to be their policy and I doubt they will change their mind anytime soon. Ho hum.
I wanted to use some of GB's instruments, particularly their organ but their lack of full AB support means GB is back to collecting dust on my iPad again.


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Consert. A musical journey in the land of Father Christmas for the whole family.
A stop in the home of Father Christmas is a constant ingredient of GöteborgsOperan's Christmas celebrations. The settings have shifted from year to year, but certain ingredients are constant, such as Christmas trees, a snowman, kind and friendly animals, Christmas presents and, of course, the whole of Father Christmas's family with Hans Josefsson as the father. On the stage are also the orchestra, the choir, soloists and a large children's choir. The programme contains everything from beautiful shimmering song and elegant orchestral performances to more playful features. One or two surprise figures also usually turn up, maybe an acrobat or magician or a person who speaks backwards. And naturally the audience are invited to sing at the opera in a merry singsong. In the foajé we serve 'glögg' (mulled wine), clementines, and 'pepparkakor' (ginger biscuits) made by kind Christmas elves, and the great pleasure that comes from a meeting of all generations is in the air – such is the atmosphere at Jultrad-i-ton (Christmas tradition) at GöteborgsOperan.
Hans Josefsson.
Hans Josefsson graduated from the Gothenburg University College of Opera in 1971 and was immediately employed by Stora Teatern, where he performed in a great number of leading parts in operas, musicals and operettas.
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He became famous in all the Nordic countries for his interpretation of the character Ernst Rolf in the well-known TV-series. Hans Josefsson has also worked at the Oscars Theatre in Stockholm, Malmö Opera, Det Kongelige Teater in Copenhagen, the Helsinki Opera as well as on several opera stages in Italy. He is also creative director at Himlaspelet in Leksand.
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Erika Sax received a significant part of her training at the Conservatory of Music in Trondheim and the Stockholm University College of Opera. She has performed on stages such as The Göteborg Opera, Värmlandsoperan, Folkoperan, NorrlandsOperan, Läckö Castle Opera, Vasateatern and Berwaldhallen. The roles she has performed include the title role in Rossini's Cinderella, Clarice in Rossini's La Pietra del Paragone, Hermia in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Mother in Stravinskij's Mavra, Gertrude in Gounod's Romeo and Juliette, and Mary in Wagner's The Flying Dutchman. This autumn she made her debut at the Royal Opera in a couple of performances as Pauline in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades.
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