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Seattle >Arts & Entertainment > Knee High Stocking
1356 E Olive Way, Seattle, WA | Directions 9812247.617005 -122.327381
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Neighborhoods: Broadway, Capitol Hill
It's a sliver of a bar that takes a little effort to find and enter. But once you do you'll be rewarded with a night filled with crafty cocktails and merry mischief.
Though texting your reservation may not appeal to all, once you get in it's a lovely, cozy oasis of a bar.
Keep your eyes peeled or you'll pass right by this cozy den which pays homage to the cocktail. It's a good idea to peruse the seasonal cocktail list which currently pimps beauties such as the gin based Cup Of Awesome.
All the fun and mystique of a speakeasy with great drinks and comfort food. Text ahead for reservations.
You have to text your reservation – What a hidden treasure! Have walked by this place a million times and never knew it was here.
So my friend text in our reservation. When we got there we rang the bell and the waitress came outside & asked us if we had a reservation. We did so she let us in. It was all very secretive and exciting!
I had the spicy mac & cheese & a wine. The food was incredible, the drinks as well. My friend had the onion soup which she said was very oniony, she really liked it. Loads of onions. We will definitely be back!
Invisible yet right in front of you. – I was so excited to check out this place because it is centrally located in capital hill, yet I never saw it despite driving by millions of times. Reservations are made via text message which adds to the secretive feel. The place is hard to find as the label alerting of its existance is written in little tiny letters and there are no windows with bright bar signs in it. There is a door bell you must ring to be allowed into the secret bar, they shut the door again to go in to check the reservation and you are left feeling like maybe you won't be allowed in. Inside its small, but gives you a feelling of knowing a secret no one else is privey too, although apparently people do because its crowded. I can't believe there aren't more reviews since it has been highly talked about. Drink menu is fancy and food is good. I can't wait to take others and let them on a secret I feel like only I know.
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I'm seriously confused about DTV. I was not able to DVR the Tampa game the other night, and I tried to record the DUCKS game vs. Preds last night, ALL WITH THE SAME ERROR MESSAGE: "This receiver is not authorized to record this program"
Now, DTV still has no idea what "i'm doing wrong". So, this leads me to believe FOX themselves might be preventing the recording in their steam. Anyone still experiencing this too? I'm ready to write letters and call whomever I need to fix this stupid issue.
Once again, I fipped the channel from hockey(694) to Lakers(692) and I WAS ABLE to record Basketball w/o a hitch. WTF!!!!!!!!!!
I hope a bunch of people are experiencing this issue and bitch so we can make a difference.


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Universalmuseum Joanneum
- Exhibition
- 07.02.-11.05.2014
- Kunsthaus Graz
El Lissitzky Ilya and Emilia Kabakov
Utopia and Reality
The exhibition in the Kunsthaus Graz is a version of the 2013 exhibition shown in the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, specially adapted to our museum.
- Exhibition
- 07.03.-01.06.2014
- Kunsthaus Graz
James Benning
Decoding Fear
With James Benning, the Kunsthaus Graz continues its exploration of moving images in space.
- Exhibition
- 27.02.-11.05.2014
- Neue Galerie, Graz
Idea and Form
Mathematics and the Beauty of Science
Running parallel to the exhibition "Love of Maths" in the Natural History Museum, this show in the Neue Galerie Graz demonstrates the connections between mathematics and art.
- Exhibition
- 25.04.-20.07.2014
- Alte Galerie
The English Manner
Mezzotint Masterpieces
"Mezzotinto" is one of the most fascinating and elaborate printmaking techniques to emerge in history.
- Exhibition
- 28.03.-30.11.2014
- Folk Life Museum
Superstition Super-knowledge
A World Not Random
The Folk Life Museum owns an extensive collection of objects from the 18th to the early 20th century, which are described as superstitious, folkloristic or simply as magical cures.
- Exhibition
- 12.04.2014-31.10.2015
- Schloss Trautenfels
Forest and Man
Specific themes from the realms of culture, nature and art explore the subject of the forest, setting it in regional, national and international contexts.
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- 06.04.2014-31.10.2015
- Agriculture Museum
The Mystery of Wood
From Roofing to Mountain Biking
This special exhibition shows the multifarious uses of wood from basic material to finishing, from the simple tool to the completed artwork.
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- 14.03.-09.06.2014
- Neue Galerie, Graz
André Thomkins
Eternal Network
This is the first presentation in the BRUSEUM that has not taken as its theme aspects of the life and work of Günter Brus, but rather is devoted exclusively to one of his closely associated peers.
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- 05.09.2013-06.07.2014
- Natural History Museum
Love of Maths
An exhibition of the Liechtensteinischen Landesmuseums Opening: 04.09.2013, 7pm Curators: Georg Schierscher (Schaan, LI), Kurt Zernig (Graz, AT) With the friendly support by Die Industrie
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- 28.02.-02.11.2014
- Multimedia Collections
Rays of Light
Film and Cinema in Styria 1896-1945
In the competition with and against time, this exhibition would like to develop visitors sensibility for the one medium that has shaped the culture of the 20th century like no other.


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A recent visit to La Scarzuola, in northern Umbria – where our region almost merges with Tuscany – plopped me right into a surreal world of Dali-Miro'-Escher-Fellini-like bizzarities. The name "Scarzuola" derives from a marsh plant of the area, "la scarza", used by San Francesco di Assisi, legend tells us, to build himself a shelter here in the early 13th century. In 1218, San Francesco planted a rosebush and laurel bushes near his primitive hut and caused a spring to gush forth miraculously out of.a rock. The spring still has sacred connotations for the local populace. In the very early 1400's, a Franciscan monastery was built here – and in the apse of the monastery church, a fresco depicts the Saint in levitation. Until 1876, the monastery remained property of the Franciscans.
La Scarzuola today is a leap from the sacred to the profane (or is it a taking of the sacred to another level?). In 1956, Tomaso Buzzi (1900- 1981), visionary Milanese architect, acquired the monastery complex and soon after, launched his twenty-year project of transformation of the site into his own "Ideal City", where a fusion between nature and culture could take place in a sort of "theatrical complex". Buzzi first lovingly restored the monastery and then transformed the humble, innocent gardens of the friars into labyrinthine hedges meandering around rare flowers and statues. After his restoration of the "sacred city", Buzzi moved on to his creation of the "profane city", his "città Buzziana", a sort of "autobiography in stone". Just beyond the gardens, Buzzi's città ideale rises out of a natural amphitheater of volcanic tufo rock, like a giant citadel, a sort of spectacular, monumental stage set where wonders and mysteries overlap and fuse with each other: at least seven theaters, an Acropolis, a honeycomb complex of buildings of every architectural style, empty inside but with countless chambers. Buzzi himself termed his project "classical, medieval, Renaissance, Mannerist and also, why not? ..decadent".
A very personalized neo-Mannerism reigns supreme: stairs jutting out in all directions, deliberate disproportion of many details, and a few monsters, here and there. Fantasy and irrereverence merge in this grafting of the sacred city (monastery and friar's garden) to the profane (the città Buzziana), both laden with allegories, symbols and secrets. Buildings and monuments bearing indeciphrable symbols and bizzare quotations are piled together, including circular ones imitating Arab astronomical observatories, zoomorphic structures, grottoes for meditation, pagan temples, a chrystal tower similar to a pinnacle on a Gothic cathedral. The Eye of Buddha, Tower of Babel, homage to Teatro della Scala in Milan, a towering Totem of Meditation, a massive nude Madre Dea (Iside), the Arch of Triumph, Theater of Waters, Temple of Vesta merge together, tumble over each other. Buzzi defined his extraordinary project as "an oasis of welcome, of study, of work, of music, silence, greatness and poverty, of social life, heremitic life, contemplation, solitude, fantasy, fables, myths, outside of time and space – so that each can find echoes of the past and visions of the future."
Since 1981, Buzzi's nephew, Marco Solari, is carrying on his uncle's mission of "build and destroy"(!) Reminding me of Dante's Virgil, Marco had my head spinning as he took me through this astounding surrealistic maze of monuments, embodying something of the evocative, geometric, astronomical, magical…and even miraculous. Contrasting elements working in a sort of bizarre, yet sublime harmony. San Francesco to Salvador Dali. All in one.
By Anne Robichaud, the only American authorized as an Umbrian Regional tour guide. Read about her Umbrian hilltown tours, cooking classes in her home and in the US and her "memoirs of rural life" on www.annesitaly.com. Enjoy the many stories on her blog http://annesitaly.com/blog/


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Barry Guy New Orchestra: Krakow, Poland, November 20-23, 2012
Krakow, Poland
November 20-23, 2012
Now in its seventh year, the annual autumn jazz extravaganzaKrakowska Jesien Jazzowa, in the beautiful Polish city of Krakowhas gone from strength to strength. It's impossible to see all the acts on the bill without spending several months in residence as they come in blocks from early October through to the start of December. Famed in recent years for its vibrant jazz scene, the festival attracts top notch acts from America, and Chicago in particular. On the bill earlier in 2012 were reed titan Peter Brotzmann, in consort with multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, Scandinavian supergroup The Thing, the DKV Trio featuring saxophonist Ken Vandermark and drummer Hamid Drake, and drummer Timothy Daisy, among a host of other European acts including a solo concert from one of Poland's premier improvisers Mikolaj Trzaska.
Most of the events take place in the famed Alchemia club, nestling in the Kazimierz Jewish quarter of the city. Known as the venue for the Vandermark 5's 12 CD box set of the same name (Not Two, 2005), Alchemia provides an intimate space with clear acoustics in the basement of the café, accommodating an audience of some 100 souls. Proprietor of Not Two records, Marek Winiarski, acts as artistic director for the festival and was on hand to introduce each evening.
While a momentous event, this wasn't the first time that bassist Barry Guy = 7303's New Orchestra had taken up residence in Krakow, as it appeared there previously in November, 2010. Reprising that occasion, the orchestra broke down into small group sessions for the first three nights at Alchemia, while rehearsing during the day for the grand finale, a concert by the BGNO in the well-appointed auditorium of the nearby Manggha Museum on the concluding Friday night.
Guy stands as a singular figure in modern music, personifying an unequalled meeting of the classical, contemporary, jazz and improv worlds. Renowned as a sensitive interpreter of baroque early music (the Englishman appears on over 150 recordings, and has performed with all the specialist early music ensembles), that strand of his oeuvre remains relatively separate, though renditions of the works of seventeenth century composer H.I.F. Biber regularly feature on his recordings with his partner, violinist Maya Homburger, such as the marvelous Tales Of Enchantment (Intakt, 2012), alongside his own compositions. But the two strands for which he is best known are the high voltage improv, showcased to stunning effect in a long standing trio of compatriots saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lytton, and the large scale charts of the London Jazz Composers Orchestra, seen in its last incarnation on Harmos Live At Schaffhausen (Intakt, 2012).
As one of the world's preeminent improvisers on bass, Guy was simply breathtaking to observe. His bursts of hyperactivity combined precise articulation, a plethora of extended approaches and seemingly inexhaustible stamina. While he might wield a mallet with one hand, to mine overtones from the strings both above and below the bridge, with the other he would simultaneously finger rapidly changing notes and chords. Any normal bassist would be content executing one or the other, rather than trying both.
As guitarist George Burt of the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra comments, in the sleeve notes of its collaboration with the bassist on SchwebenAy, but can ye? (Maya, 2012), there are several facets which combine to make Guy's orchestral work: the unity of the composed and improvised passages; the concern for the capabilities and strengths of individual players; and the way in which small groups are a part of the larger construct of his major pieces. All of those have been apparent through the development of first the LJCO and now the BGNO. While, at one level there, was a marked contrast between the spontaneous give-and-take of the first three nights and the whole ensemble pieces, at another it was simply a matter of the charts providing a framework within which the subsidiary groupings could intermingle. In Guy's words, the Alchemia sessions offered an opportunity to explore what a big band could be. And what a terrific range there was, veering from hushed exchanges of timbres via incendiary free jazz to out and out noise.
That first evening began with Spanish pianist Agusti Fernandez alone on the stage. For his opening gambit, he swiped at the strings, rasping across the wires, creating impossible glissandos and almost electronic slabs of sound. Over the four days, the Spaniard proved likely to spend as much time under the bonnet as on the keyboardstrumming, rubbing and tapping, but also incorporating his Cecil Taylor-inspired drive with muscular bustling lines, largely eschewing the brooding lyricism of say Aurora (Maya, 2008) and his recent El laberint de la memoria (Mbari, 2011). As he continued, he blended tremolos on the keys with abrasion on the strings for a percussive effect, until exploding solely along the keyboard, heavy on the bass in knotty kernels.
A high whine of indeterminate origin was revealed to emanate from the muted pocket trumpet of Herb Robertson, when he materialized from backstage. Fernandez fell silent leaving the trumpeter to squeeze out the merest of whinnies. His sudden clamorous blasts interrupted the busy litany squeals, slobbers, and blustering squall. As Robertson came to a conclusion, the sound of keypads popping presaged the appearance onstage of Parker. He launched thick intertwined tendrils of circular breathed exhortations on tenor saxophone, tonal fragments which consumed themselves in a tail-chasing round, as both the pianist and trumpeter sat quietly.
Parker reached a crest. Then as he became more pensive, that cued the pair to venture in, gradually initially, but then spinning tales of gathering complexity. Robertson was a master of timbres, aided by an array of mutes spread on a nearby table, but matched Parker for speed of response. Like two galloping thoroughbreds, the pair sped onwards, first one leading then the other, while Fernandez underpinned the madcap dash once more from the innards of his piano. Not without precedentthe trio has recorded Parallelisms (Ruby Flower Records, 2007)the threesome provided an intriguingly capricious start to the four days.
One of the distinctive features of the BGNO is that it has at its core a number of preexisting combos, such as the enduring Parker/Guy/Lytton outfit and the Tarfala Trio (Guy, with the Swedish duo of drummer Raymond Strid and saxophonist Mats Gustafsson). Unsurprisingly, these established formats carried the greatest weight, with all the orchestra's members skilled at group improvisation, able to conjure art from out of the ether, riposte with such rapidity that it would be impossible to script, and move in unison without anything other than aural clues towards mutually acceptable and fitting conclusions. What was more astounding was the profusion of expression from fun-loving to severe, broad brush to jostling detail, open lattice to sheer cascade. Quality was a given, but even so, some combinations stood out more than others.
One of those was the closing set of the first evening, effectively the Tarfala Trio augmented by trombonist Johannes Bauer and percussionist Lytton in a bravura exhibition. Practiced communication meant that all five always knew where to go, changing direction at the merest hint. Bauer interspersed his emphatic blowsy riffs with breathy squawks and vocal mutters. In this company, Guy avoided elaboration, at times concentrating on a determined high octane strum, as Gustafsson flared in berserk oratory amid Bauer's boozy smears.
Strid and Lytton engendered a feast for the eyes as well as ears with their lively antics, constantly in motion, co-opting and discarding noise-making implements. In the interludes between the impassioned rhetoric, rarely have two drummers made so little noise, as they concentrated on novel textures. In a moment of joyous perfection at the end of the set, Guy bowed low toward the bridge, blending his honeyed sound with the pure tone generated by Strid scraping a stick gently across his cymbal.
Bauer's unaccompanied set, at the start of the second, evening encapsulated much of what makes him so special. He announced himself with reiterated fanfares, angled from the walls and ceiling and resonating around the room, then constructed his set from these persistent motifs. After the clarion wails he moved onto exhalations, whooshy trills, growls, and chunters, with the trombone only intermittently at his lips. He was even able to incorporate having a sip of red wine into his playful discourse, finishing after further brassy gales by saying "and so on..." with a big smile.
Also of note was Bauer's triumvirate, accompanied by the seasoned Guy/Lytton pairing. Bauer's broad impasto strokes made for a pleasing opposition to the detailed miniatures essayed by bass and drums, both teeming with invention and manic hyperactivity. Guy exhibited an astonishing range. caressing the strings as his fingers slid up and down the neck to finesse the modulated noteseven taking a paintbrush to the strings and body of his bass, exploiting more techniques in five minutes than a lesser player might deploy over a complete evening. Similarities with Lytton were obvious as he cycled through abrasions, scrubs, and clatterincluding, in fact, everything including the kitchen sink.
Another threesome, found Parker and Trevor Watts's tenor and alto saxophones respectively merging into a single multi-voiced instrument, while Fernandez stabbed arpeggios, all phrasing in sync. Watts' rich-toned alto resembled a tenor in the depth of his howls, which he effectively contrasted with soaring swoops and choked cries, in one exemplary section. Fernandez provided the substructure, slamming the keys as the horns reached a peak of intertwining combustion. At one point, both Parker and Watts stood side-by-side, circular breathing varying drones embellished with grace notes and phantom voices as the Spaniard sat watching. He then took up a wooden block to rub inside the piano, creating a deep ghostly rumble, which morphed into a haunted harpsichord backdrop. In a densely busy soundscape, both saxophones sparred, cajoled, shadowed and stalked, then negotiated a gentle finish to another excellent set. Even Guy commented on the "lovely ending," in his introduction to the next set.
As a complete antithesis, the following trio broadcast only the quietest of pops amid the silence. Ironic as the bottom-heavy firepower assembled onstage comprised Gustafsson's baritone, Per Ake Holmlander's tuba and Hans Koch's bass clarinet. Sporadic proclamations from the two reeds were forged into a coherent narrative, replete with space, and the stop-start momentum. Chortled snuffles suddenly exploded in stentorian bellows. More inspired interplay ensued between Holmlander's snorts, Gustaffson's volcanic outbursts and Koch's heavily vocalized wheezes and chuckles, fashioning a splendid set born of intense concentration.
The concluding grouping of the second evening was the one that everyone had been waiting forthe 32 year-old Parker/Guy /Lytton unitand they didn't disappoint. To honor the occasion, both Parker and Lytton modeled t-shirts adorned with Guy's image, (the same one visible on the posters advertising the festival emblazoned throughout the city), much to the bassist's horror and the crowd's hilarity.
Homage or not, their set sparkled with a dervish frenzy derived from three intermingling streams of consciousness. Such was the speed of interaction that it was barely possible to keep track. Guy touched on a phrase, Parker instantaneously took it up as a motif to develop and swiftly leave in his wake. Noteworthy details leapt out from the discourse, as at one point the bassist utilized a notched wooden stick as a bow drawing forth koto-like pings. At times like this, trying to convey the magic of the music is a thankless task; this trio has developed its own language. How it sounds is known, but each time is different, like a seascape or cloudscape. Lytton belayed an asynchronous polyrhythmic rattle, while Guy switched between bow and fingers as the moment took him, as all three moved in continuous counterpoint.
At the drummer's request, a duet between Fernandez and Lytton was scheduled, which found the pianist in uncompromising burly debate with the Englishman in invigorating counterintuitive support. But, as if taking delight in as often confounding as confirming colleagues trajectories, the drummer soon started to fragment proceedings with arrhythmic scrapings. Initially, Fernandez carried on regardless, but inexorably the attraction of the percussive textures inside the piano drew him away from the short motifs on the keys which formed the transition. He pounded a thunderous resonance with wooden blocks while Lytton moved onto a variety of shakers and small instruments.
Thereafter, the dynamic alternated between subdued timbral interchange, with Fernandez under the lid, and a headlong flight recalling their opening terrain. At the end, after a passage of lower case tone colors when everyone thought they had finished, Lytton persisted with tiny sounds, enticing Fernandez back into the fray, plucking on the strings with a revolving arm gesture, halfway between relaxing the joints and beckoning everyone on.
What followed was another highlight, as the Tarfala Trio, immortalized on two Intakt CDs and a double LP, Syzygy (No Business, 2011), rounded out the set. The trio which unites Guy, Gustafsson and Strid, embarked on a purposeful journey, relatively restrained in the first instance. Of course that didn't last long. Once Strid kicked off, Guy began to strum manically, raising the tension and Gustafsson delivered his trademark eruptions on baritone saxophone. The prevailing characteristic of their set was the ebb and flow between the explosive bluster and quiet threnody.
Guy initiated the comedown, as the Swede stilled to a meditative drone, before building an amazing solo out of the silvery harmonics he drew from his bass, his hands flying between positions all over the fingerboard, supplemented by a stick at one stage. Strid joined sympathetically, tolling untethered cymbals until Gustafsson intervened with paint-stripping acerbity to ensure it didn't all get too pretty. The trio's tempestuous vitality was manifest in the saxophonist's constant movement, hopping from foot to foot and swaying back and forth. Red-faced, eyes clenched shut, as if attempting self-exorcism, he poured out a litany of staccato plosives and riffing propulsion. Together the players formed a hard-driving trio nonetheless capable of moments of dazzling beauty. Strid's hammer shot on his snare signaled a sudden end to a superb exposition.
For Alchemia's final set, a brass trio incrementally expanded until the entire New Orchestra amassed on the confined bandstand. An avant-oompah feel held sway in a beginning, characterized by humor, receptiveness and a keen sense of the absurd. Holmlander and Bauer traded contrapuntal blows while Robertson (on trumpet) spluttered and buzzed from left field. When Bauer incorporated his vocal shtick, Robertson quickly leapt forward with his own argumentative voice, before once more bringing the trumpet back to his lips, in a syntax part speech and part brass. Ever the maverick, the trumpeter also produced a tiny hunting horn through which he shooshed and swooned along with his brassy co-conspirators.
As the rest of the group gradually squeezed onto the stage, the intensity ratcheted up into the crimson. Watts blew high and hard on alto before Koch cooled the fevered brows with his bass clarinet until he was left with only Fernandez and Guy in tender repose. A series of anthemic swells lead once more to a cathartic blow out, with assorted horns rising up out of the mass, and Gustafsson riffing hard to add some structure to the fray. As exciting as it was, this seemed unfamiliar territory for the band, without the extensive experience of something like Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet at negotiating a path which encouraged space for unexpected combinations and unpredictable ways between them, even though Bauer, Holmlander and Gustafsson feature in both line ups. Somehow the encore, after building to a tumultuous peak, dissolved into a raucous swing. Parker standing right at the back of the stage introduced the theme from pianist Thelonious Monk's "Shuffleboil" on his tenor saxophone (the only composition heard during the first three nights!) but no one was inclined to pick it up, so he sustained the tune alone, allowing it to function as an underlying motif.
For the grand finale on the Friday evening, the Orchestra decamped to the 300-seat auditorium of the Manggha Museum just over the Wisla river. Although the majority of the program consisted of composed works, the opening installment by Parker and Fernandez, celebrated the release of a duet The Voice Is One (Not Two, 2012), recorded live in Barcelona in 2009. True to the disc's title, the pair spoke as one. Fernandez' hands swept up and down the keyboard, stabbing with pointed fingers and hammering in the bass extremities, drawing a sympathetic rejoinder from Parker's brawny yet cerebral tenor saxophone.
At one juncture, the Spaniard manipulated the strings with one hand as his other parlayed a continuous rippling in the middle register, while Parker unfurled an unbroken sequence of circular breathed gobbets. Fernandez, fluent in the same way as the Englishman in compressing swarms of notes into convoluted gnarly branches, jabbed tremolos, crashed the heels of his hand, and pawed along the keys in repeated glissandi. Parker was really pushed and responded in kind in a tour de force exchange, until finally his sustained ascending phrases, heralded the ending of an outstanding first course.
Eventually the BGNO took to the stage. Guy stood at the front, back to the audience ready to conduct the band, seated behind their music stands. Guy introduced the first piece, "Amphi," as a chamber work featuring Maya Homburger's baroque violin in various sub-groupings of the band, and that's exactly how it sounded. Homburger led off, and brought in Robertson, Bauer, Strid and Watts for the first of a series of overlapping sections, which progressed both with and without her violin. The nearest comparator was some of Guy's contemporary music for himself and Homburger, such as Ceremony (ECM, 1999).
Rarely did the full Orchestra play together. A greater variance with the small group sessions at Alchemia was hard to imagine than this piece, which was very austere and corralled the passionate intimate group interaction into a coolly abstract setting, which felt like it needed repeated listenings to fully appreciate. At one point, Robertson nonetheless provided a link to the jazz tradition, his excitable exclamations on muted trumpet evoking Bubber Miley with pianist Duke Ellington's Orchestra. The piece ended literally on a high note, with Homburger bowing at the furthest extreme in tandem with Lytton extracting similar bat bothering sounds from a scraped cymbal.
Two pieces comprised the second half of the performance. The first, Parker's "Bostune 2," featured fellow Englishman Watts on alto saxophone. After a soft-droning hors d'oeuvre from Holmlander, Watts emerged from the colloquy, pitching his insistent fiery narrative against Koch's split tones on bass clarinet. Like a forlorn soul wandering in a hostile wilderness of bristling horns, Watts' overblown alto carried the heft of a tenor in a restless uneasy meditation. Next up was the leader's "Radio Rondo," previously documented by the London Jazz Composers Orchestra with Swiss pianist Irene Schweizer as the featured soloist, on the eponymous 2010 Intakt album, but here reconfigured for the slightly reduced circumstances, with Fernandez in the leading role. Behind the title lay the idea that the guys in the band had been traveling around the world since the last concert and their music had been circulating on the airwaves. That concept informed a tremendous opening collective which erupted from nothing, as if a radio was turned on to find the band in mid expression. Thereafter, a series of quick fire smaller groupings surfaced between orchestral blasts, making yet another distinction by way of volume and participation, this time with the austerity of the first BGNO piece. A melodic section was followed by a joyous duet for muted trumpet and trombone, inaugurating a series of syncopated phrases from paired horns which fizzed around the stage.
Guy alternated between conduction and adding bass parts, even playing with one hand on the fingerboard and the other directing crescendos. At one point, Fernandez stepped out from behind the piano to take on conduction duties as Guy hit a heavy groove, bowing darkly under the massing orchestra. At the end, the bassist sawed high and the orchestra repeatedly threatened to percolate up to a terminal roar but then, with pummeling drums and piano, Guy unleashed them for the ultimate all-out assault until his arm came down and they stopped on a dime, as if an off switch had been turned. It was a superlative conclusion not only to the evening but to the whole marvelous four days. A barrage of applause from the enraptured audience ensured that after the curtain calls and the presentation of flowers, Guy and Parker returned for a brief mercurial duet, wonderful in its fleetness and responsiveness.
Word on the street is that discussions are underway to schedule a similar residency for the BGNO in London at Café Oto, in 2014. That would be something to look forward to. Meanwhile, ambitious plans are also afoot for the next Krakow Jazz Autumn. Director Marek Winiarski is looking at similar extended stays for Ken Vandermark's Resonance Ensemble, investigating the possibility of a large project led by Mats Gustafsson, and Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii's European Orchestra. If even onelet alone allof these possibilities come off, then jazz fans will be flocking to Krakow next fall.
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If you have ever baked muffins using cornmeal, you might be well aware that they do in fact generally get dry and crumbly. To tell you the truth, I'm not a large fan but that was just because I have never really had the luck of finding the perfect moist muffin recipe. Thankfully I found this recipe a while back and couldn't believe that it wasn't as dry as the others. In fact, it was pretty good. Remember I'm not a fan, so when I say that it's "pretty good" means that it must be more than commendable. I found this recipe from Destiny's Kitchen.
The recipes were not only easy to put together but also were moister than I have had before in other cornmeal based recipes. For you Gluten-free bakers, feel free to purchase gluten-free cornmeal and flour and have at these little treats. My only negative comment about these muffins was that they did stick to the muffin liner a little. But they are super tasty and if you are like me, a little sticking to the liner doesn't stop removing it. The husband really enjoyed these and didn't miss the tons of sugar that normal cornmeal muffins contain when served for breakfast. We did take these along for a small day trip and they lasted very well being schlepped around- no crumbling mess.1 c. all-purpose flour 1 cup cornmeal 1 tbsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 1/3 c. sugar ½ c corn or vegetable oil ¾ c soy milk 2 tbsp soy yogurt 1 tsp vanilla extract Finely grated zest of 1 lemon 1 ¼ c. Blueberries
Preheat oven to 400F. Lightly grease a 12 muffin tin.
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, and sugar. In a separate bowl, whisk together the oil, soy milk, soy yogurt, vanilla, and lemon zest. With a wooden spoon, fold the wet ingredients into the dry. Fold in the blueberries, being careful not to overmix.
Fill each muffin cup three-quarters full. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick or knife inserted in the center of one comes out clean. Serve warm.
Note: Since we were on the run when eating these muffins, I think I did something very out of the ordinary and forgot to take a photo. If I find it, I will post it again. Or maybe I will just make them again… Nom nom nom


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The Ville Platte Police Department is asking residents to assist in locating suspects that are currently evading police. Chief Neal Lartigue asks that you call in if you see these suspects but do not try to detain them on your own.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Kelly Thomas, last known address is 9 East Beauregard in Ville Platte. Thomas is wanted on a warrant and faces charges of armed robbery with the use of a weapon and felony theft. Thomas was last hiding in the area of East Wilson Street and is evading arrest.
Steveniski Frank, last known address is 520 East Jackson Street in Ville Platte. Frank is wanted on a warrant and faces charges of armed robbery with the use of a weapon and felony theft. Frank is also evading arrest
In an unrelated incident the Ville Platte Police is investigating an attempted armed robbery and asking for help identifying the suspect. On April 22, 2014 at approximately 2:00 a.m. a black male suspect attempted to rob a male in the front yard of a local residence on the 700 block of Young Street in Ville Platte. The suspect approached the homeowner from the rear of the residence and when the homeowner attempted to get away by entering the residence the suspect fired a shingle shot which lodged into a wall. No injuries were reported. The suspect is described as a black male, light complexion, wearing a grey hoodie and a blue bandana. If you may have seen anyone fitting this description or know who someone who matches the description please contact the police department.
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Coffeehouse? Wine bar? Music venue? All three, actually. This well-appointed gathering spot is the perfect place to recharge while out and about on the streets of Ybor. The vibe is similar to that giant, corporate mega-coffee chain, but with a lot more street cred. It also features a songwriter' …
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A project of Mike Harting, 3 Daughters opened in late 2013 and features an 18,000-square-foot production brewery in the Grand Central district, plus a wood and stone tasting room, a game "room" of sorts in part of its warehouse and an honest to goodness miniature golf course. A little …
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About Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding (born Elena Jane Goulding on 30 December 1986) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Hereford, she grew up in Kington, Herefordshire and currently lives in London, England. After studying drama at the University of Kent for a couple of years, Goulding moved to West London for the purpose of developing her songs and music career. Touring since 2008 she released her debut single "Under the Sheets" on 15 November 2009. The track was produced by Starsmith, with whom she has been working since the beginning of her career. On 8 January 2010, Goulding topped the BBC Sound of 2010 music list. Previous winners include the likes of Little Boots, Corinne Bailey Rae and Mika. On 16 February 2010, she won the Critics' Choice award at the BRIT Awards, which has previously been given to acts such as Adele and Florence + the Machine. Ellie Goulding's debut album Lights was released on 1 March 2010 and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. It was re-released 29 Novembe ... Read More
Career Started: 2007
Official Website: http://elliegoulding.com
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Software for Good Achieves Triple Bottom Line with Help from Carbonfree® Partnership
2014 is shaping up to be another strong year for continued environmental leadership by Carbonfund.org's business partners. These companies understand the value in maintaining effective sustainability programs that demonstrate their commitment to environmental responsibility.
Entering its fifth year as a Carbonfree® Business Partner, Software for Good is a design-driven software engineering team producing complete digital solutions for companies doing great things.
"We are thrilled to be part of the Carbonfree® Business Partnership," states Casey Helbling, founder and CEO of Software for Good. "By calculating, reducing, and offsetting our carbon footprint, we are helping to change the status quo and redefine what it means to be a responsible business."
To date, Software for Good's carbon emissions offset donations have supported Carbonfund.org's carbon reduction projects, neutralizing the same quantity of emissions as are created by a standard passenger car driving almost 600,000 miles.
Software for Good team members and clients share a vision for what a healthy and sustainable community can be. They follow the triple bottom line business model, investing equally in people, planet, and profit.
A great example of Software for Good's work can be seen in the rebuild for RE-AMP's website. The organization is composed of over 150 non-profits and foundations across the US Midwest focused on climate change and energy policy. The new website focuses on user engagement and easy ongoing site maintenance, so that the various groups can work collaboratively to create a healthier, more sustainable world.
Software for Good demonstrates its environmental stewardship through the work it performs for its clients and in its continuing commitment to carbon-neutral operations through the Carbonfree® Business Partnership program.
Spottswoode Estate Vineyard & Winery Expands Environmental Stewardship through Carbonfree® Partnership
It's still early in this new year, and with Earth Day approaching next month, it's a great time to look for ways to improve, expand and enrich your commitments to protecting and preserving our environment.
During 2013, Spottswoode Estate Vineyard & Winery of St. Helena, CA augmented their organic agricultural practices and environmental sustainability initiatives by offsetting business flight emissions through Carbonfud.org. This year, Spottswoode took the additional step to allocate a larger portion of its 1% for the Planet pledge to join the Carbonfree® Business Partnership program, thus neutralizing all of their annual operational emissions by supporting Carbonfund.org's carbon reduction and clean air projects around the world.
"Climate Change is the defining issue of our time, and we feel strongly that we must be a part of the solution to this global crisis," explains Beth Novak Milliken, President and CEO of Spottswoode Estate Vineyard & Winery. "We take our commitment to the environment seriously, and through our actions, we hope to inspire others to care for and respect our natural resources as well."
Spottswoode Estate Vineyard & Winery is a family-owned vineyard and winery renowned for producing classic and refined wines that honor their vineyard origins. The balance, grace, and integrity reflected in their wines also drive a commitment to organic farming and stewardship of the winery's gardens, historic building, and local watershed.
Spottswoode Estate Vineyard and Winery has farmed organically since 1985 and became a California Certified Organic Farmer in 1992. In addition, Spottswoode is certified Napa Green by the Napa Valley Vintners, uses solar power in their vineyard and winery, maintains insectaries and bird boxes in the vineyard, runs tractors on biodiesel and works to conserve water. The winery spearheaded the restoration of Spring Creek, which defines the southern boundary of their vineyard and is shared with many residential neighbors. The expansion of the winery's environmental responsibility to mitigate all operational carbon emissions through the Carbonfree® Business Partnership demonstrates an ongoing dedication to the health of land and air upon which Spottswoode Estate Vineyard and Winery depends.
Adam Shay CPA Brings Environmental Sustainability Focus to Accounting Services Firm
It's that time of year in the US – time to start thinking about income tax return preparation. If you're a self-preparer, you might be missing opportunities to lower your tax liability, a skill that is both an art and a science. The benefits of having a trusted tax expert as a partner to guide you through the process may pay off.
If you're seeking a new resource for tax preparation and accounting services, there's a team of tax and accounting professionals not only dedicated to best serving their clients but also to maintaining a commitment to environmental stewardship. They utilize technology to serve U.S. clients around the world.
Adam Shay CPA, PLLC is a Carbonfree® Business Partner, a Certified B Corporation and a member of 1% for the Planet. The firm believes that these programs reflect their values and goals of being successful business people while also contributing to the greater good and to solving societal problems.
"We are committed to minimizing our impact on the environment and leading a new way to do business," explains Adam Shay, CPA and Managing Partner. "We chose Carbonfund.org because they have been a proven leader in the carbon offset field."
By joining the Carbonfree® Business Partnership program, Adam Shay CPA is neutralizing estimated total annual emissions from office space, business travel, mailings and employee commuting. It's good to know that there are tax and accounting professionals who place a priority on environmental stewardship. Adam Shay and his staff exhibit these qualities in their commitment to operational sustainability.
Kofcan Provides New CarbonFree® Verified Biomass Fuel Source to Homeowners and Environmentally-Conscious Companies
ANN ARBOR, Mich., USA and TROIS-RIVIERES, QUE.,CANADA – Kofcan Inc.'s biomass fuel pellets, which are made from spent coffee grounds, have earned CarbonFree® certification from Carbonfund.org Foundation and NSF Sustainability, a division of global public health organization NSF International. CarbonFree® product certification for its 15 kg, 25 kg and 1.5 kg bags of coffee pellets is a credible, transparent way for Kofcan to provide a carbon-neutral fuel source to home owners and environmentally-conscious companies.
Kofcan's biomass fuel pellets were designed to recycle waste into energy and provide a more efficient and lower environmental impact alternative to wood pellets. Instead of contributing to landfills, the spent coffee from which the pellets are made is collected from restaurants and institutions in a 200 km radius of the micro pellets plant in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. The resulting pellets have a higher energy output, generating 27.5 percent more BTUs (British Thermal Units) than wood pellets.
In addition to maintaining a low carbon footprint by sourcing spent coffee from local businesses, Kofcan also assessed the environmental impacts of its coffee pellets by undergoing a detailed life cycle assessment to measure its carbon emissions in North America. Kofcan then offset its carbon emissions through investment in third-party validated renewable energy, energy efficiency and forestry carbon offset projects provided by Carbonfund.org, a leading nonprofit and developer of the CarbonFree® Product Certification program, the first carbon neutral product label in North America.
"Kofcan and its founders Michel Cordeau and Sylvain Laroche have developed a truly waste-free and efficient energy source. With the addition of CarbonFree® certification through NSF Sustainability, Kofcan is able to demonstrate the carbon neutrality of its coffee pellets and communicate to home owners as well as industrial companies its commitment to environmental stewardship," said Tom Bruursema, General Manager of NSF International's Sustainability Division.
"Kofcan is proud to have the first energy pellet to be certified CarbonFree® as well as the first energy pellet that creates viable energy from a waste product instead of the harvesting and processing of trees," said Michel Cordeau, CEO and founder of Kofcan, Inc.
"Joining the ranks of CarbonFree® Business Partners and taking action to neutralize annual carbon emissions through supporting carbon reduction projects marks Kofcan as a leader in the global warming solution," says Eric Carlson, President of Carbonfund.org.
How the CarbonFree® Product Certification Program Works
The CarbonFree® Product Certification program uses life cycle assessments (LCAs) to determine the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over a product's entire life cycle. GHG emissions (expressed as carbon dioxide equivalents) that cannot be reduced or eliminated from the product's life cycle are offset or neutralized with third-party validated renewable energy, energy efficiency and forestry carbon offset projects.
A carbon offset is a verifiable reduction in carbon emissions somewhere in the world other than where the emission is generated. These external reductions offer clean energy transformation (e.g. wind, solar), sequestration (e.g. forestry) and clean technology (e.g. energy efficiency). The projects also offer a range of benefits including conservation, clean water, job creation and innovation. Credits are generated when a project is verified and registered – allowing companies to purchase these credits and offset the emissions produced in the manufacturing and use of their products. These credits are then permanently retired on behalf of the product/company.
CarbonFree® certified products earn the use of the CarbonFree® mark along with being listed in the Carbonfund.org online product certification database. The CarbonFree® mark can be found on a variety of products today, including food, beverage, electronics and apparel.
About Kofcan: Kofcan is a young company playing in a big industry and plans to make a global impact by reinventing the meaning of "renewable energy" and the way it is used in the pellet industry. Producing low carbon products such as pellets from used coffee and other recycled raw materials is its primary focus. Kofcan is creating energy through sustainable projects, protecting the planet, and helping people become socially responsible through renewable sources.
About Carbonfund.org Foundation: Carbonfund.org is a leading nonprofit climate solutions organization, making it easy and affordable for individuals, businesses and organizations to reduce their climate impact and hasten our transition to a low-carbon economy. Carbonfund.org supports innovative renewable energy, energy efficiency and forestry projects globally that reduce carbon emissions and help people. Carbonfund.org has worked with over 2,000 corporate and nonprofit partners. More at www.carbonfund.org.
About NSF International: NSF International is a global independent organization that writes standards, and tests and certifies products for the construction, food, water and consumer goods industries to minimize adverse health effects and protect the environment (nsf.org). Founded in 1944, NSF is committed to protecting human health and safety worldwide. NSF International has been collaborating with the World Health Organization since 1997 in water quality and safety, food safety and indoor environments.
NSF Sustainability draws upon this expertise in standards development, product assurance and certification, advisory services and quality management systems to help companies green their products, operations, systems and supply chains. Product assessments include testing and certification for more sustainable consumer and commercial products. Through its National Center for Sustainability Standards, NSF also develops sustainability standards for products such as carpet, flooring and other commercial building materials.
Additional NSF services include safety audits for the food and water industries, nutritional/dietary supplement certification, organic certification provided by QAI (Quality Assurance International) and management systems certifications delivered through NSF International Strategic Registrations (NSF-ISR). NSF-ISR services include ISO 14001 environmental management systems, Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and chain of custody (COC) certifications.
Smart Media Recognized for Product Excellence and Environmental Commitment
A simple suggestion five years ago to a client, recommending that they publish the company's carbon footprint in their annual report, led Smart Media to adopt a broad and continuous sustainability commitment in its own operations and in the production of its award-winning annual reports.
One of the very few companies in the world to focus exclusively on annual reports, Smart Media The Annual Report Company ('Smart Media') helps organizations produce annual reports which go beyond statutory disclosure and compliance to become effective instruments of corporate communications.
In 2008, Smart Media encouraged a client to voluntarily publish their carbon footprint in the annual report. Since then, the numbers of client companies including this operational emissions information in annual reports have grown. Some clients depend upon Smart Media's consultancy assistance which includes training, development of data entry forms and computation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in accordance with the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard.
By way of setting an example, Smart Media commenced producing carbon neutral annual reports in 2009, by thoroughly analyzing the carbon emissions associated with the full annual report production process. Then, Smart Media chose to partner with Carbonfund.org to neutralize these emissions by supporting global reforestation projects. In 2012, Smart Media became completely carbon neutral under Scopes 1 and 2 as well as selected sources under Scope 3 of the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard by mitigating its own operational emissions with Carbonfund.org.
"Our strategy was to reduce our GHG emissions as much as possible and to offset the rest thereafter. Our philosophy, when in comes to partnerships is 'the best or not at all'. Having looked around we chose Carbonfund.org, as it is an independent foundation having a great track record and credibility. They have the experience and expertise to help clients in almost any sector in any part of the world. Thus, their capabilities matched our requirements as well as those of our varied group of clients" says Dr. Vijith Kannangara, Chairman, Smart Media The Annual Report Company.
Doing business in Bahrain, Hong Kong, Maldives, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and UAE, and with a track record spanning over 15 years and 1,500 reports, Smart Media is the acknowledged leader for annual reports in the Asia-Pacific region. This is borne out by the numerous international awards and accolades earned year after year, including the Platinum Achievement Award at the International ARC Awards, USA - popularly dubbed as the Oscars of Annual Reports - in 2010 and 2012 – and in 2013, Smart Media received an unprecedented 94 awards, including 25 Gold awards and 7 Grand awards.
Smart Media clients get the benefit of working with a certified carbon neutral company and neutralizing the GHG emissions resulting from annual report production activities outsourced by Smart Media in the production of their annual reports, including the usage of paper and printing, offset through verified sources. As a result of Smart Media's leadership, some clients have begun setting targets to reduce their GHG emissions intensity through the adoption of energy efficiency and conservation measures as well as fuel switching, with the added benefits of operational cost savings. For Smart Media, this may well be its single largest contribution – though indirect – towards environmental stewardship. Carbonfund.org is proud to partner with Smart Media in these efforts.
Chicago's First Lady Cruises and Mercury, Chicago's Skyline Cruiseline are CarbonFree®
For visitors to the greater Chicago area and the locals who've endured a long winter, a big three-season draw is the Lake Michigan waterfront. Among the popular waterfront pastimes are the various Chicago River and Lake Michigan boat cruises that provide passengers with views of the Chicago skyline, architectural tours, dinner cruises, and on-board wedding and special event celebrations.
To help protect and preserve the Lake Michigan resource, the environmentally-focused passenger will consider a cruiseline's attention to environmental responsibilities and fuel conservation when booking their tour. CarbonFree® Partner Chicago's First Lady Cruises and Mercury, Chicago's Skyline Cruiseline will stand out as a leader in this area.
As part of their extensive sustainability initiatives, Chicago's First Lady Cruises and Mercury, Chicago's Skyline Cruiseline has partnered with Carbonfund.org to measure and neutralize their annual carbon dioxide emissions. Office energy usage, business travel and employee commuting emissions, as well as all fuel used by the cruise ships throughout 2012, were included in the emissions calculations. The resulting total annual operational emissions were mitigated by corresponding donations to support Carbonfund.org's renewable energy and reforestation projects.
The CarbonFree® Business Program status joins many other environmentally conscious initiatives followed by the Chicago-based cruiseline company. Since 2006, all vessels have used B-11 biodiesel fuel, saving more than 4,000 gallons of imported crude oil per year. Their newest vessel, Chicago's Leading Lady, added to the fleet in 2011, is equipped with computerized energy-efficient engines that help the boat save over 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel each year.
Chicago's First Lady Cruises encourages their passengers to join an active office and operations recycling program by recycling their onboard maps for future guests. Dockside waste bins are constructed of recycled plastic milk containers, and beverage cans and bottles are collected onboard and dockside for recycling. Promotional materials are printed by CarbonFree® Partner Digital Hub, voted Chicago's Greenest Printer, with soy-based inks and recycled papers. All employees are encouraged to ride their bike, walk or commute to work by using public transit, and Mercury, Chicago's Skyline Cruisline encourages its staff to participate in the employee public transit reimbursement program.
This focus on measures to protect the waterways its passengers enjoy demonstrates a firm commitment to environmental stewardship by Chicago's First Lady Cruises and Mercury, Chicago's Skyline Cruiseline, and Carbonfund.org is glad to participate in these efforts.
TCX Programs are Turning Hope into Action with an Environmental Focus
Carbonfund.org seeks to partner with businesses that subscribe to the same mission of solving the climate crisis. The goal of achieving a clean energy future is more complex than simply meeting carbon emission reductions targets. Any solution needs to be sustainable, and sustainability is one of the cornerstones of Carbonfree® business partner TCX Investment Management Company.
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After the final whistle, the LionsXII players and officials surveyed the stands and scurried into the dugout as water bottles thumped against the fibreglass shelter.
True to Bruising Borneo Battle tradition, Sarawak – players and 15,000 fans – hurled abuse, blared air horns, swung elbows, lit flares, flashed middle fingers and launched water bottles – in a bid to unsettle the Singaporean side during and after the physical Malaysian Super League match.
But for the second time in two months, following January's 1-0 away win at Sabah, the LionsXII stood their ground, refused to be intimidated and escaped with all three points and their unbeaten away record intact.
Shahril Ishak's 73rd minute penalty put the depleted LionsXII third in the standings, three points behind leaders Kelantan.
The 1-0 win prompted coach V Sundramoorthy to declare that the team have a chance to fight for the title when their key players return to fitness.
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$1.25M Needed to Repair EGF PoolEAST GRAND FORKS, MN (WDAZ-TV) - The East Grand Forks pool needs to meet state health codes before it can open next season.
EAST GRAND FORKS, MN (WDAZ-TV) - The East Grand Forks pool needs to meet state health codes before it can open next season.
But those aren't the only costly repairs the pool needs in the near future.
All recommended upgrades to the city pool are estimated to cost just over $1.25 million.
But to open for the summer, the city needs to put at least $22,000 into pool projects.
"It's a very evasive type project. It replaces everything except the actual building structure itself," EAPC architect Wayne Dietrich said.
Recommended repairs to the East Grand Forks pool would replace nearly everything and it has forced the city council to make a big decision.
"I mean, is it going to look new? Is it something we can be proud of as a community? Because it certainly isn't something we're proud of now," council member Mike Pokrzywinski said.
The 2012 budget has $40,000 set aside for pool repairs. To comply with health codes, the pool needs $9,000 in updates. It also needs $12,000 a new pump. Those costs need to be taken care of by summer.
"The skimmers have cracked around the pool and that's where there's a lot of water loss," Dietrich said.
To replace everything, the city is looking at a $1.257 million price tag. The council is deciding on how to tackle that.
"Form a committee, lay out a program for development of the pool in an incremental manner," council member Henry Tweten said.
If it is done in phases, the city could tap into the building maintenance fund or it could be paid for with a bond, which would require voter approval, and all repairs would be done at once.
"I think it's going to have to be a discussion that this community has and ultimately the people are going to have to decide which direction they want to go," Pokrzywinski said.
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UPDATE...April 20th ...English Bulldog
April 20th
Next bunch of babies should be in the fall....
We do currently have two adults for sale....Please call. We do not like to talk about our boys & girls through emails...
once again...please call...we don't bite... ; )
We are located in Southern Illinois. Just south of St. Louis. We have been breeding and raising Bullies going on 31 years. We pride ourselves on how well we care for our dogs. They are family to us. Whenever people ...
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Red Bud
Beagle X Mini Dachshund = Beautiful Doxle Puppies
I have 2 Beautiful Doxle Puppies
So They Are Miniature Dachshund x
Pocket Beagle Hybrid Puppies
8 Weeks Old & Ready Now
Will Be Smaller Dogs
One Pie Bald Colored Male $350
One Tri Colored Female $300
First Shots & Wormed
Miniature Dachshund Father & Mother Blue Tick Pocket Beagle Are The Parents
For information or pictures 618-364-7269
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Carrier Mills
Cute baby pugs!
I have five baby pugs. Females are $400 and I have three black ones and one fawn one. Male is $400 and I have only one black male. I am taking $100 deposits on them and they will be ready May 25th. They will have first shots, dewormed a few times, and have been vet checked and come with a sample of food. Mt. Vernon, IL.
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Mount Vernon
1 1/2 yr old Sable Male French Bulldog
Meet Miles.
He turned 1 in November 2013. He is utd on all vaccines and will be vet checked before leaving. Miles is excellent with children and other pets, he loves to nap on the couch, go for car rides and take baths. He's house and crate trained. Miles is being sold as a pet on a 90 day neuter contract for $1750. He has been raised in my home as a part of the family since he was 12 weeks old, he was imported from the Ukraine and He has that big beefy, short and cobby import build and has a very ...
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3 Male AKC English Bulldog Puppies
They are AKC English Bulldog Puppies 3 males with white and brindle markings are $1,500 each All will be Vet checked and ready on May 14th at 8 weeks old. They will be 4 weeks old tomorrow.. can send more pics ... The Dad (kidd) is from Omega Bulldogs. We Have Mother located in kinmundy..We are Now Taking a $300.00 Non-Refundable Deposits to hold the English bulldog puppy of your choice..
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Boxer puppies born 4-9-14
We have non registered boxers that are full blooded and a week old :) They have already had their tails and dew claws removed by vet and will have first round of puppy shots and wormer. We offer a 1 year health guarantee that also requires you to keep your pup on Nuvet until they are a year old. They will be started on it here. Our pups are all raised inside in a family setting with kids. We are asking $100 non refundable deposit and $150 before they go to their new homes. A total of $250. Located ...
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Last Male Brindle Mastiff Left 12 Weeks Old
This is the Last Male Left from this Years 1st Liter.........12 Weeks Old.............Father on Prem, Mother is a Friends...............Already Partially Potty Trained.............Goes to the Door & Scratches...............First $400 takes Her Home..............618-922-5488.................Outside Marion, IL. 62959...........Thanks William
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Last Female Brindle Mastiff Left 12 Weeks Old
This is the Last Female Left from this Years 1st Liter.........12 Weeks Old.............Father on Prem, Mother is a Friend...............Already Partially Potty Trained.............Goes to the Door & Scratches...............First $400 takes Her Home..............618-922-5488.................Outside Marion, IL. 62959...........Thanks William
St banard payraness mix. Ella is house broke kennel trained and very loving she is grate with other animals cat and small dogs as well. Ella is a grate pup I just can't give her the time she needs to contact me 618-740-1236
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Cute peekaboo puppies for sale
Non shedding peekapoo puppies 3 females 2 males. Great with kids. Mom is 7lbs dad is 5 lbs. females asking $300 males $250. Please contact Julie at 618-843-2355 or Linda at 618-395-3264 or 618-843-4860 for more info.
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Spunky Terrier Mix
Male(neutered) terrier mix up for adoption. Ammo is 1-2yrs old, up to date on all shots and heartworm testing and on heartgard. Ammo is a spunky and active yet sweet. He is crate trained but not housebroken. If interested please be in touch. Thanks!
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Several Chihuahua Adults. Blue, Merle, Brindle, Chocolate
Adult Chihuahua's for sale. Due to owner health issues these babies are available for sale.
All are adult proven. Mothers raise their babies and whelp natural. All males are intact and are proven.
Ages 3-7 years old. Most weigh 3-5lbs. I do have two that are 7lb females.
Prices are
Brindle male 3-4lbs $600
Merle Long Hair Adult Female. Had one litter of six. $600
Chocolate Long Hair female (carries for blue) $400
Blue and tan male 3lbs. $600
Small Fawn female 3-4lbs. (not good with other ...
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1 Year Old Male Pit Bull X Presa Canario Hybrid Cross
We need to Re-home a male 1 year old Blue Nose Blue fawn Pit Bull / Presa Canario Cross. Mostly Pit Bull, his mother was a blue N white Short N Stocky with Razors Edge & Gotti Bloodlines. Father is 50% Presa Canario and 50% Pit Bull he's Black Trindle ( posted pictures of his father last two ). He mainly looks like a pit bull to me, built short n stocky like his mom was. He is around 65 pounds and 14 - 16 inches in height. I don't believe he will get much bigger. All shots and wormings are UTD. He ...
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Carrier Mills
Adorable BAUSSIE puppies, 6wks old, hard to find designer breed!
The best of both breeds and blue eyes too!!!!! baby BAUSSIES while they last..............
Beautiful Full breed Boston Terrier dam (mom) and full breed Australian sire (dad)!
Parents are family pets, puppies raised around children. This is a beautiful designer breed. Dew claws removed, tails docked, puppy shots on schedule with vet health check! These little guys will steal your hearts.... Baussies will go quick: black/white, red/white, brindle.... beautiful eyes-6 puppies in litter. Reserved your ...
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German Shepherd Puppy Ready :) vet exam included!
This sweet boy Ashner is ready for his new forever home. He was born on 2-3-14 and raised indoors with our children and other pets .He is doing well housebreaking, he recalls and is understanding the word no. He is sleeping with us now that hes the ony baby here, at night he whines to let us know he needs to potty. He loves to snuggle and follows me around the house :) Mom Tashi is black and tan short haired dad Kane is a plush coat black with lots of cream and silver. He just went to vet on 4-10-14 ...
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Sweet little SHORKIE babies
We have 3 little Shorkie (shih Tzu/Yorkie) female babies looking for their new homes. They are F1 (first generation) babies, mom is a 6 lb full Shih Tzu and dad is a 3 lb full Yorkie. They are expected to be between 3-6 lbs when fully grown. DOB is 03/25/14 and should be ready to go 05/20/14. They will come with age appropriate shots, dewormed, health record and will come with a health guarantee. Our babies are handled and played with by adults and children and are used to all of the everyday ...
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CKC Shih Tzu Puppies 4 boys 1 girl
Five CKC Shih Tzu puppies born 4/4/14. Four boys, one girl, all black and white. $425 each with a $75 non refundable deposit to hold one. Colp, IL.
They will be ready to go to forever homes May 20th! 618-925-6206
For more details about my puppies, see my FB group, A Puppy Shih Tzu ation:
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AKC Registered Doberman Pinscher Puppies
AKC Male Doberman puppy Blk and Rust. 9 weeks old tail docked dew claws removed ears cropped all required shots and worming. Parents on site. Call or text 618 833-0896 near Anna Illinois
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AKC Mini Dachshund Puppies DOB 4-8-2014
AKC Mini Dachshund Puppies born 4-8-2014 There are 2 males and 4 females. One of the Chocolate Dapple puppies was spoken for before they were born. Dew claws have been removed, worming's and vaccinations will be UTD. Dachshunds are very loving, loyal, companions. They will be available for their FUR-ever home approx. the first week in June. A deposit of $100 will hold the pup of your choice. Sire: Chocolate 8 lbs. Dam: Chocolate Dapple 10 lbs.
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Australian Shepherd Litter Soon!
CKC registered Australian Shepherd Litter due May 23rd,2014. Waiting list started. Sire and Dam Regan X Halle can be seen on our website.
This litter has the possibility of blue merles and black tri's. Past cross of these two have produced natural herding instinct farm/ranch dogs,agility,great family companions and service dogs. Health guarentee. Will be up to date on vacs and worming. No shipping, we do not ship and pup must be picked up at our home.
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Adorable chocolate and cream goldendoodles
Beautiful, rare CHOCOLATE goldendoodles and cream mini medium goldendoodles. We have 2 chocolate boys, 2 cream boys, and 2 chocolate girls. We are a small breeder and raise our puppies with our family in our house. The mother is a 45lb. medium chocolate goldendoodle. The father is a 25lb. mini chocolate goldendoodle. We start potty training and crate training for you. They will come dewormed and up to date with shots and of course non-shed. They will be ready to go June 5, 2014.
Taking deposits now!!
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Catahoula hounds registerd original web foot and glassy eyes
Catahoula leopard hounds. Original Indian stock with web feet and glassy eyes. Large boned. Merles/chocolate
M/F. First shots/ wormed whelped. 8\21\13 and 11\25/13
Excellent stock herders/family protection
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AKC Great Dane puppies
Litter of harlequin to black breeding. Born March 21, 2014. Ready to go to new homes on May 16. Will come with AKC registration form, 1st shots, deworming, vet check, health certificate, etc. Harlequins and blacks still available. Prices vary according to color and gender. Call 618 665 4911 for more info.
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Miniature Poodle Puppies For Sale
Delivery Fee Applies-Contact for Information !!
AKC Registered- Miniature Poodles--Males & Females
All Colors, Health Guaranteed, Vet Checked----Shots and Wormings Current ! Personalities Plus !! References Available !!
Call for More Information or E-Mail
www.babypoodles.com or 618-755-4363
New Litters Coming in April for Mini's !!
2 Black w/White Males and 1 Solid Balck Male !
If you do not see what ...
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Flatout Frankie Little Aeroplane
A strong cardboard plane for kids to create and decorate. Hop in, hold onto the side grips and take off. Pop it together, draw, paint and play. Comes with 2 different sets of wings. Flat pack it to store and take on your travels.
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Beautiful design
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Can be pulled apart at end of play and returned to cardboard envelope great space savers
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YLS Events
The Young Lawyers Section of The Chicago Bar Association hosts many events and programs throughout the bar year designed to provide useful and relevant information along with networking opportunities for the new attorney. Information on upcoming events and opportunities are detailed below.
Peer Jury Assistance Program
Informational Meeting– May 23
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Earlier this week, Dr.Web reported the discovery of a Mac OS X botnet Flashback (Flashfake). According to their information, the estimated size of this botnet is more than 500, 000 infected Mac machines.
We followed up with an analysis of the latest variant of this bot, Trojan-Downloader.OSX.Flashfake.ab.
It is being distributed via infected websites as a Java applet that pretends to be an update for the Adobe Flash Player. The Java applet then executes the first stage downloader that subsequently downloads and installs the main component of the Trojan. The main component is a Trojan-Downloader that continuously connects to one of its command-and-control (C&C) servers and waits for new components to download and execute.
The bot locates its C&C servers by domain names, and these names are generated using two algorithms. The first algorithm depends on the current date, and the second algorithm uses several variables that are stored in the Trojan's body and encrypted with the computer's hardware UUID using RC4 cipher.
We reverse engineered the first domain generation algorithm and used the current date, 06.04.2012, to generate and register a domain name, "krymbrjasnof.com". After domain registration, we were able to log requests from the bots. Since every request from the bot contains its unique hardware UUID, we were able to calculate the number of active bots. Our logs indicate that a total of 600 000+ unique bots connected to our server in less than 24 hours. They used a total of 620 000+ external IP addresses. More than 50% of the bots connected from the United States.
We cannot confirm nor deny that all of the bots that connected to our server were running Mac OS X. The bots can be only identified by a unique variable in their User-Agent HTTP header named "id", the rest of the User-Agent is statically controlled by the Trojan. See example below:
"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:9.0.1; sv:2; id:9D66B9CD-0000-5BCF-0000-000004BD266A) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1"
We have used passive OS fingerprinting techniques to get a rough estimation. More than 98% of incoming network packets were most likely sent from Mac OS X hosts. Although this technique is based on heuristics and can't be completely trusted, it can be used for making order-of-magnitude estimates. So, it is very likely that most of the machines running the Flashfake bot are Macs.
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Re: Are there any other OSes vulnerable to this?
Windows also vulnerable for such Java exploits but they were patched in November'11 and February'12. Unfortunatelly, Apple released the patch for OSX only few days ago.
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Frankie Webb, who is from Anniston and now lives in Birmingham, said her grandson met Hallel H.P. a while ago at one of the artist's youth ministries. Webb said she and her grandson were inspired by Hallel H.P.'s music and a friendship was born.
"I asked my grandson what his one wish would be for his birthday and he said he wanted Hallel to be there," Webb said.
Once Hallel agreed to perform at Eubanks' party, Webb insisted her grandson wanted to share the experience and his excitement with other children in the community.
"If he touched my grandson in such a special way, then he can touch other children at this party," Webb said. "I saw what he does and children in Anniston need to see something positive. We want the churches to bring their youth members also."
Typical of most birthday parties, people can expect cake and drinks, but the music will be something fresh and inspiring. With a sound system donated by Pooh's Barber Shop, located directly across Zinn Park, Hallel H.P. said audiences can expect the unexpected.
"It will be eclectic sounds glorified," Hallel H.P. said. "There will be a fusion of all things that sound good and a collage of different genres. It's my own musical gumbo of rap, R&B, hymns, bluegrass, country, classical and jazz music."
Hallel H.P. will be assisted by his brother, Coel, who plays the electric violin. Hallel H.P. said the audience has the opportunity to get involved during certain performances where crowd participation is encouraged.
"God gives us gifts for the large and main stage, but we have to realize what that main stage is," Hallel H.P. said. "It's not always about a concert with 10,000 people. For me, the largest stage is this concert for Ty on Friday."
"If children and teenagers are exposed to this young man, it will be a blessing from God and a seed will be planted," Webb said. "The birthday party will be fun, and even though it's rap and hip-hop, it's all about Jesus. Hallel is so anointed and God services through him, and he, in turn, glorifies God through the things he accomplishes like inspiring my grandson and performing at his party."
Hallel H.P.
When: Today from 2-6 p.m.
Where: Zinn Park, 101 W. 14th St.
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It is a double header of European knockout action for Chelsea sides this week with, a day before the first team host Sparta Prague, our Under-19 team playing away at Barcelona in the NextGen Series competition. The match is live on Chelsea TV.
It is one of the first round of knockout games in what is the first season Chelsea have taken part in this European tournament. A last 16 tie, it is to be decided by a single match.
Chelsea qualified from the group stage along with CSKA Moscow and Ajax; Molde from Norway the side eliminated. Barcelona topped a group containing Anderlecht, Tottenham and Wolfsburg. They lost 4-1 at home to Spurs but won in London.They drew twice against Anderlecht.
'We have watched DVDs of their games and the bottom line is they are a Barcelona side and they will have a way of playing,' says Dermot Drummy who is in charge of the Chelsea Under-19 side in the NextGen series.
'We were told they had 82 per cent possession in one NextGen game, similar to their first team, but we believe in the way we play and we will react as the game goes on.
'We will try to play our game but if at times we are under pressure we will lock up. How our boys react on the pitch is where their development takes place, they have to feel the game but it has to be entertaining as well. We must never forget that people watch the sport to win but also to be entertained.
'All our coaches have been learning from these games. We learn, we plan and we prepare, and we loved to go to Ajax in our last group match. We liked for a team to have the ball more than us at times because that is the reality of the modern game. We will play our game because we believe in our players and the culture we are setting down at the club.'
Former Dutch international and ex-Ajax and Barcelona player Ronald de Boer, now a coach in Ajax's youth development programme, was reported to have praised the quality of the players in Chelsea's NextGen team after our 3-3 draw there.
'Comments from a person of the stature of Ronald De Boer are very encouraging and nine of our players who played in that game are English and others have come right through our Academy, so that is a credit,' says Drummy.
'We're not there yet but I think we are on the right track and for people from Ajax to give us praise is praise indeed.
'Now we are really looking forward to the whole experience of playing in Barcelona and hopefully following on from a good result in the FA Youth Cup it will be a very exciting week for the Academy.
'Most of this team play in the Youth Cup, the NextGen and the Under-21s so it is arduous but we feel that with the right training loads, we can carry it through and at the moment everybody is in good shape.'
Midfielder Lewis Baker and centre-back Alex Davey who were part of the youth team's cup win over Barnsley on Friday have been ever-present in the NextGen campaign so far, with full-back Adam Nditi and schoolboy Jeremie Boga playing in five out of the six group games. Islam Feruz is topscorer with four goals.
The squad travelled to Spain yesterday (Tuesday) and trained in the evening. This morning they have a tour of the Camp Nou stadium with the match taking place in the 15,000-capacity Mini Estadi nearby.
The game kicks off at 5pm UK time, 6pm local time. Chelsea TV's coverage starts at 4.45pm UK time.
The full fixture list for the NextGen last 16 round is:
Paris St. Germain v Tottenham Hotspur
CSKA Moscow v PSV Eindhoven
Sporting Lisbon v Liverpool
Barcelona v Chelsea
Inter Milan v Arsenal
Olympiacos v Anderlecht
Juventus v Rosenborg
Ajax v Aston Villa