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Special Collections and Preservation Division
Neighborhood Research History Collection
Wesleyan Bible Class
Records, 1905-1952
1.5 linear feet, 39 photographs, 2 oversize folders
Call number: Archives_WBC
Historical Note | Scope and Content
Provenance | Access | Box and Folder Inventory
The Wesleyan Bible Class was founded in 1880 by Calla Scott Willard, with twelve boys as members. Over the next sixteen years, the class was taught by six different teachers and then disbanded. In September, 1896, the class was reorganized under Frank L. Wood (1864-1945) with twenty-seven members. Wood continued to lead and teach the class until his death forty-eight years later. At its height, the class numbered some 900, although membership included persons in forty states and twelve foreign countries. Nevertheless, attendance was large, being on the average 626 per meeting in 1940. The motto of the class was "Search the Scriptures" and throughout its history the emphasis remained that of Bible study. Rather than being linked to one congregation, it was designed to serve churches on the West Side of Chicago. While Wesleyan / Methodist in doctrine, the class stressed an interdenominational character. The class met on Sunday afternoons so as not to conflict with Sunday school and church programs. From its founding until 1929, the class met at the Western Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church on the Near West Side at the corner of Western Avenue and Monroe Street. When that church building was closed, the class moved to the Olivet Methodist Episcopal Church at the corner of Adams and Keeler in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
Following the death of Frank L. Wood in 1945, the class officially disbanded and a "Wesleyan Association" was founded to keep the members together via occasional social fellowship. But not many months had gone past before the class members had reorganized and prevailed upon the current pastor of Olivet Methodist Church to teach it. The Wesleyan Bible Class was instrumental in starting other Wesleyan classes, and in its annual "Other Class Sunday" program invited all these other classes to join it for a day, and attendance at these events often numbered 800.
This collection contains primarily materials produced by the Wesleyan Bible Class to advertise its meetings. The folders are arranged alphabetically. The largest series are Anniversaries (1:1-44), Newsletters (2:10-19), and Programs and invitations (2:21-3:7). The collection documents the heavy publicity campaign which the class used to make itself known in the church community and to the public in general.
Of particular note are programs in the Anniversaries section which are elaborate paper cuts. Included are programs in the shape of a maple leaf (1:3), a writing pen (1:6), a fishing basket with fish (1:10), a sailboat (1:11), a star of David (1:12), an American flag (1:13), a bell (1:17), the number 4 (1:18), a palette (1:19), a radio microphone (1:22), a hatchet (1:25), and a shoe (1:27).
Separation Record:
The following materials have been removed from the Collection and transferred to the locations listed below:
Transferred to the Chicago City-Wide Collection (Supplement 4)-Biography:
Gunsaulus, Frank Wakely (1856-1921)-Memorial Service program
Transferred to the Suburbia Collection:
Irving Park-Churches-Presbyterian Reformed Church-The Church Bell; July
The material in this collection was collected by Wesleyan Bible Class member Mabel Kennicott, who lived at 300 Hamilton Avenue, Chicago. Miss Kennicott spearheaded the attempt to hear from past class members for the 1951 and 1952 reunions. Additional material was originally cataloged as part of the West Garfield Park Community Collection (WGP), box 4 folder 9. Additional information on the class and class teacher Frank L. Wood is available in the West Garfield Park Community Collection, box 1 folder 15. Woods' scrapbooks are cataloged separately as the Frank L. Wood Collection (WOOD).
Processed by Galen R. Wilson, April 1993.
The Wesleyan Bible Class Records are available to the public for research in the Special Collections and Preservation Division Reading Room on the 9th floor of the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 South State Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60605. The collection does not circulate although photocopy and photoreproduction services are available depending upon the condition of the original materials. First time patrons to Special Collections must present a photo identification and complete a Reader Registration Form. Telephone inquiries on this collection and other Special Collections holdings can be directed to 312-747-4875.
Box and Folder Inventory
1. Anniversaries--25th; 1905 [See also WBC Oversize 1]
2. Anniversaries--26th; 1906
3. Anniversaries--27th; 1907
4. Anniversaries--28th; 1908
5. Anniversaries--30th; 1910
6 . Anniversaries--31st; 1911
7. Anniversaries--32nd; 1912
8. Anniversaries--33rd; 1913
9. Anniversaries--34th; 1914
10. Anniversaries--36th; 1916
11. Anniversaries--37th; 1917
12. Anniversaries--38th; 1918
13. Anniversaries--39th; 1919
14. Anniversaries--40th; 1920
15. Anniversaries--41st; 1921
16. Anniversaries--42nd; 1922
17. Anniversaries--43rd; 1923
18. Anniversaries--44th; 1924
19. Anniversaries--45th; 1925
20. Anniversaries--47th; 1927
21. Anniversaries--48th; 1928
22. Anniversaries--49th; 1929
23. Anniversaries--50th; 1930
24. Anniversaries--51st; 1931
25. Anniversaries--52nd; 1932
26. Anniversaries--53rd; 1933
27. Anniversaries--54th; 1934
28. Anniversaries--55th; 1935
29. Anniversaries--56th; 1936
30. Anniversaries--57th; 1937
31. Anniversaries--58th; 1938
32. Anniversaries--59th; 1939
33. Anniversaries--60th; 1940
34. Anniversaries--61st; 1941
35. Anniversaries--62nd; 1942
36. Anniversaries--63rd; 1943
37. Anniversaries--64th; 1944
38. Anniversaries--66th; 1946
39. Anniversaries--67th; 1947
40. Anniversaries--68th; 1948
41. Anniversaries--69th; 1949
42. Anniversaries--70th; 1950
43. Anniversaries--71st; 1951
44. Anniversaries--72nd; 1952
1. Barnes, James (English visitor to WBC)-Program for reception; 1907
2. Caravans to Malden, IL (home of Frank L. Wood); 1941-42
3. Death notices and memorial services
4. Horowitz, Charles I. (President of WBC)-Send-off supper; 1914
5. Letters-Annual letters, anniversary letters, quarterly letters from Frank L. Wood; 1908-42 [See also WBC Oversize 2]
6. Newsclips-The Bible Class; 1906
7. Newsclips-The Church World; [1910s]
8. Newsclips-Our Church Paper; [1930s]
9. Newsclips-Miscellaneous
10. Newsletters-The Wesleyan Advocate; 1908 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
11. Newsletters-The Wesleyan Advocate; 1909 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, June, July
12. Newsletters-The Wesleyan Advocate; 1910 Jan, Feb, Mar
13. Newsletters-The Wesleyan; 1910 May, June, Aug, Dec
14. Newsletters-The Wesleyan; 1911 Jan, Feb, Mar, June, July, Sep
15. Newsletters-The Wesleyan; 1912 Apr, May, June, July, Sep, Oct
16. Newsletters-The Vacationite; 1926 Oct 4
17. Newsletters-Olivet Methodist Episcopal Advocate; 1935 Nov, 1938 Nov
18. Newsletters-Wesleyan (v.1, n.1,2); 1939-40
19. Newsletters-Olivet Methodist Messenger; 1949 Oct
20. Olivet Methodist Church-50th Anniversary program; 1939
21. Programs and invitations-Children's Day
22. Programs and invitations-Christmas
23. Programs and invitations-Easter
24. Programs and invitations-June Recitals; 1913-20
25. Programs and invitations-Lee, Philip Yung (China missionary); 1939-44
26. Programs and invitations-Memorial Day/Armistice Day/Patriotic rallies
27. Programs and invitations-Miscellaneous
28. Programs and invitations-Mother's Day
29. Programs and invitations-Move from Western M.E. to Olivet M.E.; 1929
1. Programs and invitations-"Other Class Sunday"-1st -3rd ; 1927-1929
2. Programs and invitations-"Other Class Sunday"-4th-6th; 1930-32
3. Programs and invitations-"Other Class Sunday"-7th-9th; 1933-35
4. Programs and invitations-"Other Class Sunday"-11th -13th; 1937-1939
5. Programs and invitations-"Other Class Sunday"-14th-16th; 1940-42
6. Programs and invitations-Recitals
7. Programs and invitations-Thanksgiving
8. Song Sheets and poetry
9. Western trip (British Columbia and California); 1926 June-July
10. Willard, Calla Scott (Founder of WBC)-Programs honoring; 1925, 1929
11. Wood, Frank L. (WBC Teacher)-Khaki and Blue (Chicago: Abington Press, 1918)
12. Wood, Frank L.-The Layman's Galilean (Chicago: Grant's Printery, 1938)
13. Wood, Frank L.-Miscellaneous writings
14. Wood, Frank L.-Personal
Oversize 1 Anniversaries-25th; 1905
Oversize 2 Letters-Annual letters; 1916-1930
Photos 1.1 to 1.15 are postcards, produced in the first decade of the 20th century.
1.1 Banquet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. James Barnes, May 6, 1907
1.2 Baseball games, Desplaines camp ground, "The Victors"
1.3 The class in session, February 23, 1908
1.4 A few of its many nationalities [composite photo of class members of foreign countries]
1.5 Getting ready for an anniversary
1.6 Mr. and Mrs. James Barnes of Liverpool, England, and the "English Committee"
1.7 The old class home. Last used February 9th, 1902
1.8 Our absent members are in 42 states [map of United States]
1.9 Our only honorary members, Mr. and Mrs. James Barnes
1.10 Picnic, Forest Glen, Ill., July 4, 1907
1.11 Quarter century anniversary banquet, October 20, 1905
1.12 Reading desk presented by Mr. and Mrs. James Barnes
1.13 Sent by a visitor, framed and hung on the class room wall [plaque], 1899
1.14 Two of our absent members..Berkeley, California
1.15 [Wood, Frank L.]
Photos 2.1 to 3.9 are 3.5" x 5.5" black and white snapshots.
2.1-2.14 Caravan to Malden, Ill., 1941
3.1-3.9 Caravan to Malden, Ill., 1942 [includes photos of Frank L. Wood's boyhood home]
Photo 4.1 is a 6 ¾" x 8 ½" print
4.1 [Historical pageant] May not be the Wesleyan Bible Class; photo is unidentified.
There appear to be 45 stars on the U.S. flag which would indicate a date of prior to 1907.


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anyone tried these on their truck?
they seem to work fine if you keep up on them. any thoughts?
i need something to help the rear when i hang the spare tire, fuel up, and load up for the desert. nothing extreme.
thoughts?Gas was $1.83 when Obama took office.....
05-29-2013, 07:01 AM #2The only drawback to air shocks is that they tend to put a lot of extra stress on the shock mounting hardware...I've seen more than one shock bolt rip off the mount using air shocks.
If you want the added load carrying capacity, you'd could consider of buying a set of airbags and leaving the shocks alone.
05-29-2013, 07:57 AM #3One problem Ive always had with air shocks is a shocks true purpose is to dampen the vehicles ride, even when the pressure is lowered they air shocks have a tendancy to carry the weight and dont do as well in dampning the ride.
Look at the RAS (Roadmaster Active Suspension) it does a great job of being there when you need it and not affecting the ride when you dont need it.
I installed a set on my Trail Tacoma which runs Chevy 63" r/r springs, when loaded for the trail it was having a real problem maintaining the r/r ride height. After installing a RAS the problem is gone, the only side effect is it doesnt droop as well as it used to, I probably lost 2" of droop.
05-31-2013, 12:11 PM #4yeah i have these on my chevelle, theyre good shocks for lifting it a couple inches, or when you get a whole car full of people.
if you put 100psi in them and your driving by yourself, the back end is STIFF. but weight appropriate PSI and theyre great.
i was just wondering if anyone has tried them on their truck... like in an offroad settingGas was $1.83 when Obama took office.....
05-31-2013, 12:59 PM #5Back in the day air shocks were a common practice on 4x4's to gain a little extra room for larger tires.
Ill admit to cheaping out and using them more than once. But I did eventually pay the price in both a stiffer ride and busting shock mounts, ripping out bolts and in one case even cracking a set of springs. With all the options available now I wouldnt even think about air shocks or coil wrapped shocks unless tje aplication was designed to use coilovers, just makes things to stiff for my taste at this age.
06-01-2013, 09:26 AM #7On a lifted 82 Chevy short bed I had failure happened on both r/r shock mounts while I was on a trail about 70 miles from home, they both broke within a few feet of each other. Driving home from the trail the truck waß fine until I got off secondary roads and started driving on the freeway, at speeds above 35 any bumps made the truck bounce bad, and if it was bouncing and I hit anouther bump it would get almost uncontrollable.
My Dually acted about the same only not as bouncy, I lost a shock mount on a roadtrip towing a car trailer.
Repair cost for both were inexspensive if I remember correctly, at the time my brother owned a wrecking yard so parts were freeand my brother and I did the labor.
06-03-2013, 09:00 AM #9The repair depends on the shock mounting style...I only have experience with them on the older Dodges, and the lower shock mount was part of the spring plate; which meant you had to pull the spring/axle assembly apart to retrieve and replace the broken piece. The upper mount was stout, and it never gave issue; but the lower was problematic...air shocks also tended to eat the shock eye bushings too.
06-03-2013, 10:37 AM #10I wish I could buy these to replace my shocks that cost 10x as much for one shock. :(
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Lynne Walker talks to conductor Sir Mark Elder as he conducts his 100th opera – Glyndebourne's first ever production of Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd.
When Sir Mark Elder stepped into the pit to open the 76th Glyndebourne Festival, with its first ever staging of Britten's Billy Budd, it was the one hundredth opera he has conducted.
In contrast, this is the first time that one of Britain's most charismatic actors and theatre directors, Michael Grandage, has applied himself to opera.
For Grandage – who has been responsible for award-winning hits both as artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse and in London's West End as well as on Broadway (Hamlet, 2009; Frost/Nixon, 2007) – Budd represents the fulfilment of a long ambition to make his operatic debut.
Switching from non-lyric theatre to directing opera in such a high-profile house must have been a daunting prospect. After all, Grandage's award-winning Guys and Dolls and Evita hardly seem relevant preparation for Billy Budd – or for Madame Butterfly, with which he makes his Houston Grand Opera debut later this year. But music has always played a central role in Grandage's theatre productions.
Besides, it's widely accepted that opera and theatre are no longer locked in different boxes. Directors such as Nicholas Hytner, Phyllida Lloyd, Adrian Noble and Katie Mitchell in the UK and many more in Europe and the US, move comfortably between the two forms. Indeed, Oscar-winning theatre director Sam Mendes was to have made his opera debut later in the 2010 Glyndebourne season with Don Giovanni but had to pull out because of his commitment to the transatlantic Bridge Project.
Peter Gelb, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, recently went so far as to assert that opera directors do not necessarily make the greatest opera directors. In his experience the greatest chance of success comes from hiring theatre directors who do very little opera but "have a sophisticated appreciation of the music's demands". Fees for directing opera are generally smaller, he adds, so directors only tackle projects they are excited about and find intellectually and creatively challenging.
Grandage's theatrical experience has meant that he has been able to respond to the sharply defined psychological portraits and riven conflicts at the heart of Billy Budd, and the task of distinguishing between, but also reconciling, the separate worlds of the action.
Based on Herman Melville's allegorical tale about the battle between goodness and malignity on board a man-of-war, to a libretto co-written by E.M. Forster, the opera revolves around the cross-currents of justice, duty and compassion.
Billy Budd, received somewhat coolly at its premiere at Covent Garden in 1951, is a continuation of themes Britten had explored in Peter Grimes (Sadler's Wells, 1945) and Albert Herring (Glyndebourne, 1947). A tale of innocence destroyed, of good crushed by evil and of an 'outsider' against society was always likely to appeal to the composer. Captain Vere recalls – and the opera, performed at Glyndebourne in its revised two-act version, enacts – a bygone event. He was obliged to sacrifice the stammering, foretopman Billy Budd, whose only crime was to have aroused, through his handsome looks and good nature, the envy and spite of the villainous Master at Arms, Claggart. Although Billy is the opera's hero, the work focuses on the moral dilemma facing the philosopher-captain, Vere. That decision between heart and head – saving Billy or doing his duty – is a theme further explored by Britten in Gloriana.
"You could say that Billy Budd was Britten's most perfect achievement in that the nature of the subject appealed to him very profoundly," says Mark Elder. "Combined with the experience he had gained previously writing for the stage meant that Budd represented a synthesis of his ability as a composer and his ability to write specifically theatrical music."
For Elder the biggest challenge is "to make the opera eloquent, to find as much as I can in the music and to make the performers feel it, not just do it. The atmosphere and acoustic of Glyndebourne's theatre are very special and big scenes in large operas – such as the choral shanties in Budd – can have a knock-out effect there."
In its juxtaposition of the internal and the public, the personal dramas of Billy, Claggart and Vere, and the everyday life on board ship there's a Verdian quality heightened by the richness and variety of the music. The score calls for the largest orchestra of any Britten opera. Yet, according to Elder, there's a leanness in the writing that allows the complex musical, as well as dramatic, relationships within this large group of characters to evolve in a natural way.
"In some ways it's very delicate and Britten's experience with chamber opera is very telling in the transparent soundworld he conceives. He asks for all these instruments – including four flutes, four trumpets and six percussionists as well as alto saxophone – not in order to make a noise but to give him sufficient colour possibilities to support and illuminate and heighten the words."
What about the most enigmatic passage in the score when, after the drumhead court martial, Vere has to convey the death sentence to Billy? The stage is empty and in a brief interlude the orchestra plays 34 slow chords, 'the Interview Chords'. "We know that Vere has to confront Budd with the unalterable decision about his death sentence in the knowledge that he is innocent," says Elder. "Britten's extraordinary imagination and theatrical sense produced this long series of common chords that start so loud but gradually dissolve. They convey so many things: not so much a conversation as lack of it between two men, one so powerless, one so powerful. The chords' ambiguity and the emotional impact they can have in the theatre suggests there's something deliberately impenetrable about the situation."
"There's no doubt, also, that Britten wanted an extensive range of instrumental colour to compensate for the absence of women's or boys' voices in the score. Those eerie opening notes, for instance, thin, drifting high notes, or, later, a fast tempo articulated by the brightness of piccolos and flutes and very high trumpet writing. It's as if he were saying 'I'm not going to be able to get right up there with the voices so the orchestra had better scale these incredible heights.' He was also brilliant at plumbing the deeps of the sea and the depths of misery and pain, creating haunting, ominous, menacing effects. How you add lightness and shade to the palette depends on the casting, I think. The role of Budd requires a particular type of voice and I'm delighted that we have the young South African baritone, Jacques Imbrailo."
Imbrailo is a former Jette Parker Young Artist of the Royal Opera House and winner of the Audience Prize at the 2007 Cardiff Singer of the World. John Mark Ainsley makes his first UK appearance as Captain Vere and the Canadian bass Phillip Ens sings Claggart (a role he has previously sung in Cardiff, San Francisco and Munich).
Britten wrote a lot of detail into the score, revealing visual as well as musical ideas and Elder believes it's crucial that any director is sensitive to that. "We know that Budd can be open to interpretation on dry land. Richard Jones has shown us that by setting the story entirely in a naval academy rather than on HMS Indomitable. But Michael is very aware that, as well as telling a story, he has to allow for something beyond the events of the narrative to be created."
The set for Glyndebourne's staging of the ship's harsh, claustrophobic environment picks up on the opera house's wood-panelled auditorium, with its ship-like bulkheads of curving seating. The effect makes the audience feel implicated in the action of the opera.
The designer is Grandage's regular collaborator Christopher Oram, who has a reputation for atmospheric, unfussy work. His previous forays into opera include designing the costumes for Kenneth Branagh's film of The Magic Flute. The Grandage-Oram strategy is to pare things down to a minimum with, according to Oram, a firm belief in "set, lighting and sound being completely symbiotic".
"Our production," comments Elder, "takes place on a recognisable ship, a structure allowing us levels of variety corresponding to the essential nature of each scene – captain's cabin, the men lower down in hammocks – and it works beautifully. Maybe we can convey the feeling that everyone is indomitably there on that ship …"
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US$100 million facelift marks bicentenary of independence
The Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires reopened last week following four years of renovations costing US$100 million. An audience of 2,700 people attended the gala performance, which marked the start of Argentina's independence bicentennial celebrations. The current season, which runs until December, will feature six operas including new productions by the company of La bohème, Katya Kabanova, Manon and Falstaff.
Reserve funds used to balance company's US$53 million operating budget
The Lyric Opera of Chicago has ended its current season in the black after achieving the third best individual ticket sales record in the company's history and surpassing its 2009-10 fundraising goal of US$16.6 million. Reserve funds of US$2.7 million were also used to balance the company's operating budget. A hiring freeze and cap on administrative salaries will continue while next season has been cut back to 68 performances, down from 77 this year.
Gerard Mortier received US$335,000 for resigning before taking office
It has emerged that New York City Opera paid Gerard Mortier a salary of US$65,000 plus severance of US$335,000 after he resigned from the post of general manager in November 2008, ten months before he was due to take office. Mortier's resignation was prompted by the company's financial difficulties, which he said would prevent him from fulfilling his ambitions. New York City Opera recently announced a deficit of US$19.9 million for 2008-09.
Five troupes, five productions – 16 May to 7 July 2010
The inaugural Korea Opera Festival is currently underway at Seoul Arts Center. Organised by the National Opera of Korea and the Opera Society of Korea, the festival features five productions, each presented by a different troupe: Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice (National Opera of Korea); Rigoletto (Gloria Opera Company, 7-10 June); Aida (Sol'Opera, 16-19 June); La traviata (Seoul Opera Ensemble, 25-28 June); and Carmen (Beseto Opera, 3-7 July).
St Clair's early departure due to 'artistic differences'
The general music director of Berlin's Komische Oper, Carl St Clair, announced last month that he will leave the company at the end of the current season. His early departure – two years ahead of his contract expiry date – is due to 'artistic differences' with company director, Andreas Homoki. St Clair claims to have been upset by a recent Regietheater production of Fidelio which "used and abused Beethoven's greatness in a way that was disturbing to me."
The influential Greek-born set designer, Stefanos Laziridis, was best known for his concept-led productions with English National Opera during the 1980s, one of the company's most successful eras. He also worked extensively at Covent Garden and was invited to create designs for numerous European companies, including Bayreuth, Bregenz, Munich and Bologna. He died of cancer on 8 May 2010, aged 67.
World Premiere - Before Night Falls at Fort Worth Opera
31 May 2010, Texas, USA
Wes Mason as Reinaldo Arenas in the world premiere of 'Before Night Falls'(Photo: Fort Worth Opera)
Opera Now correspondent, Chris Shull, attended the opening night of Jorge Martín's Before Night Falls at the 2010 Fort Worth Opera Festival and writes:
"The new opera Before Night Falls by Cuban-American composer Jorge Martín, based on the impassioned memoir of gay Cuban dissident poet Reinaldo Arenas, was enthusiastically received at its world premiere on Saturday 29 May at Fort Worth Opera in Texas.
"But an evocative score setting traditional Cuban dances alongside accessible contemporary sounds - and a deeply-felt performance by a committed young cast - could not overcome a libretto that traced only surface emotions."
Chris Shull's full review of Before Night Falls will be published in the September/October issue of Opera Now.
BBC Radio 3 presents five essays about opera
31 May 2010, London, UK
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The BBC's major new series, A Passion For Opera, continues on BBC Radio 3 this week with five 15-minute essays written and narrated by eminent figures from the world of opera, broadcast daily at 23:00 BST.
Opera Now readers should already be very familiar with three names on the roster: Opera Now Editor-in-Chief, Ashutosh Khandekar, and Contributing Editors, Tom Sutcliffe and Robert Thicknesse.
The series also features English countertenor, Michael Chance, and Matt Peacock, Chief Executive of the London-based community arts initiative, Streetwise Opera.
Each speaker will explore a different aspect of their experience of opera, beginning tonight with Tom Sutcliffe speaking about the paradoxically intimate quality of this spectacular multimedia art form.
Tomorrow's broadcast by Matt Peacock's looks at the potentially life-changing social impact of opera, while on Wednesday Robert Thicknesse will reveal why he has become disillusioned with some aspects of the opera world.
Ashutosh Khandekar's personal account of his early experiences of opera on Thursday and Michael Chance's 'confessions of a long distance opera singer' on Friday bring the week to a close.
Each of the essays will be available via the BBC's 'Listen Again' facility for 7 days after broadcast.
- Opera on the BBC
- Essay 1 – Tom Sutcliffe
- Essay 2 – Matt Peacock
- Essay 3 – Robert Thicknesse
- Essay 4 – Ashutosh Khandekar
- Essay 5 – Michael Chance
London's Opera Holland Park 2010
27 May 2010, London, UK
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Commentary by Opera Holland Park General Manager, Michael Volpe
"Opera is a buzz word at the moment, and the media in the UK have jumped on the bandwagon with enthusiasm: the BBC have a special focus on opera through the summer, (though anyone who saw rival channel ITV's attempt to get into the classical music groove could have easily thought it had all been dreamt up during a particularly unfocused session down the pub). Meanwhile, there are productions opening in droves in the first week of June across the UK as the summer season gets under way.
"Here at Opera Holland Park, in one of Central London's finest stretches of green, unspoilt nature, we find ourselves pitching headlong into another season with trepidation, unbounded enthusiasm and, as is ever more frequently the case, nerves of steel.
"Our final two shows would be a challenge to the biggest companies in the world: Francesca da Rimini certainly fulfils the stereotype of the giovane scuola opera by having a cast of thousands – and all of them with a line to sing. Not that our two season openers (Pelléas et Mélisande and Carmen) can be described as a walk in the park either.
"Meanwhile, we don't often do revivals but Oliver Fuchs' production of Fidelio was a massive success in 2003, and the time seems absolutely right to unleash it on the London audience again.
"All in all, we've got a particularly brilliant season in prospect, with a huge variety of work and a strong thread joining the first and final productions.
"And just in case you're worried about what all this might do to your holiday spending money, we are tossing £10 seats tickets around like confetti as well as offering free seats to people who wouldn't otherwise have the means to come to an opera. Speaking of which, our new INSPIRE Project, bringing awareness to new audiences, is in overdrive at present; we do all of this and still find time to plan the 2012 Season.
"I'm looking forward to so many aspects of the 2010 Season which, after so long in this job, can only be a good sign. I still love being in our space as well – OHP's theatre one of the most beautiful structures in the capital in my humble opinion."
- Opera Holland Park
- Podcast - Listen to Opera Now Contributing Editor, Robert Thicknesse, chatting to Mike Volpe about Francesca da Rimini
- London opera festival all set to 'INSPIRE'
The July/August issue of Opera Now will include a preview of Francesca da Rimini, featuring an interview with conductor, Philip Thomas.
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Summary: Module geared for 12th grade Special Education students. Students work in groups to find 270 electoral college votes. Goal: understanding of electoral process for president.
Grade 12 U.S. Government Lesson This lesson is intended for high functioning special education students. It is intended to address standard 12.6 ss. #1. The lesson is on the Electoral College and how the president is selected. Lesson addresses standards as well as social grouping and social interfacing. California High School Standard to be addressed: Students in grade twelve pursue a deeper understanding of the institutions of American government 12.6 Students evaluate issues regarding campaigns for national, state, and local elective offices. 1. Analyze trends in voter turnout; the causes and effects of reapportionment and redistricting, with special attention to spatial districting and the rights of minorities; and the function of the Electoral College. **Also fulfills technology standard for presentation for English. Set Up: • Materials Required: Computers, calculators, LCD • Time requirement: 50 minute x 2-3periods Background and procedure: • There are 538 total Electoral College votes. 270 are required in order to become president. • Students will learn about the Electoral College and the procedure to be elected president. • Class will be split into two groups, red and blue as in Republicans and Democrats • Warm Up activity: Using the internet students will identify the exact date on which the next presidential election will beheld. • Warm up 2: Student will search the internet for a map of the Electoral College with electoral votes displayed on the states. • Each group must find three different strategies to achieve 270 electoral votes. Students will write their states along with their electoral votes down to present to the class. Big state strategies, small states, interests groups and regional strategies will all be discussed. **This will require discussion, calculation and basic math formulas. **The wild card: Both groups will have their states listed on separate pieces of paper. A student service helper will then take three random states away from each group's total. Both groups will then negotiate with the student service helper for the uncommitted states. **Allowable negotiating tools include: early dismissal, one free day, movie, pizza party (each group will randomly have two each of the tools). Each of the tools can be used ONLY ONCE but they can be traded. Other benefits not stated: Student will learn to interface with students that they might not normally interface with, students will negotiate, strategize, and have guided social interactions with in their own groups and they will practice addition and subtraction. Lastly both groups will present their winning formula for president allowing for public presentation and speaking. The very last activity will be an entire class activity where each student is given two states. At the nominating convention they will shout out their state and who they are voting for. Ie: "The Empire State of New York casts its 31 Electoral Votes for Charles Schultz." Caution to teachers: This activity must be regulated with teacher and aide moving about to insure students are on task and doing what they are supposed to be doing during this lesson. This is not a time for the teacher to be behind his desk doing other work!


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No. 9 ranked Texas A&M totaled 18 hits and took advantage of eight walks by Bearkat pitching, three with the bases loaded, to hand No. 21 Sam Houston State a 10-0 non-conference baseball loss Tuesday.
The contest was played before 2,032 fans, the largest crowd in the seven-year history of Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville. The previous attendance record was 1,821 against the Aggies in 2008.
A&M pitcher Daniel Mengden picked up his first win in four decisions this season, allowing the Kats only two hits in the first five innings. Sam Houston runners reached third base twice against Mengden but could not score. He struck out six Bearkat batters in seven innings work.
The Aggies upped their season record to 32-13 while Sam Houston now stands 31-14.
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"Without this degree, I would be lost," Mia Hargadon '10 says of her B.A. in American studies.
Since October 2010, Hargadon has been the North American marketing manager for the Specialised Safari Company, which offers exclusive luxury safaris throughout East Africa. She works with current, past and potential clients while splitting her time between the United States and Africa.
"Whether it's traveling in the U.S. or abroad, I come face-to-face with people with different ideas and beliefs," Hargadon says. "My American studies degree taught me how to work with that - how to listen and understand others' reasoning behind their questions and actions."
While her work has also taken her to Rwanda, Kenya is the place where Hargadon has traveled most frequently, the place where she studied abroad during her junior year at Salve Regina.
"I had been to Kenya a handful of times, had fallen in love with the people, the culture and photography, and thought it would be an unbelievable experience," Hargadon says. Working with the late Dr. Christopher Kiernan, the longtime director of Salve Regina's American studies program, she crafted a curriculum for her time abroad that found her studying the psychology of African tribes and following Obama's presidential campaign through the eyes of the Kenyan people.
"The few months I spent in Kenya that semester were some of the best I've had, and certainly enhanced my Salve experience that much more," Hargadon says.
Prior to enrolling at Salve Regina, Hargadon took a year off to focus on volunteering and worked in a third-grade classroom, helping the children with their reading, writing and math skills. "They taught me so many things, such as how to laugh and be a kid again, and to not take things too seriously," she says. "I will forever be grateful for that lesson."
Hargadon learned the importance of giving back from her mother. As a young child, she began with fundraising walks, which led to soliciting friends and family for any sort of donation. "Service and volunteerism is so important to me, because with sometimes very little effort, one person can make such a difference in the lives of others," she says.
Hargadon came to Salve Regina undecided on a major, but decided to give American studies a try after taking Kiernan's U.S. history course during her freshman year. "After that semester, I was pretty much hooked," she says.
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If you need a break and have a few minutes, consider this video. As the Associated Press says, "Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly have added a comedic twist to David Bowie and Bing Crosby's classic Christmas duet" (fair warning, there are are couple bleeped-out expletives at the end):
It had been a long while since we'd watched the original 1977 TV duet (which you can see here). A few years ago, The Washington Post told the story of how that wonderfully bizarre pairing almost didn't happen.
Re-doing the Bowie-Crosby Christmas classic seems to be the thing to do this year. Funny guy actors Jack Black and Jason Segel have done a cartoon version.
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I am trying to pass a variable (filename with path) to a package to send that variable to SSIS as an Excel Source. I have a variable defined as a string and a default value where an Excel file is located (verified). When I change the Data Access Mode to table name or variable and then select the variable it throws the error that opening the rowset failed. Any ideas? TIA! David L. Crooks
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You need to create an Excel connection manager. Temporarily hard-code the path to any workbook. Then bring up the properties for the new connection. Select expressions, and add an expression for ExcelFilePath. Set the expression equal to your variable. Then, when you create your data flow source using that connection, the table or view name will be a worksheet name. Thanks! I got that. Now, I want to be able to pass the SSIS package a parameter which will be the name of the file that goes into the variable. Do I need to change the dtsConfig file with the new file name? TIA!
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The Affordable Care Act could boost the cost of underlying claims by 32%, with worst-hit states including Ohio and California.
With many Americans and businesses concerned about the impact of Obamacare, a new study from the country's top group of financial risk analysts is providing fodder for those fears.
Underlying claims costs -- which form the basis for insurers' health care coverage premiums -- will jump by one-third across the U.S. after the Affordable Care Act goes into effect next year, according to the Society of Actuaries.
But that increase won't be felt evenly across the country because the study forecasts that some states will feel more pain than others. Among the hardest-hit will be Ohio, where claims costs will jump by almost 81%, and California, with a 62% increase.
Other states projected to see big increases in claims costs are Wisconsin, with an 80% jump; Indiana at 68%; Maryland, with a 67% bump; and Idaho at 62%.
What does that mean for individuals? If you're already covered by your employer's plan, not much. But if you're uninsured or buy health insurance directly, the study indicates costs could rise for some people, according to The Associated Press.
The actuaries' report is a blow to the Obama administration, which designed the new law to decrease the ranks of uninsured Americans and to whittle away the overall cost of health care. As many as 32 million Americans are expected to receive health care coverage through the law.
The study also supports criticism coming from many business owners, such as the Five Guys Burgers and Fries franchisee who complained earlier this month that Obamacare is forcing him to delay expansion plans and might increase prices. Top executives and franchisees for companies including Wendy's (WEN) and Whole Foods Market (WFM) have also aired worries about the plan.
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The Society of Actuaries doesn't view itself as a political group, Bohn told the AP. "We are trying to figure out what the situation at hand is," she said.
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Someone just tell me how the F**K this president was re-elected and why is he still in office?
The fiscal impacts of Obamacare is only a drop in the bucket. These people will not stop until they have it all to give away to every country trying to kill us. Not to mention that today being a politician means living a lavish lifestyle, paid for by you and me.
Over the last few years, our government has provided direct cash aid to:
Hamas - $351 M,
Libya $1.45 B,
Egypt - $397 M,
Mexico - $622 M,
Russia - $380 M,
Haiti - $1.4 B,
Jordan - $463 M,
Kenya - $816 M,
Sudan - $870 M,
Nigeria - $456 M,
Uganda - $451 M,
Congo - $359 M,
Ethiopia - $981 M,
Pakistan - $2 B,
South Africa - $566 M,
Senegal - $698 M,
Mozambique - $404 M,
Zambia - $331 M,
Kazakhstan - $304 M,
Iraq - $1.08 B,
Tanzania - $554 M.
And now they cannot reduce the national debt and cannot pass a reasonable federal budget.
Obamacare has nothing to do with healthcare. It's all about control. When your healthcare costs go up, you lose more of your income. When companies start laying off or reducing workhours, you will either lose more of your income or all of it. The less money you have, the fewer goods and services you will be able to afford. The fewer goods/services required = more people losing wages and jobs.
Obama is bankrupting this country. Obama is depleting your libereies and freedoms.
Poor people, and those dependent on the goverenment have very little freedom/liberty to do as they please.
Do you see it now people??
Corruption is the biggest expense in healthcare and in government.
Even BEFORE Obama Care was around the USA spent 17.5% of GDP on healthcare while most countries spent 14.5% and covered everyone...... why?
Well in the USA you pay $10.00 for a pill that you would pay 50 cents for in any other country. In the USA hospitals charge $40.00 for a pill dispenser that is in reality a paper cup. Subsidies, extra lucrative contracts and tax breaks are given to all manner or companies whether it's health care, defense or what ever. These are the reasons for government debt, the idea that it's the Baby Boomers fault, or immigrants, or Obama Care, or the young generation, or Abortion or Gay marriage, or gun control is all just smoke and mirrors to keep you afraid of your neighbor while the government and big companies line their pockets with YOUR MONEY.
Congressmen sit on the same boards of companies they gave contracts and tax breaks to and their nephews are the CEO's. Unlimited campaign contributions and super packs have made it so no one but these guys can run for office. Don't fall for their lies and don't turn on each other.
Great. Could have written this article myself before the dang thing was signed into law. Only people who should be surprised it will cost more than they said are not able to count in the first place. Unlike the unfunded wars and other unfunded costs of government, this law passes the cost on to us, the individuals required to buy or the businesses required to provide insurance to employees. Like Gomer Pyle says, "Surpise, Surprise, Surprise"!
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