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It's almost the holidays! Are you still stumped for a gift for that opera afficionado in your life? Or maybe a gift for yourself? We have a few suggestions...
1. Give the gift of opera!
Our winter operas offer a great contrast in content and musical styles. Così fan tutte is a charming Mozart rom-com about young love and temptation, and A Masked Ball offers a Verdi tale about forbidden passion, unrequited love and political intrigue. But whatever your heart desires, you can purchase tickets online or let your loved one choose their own night with a gift certificate.
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Is the person you're purchasing for already a subscriber? Are you? You can still double your dose of Così fan tutte and buy tickets to the special Ensemble Studio performance starring our young and talented Ensemble Studio members! Take advantage of special ticket prices for this performance and sit in a prime seat on the main floor for only $55!
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One of our most popular items in the Opera Shop is the charming COC bear (also known as Bearitone Bear!) dressed in our distinct COC red sweater. We also have newly designed I Heart COC mugs and pens, and our classic tote which all make great stocking stuffers. Click here to see all of our branded merchandise.
4. Music to fill their ears
The online COC Opera Shop carries a variety of CDs and DVDs from our 2013/2014 season. Give the gift of music this holiday season and revisit past favourites such as La Bohème with Angela Gheorghiu or explore upcoming operas, such as our recommended DVD of Verdi's A Masked Ball featuring Pavarotti at the Met. View the online Opera Shop for more CDs and DVDs.
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And last but not least, the perfect gift for an opera goer. Back just in time for the holiday season our most popular gift item: opera glasses! We offer a variety of different styles including our 8x magnification binoculars (featured in the image to the right) that now come in a COC branded pouch for $49. View our gallery of selected styles here.
If you have any questions about Opera Shop items, please e-mail our Opera Shop manager Michelle Hwu or by phone at 416-847-4945, and if you have any questions about tickets, feel free to contact our box office.
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Photos: (top) COC branded merchandise; (middle) A preliminary costume sketch from the COC's 2014 production of Così fan tutte. Sketch by Debra Hanson. (middle) Bearitone Bear; (bottom) 8x magnification opera glasses. All photos by Jeff Higgins/Michelle Hwu unless otherwise specified.
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By Gianmarco Segato, Adult Programs Manager
This holiday season, many COC artists are getting into the spirit, using their vocal talents to share some truly great seasonal music.
Starting off the list are three singers with a long COC association! Ensemble Studio Alumnae Joni Henson and Virginia Hatfield together with their friend Megan Latham have just released a refreshingly different CD of holiday music, "Christmas at Casa Diva," which can be purchased here.
While not exactly holiday music, tenor Richard Margison (Salome, 2013) sings the great songs of Italy with the Ontario Philharmonic at Koerner Hall on December 10.
Next, you can catch popular Canadian tenor Ben Heppner (Tristan und Isolde & Peter Grimes, 2013) as he joins the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir for their "Festival of Carols" on December 11.
Here's one for the west-coasters! You can catch Ensemble Studio baritone Cameron McPhail (La Bohème, 2013 and our upcoming February 7 Ensemble performance of Così fan tutte) and his wife, soprano Catherine Affleck for an evening of operatic bons bons with the Vancouver Women's Musical Society on December 11.
This weekend, Ensemble Studio graduates, soprano Jacqueline Woodley, mezzo soprano Krisztina Szabó (Love from Afar, 2012) and Glencore Ensemble Studio School Tour artist, bass Geoffrey Sirett, are part of Against the Grain Theatre's unusual staged version of Handel's ubiquitous Messiah on December 14 and 15 – but hurry, the two-show run is already almost sold out!
Catch a 2014/2015 artist this month, as Canadian bass superstar John Relyea (The Tales of Hoffmann, 2012) sings with counter-tenor Lawrence Zazzo (Orfeo ed Euridice, 2011) in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's annual Messiah on December 17, 18, 20, 21 and 22.
If at this point you need a break from all the holiday music, baritone Phillip Addis (La Bohème, 2013) will be giving a recital of German, English and French art song for Music Toronto on December 19.
To cap off the year, our sensational spring 2013 Salome, Erika Sunnegårdh appears in the New Year's Eve gala concert, "Bravissimo" at Roy Thomson Hall along with Ensemble Studio graduate mezzo soprano Wallis Giunta (Così fan tutte, 2014) and baritone James Westman (Die Fledermaus, 2012).
And finally, Ensemble Studio alumnae Betty Waynne Alison and Neil Craighead ring in the start of the New Year with the Guelph Symphony Orchestra on January 1.
Not an exhaustive list to be sure – but lots of opportunities to hear COC artists this holiday season before we launch our winter operas in January!
Photos: (top) A scene from the Canadian Opera Company's production of Eugene Onegin, 2008; (middle-composite) Jacqueline Woodley. Krisztina Szabó, photo by Bo Huang; (bottom-composite) Erika Sunnegårdh. Wallis Giunta, photo by Barbara Stoneham.
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Back in the day some people used paladins to do this kind of thing with Brutallus making his mechanic of the stacking slashes neglible.
This removes the huge breath issue with some clever use of ingame mechanics and don't suprised if Blizz adds some breathrange to Sartharion just as they did to Brutallus.
You couldn't by chance be able to post a WWS from one of your guild's three drakes kill, or could you?
Would like to hear from Ciderhelm if there was any discussions in guild when this was discovered if it was right to use it.
I first watched this video and really really liked the strat. My guild is currently working on Sarth 3D and are close to getting it...though we do have MT deaths sometimes. I briefly considered bringing this approach up to my guild to try it out...but after reading the feedback and thinking about it more I don't think we should for fear that eventually a Brutallus-like change could become reality and we might have to learn the fight all over again (doing it basically exactly as we're attempting to now). It's an awesome video but it'd probably take several attempts for our group to get use to (as Cider's guild positions him differently than we do, and practice getting the taunts off properly, etc...). I think we'd lose half a night adopting a new strat at this point and really we know the strat we've got will work, we've been working on him long enough we just want to down him already.
My biggest question is this:
Using this strat, is there anything we would need to be concerned about with the MT/MT Healers in regard to Sarth's tail swipe? Or is it just never an issue?
I could see a case where MT gets stunned and is unable to taunt back and since the Taunt Tank is potentially out of range of heals getting gibbed.
Tough call here. Firstly I'd say it is a creative solution to the breathes that Blizzard probably didn't anticipate when they changed taunt mechanics.
When things like this happen I think it rests on Blizzard to step up and make a statement or change the mechanics of his breath. Of course, I'm sure many of us saw these types of things coming after ranged taunts were added. Not exactly sure why they did in the first place. Anyone have reference to why they did?
If this is considered an exploit then what about the hunter distracting shot rotation on Razuvious? No one knows for sure but Blizzard probably never thought about that possibility and they haven't done anything to fix it.
Nice strat, very creative I never would have thought of doing Sarth this way.
I'm not terribly concerned for a few reasons, though.
First, this strategy takes two tanks to do what one tank (Death Knight) was already capable of. If you want a tank other than a Death Knight to handle Sartharion and eat the breaths, you're already cycling abilities like Guardian Spirit -- which causes you to take a breath and die, then get a freebie saving heal. That doesn't strike me as much different than having a player dedicated to taunting him to avoid breaths we know will kill our tank.
Second, this shifts responsibility and adds complexity rather than removing it. We already have a lineup of players ready to Guardian Spirit, Divine Shield w/ Divine Guardian, Sacrifice, etc., to cycle abilities on our tank, and we use most of these in this video. The taunt strategy is a redundancy with failsafes, like many of our strategies.
Finally, this has always been possible to do via a Taunt/Intervene macro or a quick Hunter shot (Hunters naturally outrange Sartharion).
It may very well be unintended. The strategy is not so different, however, that we're going to suddenly be unable to kill him if they change his breath range, since we can do essentially the same thing with a Death Knight taunting and cycling cooldowns, or just continue as-is using only cooldowns from other classes to keep Manbear alive.
Keep in mind, for every Brutallus, you can also point to a Chromaggus or Firemaw, where the strategy was specifically to avoid abilities and most guilds assumed it was exploiting because it had never been done before.
The smartass is pedantically referring to your use of the word decimate to describe heavy losses (which is now a commonly accepted definition, but only recently)
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Hats off to you Cider, seeing a video of the fight really shows just how complex it is. My head is still spinning a bit.
Tanks: We like it rough.
Just throwing this out there, but my rogues guild runs 3 tanks, 5-6 healers, 16-17 dps and we kill Tenebron before Shadron lands, and Shadron is *usually* dead if not at most 5% left when Vesperon lands.
Taunting him to avoid the breath is brilliant.
My guild hasn't gotten this achievement yet, we're having problems keeping our Sarth tank alive after Vesp lands; your method will make beating him much easier.
I've gotta say, it wouldn't surprise me if this gets nerfed, and we log in one day to find Sarth untauntable.
Was there a link provided to the filefront page with the whole movie on it, or did I missed that?


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After last week's head-spinning scene where real-life democrats took campaign advice from fictional politicians (Chris Noth, you've got my vote), I thought I'd pretty much covered the landscape of presidential politics among the Wednesday Michael's crowd. Nothing doing. Before I could settle in for my lunch with PR maven Leslie Stevens and cosmetics entrepreneur Patti Pao, CNBC's Joe Kernen called me over to meet Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin who was on the air with Joe earlier today deconstructing last night's debates (We suggest a whip and a chair for the moderator of next week's match-up) and is scheduled to appear on Sean Hannity's broadcast on Fox this evening.
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Senator Johnson, who predicts it's going to be a "close election," says Vice President Joe Biden's "rude" performance during his debate with Representative Paul Ryan had a lingering negative effect on the president's favorable ratings and pointed to CNN's recent poll which showed most viewers gave last night's segment on the economy to Romney as an indication that the republican challenger is winning on the issue voters care most about. "In both debates, Romney showed that he can work with the other side. Americans have to ask themselves, 'Do we want four more years of gridlock and a president who doesn't know how to lead?"
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Xplora wrote:Wanted to whine about my commute yesterday - dropped the bike, killed my knicks, scuffed my new shoes and lost half a square foot of skin. It's pretty shallow, just weeping weeping weeping. Lost grip through a corner on the Ermington bike path... quite disturbing because it was definitely unexpected.
It was heartening to see 6 people climbing up to the Tway at Constitution Hill though, definitely a record number of commuters... actually saw a truckload of people inbound as well. Good day for cycling, bad day for me.
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Ouch, heal quickly Xplora, never good getting hurt whilst on the bike.
I had my biggest ever commuting week last week coming in at 125km. Not much compared to some here, but it's a start.
Today's effort landed me a slow leak in the front tyre 4/5ths of the way in and it took me an awful long time to find the leak in the tube because it was so tiny, for which i'm deeply ashamed of.
My workplace had a record number of bikes downstairs in the bike lockup as well, which is great to see as more people are finding the bike bug biting.
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Even as we all try to keep warm in this freezer we call the Grand Valley, it will soon become obvious (if it is not already, sorry, Bronco fans) that there is a sporting event Sunday, Feb. 3, that will soon encompass all media!Yes, the Super Bowl is played that day and as good (and sometimes not so good) the game is, people will be flocking to their favorite sports bars or Super Bowl parties.Now one of the more frequent things people will be asking is similar to what the pig says on those insurance company commercials: "Will there be snacks?"I mean, come on, what is the Super Bowl without food!If you are going to go to a bar or restaurant, odds are in your favor that they will be having some kind of spread, but call around as I am sure the offerings will be different. If you are going to a Super Bowl party, check with the host to see if you can bring anything as many, including my sister, have a potluck gathering with people bringing dishes.If you are hosting a party, you gotta decide whether you want to go all-out yourself (which I, in the past, have done) or if you want to just do a few of your "Oh-You-Gotta-Try-This" recipes and have people bring some of their faves. Personally, I lean toward the latter nowadays. If it is not an event that we are catering, put the ego away and actually enjoy the day and not stress!But that is not to say that you cannot still show off! Our "Recipe of The Week" is actually two. What the hey, it is the last game of the season, why not go for it?The first is a great little appetizer called Ceci Fritos, which is usually fried, spiced chickpeas, but I have two versions, one fried and one baked. The other recipe is one that I have always wanted to try and will be doing for the party that I am going to - Sweet & Spicy Bacon Lollipops and I am using a smoked habanero powder that we made.So here's to a great game and a great time with your friends!Lee is the founder and owner of Decadence Gourmet Cheesecakes and Catering. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com, via the website at www.decadencecheesecakes.com, or by calling 970-256-4688. Follow the adventures of Decadence on Facebook and on Twitter. We're close to 1,400 friends on Facebook and when we hit 1,500, we'll do another giveaway contest!
These little nuggets are best straight out of the skillet, but they also keep for three days in an air-tight container so I often double the recipe, knowing I'll want another few peas tomorrow after work. And they sure are healthier than potato chips or cheese crackers when I need a mid-day snack. Serves two.1 (15 oz.) can chickpeas/garbanzos, drained and rinsed1 Tbsp. olive oil1 tsp. garlic powder1 Tbsp. fresh thyme leaves or 1 tsp. dried thyme leaves1-1/2 tsp. ground cuminSalt and pepper to taste1. Drain, rinse and then dry chickpeas in a towel.2. Heat the olive oil in a small skillet over medium high heat. Add the chickpeas and all other ingredients and cook, shaking the pan occasionally, until the peas begin to pop; about 7 minutes.3. Drain chickpeas on a paper towel, taste and adjust seasonings.4. For the baked version, same ingredients as above, but toss chickpeas in olive oil and other ingredients, maybe a little cayenne, then bake in 450 degrees F oven for 30 minutes.
1 lb. thick sliced bacon1-1/2 cup brown sugar1 Tbsp. cayenne pepper (or your favorite spicy pepper)12 lollipop sticks or 6-inch kabob skewers(Optional - 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips)Soak sticks or skewers in water for 15-20 minutes so they do not burn in the oven. Slice bacon into 3-inch strips and bake at 400 degrees F for 10-15 minutes, not crispy.Drain on paper towels on a plate.Spread brown sugar on a plate and press bacon slices into it until lightly coated.Take a stick/skewer and skewer half-way each end so that they resemble lollipops. The bacon should just be on the top half of a stick.Broil for about 6 minutes, turning once (until sugar caramelizes). (You can also bake them for about 15 minutes in a 400 degrees F oven.)Put on a plate and dust with the cayenne pepper.Optional: Melt the chocolate chips and drizzle over after dusting with the cayenne.


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While deposits on average declined at banks with $10 billion or less in assets in 2010, according to the FDIC, a number of well-performing banks have enjoyed core deposit growth, including a young California institution that steered clear of speculative real estate lending, a private bank in Denver and a St. Louis-area middle-market lender that entered Arizona by buying three failed banks.
Larry D. Hartwig, president and chief executive of the $239 million-asset California Community Bank in Escondido; Scott Wylie, chairman and CEO of First Western Trust Bank in Denver; and Jack Barry, market president of the Phoenix office of St. Louis-based Enterprise Bank & Trust, each share how their institutions have been able to grow core deposits in the post-crisis environment, while at the same time managing excess liquidity.
A Community Focus
California Community Bank was founded in 2003 in the north San Diego County city of Escondido, just as the states go-go era of residential construction and other speculative commercial real estate lending was gaining steam. The young Escondido bank, however, steered clear of that sector while others overloaded to their demises, Hartwig said, and now California Community is benefiting from customers seeking a locally owned stable community bank.
Weve gone through this troubled time where banks have disappeared on a Friday night, so customers are more inclined to go with bankers who are local decision-makers, Hartwig said. We try to state our value proposition to customers: were reliable and we focus on our local community. We did not participate in the wild ride of speculative real estate lending, so basically we have had no problems.
While California Communitys total deposits in 2010 rose just 1.5 percent, demand deposits increased 25 percent, to $51 million; in the first quarter, demand deposits grew to $53 million. About 60 percent of its deposits are interest-bearing. Consumer deposits make up about 22 percent of the total, with the balance coming from businesses, their owners and the direct deposits and payroll deposits of their employees.
California Community offers remote deposit, but Hartwig says the real key to attracting commercial customers is offering debit cards. We are finding businesses really like to use debit cards.
California Community also markets itself to business owners by offering them luncheons with economists, accountants or other experts who provide tips on growing their companies, he said.
In 2010, the bank adopted a new policy: Borrowers that also open business checking accounts are offered better rates.
Theres a lot of banks out there struggling with their loan portfolio, but we are not, Hartwig said. If were good enough to lend money to businesses, then were good enough to get deposits from them.
While California Community waits for more qualified borrowers, the bank places its excess funds in overnight money market instruments. The bank has been in a positive liquidity position since 2005, and has never had to rely on brokered deposits. It has never used Federal Home Loan borrowings as a funding source, but last year the bank used FHLB bonds to match off some of its five- and seven-year fixed rate loans, as a way to secure its margin.
California Communitys liquidity contingency plan allows for it to have two correspondent bank lines and as much as $25 million in securities on its balance sheet that the bank could liquidate quickly if needed.
But weve never had to look at the plan, because weve always been in a positive funding position, Hartwig said.
Benefitting from a Flight to Quality
First Western Trust Bank in Denver, which also operates in Arizona and California, was ranked as one of the fastest-growing private companies in 2010 by Inc. magazine. In 2010, deposits at the $493 million-asset private bank rose 15 percent from a year earlier, to $418 million; since the end of 2008, deposits have risen a compounded 24 percent. Deposits fell slightly in the first quarter from year-end, but rose 21 percent from a year earlier, to $409 million. Roughly 80 percent of its deposits are interest-bearing.
At First Western, we really focus exclusively on private banking and large relationships with high net-worth individuals, their families, foundations and their companies, Wylie said. Relationships have been very helpful to us in driving up pretty steady deposit growth rates.
Practically all of First Westerns new customers come from referrals from existing clients as well as from centers of influence lawyers and accountants, he said. Most deposits are gathered through First Westerns nine offices, though the bank supports customers with online banking, remote deposit and automated teller machines.
During the recession, First Western benefited from a flight to safety but it was not so much from stocks and bonds, Wylie said.
I dont think weve benefited that much from a shift from securities to deposits, but I definitely think we benefited from a flight to quality people who werent comfortable at other small banks, big banks or investment banks, he said. A few years ago, if anyone said that First Western was much better than Bear Stearns or Merrill Lynch, that would be laughable, but thats exactly how it played out at least thats what clients told us.
Market Rates Insight predicts that a greater share of bank funding will come from consumer deposits as non-deposit liabilities are added to the insurance assessment base. Wylie agrees, adding that regulators now view core deposits from consumers to be more attractive than brokered deposits, and even deposits through the Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service as well as funds secured through Federal Home Loan borrowings.
Theres a lot of regulatory pressure to reduce those funding sources, which is problematic for us, Wylie said. Our clients like benefiting from reciprocal CDARs so they can get higher deposit insurance and we like being able to manage our interest-rate risk from Federal Home Loan borrowings. But theres such a regulatory taint, that weve now reduced them by 25 percent compounded over the last couple of years.
With loan demand still limited, First Western has a fair amount of excess liquidity, which the bank places in investments, cash and liquid sources.
Hopefully over time we can fund additional loans if we can find quality loans that we want to do, he said.
Acquisitions Produce Growth
St. Louis-based Enterprise Bank & Trust had a loan production office in Phoenix for some time, but in December of 2009, the company expanded its presence by buying the failed $40 million-asset Valley Capital Bank in Mesa in an FDIC-assisted transaction. Last year, it bought $250 million of Arizona-originated assets from the failed Home National in Blackwell, Okla., and this past January, Enterprise acquired the failed $130 million-asset Legacy Bank in its third FDIC-assisted deal there.
Enterprise has continued to grow deposits in Arizona, including about $75 million from a money market campaign.
Were a new name in the valley and it was a way to introduce Enterprise to the market, Barry said. The success of the campaign also likely reflected a continued flight to safety, particularly for more mature households who are seeking a respectable yield with a safe FDIC-insured deposit. I think the recession opened the eyes of many households to the importance of liquidity, of maintaining a certain level of bank deposits.
The bank also benefited from local positive press after buying Legacy.
Weve begun to make a name for ourselves the fact that over a relatively short period of time 13 months we did three FDIC-assisted transactions for failed banks in the market that was newsworthy, Barry said.
Enterprise has also been luring more commercial middle-market businesses to bring all of their relationships to the bank.
Loan demand has improved over the prior period, as were getting some clients reaching levels of frustration with their banks not being able to lend and are seeking banks who can lend, Barry said. We think that having an expertise in C&I, well attract more operating companies to us.
At the corporate level, Enterprise has excess liquidity, but in Arizona, loan demand has increased so well in the last 45 days, that some of that liquidity will be absorbed over the next 60 to 90 days, he said.
However, the bank will not stop its efforts at gathering more core deposits.
Even though the liquidity levels are higher than historical levels, the gathering of core deposits is beneficial to be a successful banking company in todays economic environment you can never get enough core deposits, Barry said.
Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a contributing writer in San Diego.
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Please join us Wednesday, May 15, 2013 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm, for the 25th Perennial Garden Party, honoring the chairs of the past 25 years.
Cocktails and Hors d'oeuvres by Occasions
Silent Auction (Click Here For A Sneak Preview!)
Complimentary Valet Parking
For more information contact:
Sarah Andrews
202-387-4062 (x41222).
Museum Walk
Beginning Saturday, June 1st through Sunday, June 2, 2013, the Woodrow Wilson House will participate in the Dupont-Kalorama Museum Walk Weekend, were all visitors have the opportunity to tour the home of the 28th President, free of charge.
If you are interested in learning more about the event, contact Sarah Andrews at firstname.lastname@example.com or 202-387-4062 (x41222).
The National Trust for Historic Preservation and chamber music group All Points West are mixing re-imagined classical music with non-traditional spaces for a potent brew of art, place, and community. This casual, comfortable event will move you through the historic Woodrow Wilson House and garden, interpret President Wilson's life and legacy with unexpected musical selections (Duke Ellington, anyone?), and give you unparalleled access to the performers, the historic space, and other attendees.
Ticket price includes two free drinks (wine, beer, soft drinks) and light refreshments. Rain or Shine.
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|Cup o' Joe with Lee Craig
Booksigning: Josephus Daniels,
His Life and Times
August 28, 2013 6pm – 7:30pm
Legend has it that when Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels replaced the wine mess with coffee in all the navy vessels of WWI, the term Cup o' Joe was born.
Join author Lee A. Craig for a 'Cup o' Joe' as he presents his latest work, Josephus Daniels: His Life & Times. Craig, an expert on economic history, delves into Daniels's extensive archive to inform this nuanced and eminently readable biography, following Daniels's rise to power in North Carolina and chronicling his influence on twentieth-century politics as a longtime leader of the Democratic Party and key member of Woodrow Wilson's cabinet.
Professor Craig will be available to sign books following his presentation.
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Meet A. Scott Berg, author of the new biography WILSON, at a special reception held at the Residence of the Czech Ambassador.
One hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, and one of the most enigmatic. And now, after more than a decade of research and writing, Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Berg has completed WILSON–a personal and penetrating biography about the 28th President, one of the great American figures of modern times.
After the presentation, Mr. Berg will be available for Q&A and to sign his book.
Admission includes one copy of WILSON (a $40 value) and light refreshments.
Kalorama House and Embassy Tour
On Sunday, September 15, 2013 noon-5:00 pm, The President Woodrow Wilson House will host the 28th Kalorama House and Embassy Tour. This annual open-house features several of Kalorama's most beautiful homes, including the elegant residence of the Ambassador of Austria, the recently redecorated residence of the Ambassador of Portugal, the bright and modern Embassy of Slovenia, and the President Woodrow Wilson House, now celebrating the centennial of Wilson's Presidency. Tickets include a self-guided map detailing the architecture and history of each stop.
Proceeds benefit The President Woodrow Wilson House, a National Trust Historic Site..
Tickets are $35 when purchased in advance ($40 at the door).
A brunch package ($75) is available including a ticket to the tour and brunch at The Mansion on "O" Street. The Mansion is a fascinating venue known for it's eccentric interiors where all the decor is for sale. Brunch is SOLD OUT.
Discounts available to members and groups.
Those interested in blocks of ten or more tickets please enter the promo code GROUP when prompted or contact Sarah Andrews directly at email@example.com or 202-387-4062 (ext. 41222).
UNA-NCA cordially invites you to
Featuring Pulitzer price-winning author Scott Berg
and Special Guests:
The Honorable Thomas Pickering, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
The Honorable Lynn Pascoe, former UN Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs
Come Celebrate the UN's 68th anniversary and UNA-NCA's 60th anniversary
As we focus on the League of Nation's founder, Woodrow Wilson.
Pulitzer price-winning author Scott Berg sheds new light on Wilson's world vision
that led to the eventual establishment of the United Nations.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Pickering comments
on the relevance of Woodrow Wilson to the UN today.
Admission Tickets:
Young Professionals – $40
Member – $60
Non-member – $70
Combo (includes UNA-NCA membership) – $80
Sponsorship Level (includes a $100 tax deductible donation) – $135
December 14, 2013
Holidays Through History
Open House, 4 pm – 8 pm
Celebrate the season with this special tour through four of Washington's most beautiful historic homes, Anderson House, Dumbarton House, Tudor Place and the President Woodrow Wilson House.
Enjoy festive period decorations and music from the Federal period through the Roaring Twenties. Shuttle service provided between the sites. The Wilson House will feature a ten-foot tree adorned with electric lights in the solarium, light refreshments and the opportunity to create your own Christmas Ornament.
(If you would like to visit only Wilson House during the event, you can buy tickets at the door for $10/adult and $5/child)
The museum will be open in honor of President's Day – and President Wilson himself will be welcoming guests to his home! Meet the President and hear him discuss "the role and meaning of the President" on guided tours through the house he shared with his wife Mrs. Edith Wilson after his term as President.
The President will speak on "The Role and Meaning of the President."
Admission: Adults $10, Seniors $8, Students $5, Children under 12 Free
February 13, 2014
Speakeasy Bash! 7pm – 9pm
In 1919, President Wilson vetoed the Volstead Act, which outlawed all alcoholic beverages stronger than one-half of 1 percent. (His veto was overridden.) Join us as we open the doors to the former President's house for an old-fashioned speakeasy bash.
Live music by the "swingin' jazz quartet" Laissez Foure, dancing and dance demo by Jam Cellar, 1920s costume contest with prizes. Light refreshments and vintage cocktails – drinks sponsored in part by Blackwater Distilling and Sloop Betty Vodka!
You won't want to miss this!
Host Committee
Stephanie Fischer, Allison Gaston-Enholm, Holidae Gavin, Philip Greene, Dianne McRae, Diana Minshall, Garrett Peck, Lauren Pillsbury, Brittany Prime, Sophy Pyle, Zeid Stalla, Chris Whittaker
Visit our Facebook page for photos from our Speakeasy Bash last year.
Ticketed event (21+ only) — Date Nights DC partner, special couples ticket price!
*UPDATE: Like you, we are keeping a close eye on the weather and snow predictions for Wednesday night. We will decide by Noon on Thursday, February 13, whether or not the "Speakeasy Bash" will be cancelled due to weather and post a notice here, and on our Facebook page, of that decision.


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Super Bowl players, coaches defend football after President Obama's comments
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San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith talks with reporters during a news conference on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in New Orleans. The 49ers are scheduled to play the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game on Feb. 3. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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NEW ORLEANS — If he had a son, President Barack Obama would hesitate before allowing him to play football because of its violence and the concerns about concussions.
But there was plenty of disagreement before Super Bowl XLVII.
"I put it this way," Ravens center Matt Birk said Monday. "I have three sons. Once they get to a certain age, if they want to play football, I'll let them."
Obama's strong comments only drew more attention to a heated subject, especially with more than 4,000 former NFL players suing the league because of concussions.
Many preferred to look at the positive aspects of football. Ravens coach John Harbaugh said there's a sense of pride that comes with playing and saying you're a football player.
"It's challenging,'' Harbaugh said. ''It's tough. It's hard. There's no game like football. It's the type of sport that brings out the best in you and really shows you who you are."
Birk, a 15-year veteran, called football dangerous but said the league, coaches and players have a better understanding of the effects of head injuries.
"I think the culture has changed for the better the last few years as far as concussions are concerned," Birk said. "The attitude is that it's not smart to play with a concussion. You're not doing yourself or your team any favors by trying to play through a concussion because you can't."
Aldon Smith, the 49ers' star linebacker, said players recognize the sacrifices.
"We all signed up for it," Smith said. "It's not like we signed up and thought we were going to play tennis."
Coach Jim Harbaugh of the 49ers took a lighthearted approach.
"Well, I have a 4-month-old — almost 5-month-old — son, Jack Harbaugh, and if President Obama feels that way, then there will be a little bit less competition for Jack Harbaugh when he gets old," he said. "He is a really big kid. He has an enormous head. . . . And as soon as he grows into that head, he is going to be something. It's early, but expectations are high for young Jack."
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Ex-Bears safety Chris Harris was named a defensive quality-control coach by the team. Harris, 30, played eight seasons in the NFL, including four for the Bears. He recently announced his retirement on Twitter.
The Bears also named Dwayne Stukes assistant special-teams coach and Sean Desai defensive quality-control coach. Stukes was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' special-teams coordinator in 2011. Desai spent last year as the running backs/special-teams coach at Boston College.
The Bears also are expected to name Tim Tibesar, Purdue's defensive coordinator, their linebackers coach.
Tibesar was a defensive coordinator for coach Marc Trestman with the Montreal Alouettes.
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WASHINGTON - Everyone wants to get home for the holidays. So if you plan to toast the New Year with a few glasses of champagne, you might want to take advantage of a free cab ride, funded by the Washington Regional Alcohol Program.
Kurt Erickson, the President of WRAP, says don't drive - get a free cab with SoberRide. The program kicked off on Dec. 14th and will run each night until New Year's Eve from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m.
Erickson says the program has kept more than 55,000 people safe during high- risk holidays since 1993. The weeks leading up to and including New Year's Eve are especially successful.
"Last year, we did almost 400 rides just on New Year's Eve alone, translating into the removal of would-be drunk driver off of greater Washington roadways every 72 seconds," Erickson says. "I expect similar ridership this year."
If you choose to use SoberRide, Erickson says you won't have to wait longer than you would if it was a regular ride because the cab companies are incentivized to pick up customers in a timely manner.
"The request comes up as a paid ride for the cab companies, even though it's free for the user," Erickson says.
The program will pay up to $30 for each ride. To take advantage of the program, you must be 21 and in the Washington metro area. Call 1-800-200-TAXI or dial #WRAP on any AT&T wireless phone.
The calls must originate in the Washington area, which include D.C., Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, and Arlington, Fairfax, eastern Loudoun and Prince William counties in Virginia
The service is also available during St. Patrick's Day, Independence Day, and Halloween.
WRAP contracts nine cab companies to provide the free rides. The cab company that is closest to where the call is placed will be dispatched to the location. The charitable organization pays about $50,000 for the cab fares annually with the help of paid sponsors.
Erickson says the SoberRide program is making our roads safer.
"Nationally, 31 percent of all traffic deaths are caused by drunk drivers. Here in Washington, it's 27 percent," Erickson says. "That's 27 percent too many but in a good way, we're below the national average."
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The goal of the Upcycle House is to build a home with a minimal carbon footprint by using materials with a low embodied energy. In choosing materials for the project, Lendager based its selections on four factors: reduction of CO2 between new materials and standard material; overall price; maximizing operation and minimizing maintenance; and accessibility of materials in sufficient amounts in a relatively close location.
The four bedroom, one bath home features a large, open floor plan living and kitchen area with two shipping containers on either end. Recycled wood framing is used throughout the project along with Tecnopor rigid insulation made from used glass bottles. The walls are insulated with old newspapers and clad in drywall made from recycled gypsum with an exterior cladding of Richlite, which is made from paper waste. The flooring is UPM profi deck, a composite of recycled plastic and wood granulate. Old windows, bricks, battens and laths are all upcycled into the new house, which is topped off with a roof made from trapezoidal profile sheets of recycled aluminum beer bottles.
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Trey's 3 Way Kiss On Stage In London
I thought I am the only one who noticed Trey's weight Loss. It kept bothering me when I saw him on stage. I hope he gets enough rest after the tour and work on it.
I was at HMV Apollo when he was apparently kissing those girls. I was in the front row and i must admit it did look like he was killing the girls, but according to TreyAngels who were backstage.. it was planned and he actually didn't kiss them! He picked them before the show and everything, so it was staged!
WOWWWW...wish the person filming the 2nd one knew how to keep the damn camera STILL!!! LOL
Trey's kinkiness doesn't bother me not one bit. He can have all the orgies he want...I just want him to protect himself, keep making the music I love, and to be happy!
Ok so I just watched the entire second video and I'm warmin up to it. I was actually puttin myself in the girls places screamin and everything lol
and Trey always callin out the haters too.... I LOVE IT lol
Them chick was kissin each other and they got into it too even when Trey backed up they was goin for a couple secs more lol Trey be turnin em out thats all
Time to watch it again and this time imma be the girl wit the dress on
Ladies.... this is nothing new with Trey. He BEEN doin this since the start of his career. Get wit it! ;)
Yeah, don't get me wrong. He's still the sexiest man alive to me. I just worry about his well being. Even though he's the Boss Man, he still needs some tlc too. I know he gets a little bothered when they try to tell him what to do, but still, somebody has to make sure he's alright.
I like the idea of an Angel a week doing the job. Since we're not employed by him, he can't fire us for trying to help out, right?
Plus, we'd be doing it simply because we love him. Hey, that could be another Angels With Heart mission. Just let me know where to sign up!
@gloriah wat ws her twitter name?? nd idt it cld b a month there r ova 4500 angels!! i was gonna say a day, but thats soooo unsatisfying! lol.
Who all with this..??
1angel a week taking care of TREY! lol u'd prb have 2 find ur own means 2 get 2 him nd theres onli 53 weeks n a year but hey! thats tha way it cld go
----- i aint doin much, but skool lol i can afford 1 week 4trey!----
@CutTiGurl aint sayin he dnt look gud still jus sayin HE LOOSING THAT 6PACK lol
I would kiss him too, but I'm not kissing some female. I have to draw the line somewhere - I don't care how fine you are Trey...there has GOTS to be some limits.
Hey thats a good idea have an angel tco him for a wk no thats to short make it a month, well as for the girls i found one of them on twitter and people were calling her all kind of names and i do think they were randomly pick from her comments and i think the other girl was a gd friend of hers or her sister im not sure but we all know what Trey likes so i knew it would happen eventually in Eurpoe you can get away with alot more i think thn here on stage that is, some think he has taken it to far I dont know, but what I do know is i dont want to see that again, keep it behind closed doors not on the stage
@Essence711 LOL You would have pushed that girl off the stage. ?
Cara: I wouldnt be surprised if he smashed either or both of those ladies. Yes he is losing his six pack. He said in an interview he lost weight.
Oh it would be a good idea if he had an angel of the week to take care of him.
MzSongz: Yes he was showing out abroad.
@CutTiGurl609: I didnt fully look at the video either.
@Essence711: Yes he does need to take care of himself or as you said have someone take care of him.
@Linz84: Yes they were.
@Tricia: I know you will be the first one with your applications sent in. LOL
@ImpressiveAngel: They did look alike. Im wondering if these women were really randomly picked.
I am pissed the fuck off and jealous.. Lol. If I was on stage I would of done the same damn thing (kissed a girl) I don't care!! Lol. Trey would of been turning me on so I would of been thinking straight. Lol. I am so jealous of London fans/angels right now. Anytime he goes overseas he acts a fool. What the heck?? What about us U.S. Angels/fans we need the same love too!! Trey and I need to talk..Lol.
LMFAOOO at Cara - I said that before too that Trey was losing his six pack. Yes, he still looks good though, but I'm with you on that "ANGEL A WEEK" gig! Lemme put in my qualifications now! LOL I'd love to take care of Trey for a week (however he needs to be taken care of).
Trey is the epitome of freaky!!! MUST BE WHY I LOVE THAT DAMN MAN...HAVE MERCY!
NOW - *looks at video again to spot the beast* LMAO
maybe I'll try to put myself in they're shoes cause do wanna see this bulge lol smh jus a mess I am
@essence and cara
wut??!!! that boy is still sexy six pack or not. I'm sayin as long as that swag is there and there is no flab, than he's alright wit me. I don't mind rubbin on a ripple belly or smooth belly shoot he'll get it back. Its like 2 men in one lol


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(verb) The act of rejecting your sorry sad life, and replacing it with an online computer game where you can be the hero you wouldn't ever have the stones to be if not hiding behind your computer screen.
Jon was married to my sister, until he w.o.w. ed her away.
di David E. Myers 15 ottobre 2007
A Replacement of friends, often with geeks online who jerk off 6 times a day, but they sound cool on the internet. People who you will never meet in person, but still take advice not knowing them beyond their voice over a $6 microphone. A drug for nerds who cant live in the real world, who fantasize about losing their virginity to a night elf. But we all know that wont happen, lose their virginity that is. A game that never ends, I wonder why its so addicting... I mean, you get so much out of it, all that accomplishment, like ZOMG I'm lvl 60!... Oh wait, where did my real friends go? Oh yea they're in Orgrimmar!
Matt enters the bar for the first time, Walks up to a girl.
"Umm, Hey..."
"I wish you were cos^2 and i was sin^2 so we could be 1"
"Oh don't worry about that, Anyways... In the Wow, Im a 3rd degree epic'd level 60, so umm, when do you wanna get out of here?"
"For Elune."
"Umm, Hey..."
"I wish you were cos^2 and i was sin^2 so we could be 1"
"Oh don't worry about that, Anyways... In the Wow, Im a 3rd degree epic'd level 60, so umm, when do you wanna get out of here?"
"For Elune."
di Thor1235424 16 gennaio 2007
A simple adjective, unlike all those complicated SAT words that no one ever uses, used to describe every single thing when it comes to a certain squid and encompass everything about her in one word. Its a word that never leaves a certain XL teddy bears mind when shes on his mind. Sometimes its said as a whisper when he sees her from a far, sometimes it is a thought when she says his name and sometimes is a sigh when she hugs him tight. Sometimes its the way she looks at him, sometimes its the way she comforts him, sometimes its just the way she smiles. Sometimes its the way she brushes her hair back and sometimes its the way holds your hand. Sometimes its just life with her in it. Sometimes....its just everything about her and everything she does. so yeah basically, its an adjective that really makes any other adjective obsolete, hence the teddy bear with a horrible vocabulary :P
def has a positive connotation ^.^
def has a positive connotation ^.^
squid ..............................wow!
di XLTed 07 aprile 2013
Acronym for World of Warcraft, a popular MMORPG that many would say is for people, "With no lives", when actually, those people are wasting their time writing about how much it sucks on video game websites, or some stupid website consisting of definitions of things such as the "Lawlocaust", or a "butt dial". (luckily no such website is yet known to man.) So it is quite ironic that they can pass judgment on a video game where you DO interact with some people, when they participate in websites where you interact with none.
"WoW pwns ur m0m so h4rd, she c0uldn't w4lk f0r 8 d4ys!"
di Witty asshole name # 4 28 agosto 2007
Acronym for World of Warcraft a game by Blizzard Entertainment, game that a lot of people say is addicting, which is not true, WoW is addicting only if you make it addicting, if you're slow minded and don't know when to stop, I have played wow and I'm not addicted I play it like any other game, instead of watching Big Brother on TV I play wow, what's wrong with that? ppl that say it's the most addicting game in the world are very closed minded and stupid, WoW is just as addicting as any other game, also WoW has the biggest subscriber base in the world 12mil and growing.
Dude1: Hey how long have you been playing wow?
Dude2: Like 2 years. Why?
Dude1: I was just wondering cause a lot off ppl say it ruins your life. Is that true?
Dude2: No I play it like any other game. It's just a video-game.
Dude2: Like 2 years. Why?
Dude1: I was just wondering cause a lot off ppl say it ruins your life. Is that true?
Dude2: No I play it like any other game. It's just a video-game.
di Daggereye 01 luglio 2009
More addictive than Heroin and it will eventually causee you to lose intrest in everything you once cared about. WoW is Blizzards way of proving to the world that there are things that are more dangerous than drugs.
My freind started playing WoW last year. He stopped hanging with us and will play WoW over having sex with his girlfreind. This is the reason I have decided to just never even try it. WoW will fuck you up man.
di Being sober is for the weak. 24 febbraio 2007
When written on the back of a car/truck your passing on the highway; typically means the driver/passengers wants you to whip them out. Also known as whip 'em out wednesday.
"While passing by a truck with wow written on it, one wednesday afternoon, 5 yr old Joy asked 'Daddy what does W.O.W mean?' he said; look at your mother."
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Sergio Perez says he is fitter than ever as he gears up for his first season as a McLaren driver.
After two years with Sauber, Perez will make his McLaren debut next week when he climbs into the cockpit of the MP4-28 for winter testing at Jerez.
Asked by the official F1 website if he was 'ready - and fitter', Perez said: "Ha, look at me, isn't that visible?
"And regarding the 'ready' factor, I have been in the simulator and working my way through every department to get to know all the steps and procedures.
"Martin (Whitmarsh) was right when he predicted that I would not see much of Mexico in the winter!"
However, it's just not on the physical side that Perez says he is ready for.
"Pressure will definitely raise a notch or two. Here I will be given a car that can win, so winning is what I am supposed to do.
"To be frank, if you are not able to deal with pressure in Formula One, then this is the wrong place for you. Go and look for something else."
He added: "I have good news for everybody: McLaren is a team that knows how to handle young drivers.
"Just think about my predecessor in the cockpit - Lewis Hamilton. He joined the team with no F1 experience at all and the team helped him to blossom into a winner and a champion. All I want is to get the same treatment."
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NORFOLK, Va. - A lion reported on the loose in Norfolk is actually a Labradoodle with a cut resembling the shaggy mane and tawny coat of a big cat.
Daniel Painter's dog, Charles the Monarch, so resembles the king of the jungle that police received a call Tuesday of a baby lion on the loose.
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150 tabs Balkan Pharma Clen
Clenbuterol was a popular steroid used for asthma treatment in the 90s but today there are different drugs for this treatment. Because of thermogenic effect and increasing metabolic rate, many people today are using Clenbuterol weight loss. Because of aerobic capacity increase in body, many aerobics use it before exercises. It has also an important part of lean muscle mass gaining process for bodybuilders.
Half-life of Clenbuterol is 8 hours so side effects of it are very low and temporary. Many athletes use 100 mg Clenbuterol per day and divide doses into 2 or 3 times in day. Expert bodybuilders can rise the dose up to 150 mg per day. Most common dosage for aerobics is 50 mg divide of total dose in day and use it before exercises in morning and afternoon.
Its one of the well tolerated steroids ever but it shows stronger side effects than caffeine in short periods. Most known side effect of Clenbuterol is insomnia. Especially for novice bodybuilders and for people using Clenbuterol irregular, insomnia is a big problem. Also many athletes report shaking hands and nervousness but they are not common.
Women can also use it but they must control their body development and use it in good scheduled cycles. Many women athletes find the perfect dose in their experiences.
Theres a big misconception about Clenbuterol and many people believe that its traces on tests can be found only for one day. Its not true because Clenbuterols traces can be found up to 2 weeks. Also when its used with supporters like Ketotifen, traces can be found up to 6 weeks.
200 tabs Cytomel t3
Cytomel is one of the most common drugs for treatment of hypothyroidism. Cytomel triggers thyroid hormones like T3. When T3 is increased in body regularly, it triggers metabolic activity and body starts to burn fat faster than standard speed.
Theres no known mortal side effect of Cytomel. Most reported side effect is the loss of muscle tissue. Many bodybuilders use Cytomel in their strict calorie diets because it allows low consumption of calories but after diet, they again use steroids for gaining muscle mass back. Also temporary side effects like headaches, excess sweating and insomnia are common. Because of low body fat in body, many women reported that they have problems in their menstrual cycles.
Cytomel is very rare to be used alone in cycles and many athletes use it as supporter. Many bodybuilders and athletes start Cytomel 6 weeks before a competition. 6-8 week period is enough for increasing the level of T3 into effective peak in blood. 25 mg per day is the most common form for novices and it can be increased up to 100 mg per day. In some individual situations, doctors can prescribe 150 mg for men.
After Cytomel usage is stopped, users can face some problems till the natural Thyroid hormone production is started on body again. Theres a big discussion about this situation on science world because its very individual when Thyroid hormone will start to be produced in body naturally again. While many people gained their natural thyroid production back in short period, some of them couldnt do it or get it in long periods.
100 tabs Bayer Proviron
roviron is an orally active Dihydrotestosterone preparation. Many athletes and bodybuilders use it because of its strong anti-estrogenic activity. Also its very common to use it before anti-aromatases. Especially it can be used in small period after cycle and before Nolvadex or Clomid usage. There are stronger anti-estrogenic agents now but none of them are tolerable in body as Proviron still. It binds some estrogen receptors which is not binding with any other anti-estrogenic agents. Also its very common to see that many athletes and bodybuilders use it because they afraid of losing libido with steroid cycles. Its true that uncontrolled steroid cycles can kill libido and Proviron with its androgenic effect can recover it in most cases. Many bodybuilders reported that its useless for building muscle in man. Its true that using 50 mg of Proviron before sex increases the performance.
Proviron is so popular because its one of the most secure substances possible for women bodybuilders and athletes. But it can produce a faulty anabolic effect to many bodybuilders.
Most common dose is Proviron is two tablets in one take. One tablet is 25 mg and 50 mg is enough if its used two times regularly in daily base. Overdose doesnt make any boost on libido. Also it doesnt include 17 alpha alkylated compound which is making possible to use it in long cycles.
There are no known mortal side effects of Proviron. Common side effects are headache, mental alertness and menstrual irregularities for women. Pregnant women must avoid using it. Also people with heart, kidney or liver problems must use it in caution.
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