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I got this brush in 2002 and have used it everyday since. It has never shed a single hair, the brush is really easy to hold and nice and compact for carrying around with me in my purse. I wash it with shampoo and condition it with my Smashbox cleaner and it is good as new. Beautiful brush!!!
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The hair is really soft so feels gentle on the face, 1000x better than the Loreal mineral powder brush.
The hair on the brush forms into a flat surface, unlike other kabuki foundation brushes have round tip, so it's really easy to apply the JI pressed powder.
I use cetaphil gentle cleanser to wash my brush once a couple months with cold water... it does the job well.
I said YES to buying this product again but honestly i don't think you would ever need to cause I've never seen a hair fallen off my brush in 2 years.
This brush deserves a special mention. I've had mine since 2001. I have used it every single day (whether I am using JI products or not), and it is as soft as when I first bought it, despite countless washings. Even though I use those blunt tips against my skin, it never stings, and there has been absolutely no shedding. I love the almost-unvarnished handle, which allows for easy gripping (unlike some brushes that are slippery).
I cannot recommend this brush highly enough for pressed powder and blush application. I even use it to lightly distribute Make Up Forever High Definition Powder to the tops of cheekbones and at the top of my forehead. I adore this brush, and even though I say I'd buy again, I doubt I will need to because it is so well made.
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Awesome brush. It feels so nice and smooth and the skin and does not irritate my sensitive skin at all. I never thought I'd write a review of a brush, but this one deserves it! It is lovely.
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- Delta Air Lines (http://www.delta-air.com) has announced that SkyMiles members who fly on qualifying Air France flights will earn base miles and segments which will count toward Medallion status. Frequent-flier points may also be accrued on all Air France-coded flights worldwide and redeemed on all Air France operated flights.
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HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) - Dutch forensic investigators told the armed separatists guarding train cars full of bodies from the downed Malaysia Airlines jet that the train must be allowed to leave within hours.
The experts from the Dutch National Forensic Investigations Team - which specializes in victim recovery and identification - also pressed for the train cars parked near the rebel-held town of Torez to be sealed. AP journalists at the site said the smell of decay was overwhelming.
Then the experts headed for the crash site itself, 15 kilometers (9 miles) away, accompanied by monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Of the victims, 192 were Dutch and another was Dutch-American.
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Latent Block Model for Contingency Table AbstractAlthough many clustering procedures aim to construct an optimal partition of objects or, sometimes, of variables, there are other methods, called block clustering methods, which consider simultaneously the two sets and organize the data into homogeneous blocks. This kind of methods has practical importance in a wide of variety of applications such as text and market basket data analysis. Typically, the data that arises in these applications is arranged as two-way contingency table. Using Poisson distributions, a latent block model for these data is proposed and, setting it under the maximum likelihood approach and the classification maximum likelihood approach, various algorithms are proposed. Their performances are evaluated and compared to a simple use of EM or CEM applied separately on the rows and columns of the contingency table.
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According to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) representative we contacted, you will need to obtain a Financial Responsibility Certificate (FR-44) issued through your automobile insurance company and maintain it for a period of three years from the date your revocation time ended.
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It appears you are aware, due to your DUI conviction from a violation in Virginia Beach, that an Fr-44 is now required in VA instead of just a SR-22 being filed in order to get your driving privileges reinstated. The Virginia DMV notes that since January 1, 2008 the FR-44 certification is required for the following convictions:
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Paul Simon: 'I'll never record with Art Garfunkel again'
Paul Simon has dashed hopes he'll ever record with Art Garfunkel again.
The legendary duo haven't completed an album together since 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', which was released shortly before they split in 1970. Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Simon said that a problem with Garfunkel's vocal chords had left suggestions the duo could reunite a "moot point".
Asked about a possible reunion, he replied that he "would just as soon not go back and visit the past". The pair last reunited at the 25th anniversary of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame concerts in New York in 2009. A 13-date tour was planned for the following year, but was postponed indefinitely owing to Garfunkel's vocal problems.
Simon was speaking ahead of the re-issue of his 1986 album 'Graceland'. He once again insisted he had no regrets over the recording of the album in South Africa.
The folk legend was widely criticised for travelling to the country and making the 1986 with South African musicians, for effectively breaking the cultural boycott of the country due to its racist Apartheid regime.
Although the album was a smash hit and is now credited with bringing local music to the a global audience, he was also censured at the time by the African National Congress, who implied that he was supporting the regime. The controversy is documented in new film Under African Skies, which marks the 25th anniversary of the album.
Speaking at Sundance Film Festival last month, he said: "As for regrets, no I don't have any regrets because it's a happy ending. Would I have done things differently? Perhaps. If anybody had come to me and said, during the recording or in the 16 months between the recording and the release of the record anybody from the ANC had come and said 'we don't want you to do this', or 'we wish you would make some sort of statement supporting us' I would have been very happy to do so."


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An older man with a short beard confronts the viewer with an intense gaze and furrowed brow. The head belongs to a larger category of portraiture that arose in the wake of Alexander the Great: portraits of Hellenistic rulers. Designed as propaganda to legitimize the ruler and emphasize dynastic connections, these portraits are often highly idealized images of their subjects, bearing an intentional similarity to each other. Yet, with the bump in his nose, his square jaw, and the folds between his cheek and mouth, this portrait captures this man's individuality. This head is all that remains of a larger than life-size, full-length portrait statue. The scale of the work implies that it was a public monument rather than a private commission. Sculptors in the Hellenistic kingdom of Pergamon frequently used such grayish marble. Since the figure does not wear a diadem, he cannot have been a ruler when the statue was erected. Yet, his scale and regal bearing clearly suggest that he is a member of a royal family, perhaps of Pergamon.


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Florida 4-H Congress
Congress 2014 dates coming soon!
Florida 4-H Congress will be held at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Youth earn trips to this statewide events by (1) participating and winning at county and district events, (2) completing the 4-H portfolio process and getting an interview, (3) being a senior 4-H member and winning first place in Fashion Revue or Clothing Selection at the county fair or (4) winning first place in the District VIII Share the Fun competition.
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These historical fashion collections are representative of a shift away from efficient and basic minimalist fashions in favor of opulence, glamour and elegance. By nature, fashion is quite cyclical, and is now bringing back quilted textures, tapestry-inspired prints, armor-like silhouettes and lace. Fashion is a great form of escapism and an easy way to take on another persona through a simple change of shoes, accessories or attire.
These fashions take historical elements from the Baroque, Medieval, Rococo, Renaissance, Victorian eras and modernize them—making it feel as if you've been transported to another time with these garments. It is almost as if time travel is possible, brought on by a simple change of clothes.


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International Association "KANGOUROU SANS FRONTIERS" also known as Mathematics without Borders is organizing 8th International Kangaroo Mathematics Contest in Pakistan on March 15, 2012. This contest is the worlds largest international mathematical events.
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What a fantastic weekend for the 15th annual Women's Derby!
The first night started off quiet but Saturday and Sunday really turned on for our anglers. Congratulations go to Linda Williams who landed a bright 28 pounder to win the derby. We can't wait to see her next year!
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Diana DiMenna's experience of learning American history probably sounds familiar: "Nobody gave it to me in the way that it stuck," she recalls. For most of us, the word "history" brings to mind the dull gray-and-brown color scheme of school texts and a series of dates whose meanings now evade us (1492, 1776, 1812...). But the prospect may be different for the next generation: At the new DiMenna Children's History Museum in Manhattan, history is an adventure filled with colorful characters that just happened to have lived a few hundred years ago.
The museum, which opened in November 2011 as part of the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library's three-year, $70 million renovation, presents the past in engaging stories, letting children take charge of their own historical adventure. The goal is to help kids feel like they're a "part of all that has come before them," says DiMenna.
The 4,000-square-foot museum features exhibits and activities for kids ages 2 to 16 (though the "sweet spot" is about third through fifth grade). New Yorkers and out-of-towners alike should start out by watching New York Story, an 18-minute film, shown throughout the day, narrated by actor Liev Schreiber that features high-tech moveable screens and dynamic music to complement some fast-paced storytelling-the experience will prepare you for the rest of the elements the museum holds in store.
Interactive kiosks throughout the entire building put hundreds of years of history at the fingertips of tech-savvy youngsters. Engaging with the past is as easy as operating an iPad (a skill our kids now seem to be pre-programmed with). A series of biography-based pavilions spotlight the stories of young New Yorkers, like Alexander Hamilton, who lived between the late 17th to early 20th centuries, allowing kids to connect with their counterparts from the past and come to understand history through their eyes.
At "You Are An American Dreamer, Too," visitors can claim their own spot in history alongside other important New Yorkers as their own image is captured for future museum visitors. And get introduced to the "Orphan Train Children," those transported by the Children's Aid Society via train to new homes across the country in the late 19th century.
The museum is filled with touchable objects and interactive games, from analyzing an urban archaeological dig to decoding handwritten documents and examining artifacts.
Also within the museum is the Barbara K. Lipman Children's History Library, which hosts engaging story hours and lets visitors wander among children's history books, rare books, manuscripts, and maps from the collection.
New-York Historical Society Museum & Library170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street), Lower Level, Manhattan
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday 10am-6pm; Friday 10am-8pm; Sunday 11am-5pm
Price: $15; $12 seniors and educators; $10 students; $5 children ages 5-13; free for children younger than 5; pay-as-you-wish 6-8pm on Fridays (includes admission to the full New-York Historical Society Museum & Library)
For more information: 212-873-3400; nyhistory.org/childrens-museum. Search for upcoming events in our calendar.
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(Edit: I'm an idiot. As the first comment below pointed out, the guy's name is Damion JAMES, not Damion JONES. The screw-ups have been fixed. Please forgive my Tim McCarver moment.)
I don't watch a ton of college basketball, but I happened to catch the last few minutes of regulation and both overtime periods of tonight's Texas A&M-Texas slugfest.
It was my first exposure to Kevin Durant and Acie Law, and I have to admit to being impressed with both players. In addition to being exceptional basketball players, each proved himself to be in possession of incredible guts - Durant by hitting some big free throws down the stretch and Earl by draining threes to tie the game at the end of regulation and the first overtime. As a Celtic fan, I wouldn't mind seeing either guy in Boston next season (although really, the last thing that team needs is another guard).
One thing about the game struck me as odd, however: the antics of Longhorn freshman Damion James. Maybe he was happy about having a career night with 22 points, or maybe he was excited that the Longhorns came away with the hard fought win, or maybe he's just strange, but the camera picked up James doing two things down the stretch - neither of them really offensive in any way, just weird - that caught my attention.
First, as the second overtime was winding down, the camera cut to a shot of the court just in time to see James smack teammate A.J. Abrams on the ass. This wasn't a love tap, a "Let's make a play here and win this thing" type of deal, the sort of thing you see from baseball players all the time - it was an "If you mess up, I OWN this ass" slap. He hit the dude hard.
Abrams at first appeared understandably upset by the incident, snapping to attention and whirling around to confront the transgressor. When he saw that it was James, he backed off, presumably because
a) they still had a game to win
b) he's come to expect this sort of thing after playing with James all season
c) he knew James was merely perfecting some post-game moves
Still, for a second there, I thought I was going to see my first ever basketball fight between two teammates.
Then, of course, there was the second incident. After A&M missed the last shot and the game ended, one of the Texas players came away with the ball and began walking toward the bench, at which time James ran up to him and wrestled the ball from his grasp.
"Okay," I thought to myself. "Not exactly the best way to go about it, but this was a huge win and he had a great game. He probably wants the ball as a keepsake, something to remember the night by. Certainly better than proposing marriage to one of the cheerleaders."
That's when he threw the ball into the crowd.
I was too surprised by this sudden turn of events to pay close attention, but I'm fairly certain the reaction of the teammate was, "Dude, what the fuck?"
Dude, what the fuck, indeed. All of this struck me, as I mentioned earlier, as kind of odd. Maybe there were reasons for the way James acted. Maybe he was getting loopy after logging 43 minutes in a tough game. Maybe he likes the way A.J. Abrams' ass looks in those shorts. Maybe he believed that the fans deserved a game ball after the win. Or maybe he's just a little on the nutty side.
All things considered, he might be my new favorite player.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Damion James Is An Odd Duck
Posted by One More Dying Quail at 11:48 PM
Labels: Acie Law, College basketball, Damion James, Kevin Durant, things that confuse me
4 Comments:
- Mini Me said...
Ok I saw the clip and that had to have hurt haha.
- Anonymous said...
It's Damion James, not Jones.
- Marco said...
I watched that whole game and didn't notice that until now....but man is that funny
- Geoff Ketchum said...
Longhorn men can't keep their hands off other men's butts. What do you expect from the only school in the country that castrates it's own mascot?
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A shoulder separation is not truly an injury to the shoulder joint. The injury actually involves the acromioclavicular joint (also called the AC joint). The AC joint is where the collarbone (clavicle) meets the highest point of the wingbone (acromion).
Mechanism of Injury
The most common cause for a separation of the AC joint is from a fall directly onto the shoulder. The fall injures the ligaments that surround and stabilize the AC joint.
If the force is severe enough, the ligaments attaching to the underside of the clavicle are torn. This causes the "separation" of the collarbone and wingbone, the wingbone actually moves downward from the weight of the arm. This creates a "bump" or bulge above the shoulder.
The injury can range from a little change in configuration with mild pain, to quite deforming and very painful. Good pain-free function often returns even with a lot of deformity. The greater the deformity, the longer it takes for pain-free function to return.
A mild shoulder separation involves a sprain of the AC ligament that does not move the collarbone and looks normal on X-rays.
A more serious injury tears the AC ligament and sprains or slightly tears the coracoclavicular (CC) ligament, putting the collarbone out of alignment to some extent.
The most severe shoulder separation completely tears both the AC and CC ligaments and puts the shoulder joint noticeably out of position.
The injury is easy to identify when it causes deformity. When there is less deformity, the location of pain and X-rays help the doctor make the diagnosis. Sometimes having the patient hold a weight in the hand can increase the deformity, which makes the injury more obvious on X-rays.
Treatment Options
Depends on the severity of the type of separation. Most can be managed conservatively. Non-surgical treatments such as a sling, cold packs and medications can often help manage the pain. Sometimes a doctor may use more complicated supports to help lessen AC joint motion, reduce the deformity and lessen pain.
Most people return to near full function with this injury, even if there is a deformity.
Treatment Options: Surgical
Surgery can be considered if pain persists or the deformity is severe. A surgeon might recommend trimming back the end of the collarbone so that it doesn't rub against the acromion. Where there is significant deformity, reconstructing the ligaments that attach to the underside of the collarbone is helpful. This type of surgery works well even if it is done long after the problem started.


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So far the Arab League has visited 6 cities under the lime light of violence, and after a week of gathering data from Syria AL ministerial committee in charge of dealing with such crisis has planned to gather up in Cairo to discuss the solutions for Syria it would be the first official report that would be discussed while actions would follow.
After all this time of an ongoing monitoring the AL seems powerless as the Syrian regime is still buying time to mold the restless situations in many parts of the country. The ineffectiveness was shown and confirmed also accepted by Syrian regime when the AL transferred their powers by signing an agreement 3 weeks ago that submitted the issue to United Nations Security Council. This would directly involve the Western powers to take over the situation.
Negating all the plans for shifting powers to the United Nation's Security Council AL secretary general claimed that nothing has changed and AL would continue all its efforts to solve the chaos in Syria. Some observers have also told AL that Syrian forces have been withdrawn from a number of zones but Syrian activists have not accepted the statement. Even Qatar's Prime Minister Shaikh Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani is not convinced by some of the AL's missions' report which seems nothing but dubbing the monitors in Syria as making some drastic mistakes for notifying the prevailing facts.
Earlier in his meeting with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the prime minister of Qatar said, "We are coming here for technical help and to see the experience the UN has on solving such crisis, because this is the first time the Arab League has been involved in sending the monitors to take charge of the chaos, and there are some serious mistakes observed." He also spoke in his capacity as the head of the AL task force in Syria. The prime minister also mentioned that the AL had no expertise for such a mission and that he looked for the help of UN. The report on the Syrian issues provided on the people's ground by AL is the only way through which we can evaluate their affectivity in the region.
It was no secret that AL mission was not welcomed by the Syrian opposition in the first place, there was little or no faith in the mission as it was predicted to have an end to the deadly crackdown upon protesters. The opposition argument was based on the monitor's being manipulated by the Syrian regime and that the number of causalities has increased significantly since the arrival of the monitors. Some activists also claim that the Syrian army has replaced the military vehicles to make it appear as if the troops have abandoned the cities which were based on the stipulated plans by AL peace committee. Many Syrians also have doubts over the head of the monitoring team, Mustafa Al-Dabi, a Sudanese who is speaks against favoring the Syrian regime.
In brief, it remains to be seen how AL would justify the ongoing deadly crackdown. Regardless of all the positive details provided by the monitoring team, the judgments would only be based upon the number of deaths. If the AL fails to convince their effective plans it is most likely that they will either have to quit the job and either way they would be losing both its relevance and credibility.


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Remembering Jacintha the royal nurse
24Dec 7, '12 by echoRNC711I just felt the need to acknowledge the passing of one of our own. I feel tremendous sadness that Jacintha ,the Royals nurse felt the need to take her own life. It is worth pausing perhaps to consider how she felt. Easy perhaps,for some to see her actions as extreme but how would we fair under that worldwide scrutiny and ensnarement I feel for her circumstances. I too would have likely blurted out information .After all ,would I question a Queen's request or tell her it's a breach of HIPPA, absolutely not.
It is not for me to judge her but see her pain. More importantly, I invite everyone to take a few moments to send love Jacintha's way. May we recognize those she served helped and loved along the way. May we as nurses nurture her in death from the sisterhood (and brotherhood ) we share.. May we simply wish her love and peace. Although we did not personally harm her perhaps we can collectively offer her the "I am sorry " that should have be said.
May her memory invite us all to be kinder, gentler and more loving. -
3Dec 9, '12 by CalabriaI feel terribly for this nurse, and the pressure she must have felt from the moment she answered the phone until her death. I feel equally as awful for her family, as I know that she has two children who now don't have a mother. And I feel bad for William and Kate, who should be celebrating their pregnancy and now have to deal with the repercussions of what has happened.
I'm unfamiliar with privacy laws in the UK, since I practice in the United States, but please always be aware of your country's laws and don't be afraid to say no to somebody, regardless of who they claim to be. My hospital often receives high-profile patients, and our staff has to field phone calls from high-ranking officials and celebrities as a result. It is brought up in our training when we are first on-boarded there. We had a well-known politician admitted to our hospital within the past couple of years, for instance. Somebody claiming to be the President called to check on him/her three times. Come to find out, it was only actually the President one time... even so, the amount of information that we'd be able to divulge to him would've been extremely limited in nature anyway because of the law. Fortunately, none of our staff divulged any information about the patient's condition over the phone. -
7Dec 9, '12 by Ginger's MomI feel horrible for this nurse and her family. This was joke that went horribly wrong. I am sure her nursing career was stellar since she was caring for the Princess.
8Dec 9, '12 by bbuerkeHorrible. Goes to show how seriously nurses take their jobs, and when there's an error how devastating it can be. She is not the first, nor I'm sure the last, to take her own life after an event/error. Hospitals absolutely need to provide support to nurses after events like this.
One correction though, it was my understanding that Jacintha was not the nurse caring for Kate. Rather, the nurse who transferred the call to Kate's nurse:
"The mum-of-two had been duped into putting through a hoax call to Kate's nurse from Aussie DJs pretending to be the Queen and Prince Charles.
Devoted Jacintha was on reception when she took the call from 2Day FM pranksters Mel Greig and Michael Christian and transferred them to another nurse who gave out sensitive information about sick Kate."
Jacintha Saldanha: First picture of nurse found dead in suspected suicide after falling victim to Australian radio prank call - Mirror Online
I don't know why, but this makes it even more sad to me. She wasn't even the one who divulged information over the phone, and yet she still took her own life. Really highlights how something like this can be devastating to a nurse, not just professionally, but personally as well. -
10Dec 9, '12 by CheesePotatoWhat has me hissing like an angry goose is the fact that none of this would have happened if two disc jockeys hadn't thought themselves so clever as to place the prank call in the first place.
Seriously. *** about this is funny? How is it ever funny to prank call a hospital?! Where is the sense of morals--you know, scratch that--how about common !@#$ sense?!
I am enraged for the family of this young woman. I am incensed for her two young children that are now denied their mother's presence.
And what, pray tell, shall happen to the two fools in Australia? More than likely nothing. I hope they can sleep at night.Last edit by CheesePotato on Dec 9, '12 : Reason: O, CP. Of is spelled with an "O". -
3Dec 9, '12 by Esme12, BSN, RN Senior ModeratorQuote from CheesePotatoI couldn't agree more.....my prayers for her and her family.What has me hissing like an angry goose is the fact that none of this would have happened if two disc jockeys hadn't thought themselves so clever as to place the prank call in the first place.
Seriously. *** about this is funny? How is it ever funny to prank call a hospital?! Where is the sense of morals--you know, scratch that--how about common !@#$ sense?!
I am enraged for the family of this young woman. I am incensed for her two young children that are now denied their mother's presence.
And what, pray tell, shall happen to the two fools in Australia? More than likely nothing. I hope they can sleep at night. -
1Dec 9, '12 by gonzo1Such a tragedy. Nurses do take their jobs very seriously. The whole world is going to hell in a handbasket. Condolences to her family and coworkers.echoRNC711 likes this.
5Dec 9, '12 by kcmylornI don't know how the administrative hospital machine works in England, but judging from how I the US hospital administration/nursing administration would internally invesitigate this, I think the adminstration was probably coming down pretty hard on her and the other nurse. I think there were plenty of threats of prosecution, firing and licensure involved that pushed this nurse to suicide. Even though the hospital CEO said there was not- I don't believe it. I think there was more done( hard ball punative action threats) on the hospital's and nursing administrations part than they are now willing to admit to the rest of the world given the devastating outcome. If this is tue, I think it was the hospital's and nursing administration's threats that pushed that nurse to suicide more so than the call itself.
In these news pieces it does say that is the hospital where the royals(old Prince Philip with his chest pains, stent and bladder infection this summer) and other dignitaries in England go fortheir healthcare. I think thoses nurses are judged and evaluated very harshly. I think that is one hospital where it is very difficult to get a job at. -
2Dec 9, '12 by SNB1014yes it is very unsettling on many levels.
this may be a dumb question, but does the UK have their version of HIPPA? as in, yes she is mortified for being part of a joke and having her coworkers know she messed up, but did she actually commit a crime?
i would think the one who ruined her career would be the blabbermouth who she transferred the call to.
sad because the hospital (at least through their post suicide PR statement) appeared to be supporting her.
she transferred the call, and yeah it was not smart, but it was not a reason to kill yourself.
i hope none of us make a mistake and think that our lives are no longer worth living.Fiona59 and echoRNC711 like this.


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1. It was a great honour that this year I was asked to be on the jury. I was only able to emerge around Christmas from underneath the biggest heap of CDs that has ever colonised my study (dividing brooms syndrome) - but there could be many worse things in life than listening to c250 five-star discs in quick succession and exploring them over copious quantities of tea with respected colleagues. We had a ball, really. Best, in most categories we pick three and it is you, the readers, who vote for the one you want to win.
2. Alisa Weilerstein's Elgar and Elliott Carter cello concertos - with the Berlin Staatskapelle conducted by Daniel Barenboim - won Recording of the Year. Very wonderful it is. Here's an introduction to it. (And here's an introduction to Alisa herself over at Sinfini.)
3. At lunch I "was sat" next to Igor Levit, who was voted Newcomer of the Year. Perhaps paradoxically, he is already jolly well known: his debut CD of late Beethoven sonatas for Sony Classical sparked the sort of superlatives you don't see too often. Last year I interviewed him for the cover feature of International Piano. He is one of a remarkable bunch of pianists currently zooming to fame in their twenties: youngsters who already know their own minds and musicianship so well that they play with the assurance of seasoned masters. It's arguably the most interesting crop of young pianists we've seen in a long time, also including Grosvenor and Trifonov - all very heartening. Presenting yourself on the recording scene for the first time with with Beethoven's last five sonatas indicates no small ambition, and in Igor's case gambling on this repertoire was clearly the right choice. He will soon be recording some Bach. And incidentally he has a very natty way with ties.
4. Plenty of accolades for Jonas Kaufmann, whose Wagner album won the vocal category, despite powerful competition from an amazing CD of Hanns Eisler by Matthias Goerne. JK wasn't there in person, but recorded a touching video message for us from somewhere on his Winterreise tour, in which he added that the fact that the choice comes from listeners rather than critics makes this the biggest prize of all. I was on Easyjet from Moscow while he was singing Winterreise here the other night, and am I sick as a parrot about missing it or what. (Below: spotted outside the Moscow Conservatoire the other day. Missed him there too.)
5. Additionally, that Tosca from the ROH starring Angela Gheorghiu, JK and Bryn Terfel, with Tony Pappano conducting, grabbed the Performance DVD category. Bryn, who's currently starring in Faust at Covent Garden, was there to collect the award and told us fulsomely about their week of rehearsals for the performances at the ROH at which it was filmed. Angela, he said, moved everyone to tears in the studio when she sang 'Vissi d'art'. Jonas had flown in from New York and promptly got sick, so Bryn didn't hear him sing out until they were on stage. We were treated to an extract of film from Act II, when Cavaradossi sings 'Vittoria!' and Jonas emitted the kind of long, high, off-the-leash note that can flatten the entire music business at a stroke. At that point, said Bryn, even his threatening Scarpia-stare turned into "a small, wry smile," which he was glad the cameras didn't pick up.
6. Chamber category winner: the Ebene Quartet's gorgeous, impassioned, searingly intense recording of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn. You couldn't hope for a more convincing advocacy of the neglected sister in this family duo than this from the lovely chamber-music boy-band of Paris; besides, the F minor Quartet comes leaping off the page as Felix's musical mid-life crisis that should not have been his swan-song, but was. With my Mendelssohnian hat on, this was my Record of the Year.
7. Rachel Podger's fascinating and velvety solo album of baroque violin rarities, Guardian Angel, scooped the Instrumental category. The first time I encountered Rachel was nearly 20 years ago in a festival in Australia, when she and her ensemble played their way valiantly through more than three hours of Telemann in high heat... Since then we've been watching her growth as an artist and now she is in her prime and flowering. This is the album of hers I have enjoyed the most, ever; sophisticated performing filled with sensitivity, intuition, character and insight. Brava! I'd also like to put in a good plug for another shortlisted disc, Richard Egarr's Bach English Suites, which I adored (yes, you read aright: I loved a harpsichord album.)
8. Orchestral went to Riccardo Chailly's Brahms Symphonies with the Leipzig Gewandhaus. They don't come much better than that. Yet for some of us, the surprise wild card of the year was a blistering account of the Strauss Alpine Symphony from...the Sao Paolo Symphony Orchestra under Frank Shipway. Fair blew my socks off, that one.
9. Other highlights included a gargantuan quantity of Britten wins, a Premiere award for George Benjamin's opera Written on Skin, a vast film about Cavaillé-Coll and his organs, and the first-ever App Award, which went to the Touchpress/DG exploration of the Beethoven Symphony No.9. You can see the full list of winners on the magazine's website, here.
10. Last but not least, two dear friends and colleagues whom I've known separately for years told me that they're an item. This was the news of the whole day that made me happiest. Cheers, chaps!
JDCMB is Jessica Duchen's Classical Music Blog. Music & writing, with CHOCOLATE AND SILVER, in London, UK. Author & journalist JD writes for The Independent.
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Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Monday, May 27, 2013
New Perryman portrait for Symphony Hall...
This is Norman Perryman's brand-new watercolour portrait of Bryn Terfel as The Flying Dutchman. It is due to join the substantial gallery of this unique music-focused artist's work at Symphony Hall in his native Birmingham, where it will be unveiled on 7 June.
Norman writes on his blog:
Read the rest of his post about the painting here."This painting is inspired by fragments of the Dutchman's role that Bryn sang to me in our portrait "sitting" (actually standing) in a Milan apartment. He chose parts of the famous monologue "Die Frist ist um" ("The term is up…once more") when the Dutch captain is pleading with the angel in heaven and wrestling with his fate. The mariner is condemned to roam the seas, allowed to go ashore after every seven years. But if he can find someone who will be faithful to him unto death, he will be released from his curse. Since then, I've been playing this opera continuously in my studio (and every other recording Bryn has made!). My paintings are always driven by the music and I delved deep into the intense emotions of the plot, from depression to disappointment, ecstasy and tragedy. It gets quite exhausting!"Rejecting idiosyncratic images from various opera productions, I put together my own impressions of Bryn as the Dutchman, with a seaman's hands, tanned complexion, long hair and leather long-coat and with a somewhat ambiguous expression, somewhere between desperation and a glimpse of hope. The background and brushwork suggest not only the stormy atmosphere, but the emotional drama of the surging music. Bryn's phenomenally expressive voice and his dramatic stage presence made the creation of this painting a very intense experience." ...
Thursday, March 14, 2013
A solution to vocal problems? Oh yes! Oh yes!
Argy-bargy at the Royal Opera House press conference yesterday: in the course of a highly operatic morning, Tony Pappano had a go at everyone about the misinformation and conspiracy theories that circulated around the Robert le Diable cast changes a few months back.
Leaving aside the possibility that the work itself is jinxed and should just be quietly buried...what happened, Pappano said, was this: first Florez decided against moving into heavier repertoire, following an unhappy experience with the Duke of Mantua; next, Diana Damrau got pregnant; and though Maria Poplavskaya was ill, she then recovered and went back into the show because her doctor said she was was well enough to do so. The saga with Jennifer Rowley is another issue altogether...
Apart from that, there's plenty good stuff next season including a recital on the main stage by Jonas Kaufmann, who'll also be singing in Puccini's Manon Lescaut; three Strauss operas for the composer's anniversary year, including Karita Mattila in Ariadne auf Naxos; Faust with Calleja and Terfel; Les Dialogues des Carmelites with Magdalena Kozena on stage and Simon Rattle in the pit; a new production of Parsifal; and a lavish, expensive staging together with the Royal Ballet of The Sicilian Vespers. In ballet, there'll be a full-length creation by Christopher Wheeldon based on Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale, with a new score by Joby Talbot, and Carlos Acosta will be in charge of a new staging of Don Quixote. Sales are up, with ballet reaching 98% of box office and opera hot on its heels (so to speak). More opera 13-14 news here. More ballet 13-14 news here.
Still, it was clear that TP is fairly fed up with singers who cancel, and that it does happen more than it used to.
What to do? Maybe the ROH needs to invest in some vibrators.
This is not a joke. (At least, I don't think it is.) Just look at this news from the University of Alberta:
Leaving aside the possibility that the work itself is jinxed and should just be quietly buried...what happened, Pappano said, was this: first Florez decided against moving into heavier repertoire, following an unhappy experience with the Duke of Mantua; next, Diana Damrau got pregnant; and though Maria Poplavskaya was ill, she then recovered and went back into the show because her doctor said she was was well enough to do so. The saga with Jennifer Rowley is another issue altogether...
Apart from that, there's plenty good stuff next season including a recital on the main stage by Jonas Kaufmann, who'll also be singing in Puccini's Manon Lescaut; three Strauss operas for the composer's anniversary year, including Karita Mattila in Ariadne auf Naxos; Faust with Calleja and Terfel; Les Dialogues des Carmelites with Magdalena Kozena on stage and Simon Rattle in the pit; a new production of Parsifal; and a lavish, expensive staging together with the Royal Ballet of The Sicilian Vespers. In ballet, there'll be a full-length creation by Christopher Wheeldon based on Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale, with a new score by Joby Talbot, and Carlos Acosta will be in charge of a new staging of Don Quixote. Sales are up, with ballet reaching 98% of box office and opera hot on its heels (so to speak). More opera 13-14 news here. More ballet 13-14 news here.
Still, it was clear that TP is fairly fed up with singers who cancel, and that it does happen more than it used to.
What to do? Maybe the ROH needs to invest in some vibrators.
This is not a joke. (At least, I don't think it is.) Just look at this news from the University of Alberta:
Vibrators are being used by researchers at the University of Alberta to help give actors a little bit more vocal power. The team of researchers found that pressing the sex toys against the throats of actors helps to give them improved projection and range – vocally, of course.
"You can actually watch on a spectrograph how vocal energy grows," said David Ley, who worked on the project. "Even when you take the vibrator off, the frequencies are greater than when first applied.
He said he has used this method with singers, schoolteachers and actors, and so far the vibrator technique has always worked...
Ley headed over to a local love shop in search of some hand-held vibrators in order to test out whether they could help release various forms of muscular tension. He was looking for a vibrator with a frequency somewhere between 100 and 120 hertz, which is close to the range of the human voice. Once he applied the vibrator to an actress' neck over the vocal cords, she was able to produce striking results.(As reported on RedOrbit - Your Universe Online - read the whole thing here.)
Friday, October 05, 2012
A last-minute trip to Valhalla
Where do you sit for Die Walküre? In the Gods, of course. And the single best thing about going to Wagner? No queue in the Ladies' Room. Though apparently there was a massive queue in the Gents. Now they know what it's like for us at almost everything else.
I managed, with the help of an eagle-eyed and quick-moused pal, to get a last-minute return for the Wagner at Covent Garden last night. Amid all our yadda yesterday about dressing-down, seat prices et al, I can report that a) the amphitheatre of the Royal Opera House was very dressed-down indeed - Wagner is a long haul flight and you need to go for comfort rather than style; b) the rest of the audience didn't look excessively flash either; and c) you can see nearly six hours of opera with a world-beating cast like this one, a clear view of the complete stage and an excellent take on the house acoustic, for £61. I don't think that is overpriced, under the circumstances. Most people I spoke to had booked a year in advance. Everyone up there was a total Wagner nut, and the hush and stillness through the performance was something to marvel at.
Highlights of the evening appeared in unusual places. First of all, Sarah Connolly's Fricka: a nuanced, heart-rending, ruby-toned performance, exceptionally sophisticated and classy. Another call for someone, please, to award a recording contract, scandalously absent at present. Come on, people - Connolly is a national treasure. She's on disc. But not enough. [Connolly, left, not in character.]
This, too, was the production's one real masterstroke: the tortured relationship between her and Bryn Terfel's Wotan is the heart of the story. Often Fricka is portrayed as little more than a backroom bully, a fundamental ideologist forcing Wotan's hand over a point of malign principle (it's a common enough problem) and you always wonder why he's weak enough to cave in (a common enough problem too). Here, though, there is still a great love between this long-married couple, on both sides. Connolly made you feel every twist of Fricka's shredded heart as the faithless Wotan cradles her with tremendous tenderness. Wotan lets her win because his love for her ultimately overrides his other amours. It makes sense out of the whole story.
It was more or less the only sense we got out of Keith Warner's production, which I have not attended before. It's cluttered, fussy and occasionally worrying: there's a distinct tendency for characters to trip over the red rope that is doing goodness knows what across the stage, and over the metal thingummyjig that rears up in the middle of the set, and then there's the ladder, from which Susan Bullock apparently had to be unhooked by a stage-hand on the first night - and will something elsewhere in the cycle make sense of the three-pronged fan under which Brunnhilde falls asleep? What's it for - repelling mosquitoes? On the top of a mountain? Most of the action appears to take place in a disused storeroom or perhaps a very messy study (a bit like mine) with a black office table, a leather chaise-longue and a huge heap of discarded books. I was constantly alarmed in case someone decided to do a Nazi-reference thing by setting light to it, though fortunately they didn't. If you're going to offer a concept Walküre, then clarity of that concept helps. This one, if it exists, eludes me. And according to Fiona Maddocks, the production has actually been streamlined since last time. [Above, Bullock & Terfel, pic by Clive Barda.]
The other unforgettable performance was Sir John Tomlinson's Hunding, who could dominate the stage with his first swing of the axe and the auditorium with his first note and all thereafter. A marvellous moment when he and Terfel's Wotan come face to face - these two legends together are not something you see every day. Marvels too from Terfel himself, of course, a Wotan incarnate; and Eva-Maria Westbroek as Sieglinde, creamy-toned, all-giving and ultimately transcendental as she blesses Brunnhilde. As the latter, a feisty Susan Bullock, tiny and ferocious. Simon O'Neill as Siegmund started strong, but threatened to fade out as Act 1 wrestled him and nearly won. Luxury singing from the Valkyrie gang and, below, Tony Pappano presided over a rich-toned and rhapsodic orchestra augmented by six harps plucking away in the stalls circle.
At the risk of sounding heretical, though, I'm not convinced Wagner is Pappano's finest six hours. He has become incomparable in Italian repertoire - Il Trittico a year ago was one of the greatest evenings I've ever had in the ROH, and I mean it. But this was rather gentle Wagner: an interpretation that roused and glowed but didn't transfigure. It needs an extra hard-edge of ecstasy that simply wasn't there, despite the glories of the singing.
Let's face it: we go to Wagner to get high. That's why people get addicted. And if you don't get the high, something isn't quite working. And the place it needs to be generated is in the pit. It's legal. But it shouldn't necessarily sound it.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Top tweets for Tosca
In case you missed the fun, Tosca trended on Twitter yesterday when the Royal Opera House's production by Jonathan Kent hit BBC2, starring Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel, with Tony Pappano conducting. Experience the power and the glory of this singular Christmas treat by reading a selection of the verdicts, commentaries, quips, observations and much more that spurred the stars on their way, from living rooms up and down the country... (BTW, this timeline goes backwards, so we start at the end.)
@DanJamesWins #Tosca is trending, OPERA ISN'T DEAD!!
@SaraMohrPietsch: Ah Jonas, that was quite some Christmas treat. #swoon #tosca
@richardwjones As good as Angela Gheorgiu was as Tosca, nobody will ever be quite as good as Maria Callas. #greatdivas #tosca #puccini
@talopine Being made VERY jealous by all the people in my timeline who are raving over #Tosca on the BBC with Kaufman and Terfel. #VERYjealous #sob
@Random_Opera After brilliance of #Tosca earlier, why are we being given repeats of f***ing Morecambe & Wise on BBC2 (and equal shit on other channels...)
@jonathanclinch Sooo true.... RT @Maroodiva #tosca is trending, c'mon #bbc don't just put decent opera on the tele at Xmas, people WANT to watch it!!!!!
@sanathaash1993#Tosca was awesome!
@Operazzi "@Gert: Is this really suitable viewing for a Saturday afternoon - torture, attempted rape, murder, execution, suicide? #tosca" ALWAYS!
@DrPiffle It was amazing, wasn't it? Sublime leads, spec JK. Orchestra in fine form too. #tosca #stillsobbing
@BlueBaby #BrynTerfel was frightening enough from the amphitheatre.On TV he was terrifying #Tosca #don'thavenightmares
@stu_melling Tosca over: tears dried and the excitement of my first visit to@RoyalOperaHouse on Feb 11th kicks in now. #shakingwithexcitement #tosca
@amzenon It was amazing.. stunning.. captivating.. even on television.. I hope you can hear and see it sometime... #Tosca
@kittywhately Overwhelmed by #tosca at @RoyalOperaHouse. Terrifyingly good and incredibly moving. And Kaufmann and @Bryn_Terfel made it a total hunk fest!
@marcodemag Mario Cavaradossi's quite hot shirtless #Tosca
@Gert Shabby little shocker #tosca
@theviciouspixie Dear Santa, in my stocking I would like Jonas Kaufmann please. #tosca
@redragwork Wow - that #Tosca was heart-stopping
@Popher Thank you BBC. #tosca was brilliant, a delightful change from the normal Xmas tv
@leboyfriend For me that was entirely satisfying and fulfilling. Bravi tutti!! #tosca
@Mark_Pullinger Ah, a Spoletta who milks the final moments! Excellent performance of #Tosca - so sorry I didn't get a ticket, but thanks Beeb for the relay.
@glittrgirl Gosh I feel knackered after watching that #tosca
@Irma0316 Magnificent! Fantastic! Stunning! Amazing! *stands up and applauds* #Tosca @RoyalOperaHouse
@David_CAA That #tosca bloke can sing a bit, but I couldn't understand a word he said
@amzenon #Tosca.. Grandiose !!! above all Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel.. Pappano & Orch. fantastic.. tremendous broadcast..@RoyalOperaHouse #BBC2
@hannahmmay pahaha, just watched Puccini's #Tosca from the Royal Opera House on BBC2! #FeelingCultured
@ivisbohlen Horrible, but great acting! RT @cazponty: It's horrible that we know that he knows......#Tosca
@glittrgirl I had goosepimples through nearly all of that #tosca *blows noes* *dabs eyes*
@tonyhatfield tears- end of #tosca #worththelicencefeealone
@John_Denny Anyone else think Scarpia looks like Ed Balls? #tosca
@clavdivs1 That was SUPERB! We need more opera on the telly! #Tosca
@_Joliffe FINALLY. Needn't of jumped, I'd happily of pushed. #tosca
@danny_blue2004 I've always had this image of her popping back up again #Tosca
@MahlerMad I HAVE NO MORE TEARS #TOSCA
@goldenavenger1 Only slight downside of watching opera on the telly is I can see Cavaradossi breathing when he's meant to be dead. #tosca
@MahlerMad SCARPIA! AVANTI A DIO! #TOSCA
@railtonrailton Don't worry, he's still breathing #tosca
@RuthElleson Yikes, I never like watching this bit... #Tosca...
@MahlerMad Presto, su. Mario! Mario! MARIO!!!! AAAAAAAH! #Tosca
@glittrgirl The good thing about watching opera at home is being able to bawl audibly. #tosca
@flumpmistress If he'd done that lip curl, I'd have probably fainted! #Tosca
@MahlerMad WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH #TOSCA
@MahlerMad *hugs cushion* #Tosca
@TimSim85 I'll call you by a thousand loving names. #Tosca
@Irma0316 I'm in absolute BITS. God, how I love Puccini :) #Tosca
@MelJD46 'Together in harmony our souls fly to the ecstasy of love' #Tosca
@lynnmb25 #tosca ..everything that's beautiful will find its voice in you...breaking my heart!
@findo I am in awe of JK right now #tosca
@millymelon Angela Gheorgiu's nipples: I can't understand why I can't see them in that dress #tosca
@chiller Guys, just get in the carriage and go. If you hang about like this it's not going to end well. #tosca
@Clavdivs1 No good plan starts with the line "You will be shot" #Tosca
@brendadada Jonas Kauffman's e lucevan is the most emotional I've ever heard. Domingo would be proud. #tosca
@AngharadLee 'I die in despair and I have never loved life so much' - Jonas Kauffman u have brought me 2 tears. Stunning performance #Tosca
@Cairnspolitics if you only watch 1 opera in your life then it should be Tosca. Terrific performances on BBC Two now #tosca
@EmilyOnsloe @angelagheorghiu just... WOW #Tosca
@leboyfriend e lucevan was exquisite #tosca
@amzenon Oh...Jonas... 'E lucevan le stelle' ..sigh... sigh... sigh... #Tosca
@Erastes #tosca - typical man, going to be shot and all he can talk about is shagging. # lucevanlestelle :D
@manx_maid Beautiful diminuendi - Jonas' trademark #Tosca
@dmartw Gibbering wreck after that #Tosca #goosebumps
@HorizonVA Jonas Kaufmann *sigh* #Tosca
@AngharadLee My 4yr old is loving #Tosca on #bbc2 Not sure I can cope with anymore 'why' or 'what's he doing' questions mind. She's transfixed #opera
@brenbaritone @RoyalOperaHouse #Tosca being taped fr me at home.I saw the cast after queuing 16 hours over night.looking forward to reliving it:-)
@Becky_Todd We approve of #BrynTerfel. Blooming brilliant on the beeb in #Toscaas he is in everything. Loved my auditorium shifts when he was on.
@RachelWolseley Oh I do love you Ange, despite everything... #Tosca
@flumpmistress I'm not getting anything done, too enthralled! #Tosca
@brianbg OMG That @Bryn_Terfel really can play a bad bastard. #Tosca
@Clavdivs1 Don't trust the man you daft girl, he's spent the last act lip curling maliciously and squeezing your boyfriend's head in a vice! #Tosca
@DiveSciDiva Even though I'm female even I'm finding Angela Gheorghiu's low cut dress distracting #Tosca
@rob_f_1 @bbc2 never ever seen an opera before but current showing of #tosca is absolutely fantastic. Amazed. Thank you!
@raethepain Visi D'arte time! Unfortunate boob slippage there though. #tosca
@AngharadLeeThank God 4 #Tosca #bbc2.Relief fromXmas 4 a wee while.Terfel just head butted him @Bryn_Terfel Not classified as a fair fight in th valleys
@sensisuperstar It's all kicking off on BBC2, Bryn Terfel has just butted some bloke... #tosca
@Paul_Anater There's hope! RT @jolocktov: RT @MahlerMad: #Tosca is trending :D This restores my faith in humanity
@cazponty For all the ladies drooling at Jonas...good....all the more Bryn for me!#Tosca
@CharlSkidmore Watching the same production of #tosca I camped outside the@RoyalOperaHouse for. SO EXCITED. BBC 2 you've made my day.
@patrickxwest Can't help wondering if Meatloaf wouldn't make a good Scarpia #tosca
@Gert Take your dirty hands off Jonas, you brutes! #tosca
@JackSullivan2 Right that's it I'm going to write an opera so I can marry Jonas Kaufmann #Tosca
@leboyfriend I'm a wreck already - and I have seen this more than any other opera so it's not like it's full of surprises. #tosca
@yourPollyanna Mother's just come into the room and asked if she's "chucked herself off the turrets yet?" #Tosca
@billybothwell68 #Tosca is even trending lol wow is this what happens when the x-factor finishes ? BBC HD folks its even better :)
@SophieBellaWiz Current trending topics are ridiculous. What is this fuckery? The only decent one is #tosca, which I hope is in referrence to Meerkat Manor.
@lucy_arch LOVELOVELOVE #tosca
@sbuttsoprano no queueing for interval g&t! Shuddering at @Bryn_terfel 's evil Scarpia.#Tosca
@quentinrayner Opera singers must go deaf, bellowing at such close range into each others faces #tosca #roh #bbb2
@ivisbohlen I'll keep an ear out for this. RT @Edward_George_: Here comes one of his best bits: diminuendo through the key change in same breath #Tosca
@bubblesmoloney I wonder if 33 is too old to become an Opera singer? I have the 'lungs'. #tosca
@manx_maid Lady tweeps who don't think they're into opera may like to look at Mr Jonas Kaufmann on BBC2 NOW. That is all. #Tosca
@thestorti I wish my life was narrated by the lead singer in #tosca would mean making toast would be so epic.
@RuthElleson Only #JonasKaufmann could wear THAT waistcoat and look hot. #Tosca
@JackyTarlton Watching Antonio Pappano's #Tosca on #bbc2 now. Thrilling start to Christmas. Great to have opera on tv:)
@Edward-George_ #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca #Tosca
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Tips on Cleaning Out Your Pantry via the Kitchn
This may seem strange, but the new year is making me want to clean and purge. It started with taking down the Christmas decorations last weekend and now I want to go through every room and organize. I stumbled across this article from our friends over at the Kitchn.
It includes a breakdown of kitchen cleaning and organizing tips that can be completed in 20 minutes or less (per day) for 5 days. This list is perfect for me because I never seem have a few hours to devote to one thing.
I also love these tips found on RealSimple.com:
Storage Ideas for Small Spaces
31 Ways to Make Over Your Closets
Happy organizing!