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Skipper McGrath surprised and delighted to be back
Posted: October 13, 2012|
JOHN McGrath has revealed it was something of a surprise to return to first-team training after almost eight months out injured.
The Burton Albion skipper joined up with the rest of his team-mates earlier this week, and is now desperate to force his way back into the team.
He said: "It was my first one in eight months really and it was brilliant.
"It was a bit of a surprise because I didn't really think I was going to be involved.
"I thought I might do the warm-up, but the physio (James Rowland) took the reins off me a little bit and said 'go and enjoy it'.
"It was great to be involved with the lads again and hear all the team banter.
"It took me a couple of minutes to get into it, but the lads were great with me.
The 32-year-old Irishman, who has not played since being hurt in the 2-0 defeat at Swindon Town at the end of February, underwent major foot surgery in March, and admitted it had been a tough time.
He said: "The initial operation was hard to deal with — getting your head around being out of the game for seven to eight months.
"But once I got over that I just focused on recovery, and it's been pretty relentless for me for the last eight weeks, getting to this point.
"There's no point in rushing it, and an extra two to three weeks won't make a difference to me.
"I'm playing with a bit of caution, although if it was up to me I'd play on Saturday."
In his absence, Robbie Weir and Lee Bell have formed a formidable partnership in central midfield, while Jack Dyer has proved an able back-up, and McGrath knows the task ahead of him.
He said: "If I want to get back to the level the lads are at, then hard work is the only way forward.
"Robbie Weir and Lee Bell are playing unbelievably well, and there's another player in Jack Dyer who's doing well."

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1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 - Bad In Black
KK1220 is one of the first Boss 429s
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"The fun thing about that car is that when it was done, we drove it!" Rick said laughing.
The Boss 429 may rank up there as one of the hobby's most trailered cars. Rick respects pushing restored gems on and off trailers, but he also respects revving the solid-lifter, hemi-headed big-block engine and shifting the four-speed through the gears. You have to keep the fluids running through the car to keep everything in shape, and Rick's cars are more than show worthy because they are run, as Ford intended.
When we arrived to take pictures, he fired up the black Boss and off we went. He says SAC gets a lot of positive feedback from his friends and customers for driving the exotic Mustang. "So many of these cars are restored, and then the owners are afraid to take them on the road. I wouldn't drive it from here to Florida, but it is fun to take out and drive."
Rick doesn't go to extremes. The car's first major show was the 40th Anniversary Mustang Show in Nashville in April 2004. He trailered his part-time driver to the track there and entered it in the Mustang Club of America concours-trailered class. It received a gold award.
We remember the car sitting under the bleachers. Rick was having a great time fielding questions from a steady stream of onlookers. The black-on-black was obviously a big attraction.
Raven Black was one of five Boss 429 colors for '69, in addition to Royal Maroon; Black Jade, which is a dark green; Candyapple Red; and Wimbledon White. The Grabber colors didn't debut until 1970. Rick likes the black color combination, but he's not sure whether it or Black Jade is more rare.
Today people think about the KK number. According to Strange's book, KK1201 through KK1214 were special use vehicles; Job No. 1 was KK1208, used for engine development. Also, of the first 50 built, "Extra care was taken in building these cars to assure proper fit and finish, for they would be given the closest scrutiny by the press and the public." KK1220 is still getting that close scrutiny today.
Editor's note: Rick Parker sold the black Boss 429 after the photography was done for this article. The subsequent owner sold the car for $308,000 at the Russo and Steel collector-car auction last January.


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Warning: Cheesy Hot Mess Ahead. Proceed With Caution.
As much as I love my mom's artichoke dip I can't come up with a good enough excuse to make it very often.
So I came up with one.
Turn it into dinner. Especially when mr is gone.
You've heard the phrase when the cat's away, the mice will play, right? Well, when the mr is away the wife will make cheesy, hot messes loaded with carbs and vegetables he doesn't love and get rid of all of the evidence before he comes home.
Oh yes I did.
As much as I hate when he is gone this kinda makes up for it. Of course this doesn't do anything for my ice cold feet in bed. Dang.
- 1 lb penne
- 1 - 15 oz can artichoke hearts
- 1 - 8 oz can diced green chiles
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Bring a pot of water to a boil and cook the penne until al dente.
- In a large bowl mix the rest of the ingredients except the mozzarella.
- Add the pasta to the artichoke mixture and stir until combined.
- Pour into a baking dish and top with mozzarella cheese. Bake for 20 minutes.
- To brown the cheese on top broil for a minute.
- Serve immediately.


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Supported by a gift from George and Harriet Cornell, up to ten full scholarships including tuition, room and board are awarded annually to entering first-year students in the College of Arts & Sciences at Rollins College with the desire and commitment to pursue additional prestigious recognition such as Rhodes, Goldwater, or Truman scholarships during their undergraduate years. Scholarship totals include federal and state awards for which a student might already be eligible. Cornell Scholarships are renewable for three additional years, bringing the value of each scholarship to more than $180,000 over four years.
Cornell Scholars join an exceptional group of Rollins students who are mentored as candidates for intellectual academic recognition as Rhodes, Truman, and Goldwater scholars, and as recipients of other prestigious awards.
Scholarship Finalists are selected from the College of Arts and Sciences applicant pool. All admission applicants are considered for Cornell Scholarships on the basis of their overall academic record. Qualifying applicants typically have SATs higher than 1420 (Critical Reading and Math) or ACTs higher than 32 (Composite) and GPAs higher than 3.6. Strength of high school curriculum is also important. Applicants accepted under the College Early Decision option are given full consideration for Cornell Scholarships.
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By MATTHEW STEVENS
Just let Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino's one-word description for his team's heart-stopping double-overtime win in Starkville Saturday night.
After his team fumbled on its final drive of regulation when Arkansas was trying to secure a road victory at Mississippi State in its last six tries, and miss a 39-yard game-ending field goal in the first overtime, the Razorbacks third-year head coach knew how fortunate his squad was to escape with a 38-31 win.
"Our defense held them to a field goal and thought we were going to win it at the end of the first overtime," Petrino said. "Then we went to the second overtime where we scored and they didn't so it was a great win."
In the other locker room, Mississippi State (7-4, 3-4 in the Southeastern Conference) knew they were 2 yards in the first overtime and 17 yards away in the second overtime from putting the ball in the end zone.
"I put this one on our coaches," Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen said. "We got to do a much better job of making sure we were focused and making the plays we need to make."
Arkansas took the lead in the second overtime on a 7-yard dump-off pass to tailback Knile Davis and the sophomore nearly walked into the end zone. The Razorbacks defense held MSU out of the end zone and sacked Bulldogs quarterback Chris Relf on a fourth-down miscommunication on the sack to end a wild contest at Davis-Wade Stadium.
It took for Arkansas' quick-strike offense just 49 combined seconds to put two touchdowns on the scoreboard and silence the announced attendance of 56,406 at Davis-Wade Stadium getting the Razorbacks (9-2, 5-3) back in the game in what seemed like the blink of an eye.
The first of those plays came in the form of a 62-yard run by Davis that tied the game early in the first quarter at seven.
After a State, who had a 21-17 advantage at the time, committed a third-quarter fumble in the red zone, Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett found a wide open Jarius Wright down the middle of the field to give the visitors a lead they would never lose. The long touchdown pass that turned a hostile environment into what would resemble a church scene was the second-longest in school history.
"Tonight we had missed assignments," MSU defensive coordinator Manny Diaz said. "We gifted them too many points. A missed assignment comes back on coaching (and) I got to take the responsibility for that."
In a game that State dominated in terms of possession (37:24 to 22:36), plays (100 to 61) and on third-down (State made 9-of-20; Arkansas made 4-of-11), the Bulldogs were unable to shed the turnover bug at critical times for the second straight week.
"We turned the ball over twice in the red zone, that's coaching and we've got to get that fixed," Mullen said.
One of those critical turnovers deep in Arkansas territory was a fumble by State junior tailback Vick Ballard near the goal line. The Bulldogs workhorse back was stretching to reach the goalline on a run in the first overtime when the football popped out and bounced out of the back of the end zone. After a booth review, Southeastern Conference officials determined Ballard lost control of the ball before his knee was down at the two yard-line and possession was awarded to Arkansas.
"I was trying to catch my balance and when I did, I saw the goal line so I stretched out for it," Ballard said. "I made the effort to get there but the guy made a great tackle."
Ballard's team-high 150 yards rushing on a career-high 33 carries helped State control the tempo of the game just like Mullen and the offensive coaches stressed would be so crucial all week. The transfer from Gulf Coast Community College finished with three rushing touchdowns leaving him one shy of the school's record in that category set by Jackie Parker in 1952.
"He's a workhorse, he carried it 33 times tonight," Mullen said. "That's a pretty good night's work and he'll probably be pretty sore tomorrow."
The reason State even had a chance to tie or win the game late was after the Bulldogs defense, which was in complete desperation mode, forced a fumble by Davis that gave MSU life with less than two minutes left in the game.
With receivers Chad Bumphis and Chris Smith unable to return to the field due to in-game injuries, State took the ground and a scramble by Relf led to the game-tying field goal by Derek DePasquale at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.
"Of course you want to win and not have to go into overtime but that is how it happened," Bumphis said. "We had the will but it just did not happen."
Relf led the offense with both his legs and arm again by totaling 327 total yards but on this night would do more of his damage through air (224 passing, 103 rushing). Late in the game, Relf was wearing down due to a constant pass rush from Arkansas that got pressure and hits on the 6-foot-4, 240-pound signal caller.
"I thought (Relf) did a nice job of when we had to pressure him to stop the run, he made some good throws and got after some man coverage and executed their passing game well," Petrino said. "I thought in the second half, we hit him a bunch whether it was blitz or four-man rush. Even when he completed the pass, we hit him and I thought that became the difference in the game."
Arkansas showed up Saturday night in Starkville with the league's best passing attack by nearly 30 yards per game but it was the ground game that gobbled up the early numbers for Razorbacks head coach Bobby Petrino.
Davis would finish with a game-high 187 yards on 30 carries putting him over 1,000 yards for the season and adding a much-needed second demension to the Arkansas offense late in the season.
"It's a blessing because I haven't done (get 1,000 yards in a season) before in my life, not even in high school because injuries held me back," Davis said. "I just took care of my opportunities when I had it and it feels great."
State will try to make it two straight in the traditional Egg Bowl matchup when they travel to Oxford to face an Ole Miss squad that lost all hope at bowl eligibility after losing late at LSU Saturday afternoon.


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I know there are a lot of folks–Republicans and Democrats–who didn't like Clint Eastwood's address to the Republican National Convention. Let's take a look.
I admit that Clint was kinda all over the place. Whether the teleprompter died or he just abandoned script, the address was not Clint at his best. It might not have been Clint at his worst, though.
Check out the sneering annoyed reaction from MSNBC's lead tedium-dispenser Rachel Maddow.
Even though Clint wasn't really on point, his mockery of President Obama was by and large effective. The bit about Bamster getting a smaller plane was great. Clint's conversation with an empty chair underscored just how vacuous our Great Dingy Captain really is. More importantly, most liberal media viewers–to say nothing of the Obama Cult Stenographers–had never seen anything like that.
The Barry-Lover press corps have basically cocooned themselves in liberalism's cozy blanket of comedic ignorance. They've never watched Red Eye. Their web browsers have never clicked on Iowahawk, Manhattan Infidel or Jim Treacher. The only time they hear an Obama joke is when Jon Stewart forgets to take out his tampon and cajoles Saint Obambi for being too damn nice to the evil reich-wing Rethuglicans. Because the lamestream media all runs on the same premise–Our President Is Not To Be Touched–Clint Eastwood's barbs might've been the first time the socialist media have seen someone make fun of Barack Obama in any sort of sustained way.
Everybody's second-favorite community organizer Saul Alinksy said that ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It works so well because it rallies your troops. Even better, when a well-played joke lands squarely on target, it causes problems for the other side. Look at how the Stalinists were so discombobulated by Clint's mockery of their Saviour. When they went into Panic Alert Obama Defense Level Five, they spent a lot of time addressing Clint's speech rather than dealing with Mitt Romney.
If that was the only thing Eastwood's speech accomplished, it would've been enough. But it did more than that. Clint's mockery of Obama was probably a hit with many undecided citizens. These are low-information voters who don't pay attention to politics on a day to day level. A lot of people who watch the conventions get their first looks at the presidential candidates and their parties from these events.
What did these more or less apolitical folks see? They saw a Hollywood icon laughing at the President. Here too, this might be the first instance that they've watched a media figure of this magnitude actually make fun of Barack Obama.
I'm not saying undecided voters are going to make their decision to vote for Mitt Romney based on Clint Eastwood talking greasy about Barack Obama. What is happening is that Clint's derision of the President sends a subtle signal: "Obama is a joke and it's okay for you to laugh at him."
Remember that the lamestream media has all but completely embargoed humor at Premier Barry's expense. Yet here comes Clint Eastwood on an international stage to cut Barack Obama down a few notches. CNN, MSNBC, CBS and ABC couldn't simply disappear Clint down the memory hole like they did to Artur Davis, Mia Love or Brian Sandoval. They had to cover it. Once they did, it opened up Barack Obama to the kind of mockery they've never allowed to hit him before.
That's why the leftist media hacks fudged their Depends over Clint. Even though he wasn't as strong as he could be, Eastwood's jokes will turn more than a few undecided voters. Clint's speech also breaks the humor blockade that many people have when it comes to mocking Obama. After last night, St. Barack is no longer a holy messiah figure above criticism from his petty subjects. He can in fact be mocked.
And, as it turns out, there is a lot to laugh at when it comes to Barack Obama.
Funny how it took an 82 year old Clint Eastwood–a little sloppy, a little doddering, but still strong–to point that out to the rest of America.
BONUS: Here are 170 great Clint Eastwood quotes. Not safe for work; very safe for awesomeness.
"Idiots. It's for you."
That's the line Clint should've dropped on Obama's head.
Oh well. Eastwood still rules.
EVEN MORE BONUSEY: Da Tech Guy's post on the Clint speech fleshes out a point I was trying…and I think failing…to make.
Take a look at this image from Memeorandum as of 8:31 AM
And here is the stuff on the Romney speech same page:
What is Missing? Attacks on Romney's speech! Today was the day that the Democrats should be hitting Romney's speech and trying to counter it a-la Ryan. Instead the readers of the Morning papers, Cable TV and the left blogs are reading attacks on Eastwood. Clint Eastwood is playing the same role as a hero in an old western, drawing all the fire so the good guy could escape unharmed.
While the lamestreamers are scratching their heads and angrily snarling at Eastwood, Mitt Romney comes off looking presidential with little pushback from the progs.
In 2016, the GOP should have Chuck Norris karate-chopping an imaginary Joe Biden while dressed like Lady Gaga right before President Romney gives his speech.
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I have to admit that I rarely read instructions before installing software, so I had missed the following important information on the Google Calendar Sync: Getting Started page, which reads:
"Keep in mind that it's not possible to sync events on secondary calendars at this time. Google Calendar Sync will only sync events from your primary Google Calendar and your default Microsoft Outlook calendar."
Ugh. I didn't notice my events coming into Outlook because I don't have much in my primary Google Calendar. I was expecting to see everything come into Outlook, but the tool doesn't actually support that.
Are they serious about this? So, I can't use multiple color-coded calendars in Google Calendar? That's right. Any events not on the primary calendar will simply not be synced. And of course, the problem exists on both sides. If you happen to use multiple calendars in Outlook, you're out of luck.
To make matters worse, the tool doesn't handle event collisions very well. So, if the same event exists in each calendar before the first sync, you'll wind up with two items in both calendars. Yup. If you have "St. Patrick's Day" in your Google Calendar and Outlook, you'll find two "St. Patrick's Day" events in each after syncing for the first time.
C'mon Google, you can do better than this! Supporting only the most basic use case isn't enough. I need a tool that does it all with the ease-of-use that I've come to expect from Google's tools. I don't need a tool that 1) requires babysitting, or 2) limits the number of features that I can use.
Somebody please let know when this really works. Until then, it's uninstalled.
With the disassembly optimization set to .NET Framework 3.5, here's how a
simple query expression looks:
That's pretty cool, but it doesn't really give any insight into the compiler
magic happening under the hood. To get a better picture of this, the
optimization setting should be changed to ".NET 2.0." Once this is done, the
disassembler no longer generates query syntax, and it uses anonymous methods. This makes it plain to see
extension methods are compiled for the different clauses of a query expression.
In addition, the method calls are hyperlinked, making it
easy to dig deeper.
While this is all very helpful,
I do have a few complaints:
Like this:
Regardless of these issues, which I hope are addressed (are you reading this,
Roeder?!?), the .NET Reflector is a life-changing tool. If it isn't already a
part of your developer's toolbox, you should go download it right now.
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If feel a bit behind and need to catch up on WPF, this is the book.
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Kampala — The creation of Special Forces within the UPDF is to respond to security challenges Uganda is expected to face when it joins the world's oil producing countries, military experts have told Saturday Monitor.
Security sources that said the development of Special Forces to be headed by Lt.Col. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, President Museveni's son, covers a commando unit in the Presidential Guard Brigade, based at Barlege, in northern Uganda, Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force which operates from the central region, staff from Internal Security External Security Organisations and a crack unit referred to in security circles as 'Warriors' under the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI).
President Museveni appointed Lt. Col. Muhoozi commander in charge of development of Special Forces in a series of changes in the military announced last week.
Several requests to State House to talk to Lt.Col. Muhoozi or the Presidential Guard Brigade (PGB) spokesman, Capt. Edison Kwesiga failed in the last three days. Capt.Kwesiga is currently on a course. Promising to provide details after consultations, the army Defence Spokesman, Maj. Paddy Ankunda, said the Special Forces will include paratroopers, heliborne and marines' forces.
Heliborne troops are a specialised unit in the army that is carried by helicopters or aircraft during combat. "[The Special Forces] are part and parcel of the doctrine of the UPDF," Maj. Ankunda said. "They are developed in all the countries."
Military sources, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of discussing national security matters said one of the duties of the Special Forces is to protect the oil wells on Lake Albert in western Uganda.
Until recently regular UPDF troops have been in charge of protecting the country's strategic assets including the oil wells in the western region. The Special Forces will also be responsible for conducting rescue missions in hostage-taking situations, fighting terrorism, banditry, VIP protection and counter-intelligence.
The forces will also have the freedom to intervene in humanitarian disasters and in fighting armed drug cartels, the sources added.
On top of the Special Forces, UPDF has Land Forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Katumba Wamala and the Air Force under Maj. Gen. Jim Owoyesigire. Special Forces will be among the specialised UPDF elements forming its core. The other specialised elements include CMI, the Armoured and Engineering Brigade.
President Museveni formed the Special Forces on the recommendations of a Cabinet Paper on national security, the sources said. The Paper formed the basis of the government White Paper on the Defence Review cabinet approved in 2004. The defence review was a project funded by the British government that studied Uganda's strategic military requirements of a small, affordable, well equipped and trained force.
The Defence review recommended a military force consisting of approximately 48,000 soldiers backed by adequate combat support and a reserve force of about 45,000.The Cabinet Paper which was presented by the Minister of Defence, Mr Amama Mbabazi, as a basis of forming Special Forces said Uganda faced many security challenges and a special force was vital.
"Therefore, Uganda must be prepared to face a range of possible scenarios ranging from best to worst case," the cabinet brief seen by Saturday Monitor indicates.
The brief gives three scenarios, one where there is a stable Uganda, the other Uganda struggling to consolidate development gains and the third where the country is in "disarray". The brief warns that global terrorism makes Uganda vulnerable and enough preparations must be put in place to counter the saboteurs of national interests.
"Over the next 10-15 years, Uganda may expect to face a diverse range of threats to the security of the state and its people. These threats may be expected to manifest themselves in different ways upon the circumstances," the brief says.
According to a source, members of Special Forces have received or will receive training to take part in joint and combined operations, where they can fight alongside the land and air forces.
Lt.Col. Muhoozi has previously participated in the operations in which three staff in the office of Minister for Water, Lands and Environment, Miria Mutagamba were taken hostage in September 2004.
The three gunmen reportedly attacked the ministry staff as the minister was out of office and held them at gunpoint. The captives were later rescued by the army and police following a shoot out.
The attackers were captured but have since been set free. Lt.Col. Muhoozi coordinated the operation from State House, Nakasero. Lt.Col. Muhoozi is also among 800 officers who graduated at the completion of General Staff Officer Intermediate Level Education programme at Fort Leavenworth, the US Army Command and General Staff College in Kansas.


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Watch Villa's FA Youth Cup tie against Plymouth live on AVTV
The club's in-house TV channel are screening the whole third round tie as Tony McAndrew's team begin their pursuit of cup glory.
The likes of goalscoring duo Jerell Sellars and Thomas Strain, as well as NextGen Series winners Riccardo Calder and Jordan Lyden, could feature in the contest at Villa Park.
Tune in for full coverage from around 6.30pm, with the game kicking off at 7pm.
Villa are hoping for a long run in the FA Youth Cup, having bowed out at the third round stage in the past two seasons.
But the claret and blues have enjoyed past success in the prestigious tournament, triumphing in 2002 as well as reaching the final in 2004 and 2010.
Entry to the clash at Villa Park is free for season ticket holders, £2 for adults and £1 for juniors.
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In the Interest of Others develops a new theory of organizational leadership and governance to explain why some organizations expand their scope of action in ways that do not benefit their members directly. John Ahlquist and Margaret Levi document eighty years of such activism by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in the United States and the Waterside Workers Federation in Australia. They systematically compare the ILWU and WWF to the Teamsters and the International Longshoremen's Association, two American transport industry labor unions that actively discouraged the pursuit of political causes unrelated to their own economic interests.
Drawing on a wealth of original data, Ahlquist and Levi show how activist organizations can profoundly transform the views of members about their political efficacy and the collective actions they are willing to contemplate. They find that leaders who ask for support of projects without obvious material benefits must first demonstrate their ability to deliver the goods and services members expect. These leaders must also build governance institutions that coordinate expectations about their objectives and the behavior of members.
In the Interest of Others reveals how activist labor unions expand the community of fate and provoke preferences that transcend the private interests of individual members. Ahlquist and Levi then extend this logic to other membership organizations, including religious groups, political parties, and the state itself.
John S. Ahlquist is the Lyons Family Faculty Scholar and associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Margaret Levi is the Jere L. Bacharach Professor of International Studies at the University of Washington and Foundational Chair in Politics at the University of Sydney's United States Studies Centre.
"Ahlquist and Levi are able to show how the ILWU was able and remains able to transcend the life trajectory of its founding leader, Harry Bridges, and establish and maintain a commitment to social activism, political mobilization, and an expanded community of fate. Those who wish to move the labor movement toward this vision of social movement unionism would do well to examine this work for its insights."--Jacob Lesniewski, Social Service Review
"The study is an interesting and convincing discussion of why an organization may expand its interests and even support causes or ideas that seem to violate the self-interests of its members. It should add significantly to both the literature on collective action and institutional choice."--Choice
"Why do the members of some trade unions sacrifice time and money to support the causes of others halfway around the world? Ahlquist and Levi provide a convincing answer: founders who build organizations that deliver good jobs to members may also build organizations that transform members' values to support international solidarity. This outstanding book is a must-read for scholars of organizational and political sociology, collective action, and behavioral economics."--Elisabeth Jean Wood, Yale University
"Ahlquist and Levi shed fresh new light on one of the most enduring questions in the social sciences. Tapping an impressive array of methods and evidence, this pathbreaking study explores the conditions under which a broad 'community of fate' can be forged and sustained over time, as well as the long-term consequences for the beliefs and preferences of those who comprise that community. This is a major scholarly contribution whose core message will resonate widely among economists, sociologists, and political scientists alike."--Kathleen Thelen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Fans can attend all three games this weekend for just $1
March 22, 2012
Mizzou (12-7) vs. Oklahoma State (12-9)
Date: March 23-25
Location: Columbia, Mo.
Stadium: Simmons Field at Taylor Stadium (3,013)
Gametracker: MUTigers.com
Radio: KTGR 1580 AM/100.5 FM
Media Notes: Series Notes - vs. OSU
First Pitch - What You Need to Know
The Mizzou baseball team will continue its homestand as it opens Big 12 Conference play against Oklahoma State on Friday at 6 p.m. The series will resume Saturday at 6 p.m. at Taylor Stadium before the series finale is played at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
Special Promotions In hopes of getting large crowds to the three Big 12 games this weekend, the Mizzou baseball program is offering $1 tickets for all three games this weekend. Also, Sunday will serve as the first 'Tiger Little League Sunday.' Any fan wearing his/her Little League uniform to the game on Sunday will receive free admission while his/her family will get in for just $1.
Series History Mizzou and OSU have met 195 times in history and the Cowboys hold a 129-66 advantage after taking three of four games last season, highlighted by a three-game sweep in Stillwater last April. However, Mizzou did win the last meeting between the two teams at the Big 12 Tournament on a walk-off single by Eric Garcia. His walk-off single backed a great start by then freshman lefty Rob Zastrzyny, who went 7.0 innings, allowing just two earned runs while fanning seven. He will get the start for the Tigers Friday night.
Mizzou Win Streak Although the Tigers have dropped their last two, they had won 10 consecutive games, marking the program's longest winning streak since winning 14 in a row back in 2008. In 2008, of course Mizzou qualified for an NCAA Regional that year.
Tigers Off to Best Start Since 2008 With a record 12-7 heading into the Indiana State game, Mizzou is off to its best start since 2010 when the team opened 17-2 through its first 18 games. The 12-7 mark is a vast improvement from last year's team that opened the season at 9-9.
Power Surge The Tigers head into the weekend with 14 home runs, the third-most in the Big 12 this season. This is a marked improvement from a Tiger team that had just four long balls through 19 games last season and 22 all year. In all, Blake Brown is tied for the Big 12 lead with six while Dane Opel is third in the league with five, giving Mizzou two of the best power hitters in the Big 12 Conference.
Better as a Starter
Junior lefty Blake Holovach has been nothing short of sensational since he was inserted into the Tigers' weekend rotation. He is coming off of a career-best outing in which he tossed a complete game shutout against High Point on Saturday, doing so on 115 pitches. He is the first Tiger since 2010 to toss a nine-inning complete game and the first since Kyle Gibson in 2009 to toss a complete game shutout. Since being inserted into the starting rotation, Holovach's numbers have been very impressive. Below is a look:
In starting rotation: 20.2 IP, 0.87 ERA, 12 hits, 2 ER, 5 BB, 16 Ks, .164 OPP BA, 0.92 WHIP
Out of Bullpen: 2.2 IP, 16.88 ERA, 9 hits, 5 ER, 5 BB, 3 Ks, .563 OPP BA, 5.62 WHIP
Opel Reaches Base in 13 Straight Games
Heading into the weekend, Mizzou junior outfielder has reached base in 13 consecuitve games, the longest such streak by a Tiger this season and the longest active streak in the Big 12. In all, his 13-game streak is a team-best this season and the seventh-longest in the Big 12 this season.
Opel Ranked Among Conference Elite
Junior outfielder Dane Opel carries more than just a 13-game hit streak into the Indiana State game Wednesday. He ranks eighth in the Big 12 in hitting (.356), third in home runs (five), seveth in total bases (43, 2.53 per game) and first in slugging (.729) as he continues to be one of the league's top power hitters. Opel's OPS this season is 1.178, a Big 12-best this season as well.
Walsh Halfway to History
Redshirt sophomore lefty Jake Walsh is already halfway to the Mizzou single season record for saves with six this season. Ryan Stegall is the current Mizzou school record holder with 12 in 2000. Walsh is 6-for-7 in save opportunites and leads the team in appearances with 10 this season. His six saves so far are tops in the Big 12 as he has closed six of the Tigers' 12 victories. He earned his first win of the season against High Point last Friday as well. Walsh is now fifth among active Big 12 players in career saves as well.
Brown Second in Big 12 in Runs Per Game
Junior outfielder Blake Brown has made a habit out of scoring runs this season. He is third in the Big 12 with 1.11 runs per game and seventh overall with 20 runs scored this season. His 20 runs are more notable after knowing that the Tiger who scored the most runs last season was Jonah Schmidt with 34 in 59 games. Brown is nearly two thirds of the way to that mark less than a third of the way through the season this year.
Offensive Turnaround
Staying on the topic of improved offense, the Tigers' are far and ahead of where they were through 18 games offensively last season. Despite hitting 12 points lower (.273 vs. .285 last season) through 19 games this season, Mizzou is putting up much better offensive numbers. They have scored 123 runs this season against just 105 last year and have 107 RBI against just 90 at this point last season. The big difference from 2012 vs. 2011 is the amount of extra-base hits as Mizzou has 43 against just 34 a season ago. The Tigers are slugging .394 as a team, a vast improvement from the .355 clip at this point in 2011.
Three Tigers Have 5-RBI Games This season
The Tigers had just one five-RBI game last season (Blake Brown vs. Texas A&M on April 30) but already have three such games this season. Brannon Champagne was the first to so against North Dakota on March 13 and then both Conner Mach and Brown did so the following day against North Dakota.
Turner Heating Up
Tiger backstop Ben Turner had arguably his best week at the dish in Mizzou's five games last weekend. In fact, he hit .600 in four games (6-of-10) while drawing seven walks for a team-best OBP of .778 last week. He also tallied his first career home run in Mizzou's 4-0 win over High Point on Saturday and registered his first career walk-off hit against High Point on Friday night. Turner leads the team with 15 walks. He was 1-3 vs. Indiana St.
Emens Closing In on All-Time Big 12 Top 10
With 81 career appearances on the mound, Tiger senior Jeff Emens is closing in on the all-time Big 12 top 10 in career appearances. He is the league's active leader in that category, five ahead of Texas A&M's Estevan Uriegas (76). In all, Emens needs 24 more appearances on the mound to earn a spot in the all-time top-10. He has appeared in half of the Tigers' games this season and is on pace to crack the top 10 should the Tigers reach the postseason. His single season career-best in appearances is 25 in 2009. Emens is currently fifth in Big 12 in ERA at 2.42 as well.
Offense Explodes
Mizzou's offense was much maligned following the Tigers' three-game sweep at the hands of San Francisco and then the bats fell under even more scrutiny following the Friday night loss to Ball State. But since that point, the Tiger offense has been red hot. As a team the Tigers are hitting .311 with an OBP of .434. In those 12 games, the Tigers have outscored their opponents, 107-67, while six of the Tigers' nine regular position players are hitting .310 or better, highlighted by a .422 clip from Conner Mach.
Capitalizing on Scoring Chances
Heading into the Oklahoma State series, the Tigers are hitting .290 (56-193) with runners in scoring position this season, a big improvement from a team that hit just .259 in those situations last season. Another telling stat is the Tigers' average with a runner on third and less than two outs. At this point last season, Mizzou scored in just half of those opportunities, while the team has scored on 70-percent of those opportunities this season (41-of-59).
Turner Catches Nearly Every Inning
Senior catcher Ben Turner has caught nearly every inning (148 of 165) for the Tigers so far this season and will likely continue that pace all season. Turner is tops on a depth chart at the catcher position that includes three newcomers and a redshirt freshman. Although it is early, something to track will be the amount of innings that Turner will catch this season. Since 2004, no Tiger catcher has started more than 54 games (JC Field in 2006) and Turner has started all 18 this season. Turner's 44 starts at catcher last season are the most since Trevor Coleman started 53 games in 2008.
Tigers Named Team of the Week by CBI
The Mizzou baseball team earned a prestigious honor earlier this season as College Baseball Insider named Mizzou as its Central Region Team of the Week after it put together a 4-0 week from March 5-11. The Tigers' four wins on the week included a three-game series sweep of Charlotte, a team that ranked No. 41 in CBI's Top-50 Poll before the week started.
Opel Named to College Baseball360.com's Honor Roll
Mizzou junior outfielder Dane Opel was named to Collegebaseball360.com's Primetime Performer Weekly Honor Roll for his play from March 4-11 in four Tiger wins, including a three-game sweep of Charlotte at Taylor Stadium. The award program takes into account much more than statistics, it looks into factors such as clutch play, all around performance, and leadership. Opel's hit .462, had five RBI's, scored six runs, and had fifteen total bases on the week and had a huge series in a Tiger sweep over Charlotte, a team that ranked among CollegeBaseball360.com's.
Opel Earns Big 12 Player of the Week
Junior lefty Dane Opel had arguably his best weekend as a Tiger at Auburn in week one, leading the Tigers with a .500 average in three games while hitting a pair of home runs and driving in four. He also scored a pair of runs, walked once and slugged 1.000 with an OBP of .538. He became the first Tiger since 2010 to tally a pair of home runs in a single game. For his efforts that weekend, Opel was honored as the Big 12 Player of the Week, becoming the first Tiger to earn a Big 12 weekly honor since Jonah Schmidt earned Big 12 Player of the Week following the Tigers' series win at Kansas State on May 9 last season.
Tigers Picked Fifth in the Big 12
The Mizzou baseball team was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 this season as announced by the conference office on Feb. 14. The fifth-place pick is the highest for the Tigers since 2009, when they were also picked fifth. The highest that Mizzou has ever been picked in the preseason poll is second in 2008.
Mach Returns After Being Drafted
Tiger third baseman Conner Mach returned to Mizzou for his senior season despite being one of four Tigers drafted in last year's MLB Draft. Mach was drafted in the 46th round by the New York Yankees. Mach finished the season hitting .285 with 32 RBI and 31 runs scored. He boasted an OBP of .378 and slugged .399 on the year with 17 extra-base hits and four home runs. He was one of the Tigers' hottest bats following a lineup change prior to the Baylor series, hitting .321 with all four of his home runs during that span.
Preparing for the Future
Mizzou opened its 2012 campaign by taking two of three games from SEC foe Auburn in the opening weekend. The series win for the Tigers holds significance because Mizzou will make the move from the Big 12 to the SEC next season. With the two wins, the Tigers are now 38-34-1 against teams currently in the SEC.
Jamieson Leads Team USA
Mizzou head baseball coach Tim Jamieson wrapped up his stint as the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team head coach last summer. In all, Jamieson led the club to an 11-2-1 overall record. Jamieson's .821 winning percentage this summer is the eighth-best in Collegiate National Team history, which dates back to 1984 (28 seasons). The team's two losses are its fewest since 2008, when the team went 24-0. Mizzou assistant coach Dan Pietroburgo was an auxiliary coach with the team as well this summer.
Anderson Pitches For TEAM USA
Team USA had another Mizzou connection this summer as well. Tiger junior Eric Anderson was one of the team's top pitchers over the summer. He led the team in ERA (0.00) and wins (two), while ranking second in innings pitched (12.0). He allowed just eight hits and two walks in his 12.0 innings of work and did not allow a run while striking out seven batters. Prior to his stint with USA Baseball, Anderson threw two games with Falmouth in the Cape Cod League, posting a 1.50 ERA.
Francis Howell Connection
With 17 newcomers on the team, there will be plenty of fresh faces on the field for Mizzou this season, but for a trio of freshmen, there will be a familiar feel. In fact, for Brett Graves, Jake Ivory and Case Munson, the 2012 season will just be an extension of their high school careers where they played together for four seasons, winning a MSHSAA State Title for Francis Howell High School last season. The trio has been playing together for nearly 10 years and should give Mizzou a strong foundation moving forward.
Tigers Raise Money For Joplin
Mizzou baseball raised $12,796 for the Joplin, Mo., Little Leagues with its Joplin Relief Games against Iowa in the fall. The baseball program partnered with Daniel Boone Little League, the Diamond Council, BC Baseball and The Callaway Bank to create a welcoming atmosphere for fans at Taylor Stadium. Large crowds packed the stands and helped raise the money, which will go directly to helping Joplin Little League rebuild its fields that were ravaged by a tornado on May 22, 2011.
Plackis Named to Mizzou `39
Mizzou baseball redshirt junior Andreas Plackis has been honored by the Mizzou Alumni Association as a recipient of the 2012 Mizzou `39 Award, an award given to 39 seniors at the University of Missouri based of their outstanding service, academic achievement and leadership. Plackis has been a model student during his time at Mizzou and he will graduate in May with a degree in Biological Sciences as he will pursue a medical degree following his undergraduate studies.
Simmons Field at Taylor Stadium Named Field of the Year
Simmons Field at Taylor Stadium, the home of the Mizzou baseball team, was named 2011 College and University Baseball Field of the Year by the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA). The field is maintained and cared for by Mizzou Turf Specialist Josh McPherson and his staff.
The STMA Field of the Year Award program began in 1992. There are five field types for which awards may be given: Baseball, Football, Soccer, Softball and Sporting Grounds. For each field type, awards may be given in three categories: Professional, College and University, and Schools and Parks. This year there were a total of eleven awards presented.
Tigers Have Strong Presence in Pros
Mizzou baseball has seen plenty of success over the last decade and proof of that is the number of players that the Tigers have sent to the major league. Since 2000, the Tigers have seen 50 players sign professional contracts and 59 Tigers have done so under the direction of Tim Jamieson. Some notable Tigers in the professional ranks include All-Star second baseman Ian Kinsler of the Texas Rangers and Max Scherzer of the Detroit Tigers. Those two along with the likes of Kyle Gibson and AL All-Star Aaron Crow should likely give Mizzou a presence in the major leagues for years to come.
In addition, six Tigers were selected in last year's MLB Draft. Newcomers Brandon Platts and Brett Graves were both drafted out of high school. Platts was a 13th-round pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates while Graves went in the 26th round to the St. Louis Cardinals. Matt Stites was picked in the 17th round by the San Diego Padres while three more Tigers - Phil McCormick, Conner Mach and Zack Hardoin - were picked on the second day of the draft. McCormick went to the Giants in the 31st round while Mach was picked up in the 46th round by the New York Yankees. Hordoin was taken in the 47th round by the Houston Astros.
Once again this year, KTGR ESPN Radio is the radio home of the Tigers, with all of the game being broadcast on 100.5-FM and 1580-AM. The games can also be heard online at KTGR.com. Tex Little is in his 22nd season of calling Tiger Baseball and is joined in the booth by Hunter Mense, who is in his second year as part of the MU broadcast team.
Mizzou Network
Video webcast for all Missouri Baseball home games in 2012 is available at mutigers.com as part of Mizzou All-Access. All-Access is the Tiger fans home for live and archived games for Mizzou Athletics, along with coaches' shows, press conferences and much more. For more information, visit mutigers.com and click on the All-Access icon.
Mizzou will host Central Arkansas in a pair of midweek games next Tuesday and Wednesday. For all the latest on Mizzou baseball, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on twitter @MUTigerBaseball.
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Slipping out from London's fringe to revel in the rural Hertfordshire idyll, the lakeside Great Hallingbury Manor opens up a county of Tudor estates, late medieval towns, and winding country walks.
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Stride out from the manor to find the Flitch Way, an old railway line which covers miles of greenery from Tilekiln Green to Dunmow, passing the Tudor hunting estate of Hatfield Forest. Bishop's Stortford has its own museum, which details Hertfordshire's heritage, and big kids may enjoy the House On The Hill Toy Museum, a short drive from the hotel. Those feeling peckish can head to one of the town's regular farmer's markets, which take advantage of the rich rural surroundings to offer a wide range of local produce.
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We know the University of Evansville stands out from the crowd in higher education – but we're not the only ones. See who else ranks UE among the nation's top colleges:
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U.S. News & World Report named UE:
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- One of 30 schools in the nation selected for best possible education for study abroad
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Rebel Gaming E3 Wishlist: Chris's Picks
The most important part of the gaming calendar is fast approaching with the Electric Entertainment Expo (better known as E3) being held in Los Angeles between the 11th and 13th of June. With not one but two new consoles incoming before this year is out, this year's event is easily one of the most important E3s for many years. With the actual announcement of Playstation 4 and Xbox One out of the way, this frees up the event to actually focus on what's important (*cough* are you listening Microsoft?) which is the games. Here at Rebel Gaming we're pretty excited about this year's event. But we are a collection of gamers of different stripes, so what we're looking forward to might not be quite the same. So each Rebel Gamer is being given the chance to talk about their hopes for E3 2013. These picks will be very personal, so we're keen to hear what you think. Why not let us know what games you're most anticipating too?
Chris's Picks
Mario Wii U
New Super Mario Bros U is all well and good (and I love a bit of 2D Mario, naturally) but it's not exactly pushing the hardware is it? Nintendo may be skipping the traditional conference this year, in favour of a special Nintendo Direct, but they will be there and their games will be on the floor for attendees to see (and hopefully play). It's been all but confirmed a new 3D Mario game will be shown off at last. The Mario Galaxy games were easily my favourite games on Wii, so I can't wait to see what Miyamoto's team can do with High-Def. Galaxy was gorgeous, despite the hardware limitations so to say I'm looking forward to seeing this is an understatement. Who can say what form it will take? A continuation of the Galaxy series would be most welcome (Mario Universe?) but a fresh start would be even better. A home-console big brother to Super Mario 3D Land could be a beautiful thing. Whatever it turns out to be, I wait with bated breath...
Uncharted PS4
I'm looking forward to seeing the PS4 line-up, but so far the Playstation exclusive franchises that have been confirmed leave me cold. Killzone? Meh. Infamous? Whatevs. There's only one PS exclusive franchise that really gets me excited, and it's Naughty Dog's adventures of one Nathan Drake. Naughty Dog have taken a break to give us The Last Of Us, but surely a next gen outing for Nate has to be on the cards? E3 would be the perfect place to show it off.
Watch Dogs
Sorry, GTA V, but there's only one sandbox game on my most wanted list this year, and Ubisoft's forthcoming multi-platform effort is it. With the ability to hack and take control of any electronic device, and an interesting emphasis on making moral choices, this looks pretty great. It also gets extra points for being an original IP, and will also be one of the first games to be released on both current and next gen consoles. Who's watching the watch dogs? This guy.
Mario Kart Wii U
Also confirmed as in development, this really needs no further explanation. Mario Kart Wii was a ton of fun, but the 3DS Mario Kart 7 was one of the finest outings in the series for years. There was even a decent Rainbow Road track that didn't make me pull my hair out. If Wii U Mario Kart takes it's cues from this latest version, this will be no bad thing.
Mystery Retro Studios Game
Mario Kart 7 was given a fresh spin with the involvement of Retro, the people best known for the Metroid Prime series. We known Retro have something in the works for Wii U, we just don't know yet. A new Metroid would be cool, or a sequel to Donkey Kong Country Returns would be just dandy. But maybe it's something unexpected, maybe even a completely original idea? Or it could be a return to another classic franchise- a Star Fox or F Zero. We can however be fairly sure that whatever it turns out to be will be something special. Hopefully come E3 will find out just what it is!
Honourable Mentions
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- Knack
- Sonic Lost World
- Bayonetta 2
- Super Smash Bros Wii U/3DS
Keep reading Rebel Gaming for more staff picks in the run up to E3!


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I'm trying to follow Chris's video on moving a locally developed (with MAMP) wordpress site to a remote server.
It's been made even more difficult (for me) by the fact that in PHPmyAdmin, just below my active database (from the drop down menu) there are no tables showing, just the message that "no tables found…"
Yet, if I got to the Search tab (in PHPMyAdmin) the tables are all showing as searchable (in the "select all/unselect all" window).
Has anyone had this happen? Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.
Can you clear your cache, log back in see if issue persists, if so then try to repair the database table.
@AlenA, Thank you.
I cleared the browser's cache, but unfortunately no deal.
PHP MyAdmin doesn't list _anything_ in the main panel when my wordpress database is selected; it says, "No tables found in database", and offers me a field to "Create a table".
So I'm stuck at step 2 of that solution.
I wonder if it's anything to do with trying to use MAMP Pro, and then going back to MAMP (it was too unfamiliar and I fell back to the familiar).
Also, I've set my root to home/Sites/wordpress, instead of the MAMP/htdocs folder. I dunno?
This user (Stuart) has perfectly described my problem in the WP.org forums.
I can also see the db files in Finder.
update: after throwing a Grover, I deleted everything, reinstalled (wp/MAMP plain), and have my database tables back.
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Arusha — The trial of Congolese senator and former vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba is due to resume Monday with the testimony by video link of a protected witness for the defence.
Bemba is charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes for abuses committed by his troops in the Central African Republic in 2002 and 2003. Bemba's MLC party, now one of the biggest opposition parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was at that time a much smaller politico-military movement. MLC fighters had been sent to the aid of the CAR president of the time, Ange-Félix Patassé, who was fighting a rebellion led by the current CAR president François Bozizé.
According to case law already established by international criminal courts, a civil or military leader can be held responsible for crimes committed by his or her subordinates if s/he did nothing to prevent or punish the crimes. Bemba does not deny that his men murdered, raped and pillaged in the CAR. However, he argues that from his headquarters in Gbadolite, DRC, he could not control what they did in another country. He could not have known they were going to commit crimes, nor prevented this happening, according to the defence. Bemba argues that his troops were under Patassé's command at the time.
The trial has been suspended several times because of defence difficulties in bringing witnesses to the Court, especially those living in the CAR and DRC. The defence started presenting its case on August 14, 2012, and has so far brought 15 witnesses. Others are scheduled to testify after witness D04-19, who is scheduled to start Monday.


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She has been called "perhaps the most potent female singer of her generation" by the New Yorker, while The New York Times referred to her as "the perfect 21st-century diva – an effortless combination of glamour, charisma, intelligence, grace and remarkable talent." Audience-loved, critically acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato is making her much-anticipated return to Lyric Opera of Chicago to open Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito on March 5th – and she can't say enough about this rarely performed gem that marries a scintillating plot about a Roman political scandal with some of Mozart's most sublimely beautiful music.
The opera tells the intensely psychological story of the Roman Emperor Titus, or Tito. Power-obsessed Vitellia, daughter of the recently deposed emperor, is determined to have Tito as her husband – or to have him murdered. When Tito chooses another as his empress, a seething Vitellia turns to Tito's best friend, Sesto, who is fiercely consumed with lust for her. Seductive, desperate, and fixated, Vitellia convinces Sesto to assassinate the Emperor. When their plot fails and their ultimate betrayal is revealed, the two must face Tito – and Tito must determine their fate.
"There is no doubt that Clemenza is a masterpiece, and that Sesto is one of the most tortured characters in opera," shared DiDonato. "There is a big discussion as to whether he is weak or not – but I don't think he's weak at all. I think he's blinded by passion, completely torn between loyalty to the friend and ruler that he loves, and the woman that he loves. It certainly seems to me that Mozart had a special place in his heart for Sesto, as I don't think he wrote a single extraneous note for him. And his second act aria, 'Deh per questo' is a pure masterpiece."
For a singer like DiDonato, whose recent engagements run the gamut from starring roles at world renowned venues like London's Royal Opera to song recitals and concerts around the globe, she shares that her preparation for every performance has the same through-line: "I want to be certain that I am deeply inside the thinking and emotions of a character. But Sesto is challenging – Sesto is Mozart at his most demanding. There is a coveted purity of line through which a world of emotion must travel, but not be overdone. It's a very draining evening!"
An opera that can be enjoyed equally by both seasoned fans and novices, DiDonato hopes that Chicago audiences will love Clemenza. "The biggest strength, aside from the glorious music, is its pure humanity. Sesto is blinded by love. Vitellia is blinded by power. Tito is the one who stands up against his pain and betrayal to do what is right. Isn't it amazing that we can still learn – more than 200 years later – from this incredible work?"
Lyric Opera presentation generously made possible by Julie and Roger Baskes, The Negaunee Foundation, and Roberta L. and Robert J. Washlow.
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Your Questions Answered: What is the Size of the King Bed at the Swissotel Merchant Court Hotel?
November 10, 2014
By: Betsy LeTourneau
We at Five Star Alliance work tirelessly to ensure we bring you the best luxury hotels selection and information regarding amenities, location, and highlights so you are confident that the hotel you choose will exceed your expectations and serve your needs. Sometimes, however, you are left with a few questions that go unanswered, and that's why we're here. Be sure to explore our new blog series Your Questions Answered to find answers to real questions submitted to us by our clients regarding traveling with kids, pets, the best beach hotels, and much more.
QUESTION: What is the size of the king bed at the Swissotel Merchant Court, my husband is approximately 185 meter tall?
ANSWER: Swissotel Merchant Court Hotel is a luxury hotel in the heart of the entertainment and dining hotspot Clarke Quay. Conveniently situated next to the train station, the hotel is accessible to many tourist attractions, including the shopping belt along Orchard Road, the Chinatown heritage site, and the business district at Raffles Place.
The 476-room hotel provides you with genuine Swiss hospitality and reliable service. Choose from a range of accommodation options and enjoy the use of the Club Lounge and upgraded amenities when you book an Executive room. Facilities include two restaurants, a lounge, a 24-hour gym, a free-form swimming pool and a wellness spa. Four function rooms and a column-free ballroom are also available for events.
For Your Needs, We Recommend:
Premier Room. The contemporary furnished rooms come with private balconies, providing a quayside view. Unwind in the comfort of luxury and enjoy complete in-room services and amenities after a long day of work and recreational pleasures. King bed measures 182 x 203 meter length.
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All rates are based on double occupancy and extra person charges may apply. Please be advised that the rates, availability, as well as any extra person charges are subject to change depending on the hotel's policies.
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Now Open for Business: W Beijing Chang'an
October 2, 2014
By: Five Star Alliance
W Beijing Chang'an lights up bustling downtown's exclusive Diplomatic District with a potent remix of high style, exhilarating history and pulsating nightlife. Savory spices in the three restaurants—including a world-class Chinese venue—heat things up while cool signature cocktails in the palatial Living Room, perfect pampering in our spa and an indoor heated pool complete the sizzling scene. Luxe enough for ancient royals but updated with modern treasures, the 340 lavish guest rooms offer stunning city views, W signature beds, and fully wired technology. Munchie Boxes, Bliss® Spa amenities, and top entertainment ensure imperial indulgence.
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Image of the Day: The Oberoi Gurgaon
February 3, 2014
By: Five Star Alliance
The Oberoi Gurgaon offers rooms with landscape windows that bathe every room with abundant daylight, with a view of the serene reflection pools and landscaped gardens. A 24-hour personal butler service and select suites with private heated swimming pools are only some of the luxury hotel's features.
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The World's Best Hotels and Resorts 2014 are Here!
November 26, 2013
By: Five Star Alliance
After months of research, The World's Best Hotels and Resorts 2014 are Here! We chose more than 300 hotels to honor this year.
See if your favorites made the list! The World's Best Lists include:
Best Destination Wedding Hotels
Congratulations to all the winners!
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Sneak Peek: The World's Best Hotels and Resorts 2014
November 22, 2013
By: Five Star Alliance
We've done it again! And we are giving you a sneak peek! Our team of luxury hotel experts is proud to present our most current collection of the World's Best Luxury Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. Who better to select the best luxury hotels in the world than the travel agency with the most comprehensive collection of 100% luxury hotels? This year we've hand-picked the best luxury hotels worldwide grouped into 15 different categories and based on great feedback from our loyal customers. Need a ski break? We've got 20 of the world's best luxury ski resorts. Beach more your style? We've got 20 of the world's best luxury beach hotels and resorts. It's safe to say that no matter your destination, hotel style, amenities, activities, or interests, we've got one of the world's best luxury hotel and resort that will fulfill your every desire.
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Did You Know? Mirror Lake Resort and Spa
October 18, 2013
By: Five Star Alliance
Mirror Lake Resort and Spa in the Adirondack has some of the most unusual meeting spaces we've ever seen. The Inn specializes in creating exclusive gatherings, corporate challenges, and retreats.
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Image of the Day: Hotel Sax Chicago
August 31, 2013
By: K. Clare Johnson
The 36-foot video wall on the fourth floor of Hotel Sax Chicago can be programmed to display your choice of images.
Nightly Fall rates at Hotel Sax Chicago start at $190 >>
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Business Travel, Bangkok Style
August 26, 2013
By: Elaine Lee
If you travel for business often and so just so happen to be traveling to Bangkok, Thailand- be sure to book your stay at the Chatrium Residence Sathon Bangkok. A favorite amongst business travelers, the beautiful property makes it easy for their guests to forget they are there for work by making them feel at home with amenities located on the property. Business guests can maximize on some rest and relaxation in their limited spare time.
Amenities that business travelers will appreciate include:
Dry cleaning and laundry service
Wireless High speed Wi-Fi internet connection
Private meeting rooms
Offices and workstations
Secretarial services
Photocopying and faxing services
Video conferencing services
Boardroom with LCD screen and projector
Full Service Business Center open from 8AM-5:30PM
The Chatrium Residence Sathon Bangkok is also ideally located as it is central to all the business convention centers in the area, in addition to being steps away from leisure tourist attractions such as parks, shopping centers and complexes, riverfronts, and markets.
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Spotlight On: The Martha Jefferson Suite at The Jefferson Hotel in Washington DC
August 7, 2013
By: Five Star Alliance
A top to bottom renovation in 2009 transformed this 99-room Beaux Arts gem into Washington's best small luxury hotel. The Jefferson Hotel in Washington, DC is just blocks from the White House and within walking distance of museums, monuments and embassies, the dining and nightlife of Georgetown and Penn Quarter, the downtown business district, and Dupont Circle. Both European and distinctly Washingtonian in style, it is rich in historical details and Jeffersonian influences, including the Martha Jefferson Suite.
This top-floor suite (#812) at The Jefferson Hotel in Washington, DC affords romance with city and skylight views accented by three Juliet balconies which open to allow an abundance of fresh air into the suite. Also known as the Bridal Suite, pale, Tiffany-inspired blue accents the suite's soft palette of creams and grays, which is carried throughout its living room (featuring a gas fireplace), intimate dining room for two or four, and bedroom with a canopied King bed.
The Martha Jefferson Suite's bathroom features a soaking tub for two and intricate mosaic tiling. An additional powder room is found in the suite and a second king bedroom can be connected to create a two-bedroom luxury accommodation.
The floorplan and layout is available here >>
Rates for September start at $800 per night. Check rates and availability now >>
Long Term Rentals in Las Vegas - Vdara Hotel & Spa
June 11, 2013
By: Five Star Alliance
Located within Las Vegas' CityCenter, the all-suite, non-gaming, smoke-free and eco-friendly Vdara Hotel & Spa features long-term leasing or rental options within all of their room types.
With a minimum 30 day stay, rates begin at $3,250 - that's only $109 per night. What's included? Weekly housekeeping service, daily fitness center access, access to pool, in-room and wireless internet, valet parking, as well as washer and dryer available in Vdara Suites and above.
Other onsite amenities include: Market Café Vdara, Pool Café, Bar Vdara, In-Suite Dining, Spa & Salon Vdara, Pool & Lounge Vdara, and Cabana & Daybed Rentals Available at the pool. Vdara is located within CityCenter which offers easy access to ARIA, Bellagio and Crystals. Additionally, there are many dining options available within walking distance at ARIA and Crystals.
All room types and rates:
- Deluxe Suites starting at $3,250 monthly
- Vdara Suites starting at $5,000 monthly
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- Penthouses starting at $7,500 monthly
But don't worry poker players, you'll still have easy access to ARIA & Bellagio Poker Rooms and you'll only be 1.5 miles from Tournament Headquarters.
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"Nuova Barberia Carloni" by Italian theater group Teatro Necessario will be performed on May 12 at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and on May 13 at 5 p.m. Provided by the festival
From Spanish theater to K-pop, this year's Uijeongbu International Music Theater Festival will feature a wide range of music from May 5 to May 20 as it aims to introduce foreign music to Korean fans.
Though the suburban town northwest of Seoul has been running this music event for the past 11 years, Uijeongbu hopes that with the help of world-renowned soprano Jo Sumi as honorary chairwoman, it will draw an especially large crowd this time around.
Under the theme "Ssing-Ssing Music City, Fun-Fun Music Festival", the festival will bring a total of 11 productions four domestic and seven international?-?to hold performances from theater productions to ballet-style musicals.
Spanish musical troupe Divinas presents "Sing Sing Sing", which features three female singers reminiscent of the 1950s. Provided by the festival
"Uijeongbu is fighting to become an international city of music, and this festival will be an impressive cultural stage on which music and performing arts from all over the world come together", Jo said in a statement. The soprano herself will perform on May 15.
"Plecs", a nonverbal theater production by Spanish theater group Enfila't will kick off the Uijeongbu International Music Theater Festival.Provided by the festival
The festival also selected the popular hip-hop couple Tiger JK and Yoon Mi-rae, who are from Uijeongbu, as public relations ambassadors to boost the profile of the event. The pair will hold a concert at the finale, and as citizens of Uijeongbu, the couple said they'll make the concert free to attend.
But even though these big names will likely be the strongest draw for Korean fans, festival organizers don't want attendees to lose sight of the event's main focus: introducing foreign music to domestic audience.
To this end, six countries are represented among the seven international acts, though just as last year, the organizers have selected a "principal" region to open and close the event. This year, the focus will be on Catalonia, an autonomous region in northeastern Spain comprised of four provinces, including Barcelona. The artistic region, famous for Antonio Gaudi's architecture and as the place that produced numerous children's stories, hasn't yet been noticed by Koreans and thus was selected to be the focus of this year's event, organizers said.
The opening performance "Plecs" is a nonverbal theater production by Spanish theater group Enfila't. The group's award-winning act will simulate a Western-style tent circus as it combines music, acrobatics, circus acts and dance, according to the organizers.
Harbin Normal University's performing troupe from China will participate in the festival with a performance on May 16 at 7:30 p.m. Provided by the festival
"Plecs" is a regular at international music festivals and, in 2010, the troupe received the National Circus Prize from Catalonia. It is currently preparing to set off on its own world tour.
As part of an initiative this year to get the audience more involved in the festival, attendees are in for a surprise at the opening act of "Plecs", organizers said.
"An important feature of this year's festival is that it is for audience's participation", said Hong Seung-chan, artistic director of the festival, during a press conference early this month. A number of the performances include active audience participation.
"Loop the Loop" by Australian theater company Onyx Production, which mixes music and comedy in its performances, and "Nuova Barberia Carloni",?a musical piece that will be performed by Italian theater group Teatro Necessario, are featured. The two musicians from the Onyx Production will hold their own version of a "music battle" by selecting various vegetables to be used as musical instruments alongside more conventional ones. The Italian team fosters an interactive spirit in its performances, which are set in a barber shop half a century ago, by pulling an audience member on stage for a mock haircut and shave. Meanwhile, the barber entertains customers by singing and playing music.
Another act from Catalonia, "Sing Sing Sing", will close the festival. In this event, musical troupe Divinas, which features three talented female singers, will invite the audience back to the 1950s, when female trios were a big hit. Sofia, Nicole and Lulu should remind the audience of the Andrew Sisters and the Boswell Sisters, who were famous back then. The show includes swing, ballad, Latin music and rock, all of which tell the story of that special time period in music history.
Four domestic performances include chorus musical "Uijeongbu Sarangga" ("Uijeongbu Love Song"), a creative opera called "I am Lee Joong-seob", a sori (narrative singing) theater performance named "Hyunjae and Gumotel", and "Hymne a l'Amour", a ballet musical.
And Kim Na-ni, recipient of the Fringe Award for Budding Artists at last year's Uijeongbu festival, will make another appearance this year in "Hyunjae and Gumotel" as she performs the narrative singing in the production. "Hyunjae and Gumotel" reinterprets the classic tale "Hansel & Gretel" into modern Korean society.
*ickets for performances at the Uijeongbu International Music Theater Festival must be purchased separately. All acts are shown at the Uijeongbu Arts Center.
The opening performance "Plecs" will start off the festival on May 5 at 6 p.m., and the same performance will be shown on May 6 at 3 p.m. The closing performance "Sing Sing Sing" will be held on May 19 and May 20 at 5 p.m. Tickets range from 20,000 won to 40,000 won.
Soprano Sumi Jo will perform on May 15 at 8 p.m. Tickets range from 30,000 won to 120,000 won.
For more information, visit www.umtf.or.kr or call (031) 828-5887.
By Yim Seung-hye [email@example.com]
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A founder member of the Linked Ring Brotherhood of those 'who delight in photography soley for it' artistic possibilities', he was a painter turned professional portrait photographer. In 1892 he publicised his photo corrector (Rectograph) causing a stir in the world of photography. In 1877 Van der Weyde became the first photographer to install and take portraits by electric light allowing him to take a lot of portraits in a short period of time. The light was provided by a Crossley gas engine which drove a Siemens dynamo, which in turn fed an arc light in a five-foot reflector. Owing to lack of money the patent of this was never completed.
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