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Composer Felix Mendelssohn commemorated with English Heritage plaque
6 February 2013
Dmitry Sitkovetsky unveils Mendelssohn commemoration
The regular London visits of Felix Mendelssohn - composer of
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as well as a significant body of organ music - have been commemorated with the
installation of a 'Blue Plaque', at the behest of conservation and historic
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The plaque was officially unveiled on 4 February by violinist/conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky and is attached to 4 Hobart Place, a Grade II listed building near Buckingham Palace in the City of Westminster.
The house is the former home of the Hanoverian embassy secretary, Karl Klingemann. Mendelssohn was at the height of his fame during a series of visits to Britain, stayed four months in total over five separate periods.
During his stays in Hobart Place he conducted the Philharmonic Society on numerous occasions and gave many organ recitals. It was from this building he left to dine with Isambard Kingdom Brunel, which he did not enjoy, and Charles Dickens, which he very much did. It was back to this address that he rushed back to give his account of his audience with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1842.
At his death in 1847 Mendelssohn was widely regarded as Europe's greatest composer, with one biographer suggesting he was the first composer to be internationally mourned. An obituary in The Times asserted that he 'loved England as heartily as his own home'; memorial concerts were held across the country and a Mendelssohn scholarship was endowed in London the following year.
Sir Nicholas Kenyon, managing director of the Barbican Centre, former BBC Proms director and member of the blue plaque panel, said a key factor in Mendelssohn being widely accepted in the UK was largely down to its enduring choral tradition. 'It was a major factor in the 19th Century, which enabled him to have his works done well here, and as we know they then became accepted into the warp and weft of the English choral tradition in a very major way; Elijah absolutely stood at the centre of that.'
Mendelssohn loved London and his links to the city were strong. Writing about the city he said that there was 'no question that that smoky nest is my preferred city and will remain so. I feel quite emotional when I think of it.'
A plaque was first mooted over a century ago; the case was only recently revived at the suggestion of an English Heritage historian who works on the Blue Plaques scheme. Asked why it had taken over a century for Mendelssohn to be honoured, Sir Nicholas explained that, 'The people at that time who owned the building didn't want a blue plaque on it and the file simply mouldered away until Howard Spencer had a new discussion about it and revived the idea.'
In the year 2016, English Heritage will celebrate 150 years of commemorative plaques, in spite of swingeing cuts in its funding. 'Because there is a huge backlog of nominations for the scheme, there won't be any new nominations for the next couple of years, but plaques will continue to go up,' Sir Nicholas added.
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30 January 2013
Toby Young, Kerry Andrew and Stef Conner have won the Incorporated Society of Musicians' (ISM) inaugural competition for young composers with original works for voices inspired by the music of Benjamin Britten to celebrate the composer's centenary this year.
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Queen has awarded a prestigious Regius Professorship to the music department of
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The announcement was made by the Government, and recognises the exceptionally high quality of research and teaching in the RHUL music department. A Regius Professorship is a rare privilege and only two have been created in the past century.
The Queen will bestow the awards to mark her Diamond Jubilee. Professor Julian Johnson, Head of the RHUL music department, said: 'It is a great honour to have the title of Regius Professor bestowed upon the department and wonderful to hear that the quality of our teaching and research has been recognised in this way.
'We know that our students rate our teaching very highly and indeed our research placed us as the top Music Department in the UK in the last Research Assessment Exercise. It means a great deal to receive such a mark of public esteem.'
Vicar blasts 'cringeworthy' beatbox machines
30 January 2013
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Dr Giles Fraser, former canon of St Paul's Cathedral, and now vicar of St Mary's, Newington, has condemned karaoke-style recorded music devices in churches as 'cringeworthy beatbox machines with no gravitas.'
Interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, along with Westminster Abbey sub-organist Robert Quinney, Dr Fraser said, 'In the liturgy, a musician sitting at an organ needs to react sensitively to what's going on; a machine can't do that and you can hear how inappropriate a machine's intervention is when it gets it wrong.'
Asked by presenter Jim Naughtie how else churches might replace superannuated organists with no obvious successors to hand, Dr Fraser responded that as Christianity predated the invenation of the organ there were and still are other ways of making music in church – plainsong and taizé chanting, for example – without resorting to machines. 'If you wouldn't have it at your funeral, you shouldn't have it in church on a Sunday morning.'
Robert Quinney added, 'Anything that sounds so transparently fake needs to be treated with suspicion. It's not necessarily a natural step for a pianist to become the sort of organist who could play in a local church, but local congregations have changed, and there is still a stock of young organists coming through.'
'Live' organists are familiar enough with the perils of lack of co-ordination with congregations – getting 'out'. 'A human being playing the organ can hear what other people are doing, so accompanying a congregation enables you to be sensitive to the speed etc,' said Quinney.
Dr Fraser concluded that, having witnessed one organist eating sandwiches during his sermon and another slyly improvising a processional on the theme tune of Blackadder for a visit by a former Bishop of Bath and Wells, he would miss their 'fantastic' sense of humour if replaced by machines, and stressed the importance of organists' contribution to the liturgy.
Graeme Kay
Six of the best
28 January 2013
Suzy Digby: First of six guest presenters for Radio 3's The Choir
Conductor Suzi Digby (3 Feb) draws on her unrivalled experience of working with youth ensembles for an exploration of choral music, focusing on young choral talent. On 10 Feb, composer Paul Mealor, who shot to international fame with works including Wherever you Are (the Military Wives Choir) and Ubi Caritas et Amor (premièred at the 2012 Royal Wedding) will discuss writing for special events.
Ken Burton, founder/conductor of Tessera, The London Adventist Chorale and the Croydon Seventh-day Adventist Gospel Choir, will explore the ways in which choral music genres have integrated with gospel styles and looks at spiritual choral music by choirs not from a traditional gospel background (17 Feb).
Harry Christophers, conductor of The Sixteen will discusses sacred choral music, with specific reference to Victoria, Poulenc and James MacMillan (24 Feb). On 3 March, regular Radio 3 presenter Sara Mohr-Pietsch will lead a special live programme of Baroque music, as part of BBC Radio 3's month-long Baroque Spring season, and vocal coach and animateur Mary King continues the celebrity series with an exploration of the links between folk and choral music, introducing works by Janáček and Bartok, alongside arrangements of British folk tunes. And on 17 March, the US composer-conductor Eric Whitacre will talk about what inspires him as a composer and a performer, and introduce a concert by the Eric Whitacre Singers to be recorded at LSO St Luke's, London, on 12 March.
The six special presenters replace Aled Jones as he leaves BBC Radio 3 after seven years as presenter of The Choir. Jones said, 'I feel honoured to have been able to enjoy seven years at the helm of The Choir, a very special show which truly celebrates choral music of every kind. I'd like to thank my colleagues at BBC Radio 3 and all those who helped make this show the success it is today.' Radio 3 says that details of future programmes will be announced shortly.
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Mrs. Kennedy's personal approach carried over into diplomacy. Meeting world leaders, Diane Sawyer said, "she was able to analyze and see with clinical detachment what their strengths and weaknesses were." But the tapes themselves show someone with rather different interests. When, at dinner, Nikita Khrushchev tried to recite some statistics about wheat production in the Ukraine, she demurred. "And I said, 'Oh, Mr. Chairman President, don't bore me with that,' " trying to draw the conversation back to Ukrainian folk dancing. She disliked de Gaulle because he was too haughty. (Who knew?) Clinical isn't the word for her appraisal of Indira Gandhi either. "She is a real prune—bitter, kind of pushy, horrible woman. You know, I just don't like her a bit. It always looks like she's been sucking a lemon."
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Symbols are what the apparat is in the business of preserving, which accounts for the tone offered by Diane Sawyer and Caroline and the crew at ABC, by turns disbelieving, apologetic, and exculpatory. Who you gonna believe—us or your lyin' ears? They're worried we'll pick up the wrong symbol: not "a woman absolutely in her own right," as Sawyer said, but a wife with an abiding devotion to her husband and his work and a strong interest in clothes, personalities, history, and interior decoration. Those interests led her to sturdy achievements—restoring the White House with original artifacts, preserving Lafayette Square and other landmarks from hideous, 1960s-era urban development. She was a thoroughly admirable woman, just not in the way the apparat would have liked her to be.
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He turned, incredulous, to Caro-line. "That's your mom?"
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The tapes offer "the private history we never thought we'd learn," Diane Sawyer said, "the voice we never thought we'd hear." She looked, as always, as if she might cry, but I think maybe this time she meant it.
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"and goody-two-shoes, studious, hard-working, a romantic at heart (must be from all those "romance novels" she reads *eye roll*)"
"and all the "good" qualities in a woman. She was not interesting in the slightest."
"As for Jackson and Holly, I have NO idea why these two are together. Sure, they have their "cute meet" (where she dumps a smoothie on his shoes), but honestly, their dating relationship is just that: two people dating. I felt no chemistry between them, no love, no sacrifice, no mature emotions whatsoever. Every scene with them was boring; since most of the book was Jackson trying to get back to Holly, that made most of the book boring as well. I ended up skimming a LOT of the scenes with them in it."
"Adam is so stereotypical and cliched, it's embarrassing. Beyond his one role as the friend that Jackson can come to get to ANYTHING nerdy done, Adam is a blank sheet. His parents are conveniently clueless, so their teenaged son can run around and do anything without him having to explain what he is doing (typically, "shoving the parents in the closet" syndrome--the only worse way to do it was if Adam's parents were dead)."
"Now, Jackson's father, Kevin, is slightly more interesting. As the story progressed, I did get interested in him, and I do appreciate how Cross did NOT make him EVULZ and uncaring to his son. However, lots of cliches surround him."
"Other characters, such as the baddies and Miss Stewart, are all sorts of cliche. We have the Dying Sister, the EVUL baddies, the Innocent Child, and even a contender for Love Interest for the next book."
"The story is boring, predictable, and confusing. The rules of Jackson's time jumping are unclear and don't make sense. He can't change anything in the past when he half-jumps, but when he full jumps he does."
"But that past is not in the same timeline as his home base? How do they return to the same timeline? Is that a special ability? What happens to money he spends in both jumps?"
"What are the rules for him bringing stuff into the past? Why would Jackson want so badly to meet Holly of 2007, when he is trying to save Holly of 2009?"
"Why doesn't he try to find Adam first?"
"Why quit school and become a janitor? Who hires a 17 year-old janitor?"
"Who hires a 17 year-old to teach gymnastics to preschoolers?"
"Why does Jackson avoid his father (I know the father "tried" to kill him in 2003, but if his father is a CEO, maybe he is used to assassination attacks--plus, Jackson WAS in his father's locked office)?"
"I had so many questions about the last 50 pages or so, but I will avoid as they may be spoilerish. As for story, I pretty much saw where it was going after the first 100 pages. There were a few surprises, but most of the surprises were just my being confused or bored with Jackson trying to woo Holly. Why is he wasting time trying to woo 2007 Holly? It isn't going to save 2009 Holly."
"The biggest thing that kept me going was the time traveling stuff. It was interesting (if confusing), and I did see a lot of similarities between this and Jumper. I only wish that this book was half as good as Jumper"
"Tempest" was a very disappointing book. It does what a lot of YA books are doing today: pretending to be scifi books while then spending more time on the "romance" between the protagonists than the scifi elements that drew the readers to the book"
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"If a non-reader or at least a reader who isn't avid as myself, were to ask me to describe Tempest to them, I would tell them it's the movie Jumper, but with time travel. This movie popped into my head very early on in the story. I loved this movie enough, that after first watching it, I was even going to read the book…this was before my reading obsession started so it's kind of huge. After noticing the similarities, I was hoping to love them both the same, but Tempest fell flat."
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"And c) the hype that seems to already be surrounding this book"
"What did work for me was Jackson himself, his relationship with Holly, and the dialogue. My favorite parts of the story are the ones Jackson and Holly are spending together and talking to one another. I did tear up at one or two points while reading.
This book being about time travel and whatnot, I wanted my focus to be about the traveling and not to be on the romance. I wasn't craving for more information into the word of time travelers, nothing shocked me. I was confused throughout the entire book about the inner-workings of a time traveler. I possibly am still confused. Will other readers be confused? Possibly not, it could just be me. I found it hard to wrap my brain around all the little details in regards to what's allowed and what isn't, how it will work this way but won't work another way, how one person can and another can't, and about which time period I was reading about at the present time."
"Who would I recommend this book to? If you're a fan of time travel I would say give it a go. I have noticed with time travel books/movies I am either totally confused or I totally understand. I would also recommend this book to my husband and a couple of guy friends."
"I personally didn't like it, but since the story is told from a male's point of view, I think he would particularly enjoy it. If you enjoyed the movie Jumper, I would also say to give this book a shot! Tempest already has plans in the works for a movie. I would enjoy seeing this in movie form even though I didn't particularly enjoy the novel."


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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Time for Girls Camp
Over the next few months I'll be posting several discussions of issues relating to Girls Camp, and I'd love to answer any questions or research anything I can to help. While I haven't been a camp director myself, I've done enough around there that hopefully I can help and we can all learn from each others experiences and great creative minds.
To get things started, let me broach an issue that's been pestering me for the past few years:
When I was a camper, we spent our days at camp doing the certification from the manual. Usually the older girls taught clinics to the younger girls, which is how I could get away with attending my sixth through eighth years. Sometimes it was tedious, but if the teacher was prepared it could be a lot of fun trying these skills out in the setting they were intended for, rather than just listening to a lecture. Plus, this method contributed to unity across age groups as the younger girls and older girls worked together to teach/learn the certification skills, and filled a lot of time during the camp day with purposeful activities.
It also gave quite a cool cache to the older girls as they showed off their years of experience. As a little yearling I would listen with awe and fear about the dreaded fourth year hike and having to cook my own meal over a fire! And stay all the way through the night! What if I starved? Or froze? Could I ever grow up to be as cool and knowledgeable as those older girls? Oh how I hoped.
As an adult, most of the certification seems to happen away from camp. In my last three stakes the certification was either the responsibility of ward YW leaders, or the stake conducted certification nights the wards would use as their activity for the week. The hikes usually happened during the camp week while the other years sat around or played games or did crafts until everyone else got back.
Doing the certification away from camp always struck me as bizarre. Isn't the whole purpose of camping that certification, coupled with gospel instruction? How can you really deeply learn these camping skills if you learn them in a ward meetinghouse where you're not allowed to actually start a fire? And how do you possibly keep up to hundreds of girls entertained during the day without learning these skills?
I would suspect it was just a weird idea from a stake camp director, if it weren't for the fact that my last three stakes, in New Hampshire, Southern California, and Central California all did it. Three different stakes thousands of miles apart all came up with the same technique that was so radically different from the girls camps I attended as a youth.
Does anyone know if there was a policy change? I don't really understand why that would happen. Maybe it's a way of getting the camp skills to girls who can't make it to camp? Maybe it requires fewer leaders? I can't imagine, but if anyone knows whether or not this is now the way it's supposed to be, then maybe I can stop being so perturbed.
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Yeah! As a newly-minted stake camp director, I've been eagerly awaiting a post about girls camp.ReplyDelete
Our last stake camp was two years ago, and wards were not allowed to do any certification at all before camp. All certification happened at camp.
As far as I know, there's no official policy about when to do certification, and I've been given no direct counsel either way.
So, I've been thinking of having the girls certify all of the first aid requirements before camp for two reasons.
First, these are skills they can use and learn anywhere, no fire required, and besides, it just seems like a good idea to know how to stop bleeding before a beehive picks up the ax.
Second, one of the most frequent complaints I hear about stake camp is that every minute is scheduled and there's no time to just relax. So doing first aid certification beforehand might free up some time.
I really like the idea of having a stake certification night. But it does seem odd to me too to do all of certification before camp.
Looking forward to other posts about camp.
Well I'm super relieved there's no weird new rule about certification not happening at camp. I just could not wrap my head around that one. I wonder what the rationale behind it could possibly be. I'd love to hear more reasons for it if anyone else has a different perspective.ReplyDelete
I think the first aid happening at a separate time makes a lot of sense. It's certainly the most time consuming thing to pass off, so that should definitely give you some more time to play with. It's such a fine balance, having things too regimented vs having too much time on your hands. Sounds like a topic for our next camp post!
- namakemonoFebruary 1, 2008 at 5:38 AM
"hundreds of girls"??!! WOW!! we wish!! LOL!ReplyDelete
So, what do you do when you have been told to do camp at local (ward/branch) level, but none of the YW leaders knows ANYTHING about camping??? This is the part of being a YW leader that I am dreading the most - I am totally not an outdoors type at all!!
Our stake keeps certification at camp, which I think is great. I agree that the younger girls gain a lot from getting to see the older girls in action, and it gives them something to aspire to. I think the older girls benefit from getting teaching experience.ReplyDelete
I've seen a variety of forms as I've moved around. I think the length of the camp has a lot to do with it, and the opportunities in the area. I've seen wards that had camp certification before camp, and then go on a 3-day backpacking trip in the mountains, or some other more intense outdoor activity. This works well for areas where it is hard for leaders to get time off of work, and in wards where the girls see the boys go to high adventure and wonder why they don't get to go on cool trips like the boys do. But I can't imagine doing certification before for the traditional camp format - our girls would get bored.
Last year was my first year ever to go to camp. Our stake is amazing, but I was confused by the "pre-certification". We finished cooking and first aid before hand. The girls didn't make a fire, or even cook really. They stood around chatting while one of our manly outdoorsmen fixed them dinner. I thought it was weird. While we were at camp there was plenty of free time, maybe too much.ReplyDelete
Also, our girls were told that if they missed the cooking certification they would have to make it up or miss camp. - Which I also thought was weird, as they didn't acutually do anything to begin with.
I love reading your comments Namakemona. It's so fascinating to me to hear how things are in different parts of the world. I'm going to get to researching and see what resources I can find for you!ReplyDelete
Reese, yes, a post about balancing the time at camp is a great idea. As a ward leader, I was mildly annoyed at the regimented feel of stake camp. But now as the person in charge, I better understand the reasoning of planning every moment. My stake is huge...nearly 350 girls will go to camp this year. But I'd still like to avoid overscheduling.ReplyDelete
I'd also like to see a post about balancing leadership responsibilities between YCLs and adults.
Great ideas ahna! This is so exciting! Yeah Jeans for starting this blog!ReplyDelete
a few stakes i know of, have had people cooking all the meals. so they had a certification day beforehand so that the girls could do some of the cooking certification. i know that they did some other things too that day. even so, camp still felt way too busy. for the girls anyway.ReplyDelete
I've been to Girls Camp every summer for the past 13 years (half of that as a youth, the rest as a leader). I don't remember there being an official statement about where/when certification should take place.ReplyDelete
I agree with trying to balance the time- in years past our camp has been too hyper-scheduled at a stake level and the wards felt like they suffered because of it.
One year I was in charge of certification and we chose to do about half of the certifying before camp. The purpose was two-fold: to have more time for other activities at camp and to teach the girls skills ahead of time so that they could try them out while at camp. For example, going over poisonous plants before we arrived proved really helpful in avoiding stinging nettle while setting up our tents!
I really like that the stakes and wards can tailor the girls camp program to fit their needs. Our church programs are not meant to micro manage the local leaders- the heart of what we do and why we do it is the only part that should be one size fits all, IMHO.
- AnonymousApril 3, 2008 at 2:14 AM
Because of "Fire Restrictions" in our area, that seem to occur EVERY year, we are unable to have fires, nor even cook on a camp stove most years. Therefore, we have to do all of our Cooking Certification before hand. Our camp is also very short, which makes it very difficult to do all of the Certification while there. We also try to set a good balance, and would like our girls to have learned about some of the Certification before camp, and practice their skills while up at camp. It is very difficult to pack everything in our 2 1/2 day camp! The Wards in our Stake also like a lot of "Free Time", or "Ward Time", and often, there may be some tension because they felt there wasn't enough!ReplyDelete
It is very interesting to hear about LDS Camps throughout the World! Thanks for the info.!
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I'm camp director for our ward. We are doing quite a bit of certifications prior to camp so when we get to camp we can test them on what they learned. Our camp is only 3 days (actually 4, but the last day we have to be out of camp by 11 am!) but we have certification activities everyday.ReplyDelete
I think it's ok to have pre-camp certification as long as the YW get a chance to show what they have learned while at camp!
Also...am I the only one who thinks the church needs to update the YW Camp manual?!! They don't even have "virtue" added to the YW values! I also think many of the certifications are outdated or could at least me better organized.


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Last time I wrote about Accessories for Samsung Galaxy S2, and now you need to fill your smartphone with apps for better performance and usability. No phone is complete without these apps. From 170,000 apps I extract some useful apps for your smartphone.
- Seesmic
I know your Smartphone already have apps to access the social networking site. But Seesmic is the best social networking client to manage your social networks in a simple app. You can see and update your Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz and Salesforce Chatter accounts all at the same time. Not only updates, you can also share photos, videos and location using Lockerz, yFrog, TwitPic and YouTube.
Next thing you can do in your smartphone is the managing your cloud files from your phone. Dropbox app lets you bring all the photo, docs, and video from PC to your mobile. After installing dropbox, you can edit, download and upload new files to Dropbox server.
- Advanced Task Killer
Samsung Galaxy has 1 GB RAM, but faster is always better. The Advanced Task killer provides you one click app kill process. This is similar to your Task Manager in your Windows where it is use to remove unwanted services. Many times the app behaves weirdly or you need to close app which is running in background and eat up all your batteries. Advanced Task killer kill that entire app on one click.
- Evernote
Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record void reminders and make these notes completely searchable, whether you're at home or at work.
- Adobe Reader
The Best PDF client to read PDF documents. Adobe Reader provides high quality, fast PDF viewing and you can also share you document with your friends via email.
- NetQin Antivirus
Virus are everywhere no matter how advanced is your pc or smartphone. Virus can found their space in your smartphone. Netqin is free antivirus tools to protect your smartphone with Viruses and Spyware. It uses minimum battery and alerts you when virus, malware or spyware is detected.
Do shopping directly from your smartphone. These app lets you search, shop, compare prices, read reviews and make purchase from Ebay and Amazon sites. Don't worry All purchase made with these App are routed through secure servers.
- Google Goggles
It is visual search app that let search things by taking a picture of real world. Goggles use image recognition technology to recognize objects and return relevant search results. Identifies products, famous landmarks, artwork and popular images found online. Goggles can translate words in different languages and also extract contact information from business cards.
- Adobe Photoshop Express
You always want to edit photos from your smartphone after taking pics from 8MP Camera. Adobe Photoshop allows you to edit and share photos virtually anywhere. Just touch to crop, rotate, adjust color and add artistic effects.
- Pulse News
A beautiful news reader that takes your favorite websites and transform them into a colorful and interactive mosaic. Save stories for reading later across all platforms or sync them with Instapaper, Read it Later and Evernote. You can also share stories with your Friends via Facebook, Twitter and email.
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If you think we have missed some cools apps then let me know by commenting here.
This site is very good, but need info on UI wrt Galaxy S2. We are having an UI issue in developed app., fonts are disturbed (looking BIG), layout alignment is not good. But the same app worked correctly in Galaxy Pop, This app has got UI disturbances in Galaxy S2. Kindly advice / send me suitable sample code for Galaxy S2
nice list. though new app releases are awesome along with some root apps. try adding them to the post as well.
Visit Part 2 of the post, where i added some more apps.
Menu>settings>wireless and network>tethering and portable hotspot>usb tethering
debes tener su cable usb conectado a su pc, el telefono hara lo resto.
The zedge app is probably best app for those of you who like to customize things such as …. ringtones and alerts and backgrounds ect…. it has thousands upon thousands of differt types content… enjoy.
It can be found by typing zedge into the search feature on the android. market
Bom Dia!!! Galera qual o aplicativo para o S 2 do TWITTER que eu posso usar? Estou instalando o SEESMIC mas não consigo fazer o login…. :'(
How can i upload video on face book from gs2 every time i try it fails pl tell me
samsung Galaxy s2: Notifier, ringtone and vibrate settings required especially on calendar settings, to increase ringtones when one is in a noisy enviroment and to set vibrate for say twice and ringtones to increase.
Blackberry has such settings for vibrate up to 3 times and then ringtone starts.
Hope this makes sense
galaxy s2 is a very nice phone
Looks like a really good phone! Great apps. Thanks
nice phone………
No Tamil Font supporting for reading message, Facebook, email from my SGS2 mobile.
Try fontomizer , i think they have tamil fonts
You are recommending NetQin – a company who conspires with virus makers to scam customers?
Thanks was searching this today got your article that nice I am reading it!
how can i read local language documents
which is the best english dictionary on samsung galaxy s2
Please tell me from where i can download offline dictionary
um novo jogo otimo para android!!!!
simplesmente viciantes..
Bee Avenger FREE
That's a really good app! I use Galaxy S2 Apps to find good apps for my SGII
I am having a samsung glaxy s2 phone. It works fine.. But I am not able to login into secure sites of different banks starting with https…
hey guys,
where can i find good games like asphalt 6, others.. for my sgs 2…
i downloaded asphalt 6 it got installed bt only palys the initial startup video & den ders just a black screen.. wen i press the home button & open the task manage it shows the RAM in red..? can anyone pls help !
@sgacry they have some minor hardware changes. That's all.
@hkb you'll have to use Google maps + internet. Nothing is pre loaded.
does this have maps preloaded for the Middle east? or do i have to use google maps and the internet?
hi…just got my SGS2 2days ago with model number GT-I9100T and 2.3.3 android version and wanted to upgrade in 2.3.4 but some article said if your not GT-I9100 holder better not to risk your phone…im bit worried about what gonna happen if i upgrade to new version and what would be the best suggestions?
One more thing: what's the different between GT-I9100 to GT-I9100T? tnx again…
hi razzil! need ur help on how to root my SGS2… mind helping step-by-step??
Dear Ayid,
Please follow this link to root SGS2 http://www.razzil.com/root-and-unroot-samsung-galaxy-s2.html
Hey when i got this phone two days ago the man in the shop said the best apps is "g-tunes" and "whats app" but i can not find them can u help me please
you can Download Whatsapp from here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.whatsapp
in my galaxy s2 only opera mini browser is working ie only mobile format is working, default browser and opera browser is not working ie desktop mode is not working wat do i do?
Same with my GS2 !!..:(
how do i customize apps into one icon like the iphone does on my samsung galaxy s2???.. for eg. Games icon that you can click and opens up all your games but EXACTLY like the iphone looks like.. a friend of mine has it done on his galaxy s2 but someone did it for him and doesnt know how!!
Hi, Im not running 2.3 or carrying an s2 but theres an app called App Organizer i think that does this. Although you need to manually add the apps into quickline folders that you can drag to a screen.
just hold on the desktop and make a folder, then drag the games into the folder.
How to Upload pictures to Facebook from my Samsung Galaxy s2
when i am going to galary and picking a picture , then going to menu , share , i am finding gmail , picasa , share . e.t.c. but not facebook.
please guide how to upload a picture to facebook
soumya, you need download or install the facebook app for that option.
Hello Raza,
I brought this new Super Sleek Super Amazing Galaxy S2 phone.
I migrated from Nokia after a long 1.5 Decade and found this to be an amazing move. However I am finding it difficult to manage all my tasks, calendar, SMS (Send/Receive) etc very difficult. Since I was used to Nokia PC Suite/OVI Suite I was looking for similar application that can help me manage the basic things just like i did in Nokia. I've found an application "MyPhoneExplorer" however if there is any official application it would be of great deal and trust than using a 3rd party app.
Your advise would be of great value.
Thanks and Regards
Syed H
hey , you will be getting the CD right, check in it.But android is like the Linux Operating system and its quite advance. you just need to find where the file located, i can say you can use search box in your computer. tat will help you. but if i know any pc suite like thing, i ll drop the url soon
I was able to use MyPhoneExplorer which i installed both on my PC and phone and was able to synch smoothly, however this has few drawbacks. It does not synch Outlook notes, and does not sync contacts completely i.e. if you have more than one number associated with the contact it may not sync them fully.
I am still in search of any sync application that would allow me to sync up with outlook mails, notes, calendar and tasks in offline mode.
Let me know if you can help with any, drop me an email of you find one.
Thanks and Regards,
Syed H
I too migrated from Nokia E51, and thought the phone sII is good, I find Nokia was much easier to navigate. Some issue I need help on :
1) Tasks – Nokia had tasks listed out on the home page. In s2 I can only see 1 task listed out and the other tasks need to be accessed by going to the date in the calender. Now is there any way I can get all tasks listed right on one of the home screens ?
2) How do I get Internet access to my laptop by using s2 as a modem ?
3) Reminders – How do I transfer my Nokia reminders (yearly birthdays etc.) data to s2 calender ?
i have a samsung galaxy s2 i want to connect my samsung galaxy s2 to my internet pc how to do it can any one tell me.
Use "Kies" to connect your samsung galaxy s2 with pc. Download it from here
kies is already there in your s2 phone.
I only use the first two.. Most of these, i tried, but i didnt have use for the others.. like google goggles and evernote, or ebay.. i also dont use an Advanced Task Killer since i think theres a built in task killer on the phone..
I dont think so, battery backup has greatly improved on my Samsung Galaxy S since the 2.3 update.
it ll improve, when you stop all background operations in your s2 phone and enabled the battery saving when the battery hits 70%
Thanks man :) i heard that android 2.3 eats so much battery? so i need to root it. but rooting is against the warranty :( wat should i do
1. Android 2.3 Does not consume more battery. It's Must be your Phone.
2. Root is not against warranty. Just restore to the stock firmware before claiming the warranty.
Thanks Asif for valuable information.
asif, in andrid, root and unroot is simple thing :D and also heard that service guys wont look that phone is rooted or not
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Stepping into plum roles
Never mind that "The Nutcracker" is a Russian ballet about a German family. "The Nutcracker" is better known throughout the United States than anywhere in Europe - a gigantic phenomenon for which Utah's own Willam F. Christensen can be thanked.
The ballet premiered at St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre in 1892, but didn't catch on in the Eastern Hemisphere and soon was forgotten. In 1944, the Brigham City-born Christensen, then director of the San Francisco Ballet, began researching P.I. Tchaikovsky's charming "Nutcracker" score. When the Ballets Russes visited San Francisco on tour, Christensen asked ballet-master George Balanchine to share his childhood memories of the Maryinska production.
From those descriptions came the first "Nutcracker" in America, choreographed by Christensen and premiered by the San Francisco Ballet in 1944. When Christensen came to Salt Lake City in 1952 to form the company that would become Ballet West, he brought his "Nutcracker" along, starting a treasured Utah tradition. Later, Balanchine immigrated to New York and created his own version of "The Nutcracker" for the New York City Ballet.
Though the sugary ballet had been deemed "unsophisticated" in 19th-century Russia, it delighted 20th-century Americans. "The Nutcracker's" family Christmas celebration - complete with squabbling children - resonated here. Its fantasy battle of good and evil between the Nutcracker and the Mouse King echoed the stories Americans buy into time and again through comic books and movies. "Nutcracker" was a ballet all wrong for the European elite, but perfectly suited for mass audiences of the American middle class.
After the New York City Ballet version of "The Nutcracker" premiered in 1954, versions began springing up in professional companies, schools and communities all over the United States. Before long, strains of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" music were wafting through shopping malls and underscoring television commercials. Families began planning their holiday celebrations around trips to see "The Nutcracker." A tradition was born.
These days, many American ballet companies balance their annual budgets through the Christmas bonus provided by "Nutcracker" productions. Young dancers in the United States measure their progress as they grow from role to role in the ballet. In Utah, children who perform as young guests at the Stahlbaums' Christmas Eve party hope for future roles as mice or soldiers. Corps dancers in ballet companies dream of featured roles in the ballet's second-act divertissements, and of someday dancing the grand pas de deux of the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier.
This year at Ballet West, two visitors from the Old World are experiencing the "Nutcracker" phenomenon in the New World. Kate Lyons and Edward Anderson are in Salt Lake City for a three-month apprenticeship in the Ballet West II program through a grant from Scottish Power (whose local arm is PacifiCorp/Utah Power).
Lyons recently graduated from London's Central School of Ballet, and Anderson is still a student there. Both are 20 years old. The two won their apprenticeships when members of Ballet West's artistic staff did a workshop at the school after the company's appearance at the Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland this fall.
"In England, 'The Nutcracker' is definitely not done on this kind of scale," Lyons said. "I had only done it once, at age 4, so this is quite a new experience for me. Schools don't do it in the UK, as they do here."
Lyons' baptism into "Nutcracker" frenzy was by immersion: She is dancing with Ballet West's corps in "Dance of the Snowflakes" and "Waltz of the Flowers" and performing as an Arabian dancer, a Chinese dancer and a mother in the Act One party scene. Anderson is performing as a father, mouse, Russian dancer and Mother Buffoon.
"There is no Mother Buffoon in the versions done in England," Lyons said when Anderson mentioned the cross-dressed character with a bevy of tiny dancers under her skirt. "I have no idea what that part's about, really."
As temporary members of Ballet West II, Lyons and Anderson are part of a new program at Ballet West to provide a training ground for pre-professional dancers. Five other dancers have paid contracts through the program, which is open to dancers 18-20 years of age who have never had a professional contract. Ballet West II dancers gain experience through dancing with the Ballet West company in large productions and by giving presentations in schools throughout Utah. The performance segment of the school programs is based around - no surprise - a mini-version of "The Nutcracker."
"If [Lyons and Anderson] are going to work in America, that's going to be a major factor in their careers," said Peter Christie, Ballet West's education director.
Christie said Lyons and Anderson have developed rapidly through doing "Nutcracker" roles in Utah's schools.
"Anderson has really loosened up, and now we can see his sense of humor coming out, and he's been really challenging himself in partnering," Christie said. "Lyons had a bit more maturity coming in, and we gave her some challenges. She's been doing the Sugar Plum Fairy variation, which is tough in any situation. In front of 500 elementary students, it requires a commanding presence onstage to keep those kids in tow."
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Ballet West's production of "The Nutcracker" opens Friday at 7 p.m., featuring music by Tchaikovsky played by the Utah Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Terence Kern. Choreography is by Willam F. Christensen. Evening shows are Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9 to 12; 14 to 19 21 to 23; and 28 to 30. Matinees are Saturday, Dec. 11, 12, 18, 19, 23, 26 and 31 at 2 p.m. with a special holiday matinee on Christmas Eve at noon.
Immediately after matinees (except on Dec. 24 and 31) Ballet West Guild hosts onstage Sugar Plum Parties where children from the audience can join the Sugar Plum Fairy and other characters from the ballet for refreshments and a special treat.
Tickets are $10 to $60; Sugar Plum Party tickets are $5. Call 801-355-ARTS.
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And so I earned my Bachelor's Degree in Psychology as I intended when I first started college. And then I moved away and earned my Master's Degree in Psychology, uncertain about my final goal. All the while, although I couldn't be sure of my end game, I hoped that I was studying to do something I would love as much as Jim Spencer loved predicting, teaching, talking about the Weather. When I got to do a therapy practicum in grad school, I loved it. Loved it! And I was so energized by it. This is what I want to do! I thought. But internships don't pay the bills, and I was so so tired of selling things --shoes, jewelry, perfume-- to pay my bills. Wasn't there something more... worthwhile I could do? So I started substitute teaching, all the while working toward my license to practice therapy and get paid for it. Then I moved back to Texas, where my degree was not aligned with the licenses therapists need in Texas. Still, I worked toward getting that license, jumping through hoops. All the while, teaching as a substitute in several different school districts, wishing I could just do this full time. Then one day, it struck me like a bolt of lightening that would have made Jim Spencer jump with joy: teaching is my weather! I don't want to leave the classroom! I can do THIS full time!! It couldn't be any more work than becoming a therapist would be. So I researched it, figured it out, and 18 long months later, I was the teacher of record for my very first classroom. It was exhilarating!
So, you see, when I got this award today at my school, six years after that first year of teaching, we all had a silly laugh about my Super-Fan status, and I was a little embarrassed that I've talked like a crazy person about how much I love Jim Spencer. But only a little. Because my appreciation and admiration of Jim Spencer isn't about how cute he is or how smart he is. It's about how he followed his bliss and found his calling. And I believe that's a human responsibility we should all take more seriously. More than feeling a little embarrassed, I felt proud that I can say I love my job as much as he loves his. Because, I'm still convinced, that if everyone did, this world would be a much better place.


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- 6 firm-ripe pears (3 pounds)
- 5 oz dried apricots (preferably California; 1 heaping cup)
- 4 teaspoons finely grated peeled fresh ginger
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 to 3 tablespoons sugar
- 4 (4- by 1-inch) strips fresh lemon zest
- 1 (3-inch) piece cinnamon stick
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 (8-ounce) container nonfat vanilla yogurt
- Garnish: diced fresh pear and dried apricot slivers
- Special equipment: a food mill fitted with medium disk
Peel 4 pears (2 pounds) and coarsely chop (including cores), then transfer to a 3- to 4-quart saucepan. Add apricots, ginger, water, 2 tablespoons sugar, zest, cinnamon stick, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice and simmer, covered, until pears are very tender, about 20 minutes. Discard cinnamon stick and force mixture through food mill into a bowl. If desired, stir in up to 1 tablespoon additional sugar and cool sauce.
While sauce is cooling, peel, core, and finely dice (1/3 inch) remaining 2 pears (1 pound), then toss with remaining tablespoon lemon juice in a bowl.
Spoon 1/4 cup sauce into each of 6 (8-ounce) glasses and top each serving with 2 tablespoons diced pear. Then spread 2 tablespoons yogurt in each glass and top with 2 more tablespoons diced pear and 1/4 cup sauce.
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At last, spring is showing up, or at least trying to! The birds are singing; soon you'll be working your fields, planting corn, beans, and all sorts of crops to feed your cows and the rest of us humans.
Then you'll be working on bringing in the first cut of hay or hay crop silage, followed by a second, third, and fourth cut.
In late summer, you'll harvest some corn for silage, then maybe some to be stored as high moisture corn or dry shelled corn. Eventually, you may wonder what your forage crop is testing.
Many years ago, I got a phone call from an Ohio dairy producer who asked: "You tell us to regularly test our forages, but how often should we do that?"
His question was followed by a long pause, as I was thinking about a correct answer.
I finally told him that I would have to call him back in a few hours because I needed to push a pencil to get the correct answer. Good thing that this producer was extremely patient, because four years later he was still waiting for my answer…
It turns out that nobody had ever attempted to answer this question, and that the answer was far more complicated than the question itself.
With the help of a very smart doctorate student, we came up with a method to determine not just how often you should sample your forages, but also how many samples you should take when you sample, and what to do with the results (i.e., should the rations be re-balanced or not).
Obviously, if the forage (say, your corn silage) never change, then all you need to send is one sample and you'd be done for a year.
Likewise, if a change in the forage does not affect production, then there would be no need to sample.
Along the same line, if the price of milk was $0/cwt, then any milk production loss associated with a forage change would also be of no economic consequence.
What we found is that there are 12 factors that affect how often you should sample your forage. Fortunately, they are not all equally important, plus we have written a software program that can run on any Windows system and do the calculations for you.
The software, in memory of the good old TV series where detective Columbo always found the guilty one, is aptly named Columbo. It can be downloaded (absolutely free) from our OSU Extension dairy website (http://dairy.osu.edu).
The software will suggest numbers to put in each of 12 entries. The default values should work reasonably well in most instances.
The ones that you will definitely need to know (and change) are: (1) the number of cows in your herd, and (2) the price of milk.
For those of you who have no interest in the nuts and bolts and just want the bottom-line answer, we looked at various combinations of entries to mimic the many different conditions faced by Ohio dairy producers. At a net milk price of $20/cwt and for forages that make up more than 25% of the ration dry matter, we can issue the following general recommendations:
Smaller herds. If your herd has less than 100 milking cows, then you should test your forage(s) once per month from one representative sample of each major forage and have the rations automatically re-balanced every month using the lab results.
Medium-sized herds. For those herds between 100 and 300 cows, you should have your forage(s) tested two times per month (every two weeks) with one representative sample and have the rations rebalanced using the lab results.
Large herds. If you milk more than 300 cows, you should have your major forage(s) tested two times per week with one representative sample each time.
Testing should be done (at a minimum) for dry matter, crude protein, and neutral detergent fiber (NDF). The rations need to be rebalanced only if the crude protein has changed by more than 1.5% and/or the NDF has changed by more than 2% from the values that were used to balance the rations currently in use.
Happy planting!
Turn it all around.
I suggest each cutting from each field should be tested.
If there are two different types of baler in the field the hay from each baler should be tested.
( Hay from a small square baler will be 2% CP higher than from a Round Baler both working in the field at the same time.)
If for any reason a field is baled on two different days test the two days separately.
Also use the mineral analysis to monitor soil fertility.


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With collage gifts you can assemble all of your favorite photos together to create one-of-a-kind keepsakes, like posters, mugs, calendars, and more!
Collages are a great way to show the bigger picture, like a baby's first year (or month!), or marathon training, or even your garden's progress over the summer. After a fun vacation or a wonderful event, use collage gifts to enjoy your most-loved photos all together. Highlight your family trip or share a collection of your wedding photos with family and friends.
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Published Sunday, November 18, 2012
Around this time two years ago, we held a memorial service for Papa.
Dad to the Little Black Dress, grandfather to the SONs of Thunder. The man who escorted The Dress, who wore a pink gown, down a very long church aisle, kissed her and said to me, "take care of her."
He died Nov. 8. The ravages of dementia were too much. A veterinarian for almost 50 years, in the end he had zero short-term memory. We'd drive in from Georgia, say hello, and 10 minutes later one of the SONs would say something to him and he'd ask when we got into town.
He died in Colorado, where the LBD's brother lived. All his friends were in Oklahoma. We were in Georgia. In other words, getting everyone together was not easy. We ended up having the memorial service the day before Thanksgiving. It was the only time that worked. And The Dress was thinking about whether anyone would come; who has a service Thanksgiving Eve? But they came.
And yes, it was still a little surreal.
The Dress had bowls of his favorite snacks out for everyone: circus peanuts and licorice. We played "You're The Lucky One" by Allison Kraus. It was fitting.
And afterward, we all, friends and family, went out to eat. And it was a pretty unanimous decision that we hit the Sushi Train.
Which is exactly what its name implies. A sushi bar where you sat around a huge table. And a little toy train would come by toting plates of sushi. And you'd pick out what you wanted off the train as it circled by. Price was based on the color of the plate and at the end, the waitress just counted up your plates.
For some crazy reason, it just seemed appropriate.
Despite having two heart attacks over the years, Dad No. 2 loved spicy food. And so, being Thanksgiving I'm sharing one of his favorites taken from my book, The Little Black Dress and the SONs of Thunder - Recipes on Life and Food. Simply called: "Put Hair On Your Chest Stuffing."
In honor of our first Thanksgiving together as a couple, I (John) cooked the turkey and decided to make my own stuffing. Of course, I had to hear about how everyone else's mother made it, etc., etc. But even The Dress loved this one and it turned out better than I thought it would. If you really want to make this the way it should be, you really MUST use real andouille sausage. Enjoy, drink water, lots of it.
3 cups of chopped celery
1 1/2 cups finely chopped purple onion
1 1/2 cups margarine or butter
18 cups of soft bread cubes, torn up very small
1 teaspoon ground sage
4 teaspoons black pepper
Several shakes of Tabasco sauce, mucho shakes of red pepper flakes.
2 pounds of andouille sausage
Break the bread up into very small pieces. It will take a while, but it's better than store-bought.
Cook and stir celery and onion in the butter/margarine in a large pot until tender. Remove from the heat and stir in everything but the sausage.
Andouille sausage usually comes in links, so you need to dice it up very fine. Brown the sausage in a large skillet. If you want, substitute part of the sausage drippings for the butter, we do and it's better that way.
After cooking the sausage, mix it in with the rest of the ingredients.
Stuff the bird, but not too tightly. Anything left over can go into a baking dish.
Cook the remainder in the oven for about 30 minutes at 350°F.
For the stuffing in the bird, it will be done when a meat thermometer stuck in the middle hits 165°F. Bird should be at 180 degrees. Roast turkey in oven at 325°F.
A final treat since we're on the subject of turkeys. Melt a stick of butter along with about two or three big tablespoons of red currant jelly. Add in some bourbon. I am not going to tell you how much, you're an adult. After it's all melted, use it as a basting sauce for your turkey.
And for an extra treat, you can pour that mixture into your gravy and have, yes, bourbon gravy. Now I'm not going to dare tell you how to make your gravy, everyone has their own family secret on that. For the gravy, we sometimes leave out the jelly and just go with the bourbon and butter mixture.
Holidays can be tough. But now is the time to give thanks for what we have, not for what we've lost.
Enjoy, remembering that life is a journey. Happy Thanksgiving to all.


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Q: I often enjoy exercising alone on my lunch break. Recently a coworker asked if she could join me. What I thought would be a one-time deal turned into her new routine. How can I politely tell her I prefer to work out solo?
A: Speak to her directly. Acknowledge the positive and say, "I'm glad you enjoy working out! My best problem-solving and thinking time is during my workout–so I hope you understand that on most days, I prefer to work out solo." Offer to remain her workout buddy occasionally to keep the relationship cordial.


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Squash New Zealand has highlighted the importance of club development in its strategic plan and the National Club Development strategy identifies the priorities and what Squash New Zealand will be doing in the area of club development.
To grow the sport of squash, we must have capable and effective Clubs and Districts, run by enthusiastic people in attractive facilities, using modern technology. By working together we can achieve this vision so that every New Zealander has the opportunity to play squash.
Vision: to have healthy, welcoming and relevant squash clubs that will grow and transform our sport
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Squash New Zealand have identified three priorities in the area of club development
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On Thursday I'm off to London to meet up with Kalypso Media. They'll be showing off their new game Omerta: City of Gangsters, and then I believe I'll be getting a chance to play it myself. It's what I guess you would call a gangster simulator, set in 1920s Atlantic City, so you know it'll be all about that illegal booze. I'm a big fan of this period, and since Boardwalk Empire is a fair way into its new season, I am definitely up for more mobster fun.
You'll be managing businesses, muscling rivals out of territory and getting up to no good over the city. There's also some XCOM style combat in there where you'll be moving your goons around into cover and trying to take out your enemies. It definitely looks like it's got some potential. Anyone else a fan of this time period or this style of game? If so are there any questions you'd like me to ask the developers?


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New play opens at NTC Oct. 24
In "The Mystery of Irma Vep," author Charles Ludlam satirizes Gothic romance novels, pulp fiction, and horror movies. But he doesn't stop there.
With two actors playing eight different roles and changing costumes 35 times, Ludlam is also laughing at the entire craft of theatrical production.
The plot is borrowed from Gothic romances such as Daphne de Maurier's "Rebecca"and Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights," with fantastic characters from "penny dreadful" fiction and "C" rated movies tossed in. All of the roles (male and female) are played by Raina Bass and Diane Mitchell, with a little help from a mysterious "third man," actor Jason Lindsey.
"I would say this play is a spoof on the whole idea of melodrama," said Mitchell. "It's completely ridiculous, funny, and sinister. By the way, 'Irma Vep' is an anagram for 'vampire.'" "Knowing that an actor walked off the stage and came right back on as a different character, looking completely different with a different accent and set of characteristics, really adds to the humor," added Bass.
"This is the first time any theater has been given the legal rights to produce this play with two female leads," said director Jared Wright. "Charles Ludham wrote it to be performed by himself and another man. He has since passed away. But I think he would be very proud of what we are making of it. Interpreted from a woman's perspective, small details are coming out that haven't been noticed in previous productions."
In 1991, "Irma Vep" was the most produced play in the United States, and in 2003, it became the longest-running play ever produced in Brazil.
As in "Rebecca," the original mistress of the house has died under mysterious circumstances. The current mistress of the house, Lady Enid, is being attacked by werewolves, vampires, the living dead, the curse of the Druids, and then some Egyptian mummies — all while making you laugh.
"You'll have to come and see the play to find out what happens," said Mitchell. "There are a lot of twists in the plot."
"As a matter of fact, we are of the opinion that people should come see it twice just to fully understand the plot," added Bass.
Raina Bass discovered her acting talents right here at NTC when she landed a role in "Twentieth Century" in 2011. Next, she played the daughter in "On Golden Pond" and then multiple roles in "Epic Proportions." In her other life she is a graphic designer as well as a mom with two active boys.
Though Diane Mitchell has been in theater for only four years, "Irma Vep" will be her twentieth show. NTC audiences will remember her hilarious performance as Lilly Garland in "Twentieth Century," but most of her experience has been at Southside Theatre Guild, which is where she got her start.
"I love comedy — it's my favorite genre," said Mitchell. "The more I can make people laugh, the happier I am. When director Jared Wright told me about the show, I had to come and audition. I am so thrilled to be on stage with Raina again. We're having so much fun."
Wright, who has a degree in theater from Jacksonville State University in Alabama, has been singing and acting most of his life. He has been a member of the Southside Theater Guild since 1992 and has worked at Onstage Atlanta and the Clayton Alliance for Summer Theater.
"I love it," said Wright. "This is the first time I've directed a play at NTC, though I helped on costumes with 'City of Angels.' I'm very excited. I love the space of the Main Stage. We have two people to fill all of it, which is part of the humor. We're planning a very special curtain call for the dressers who make those lightning-speed costume changes possible."
"Irma Vep" will be Jason Lindsey's first production here at Newnan. "I think 'Irma Vep' is going to be a hysterical show," he says, hiding a smile.
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" opens at Newnan Theatre Company Oct. 24 and runs through Nov. 3. Tickets are $8 for children, $12 for seniors and students, and $14 for adults.
Shows are: Thursday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m.; Saturday Oct. 26, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 27, 3 p.m.; Thursday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 1, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 2, 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 3, 3 p.m.
To purchase tickets, visit Newnan Theatre Company's website at www.newnantheatre.org or visit the box office before or after any performance. The theater is located in historic downtown Newnan at 24 First Ave.
On Halloween night, patrons are encouraged to come in costume to see the show to get a ticket discount. There will also be trick-or-treating in the lobby before the show.
If you have questions regarding the content of any show, email Artistic Director Tony Daniel at email@example.com .