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September 28, 2015
Was not greeted as a spire elite upon check in. Then I was not told that there would be no water for a shower before I had to go out for a business dinner. I had been traveling all day when I went to the front desk to inquire I was told I could BUY bottled water from them or I could walk across the road to their "partner" hotel. Really--you want me to walk with my toiletries to another hotel. Then when my ride arrived he overheard the man who came to work on the water break inform the front desk that water should be boiled NEVER was I informed of this as a guest staying there. No message on the phone, no sign at the front desk nothing. The water we were expected to use out of the faucets was brown. I have pictures. Upon check out the next morning I asked to speak with the manager and of course was told there was not one available. Never through all of this was I offered any recompense--not even a have a nice day. NEVER STAY HERE staff is not courteous, friendly or helpful.
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Has the Church been placing too much emphasis on these issues by talking about them "all the time"?
Since the appearance on Thursday of a lengthy interview with the pope in several Jesuit publications around the world, a number of Catholic spokesmen, both lay and clerical, have come forward to say the pope's statements were distorted in many news reports by being taken "out of context."
But a reading of the entire interview suggests that, while there was much else that the pontiff said, he did appear to be calling for less emphasis on those high profile — and highly volatile — moral, social, and political issues, while putting greater emphasis on the love and mercy of God and the preaching of the good news (the Gospel) to the poor and the socially outcast.
"We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods," the pope said during an interview conducted in Italian in three sessions by the editor-in-chief of the Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica. "This is not possible. I have not spoken much about these things, and I was reprimanded for that. But when we speak about these issues, we have to talk about them in a context. The teaching of the church, for that matter, is clear and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time."
As it appears in the text of the interview, translated from Italian for the English-language Jesuit publication America, the very next sentence it is: "The dogmatic and moral teachings of the church are not all equivalent. The church's pastoral ministry cannot be obsessed with the transmission of a disjointed multitude of doctrines to be imposed insistently."
While it is not certain that with the word "obsessed," the pope was referring specifically to abortion, contraception, and gay marriage among the "disjointed multitude of doctrines," but that does appear to be what he was saying. It was not biased or careless journalism, then, for the media to report, as the New York Times did in the lead paragraph of its story that:
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Laura Schmidt, coauthor of a new study outlining the health hazards of sugary treats, wants to set an age-limit on them a la alcohol or cigarettes. Her reasoning:
The reality is that unfettered corporate marketing actually limits our choices about the products we consume. If what's mostly available is junk food and soda, then we actually have to go out of our way to find an apple or a drinking fountain. What we want is to actually increase people's choices by making a wider range of healthy foods easier and cheaper to get.
Tim Treacher mocks the idea:
Just imagine Prohibition all over again, except this time with sugar. Who would become the Lucky Luciano of licorice? The Al Capone of cupcakes?
Allahpundit sighs:
You would think that in an information age, as TVs and cell phones become ubiquitous even among the lower classes, nanny impulses would be channeled more frequently into public education campaigns than into regulation. Doesn't feel that way, though, does it?
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Sharpsburg home damaged by fire
by Wes Mayer
A Sharpsburg home was damaged by a fire early Tuesday, and Coweta County firefighters were able to rescue two dogs from the home.
Around 6:39 a.m., crews from stations 1, 3 and 12 responded the house fire on Rockland Drive and found the home 20 percent involved in flames, said Assistant Chief Mitch Coggin with the Coweta County Fire Department.
All occupants were out of the building when firefighters arrived, except for two dogs, which firefighters were able to safely remove. Crews were able to place the fire under control within 10 minutes, Coggin said, and the home suffered from about 20 percent fire damage, but the entire home was heavily damaged by smoke.
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19 year old cute and confident Colby is a self described "stuck up bitch" who lost count of how many guys she's fucked over the years. She let me know early on in the interview that she does not do anal... and her unshaven, hairy asshole confirmed that fact. During her entire shoot, she was friendly, perky, cute and giggly! The little cutie went went bananas when I ate her pussy and she had an orgasm when I fucked her doggy style over the desk. She was so determined to get the (non-existent) modeling job that when I blew my load on her face, she used her fingers to scrape the cum off her cheeks and into her mouth. She told me after the shoot that she never swallows and only did it because she wanted to "make sure that someone would hire her". This girlie has all the skills and qualities of all the other "adult models" you currently see running the internet porn circuit. We WILL be seeing her all over the web if she finds a real talent agent. I'm crossing my fingers that she doesn't.
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It's Colby McAdams :)
Amazing girl - in terms of personality. This is the first time I see a girl on a porn video that I actually wish I could meet in real life. Makes me feel bad about her being in a porn video in the first place, and guilty for watching it. Damn.
I want to fuck all DAY!!
I would love to fuck her. Hopefully I see her in boots next time
hot girl
Her name is Colby McAdams
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hot stuff :D
I think her screen name is Katie Cummings, so there is a job after all.
what a pretty cunt...would she mine for a night...
oh what a wonderful face. joyful full of innocence and curiosity. but while in action she needs to be trained or change her attitude. all the joy, life and energy she exudes from every pore of her body is dead and she is doing the blow job as a robotic machine. may be if she changes her attitude to sex she will be the best model in recent years.
sensual and hot,nice fuck and facial.
Her name is Colby.
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This is another favourite video clip that I like watching with my girlfriend, It turns me on that my dick is ever so slightly larger in size when compared to the one in the clip!
A really cute girl .Good cocksucker.I'd love to fuck all of her holes.
Great Blowjob
Shows you what some chicks will do to be in front of a camera... and to think it could the girl you love, sucking and getting fucked by some some dude she just met who says he is a porn producer...how funny and sad.
Nice fuck.
this girl is 19?! I THINK NOT??!!
Sex is good
Good I guess
For some reason... I have a feeling she already has a job
She is gorgeous, edible, fuckable and just a fun person..
come on here in canada i will bold you
another beauty can they really fall for his 'shit' line ? may as well say 'give us a free suck and fuck'
Katie Cummings????
No offence but fcking n tricking girls into sex isnt gd. Thdy want 2 work, u want 2 fck
She is so hot and gorgeous. Very fuckable
Colby is adorable. She has that very sexy combination of small boobs and big curvy hips and a full, fleshy butt. So hot. I love the way she laughs and giggles while she masturbates.
she's a beauty. damn f*ing hot...
whats her name?
i like thise girl
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nice body, nice tits, nice mouth, i would do her but dem eyes, big beautiful eyes, I could stare at them all day
that wink.... made me wanna punch her in the face
That's a real woman dudes!
watch and enjoy,she's hot..
god- perfect face. maybe the chick could lose a bit of weight though x
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..Nice mouth!!
what a hot chick...she gets me f**king crazy ;)
she's so cute.
your idea is so amazing haha
How the het does she think she can be an adult model :|
adult model maybe not, but I wouldn't mind having her in my room to fuck her every day. Nice tits, nice cunt, delicious
model? maybe not. fucked like a whore on the desk? absolutely.
that girls needs a lot more teaching how to suck properly cock,...
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thats my girlfrends sister so smkin hot hu?
she is so hot but she should never be fucked by that ugly ass hore
If only she had an orgasm but great
Super.fun girl with personality and should get a job.Wouldnt mind her for my girlfriend
Horny pussy...i Love it
They always say I that they cant hire a pretty face. Great video though
dumb chubby bitch!
your dick is like match stick too small
I love how it jus cuts to him gorilla fucking her lmfao
Who is this chick. I LOVE HER...
This is one of the better women that have been Rick's guest of late, She's very cute and has a nice personality.
"Both. Who doesn't want to be, you know, on top?" "Fuck yeah. Deep down inside you know they want it."
really cute girl, a face that it seems you could meet yourself, I like that
name please
she's so beautiful with her clothes on but so very normal naked... not that its bad but its just like I expected something else because of that face
Quite normal body..and I like that!
subwoofer on a table...no, no, no...! :D This guy has to spend a fortune on the girls to fuck with him - ugly, weird cock, no brains...
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That Which Was Once Taboo: Shifts in Hair Care Retail
By: Taneisa Grier
The days when one channel strategies for hair care products are over as consumers expect salon and professional brands at mass outlets.
Oct 04, 2012 | 09:01 AM CDT
Changing Perceptions Helping to Significantly Boost Men's Fragrance in China
The men's prestige fragrance market in particular is showing is strength and upward trend in the Chinese marketplace.
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Lauder to Debut New Osiao Skin Care Brand for Asian Market
Focusing on "skin light" benefits, the new luxury skin care brand from Estée Lauder offers a variety of SKUs that will target and be available exclusively through Asian markets.
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P&G Revamps Scope's Image
The oral care brand is a getting a makeover, with new packaging and messaging aimed at inspiring confidence.
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Advances in natural ingredients for skin brightening can help beauty brands more successfully offer solutions to customers with hyperpigmentation.
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Origins, Physicians Formula Top Harris Interactive Survey as Top Brands
In the survey—which looked at metrics such as quality, fit, consumer connection, brand momentum, purchase consideration and trust—Harris Interactive found many mass market beauty brands outranking prestige brands in brand equity.
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Asia-Pacific Continues its Dominance in Luxury
In a new Mintel report tracking the luxury market around the globe, perfumes and cosmetics were found to have underperformed in the past five years, but were on the upswing in the most recent two years.
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Even as controversy rages around the nation over the new Arizona immigration law, one of our state legislators has apparently decided to try to drag Michigan into a similar fray.
Rep. Kim Meltzer, R-Clinton Township, said her bill would allow police to request proof of citizenship from people who are stopped and questioned on another offense, such as a traffic violation or selling fraudulent identity documents. Officers would have the authority to arrest people who can't prove their legal status.
I'm not quite sure what to make of this.
Don't get me wrong. I have firm thoughts about the Arizona measure: It's racist, divisive and the worst kind of nativism. I don't see how they need it in Arizona, and we sure as heck don't need a knock-off of it here. That said, the Arizona law is also a reaction to a legitimate issue that has been percolating in that part of the country for years, that is, illegal immigration.
But since when did Clinton Township become a hotbed for undocumented workers? Who's so desperate to flee their native land, to settle in Macomb County, that they're sneaking en masse past security blindspots in the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel to get to Clinton Township? How does a proposed bill like this, divorced as it is from any semblance of a real political need of people in this region, do anything but send more dog-whistle calls to knee-jerk reactionaries who want to convince themselves that their half-assed surface judgments deserve to be codified into law? How does this serve even one person who voted for this Kim Meltzer?
I can't see that it does it all. It strikes me as being reflective of phony outrage, just a sad attempt to re-make in Michigan an odious bit of red-herring legislation. Worse, while I question how seriously responsible leaders will take something like this, there's no doubt in my mind that it would be just another tool to marginalize and harass select groups. And when you consider all the very necessary work that our state lawmakers duck and dodge every day, from forging sensible taxation policies to making hard budget choices, proposals like this seem that much more of an obscene waste.
Our problem is not with people tip-toeing across borders and into metro Detroit or Michigan. If Meltzer and these other legislators really want to help, maybe they should worry more about, say, keeping jobs in the state than with keeping people out.


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28 U.S. Code § 2347 - Petitions to review; proceedings
(a) Unless determined on a motion to dismiss, petitions to review orders reviewable under this chapter are heard in the court of appeals on the record of the pleadings, evidence adduced, and proceedings before the agency, when the agency has held a hearing whether or not required to do so by law.
(b) When the agency has not held a hearing before taking the action of which review is sought by the petition, the court of appeals shall determine whether a hearing is required by law. After that determination, the court shall—
(2) pass on the issues presented, when a hearing is not required by law and it appears from the pleadings and affidavits filed by the parties that no genuine issue of material fact is presented; or
(3) transfer the proceedings to a district court for the district in which the petitioner resides or has its principal office for a hearing and determination as if the proceedings were originally initiated in the district court, when a hearing is not required by law and a genuine issue of material fact is presented. The procedure in these cases in the district court is governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
(c) If a party to a proceeding to review applies to the court of appeals in which the proceeding is pending for leave to adduce additional evidence and shows to the satisfaction of the court that—
the court may order the additional evidence and any counterevidence the opposite party desires to offer to be taken by the agency. The agency may modify its findings of fact, or make new findings, by reason of the additional evidence so taken, and may modify or set aside its order, and shall file in the court the additional evidence, the modified findings or new findings, and the modified order or the order setting aside the original order.
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In subsection (c), the words "applies" and "shows" are substituted for "shall apply" and "shall show", respectively.
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Lawson–– Theresa Agnes Gosselin, 84, of Newport Center, VT, went to be with the Lord on July 24, 2012. Services will be held at the convenience of the family. Online condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, locally family owned and operated.
For the full obituary see Monday's Express.
DERBY – More serious problems have come to light with the ancient water system in the Village of Derby Line. Not only is the water dirty with rust and other residue, but low water pressure is hampering firefighters when trying to put out fires.
The home of Debbie Perry caught fire in the early morning hours Saturday. Eighteen Derby Line firefighters responded to the seen with five trucks after receiving a call at 3:20 a.m., Derby Line Fire Chief Craig Ellam said Sunday.
COVENTRY – The thrills at the Newport State Airport this weekend were unbelievable as Lakeview Aviation held its fourth annual air show. The show included stunt flying, airplane displays, airplane rides, a Mustang display and a bounce house for kids. Hundreds of people showed up Saturday and Sunday to enjoy the daring displays.
"Everybody has a thing for planes," said Dan Gauvin, owner of Lakeview Aviation. Part of the purpose for the show is to grow interest in aviation. "This is a state airport. People think it's for the rich but it's not; it's the taxpayer's airport."
LOWELL - Green Mountain Power has announced that the first turbine at the Kingdom Community Wind Project in Lowell has been erected.
"We've made tremendous progress on the project the last couple of months and are eagerly anticipating the project's commissioning," said Mary Powell, President and CEO of Green Mountain Power. "The mild winter allowed us to ramp construction back up in early April and we've been steadily moving forward since then. Today marks an important milestone in our effort to develop this clean, renewable energy for Vermont."
DERBY LINE – Developer William Simendinger continues to argue his case to build a mini-mart and gas station where two historic buildings stand on Main Street in Derby Line's commercial district.
Simendinger, vice president of Champlain Farms (a gas station/mini-mart chain) bought the two buildings quietly a few years ago and revealed his plans for the property later.
Controversy has dogged the project since the beginning.
NEWPORT - It's unusual for a sitting governor to feel heat from an opponent following one term in office, but that seems to be the case as Vermont State Senator Randy Brock takes on Democratic incumbent Gov. Peter Shumlin.
Brock, a Republican, is capitalizing on the political bruising Shumlin has taken recently for decisions on the Lowell Mountain Wind Project, the Gaz Metro/Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) deal (which essentially overturned an agreement between the state and the utility to reimburse rate payers $21 million), and an incident involving a bear in the night.
DERBY - Derby could win $25,000 in the Pet Safe "Bark for Your Park contest." Derby is trailing Mountain House, CA, and was in second place when the leader board/vote counter went dark this week, adding suspense. But Derby was trailing by about 1,000 votes.
The park is coming to life now, but the money means the difference between a bare bones park, or a very nice one for anyone from anywhere to use for free.
Every dog has its day, so help local dogs get the very best!
NEWPORT CITY – When Eileen Illuzzi became the new interim director of the North Country Career Center earlier this month, she left somewhat of a void with the school's adult services program.
However, thanks to the Northeast Kingdom Learning Services (NEKLS), the void will be short lived.
NEKLS will help with the program that Illuzzi will continue to oversee. Illuzzi has a Vermont Department of Education state license as an Adult Services Coordinator as well as Career Center Director. The Department of Education is okay with the arrangement, at least for now.
NEWPORT–Anthony Bathalon is ready to make the next step in his basketball career; Teacher.
The former high school standout, who also dabbled in semi-pro ball as a practice player with the Frost Heaves as well as playing with the Little Rock Lightning of the ABA, has decided to switch his playing kicks for a set of coaches shoes and a whistle.
Riverside Speedway is home to some of the friendliest, most helpful people in the racing business. If a racer is in need, there are usually five people jumping to help. This is especially important in the higher divisions, where higher speeds sometimes bring bigger problems. A helpful hand is always welcome, and one of the first people to lend a hand is the Northeast Kingdom's Aaron Smith.
The Irasburg native drives a mint green Chevy Impala in the Sign Depot Outlaw Sportsman division, but hasn't always been privy to racing.


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Laura Bell Bundy is proud of her Kentucky roots and she's putting all the things she loves about the Bluegrass State front and center in the music video for her new single, "Kentucky Dirty." Laura Bell directed the video with her friend, director Becky Fluke. It was filmed in Kentucky and includes horses, mud and of course, Kentucky Blue.
The video also features a cameo from the University of Kentucky dance team, which is featured in the Kentucky Wildcat Basketball documentary The Sixth Man, available at Walmart on November 26. Both the song and video are very personal for Laura Bell, who was raised a University of Kentucky fan.
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"Kentucky Dirty" is available for download on iTunes. Fans can currently catch Laura Bell starring as as Dr. Jordan Denby on Charlie Sheen's Anger Management.


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Wednesday, the Baha'is of Los Alamos will celebrate the birth of Baha'u'llah, the prophet-founder of the Baha'i Faith. The celebration will consist of a talk, prayers, readings and music. It will take place at 505 Oppenheimer Drive in Ridge Park, #1306, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, and is open to all.
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Things to see and do - Hóra Sfakíon
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Hóra Sfakíon Travel guide
Hóra Sfakíon : Michelin's recommendations
Nestling in a creek at the foot of a mountain, this tiny resort is probably one of the most pleasant places to stay on this part of the coast. It caters to some of the tourists who trek through the Samariá Gorge. Consisting of a few stepped streets, a little harbour and a modest pebble beach, Sfakiá (or Hóra Sfakíon) has no other charm than its restful atmosphere, which is particularly pleasant in the evening.
Tourist attractions Hóra Sfakíon : Things to see and do
Arádena Gorge
GR - 73011 Anópoli
The little abandoned village of Arádena, 4km from Anópoli and 16km from Sfakiá, marks the beginning of the Arádena Gorge. There is a stunning view just prior to the metal bridge spanning it. The magnificent descent of this striking gorge is for exper..
Scenic Routes from Sfakiá
GR - Hóra Sfakíon
From Sfakiá, two excursions are possible. One leads along a steep road through beautiful scenery to the Arádaina gorge (the view from its metal bridge is impressive!), before continuing to the mountain village of Ágios Ioánnis. The second leads to Vr..
GR - 730 11 Patsianós
The massive outline of the Frankish castle (Frangokástele) is visible from afar; it was built in 1371 by the Venetians as a defence against pirates, Turks and insurgent Sfakiots. It is rectangular in plan with crenellated walls and a square tower at ..
Hotels Hóra Sfakíon
Hotel Porto Loutro on the Hill
Loutro GR - 73011 Loutro
Prix Prices from : 65 €
Boasting a beachfront location, Hotel Porto Loutro on the Hill is quietly located in Loutro village. It features a bar-restaurant, a sauna and 23 rooms, some with Libyan Sea views. Wi-Fi is available at extra cost. All rooms at Hotel Porto Loutro ar..
Samaria Hotel
Chora Sfakion GR - 73011 Khóra Sfakíon
Prix Prices from : 31 €
Located on the sea front of Chora Sfakion and just 50 metres from the beach, Hotel Samaria features a sun terrace and rooms with a balcony or patio. Free WiFi is offered throughout. All air-conditioned units come with Libyan Sea and mountain or land..
Hotel Porto Loutro on the Beach
Loutro GR - 73011 Loutro
Quietly located on the secluded beach of scenic Loutro, this property offers a seafront snack bar. It features air-conditioned accommodation with balcony and views of the Libyan Sea. A fridge and hairdryer are included in all accommodation types at ..


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ESPN's Todd McShay believes Alabama WR Kevin Norwood is a good fit for the Patriots.
Florida senior LB Antonio Morrison made 16 tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss, in the school's 38-10 win over Ole Miss.
Tulsa is still evaluating the extent of Tulsa junior WR Keevan Lucas' knee injury.
Stanford sophomore RB Christian McCaffrey turned 17 carries into 156 yards and a touchdown in Saturday's 55-17 win over Arizona.
FSU HC Jimbo Fisher deemed sophomore RB Dalvin Cook (hamstring) day-to-day.
Notre Dame senior RB C.J. Prosise turned in 150 yards from scrimmage and one touchdown in Saturday's 24-22 loss to Clemson.
Florida redshirt freshman QB Will Grier completed 24-of-29 passes for 271 yards and four touchdowns in Saturday's 38-10 drubbing of No. 3 Ole Miss.
Arkansas junior RB Alex Collins worked 27 carries into 154 yards and two touchdowns in Saturday's 24-20 win over Tennessee.
LSU sophomore RB Leonard Fournette carried the ball 26 times for 233 yards and three touchdowns in Saturday's 44-22 win over Eastern Michigan.
Baylor redshirt junior RB Shock Linwood rushed for 221 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries in Saturday's 63-35 win over Texas Tech.
Baylor redshirt junior WR Corey Coleman converted seven catches into 110 yards and three scores in Saturday's 63-35 win over Texas Tech.
Ohio State junior RB Ezekiel Elliott went supernova in Saturday's 34-27 win over Indiana, rushing for 274 yards and three touchdowns on 23 carries.


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Tales From Around the World
Recommended for kids ages six and up and their adult companions
Saturday, February 8, 2014, 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Theater 3 (The Celeste Bartos Theater), mezzanine, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building
Enjoy classic live-action and animated short films, engaging discussions with a Museum educator, and suggestions for follow-up activities in the Museum's galleries.
Anansi the Spider. 1969. USA. Directed by Gerald McDermott
The Chinese Word for Horse. 1987. Great Britain. Directed by John Lewis
Village of Idiots. 1999. Canada. Directed by Rose Newlove and Eugene Fedorenko
This program is for individual families of up to two adults and up to three kids.
Admission is free. Tickets are distributed on the day of the program only, on a first-come, first-served basis.
Tickets will be distributed at the reception desk in The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building, at 4 West 54th Street (near Fifth Avenue), from 10:00–10:30 a.m. and from 11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Tickets are also distributed at the information desk in the Museum's main lobby.
Headsets and neck loops for sound amplification can be made available for Family Films programs with at least two weeks' advance notice by calling (212) 408-6347 (voice) or (212) 247-1230 (TTY) or by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Wish You All a Happy Diwali!
Diwali, the festival of lights means a row of lamps. It's one of the most important festivals in India. Diwali is celebrated to mark the victory of good over evil and light over darkness. This is one festival that creates a magical and radiant effect in the atmosphere with beautiful fire crackers. That's why it's called the festival of lights.
Every state has their significance behind its celebration. Sweets, dry fruits and silver coins are common gifts on this occasion. Every street of north India hosts stage shows of Ramlila, a dramatic rendition of the story of the Ramayan. On the other hand, in the eastern part of the country in Bengal this festival is celebrated with Kali puja. After Durga puja, Kali puja is another important and major draw of Bengal.
The puja is held at night amidst the sound of crackers and fireworks. Though the celebration process and rituals may vary but the universal theme behind its celebration remains the same across the country. Here's wishing you and your family a very Happy Diwali!
May you find your Life Partner on this auspicious occasion
Quick Facts» Throughout the five-day festival, lamps filled with oil are lit and placed in rows outside homes
» Gambling is encouraged during the Diwali season as a way of ensuring good luck for the coming year
» The fourth day and the beginning of the lunar month of Kartika marks the beginning of the new year
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Welcome to Woodcote Green, where you will find everything you need to give your garden the best start this summer.
Plants are our passion and the quality and sheer diversity of our stock is what makes Woodcote Green Garden Centre unique!
Our outdoor living department stocks garden lighting, parasols, furniture treatments and an excellent range of garden games
Don't forget about the birds this season! We cater for all species online and in store.
Our impressive landscaping centre has recently been greatly expanded and improved to offer a much greater range
If you just want to recoup for a while then visit our welcoming Waterfall Café or Terrace Coffee Shop for a delicious treat.
When the local community puts its mind to growing and showing, the results can be overwhelming.
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XantrexSWRC-50ft - Sine Wave Remote Control
Designed for use with SW and PS inverter/chargers, the SWRC is a full-function remote control with backlit LCD display. The remote control comes with a standard 25' (7.5 m) cable or a 50' optional (15 m) cable. The SWRC or SWCA are required on the PS to adjust settings.
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The Borger Fire Department is doing its part to help the family of a firefighter who recently passed away after suffering extensive injuries in the line of duty.
PERRYTON-The ending wasn't pretty, but the Borger Lady Bulldogs were able to hang on for a 9-8 win over the Perryton Rangerettes on Friday afternoon, which allowed the team to clinch a playoff berth and avoid having to be involved in a potential playoff tournament.
Going into Friday's contest, Borger and Dalhart held a one-game lead over Perryton in the district standings. If Perryton was able to defeat the Lady Bulldogs, along with a Dalhart loss to Pampa, the three teams would of found themselves having to take part in some kind of playoff for the playoffs.
West Texas High came into Follett Friday afternoon to face an unbeaten 10-0 Panther baseball team. The Comanches trailed once, 1-0, after the first inning. Follett fought back in the bottom of the seventh and had the winning run at first base, when Ty Lay fanned the hitter to end the game with a 15-14 win. The win keeps the Tribe in second place behind Follett. WT needs some help from someone else in the District to beat Follett to give them any chance at the District Crown.
Throughout the years, there have been various cases of kidnapped children, such as Adam Walsh, Polly Klaas, Jonathan Foster, and others. When such a crime occurs, law enforcement needs as much information as possible, such as photos, descriptions, fingerprints, and DNA, if possible.
According to James Qualls of the Hutchinson County Sheriff's Office, it is the desire of his agency and other law enforcement that such a crime does not happen again.
"However, we must come to grips [with the facts that] this type of crime does occur," he said.
There is a local citizen who truly values the work of the MS Walk now more than ever.
Sandra Washer was diagnosed with MS back in 1992, and every year since the MS Walk started in 1994, she has played a significant part in the walk each year.
She said there was a man named Byron Nesbitt who started the walk in Borger because he wanted to do something for a organization that did good, that actually helped somebody, and she worked right along with him.
A suspicious death in the Keeler Heights area that is being investigated by the Borger Police Department and the Texas Rangers has now been classified as a homicide.
On Thursday, April 21, 2011, at approximately 11:14 a.m., officers from the Borger Police Department were dispatched to 120 Garrett Street in reference to an unattended death.
Friday afternoon the Borger Lady Bulldogs were able to leave Perryton with a 9-8 win over the Rangerettes in District 1-3A action
The win allowed Borger to clinch a playoff berth by taking their district record to 4-5 while Perryton finishes district play with a 2-7 mark.
Dustin Athey, 3 months old, of Fritch passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2010.
Dustin Tyler Athey was born Wednesday, December 29, 2010 in Borger, TX to Johnathon Athey and Victoria Swigert.
Survivors include his parents; one brother, Trevor Mirabella; paternal grandmother, Pam Athey of Fritch, TX; four uncles and one aunt.
Cremation was entrusted to Brown Funeral Directors.
No services are planned at this time.
Send personal condolences to www.brownfuneraldirectors.net
(UPDATE: According to information received from the Borger Police Department, this has been ruled a homicide. More details will be available later this evening.)
Local and state officials are currently investigating a suspicious death in the Keeler Heights area.
According to Lt. Anthony Griffin of the Borger Police Department, yesterday morning before noon, officers responded to Garrett Street in reference to a death.
Once they got over there and began to investigate, the Texas Rangers were called to assist in the investigation.
It is a difficult time for school districts.
This was the sentiment shared by two local superintendents, Jim McClellan of Sanford-Fritch ISD and Chance Welch of Borger ISD. The two men shared about their backgrounds, along with the struggles their districts are facing, during a gathering of the Hutchinson County Retired School Personnel Association meeting Thursday.


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Thursday, 17 November 2011
Times, they are a changing
This month we bought a new car for the family. I say new, it's three years old. Our son says it's our big new car - that's good enough for me.
Why am I telling you this? Well, we live in north Essex and the car came from Gateshead, we didn't see it in the flesh, test drive it, touch it, kick its tyres or study the paintwork before we bought it.
We found a dealer group that we trust and entered into a process whereby they 'assisted' us to find the car we wanted, in the colour we wanted, mileage, previous history and ownership, all as we wanted. The vehicle was the exact specification we wanted as we'd spent time researching it beforehand.
The car was delivered to our door, at the time and day we specified, with bridging insurance in place for a week to allow us to drive it immediately. Which we did.
The car had an MOT and service prior to delivery, has 12 months warranty and roadside assistance cover, as well as a 'no quibble' exchange or refund should the vehicle not be what we had agreed to buy.
For team Mason, you can't beat this. We have bought our last two family cars through this process now, without having to find time to trail the kids around forecourts and everything that entails.
Horses for courses I know, some would think us mad to complete the transaction without actually seeing and driving the vehicle.
I reckon that's the way the used car market is evolving and by the time our son gets to buying his first car, it might just seem a little odd to him that we used to go and look at them.
I may be wrong, time will tell..
All the best
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- Alan Bourgein said...
It's fine Chris if you know exactly what you want as you did. Presumably you knew this as you had previously owned the same model or knew someone who had one [I trust you didn't go into your local dealer and view and drive it there, then go and buy it elsewhere :-)), but many customers don't. They still need to check whether their knees hit the steering wheel, or how easy it is to get their 3 year old into the child seat in the back. They will often want to see whether Cobalt Blue really is as sparkly as it looks in the glossy magazines. As you say, it is horses for courses, but I believe that rumours of the demise of reputable local dealers is greatly exaggerated! Alan Bourgein
- 17 November 2011 at 14:20
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Move over Channing Tatum!
"Parks and Recreation" star Chris Pratt used to be a part-time stripper when he was fresh out of high school, he reveals in a new interview with Buzzfeed.
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so far for the bike
July 16, 2015 at 03:55 PM | categories: truckbuilding, code, amateur radio, misc, ratbike, wagenplatz, hardware, dieselbike, rideout, software
July 16, 2015 at 03:55 PM | categories: truckbuilding, code, amateur radio, misc, ratbike, wagenplatz, hardware, dieselbike, rideout, software
July 14, 2015 at 09:53 PM | categories: rideout, dieselbike, ratbike, amateur radio
I am starting to a 3 week holiday to croatia this thursday. The Bike will be a Track T800CDI. I will also do some Ham Radio Operations, so stay tuned, you may hear something from DD5TT aka OE1SRC.
I will also post a travel report here.
Sometimes really odd things happen:
I am still testing if this perl expression:
my $obj=eval "Some::Object->new()";
may be responsible for serious segmentation faults within perl for AIX. pls stay tuned.
August 27, 2014 at 08:44 PM | categories: hardware, amateur radio
Yesterday during a few drinks after our regular CW operators meeting in Vienna I told a friend how I wind Baluns (yes I know this one is an UnUn) So here is a picture first:
I wind this by rolling some wire usually with 4 windings per coil over my Hand. I then fix that Wire ring with insulation tape. depending on how long it should last I add plugs.
I use this UnUn usually together with a 6,5 or 10 m antenna wire and some Antennatuner as near as posible to the UnUn.
Usually 1:9 transmission is good enough to get good reports even with QRP Power on the 80m band.
The UnUn you see in the first picture also has a connection for 1:4 and 1:16 transmission, as shown in the next circuit diagram:
I am using this UnUn on almost all of my mobile operations. and it seems to have a good performance, however I would not try to place it on a metal plate.
August 27, 2014 at 08:20 PM | categories: hardware, amateur radio
This time it is from the Ukraine, I got it on a flea market in Altlengbach last weekend.
I bought it because of that really HUGE antisparking filter box below that key, and really, as I thought. it is exactly 70mm x 120 mm which is happily the size of for example a small MA12 Tranceiver http://www.qrp-shop.biz/MA-12-Minimal-Art-TRX
It is as far as I have googled a Soviet TKF Key manufactured between 1988 and 1992 by Cherkassy Telegraph Equitment. I wonder what they plan to key with that. But the key has a good feeling and will surly key a MA12 as mentioned above.
August 27, 2014 at 08:09 PM | categories: misc, amateur radio
June 16, 2014 at 06:39 AM | categories: dieselbike, ratbike
Yesterday I bought a Kubota Engine at Willhaben.at I guess it is a Z402 from Aixam. A first test revealed, that it perfectly fits into my old Ural frame, without any modifications.
So even if I don't wanted to build on a russian bike base again, because there are so many more
things to do to get something relieable, than just putting the parts together,
the thing is, I have most of the Parts here now.
I also have the Front of a variomatic, to play around with.
June 15, 2014 at 06:58 PM | categories: dieselbike, ratbike, rideout
I was at the Big Knock after Fixing up my Bike at the Beginning of June. see Pics in
May 20, 2014 at 09:45 AM | categories: software, amateur radio
...even if you sending radio is already turned off.
This is possible thanks to the Brand New APRS Gateway for QTC Net that is running in Test operation for 500 km round of vienna.
As soon as a call sends some beacon message whatever, pending messages in QTC Net the Gate tries to deliver them via APRS.
If you wand to use the other way round you have to set a QTC Net Alias.
You may set up your own QTC Net Node and Gateway in your own local area. http://www.qtc-net.org/
April 10, 2014 at 09:32 AM | categories: code, software, amateur radio
A few weeks ago I launched the QTC-Net Project. Which is a Telegram Network between Ham Radio operators.
The Idea was simply this:
Coding such a thing is more difficult than it looks like. especially if it should be decentralized, unencrypted (ham radio requirement), and easy to use.
so we will se what the future brings... :)
In this post I will collect ideas what we can build into a sonic screwdriver today, to make it a really useful tool.
so far, I'm sure i will get more ideas soon....
December 22, 2013 at 12:00 PM | categories: hardware, software
Last week I upgraded the Debian System on my Laptop from i386 to AMD64. Some people may say: "this never works" but from a technical point of view it should not be a problem in a well packaged linux environment, so I started to try it out.
Basically you have to exchange every binary on the system with the 64bit version. which means that you have to reinstall every package on the system. All of the config files user data and some databases in /var should stay as they are.
My first Problem was the Kernel. My original Kernel that I used was 32 bit only. The Debian AMD64 Kernel freezes during Hardware detection. I think there is some problem with the Firmware Loader infrastructure and 64bit. ifconfig does not return when the firmware cant be loaded. (note to myself: report that to the kernel people) The compiler suite could only produce 32 bit binarys and therefore 32 bit kernels by default. I think there is a way to let it produce 64 Bit binarys but I simply used the Kernel from a grml life system.
After I could boot a 64bit system I was able to debootstrap a new Installation to the harddisk, download a kernel source and compile a fresh 64 bit kernel.
I then installed the same packages on the bootstrapped system as there are on the original one. therefore I fetched a package list with aptitude, stripped out all automatic installed packages and did an apt-get install on the bootstrapped 64bit system. Sorry that I cant write down every command I used for this but I didn't make to many notes, but you are surely an awakened head so you may figure out the right shell commands for yourself.
I planned to use /etc and /home as well as the mountpoints in /media as they are. /var needs to be migrated for the LDAP Database Log, Cups and Mysql. /usr/src and /usr/local schould be delivered from the i386 System. All the other Files should come from the new system. In /etc the /etc/ld.so.conf.d should come from the new system, the passwd and group should come from the old one, especially the passwd is a bit tricky.
Because some of the users are installed dynamically, userids change from the old system to the new one. A good solution would have been to copy the passwd directly after bootstapping, but i missed that point, so I had to adopt all the userids of the existing (amd64) system users to the UIDs on my old system. I did that with "find -uid" by finding all filed owned by all old uids, giving them a temorary new uid. I then mapped all temporary uids to the old (i386) passwd database. With that two step process I ensured that I do not switch an existing uid to another one I have to chane later.
I later discovered that the alternatives system is also messed up a bit at the moment, I have to fix that, but it does not harm operations at the moment.
After copying all the files together all I had to do was to make the new system bootable, create a new initrd, recompile any customized packages (like wmii-hg) reboot, and experience the really fast amd64 performance.
August 17, 2013 at 09:39 PM | categories: hardware, amateur radio
I plan for a while to try out another vertical concept, since I figured out, that my 6.5 Meter Vertikal having some trouble coming to its full performance because my Truck roof is definately not enough for Bands below 17 Meters.
The Question of the right radials on a multiband vertical is a good question, it should be \$\frac{1}{4} \lambda\$ most of the designs simply add verticals for each band to the design. You could also use an earth tuner to match your antenna to your vehicle, note to me: schedule some experiments with earth tuners on the sidecar radio outfit.
An other way is to look how dipoles are tuned and adapt it to a groundplane antenna. So you can use some radials with exactly the same length as the antenna, and than feed it with a balancer unit. I did it with my antenna, and it worked almost well, almost because the 1:1 voltage Balun I used maybe was not the best choice, but it worked anyway. The main problem I had with the groundplane design where the radials. 6.5 Meter to every direction means lots of extra space around my truck, I can't reduce length with couls because the coilsize debends on the frequency. And the only Idea I had for the mechanic of the radials was the use of tensioned wire.
So I need a design which is playing without radials! A vertical Dipole for example. With a feed in the middle. There is a vertical \$\frac{1}{2} \lambda\$ monoband design available in Rothammels Antenna book which feeds the antenna with koax cable right through the bottom dipole element. The design is basically the same as with a normal dipole exept that it is vertical and the feed is not coming from the side. So should be capeable of multiband work by adding some sort of Balun some sort of Tuning to the feed point.
This raises to questions: How to tune, and how to do the Mechanics. The Mechanics question was solved by ordering a Havy Duty 10 M GFK Mast at dx-wire.de. the mast costs about 70 € but alows rapid development of different antenna designs with much cheaper materials than the aluminium tubing, I used since then. I can now use old RG213 Coax cable or speaker cable as antenna element for example. I also ordered the portable 10m version from dx-wire which soon will improve my portable antenna situation soon.
The next problem to solve was the matching problem. I want something which I can control from the shack. It is possible to place a symetric autotuner at the feed point i decided against to make the feedpoint simpler and lighter. If you match in the schack you have higher losses on the Koax cable. The choice which death to die was finally made by the large collection of available Unsymetric autotuners, and the time i had available. I can still add some extra antenna tuning in the next project, when I know how the whole thing plays. Ham Radio is still an experimental Service, so what.
I build an antenna with two 3,65 m long elements. This length should work from 10-15 Meters. it is a little bit to short for 17-20 and 20 Meters. At 40 meters there is still a little less than \$\frac{1}{4}\lambda\$ left, but a single element is to short. On 80 Meters such an antenna will be some sort of wet towel, but still better (longer) than my other 80m solutions.
I decided to use RG213 cable for the upper element. The schielding radiates the waves the inner conductor is left unconnected. The case of the Feed is made of waste pipe and sealed cable feedthroughs.
The lower antenna element is a bit more tricky, I stripped 3.65 m copper schielding tube over the ecoflex feed cable and isolated it with shrinking tube:
The next part the (first) balun. A 1:1 Voltage balun. 8 Windings per Coil 50mm waste Pipe.
The whole antenna setup:
Now to the Problems did start:
I could match the Antenna only with a Manual MFJ T-Match not with the Autotuner I want to use.
Then I tried a Current Balun:
From 10-40 Meter best match, 80 Meter is not working. So I tried out to add the Coil of the manual
L-Matchbox which I build 1.5 years ago. The SWR indicator is moving, so I need more inductivity.
I killed an old CB-SWR Meter (I have lots of them) and found an old Ferrit ring in my shack, and
made a coil. I build in a Switch that plugs in the 80m inductivity betwen the inner conductor from
the Matchbox and the inner conductor to the antenna.
With that coil and the Matchbox SWR was almost good, so I added more windings and more and more until I had 2 ferrit rings full of cable and still the manual Matchbox in the system. I did't know the \$\mu_r\$ of the ferrit rings but from my calculations I expected something about 90 windings, to much for that ring. Which after several days of experimenting, leads to a more radical solution:
Because ham radio is still experimental I did not add any shielding to that gigantic coil. 80 windings on 11cm waste tube, It seems to work, and it is disabled on the higher bands. I surely will soon find out how bad/good or however this setup performs. ;-)
I thought about getting one of those chineese monkeys, for a while. Last thursday the cage from china was delivered, by a german monkey dealer.
I freed it from the cage, gave it new schoes, some oil, inspection and a speed sprocket!
It makes fun riding it. Those Bikes only weight 60 Kg. I did't test the fuel consumption, but the commercials say about 2.8 litres. So it is a good and easy city bike.
July 28, 2013 at 09:00 AM | categories: ratbike
Also, a few weeks after that missdated post, my Suzuki Cylinder head broke down. It was ill on the left exhaust valve but now also the camshaft bearing is broken.
The valve cover was so rusty, i hat to grind away three screws.
July 28, 2013 at 08:47 AM | categories: hardware, dieselbike, ratbike
The idea was to get around a frame mod. this time, but it was depressing, the ural frame i have left is to small for the E75.
I think I need another frame.
March 17, 2013 at 05:08 AM | categories: hardware, amateur radio
March 15, 2013 at 04:50 PM | categories: hardware, amateur radio
Yesterday I did some work on my speaky. I soldered together all the remaining Band modules and put them on a raiser board which fits into the Box.
Seriously I do not know how this will work on the HF side, mechaninally this is not a problem because the Box is much bigger than needed due to the frequency counter.
You need to do some cleanups to bring all the modules in.
The plug for the freq dialer must be grinded down a little bit. The whole Mainboard must go 4 mm lower what you can do by grinding $45^\circ$ angles into the metal cubes what enables you to leave the spacers away.
Test will come in a few weeks.
March 15, 2013 at 04:27 PM | categories: dieselbike, ratbike
I just found some Pictures from the build of my sidecar boat...


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Baby bash accused out on bail
- From: Townsville Bulletin
- January 21, 2014
A MOTHER accused of bashing her three-month-old baby because it was crying has been released from custody but will only be allowed supervised visits with her child.
The 29-year-old woman, who cannot be named to protect the baby's identity, will be allowed to see the child under supervision while the child is looked after by family members.
The Department of Child Safety is also involved in the care.
Police say the North Ward mother had been drinking when she allegedly attacked her daughter while pushing her in a pram along Eyre St on Saturday.
A witness said the woman began yelling across the street before her baby started crying.
Police allege the mother picked up the infant and told her to "shut up", before putting her back in the pram and punching her three times.
The woman appeared in Townsville Magistrates Court yesterday wearing a white apron and looking distressed.
Outside court, angry friends and family threatened television cameras as they walked the woman into a waiting taxi.
The mother's lawyer, Angela Taylor, applied for bail, which was not opposed, saying there was no risk her client would reoffend because the baby was being cared for by others.
"The child is quite young and she is the mother of the child," she said.
"It would mean that any contact (between them) is supervised in the future."
Magistrate Cathy Wadley allowed bail, and set a condition that the woman not visit Palm Island.
Police said the woman admitted drinking beforehand, but told them she didn't assault the baby.
A witness to the alleged assault told police she saw the woman lash out at the baby, and asked her if she needed help.
The witness said the baby was "crying and screaming" and that the mother then verbally abused her.
The mother allegedly tried to leave in a taxi, but the witness told the driver not to leave because police had been called.
Police arrived and spoke with the mother before arresting her.
Officers noted that she appeared to be under the influence of alcohol.
The child, aged three months and four days, was taken to Townsville Hospital with a small wound to her upper temple, minor scratching on her stomach and a small mark on her back.
She is believed to be in a stable condition.
The mother faces one charge of assault occasioning bodily harm.
The matter will next be mentioned in Townsville Magistrates Court on February 7, but she is not required to appear.


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The best "Bunheads" episodes—at least from the perspective of us bunheads—are the ones that involve lots of dancing. And the series' Nutcracker-themed summer finale episode last night certainly had plenty of dance, from Boo and Carl's sweet Fred-and-Ginger number to Michelle's fantastic Cabaret dream sequence (more of Sutton Foster doing what Sutton Foster does best, please!). Was most of the choreography a bit on the wacky side, as per "Bunheads" tradition?
It's been a dramatic ride for the ballet dancers on this season of "So You Think You Can Dance" so far.
Ballet fans have been looking forward to ABC Family's "Bunheads" for weeks now, since it advertises—from the title down—that it's all about ballet. But the first episode, at least, had a lot of plot exposition to get out of the way before digging into anything truly "bunhead"-y. A very quick summary: Onetime ballet dancer but current Las Vegas showgirl Michelle (Broadway star Sutton Foster, who is fantastic) is tired of performing in a feathered bikini but unable to get a "real" Broadway job.
It's not every day that you get to see a world-class ballerina rehearse. It's pretty much never that you get to see that world-class ballerina rehearse Martha Graham's work. So to say that I was thrilled to be able to watch Diana Vishneva prepare Graham's Errand into the Maze yesterday is a massive understatement.
I wasn't planning to write about Ballet Nacional de Cuba, performing this week at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. In fact, I was relieved that I didn't have to. How can you evaluate a company so storied? Its founder, the incomparable Alica Alonso, is already enshrined in the ballet canon. It is rabidly adored by its Cuban fans. It has catapulted so many spectacular Cuban dancers--Carlos Acosta, Jose Manuel Carreño, Lorna and Lorena Feijóo--into the international spotlight. The weight of its reputation, I thought, is too crushing; there isn't any room for objective analysis.
Since 1997, American Ballet Theatre's "Make a Ballet" program has offered NYC schoolchildren the opportunity to design and produce original performance pieces.
Senior editor Jenny Stahl recently called New York City Ballet principal Daniel Ulbricht "Superman," and I can't think of a better way to describe the phenomenally talented dancer and teacher, who seems to be everywhere at once these days. (We recently posted a poll asking who your favorite dancer-teacher was, and Ulbricht cleaned up.)
Click here to watch video footage from the 2011 Tremplin Jeunes Ballets. Look for more on the event in an upcoming issue of Pointe.The dreaded audition tour: It's a time-consuming, expensive, nerve-wracking part of a young dancer's career. And yet, until a few years ago, it was pretty much the only way to get a job, particularly if you had your sights set on a company on the other side of the country--or the world.
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Move Your Body – Beyonce Video
Move Your Body Choreography – Part 1
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Move Your Body – Beyonce Video
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Move Your Body Choreography – Part 2
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I'm in 6 grade now and want to say mr.BROOKS is THE BEST TEACHER EVER!
I'm in 6 grade now and I want to say mr.Brooks is the best music teacher EVER!
i'm q.b's sister and she wants to know what you do in middle school so please reply the details thx and i'm 9 bye
hey i'm on the dance team but almost missed one day but it seems great just that i'm up-set that i couldn't stay for the whole time.
hey mr.brooks when will dt meet again?
p.s dt is ndance team
Hey this is Kaleena I'm in 6 th grade .I was also in dance team, protectors, chorus, faf and honor society and also danced in talent show and in Jordan browns music video and this year I'm taking band and just for future reference mr Brooks taught me what loving music really means LoL
Man i hate my ears i missed today because my ear hurt but i dont know if im going to dance team tomorrow so im sorry mr.b and everyone else in dance team peace
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Berklee Summer in the CityJenna Moynihan and Mairi Chaimbeul
Thursday / September 11, 2014 / 1:00 p.m.
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Rooted in traditional Scottish and Appalachian old-time music, Jenna Moynihan and Mairi Chaimbeul have developed a sound that celebrates and explores beautiful melodies. The pair met while studying at Berklee College of Music and are a product of the thriving local music scene. Both Moynihan and Chaimbeul have been heavily steeped in tradition, but their arrangements push boundaries with originality, breathing new life into old tunes.
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Tranquil garden and 13th-century chapel
Set in the Darenth Valley, the rare surviving chapel is the only remaining structure of the Preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers of the Order of St John of Jerusalem formed in 1113.
The chapel is adjacent to a now privately occupied and much altered house, dating from the 16th century. The preceptory is thought to have gone out of use by 1338, after which time it was used as a residence.
Among its later occupants were Abraham Hill, a founder of the Royal Society, and the historian Edward Hasted. The chapel and tranquil gardens are surrounded by a moat, one arm of which is the River Darenth.
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Kentish Opera presents Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld
1 January 2010, Tonbridge, UK
Rosie Johnston reports on Kentish Opera's production of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld at Tonbridge School.
Kentish Opera gave a hilarious account of Offenbach's inverted Orphic tale at the E.M. Forster theatre in Tonbridge. There were pitch problems in the string section and temerity in conductor Mark Fitz-Gerald's approach to the overture but Director Terry John Bates wrung every last drop of parody from an already overstocked libretto. Public Opinion, starting the piece with pseudo severity, was played by Nicola Smedley as Anne Robinson, complete with clipboard, snarl and threats of ejecting the weakest link. Euridice was re-incarnated as Tara Palmer Tomkinson run amok in the groves of Thebes; a pastoral shopaholic fused to her MP3 player as Orpheus scratches away at his violin. The role was stunningly sung by Stephanie Kemball Read. She has superb high notes which resonated effortlessly above chorus and orchestra and her transition from sing to spiel was faultless – a true all round performer. David Newman acted well in the role of Orpheus as frustrated musician and irritated husband. His tenor lacked clarity at times but his fusty, middle-management comedy contrasted well with Kemball Read's ego fuelled, high octane Euridice.
Joe Shovelton as Aristaeus/Pluto was tentative to start with; his projection lacked heft and he seemed ill at ease whilst crawling through the cardboard wheat sheafs in sexual predator mode. He warmed up however, and managed an effortless fireman's lift when kidnapping Euridice.
Ian Belsey's Jupiter was funny if deliberately stagey – he'd make an excellent Widow Twankey. Vocally he has good control and pitch. There were excellent supporting performances from Lisa Swayne (Diana), Letitia Perry (Minerva) and Nicola Widenbach as Juno, all with light, pretty voices and gorgeous, bosom heaving costumes. Myvanwy Bentall as cupid was exquisite; perhaps the most natural performance of the evening with her subtle inflection and beautifully coloured soprano. Greg Tassell as Mercury represented was a football kicking, zoot suit wearing yoof with attitude; the audience loved him although it seemed as if the characterisation detracted from the vocal performance; the timbre of his tenor was dry at times.
The chorus deserves a huge puff; non-professionals of all ages, they sang and high kicked their way through the burlesque; clearly loving it. The performance's apotheosis, the much anticipated 'le gallop' (the can-can, as we know it) had the necessary sand-blaster energy.
Bates played hilariously on the contrast between the Gods, bored to death on Mount Olympus and the sexy low-life of Hades, where dead is very much alive; Carol Stevenson's costumes were beautifully thought out considering inevitable budget constraints.
Herrenchiemsee Festival, Bavaria – 14-26 July 2009
1 January 2010, Vol 21, Jan/Feb 2010
The Herrenchiemsee Palace
Alpine horns at sunset in Herrenchiemsee
Herrenchiemsee's Hall of Mirrors
Reviewed by Amanda Holloway:
Bregenz, Savonlinna – both venerable festivals that rely for their charm on an idyllic lakeside setting. Now add to these Herrenchiemsee, a wooded island on the beautiful Chiemsee lake, 50 miles east of Munich.
The Herrenchiemsee experience starts on the jetty at Prien, where you board a paddle steamer for the 15-minute journey to Herrenchiemsee Island, disembark and take a horse-drawn carriage (or a romantic stroll) through the woods. And suddenly you arrive at Herrenchiemsee Palace, an extraordinary copy of Versailles built in the late 19th century for Ludwig II of Bavaria, as a homage to his hero Louis Quatorze.
The annual music festival based in this fairytale castle has at its heart an opera production, but with a majority of choral and symphonic concerts, it is not yet an opera festival. Given the budget, festival founder Enoch zu Guttenberg would love to do more. A composer and conductor of the KlangVerwaltung orchestra, Guttenberg is a Bavarian aristocrat whose son happens to be the Defence Minister of Germany. It was Guttenberg's musical achievements that attracted the attention of Deutsche Bank Chairman Josef Ackerman, and led to significant sponsorship for the Herrenchiemsee Festival. Guttenberg had initially been approached by Bavarian politicians to start a festival in the palace, but was doubtful about how it would pay for itself when the concert hall seated only 600. As he recalls. "We were lucky, because Josef Ackermann is a musician at heart, and now Deutsche Bank pays for the whole festival. 1.4 million euros every year. And we need it!"
Sponsorship is guaranteed for the next four years, at which point Ackermann steps down. It will be a challenge finding a replacement in the current economic climate, but Guttenberg is determined that ticket prices won't rise. "We don't want only rich people, we want everybody to come." With Munich and Salzburg so near, it must be hard to attract people to this relatively small venue, but Guttenberg says the festival has a different approach. "Each year we choose a theme, or concept, which makes people think about politics and society."
The last three festivals have seen semi-staged productions of La traviata, Nabucco and Cavalleria rusticana, led by Italian conductor Ljubka Biagioni zu Guttenberg. She is the wife of the Artistic Director, but she's also an international conductor in her own right. And crucially, she has a vision of how opera can work in these extraordinary surroundings. A 98-metre Hall of Mirrors doesn't immediately suggest the poverty-stricken Sicilian landscape of Cavalleria rusticana, for example. But dramatically and musically this semi-staged performance worked. Genuine human emotion radiated from the stage across the acres of glittering gold leaf and chandeliers, drawing the audience into the unfolding tragedy from the opening bars of the overture. With a few props from her own garden – a chair, a brightly painted horsecart – and costumes depicting generic village folk, Ms Guttenberg created a thoroughly believable world for her vivid characters.
The orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, sat in the centre of a stepped stage with the action swirling around them. With vibrato kept to a minimum, the colours and dynamic contrasts of this responsive band were thrilling to the ear (their former conductors have included Yehudi Menuhin and Nigel Kennedy), in spite of very limited rehearsal time.
Though the front stage was the focus of the drama, there was much use of the anterooms for dramatic entrances and exits. Turiddu's first lovely aria floated through the mirrored doors before he appeared, and what a spine-tingling sound that was. It's the first time I've heard the Latvian Aleksandrs Antonenko, and his rich, dark tenor, handsome face and burly frame was well suited to the role of Turiddu. His Santuzza (Dimitra Theodossiou), was every inch the wronged woman, her powerful soprano ragged with emotion.
Much of the emotional veracity of the performance came from Ms Guttenberg, elegant in a black silk coat, hair upswept, and completely in command of her orchestra and the singers swirling around her. The standing ovation went on for hours, and she deserved nothing less.
The 2010 festival takes place from 13-25 July, and the programme includes choral and orchestral music from Bach to Penderecki, Enoch zu Guttenberg's signature Bruckner and, for opera lovers, a semi-staged Die Zauberföte and a spectacular Rigoletto. Not hard to find the political and social message in that!
News round-up - 23 December 2009
23 December 2009
Tosca, Act III, from Luc Bondy's production for The Metropolitan Opera
Italian soprano Mirella Freni
Decision pending following controversy over Luc Bondy's new production
Metropolitan Opera general manager, Peter Gelb, has announced that the company is considering reviving Franco Zeffirelli's retired production of Tosca during the 2010-11 season. Gelb stressed that this possibility is unconnected with the controversy surrounding Luc Bondy's new production, which was booed when it opened The Met's current season. Instead, Gelb cited scheduling challenges associated with Robert Lepage's new Ring cycle, an explanation described by Zeffirelli as "an escape, an excuse". The final decision will be taken before the company's 2010-11 season is announced in February.
Italian soprano Mirella Freni to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award
Italian soprano Mirella Freni has been announced as the winner of the 2010 Midem Classical Awards 'Lifetime Achievement Award'. Freni will receive her award at a gala event in January, held during the record industry's annual trade fair in Cannes, France. She was selected by an international jury comprising representatives of magazines, websites and artist management organisations.
Glimmerglass Opera operating budget down by 20% against 2009
Glimmerglass Opera - the annual opera festival based in Cooperstown, New York State - has reduced its 2010 operating budget by roughly $1 million compared with 2009. Next year's starting price for tickets has also been slashed from $58 to $26 in a move designed to attract new audiences. Four full productions will staged at the Alice Busch Opera Theater in Springfield between 9 July and 24 August 2010.
This year's award ceremony speeches now available online
The 2010 Musical America Awards ceremony took place at New York's Lincoln Center last week. The award recipients included Musician of the Year, Riccardo Muti, and Vocalist of the Year, Elina Garanca. The 33-year-old Latvian soprano said that she was "shocked" to receive her award since she has performed only rarely in the US – a situation due to change very soon when she performs the role of Carmen at The Met on New Year's Eve.
- Watch the full 2010 Musical America Awards ceremony online
- Opera Now: Musical America 'Musician of the Year' announced
Glyndebourne's Gus Christie weds soprano Danielle de Niese
Executive Chairman of Glyndebourne Productions, Augustus ('Gus') Christie, has married his fiancé of ten months, Danielle de Niese. The Australian lyric soprano of Sri Lankan and Dutch ancestry made her Glyndebourne Festival debut in 2005 as Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare. Rumours of the couple's relationship were confirmed publicly in 2007 and de Niese subsequently performed the title role in L'Incoronazione di Poppea at the 2008 Festival. Christie separated from his former wife, Imogen, in 2004.
Rolando Villazón announces his return to the stage
18 December 2009
Mexican tenor, Roland Villazón (Photo: Pamela Springsteen courtesy Virgin Classics)
Mexican tenor, Rollando Villazón, has announced that he will return to the stage in March 2010 following surgery on his vocal cords. His first appearance will be a one-off performance at the Vienna State Opera as Nemorino in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore on 22 March 2010.
Villazón cancelled all his 2009 engagements following the discovery of a vocal cyst, which was successfully removed in Paris earlier this year.
Announcing his 2010 dates via a video message on his official website, Villazón explained that "I am currently singing and am just polishing little details to be able to come back as soon as possible to the stage next year." He also thanked people who sent him letters and gifts during his period of recovery, saying "I can feel the warmth of your hearts and this has meant so much to me during this time."
Vocal cysts are not unusual amongst singers and actors. An early symptom of the condition is a slight roughening in vocal quality, which a singer is more likely to notice and seek help for than a non singer.
Describing the anatomy, treatment methods and potential impact of a cyst on a singer's career, Tom Harris (Consultant ENT surgeon and specialist in Voice Disorders with the British Voice Association), explained to Opera Now:
"The first thing to understand is that a cyst is buried deeply in the body of the vocal cords (or, more accurately, the vocal folds), inhibiting the smooth movement of the folds' cover. This superfical cover is normally very pliable and slides upwards as the airstream pushes the vocal folds apart during voicing. They can be seen in stroboscopic light breaking like waves on a shore over the top surface of the vocal folds: it is this movement that gives us the clear quality or timbre to the voice."
"The symptoms of a vocal fold cyst will vary depending on the location of the cyst. It is very important to remember that cysts are not related to poor singing technique - in fact, it is more likely that the singer has to be very skilled in order to sing around the problem."
"Typically, the cyst will make one vocal fold stiffer than the other. During voicing, the vocal folds come together and meet in the midline of the airway, so the normal vocal fold is constantly impacting against the stiff swelling. This can cause a reactionary swelling in the normal fold. If this happens, the vocal quality will start to become breathier as the two swellings wedge the folds apart, preventing their normal closure."
"Long periods of sustained singing are likely to cause the symptoms to worsen, while rest improves things temporarily."
"Surgical removal of a cyst should only be undertaken by a surgeon who has specialised in micorsurgical techniques for voice disorders. It is also important that the singer's problem is properly diagnosed so the correct surgical approach is used."
"Post surgical recovery from the removal of a cyst takes several months and the success of the operation can vary. If the cyst has been removed completely without damaging the superficial cover then the results are likely to be good. In these cases the singer usually experiences improved flexibility that makes singing easier, and after an appropriate period of rehabilitation a patient such as Villazón should be able to return to a full and busy schedule without concerns or special precautions."
One look at Villazón's schedule for 2010 confirms this optimistic prognosis: the 37-year-old's opera roles next year will include Lensky in a revival of Eugene Onegin at the Berlin State Opera under Daniel Barenboim, his Zürich Opera debut as Alfredo in La traviata, and Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore at Munich's Bavarian State Opera, plus numerous concert and recital appearances throughout Europe and in Mexico.
Visit Rolando Villazón's official website
Opera North General Director gives reaction to ROH Manchester plans
18 December 2009
Richard Mantle (General Director, Opera North): "This is a post-recession, post-Olympics project."
When the plans for Royal Opera House Manchester (ROHM) were first announced in October 2008, Opera North's General Director, Richard Mantle, told The Times that Manchester was "currently underserved with opera and ballet. When you look at the size of the theatregoing population", he explained, "I think we could have more. It is something we [at Opera North] have been looking at providing ourselves."
Now that ROHM has taken a step closer to reality, (click here for the full story), Opera Now asked Richard Mantle what impact he thinks the plans are likely to have for audiences in the north-west of England, and what role Opera North will play.
Richard Mantle: "Although not resident in Manchester, Opera North has in a sense been the opera company for Manchester and the north-west. We serve Manchester as a touring company – not just during our performances at The Lowry for three weeks per year, but also through education work, concerts with the orchestra and a range of other activities. Our frustration is that within our remit we have not been able to grow the audience as much as we would have liked and which, I believe, would be possible: the potential in Manchester is perhaps even greater than for the Leeds conurbation."
"So I've always believed that the idea of developing opera in a much stronger way in Manchester is something that should happen. One of the problems in the past was also the lack of good venues. Opera North now performs in The Lowry, which we love, though it does pose a few challenges of its own, such as accessibility via public transport links."
"I welcomed the idea of ROHM when it came along. Whether it is the right solution will need to be explored in the long run. However, it has opened up the whole dialogue, and has captivated the Manchester City Council. There is now a strong consensus growing within the Council to move this project forward. Any new development on this scale of course needs leadership, and with Manchester that's more likely to come from the City Council than from the Royal Opera House."
Opera Now: The Royal Opera's recent announcement about their new 'understanding' with The Lowry also hinted at possible co-producing partnerships between ROHM and other arts companies in the region. Opera North was specifically mentioned in this context, with ROHM positioned to "produce premieres by Opera North as part of a full programme by that company." Has a clear understanding similar to that now in place with The Lowry also been established between The Royal Opera and Opera North?
Richard Mantle: "It's a bit early for that. Of course, The Lowry's concern was that they would be sidelined. We all felt that The Lowry had to be part of the solution for lyric work, so the discussions that have taken place during the past few months – to bring them on board as part of this solution and establish their identity as the regional centre for dance – are very important."
"I'm not worried at this stage that Opera North is not being cited in the same way. It has been clear from the beginning that The Royal Opera won't be able to 'go it alone' with a project of this scale."
"Also, within the Arts Council's thinking on 'spheres of responsibility', Opera North is firmly responsible for delivering activity in the north-west of England, in the same way that Welsh National Opera is responsible for Wales. We are certainly not talking about a takeover and I don't think anyone would want that. Opera North's work will still remain distinct from that of The Royal Opera, and Tony Hall has made it clear from the outset that Opera North will play a central role in these plans if and when they come to fruition."
"To a great extent ROHM is all about branding, since it's clear that The Royal Opera is not going to move its base from London. In fact, the number of Royal Opera performances in Manchester will only be around 20 to 25 per year. The idea is therefore to establish a centre that provides plenty of scope for bringing in partners and other collaborators."
Opera Now: With Opera North already presenting its productions at Sadler's Wells, do you think, more broadly, that ROHM will help to open up a stronger dialogue between arts organisations in London and the north-west of England?
Richard Mantle: "These reports always seem to be London-centric, as if we're sitting in the regions for crumbs for the table, but it's not like that. Opera North is the largest publicly funded arts organisation in the north of England, so if this project goes ahead I would like to see it opening up more of a two-way street, for example by creating more opportunities for London audiences to see performances by Opera North, while The Royal Opera could perhaps look even further afield with a view to developing a national remit."
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