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Peninsula Arts
Peninsula Arts operates from within the Faculty of Arts and serves as the arts and culture public programming organisation for the University of Plymouth. The year-round programme includes exhibitions, music, film, public lectures, and theatre and dance/ performance. One of its principle aims is to provide access to a programme of wide-ranging high quality arts and cultural experiences, which is informed by the expertise, research and scholarship of the University and its partners, to the communities of Plymouth and the South West and visitors to the region.
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Saturday: 11.00 - 16.00
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Exhibition: Douglas Gordon: Searching for Genius
- 24 September — 17 November 2016 *on now
From the skill of the international footballer, to the glamour and aura of the pop star, the virtuosic talent of the composer and filmmaker, to the vision of the famed artist, Searching for Genius invites you to explore ideas about talent, virtuosity and genius.
Showcasing the work of Turner Prize-winning artist Douglas Gordon, Searching for Genius brings together the acclaimed moving image installation Feature Film (1999) and a selection of works from Self Portrait of You + Me, alongside the spectacles of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 – 1792) a Plymouthian and founder of the Royal Academy.
A History Centre partnership project delivered by Peninsula Arts and Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery.
Feature Film is part of the Artangel collection, a national initiative to bring outstanding film and video works, commissioned and produced by Artangel, to galleries and museums across the UK. The Artangel collection has been developed in partnership with Tate, is generously supported by The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and The Foyle Foundation and uses public funding from Arts Council England. Lent by the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Gallery opening hours: Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00, Sat 11:00-16:00
Exhibition | 'Re-Imagined States' Arts and Humanities MA Show
- 3 — 17 December 2016
Many of the graduates are working with the relationship between humanity, technology and image. These inter-relationships between the social, cultural and the landscapes of technological change, have fascinated artists, photographers and designers for many years. They have grappled with questions of form, reportage, function and utility since the industrial age, but today's designers and photographers are trying to reconcile the interactions between the sustainable, science and society, between the digital and the ecological, between the periphery and centre.
The Arts are no longer merely a technological/science/material/ phenomenon, they are rather a relational phenomenon. This exhibition seeks to highlight the links in these relationships, our social lives, the imperative of innovation and the societal search for personal equality, economic, cultural quality, and community well-being.
Gallery opening hours: Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00, Sat 11:00-16:00
Open to the public - free admission
British Culture and The Cold War 1947-65
- 4 October 2016 7-8pm
What was the impact of the Cold War years on British Culture? An expert on Britain and the Cold War period and lecturer in Twentieth Century History at Plymouth University, Dr. Nicholas Barnett, explores the topic of his first book: Britain's Cold War: Culture, Modernity and the Soviet Threat (I. B. Tauris, 2017).
Art Bite: Douglas Gordon's Blind Stars
- 5 October 2016 1-1:40pm
Blind Star is an ongoing series of works by Douglas Gordon in which he 'blinds' famous Hollywood actors and actresses – challenging the role of publicity photographs to create uncanny, sinister portraits.
Join a member of staff from Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery to find out more about the selected works that appear in the Searching for Genius exhibition as well as some of the stars they feature.
Film: Under The Skin (2014)
- 10 October 2016 From 7pm
Scarlett Johansson plays an alien seductress preying upon lonely men in a cold and wintery Scotland. One of the many things which set this film apart is the delicate exploration of identity and belonging that evolves from an almost wordless screenplay. The film is, among other things, a meditation on alienation and the universal need for a sense of belonging.
Talk I Douglas Gordon's 24 Hour Psycho Via Walter Benjamin
- 11 October 2016 From 7pm
Walter Benjamin wrote that 'there is no document of civilization that is not at the same time a document of barbarism'. This enigmatic statement seems ideally suited to describe Douglas Gordon's 24 Hour Psycho, a video installation in which the Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is slowed down so that it plays at two frames per second for an entire day and night.
The 'shower scene' from Psycho has left an indelible mark on popular culture. Gordon's work anticipates the iconic moment, and extend it, with excruciating gradualness. For this reason, 24 Hour Psycho can be read as a strangely contemplative provocation, interweaving a sophisticated reflection on time and aesthetics with a celebration of insane brutality. Dir Kim Charnley, Associate Lecturer in Art History at Plymouth University explores this perspective on Gordon's work through Benjamin's cultural and aesthetic theory.
Art bite: Searching for Genius: A Curator's Introduction
- 12 October 2016 1-1:40pm
Join us for a conversation with Dr Sarah Chapman, Curator and Director of Peninsula Arts, for an overview of the Searching for Genius exhibition and the positioning of two artists, who working some two hundred years apart, question, in very different ways, ideas concerning genius.
Music | Fairy Tales, Superheroes And Romance
- 16 October 2016 From 6:30pm
Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel Overture, Bruckner: 1st movement of Symphony No.4 'Romantic', Williams: Superman and Smetana: Die Moldau (Vltava)
An annual gathering of the region's medics, this concert will entertain the family and to raise essential funds for Brain Tumour Research
Free admission, booking advised. Parting donations in aid of Brain Tumour Research welcomed.
Film | The Agony and The Ecstasy (1965)
- 17 October 2016 From 7pm
Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison portray two of the Renaissance's most colourful figures in this historical drama based on Irving Stone's best-seller. When Pope Julius II (Harrison) commissions Michelangelo (Heston) to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the artist initially refuses. The project becomes a battle of wills fuelled by artistic and temperamental differences that form the core of this movie. The Agony and the Ecstasy is a rich dramatisation of the struggle behind one of the world's artistic masterpieces.
Introduction by Dr Jenny Graham, Associate Professor in Art History.
Talk | Remembering and Memorialising the West Country Captives of Barbary Piracy, C. 1600-1675
- 18 October 2016 7-8pm
Dr Jo Esra is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Exeter, where she took her doctorate. Her research looks at the topic of Barbary Pirates during the seventeenth century, which is the subject of this evening's lecture with a focus on memorialisation in the West Country.
£6/£4.20. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Dance | COPMANY CHAMELEON: WITNESS
- 19 October 2016 From 7pm
A captivating and powerful double bill, National Dance Awards nominee Company Chameleon turn the spotlight on mental health and the things we choose to hide. Intimate solos, emotive duets and group work combine to uncover the realities of an illness, which is too often misunderstood.
A melting pot of dance styles and a rich mix of movement techniques, Witness presents a totally original view on the different layers of mental illness, delving deep into an issue which affects one in four of us each year.
Touching, sad, funny and absurd, this is relevant and up-to-the-minute dance theatre at its best.
£10/£7. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Film | Lust for Life (1956)
- 19 October 2016 From 7pm
Vincent Van Gogh is the archetypical tortured artistic genius. His obsession with painting, combined with mental illness, propels him through an unhappy life full of failures and unrewarding relationships. He fails at being a preacher to coal miners. He fails in his relationships with women. He earns some respect among his fellow painters, especially Paul Gauguin, but he does not get along with them. He only manages to sell one painting in his lifetime.
£6/£4.20. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Searching for Genius: Reynolds, Hitchcock and Zidane
- 19 October 2016 1-1:40pm
Turner Prize-winning artist Douglas Gordon often raises questions about talent, virtuosity and genius in his work. Join a member of staff from Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery to find out more about his works inspired by 'The Master of Suspense' (Alfred Hitchcock) and one of the greatest players in the history of football (Zinedine Zidane).
Film | Pollock (2002)
- 24 October 2016 From 7pm
At the end of the 1940's, abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) is featured in Life magazine. Flashback to 1941, he's living with his brother in a tiny apartment in New York City, drinking too much, and exhibiting an occasional painting in group shows. That's when he meets artist Lee Krasner, who puts her career on hold to be his companion, lover, champion, wife, and, in essence, caretaker. Pollock, more than any other biopic about an artist, is a film about the act of painting, the physicality of making work and the creative drive that becomes unstoppable.
Introduction by Dr Jenny Graham, Associate Professor in Art History at Plymouth University.
£6/£4.20. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA
Talk | The Life and The Work: The Artist as a Cultural Ideal from Michelangelo to Picasso
- 25 October 2016 7-8pm
The idea of 'the artist' as an identifiable social type has its roots in the Italian Renaissance, when it first took shape in Giorgio Vasari's classic text, The Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Florence, 1568).
Vasari's colourful biographies of Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and others had enormous influence on later artists, from the French Romantics to Cézanne and Picasso. So too, did Vasari's notion of the ideal artist – godlike, brilliant, preoccupied with matters beyond the mortal ken and, above all, driven by an insatiable appetite for art, for life, for love – cross over into fiction and biography.
From Frenhofer, Balzac's obsessive-compulsive artist in The Unknown Masterpiece (1831), whose work is so original it disappears from the canvas, to the Modernist machismo of 'the life and the work' model still colouring our perception of Cézanne, Picasso or Jackson Pollock, join Dr. Jenny Graham for an exploration of artistic genius in cultural history.
£6/£4.20. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Music | The Search
- 29 October 2016 From 7:30pm
Bach: Sarabande & Double, 1st Partita for solo violin BWV1002 Schnittke: Moz-Art à la Haydn, for 2 violins Dvořák: Terzetto Op.74 Pärt: Summa, for string quartet Mozart: String Quartet N°17, The Hunt.
Haydn and Mozart are the central figures in this concert. With Slavic harmonies, a hunt, and even some whistling, we will be searching at the heart of music making and deep into composers' minds, from the 18th to 20th century.
£10/£7. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Performance | Merch Yr Eog / Merc'h An Eog
- 29 October 2016 From 7:30pm
Mair is called home to a funeral in Wales, and feelings of guilt and responsibility are brought to the surface. She starts to question her values and the happiness she thought she'd found with her partner Loeiza, and Brittany has never felt so far from West Wales. But can a friendly neighbour, who brings a strange gift to her door, calm her troubled mind?
A new, contemporary and multilingual play, that explores the close relationship between Wales and Brittany and some of the issues facing young people in rural communities.
The play is performed in Welsh, Breton and French, with English translation available via the Sibrwd app. Please download the Sibrwd before arriving at the theatre. Sibrwd is a smartphone app that whispers a translation in your ear during the performance. Please see www.sibrwd.com for further details or download from the App Store and Google Play.
£10/£7. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Film | Johnny's House Of Horror: Sightseers (2012)
- 31 October 2016 From 7pm
Chris wants to show Tina his world but events soon conspire against them and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn. Directed by the master of British black humour and horror, and written by its star, Alice Lowe. Presented by Johnny Mains in conversation with screenwriter and actress, Alice Lowe.
£6/£4.20. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Talk | Ireland, The Great War and University Students: Experience and Memory
- 1 November 2016 7-8pm
Trinity College Dublin, an institution with deeper connections to the Great War than any other in Ireland. Just over 3,000 Trinity students, staff and alumni – unionist and nationalist, protestant and catholic – volunteered for service during the war, with 471 losing their lives. This talk will explore the reasons for enlistment, experience in war, and the evolution of memory of the war in independent Ireland.
Dr Tomás Irish has published widely on the cultural history of the First World War with a focus on universities and intellectuals, including The University at War 1914-25: Britain, France, and the United States (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), and Trinity in War and Revolution 1912-23 (Dublin: Royal Irish Academy Press, 2015).
£6/£4.20. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Performance | The Man Who Flew into Space from His Apartment
- 2 November 2016 6-7pm
The man who flew into space from his apartment is an immersive slideshow brought to you by award-winning writer and theatre maker, Michael Pinchbeck, in which outer space meets the theatre space as the journey of the man who flew into space from his apartment collides with that of the guest performer. Inspired by the installation of the same name by Russian artist Illya Kabakov, a guest performer follows instructions on headphones they have never heard before in front of ten people.
The performance explores escape and makes a journey, like Kabakov, between east and west, flying and falling, attempt and failure.
Michael Pinchbeck tours nationally and internationally and has been selected for the British Council's Edinburgh Showcase three times. Commissioned by hÅb (Manchester) and Lincoln Performing Arts Centre. Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
£10/£7. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA. Limited spaces available per performance – book now to avoid disappointment.
Art Bite: Searching for Genius: Seeing Is Believing
- 2 November 2016 1-1:40pm
Join Dr. Kayla Parker to explore the creative practice of Douglas Gordon, the artist who grew up as a Jehovah's Witness. His work takes the familiar and makes it strange – things aren't what they seem. He often appropriates the past, presenting themes of mirroring and doubling, and existential dilemmas that cause us to question our experience of seeing and what it is to be human.
Talks | Presidential Election Debate: America Decides
- 8 November 2016 7-8pm
Presidential elections rarely lack controversy but 2016 promises to be the most interesting contest in generations. Nominees Hillary Clinton (Democrat) and Donald Trump (Republican) attract partisan admiration and derision in almost equal measure and their emergence starkly illustrates the polarisation of American politics.
Clinton, who would become the first female president, is seen by many as untrustworthy, while controversies about Trump's xenophobia, misogyny and inconsistency have stalked his candidacy without diminishing his appeal.
Dr Harry Bennett, Dr Simon Topping and Dr David Brockington discuss the election and the implications of either a Clinton or a Trump presidency on the very day of the election.
£6/£4.20. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA
Perfomance | A House Repeated
- 9 November 2016 From 7:30pm
Imagination and memory combine to suggest that the everyday world is not always as solid as it might seem...
A House Repeated is an interactive performance-game inviting you to explore an imagined building without leaving your seat. Inspired by early computer adventure games, this unique experience combines the simplicity of bare-bones storytelling with the excitement of contemporary "sandbox" style video games.
£10/£7. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Talk | Orange, Green and Khaki: Ireland And The Battle Of The Somme
- 10 November 2016 7-8pm
For many years the dominant, Unionist myth of the Battle of the Somme was that the 36th (Ulster) Division, formed from the pre-war Ulster Volunteer Force, had been sacrificed on the 1 July 1916 in the wider interests of the British Empire, a matter of weeks after Irish Nationalists stabbed Britain in the back with the Easter Rebellion in Dublin.
More recently historians have considered the role of the 16th (Irish) Division, formed from the pre-war Irish National Volunteers, in the Battles of Guillemont and Ginchy in September 1916.
In this lecture Dr Timothy Bowman, author of Irish Regiments in the Great War: Discipline and Morale, will consider Irish recruitment between 1914-16, the performance of Irish units in the Battle of the Somme and the use and misuse of history in commemorating and memorialising those who served in the Irish regiments during the Great War.
£6/£4.20. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Music | Gerald Finzi: Discovering His Musical Passions
- 12 November 2016 From 7:30pm
Boyce: Symphony No. 4 in F minor Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in D major Finzi: Clarinet Concerto Finzi: Romance for String Orchestra Haydn: Symphony No.44 in E minor 'Mourning'
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) was born of Jewish/German parents although he is remembered as a quintessentially 'English' composer influenced by folk music. However, he also held a passion for masters of the German and English Baroque music, particularly JS Bach and William Boyce. The 'mourning' of Haydn's dramatic Symphony No.44 is in memory of his death in September 1956.
£10/£7. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Film | Johnny's House of Horror: Straw Dogs (1971)
- 14 November 2016 From 7pm
Although controversial in 1971, Straw Dogs is considered by many to be one of Peckinpah's greatest films. Dustin Hoffman plays an American mathematician who moves to his wife's Cornish hometown. There he is treated with contempt by the locals. The bookish pacifist is treated with contempt by the locals. After Hoffman's wife is raped, the perpetrators launch an all-out assault against the couple. Hoffman takes a chilling, bloody revenge against his persecutors.
Presented by Johnny Mains in conversation with Susan George.
£6/£4.20. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Music | Nowhere to Go, So Here We Go
- 16 November 2016 From 7:30pm
A collection of contemporary classics and newly commissioned pieces including music by Scelsi, Cage, Satie, Berio, the Argentinian Jorge Vidales' Four Basho Haiku, Pete McGarr's Haunts about the Moors Murders and new pieces by Phil Baker and Paul Burnell for vibraphone and pandeiro.
£10/£7. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA
Film | Close-up (1998)
- 21 November 2016 From 7pm
Internationally revered Iranian filmmaker, Abbas Kiarostami, has created some of the most inventive and transcendent cinema of the past thirty years, and Close-up is his most radical, brilliant work. This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event – the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf – as the basis for a stunning, multi-layered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation and existence. In this the real people from the case play themselves.
£6/£4.20. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Talk | Everyday Life and Accidental Death in the Tudor South-West
- 22 November 2016 7-8pm
Drawing on exhaustive examinations of coroners' records, leading world expert on the early Tudor period, Professor Steven Gunn, looks at accidental death and everyday life in the Tudor period.
Steven Gunn is Professor of Tudor History at Merton College, University of Oxford, and the leading world expert on the early Tudor period. His research interests are in the political, social, cultural and military history of England and its continental neighbours from the mid-fifteenth to the later sixteenth century.
He is also the principal investigator of a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council on everyday life and fatal hazard in sixteenth-century England.
£6/£4.20. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Performance | Break Yourself
- 23 November 2016 From 7:30pm
Break Yourself is an experiment in constructing personas and alternative identities, a risky, dishonest, head-first, whole-hearted, and perhaps slightly desperate attempt to try and be something we have never been before.
Meet Ollie. He's a graphic designer. But he wants to be Bruce. Performed in male drag, this show is about the relationship between gender, power and desire, about what it means to want to be someone else. And it's about Bruce Springsteen.
£10/£7. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Film: Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (2006)
- 28 November 2016 From 7pm
This highly acclaimed film, half-way between a sports documentary and a conceptual art installation, consists of a full-length football game (Real Madrid vs Villareal, 23 April 2005) entirely filmed from the perspective of professional footballer Zinedine Zidane.
Video artists Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, used 17 cameras to capture the action from field level to create one of the most intense and direct sports films of all time.
Introduction by Gordon Sparks, BBC Radio Devon presenter and Plymouth Argyle commentator.
Film | Student Choice
- 5 December 2016 From 7pm
Vote for the film you would like to see at the Jill Craigie Cinema this Christmas! The vote will be running with UPSU (link to: http://www.upsu.com/) and you can cast your vote via the Peninsula Arts Facebook page (hyperlink to: https://www.facebook.com/peninsulaartsplymouth) – the winning film will be announced at the beginning of December.
£6/£4.20. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA.
Music | Folk Singing With Jake Sonny Rowlinson
- 5 December 2016 From 8:30pm
Originally from Staffordshire, Jake Sonny Rowlinson graduated from Plymouth University in 2011. His interest in folksong was sparked by leading folk revivalists. He has been singing since his teens and for some years has been interested in 'carrying a story with only the use of your voice'.
He runs the monthly session at The Dolphin and will host this session in an informal and inclusive style. Anyone wanting to sing will be given a spot
Music | The Folk Dimension
- 5 December 2016 From 7pm
Plymouth University Music BA students with Alice Perrot and Sam Richards perform music by Vaughan Williams, Bartok and other 20th century composers.
Ever since the 19th century, composers and arrangers have transformed roots folk music in various ways, referring to classical and popular styles. This presentation covers a number of these approaches and provides an introduction to the evening's folksong session.
Free admission, booking is advised.
Music | The Recurring Music Band
- 6 December 2016 From 8:30pm
Comprising of highly accomplished musicians in their own right, The Recurring Music Band was formed to mainly specialise in minimalism, post-minimalism and new compositions by its members. The ensemble members are highly accomplished musicians in their own right.
Their programme includes 'classic' minimalism as well as music by ensemble director Lona Kozik using visuals and electronics. The programme also includes work by Philip Glass and Louise Adriessen.
Music | World Music And Minimalism
- 6 December 2016 From 7pm
Plymouth University's music degree programme is notable for its inclusion of various world music. Among visitors to the course are Indian classical musicians and African drummers. Among its members of staff are Mike McInerney, a specialist in the Japanese shakuhachi, and Saj Collyer whose has devoted much time and travel to studying the Balinese gamelan.
This short concert presents two extremes – from the quiet, contemplative shakuhachi to the driving rhythms of the gamelan.
Music | Plymouth University Music Week 'Soundings'
- 6 — 9 December 2016
Exploring the exciting and diverse activities, studies and research pursued through Plymouth University's music degree programme; staff, students and alumni present a showcase of performances across one week.
The Folk Dimension 5 Dec
Folk Singing with Jake Sonny Rowlinson 5 Dec
Plymouth University Gamelan Orchestra: World Music and Minimalism 6 Dec
The Recurring Music Band 6 Dec
Improvisation Talk and Book Launch 7 Dec
Improvisation Performance with Plymouth University Improvisation Workshop Group 7 Dec
Plymouth University Orchestra: Classical 8 Dec
Jazz: Freedom Songs for Solo Piano 9 Dec
Jazz: Alex Lloyd Trio 9 Dec
Open to the public. Free admission but booking is advised.
Dance | Nora Invites
- 7 December 2016 From 7:30pm
Outspoken dancers Eleanor Sikorski and Flora Wellesley Wesley, AKA Nora, bring to the stage a bold, hysterical and sublime programme of new duets made especially for them by respected dance makers Liz Aggiss (UK), Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion (UK), and Simon Tanguy (FR).
These renowned choreographers have worked in the studio with the two women of Nora, each piece requiring Eleanor and Flora to physically and intellectually enter a whole new world of performance.
£10/£7. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPIA
Music | Improvisation Performance
- 7 December 2016 8-10pm
Lona Kozik studied improvisation at Mills College with leading luminaries of the art, Fred Frith and Roscoe Mitchell. Lona also has a PhD in Composition from the University of Pennsylvania and now teaches at Plymouth University on a part-time basis.
Music | Improvisation Talk and Book Launch
- 7 December 2016 From 7pm
A book of disparate essays united by the theme of diversity, Sam Richards' new book, Soundings, is published by the University of Plymouth Press. An improviser, composer and writer, Sam Richards teaches part-time at Plymouth University. A question and answer session will follow his presentation.
Music | Classical
- 8 December 2016 From 8pm
Comprised of students, staff and community members, the Plymouth University Orchestra invites you to join them for performances of: Sibelius: Finlandia, Arnold: Little Suite No 1 for Orchestra, Prokofiev: Troika from Lieutenant Kijé, Anderson: Sleigh Ride, Williams: Music from Harry Potter and music for brass, strings and woodwind ensembles. Parting donations towards concert costs welcome.
Music | Jazz: Alex Lloyd Trio
- 9 December 2016 From 7:30pm
One of the South West's most accomplished contemporary jazz performers, Alex Lloyd leads the Trio through material by Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus and other greats of the post-World War Two progressive jazz scene. The Trio also plays improvisations and original material by Lloyd.
Music | Jazz: Freedom Songs for Solo Piano
- 9 December 2016 From 1:15pm
Combining improvisation with a selection of freedom songs from various times and places, this performance includes songs from The Digger Song of the 17th century English revolution to Bob Marley's Get Up, Stand Up by the way of Guantanamera from Cuba and Nkozi Sikalele.
Music | Christmas Concert
- 10 December 2016 From 7:30pm
Haydn and Mozart's friendship thrived on mutual admiration and adoration of each other's musical genius. Look no further for choral works overflowing with uplifting and celebratory music than these two magnificent pieces.
The concert also includes traditional carols for you to join in.
Film | Mondo Monday Surprise Christmas Film + Quiz
- 12 December 2016 From 7pm
Mighty MONDO returns to the hallowed halls of Jill Craigie to cause Christmas Chaos in its own inimitable way, which is a big word and perhaps sets rather a high expectation. MONDO MONDAY: more festive than Santa on a Sleigh...with bells on.
- 13 December 2016 From 7:30pm
Come and enjoy your Christmas celebrations at the historic church of St Matthias. All members of the public are invited to join students and staff of Plymouth University for this service of readings and carols.
Free admission, booking advised. Parting donations in aid of the Shekinah Mission welcomed.
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Recycling, borrowing amendment for projects have council's attention
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A request to relocate the city's recycling drop-off center and an amendment of a 2010 borrowing note in the amount of $3 million to add eligible projects....
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there really is nothing wrong with where the recycling center is that it needs to be moved just a tad farther up the way costing the city more money they dont have.. why are you people planning spending money when you dont have it? us leyman cant!! oh wait you will raise our taxes so you can afford this instead of budgeting your money a little better. hold off on all these plans so taxpayers can catch up.
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Vitali Klitschko originally WON the belt that Lewis vacated & technically never lost in the ring... put it on loan for 4 yrs & then retrieved it. The faCT that he all but beat the living **** out of Lennox who last had this title seals it. All of Wlad's belts originated from paper belt holders who never even fought Lennox for those titles as he gave them away Vk HAD the Wbc belt long before wLAD retained the other 3 belts. The fact that he practicaLLY DESTROYED Lennox. should've been his anyways in stead of fighting Sanders for it.
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In 135 years of boxing the lineal Championship has only been broken 3 times.
1. In 1928 Gene Tunney retired as champion at age 32.
Broke a 52 year lineage
2. In 1956, Marciano retired as champion at age 32.
Broke a 26 year lineage.
3. In 2004, Lennox Lewis retired as champion at age 38.
Broke a 45 year lineage.
So the question is: After Lennox, who was the next true World Champion, and when did his reign start?
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In celebration of Tonight's Monday Night Game, here's a pic of Steve Gleason's famous punt block of the Falcons on that 2006 Game 10 years ago that opened the Super Dome after the tradegy of Hurricane Katrina.
The Team Photo of the 1967 New Orleans Saints
Here's the team that started New Orleans Saints History.
The 1967 New Orleans Saints Team Photo
Winner! Morten Andersen after his Game Winning Kick against the Cowboys
Last Second Monday Night Victory! The Latest Picture added to the New Orleans Saints History Gallery, Morten Andersen celebrating after connecting on a game-winning 49 yard field goal against the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football.
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"One does get asked quite regularly how one feels, and of course it does change throughout the day. I feel obliged to take my temperature or something," the actor, 50, joked Monday at the annual luncheon for Oscar nominees in Beverly Hills.
If only he could clone himself, that might help.
"One of the complicated things about this rather out-of-body experience is it's as if there are two of you, and one of you has to interview the other one to find out how one feels at any given moment," the Best Actor nominee says.
Joking aside, Firth is clearly thrilled to be recognized for his work in The King's Speech, though he says he's not allowing himself to get too carried away.
"Obviously it's elating, and I have a feeling that however this feels is going to percolate throughout the next six months or so," he says. "I'll probably punch the air in May at some point and crack open some champagne in September when it all sinks in."
The 83rd annual Academy Awards will air live Sunday, Feb. 27, at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on ABC from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.
Reporting by MICHELLE WARD
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As an impediment to further protest, the Egyptian army has been building blocky stone walls sectioning off parts of downtown Cairo, making the city center inaccessible. The walls are behemoths made of cubes of rock, and look extremely intimidating. A crew of local artists, however, have taken it upon themselves to break down these barriers by covering the walls in illusionistic murals.
The trompe l'oeil paintings transform the walls into perfectly in-perspective streetscapes and landscape vistas that are a literal and symbolic sally against political censorship. Check out a collection of 360-degree views of the murals here. The beautification isn't about prettifying the blockades, though. Artist Mohamed Gad told Foreign Policy that "We're not embellishing the walls… We're simply stating that the streets are open."
Activist Loai Nagati said, "We're building, not destroying, and this is what the walls are about. They show that the revolution is creative." One can only hope that as Egypt continues to rebuild its government, that spirit can remain strong in the face of adversity. [Foreign Policy]


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Phase 1 - Bayside Circle started tear-off of roofing materials on Building 1, 2 & 3.
Phase 1 - Bayside Circle
New roofing materials completed on Building 1,2 & 3.
Elements Recovery LLC operates as a Project Management and General Contracting business. What does that mean?Project Managers or Construction Managers are a lot like mothers. They have to set schedules, keep an eye on finances, make sure everybody is where they're supposed to be every day (and doing what they're supposed to be doing), ensure there are no safety hazards around:in general,keep the client happy.
More specifically, project managers are hired to lead and oversee a variety of building projects from start to finish. The jobs can range from a small remodeling job to the management of large commercial projects. That is what Elements Recovery LLC does for their clients.
There are several specific tasks that construction managers perform: project management planning, cost management, quality management, contract administration and safety management. Here's a brief look at what each entails:
Above all, construction managers have to keep everyone in the loop during the entire project, from clients and architects to contractors and subcontractors, and quickly attend to any problems that arise.
Pelican Bay Townhomes at Water Valley are part of a Master-Planned resort development located in the Town of Windsor, Colorado. Some of the amenities available to residents include 5 man-made lakes, 2 championship golf courses consisting of 27 holes, bike trails, beaches and a community pool. For further information about Water Valley, visit the following website: www.homesfortcollins.net.
Low-maintenance living and location are key when describing the townhome residences at Water Valley. Currently all new units have been sold, but resale townhomes do come available in the Pelican Bay Townhome community. The homes are walking distance from the clubhouse and golf courses making these units very desirable. Some units have lake-front access, while others adjoin open space areas and greenbelts.
The Town of Windsor is a rapidly developing and very unique community located in the high growth center of the Central Northern Colorado Tri-Cities (Ft. Collins, Loveland and Greeley). Windsor is a beautiful place where people want to experience the joys of designing and fulfilling their dreams in a community rich in quality and spirit. More information regarding Windsor can be found on their official website: www.windsorgov.com.
Due to the extensive damages to the Community from the wind and hail storms earlier in 2013, Elements Recovery LLC has been contracted by The Pelican Bay Townhomes Association to repair those damages. If you are a resident of this community and have any questions about this project, please use the Contact page to send us an email. We will be happy to answer any and all questions.


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This is a discussion on Re: How to allow user shutdown - SGI ; On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Jason L. wrote: > I would like to know if it's possible at all to setup a user account > to shutdown a machine. I've never set up a user account to do this, but ...
On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Jason L. wrote:
> I would like to know if it's possible at all to setup a user account
> to shutdown a machine.
I've never set up a user account to do this, but I suspect you're
having a problem with not being the superuser, thus that user can't
execute the necessary system calls to cause the machine to shut down.
I'm sure it can be done, but I have a possibly better solution for
Years ago my computer-neophyte roommate occasionaly needed to be able
to shut down my R4K Indigo. To make this easy for him I put the
following script on the computer, made it suid-root (this machine
was not networked and I barely trusted my roommate to remember his
password, much less hack into the machine), and slapped a link to
the script on his desktop. This gave him a nice GUI confirmation
dialog and thus was very user-friendly.
If I had to do it over again I'd probably just write a shell script
and utilize xconfirm, but I was a bit of an IRIX neophyte myself
at that time, and Tcl/Tk was fresh in my memory.
Anyway, here it is for your use/objection/amusement:
--- cut here ---
frame .top
pack .top -side top -fill x
label .top.label -text "Are you sure you want to\nshut down the computer?"
pack .top.label -in .top -side top -expand 1 -fill x
frame .bottom
pack .bottom -side bottom -fill x
button .bottom.yes -text "Yes"
button .bottom.no -text "No"
pack .bottom.yes .bottom.no -in .bottom -side left -expand 1 -fill x
bind .bottom.yes
{exec /etc/shutdown -g0 -y&}
bind .bottom.no
{exit 0}
--- cut here ---
Hope that helps,
Brent Casavant
Brent Casavant firstname.lastname@example.com Forget bright-eyed and
Operating System Engineer http://www.sgi.com/ bushy-tailed; I'm red-
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ROSE Blog: Rikki's Open Source Exchange
A couple of weeks ago I bought a box of cheerleader postcards and have been sending them out to friends and family members (and even a colleague). The pictures amuse me, and everyone loves getting postcards, right?
My mom was a high school cheerleader. She was also the lone woman in her high school's saxophone quartet, so you could say she was a well-rounded individual. I never mastered an instrument and I only lasted one wrestling match as our school mascot (and I still have an occasional nightmare about giant Blue Jays attacking me).
Even though I never tried out for the cheerleading squad in high school, I sometimes feel like a cheerleader in open source. I love feeling like I helped someone get noticed for her efforts or encouraged her to speak up and join a conversation. Someday soon I hope that I will have cheered loud enough or long enough or whatever enough to have encouraged a woman to attend her first open source event, or volunteer at an event, or even submit a talk for an event or write her first article.
Some of my cheerleader postcards are photos of a group of women. Some are the lone woman cheerleader. Other photos have men and women cheering on the same squad. Yes, some are clearly out-of-date, sexist shaving cream ads featuring women as cheerleaders and men as the football heros, the objects of all the cheers. And then there's the one postcard that's propped up on a coffee cup on my desk today with a single man, first raised in the air, and the words beneath his feet read, "He Feels Like Cheering."
I guess cheerleaders come in all flavors, and you can cheer in a group or all by yourself, regardless of whether you feel like you're on the winning or losing team, or even on a team at all.
Help a cheerleader out – Please send these questions to a woman in open source today and ask her to send her responses to me in email at firstname.lastname@example.com:
1. Who are you? (name/brief bio)
2. What do you currently do in open source? What do you love about it?
3. You're speaking to a group of women from other fields who are considering switching careers. Why should they consider moving into an open source-related career? What should they know about the open source environment to prepare them for the transition from a different field?
4. You're speaking to a group of high school students (male and female). Why should they consider exploring career options in open source?
5. What question do you wish I'd asked? And how would you answer it?
Issue 192/2016
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Nextcloud Announces Raspberry Pi-Powered Home Cloud Box
Innovative system adds a hard drive and Ubuntu Core to the RPi for an IoT hub.
Linus Torvalds Confirms the Date of the First Linux Release
Linux is two weeks younger than we thought!
End of OpenOffice?
The Apache Software Foundation considers retiring OpenOffice
Adobe Gives New Life to NPAPI Plugin for Linux
Adobe won't kill the plugin in 2017
LinuxCon North America Convenes in Toronto, Canada
Linux Foundation's big event celebrates the 25th anniversary of Linux
Linux Turns 25
Linux has evolved from "won't be a professional" project to one of the most professional software projects in the history of computers.
Mirantis Joins Hands with SUSE To Offer RHEL Support; Red Hat Not Happy
Competitors get in the game with RHEL without Red Hat
Linux on Windows 10 Poses a Security Risk
Security researchers have already notified Microsoft; some fixes are available
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It's just not fair! Who looks this good pregnant? Gorgeous supermodel Gisele Bundchen and wife of Tom Brady was spotted in Miami, Florida yesterday catching some rays in a cute little leopard print bikini. Most of us wouldn't look this great in a teeny bikini like that on a regular day, let alone while pregnant!
The adorable pregnant star donned a big straw hat and glasses to shield her face from the sun. She seemed to be enjoying her relaxing beach day. If her last pregnancy was any indication, we're sure this stunning star will lose the baby weight soon after giving birth.
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Bryan Cranston to Lead Brad Furman's 'The Infiltrator'
Posted on Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 by Angie Han
A little over a year after Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston is heading back to the criminal underworld. The Emmy-winning actor is attached to lead The Infiltrator, about real-life federal agent Robert Mazur's years undercover.
Brad Furman, who directed Cranston in The Lincoln Lawyer, will helm. Hit the jump for more about the Bryan Cranston Infiltrator movie.


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Moonray Healthcare has acquired Lexum, a provider of ophthalmology in Czech Republic and Poland.
The deal will see a phased transfer of ownership from current investors ARX Equity Partners and founder Professor Martin Filipec, who will remain with the group.
Lexum operates 10 hospitals across Central Europe including the European Eye Centre, a new 2,500 square metre flagship eye hospital in Prague.
Moonray Healthcare intends to combine the group with Optegra, its UK based eye hospital group which operates 11 specialist hospitals across England and Germany. Together the group will annually perform more than 40,000 surgical procedures and be one of the world's largest providers of ophthalmology.
Tim Clover, Moonray Healthcare and Optegra chief executive, says: "We see lots of similarities between the two groups in terms of quality, innovation and strategy which means that for patients, doctors and employees this marriage makes perfect sense. We hope to exchange the great ideas that we have seen in due diligence between the two companies and further improve patient care and business performance. This investment in Lexum is the latest stage of a significant expansion plan which will continue in further regions."
Filipec says: "Optegra and Lexum both deliver a broad range of premium care in ophthalmology from CLARIVU, cataract and vitreoretinal surgery, laser refractive surgery, corneal transplants, strabism and oculoplastics surgery. Both companies are professionally driven with prominent doctor engagement and strong external links to ophthalmic research and development. I believe that the combined company will be able to contribute to real innovation in eye care and also act as a partner to the medical device industry in the further development and adoption of the latest technology, which will bring real benefits to patients."
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text: Explore The Rift Valley Nairobi to Naivasha Lake Naivasha Hell's Gate National Park Lake Elmenteita Nakuru Lake Nakuru West of Nakuru Lake Bogoria Lake Baringo The Kerio Valley Share Taking its cue from Malawi's increasingly popular Lake of Stars festival, the annual Rift Valley Music Festival is Kenya's first international music festival, and has taken place every late August since 2010, at Fisherman's Camp on the shores of Lake Naivasha (t0715 050588, wbit.ly/FacebookRVFestival; three-day tickets). Energetic and dance-oriented on the Saturday, it turns more low-key and family-friendly on Sunday when the mood is blankets, picnics and beer. The highly recommended festival features mostly Kenyan artists and a few international acts playing from a single, central stage to an audience of a few hundred. Recent line-ups have included Ayub Ogada, DJ Yoda, J Star, Suzanna Owiyo, Frankie Francis, Jesse Hackett from Gorillaz, Joe Driscoll and Felix B from Basement Jaxx. You can stay anywhere around the lake and walk, cycle or get a matatu every day, or book ahead if you want to stay on-site. Read More


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Juneau Recommends Adoption of Common Core State Standards
Thursday, May 12, 2011
By Allyson Hagen
Juneau Recommends Adoption of Common Core State Standards
High Standards Promote College and Career-Readiness
Great Falls, MT – As part of Graduation Matters Montana, a statewide initiative to ensure more students graduate from high school college- and career-ready, Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau recommended adoption of the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Math. After careful review and comparison with Montana's current standards, Juneau is recommending that the Montana Board of Public Education adopt these standards which are higher, clearer and more rigorous than current standards.
"These new standards will ensure that Montana students are ready to compete not only with their peers across the country, but globally," said Juneau. "They give every student, no matter where they live, the opportunity to receive an education that will prepare them for college or to enter the workforce."
The Common Core State Standards were developed by and for states in a voluntary effort led by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, and Montana was a participant in the development of the standards. The standards are aligned with college and workforce expectations, are clear, understandable and consistent, include rigorous content and are evidence-based.
Content standards communicate to teachers, parents and students the knowledge and skills students are expected to master in each grade and subject. Standards do not tell teachers how to teach, but they do help teachers figure out the knowledge and skills their students should have in order to build the best lessons for their classrooms.
Juneau continued, "These new standards are an accountability tool not only for teachers but for parents and students. It will be very clear what knowledge and skills a child is supposed to master at each grade level. I look forward to working with Montana teachers and administrators to implement these changes and provide our children with the best educational opportunities for future success."
Adoption of the Common Core Standards will coincide with new assessments being developed for use in the 2014-2015 school year which will allow states to compare student scores from state to state.
Additionally, work is under way to ensure Montana's unique constitutional requirement of providing Indian Education for All is interwoven into the new standards for English Language Arts and Math.


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In his quest to complete the career Grand Slam in two weeks at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, Phil Mickelson will also be playing for one lucky fan.
As part of Callaway Golf's promotion, "The Big Big Bertha Payday," consumers who demo the company's drivers or fairway wood at a participating location prior to Sunday's final round will be eligible. After entering a promotional code, fans will then have a chance to take home the same dollar amount that Mickelson wins.
If the world's No. 11 ranked golfer is fortunate enough to win the major, then he and one fan will both win $1.5 million, the estimated payout for coming in first.
Even if Mickelson fails to make the cut, a fan will still walk away with at least some earnings from the season's second major championship: an estimated $16,000, which is last place prize money.
Mark Burns is a contributor on sports business for Sporting News. He recently graduated from Belmont University College of Law. Follow him on Twitter @MarkJBurns88.


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Erie School District administrator leaving
The Erie School District's assistant superintendent of finance and operations, hired just five months ago, is leaving.
Roland Taylor sent a letter to district employees on Monday saying he is stepping down at the end of December.
"This decision is one that is based solely on what is in the best interest of my family," Taylor wrote in part. "I hold Erie's Public Schools in the highest regards and have the utmost respect for my administrative colleagues and the employees, students, community, business partners and board."
Taylor said he told Superintendent Jay Badams of his decision earlier this month. He declined on Monday to elaborate on his reasons for leaving.
Taylor, 39, served as a supervisor in the Baltimore public school system before becoming one of two assistant superintendents in Erie on July 2. He earns $125,000 a year for a position that includes managing facilities, federal programs, health services, enrollment, police and safety and the district's Family Center.
"While I hate to see Roland leave Erie, I recognize and respect that his family is his top priority," Badams said. "We appreciate his contributions to our school system, and wish him and his family the very best moving forward."
"Even within a short period of time, Roland has worked hard to put a lot of positive processes and ideas in place," he said. "We will now assess our administrative needs and structure and redistribute his responsibilities in the interim as we decide how best to proceed."
ERICA ERWIN can be reached at 870-1846 or by e-mail. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNerwin.


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•On Friday night, Aug. 5, there will be a Cocktail Apocalypse at The Prizing House, from 7-11 p.m.
The Prizing House is located at 329 S. Church St. The cost is $20 per person, which includes cover, unlimited gourmet appetizers, live music and drink ticket.
For more information, contact The Prizing House at 859-235-0117 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
•Also on Friday and Saturday nights, the public will have an opportunity to shoot at zombies with paintball guns.
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News Writer
A The Walking Dead version of a haunted house will be available to the public on Saturday as a part of The Walking Dead Day in downtown Cynthiana.
Sponsored by the Cynthiana Rotary Club the Zombie Safe House will be located in the Old Jail across the street from the Sheriff's Office on Pike Street.
Harrison Memorial Hospital is all about "The Dead," at least for one day.
One of the last remaining community hospitals in the state, HMH is jumping in with both feet for the Aug. 6 The Walking Dead Day in Cynthiana.
In the original The Walking Dead comic book, patrolman Rick Grimes is shot by a criminal and is treated at Harrison Memorial Hospital.
Becky Barnes,
When plans were just beginning for Cynthiana's The Walking Dead Day, Robert Kirkman promised 2,000 copies of the first TWD graphic novel with an enhanced cover.
As the days turned into weeks and it became obvious that The Walking Dead Day had developed a life of its own, that number was increased to 10,000.
Cynthiana will be welcoming hundreds if not thousands of people on Saturday for the one-day The Walking Dead Day.
Anytime there are that many people, there needs to be emergency plans in place.
All emergency calls for the day should go through 9-1-1. Non-emergency calls should still use 859-234-7100.
The Cynthiana Police Department will be joined by members of other departments who are all part of the Back-UPs program, as well as troopers from the Kentucky State Police.
7 a.m. -- Shuttles begin from Harrison County High School and Flat Run Veterans' Park
10 a.m. -- Limited edition comic release at the Chamber of Commerce office, Pike Street entrance
10 a.m. -- Shuttle tours begin with pickup at the corner of Pleasant and Church streets, directly across from the Cynthiana Baptist Church. Silent auction opens adjacent to Rohs Opera House.
12 p.m.--Costume contest gets underway behind Rohs at TWD mural
In less than three days, The Walking Dead will take over Cynthiana.
The committee and the Chamber of Commerce have spent countless hours within the last two months in preparation for Saturday's events.
We have had numerous meetings with city officials and department heads to make this experience as safe as possible.
Most childhood dreams come crashing down when adulthood comes calling. A boy's dreams of becoming a big league ballplayer, a girl's ambition to become a country music star usually fade and reality sets in.
That boy may become a teacher and that girl may become a nurse. That's life and that's just the way it is for most of us.
But not all.
One might not believe that a man who creates zombies and then has them attack the living, often in bloody fashion, would have a soft spot.
However, that is exactly what The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has for his hometown.
Kirkman and his wife Sonia, also a Cynthiana girl, have repeatedly shown their love for Cynthiana through philanthropic ventures.
Three downtown businesses have changed, or will be changing, locations.
Shear Magic Salon will be moving this weekend to its new location in the Harrison Square Shopping Center.
According to owner Michelle Gaunce, Shear Magic is shooting for a reopening on Thursday, Aug. 4, pending state inspection.
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No excuses from Strauss
Keep up to date with England's progress throughout the World Cup - click here for match reports, reaction, exclusive videos and live photos
England captain Andrew Strauss offered a frank assessment of his side's shortcomings after their rollercoaster World Cup campaign ended with a 10-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka in the quarter-finals.
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga both registered unbeaten centuries as the co-hosts cruised to their target of 230 with more than 10 overs to spare at the R Premadasa Stadium.
England have been involved in a series of thrilling encounters during the competition and produced sensational comebacks to beat South Africa and West Indies during the group stage.
On this occasion, however, they were unable to mount any sort of fightback once Sri Lanka's openers settled into their stride and Strauss was not prepared to make excuses in the post-match presentation.
"Over the course of the tournament our cricket hasn't been good enough. I think we have got to be honest with ourselves. We haven't played well enough and that's why we are going home," he admitted.
"We just haven't played with enough quality with either bat or ball. We can't hide away from that.
"We've shown a lot of resolve and spirit and we've won some tight games and come through but this was a step too far. Sri Lanka are a very good side, played very well on the day and we weren't good enough.
"We thought if we took early wickets we would be in with a chance but fair play to Sri Lanka, they played beautifully.
"Both Tharanga and Dilshan were outstanding and we have been thoroughly beaten by a much better side today."
Jonathan Trott and Eoin Morgan had contributed 86 and 50 respectively to help England recover from 31 for two, but it soon became apparent that a total of 229 for six was some way short of what was required.
"We probably thought it was 30 light and in the end it was probably 50 light if I'm honest," Strauss added.
"We didn't get off to a good start with the bat, we did reasonably in the middle but then we weren't able to accelerate at the end.
"They were able to bowl a lot of dot balls at us. We lost a couple of wickets early and then it was always that consolidation phase where batsmen have to build a platform. We weren't able to take advantage of that platform in the end."
Strauss believes England's tough winter schedule may have played its part in their off-colour showing here, but is wary of that excuse.
"I think you can cite tiredness, but that would be running away from the issue," he explained.
"We haven't played good enough cricket at this World Cup, and generally English teams haven't played well in the sub-continent to compete day in and day out. We're the latest in a long line of sides - and we need to be better than that."
England's skipper will nonetheless look back on 2010/11 with much reason for satisfaction.
"The Ashes was certainly my proudest moment in cricket and probably one of English cricket's proudest moments for a long time - and no one will ever take that away from us," he said.
"But since then things have got tough - we've had injuries and losses of form to deal with, but we haven't been good enough in either Australia or this World Cup."
Strauss remains committed to leading England in one-day internationals and has backed his team-mates to bounce back following a period of rest and recovery.
When asked if he believes he can take the team further in the one-day format, Strauss replied: "Absolutely. I still think I've got a lot of cricket left in me, full stop.
"As is always the case at the end of a World Cup you've got to sit down and think what the best way forward is.
"Right now we are obviously very disappointed, but we'll get home, regroup and we'll come back."
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Penn Cambria's Evan Link was supposed to dominate, was supposed to be better than he was the year before, was supposed to pile up wins and pins like a bull dozer at a rock quarry. He certainly did all of those things.
The 112-pounder went 42-2 with 27 pins, and he had bonus-pointed everybody he beat until the Southwest Regional Tournament. He won his third District 6 Class AA Tournament title, was voted the tourney's outstanding wrestler and beat old foe Nick Roberts of North Star in the regional finals.
Link, whose 138 career wins tied him for second in program history with his brother, Nathan, beat Line Mountain's returning state champion Zain Retherford, 4-3, in the state semifinals and Bermudian Springs' state runner-up Brad Farley, 6-0, in the quarterfinals. Roberts then pulled off a shocking pin of Link in the finals, and the PC senior had to settle for second for the second time.
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Members of the 28th annual Mirror wrestling all-star team include (from left): Standing—Bedford's Brian Creps (coach of the year), Claysburg-Kimmel's Corey Aungst (145), Northern Bedford's Quinton Hixson (285), Portage's David Kephart (189), Bedford's Brian Gibbons (171), Northern Bedford's Joel Suter (215), Central Cambria's Tony Risaliti (152), Bedford's Ryan Easter (103). Sitting—Claysburg-Kimmel's James Dodson (119) and Cole Claar (130), Penn Cambria's Evan Link (112, wrestler of the year), Tyrone's Ronnie Garbinsky (135), Penn Cambria's Justin Miller (140), Central Cambria's Ben Rager (125). Hollidaysburg's Damian Lascoli (160) was absent for the photo.
Less was expected of Brian Creps' Bedford team. Stars like Cory Thomas, Trey Easter, Tanner Ripple and Zach Maust had graduated, and Creps had to depend on freshmen and less experienced wrestlers to continue the program's winning ways.
The Bisons started out No. 1 in the Mirror rankings, despite watching their 48-match regular season winning streak end against Westmont Hilltop, 39-23, but they were bounced from the top spot by Claysburg-Kimmel, 36-33. Under Creps' leadership, though, the third-ranked Bisons gained experience, improved and they got healthier.
They won the District 5 Duals and went 3-2 at the PIAA Duals, including wins over second-ranked C-K, 36-30, and top-ranked Huntingdon, 28-27. They did it really with only two stars, 103-pound freshman Ryan Easter and 171-pound senior Brian Gibbons, who would be their only state qualifiers.
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Mirror wrestling all-stars
Wgt. NameSchoolYrW-L
103 Ryan EasterBedfordFr36-5
112 $Evan LinkPenn CambriaSr42-2
119 James DodsonClaysburg-KimmelJr41-5
125 Ben RagerCentral CambriaJr37-3
130 Cole ClaarClaysburg-KimmelSr43-4
135 $Ronnie GarbinskyTyroneSr38-3
140 Justin MillerPenn CambriaSr38-9
145 Corey AungstClaysburg-KimmelSr42-7
152 Tony RisalitiCentral CambriaJr35-3
160 *Damian LascoliHollidaysburgSr29-11
171 *Brian GibbonsBedfordSr38-6
189 $David KephartPortageSr35-4
215 *Joel SuterNorthern BedfordSr26-4
285 Quinton HixsonNorthern BedfordJr33-8
Wrestler of the Year: Evan Link, Penn Cambria
Coach of the Year: +Brian Creps, Bedford
+-Indicates fifth coach of the year selection; *-Indicates second first team selection; $-Indicates third first team selection.
Wgt. NameSchoolYrW-L
103 Josh BrownClaysburg-KimmelSo35-12
112 T.J. BrandtAltoonaSo32-6
119 Kie BrownHuntingdonSr41-5
125 Ty DivelyClaysburg-KimmelJr44-5
130 Nick SzalaPenn CambriaJr39-8
135 Wendell MyersAltoonaSr31-6
140 Jake HinesAltoonaSr35-8
145 Logan WalstromPhilipsburg-OsceolaJr31-14
152 Willie SollenbergerNorthern BedfordSr27-4
152 Tommy HanlonPenn CambriaSr26-16
160 Tyler DibertChestnut RidgeSo31-8
171 Alex MillerHuntingdonSr34-12
189 Dan SollenbergerNorthern BedfordSr28-8
215 Jacob KrupaBedfordJr28-9
285 Shane MorrisCentral CambriaSr34-8
Wgt. NameSchoolYrW-L
103 Mason ReplogleNorthern BedfordSo26-7
112 Garret ThomasBedfordFr27-10
119 Brad ThomasCambria HeightsSo25-8
119 Jared WoomerBellwood-AntisJr33-9
125 Mark McMonagleTyroneSr28-10
130 Drew GartlandNorthern BedfordSo24-8
130 Dylan WestonTyroneJr33-7
135 Kenny MyersPhilipsburg-OsceolaJr36-10
135 Chris ShopeHuntingdonSr23-12
140 Dylan WeyantClaysburg-KimmelJr23-13
145 Ryan SlovikoskyPenn CambriaSr29-10
152 Luke GreenawaltPhilipsburg-OsceolaSr23-13
152 Nick MarterHuntingdonSr38-8
160 Ross InzanaCambria HeightsJr24-13
171 Dylan LudwigMoshannon ValleyJr22-9
189 James StodartMoshannon ValleySo24-7
189 Michael BrettBedfordSo25-12
215 Dustin EverhartHuntingdonSr29-13
285 Dave BrownGlendaleSr24-7
285 Braeden LucianoAltoonaSr30-10
For their performances, Link and Creps have earned top honors on 28th annual Mirror All-Star Team. Link has been named the wrestler of the year, and Creps has been named coach of the year for the fifth straight season.
The Bisons have two on the first team in Easter and Gibbons. Claysburg-Kimmel has three on the team, while Penn Cambria, Central Cambria and Northern Bedford also have two each.
The first, second and honorable mention teams follow the order of the Mirror rankings, with some exceptions at deep weights. Here's the rest of the first team and its accomplishments:
103 pounds: Ryan Easter, Bedford: A lot was expected of Easter in his freshman season, and he delivered, going 36-5 with 11 pins and four technical falls. He won a District 5 title, and he lost to Kittanning's eventual state champion Jason Nolf, 5-1, in the regional finals. Easter, battling a hamstring injury that bugged him most of the season, lost his first bout at states, but he went 4-1 in the consolations to take fifth place.
119 pounds: James Dodson, Claysburg-Kimmel: An honorable mention pick last year, Dodson went 41-5 with 23 pins wrestling between 119 and 130 as a junior. Dodson won a District 6 title at 119, beating Huntingdon's Kie Brown, and reached the regional finals, where he ran into Derry Area machine Jimmy Gulibon, who went on to win his third state title.
Dodson, who has a career record of 104-27, went 1-2 in his second state tournament, coming up a win short of placing.
125 pounds: Ben Rager, Central Cambria: Out for most of last season with a knee injury, Rager came on strong as a junior, going 37-3 with 15 pins, rallying to beat C-K's Ty Dively, 9-8, for the District 6 title, dropping a 5-0 decision to Shady Side Academy's four-time regional champ Geoff Alexander in the regional finals and placing fifth at the PIAA Championships.
130 pounds: Cole Claar, Claysburg-Kimmel: A second-teamer as a junior and sophomore, Claar makes the first team after finishing 43-4 with six major decisions and four technical falls, winning a District 6 title, taking third at the Southwest Regional and going 1-2 in his second state tournament. Claar finished his career with a 132-31 record.
135 pounds: Ronnie Garbinsky, Tyrone: A three-time Mirror First Team All-Star, Garbinsky became only the second area wrestler to win four District 6 titles, lost in the tiebreaker to Burrell's Jeremy Landowski in the regional finals and took seventh at states - his fourth medal, making him the fifth Class AA wrestler from the district to do that.
Garbinsky, who will continue wrestling at Pitt, finished his senior season with a 38-3 record and 23 pins and his career with a 157-12 mark and 79 pins.
140 pounds: Justin Miller, Penn Cambria: Miller, a three-year starter, was an honorable mention selection as a junior with a 26-15 record, but he had a career year as a senior, going 38-9 with 16 pins, taking second at the District 6 Tournament and placing fourth at regionals to qualify for states, where he went 1-2.
145 pounds: Corey Aungst, Claysburg-Kimmel: It was a trying year for Aungst, whose sister, Kristen, died in an automobile accident in May, but he excelled, taking second at the District 6 Tournament, placing fourth at regionals and finishing eighth at states.
An honorable mention pick who went 38-5 last season, he was 42-7 with 27 pins as a senior wrestling as high as 171 pounds. Aungst became the program's career pin leader with 75, breaking Ryan McIntyre's record of 72, and he went 135-28 in four years.
152 pounds: Tony Risaliti, Central Cambria: The Red Devil junior was a second-teamer last season, but Risaliti makes the first team after going unbeaten during the regular season, breezing to a District 6 title, taking third at regionals and placing seventh in his second trip to Hershey. He went 35-3 with 25 pins, and he'll enter his senior season with an 89-25 record and 56 pins.
160 pounds: Damian Lascoli, Hollidaysburg: Lascoli, on the first team for the second year in a row, went 29-11 with seven major decisions. He was second at the District 6 Class AAA Tournament, knocking off BEA's top-seeded Coleman Hoffman, and Northwest Regional runner-up, and he qualified for states for the second time.
His district and regional losses were to Bellefonte's Brad Grieb, who was fourth in Hershey. Lascoli, who had three wins as a freshman, finished his career with an 86-43 record.
171 pounds: Brian Gibbons, Bedford: A second-teamer behind Lascoli last season, Gibbons was also a first-teamer as a sophomore. He was 38-6 with 24 pins as a senior, won his third District 5 title, placed third at regionals and went 1-2 at his third state tournament, where he was hampered by a back injury. With a 129-37 career mark, he broke Cory Thomas' school record of 128. He finished with 57 pins.
189 pounds: David Kephart, Portage: Kephart followed up his sterling football season by making the first team in wrestling for a third time, with his first two coming at 171.
He was 35-4 with 20 pins, won his first District 6 title and suffered a controversial loss to Southmoreland's Jordan Kitta in the regional finals, but he avenged that loss with a 3-1 win in the seventh-place finals in his third trip to states. Kephart, who will possibly wrestle at UPJ, wound up with a 118-30 career record and 69 pins.
215 pounds: Joel Suter, Northern Bedford: What an eventful senior season for Suter, who makes the first team for the second time. First, he rolled to a 19-0 record with 16 first-period pins. Then he came down with mononucleosis, and he missed most of February.
Cleared to wrestle the day before the District 5 Tournament started, Suter won districts, took second at regionals and shocked those in the Giant Center in his second state tournament by pinning Lackawanna Trail's returning state champion Eric Laytos in a mere 1:06 in the quarterfinals. Suter placed sixth and finished 26-4 with 21 pins, and he was 83-17 in his career.
285 pounds: Quinton Hixson, Northern Bedford: Helped by 2005 Tyrone state champion Terry Tate in the wrestling room, Hixson went 33-8 with 25 pins in his junior season, won his second District 5 title, placed fifth at regionals and pinned Central Cambria's Shane Morris in the seventh-place bout to make the first team. A second-team pick last season, he's 69-28 in his career.


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Toddlers aren't exactly known for their willingness to share.
If I could sum up my experience with toddlers and generosity it would be this: "What's mine is mine and what's yours is mine and what might someday be yours is mine too."
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Mary Lauren Weimer is a social worker turned mother turned writer. Her blog, My 3 Little Birds, encourages moms to put down the baby books for a moment and tell their own stories. Connect with her on Facebook and Twitter.
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