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Marta Sebestyen Kismet
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- Released: February 1, 1996
- Label: Hannibal
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Entertainment Weekly - 2/9/96, p.54"...the gifted Hungarian singer zigzags from Ireland to India, bring[ing] us closer to a 21st-century inevitability
--one big worldwide music culture, into which regional sounds are absorbed..." - Rating: B
Q - 3/96, p.1034 Stars - Excellent - "...one more global experiment that works quite beautifully..."
JazzTimes - 4/96, p.63"...KISMET spans the globe, lovingly and with a loving spirit....There is a cohesion within exploration here..."
Dirty Linen - 4-5/96, pp.57-59"...an effort to be highly praised..."
Sing Out! - 5-6-7/96, p.152"...Nobody else has a voice like this: low but sharp as a knife, with a wide, easy vibrato, perfect diction and lazy, looping, Byzantine ornaments..."
The Beat - V.15 #3 1996, p.70"Time stands still, the compass needle spins at random, and Sebestyen stops the world in its tracks with some of the most heart-felt and moving 'people' music to be heard anywhere on the planet."
- 1.Devoiko Mome
- 2.Sino Moi
- 3.Leaving Derry Quay / Eleni
- 4.Gold, Silver or Love
- 5.Hindi Lullabye
- 6.The Shores Of Loch Brann / Hazafele
- 7.If I Were a Rose :: Ha En Rozsa Volnek
- 8.Imam Sluzhba :: The Conscript
Product Description:
Personnel: Marta Sebestyen, Andras Berecz (vocals); Nikola Parov (guitar, bouzouki, gadulka, kaval, koboz, flute, whistle, keyboards, bass, drums, tambura, programming); Peter Eri (mandola); Zoltan Lantos (violin); Kornel Horvath (percussion).
Recorded at Dorozsmai Studio, Budapest, Hungary.
Personnel: M rta Sebesty'n (vocals); Andras Berecz (vocals); Nikola Parov (whistling, guitar, bouzouki, tamboura, gadulka, flute, kaval, clarinet, keyboards, tambourine, drum programming, koboz); Peter Eri (mandola, mandolin); Zolt n Lantos (violin); Karoly Horvath, Kornel Horvath (percussion).
Audio Mixers: Jerry Boys; Joe Boyd.
Recording information: Dorozsmai Studio, Budapest, Hungary.
Photographer: Ray Burmiston.
Translator: L szl¢ Nagy.
Unknown Contributor Role: Nikola Parov.
Arrangers: M rta Sebesty'n; Nikola Parov; Peter Eri.
Though this is listed as a M rta Sebesty'n solo album, it is more a collaboration between singer Sebesty'n and multi-instrumentalist Nikola Parov, who plays just about every instrument on the CD. Both are artists with roots in Hungarian music and wide familiarity with the music of many other cultures, and both show stellar skills and inspiration on this album. To call the music fusion is correct but misleading. To most people fusion means elements from many cultures tossed together for an effect that may be original, but not representative of any particular tradition. Kismet is something else altogether. When M rta Sebesty'n croons a lullaby in Hindi, she does it to a melody that is straight from India, no matter that some of the instrumentation is native to other countries. When that lullaby shifts into a lightly jazzy instrumental, the Indian component of the music comes along for the ride, and it flavors the whole piece. The same is true of other works here, which are rich in character. This is world music fusion as an expression of culture, at the same time as it is an expression of the universality of some ideas and emotions. It takes an excellent musician to conceive of such pieces, and exceptional performers to move between such ideas without losing a sense of thematic unity. A lesser virtuoso than Parov and a lesser song interpreter than Sebesty'n would have turned out a blend that was bland. Instead, this release is as successful as it is daring, which is an extraordinary achievement. ~ Richard Foss
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During a lengthy meeting Wednesday with representatives of the pro football team and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, members of the council's Finance/Executive Committee wanted to know who would be responsible for cost overruns and infrastructure improvements that would be necessary around the stadium, and what benefits the project could bring to the surrounding community.
The condition of the 20-year-old Georgia Dome the new stadium would replace and what it would cost to renovate the Dome instead also surfaced during the session, also attended by staff from Mayor Kasim Reed's office and Invest Atlanta, the city's economic development agency.
"There is a clear difference between wanting a new stadium and needing a new stadium," said Councilwoman Felicia Moore, the committee's chairman. "We need to have all the information and questions answered before any potential negotiations on public funding take place."
The stage for stadium discussions has shifted to the city since a plan to ask the state for $300 million in additional bonding authority to help build the $1 billion project ran into opposition in the General Assembly.
The Falcons originally offered to put up $700 million for the stadium but recently increased that to $800 million, reducing the public funding component to $200 million.
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When members of the commission met Friday, comments from some concerning uncertainty about their primary responsibilities led to commissioners organizing into working groups to identify those tasks.
Ultimately, commission members emphasized that, among other key tasks, educating members of the public with whom they deal routinely will be an integral component in furthering the state's coastal restoration efforts.
As such, public awareness will play an integral role in the tasks of each of the commission's subcommittees, which deal with issues such as wildlife habitat, energy production, transportation, flood control, land rights issues and others.
R. King Milling, president of Whitney National Bank in New Orleans and the commission chairman, said the commission is looking to engage others from the public and private sectors to join the state's efforts and be ready to testify in Baton Rouge and Washington, D.C.
"We're looking for as much unanimity as we can achieve," said Milling. "All commissioners, wherever they may be, that's what their job is."
Some commissioners remarked that the diversity of the advisory commission -- which is composed of representatives of commercial fisheries and oil-and-gas interests to flood control managers and state legislators -- affords outreach opportunities to many who would not normally be aware of or participant in such an undertaking.
Environmental organizations and oil companies, for example, can work together for the better of the coast, as well as their own interests.
Commissioner Stacey Methvin, representing Shell Oil Co., said individual interests on the commission -- such as representatives of the oil-and-gas industry -- can work to create "information conduits" with their contacts within the same industry.
Other commissioners remarked that the diversity of the commission itself is bringing new interests to the table.
"It's not everyday that someone who works for a national environmental group gets to have lunch with a leader from the port of Fourchon," said Jim Tripp, general counsel for Environmental Defense, who added that the merging of such parties will aid in achieving consensus on the issues.
"I can tell you how little the national environmental community knows about Port Fourchon and what its role is in the national energy supply," Tripp said.
Those working on the comprehensive report to be submitted to Congress in 2004 are engaged in quantifying the state's role in the production of the nation's energy supply, as well as the economic impact of South Louisiana's infrastructure and others assets to justify Louisiana's request for financial assistance.
Peter Smith of Waldemar Nelson, a consulting firm working on that effort, said the firm has finished the first phase of its work, identifying 12 economic sectors that are at risk due coastal land loss.
Those include navigation routes, water supply and water quality, infrastructure and utilities, social and cultural resources, wildlife habitat and others.
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Other consulting groups are helping in the effort to identify the data and technology that is available to the effort to assess the state's capabilities in managing -- both financially and managerially, a $14 billion coastal restoration program that will likely extend over 30 years.
Help in that regard is also coming from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineering Research and Development Center.
Ed Theriot, director of management for the Corps at the Mississippi Valley Division in Vicksburg, said the federal agency is likewise working to build alliances with other federal agencies and scientists throughout the nation.
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Officials are also looking to learn from other large-scale restoration projects such as those in the Everglades and Chesapeake Bay, and consultants will be conducting interviews with representatives of those and other efforts that could aid in the state's own efforts.
Though it might seem otherwise given the multitude of simultaneous efforts and a limited timeframe, officials say the state and its partners are on schedule to submit the state's report to Congress by July 2004.
"We understood the restraints early on," said Milling. "The efforts might not appear to be coordinated, but at some point in time, various efforts will come together in a cohesive evaluation and study, (which will be) sufficient to move this effort through Congress."
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Economic Hardships Need Not Mean 'Huge Deficits' in School
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In "Teachers' Ethnicity Matters" (Walt Gardner's Reality Check blog, www.edweek.org, April 15, 2015), Walt Gardner argues that we should work to diversify our teacher workforce, but cautions that this goal comes with a challenge—students and families who face economic hardships and bring "huge deficits in socialization, motivation, and intellectual development to class through no fault of their own."
As an elementary-mathematics teacher-educator at a Hispanic-serving institution in a large city in Texas, I can say that we do not see our children's backgrounds as challenges. Instead, we actively seek out collaborations with urban schools in which many children are emerging bilinguals, have undocumented status, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and bring a diverse set of needs.
Based on Mr. Gardner's conclusion, one could ask us why we place education students in training at these schools, if those children come with so little.
Our response is that our vision extends beyond the periphery and the apparent. We recognize the immense resources that all children, families, and communities bring to our classrooms. Some children may come to school hungry, or without a pencil, but that doesn't mean they come with nothing to contribute to the classroom.
As economic inequality grows, the social crisis it represents is not going away simply by dismissing some families and communities as less than others because of their circumstances. Instead, each of us can and must make a contribution to the learning process that will mean progress despite financial status. We argue that everyone (including teachers, teacher-educators, and education students) has a surplus of knowledge, experiences, and resources that both crosses and is shaped by lines of race, ethnicity, native language, gender, and class.
Ultimately, we as educators consider our students to be wealthy, because their knowledge and experiences are valued currency in our classrooms. We encourage more educators to shift their thinking from the question of what "those" students are missing, to asking themselves, "What am I missing" when I look at them?
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First Day Fears
When she was teenager she had a recurring nightmare about standing up in front of the whole school (whichever one she was attending at the time) and finding that she was completely naked. Every time she had to do a presentation or an oral exam or even stand up in class, she had the nightmare. All through high school she had suffered from it until it had faded away. The last time she'd suffered with it had been fifteen years ago. Fifteen years since she'd seen herself, short, dull blonde hair hanging limp past her shoulders, no breasts, no clue, stood in front of her entire school naked. They were always the same, different schools, different presentation but the same nightmare. Young Sam Carter was naked, except for her shoes, in front of everyone. She always had her best shoes on, shoes she hadn't worn since her mother's funeral. She always she her notes with her too, so she could cover herself up, standing frozen on the stage with pieces of white A4 pressed to her skin before she bolted out of sight, off the stage and out of the school.
She would wake up with a jump, hot and sticky with her own sweat and any fears she'd have about her upcoming presentation or oral exam would be intensified. She stammered and stuttered her through most of those situations and still come away with an A but most of the time she would be happy enough that she was dressed.
These nightmares were obvious enough to interpret, she hadn't needed her school appointed grief counsellor to figure them out, and she grew out of them as she grew taller and more confident and her breasts grew a couple of cup sizes. The nightmares faded away, no more nudity in front of the school, her teachers, her peers.
She hadn't expected the nightmare to ever return. Since joining the Air Force she hadn't really felt too nervous when standing up in front of people, college had made her confident in giving presentations, being an officer meant she participated in meetings with ease.
It had come back tonight though. Same nightmare, different setting.
She heard snippets of conversation, their voices as they talked about her, and Colonel O'Neill had assumed she was a guy. Typical but she was ready to correct him, walking into the briefing room with her mouth open, the words half way out of her mouth when there was a collective gasp as she entered the room. The dozen or so men that sat around the table had stopped mid motion and were staring at her. Major Kawalsky dropped his pen, Colonel O'Neill's mouth hung open and General Hammond cleared his throat and straightened his tie.
She was confused until she felt a draft whip across her backside.
Her bare backside.
She looked down at herself and saw pale pink skin instead of her dress blues. She was frozen for a moment, eyes dancing around the room with panic, wide and scared and she couldn't breathe. She locked her eyes with O'Neill and saw him trying to avoid looking at her, he looked directly into her eyes, angry, amused, embarrassed, she saw it all in his eyes. She was terrified. She really, really couldn't breathe, nor could she move. She looked down again and a strange thought went through her mind, she was really glad she had waxed.
On her feet she wore her best shoes. The same shoes she wore to her mothers funeral. They were pinching at her toes and the sides of her feet as she had long grown out of them, they were at least two sizes too small. That was all she was wearing but she was holding the file that had been assembled for the briefing. It still took her another moment or two before she pulled a few pieces of paper from the file and scrambled to cover herself up. No one was speaking. All heads were turned in her direction but all eyes were looking past her, behind her, at the floor, the table, anywhere else but at her body.
Suddenly she bolted. Dropped the papers, the file and ran as fast as she could in fifteen year old, too small, shoes, out of the room and then she was awake and falling out of bed. She was hanging onto the edge of her cot, trying to regain her balance, trying to breathe.
She hit the floor with a thud, the concrete cold on her bare backside and she panicked again, looking around to make sure she was alone in her quarters. She sat on the floor and took deep breaths. When she was calm again, she looked up and around at the time.
She was due in the briefing in three hours. Enough time for some sleep, or a run and a shower.
More than enough time to make sure she was dressed, fully dressed, completely covered from head to toe if need be.
She was nervous, time to admit it to herself. She'd been working on this project since the beginning, she'd been in denial too, that she wasn't nervous about this briefing, this posting, this mission. She'd gotten too comfortable in Washington and now she was under a mountain. Locked away.
Maybe the claustrophobia was back too. She wondered what Claudia would say. Her grief counsellor attributed everything to the death of her mother. Which was fine, expect she'd always been a touch claustrophobic. Just a touch, she hated to admit that she was scared of anything. And she'd already been regularly admitting she was terrified of public speaking as a teenager.
It was another five minutes before she got up off the floor.
She was scared that she would mess it up, scared O'Neill would be an ass like she was in her dream. scared Hammond would side with him. She was scared she wouldn't get to go through the gate again, scared she'd get sent back to Washington. Scared that she'd have to spend another three years working on numbers and not getting out in the field again. Scared she'd have to spend another three years wearing her dress blues everyday.
She was scared. Plain and simple.
Later, it was all the same and she could feel the panic rising in her chest. She smoothed her hand over her skirt, checking it was still there. The same voices, almost the same conversation and she had predicted correctly. O'Neill thought she was a guy. They always did. She took a deep breath, and checked her clothes again, checked they were there. When she walked in she wasn't ready but she jumped in head first with O'Neill anyway and survived. Fully clothed. No one was embarrassed, no one saw her bare backside.
The briefing turned out to be easy compared to travelling through the gate. She really should've been more scared about that.


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Unfortunately, the eye-popping success has yet to come. Injuries have been a problem, as senior Matt Lehman has been lost for the year due to a torn ACL and redshirt freshman Brent Wilkerson has yet to play due to back issues. And All-Big Ten redshirt sophomore Kyle Carter was slowed early on by an arm injury.
As a result, through four games, the Nittany Lions' tight end corps has yet to log a touchdown pass and has come through with only one catch in the red zone. The one consistent threat has been sophomore Jesse James, who is third on the team with nine catches for 106 yards.
But in James' view, there is no reason to panic.
As a group, we're not changing anything, James said. We're on top of it and doing the same stuff we did last season. It's been receivers pounding the ball in there and the same with the running backs. We have opened up opportunities for other players to get the ball down in the end zone. I'm sure it will come together eventually and one of us will score. It's not really a concern, because in the red zone area we've had a great percentage (as a team).
When will it come together for this group? Most likely, James and his gang will make it happen this weekend in the 2013 Big Ten debut at Indiana. While the IU offense is having its fair share of success by leading the Big Ten in passing offense and total offense, the Hoosiers rank 106th out of 123 FBS teams in total defense.
James, a now healthy Carter and freshman Adam Breneman should find themselves in the middle of the offensive action. James would not be surprised if the group's first TD is set up by the run, though.
The play-action pass helps a lot, said James. Most of the time when we're around the ball we're just blocking. But on play-action, we sneak out and get open. We've done well with it.
Though the tight ends' collective receiving numbers are down, that has not resulted in any sort of drop-off in blocking. In fact, blocking has been a focus of position coach John Strollo all season. James, who is being asked to block even more than usual with Lehman out, has seen the dividends of Strollo's approach.
The whole tight end unit's blocking has improved, said James. Coach Strollo works with us every second he can when were not doing team stuff and focuses on individual drills. It's really helped us a lot with improving from week to week.
For James, it will be nice if a PSU tight end finally finds the end zone Saturday. But he's more concerned about the offense in general scoring enough points to win.
We're looking forward to putting it out on the field, especially since it's the first Big Ten game, said James. Offensively, I think we can score points. Coach (Bill) O'Brien prepared us well this week so we're excited.


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The Bureau of Customs arrested on 28 November a female Russian national at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for carrying 12,781.90 grams of high-grade cocaine in her luggage.
Anastasha Novopashina, 32 years old, was apprehended following joint operations of the Customs Anti-Illegal Drugs Task Force, Enforcement Security Service – NAIA, Customs Investigation and Intelligence Service, Office of the District Collector – NAIA, and NAIA Drug Interdiction Task Group (DITG). She is currently detained at NAIA-DITG holding area for booking and documentation.
The seized drug, estimated to have a street value of P64 million, was turned-over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Laboratory Service for qualitative examination.
BOC authorities started monitoring Novopashina after they received intelligence report from the United States anti-narcotics authorities about the impending arrival of the alleged Russian drug mule. She arrived in the Philippines on board Emirates Air flight EK332 from Sao Paolo Brazil via Dubai.
About P227 million worth of cocaine have been confiscated by the Bureau in eight operations since July. A total of P1.173 billion worth of various types of illegal drugs have been seized since Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon assumed office.
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Who wouldn't want their name spelled out in chocolate on a cupcake? I totally would! So that's one cool thing about these Thor and Hulk cupcakes, but the other super cool thing is that bakery The Crazy Cupcake in Jonesborough, Tennessee has gone all out with their tribute to The Avengers with these cupcakes inspired by the movie. Great job! Via their Facebook page. I couldn't resist adding one of their The Hunger Games cupcakes too, below their ultra adorable and, yes, a little crazy, logo. They can be reached at (423) 753-7335 or the-crazy-cupcake at hotmail.com (and as always, if you hear about a bakery via Cupcakes Take the Cake, let them know!).
Captain America: Red, White and Blue
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The Boryeong Mud Festival is an annual festival which takes place during the summer in Boryeong, a town around 200 km south of Seoul, South Korea. The first Mud Festival was staged in 1998 and, by 2007, the festival attracted 2.2 million visitors to Boryeong.
The mud is taken from the Boryeong mud flats, and trucked to the Daecheon beach area, where it is used as the centrepiece of the 'Mud Experience Land'. The mud is considered rich in minerals and used to manufacture cosmetics. The festival was originally conceived as a marketing vehicle for Boryeong mud cosmetics.
Although the festival takes place over a period of around two weeks, it is most famous for its final weekend, which is popular with Korea's western population. The final weekend of the festival usually falls on the second weekend in July.
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All modern rooms at Hotel Mudrin are air-conditioned and include tea and coffee making facilities, a flat-screen TV and a refrigerator. All offer a seating area and bottled water.
Hotel Mudrin features a restaurant and a bar where travellers can relax of an evening.
Boryeong, commonly known as Daecheon, is a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It lies on the Janghang Line railroad, which connects it to Seoul via the Gyeongbu Line. It is also connected to the Seohaean Expressway.
Boryeong is known around Korea for its beaches, particularly Daecheon Beach, and its annual mud festival around July, Boryeong Mud Festival. The city's beach-mud is widely touted for its cosmetic properties. As elsewhere along the southwest coast of the Korean peninsula, there are numerous small islands, many of which are connected by ferry to Daecheon Port.
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Held at Haeundae Beach, this festival heats up the Haeundae seaside just before the start of summer with a variety of sand-related events and exhibits. The World Sand Sculpture Exhibit features film-related works by famous domestic and international artists. Other programs include a Children's Sand Olympics, a beach circus festival, and Korean wrestling.
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MOTIVATED SELLER!! 3.5 Acre Resort - like environment South of the Post Road. Walk everywhere. Probably the best value in Madison! Extraordinary Privacy! True Four structure Compound Setting situated on 3.5 park like acres within short walking distance of Town, Hammonasset Beach / State Park and Greenway Walking Trail. 4,800 Square Foot Main Residence boasts 5 bedrooms, dual master bedrooms, including one on first floor, granite kitchen and oversized family room. Master Bath features sauna and whirlpool. Guest house currently is utilized as first floor office with Guest Suite with full kitchen above. Great property to enjoy extended family members. Enjoy a dip in the pool after a day at the beach. Gazebo and in ground pool compliment over $300,000 worth of plantings. Full house generator insures uninterrupted enjoyment of this spectacular property. Large barn offers opportunity to enjoy an equestrian setting, collect cars or simply use as storage. Property features two entrances; one, a beautiful approach off of Signal Hill Road with the second off of Stanton Court; a cul de sac street. Potentially subdividable or condominium options.
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Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System is committed to helping you live a healthy and active lifestyle. Exercise Challenge is a FREE 10 week program, open to individuals and organizations in Monterey County, except those which gather solely for the purpose of exercising together, such as an athletic club.
SVMHS wants you, your family, friends and colleagues to participate in regular, aerobic exercise and Exercise Challenge is designed to motivate and encourage you. A heart healthy exercise program should include at least 30 - 60 minutes of aerobic exercise activity 5 to 6 times a week. There are progress charts and prizes available to participants. Please review the rules and submit an entry form here.Download the progress chart in English here.Download the progress chart in Spanish here.Here are some of the things you should know to get started:To enter for 2017, individuals/organizations must return the entry form by January 25, 2017. Workplaces which enter the program are not required to provide time off for their employees to exercise. An individual or organization may withdraw from the program at any time. The program begins January 30, 2017 and runs through April 9, 2017. If it is past the entry form deadline of January 25, 2017, please contact the SVMHS Health Promotion Department at 831-759-1890 to sign up. January deadline is for prize and drawing opportunities. You may participate in Exercise Challenge at anytime and register until February 10th to have your totals included in the overall program success!Once an organization has entered the program, all of its members are eligible to enter, except as specified above. Individual participants sign up on the Exercise Challenge Progress Chart. Participants may withdraw from the program at an any time.Each person participating must exercise at least 150 minutes per week during the 10 weeks to be eligible for drawing prizes.Only aerobic exercise of at least 15 continuous minutes will be counted. Examples of aerobic activities include brisk walking, jogging, hiking, swimming, bicycling, tennis or racquetball, basketball, aerobic dancing, jumping rope, rowing, roller skating, rollerblading, stair climbing or skiing and snowboarding.Prize drawings take place throughout the Challenge. Hear Jeff's Exercise Challenge story in the video below and take the challenge!For more information call the Health Promotion Department at 759-1890 or email email@example.com.


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While other leading and normally more moderate pro-Europeans such as Douglas Hurd, the former foreign secretary, have warned against engaging in prolonged "trench warfare" with the European Union over the ban, Sir Edward has so far said nothing on the burning issue of the day.
One prominent MP on the pro-European wing of the Tories suggested privately that Sir Edward was restraining himself out of courtesy to the Government because of plans by John Major for a dinner in honour of Sir Edward on 17 July, to be attended by the Queen.
The 60 or so guests are expected to include Valery Giscard d'Estaing, the former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Mrs Schmidt, Lord and Lady Whitelaw, the Speaker Betty Boothroyd, Sir Peter and Lady Ustinov, Lord and Lady Menuhin and Sir Robin and Lady Butler.
The dinner will be followed next day by a celebration at the Savoy Hotel to be hosted by Sir Edward himself.
The truth about Sir Edward's silence, however, appears more complicated.
First, he may well pronounce on the beef issue soon. Plans are under way for a newspaper article in which is likely to try to explain to a British audience why public opinion in some other countries is so disturbed by what they regard as the dangers of BSE-infected beef.
Secondly, Sir Edward has been absorbed recently in his memoirs. One friend says his main preoccupations now are located "somewhere in the 1950s" as he records his career in public life, which spans nearly half a century.
Or perhaps the former prime minister, famous since the Thatcher days for his role as the pro-European Cassandra of the Tory party, is mellowing in the run up to the general election.
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PANTELLERIA 11th JUNE 1943
Operation Corkscrew, the assault on the small
Italian island of Pantelleria in June 1943, was partly operational and partly
experimental. It would be a useful toe-hold for the planned invasion of Sicily
and Italy and it would serve to test the effectiveness of large scale
bombing of strong entrenched enemy defensive positions prior to the landing of troops.
Pantelleria is a small rocky island, measuring 8.5 miles by 5.5 miles. It lies in the channel
between Tunisia and Sicily about 140 miles NW of Malta. As early as the latter half of 1940 Keyes all but persuaded Churchill that the taking of
Pantelleria by amphibious landing was feasible. It would restore to UK control the waters of the East/Central Mediterranean and would contribute
to the supply of the vital base of Malta. This was a time when a journey to Port Said was judged unsafe by the direct Mediterranean route and the
alternative round the Cape of Good Hope was four times the distance - a return trip of 25,000 miles as opposed to 6,300.
Plans & Preparation
Whilst the Chiefs of Staff agreed with Keyes that it was likely that the island could be taken there was less optimism that
it could easily be held. Bluntly put it could double the problems then being experienced in supplying Malta. This reticent attitude reflected the
forthright views of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham in the Mediterranean.
Despite these strongly held views Churchill was tempted and allowed Keyes to take personal command of the
operation. He was authorised to withdraw 2000 of his commandos from the operational control of GHQ. They were sent for training at Inveraray and
Lamlash on the Island of Arran in the estuary of the River Clyde. The plan was to load the men on the "Glen" ships and attach
them to a fast convoy which was shortly to run the gauntlet of the Axis forces in the Mediterranean. Their destination was to be Malta but while
passing Pantelleria the Glen ships would peel of and seize the island. Once ashore the two armies would be so enmeshed that the Italian air-force
would be unable to intervene. It would be an unequal contest. On the one hand an eager well trained volunteer force against an Italian garrison
taken by surprise. (Map of the Port of Pantelleria issued to
Lieutenant Ovenston in June 1943 and reproduced here courtesy of his son Colin Ovenston of
Kansas, USA.)
The convoy was ready to sail on the 18th December 1940 due at the Straits of Gibraltar on the 28th. At the 11th hour
the risk assessment changed dramatically against the operation when German dive-bombers were positioned in Sicily. The operation was first of all
postponed and then jettisoned. Keyes was furious and his already acrimonious relations with the Chiefs of Staff, the First Lord, Admiral
Cunningham and everyone he considered had given craven advice, came to the fore. Churchill was bombarded with memos but to no avail. In the event
the convoy minus the Glen ships had a tough passage through the Mediterranean and the aircraft carrier Illustrious was damaged by 6 heavy
bombs and 3 near misses. With the benefit of hindsight it was clear that the diversion to Pantelleria was unlikely to have taken place in these
changed circumstances.
However the focus once more turned on Pantelleria in the spring of 1943. The taking of the island was partly
operational and partly experimental. There was a need to gain a toe hold on Italian soil prior to the invasion of Sicily and later the Italian
mainland and a need to better understand the effectiveness of intensive bombing prior to a sea-borne assault. By then intelligence sources indicated
that the garrison on the island was 12,000 strong in well-entrenched pillboxes and 21 gun batteries of a variety of calibres. Professor Sir Solly
Zuckerman prepared a scientific assessment of the impact of a bombing raid amounting to 238 pages. He espoused the view that a 30% reduction in
enemy material resources would greatly weaken resistance.
Bombing Action
In the June of 1943 14,203 bombs amounting to 4,119 tons were dropped on 16 batteries.
Out of 80 guns bombed 43 were damaged 10 beyond repair. All control communications were destroyed together with many gun emplacements, ammunition
stores, air-raid shelters and all the elements of a WW2 artillery system. About an hour before the landing craft reached the beaches the ships
opened fire. When the first of the Commandos landed the white flag was already flying. Churchill was to record later in his memoirs that the only
casualty was a man bitten by a mule!
Zuckerman's analysis on the impact of the bombing and his recommendations as to the conduct of the bombing proved to be amazingly accurate. It was not necessary to disable all or most of the guns. The human factor was likely to be the weakest link. In
the event the Axis defences were 47% effective at the time their forces surrendered - enough to have inflicted great damage on the invading
One unfortunate consequence of the bombing of Pantelleria was the developing belief that the dropping of a large
number of bombs on strong points in advance of troop movements would ".. make land movements a matter of flitting from one dazed body of
enemy troops to another." The views of those who knew better were reflected in a memo Air Chief Marshall Tedder of the Royal Air Force
wrote, "Pantelleria is becoming a perfect curse."
Nonetheless it was a very successful operation achieving much at minimal cost.
Further Reading
There are around 300 books listed on our 'Combined Operations Books' page which can be
purchased on-line from the Advanced Book Exchange (ABE) whose search banner
checks the shelves of thousands of book shops world-wide. Type in or copy and
paste the title of your choice or use the 'keyword' box for book suggestions.
There's no obligation to buy, no registration and no passwords. Click
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The Watery Maze by Bernard Fergusson. Published 1961 by Collins.
Commandos and Rangers of World War 2 by James D. Ladd. Pub
1978 by MacDonald & Jane's. 0 356 08432 9
Commandos 1940 - 1946 by Charles
Messenger. Pub by William Kimber, London 1985. 0 7183 0553 1
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recommendations about Operation Corkscrew please
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growing season, to undertake routine maintenance such as weeding
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reporting on any issues. If you live near the National Memorial
Arboretum and would like to find out more, please
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Operations Handbook
handbook was prepared for Combined Operations in the Far East. It
illustrates the depth and complexity of the planning process necessary
to ensure that the 3 services worked together as a unified force.
Restoration of Geoffrey Appleyard's
Click on the image if you'd like to contribute to the improvement of the
memorial to Geoffrey Appleyard, DSO, MC and Bar, through the purchase of a
limited edition print of a book about him. Geoffrey achieved so much in
service with No 7 Commando, No 62 Commando, the Small Scale Raiding Force
and the Second SAS Regiment. He was posted Missing in Action in July 1943,
aged 26.
The Gazelle Helicopter Squadron Display Team
The Gazelle Squadron
is a unique team of ex-British Military Gazelle helicopters in
their original military colours and with their original military
registrations. The core team includes four Gazelles, one from each
service; The Royal Navy, The Royal Marines, The Army Air Corps and The
Royal Air Force. A fifth Gazelle in Royal Marines colours will provide
intimate support for the team. Their crest
includes the Combined Operations badge. The last, and possibly, only time
the badge was seen on an aircraft was in the early mid 40s. A photo of the
Hurricane concerned is included in the 516
Squadron webpage.
Legasee Film Archive
As part of an exciting social history project, the film company Legasee is
looking for veterans from any conflict who would like to have their
stories filmed for posterity. Films are now available on line.
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The secret of keeping your bowling tactics simple
It's very easy to overcomplicate your bowling and it's even easier to get too simple and just wang it down without any tactics at all. As a keeper I have seen both sorts of bowling get the same result: punishment by the batsmen.
In reality there are only a few things you need to think about on the pitch and as soon as you keep it simple you have a clearer mind and are more likely to get wickets. Here are the 3 elements I always advise bowlers to think about:
- Know your role. Talk to your captain and ask him what they wants from you. Defense or attack? Aggression or control? Work out what the bast basic line, length and field setting is for your particular role and stick to it. It's handy to have a 'plan B' too, but only if your main tactic is not working. Additionally, make sure the captain knows what you need to be at your best.
- Read the batsman. No two batsmen are alike, so the quicker you can read their good shots the quicker you can adjust your field to cut off their run scoring. You can also find out where they are weak to get them playing outside their comfort zone. Flexibility and intuition is important but so is sticking to your role in the side, so never stray far from the plan.
- Stop and think. Experimenting is good and can surprise you with results but it's also the main source of confusion and bad bowling. If you try something and it doesn't work or you stop thinking about what you are doing at all take a moment to 'reset'. There is no harm in moving a fielder to buy you time to think about your main plan.
The real message here is to keep it simple, but not too simple. Having a clear bowling plan will bring you success.
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[...] Reading. Illingworth also talks about having a sense with certain batsmen. Just by looking at their stance or the way they play early in their innings can tell you a lot about how to set your field and what line to bowl. Keep trying to read the [...]
I never aim, I just use my Intuition, OK fine, I'm not the worlds best bowler, but I sure have fun.
You never aim? That's not the best advice for others to follow!
Bowling is a game of consistancy. It is the hardest thing to do the same thing over and over, frame after frame.
Learning how to bowl will teach you how to compete with confidence, if you constantly practice.
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1. 现在越来越多的人使用了移动电话:在各种公共场合都可以看到。许多大学生也有了移动电话。
2. 移动电话得到广泛使用的原因:非常有用的通信工具,举例;流行的产品;价格下降。
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Nowadays, more and more people are using mobile phones. In the street, on a bus, in a restaurant, actually in every other public places, you can hear someone speaking with a mobile phone. Many college students have bought mobile phones, too.
The mobile phone is so popular because of many reasons. First of all, it is a very useful communication tool. When you are out and you need to contact someone urgently, a mobile phone will enable you to do this if there is no telephone box nearby. A beeper is not always sufficient for your purposes. Second, it is a fashionable product which many youths want to have. Mobile phone manufacturers have used famous stars as their propagandists. At last, the prices of mobile phones are dropping as a result of the scientific development. Ordinary people can afford a mobile phone now. The mobile phone is getting more and more accepted by the common public.
However, the mobile phone can also become a nuisance sometimes. In a classroom when everybody is taking an important exam, the ring of a mobile phone causes almost some kind of sound pollution. Those who have mobile phones should avoid disturbing others in public places.
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By KEVIN SACK
Published: November 9, 1994
George Elmer Pataki, a lanky lawyer-legislator from the Hudson Valley who has promised to slash income taxes and restore the death penalty, was elected the 53d Governor of New York yesterday, ending 20 years of Democratic rule in Albany and toppling Mario M. Cuomo, a legendary figure in state and national politics.
In other New York races, H. Carl McCall became the first black New Yorker to win statewide elected office, defeating Herbert London in the race for state comptroller. Mr. McCall, a former State Senator, investment banker and president of the New York City Board of Education, was appointed Comptroller by the Legislature last year to fill a vacancy left by the midterm retirement of Edward V. Regan.
In the race for attorney general, the Republican, Dennis C. Vacco, a former United States Attorney from Buffalo, won a narrow victory over Karen S. Burstein, a former Family Court judge in Brooklyn.
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the New York Democrat, easily dispatched his Republican opponent, Bernadette Castro, to win a fourth term. But he lost the chairmanship of the Finance Committee to Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon when the Senate went Republican.
Mr. Pataki, a 49-year-old State Senator, won by drawing a strong turnout in upstate New York counties where Republicans traditionally fare well, by taking narrow majorities in the suburbs surrounding New York City, by winning Staten Island and by faring well in Erie County.
B. Thomas Golisano, a millionaire businessman from Rochester who was the gubernatorial candidate of the Independence Fusion Party, proved less of a factor than some had anticipated in siphoning anti-Cuomo votes from Mr. Pataki.
With 97 percent of the precincts reporting, the results were:
Pataki . . . 2,405,631 (49%)
Cuomo . . . 2,223,567 (45%)
Golisano . . . 196,327 (4%)
Mr. Pataki's election represents a political triumph for his patron, Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato, and a potentially devastating defeat for Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who alienated the state's Republican leadership by crossing party lines to endorse Mr. Cuomo.
About 12:30 this morning, the Governor-elect, calling himself "a mailman's kid from Peekskill," declared victory in a ballroom at the New York Hilton and asserted that New Yorkers had voted for change. "If there's one thing this campaign has stood for day in and day out," he said, "it's about again restoring people's confidence in the future of this state, again restoring their belief that the best of this state is ahead of us."
And in an impish nod to Mr. D'Amato, whose relationship with the candidate was mocked in Cuomo television commercials, Mr. Pataki said, "Let me just say, you can call me, Al."
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Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the Characters. They belong to their rightful owners.
Author: Christmas is tomorrow, so I thought I would write a Christmas Comashipping fanfic for all of you! I sure hope you all enjoy this first chapter, I will have the next chapter up shortly. Please R&R and have a Merry Christmas!
Pairing: Paul and Ash. K
Part 1: The Auction
The Pokemon Center was planning their annual Christmas banquet. This year they decided the fundraiser would be in the form of a bachelor auction, to collect for the children's hospital.
It seemed quiet a few people wanted to partake in the charitable event this year, this included Ash and his friends.
Brock had already volunteered to be in the auction, in hopes of a beautiful lady winning him for the day.
Ash was at the moment helping to decorate the Christmas tree. He was on a small ladder, hanging up an ornament.
"Come on Ash! You should participate in the auction too," Dawn suggested eagerly.
The trainer had to quickly catch himself to keep from falling to the ground. Ash's eyes widened and his cheeks burned an interesting shade of red. "You're joking right?" He placed the ornament on the tree and continued with his task.
"No. Come on Ash, it's for charity. Think about the children. Think about how happy they will be Christmas morning when they wake up and find all those Christmas presents." The blue haired coordinator says while dancing around, pressing Piplup to her chest.
"Luuup!" The water type pokemon chirped happily in return.
"Yeah Ash, think about all the beautiful ladieeees!" Brock added near the kitchen.
Dawn rolled her eyes and continued. "Reggie is partaking, Drew and even Prof. Oak."
"Prof. Oak!" Ash sputtered, shocked.
Dawn nodded vigorously. "Yup!"
Ash looked at both Brock and Dawn trying to come to a decision. In these times he always looked for advice from his loyal companion, Pikachu. He turned to his trusty friend, waiting for his reply.
The yellow rodent looked up at his trainer, a smile already planted in place. He shook his head up and down. "Pika!"
Ash, taking that as a yes, finally came to a decision. The dark-haired trainer groaned inwardly, knowing he would probably regret it later. "Ok, you can count me in."
The doors to the Pokemon Center suddenly swung open. The chilly winter air swept in, followed shortly after where two mauve-haired youths. One with a friendly grin and the other with furious scowl.
"I can't believe you dragged me along for this lame event," Paul grumbled, sending Reggie a glare.
Reggie laughed lightly. "Awe, can't you just have some fun. It's the holidays. Be joyful, be happy, and have a good time!" He paused for a moment, grinning suggestively. "You know Ash is here, right." The breeder finished with an all knowing grin.
Paul huffed, annoyed. "What's that got to do with anything?"
Reggie couldn't help the wide grin that suddenly spread upon his face. "I don't knowwwww." He joked playfully.
"I'm outta here," Paul stated, sinking his hands into his pockets, he quickly left his brother's side.
Reggie wasn't able to see the slight hint of redness that had appeared on the bridge of Paul's nose. Paul would not allow him the privilege to see such a rare sight, that would give him a reason to question him about it. His brother already knows too much for his liking.
While Paul made his way else where, Reggie made his way to the kitchen.
The mauve-haired breeder stepped inside the kitchen and was immediately greeted by Brock. "Hey Reggie."
"Hey Brock."
Brock handed Reggie some pots and pans, after doing so he resumed with his cooking preparations.
Brock spared Reggie a quick glance, smiling. "So, is Paul here with you."
This in turn made Reggie smirk. "Yeah."
"Hey, you know what, Ash has volunteered to be in the auction."
Reggie wanted to laugh out loud, but he quickly stopped himself. "Oh really. That should be interesting."
Brock gave him a puzzled look. "Oh, why's that?"
"You'll seeeeee!" Reggie sang.
The banquet was now under way. The Pokemon Center was packed full.
Beautiful red, green, gold, and silver decorations lit up the big open room. Christmas music was blaring nonstop in the background, while many people tried to speak over it. There was so much food and everyone was eating heartily.
A few hours later
"This year seems to be turning out real well," Nurse Joy announced through the microphone on stage.
Everyone quieted down and gave her all their undivided attention.
"Thank you all for your contributions and services, in the preparations this year. Making this year the best it has ever been. We are about to start the auction. So all participants please make your way to the front of the stage. And if you haven't already gotten your auction card, any of our vendors will provide one for you."
All the participants made their way to the stage.
"We will start out with Brock! Everyone please give a round of applause for Brock!"
The crowd clapped and cheered.
"Oh Nurse Joy! Please will you bid for me! I would make your day the perfect day ever!"
Croaguck was about to use poison jab but was suddenly interrupted by Nurse Joy.
"Sorry, I'm only the auctioneer. I will not be bidding."
Brock's face fell into a depressing frown, tears streaming down his cheeks.
Croaguck left croaking happily.
Paul was among the audience below staring up at Ash in a state of shock. He was having great difficulty breathing.
The mauve-haired trainer slumped down into his seat, trying to hide his embarrassment. He knew his face was beginning to heat up. 'What is that loser doing.' It was already embarrassing enough that his brother was in this stupid thing, but Ash. 'I bet Reggie put him up to this.'
Nurse Joy quickly get's down to business. "Let's start out this bid. Will anybody give me twenty dollars! Who will give me twenty dollars!"
A beautiful youthful redhead holds up her card. "I'll bid twenty dollars."
Brock's eyes turned into big heart shapes, his mouth dropped open wide. "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Sold to the beautiful redhead."
Nurse Joy interrupts his outburst and reminds him this is an auction. "We are trying to raise a lot of money, let's not stop on the first bid. We have a bid for twenty dollars, who will give me thirty, anybody bid thirty?"
An older, short, stout lady raises her card. "I'll bid thirty!"
Brocks face turns to complete horror, as the woman looks at him, making kissy faces.
Nurse Joy exclaimed happily, "Yay, now that's what I call bidding, ok now, we have thirty. now who will give me forty!"
The same young lady as before, held her card up again, "Forty!"
"Ok, we have a bid of forty, who will give me fifty?!"
The older woman was tired of beating around the bush, jumping out of her seat. "ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!!!!"
"Oh my goodness! We have a bid for one hundred dollars. Do we have a higher bidder?"
Brock pleads to the redhead, but she shakes her head sadly, suggesting she has no more money to bid.
"Alright then, going once, going twice, SOLD!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Brock cries.
The old lady rushes to the stage to claim her prize. She drags the poor breeder off the stage, kicking and screaming all the way back to her seat.
Everyone laughs and claps.
Nurse Joy giggles and continues the bidding. "Alright our next participant is…."
The next participant was Tracey, Misty won the bid for him at sixty-five dollars. After Tracey it was Drew, in which May of course, won by bidding over two hundred dollars. May received a red rose and kiss on the cheek by the handsome green head.
"Our next participant is Prof. Oak! Hello Professor!"
"Hello Nurse Joy. It's a real pleasure being here," He said joyfully.
"No, it's our pleasure having you here sir."
The bidders were mostly older women, including Ash's mom. Now that had to be embarrassing. Ash's face was an unhealthy shade of red throughout the whole bidding.
It came down to Ash's mom having the highest bid.
Ash wanted to crawl into a hole and die. He was so embarrassed.
Next up was Reggie. Quite a few beautiful candidates were bidding for the handsome mauve-haired breeder, including Dawn, which surprised Ash and many others.
It came down to a pink haired girl and Dawn. They both battled it out strongly, but the victor was Dawn, bidding over three hundred dollars.
Where was she getting all that cash, many people wondered.
Reggie was very flattered by Dawn's generosity, but was it just that?
"It is now time for our last participant, Ash! Who will start out the bid!?"
"I'll bid four hundred dollars!" A young man shouts within the crowd.
Everyone was interested to see who the bidder was. It was unusual for a male to bid during a bachelor auction. They had to find out who this person was. Paul was especially curious.
It was Prof. Oak's grandson, Gary.
Paul was furious to find a confident smug on the boys face, which caused him to do something he never expected he would do. He hastily made his way to one of the vendors, getting himself a bidding card. "I bid six hundred!"
Ash was already in a state of shock by Gary's bid, but Paul too.
The floor was about to meet his face. He staggered a little then straightened up.
Reggie just could not believe his ears.
"Um, I'm not sure what's going on, but anyways on with the bidding! We have six hundred! Do I hear….seven hundred!???"
Gary looked over at Paul with build up rage. "Eight hundred!"
Gary grins and crosses his arms. 'Try to beat that.'
"One thousand dollars," Paul stated coolly.
Someone in the audience whistled, thoroughly impressed.
Gary could only gawk at the mauve-haired trainer.
Paul gave Gary a hard stare, crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair. He knew he had won. There was no way he could beat him now.
Gary knew it was true. He slumped back into his seat, accepting defeat.
"Wow One thousand dollars!" Nurse Joy cried out. "That beats the record!" She wiped the sweat off her brow and continued, "One thousand dollars going once, going twice, SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Munch on pizza and sip soft drinks as you and your friends go all out for strikes during your games of bowling
One- or two-hour courses offer more than 23-acre-long ziplines over ravines, tree canopies, and bridges with speeds up to 30 mph
DJs spin Top 40 hip-hop and EDM hits while attendees zip down a 40-foot waterslide flowing with glow-in-the-dark water
Work as a team to tackle up to 5 or 12 miles of mud and 20+ obstacles, then kick back for a post-run beer
Ice rink provides space and rentals for families, couples, and groups to have fun on the ice
Indoor climbing gyms allow people to rock climb in all sorts of whether
Ride around in the trails in a 320,000-square-foot bike park inside an underground limestone cavern that stays 60 degrees all year
Runners dressed in all-white run through a 5K that features Foam Glow zones, where they're sprayed with nontoxic, vibrantly colored foam
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