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The first online Elder Scrolls game is coming early next year. Here - have a trailer to celebrate!
Good news Elder Scrolls fans! On April the 4th, 2014, you'll be able to venture into Cyrodil in a whole new way - with friends!
That's when The Elder Scrolls Online releases, on PC & Mac at least. It will hit PS4 and Xbone in June of the same year, giving the PC master race time to race to cap and gloat mightily.
It's our way.
One question, though, is about any beta plans. Here's an excerpt from Game Director Matt Firor's blog post:
As some of you know, we've been in beta testing for about a year now, leading up to our most recent test in late November where we had over 300,000 people in the game over a 48 hour period. We've had approximately 4 million people sign up for beta and that number continues to grow. We hope that just about every one of you who have signed up for beta will get an invitation to play sometime between now and the weeks before launch. These tests are very important, not only for gameplay feedback, but also to test our infrastructure. Beta tests can sometimes be a little rough when we are testing some systems for the first time with large numbers of players. So thank you to all who have participated for your understanding and support. It is very much appreciated.
So there you go. Soon. In the meantime, here, have a shiny gameplay trailer!


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sans titreForestier, Auguste
untitled, between 1935 and 1949
sculpture of wood and various materials
width 96 cm
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Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne
Forestier, Auguste (1887-1958), France
Born in the Lozère region of France, Auguste Forestier was born in a farming family. He was always fascinated by trains and on several occasions absconded via this means of transport. One day in 1914 he caused a train derailment by piling pebbles on the rails. As a result of this incident he was committed, at the age of 27, to a psychiatric hospital where he stayed until he died.
Within the establishment he undertook some maintenance jobs. During his free time he drew with crayons, made medals which he sported proudly and sculpted butcher's bones which he procured from the institution's kitchens.
Exhibition(s) at the Art Brut Collection

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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796–1875)
Eugène-Louis Boudin (1824–98)
Boudin was an important precursor of Impressionism. He was one of the first artists to embrace open-air painting. His direct approach to painting nature informed the work of several of the Impressionists including Monet, whom he encouraged to paint landscapes, en plein air. Although Boudin participated in the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874, he remained a naturalist painter.
Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894)
Caillebotte is best known for his depictions of Paris and its inhabitants during the 1870s and 1880s. He became closely involved with the Impressionists after meeting Degas, Monet and Renoir at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1874. He participated in five of the Impressionist exhibitions and acted as one of the chief supporters of the group. Caillebotte did not achieve the fame of his associates because most of his work remained within his family's possession and was not widely seen until the second half of the twentieth century. He is now recognised as an important modern artist with a distinct, realist style.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)
Renoir was one of the leading members of the Impressionist group. He is best known for his scenes of fashionable Parisians at leisure. In the late 1860s he and Monet painted at La Grenouillère, the supposed "birthplace" of the Impressionism. He contributed works to four of the Impressionist exhibitions.
Claude-Oscar Monet (1840–1926)
Monet was the key figure responsible for the development of Impressionism. The name of this style of art was derived from his work Impression, Sunrise (1873; Paris, Museum Marmottan). Monet was consistent in his determination to capture the ephemeral qualities of nature on canvas. In the 1890s he created his 'series' paintings; these involved painting a particular view at different times of the day and recording how its appearance changed under varying atmospheric conditions. Monet exhibited at five of the Impressionist exhibitions. Find out more about Monet's painting technique and the materials he used.
Eva Gonzalès (1849–1883)
Eva Gonzalès met Edouard Manet in 1869; she modelled for him and was his only formal pupil. Although associated with the Impressionists, Gonzalès preferred to exhibit at the Salon rather than at their independent exhibitions. She concentrated on portraits, still-lifes and scenes from contemporary life. As is demonstrated in this painting Gonzalès followed Manet's technique of building up a picture from sketchy under-painting.
Edgar Germain Hilaire Degas (1834–1917)
Degas was a highly experimental artist, adept in multiple media and genres. Although he exhibited at the Impressionist exhibitions, he preferred to be known as a 'Realist'. Degas was interested in depicting contemporary life. Among his favourite subjects were the ballet, horse racing, theatre and cabaret scenes, as well as female figures at their toilette. He rarely painted en plein air, and often worked in artificial rather than natural light. In the later years of his life Degas used pastel more than any other medium; as his eyesight declined his use of the material became noticeably broader and freer.
Berthe Morisot (1841–1895)
Morisot played an important role in the formation of the Impressionist group. She exhibited at all but one of the group's exhibitions. Following her marriage to Eugène Manet (brother of Edouard Manet) in 1874, their home became a regular meeting place for Impressionist artists. Morisot enjoyed painting landscapes but after her marriage she concentrated almost exclusively on domestic scenes, depicting the daily activities of middle-class women. This kind of subject matter was considered appropriate for a woman artist belonging to the 'haute bourgeoisie'.
Camille Pissarro (1830–1903)
Pissarro was the only artist to exhibit at all eight Impressionist exhibitions. His early work was influenced by Corot. Pissarro briefly adopted a pointillist technique from 1886-88 after meeting Signac and Seurat, but subsequently returned to his earlier Impressionistic style. Although he did paint still-lives and portraits, Pissarro is best known for his rural landscapes showing people at work.
Alfred Sisley (1839–1899)
Alfred Sisley met Renoir, Bazille and Monet while studying at Gleyre's studio. Deeply impressed by Monet's innovations he later worked with him at Argenteuil. Sisley showed at the Salon des Refusés and at four Impressionist exhibitions between 1874 and 1882. It was only after his death that he began to receive due recognition for his work and for his role in the development of Impressionism.
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Nice Amazonas Room in Lisbon
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|R. Garcia da Orta, 1200 Lisbon, 포르투갈
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Single and double-bed
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Key to enter and exit
Wirless internet
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How to reach us:
AIRPORT - Take the AERO BUS and get off at last stop-Cais do Sodre.
Then take the bus (714,28,732) or electric (15E, 18E) and exit
after two stops in Santos. Then the front is a street
July 24 go on the treadmill to the other side of the avenue and turn
left, go up the Walk Ribeiro dos Santos will then take the first
right up the street in front of St John of Matha (tram line),
then turn the corner on the left is on Rua Garcia de Orta.
숙소규정Peaceful and friendly and respect between all.
City tax:
On 1st of January new municipal tax of 1€ per person, per night,was implemented by the local autorities.
This municipal tax will be charged from every guest over the age of 13 to máximum of 7€ per guest.
The tax is not incluided in the price of your accommodation and needs to be paid in your check-in.
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
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I was with ma wife for one night in Lisbon. We had have a wonderful time there. Antonio was a very friendly man and everything was very good and room was very clean and the bathrooms, too. Maybe we will come again. Lisbon is a wonderful city
with friendly people.
Antonio is a very kind and helpful host.
The two bathrooms are freshly renovated and always very clean, like the other rooms. In the kitchen with view over the Tejo you'll find everything you need to prepare your meals.
It was a wonderful and relaxed stay in a central location in Lisbon and I would always come over again.
The room was clean and good. We shared toilet and kitchen and it was clean.
The owner of the apartment, Antonio, was helpfull and sympathic.
The price of the apartment was cheap.
We really enjoyed our stay at Antónios accomodation! He was very friendly, as well as all the other guests. The house is very charming and just a footwalk away from the tram, bus and even the regional train going to the beach. The chambers, the kitchen and the bathroom are very clean and I felt more comfortable than in a luxury hotel. That was absolutely outstanding.
If you wanted you could also enjoy the beautiful river view from the balkony and one of the rooms.
Thank you António and see you again.
Marie and Marian
The room was very nice and clean. The house was close to the E28 tram and bus lines. I can recommend this room to everyone.
The guesthouse is located in an average area of the city, in a rural street, but since the rooms have good double glass windows, no traffic noise disturbs your good night rest. The tram 25 has a stop on a few steps from the guest house, but the tram has no service in the weekends. Still we used it during weekdays, and it takes you rigth down to the streets of Baixa, for a good city visit. It also stops close to the market halls, always worth a visit. António, who owns the guest house, does make a lot of efforts to keep his guests satisfied. He is assisted by his mother, Edith, and she was waiting for us on our arrival to let us in to the building, which has 6 door bells downstairs, and if you come unexpected, ring no 1 floor bell. The rooms are spacious enough, have comfortable beds, not (too) soft, and television is present, bu we never used that. We did use the WiFi, and that worked real fine. Access code is in the rooms. Some minor details are missing, like towel hooks, but we informed António and he said to fix that upcoming. Two bathrooms next to each other on a few steps from your room. Always clean, you get fresh towels on first request, and maybe of great importance: the showers function real fine, which is not common in Portugal. It seemed to us, that as soon as the bathrooms were used, someone came to do a quick cleaning, so it appeared unused for the next guest. We never had to wait to use a bathroom. Mind you, the toilet is in the bathroom, so no seperate toilet rooms. A few permanent residents also live in the house, but they seem to be never present, or just at overnight stay. The kitchen is prety old fashioned, but the warm water system is brand new so that is why there is always sufficient hot water, also for the showers. Two refrigirators are available, one for the 3 guest rooms, which give you plenty of space for your own white wine, cheese beers or whatever. Kitchen materials available, including microwave, stove, but you have to do dish cleaning yourself. The kitchen offers a lovely view over the river, and it is good breakfast ( of your own bought stuff ) at the large table. Down the street there is a very small super market, run by a man from Nepal, and he sells fresh bread in the morning, jam, cheese, ham, saucages, vegetables, spring water, wines etc, but mind you, that supermarket has higher prices than regular, but it is very close by, just out of the guest house down the street for 150 meters, and just before the corner there it is. We found that very comfortable for our daily fresh breakfast to make ourselves. Several small pastelarias are around to have a good coffee ( one just next to the supermarket has good "abatanado" which is a regular "large" coffee. Also fine restaurants are nearby, especially close to the French Embassy. That is down the street, turn right, at next corner turn left, and ahead 250 meters. You then have passed several others, like Batata Doce, Santos da Lapa, and some more, but in my opinion, always look at rest "o arègos" first to see if they are open. To come to a conclusion: If you want good value for money, this guest house is real fine. It is located on the first floor of a large house, and there is no elevator. Comfort is good, but you must pass the corridors to get to the bathroom. Your own room does have a wash bin. It is very clean, and everything functions, like door locks, even when things are old. The bathrooms were pretty new, good solid shower, good hot water. What more do you need for a few days visit to the lovely city of Lisbon. If you want to travel through the city, consider buying a days ticket at any metro station ( also at the airport ) . You buy the card for 6 euro plus card costs is 50 cents. Then you can go as you please for 24 hours, and afterwards have the card upgraded for 6 euro to again use public transport for 24 hours. Trams ( also famous line 28 ) buses, metro and elevators. We thank António and Edith for a pleasant stay. Well done !
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Oceanfront Apartment with Private Balcony
Størrelse400 ft²
Etasje9(med heis)
- Familie / Barne vennlig
- Kjøkken
- Klimaanlegg
- Vaskemaskin / tørketrommel
- Parkering tilgjengelig
- Gym
- Pool
Oversikt over eiendommen
|Collins Ave, 33140 Miami, USA
|Eiendoms ID
|Innen noen få timer
|Kalender oppdatert
|3 dager siden
Watch the boats, yachts, and cruise ships sail by as you sip your morning coffee or evening glass of wine.
Don't settle for anything less! Make your vacation special.
Oceanfront 1 bedroom apartment with a balcony on the 9th Floor with an unobstructed view of Miami Beach.
See, feel and hear the sounds of the ocean as you relax in a fully furnished apartment with King size bed,
Large flat screen digital TV and all the comforts of home.
Ideal for 2 but sleeps 4 comfortably as living room futon opens to a queen size bed. Kitchenette offers
- Refrigerator,
- Stove top,
- Broiler,
- Microwave,
- Coffee maker and all kitchen utensils.
Apartment is fully stocked and maintained for your comfort.
- Linens,
- Bath towels,
- Beach towels,
- Beach chairs,
- Umbrellas
High-speed wireless internet for your laptop.
Simply bring your clothes and plans to enjoy the warmth of Miami Beach and all its activities. Apartment is located in the heart of Millionaire's Row and has many hotel amenities such as Olympic Size heated pool, gym, spa and valet parking for 1 car.
South Beach and the shops, restaurants and activities of Lincoln road Washington Ave and Espanola Way are just 5 minutes away.
There is also a Tiki bar located on the Pool deck that serves a fast food style lunch and Dinner.
The world famous Turkish-Russian baths and spa located on the lower lobby also serves natural juices and food.
Security/Reception and Valet operate 24 hours a day to accommodate late check-ins
Free Valet Parking for 1 vehicle included.
Free WiFi through out the apt included.
Holidays and Special Events Priced Separately. We reply to emails promptly.
Husregler- No smoking in the apt please
- No pets
- Maximum 4 Persons
- $ 200 Refundable security deposit required 7days before arrival via PayPal only. The refundable security deposit will be return after check-out and inspection with in 72hrs back to the original form of payment via PayPal.
Rental agreement & Guest registration required. Link to the guest registration/rental agreement form will be e-mailed to you after booking, please fill out and submit to complete the booking.
We will not rent to vacationing students or singles under 21 years of age unless accompanied by an adult guardian or parent.
Please respect our Condo House Rules.
No Parties
No loud music or noise that can disturb the neighbors.
If security is called they will issue a violation/fine and the amount will be deducted from your security deposit.
|Pris for >2 gjester
|88 NOK pr. gjest/natt ekstra
|Innsjekking etter
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The apartment was just perfect and very well maintained . Everything we have needed was present. The view of the ocean was/is breathtaking & beautiful.
Very easy to step in each area of Miami and around. Highly recommended and would go back anytime
One of the most beautiful memories of our lives. All was PERFECT .
the fantastic view, the accessibility, the cleanliness.
Thanks Peter ..
The apartment was just perfect and very well maintained . Everything we have needed was present. The view of the ocean was beautiful and communication with Peter worked wonderfully.
Highly recommended .
I would go back anytime
Lovely appartement with great seeview and all you need for a com fort eBay stay. Would book this again every time!
The apartment was fantastic, had a wonderful view and Peter was incredible helpful, would definitely recommend it!!
We loved that place. The pictures are real but in reality it is even better. We woke up at sunrise – from the bed you can actually see (and hear) the ocean. This alone was just perfect for us.
What we really liked was the personal touch. The unit is fully equipped. Stove, small oven, caffee machine, microwave, a large Fridge, blender etc. There even was a fresh pack of coffee for us. Thanks to that, we could enjoy a morning coffee in bed at sunrise. Next to the fully equipped kitchen and bathroom there are even beach chairs, a volley ball etc. – nice idea. The bed was comfortable. The balcony has 2 chairs and an additional table with chairs, we had a small dinner there and decided it was the best restaurant in Miami Beach ;-) due to the spectactular view. The balcony table is extra high so we could enjoy the view. Nice idea.
Everything worked out fine, the preparation e-mail was very detailed and check in was easy (keys are with security). Valet parking worked well even if this is (for us germans) a bit strange. There is a huge parking garage, so why not park yourself?
The location of the building is good, a perfect place to stay on the beach but being not too far from Downtown. The building has a direct beach access and the beach in this area is quiet (no public parking anywhere near).
If we would come back to Miami we would definitively stay here again.
Beautiful apartment with a stunning view! Very clean and cozy. Peter provided for everything - from coffee to towels to shampoo. Check in and the whole process worked smoothly and we had an amaying time. The beach is just steps from the building and nice and quiet. The condo has a Tiki bar where you can get drinks and food so you don't even have to leave the building if you don't feel like it. We would come back anytime - Thank you Peter!
We were very impressed with Peters condo. Comfortable with everything necessary for our stay. Great ocean views, short walk to beach. Complex was great. Made use of fitness centre and pool. Restaurant in complex limited but the Tiki bar by the pool very good food and drinks. Use the travel agent inside the complex not the one in the basement. Bus very close for transport or car hire easy
Firstly, I would like to say that Peter is a brilliant host. He replied promptly to all my messages and was very helpful and professional at all times. I wouldn't hesitate to book with him again.
In terms of the apartment, my stay was very pleasant and the view was spectacular. The kitchen was well equipped, and there were plenty of towels and toileteries left for our convenience.
There were only a few negative points about it- firstly there were building works taking place in a room a few doors down the corridor, and as the walls are thin this woke me up every morning at 8 am- this irritated me a bit, but atleast it forced me to get out of bed and explore Miami! It was also very humid in the apartment, but I'd expect this as it is an ocean- front apartment- this can be overcome by making sure that the AC is on most of the time.
Overall, I cannot fault Peter's professionalism, and I'd recommend the apartment to anyone who is staying in Miami for a few nights.
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Aug 19, 2014
Download Data management used to be a fairly straightforward proposition. The relationship between IT and the business, however, has changed. Protecting, recovering and managing the business critical data in applications is posing new challenges for IT. Learn more from this UBM Tech study about what IT decision-makers are worried about and focused on as they look to simplify the increasingly complex work associated with application data management - and, by doing so, to significantly improve the efficiency and effectiveness with which it meets the escalating demands of the business.


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Out of a pool of 120 aspiring opera singers from across the country, we selected eight to compete at Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition on November 3, 2015, our annual celebration of the next generation of opera stars selected from nationwide auditions for the COC Ensemble Studio – Canada's premier training program for young opera professionals. The competition features the young singers vying for cash prizes ranging in value from $1,500 to $5,000.
The young singers featured in the 2015 vocal competition are: mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo (Toronto); mezzo-soprano Lauren Eberwein (London, Ontario); soprano Eliza Johnson (Stratford, Ontario); mezzo-soprano Marjorie Maltais (Clermont, Quebec); soprano Samantha Pickett (Kitchener, Ontario); baritone Zachary Read (Halifax); baritone Bruno Roy (Montreal); and mezzo-soprano Pascale Spinney (Laval, Quebec).
[For mobile versions: Emily D'Angelo (Toronto); mezzo-soprano Lauren Eberwein (London, Ontario); soprano Eliza Johnson (Stratford, Ontario); mezzo-soprano Marjorie Maltais (Clermont, Quebec); soprano Samantha Pickett (Kitchener, Ontario); baritone Zachary Read (Halifax); baritone Bruno Roy (Montreal); and mezzo-soprano Pascale Spinney (Laval, Quebec).]
At Centre Stage, each finalist will give a performance showcasing their vocal technique, as well as artistic and interpretive range, before an audience and panel of judges. First, Second and Third prizes, worth $5,000, $3,000 and $1,500, are awarded, in addition to an Audience Choice Award selected by audience vote, worth $1,500. Select finalists are also invited to join the COC's 2016/2017 Ensemble Studio, to be announced at a later date.
"The level of operatic talent being trained in this country is incredible, which is why we created an event like Centre Stage in the first place, to celebrate that richness of talent," says COC General Director Alexander Neef. "We hear many promising voices through the Ensemble Studio audition process but it's how a singer's talent, hunger for an opera career and that unquantifiable 'X' factor come together that truly sets them apart. Looking at this year's Centre Stage finalists, the stage is set for an exciting preview of the operatic talent to watch in Canada."
Hosting Centre Stage this year are the competition's previous winners: soprano Karine Boucher and tenor Charles Sy, both current members of the COC Ensemble Studio. These two rising opera talents will oversee the evening's vocal fireworks on November 3, when the eight singers perform from the mainstage of Canada's first purpose-built opera house before an audience of 1,000 people and accompanied by the internationally acclaimed COC Orchestra conducted by COC Music Director Johannes Debus. Also performing is a surprise musical guest joined by the COC Orchestra led by Maestro Debus.
COC General Director Alexander Neef heads the jury for the vocal competition portion of the evening, joined by COC Director of Music and Artistic Administration Roberto Mauro, Director of the COC Ensemble Studio and Orchestra Academy Nina Draganić, and Head of the COC Ensemble Studio Liz Upchurch, as well as Canadian soprano and Ensemble Studio Head Vocal Consultant Wendy Nielsen, who is also a graduate of the COC's program. The judging panel deliberates on location and announces the competition winners at the event's conclusion.
In addition to winning the evening's cash prizes, finalists hope to earn a place in the COC's Ensemble Studio, which can be a singer's first step towards an international career. The Centre Stage audience will hear the singers selected to follow in the footsteps of such renowned Ensemble Studio alumni as Ben Heppner, Isabel Bayrakdarian, John Fanning, Wendy Nielsen, David Pomeroy, Joseph Kaiser, Allyson McHardy, Lauren Segal and Krisztina Szabó.
Doors open to the Four Seasons Centre (145 Queen St. W.) at 5:30 p.m. and Centre Stage takes place at 6:30 p.m. in R. Fraser Elliott Hall. Centre Stage Competition tickets are $100 and include a pre-competition cocktail celebration in the Four Seasons Centre's sparkling Isadore and Rosalie Sharp City Room. Specially priced $35 tickets are also available for patrons between the ages of 16 and 29 through Opera Under 30 sponsored by TD.
Following the competition, Centre Stage Dinner guests go on to enjoy an elegant formal dinner from the privileged vantage point of the Four Seasons Centre stage, joined by competition finalists and winners, notable COC artists and key supporters of the opera company. Guests are treated to a culinary experience by critically acclaimed chef David Lee, a rare opportunity to enjoy his gastronomic creations outside of dining at Nota Bene where Lee is the executive chef. Centre Stage Dinner tickets, encompassing the competitive vocal showcase and exclusive black-tie dinner, are $1,500, with a limited number available for purchase.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit COCCentreStage.ca, call COC Ticket Services at 416-363-8231 or visit the Four Seasons Centre Box Office (145 Queen St. W.).
To buy competition tickets, click here.
To buy Under 30 tickets sponsored by TD, click here.
For more information about the the Centre Stage Dinner event and how to purchase tickets, please contact the PC Office at 416-363-5801
Photo Credits (top-bottom): Cocktail Reception, Centre Stage, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Photo: Jenna Marie Wakani; Ensemble Studio Competition finalists with Music Director, Johanne Debus. Photo: Michael Cooper; Centre Stage Dinner. Photo: Jenna Marie Wakani.
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By Nikita Gourski
The gowns, the romance, the tragedy! La Traviata is an opera filled with the passion and pathos opera is known for, but did you know that it stands for so much more? Check out our top 11 things you need to know about Verdi's romantic epic, La Traviata, and get your tickets before it's too late!
From the 1830s until his death, Verdi was the reigning opera composer in Italy. Over the course of his career the art form underwent significant changes, including shifts in preferred subject matter, staging conventions and techniques of composition. Verdi was front and centre in driving many of the innovations that modernized Italian opera.
La Traviata is based on the French play La dame aux Camélias (1852) by Alexandre Dumas fils, which the author had adapted for the stage from his own best-selling novel of the same name (1848). Dumas' play attracted Verdi's attention because it offered a new and invigorating realism. In this story, morality did not necessarily triumph, the scale was intimate and personal, focusing on people's private lives, and the characters and situations were recognizably contemporary, speaking to all manner of issues that were relevant to, and vigorously debated by, the public in mid-1800s Europe. As Verdi wrote to a friend, it was "a subject of the times. Others would not have done it because of the conventions, the epoch, and for a thousand other stupid scruples."
Verdi fought, but lost, to have La Traviata set in the present day—he wanted the sets and costumes to be continuous with the clothes and rooms of his 19th-century audience, as the opera depicted a part of their quickly changing, heady cultural world. But wherever Traviata was staged during Verdi's life, censors and theatre managers demanded that the time period be pushed into remote history—around 1700 was the preferred chronological remove—to dilute the shock and social critique inherent in the work. Its relevance to contemporary society was not lost on audiences, however, as evidenced by denunciations of La Traviata in many cities and countries. After its English premiere (1856), for example, The Times protested against the opera's "foul and hideous horrors," and sale of the English translation of the libretto was forbidden in the U.K.
La Traviata's premiere on March 6, 1853 at the La Fenice opera house in Venice received decidedly mixed reviews. The next year, staged in another theatre and with some alterations to the score by Verdi, La Traviata triumphed magnificently, and has only grown in popularity since. One unverifiable legend claims that in the last hundred years, there has been a performance of La Traviata every single night somewhere in the world.
La Traviata translates to "the woman led astray," and Violetta is without a doubt one of opera's most interesting examples of the "fallen woman." As she changes throughout the opera, Verdi gives her unforgettable music that charts an authentic psychological trajectory of change and growth, making her not only of the best-loved heroines in opera, but one of the most real and complete as well.
Dumas, the author of the novel and play that served as the basis of La Traviata, really did fall in love with a famous Parisian courtesan named Marie Duplessis (1824-1847) who was the model for the doomed heroine of La dame aux Camélias, as well as Verdi's opera. Duplessis was born in Normandy and by the time she was twelve her alcoholic father had forced her into prostitution. Three years later she came to Paris and worked briefly at a dance hall, and then gradually made her way into wealthier and more refined circles as a courtesan. In addition to her physical beauty, she was graceful and charming; having learnt to read and write, she amassed a library, read broadly, and was a smart and fascinating conversationalist. She charged extraordinary rates for appearing with clients in public and cultivated expensive tastes. Camellias, her preferred flowers, cost three francs each, roughly the daily salary of a labourer. She had many famous lovers drawn from high society, including a passionate affair with the composer Franz Liszt. Like Violetta she suffered from, and ultimately succumbed to, tuberculosis.
Unlike Rigoletto, for example, in which the music does not carry any explicit messages about the historical or geographic setting of the action, La Traviata does. Verdi quite deliberately gives us music that is infused with the local colour of Paris in the mid-1800s. He does this by using and making frequent reference to the waltz, a dance that was symbolic of the very rhythm, pace and structure of 19th-century society, especially the fringes of respectability where courtesans and other persons of doubtful morality would have been located.
Tuberculosis in the 19th century was thought to be closely connected to city-living and the moral recklessness it entailed, so Violetta's ailment very specifically reflects her occupation and position in society. That being said, the illness also had a romantic aura. In the words of William Berger, suffering from it was the period's "version of 'heroin chic.'"
When Verdi was asked later in his career which of his operas was his favourite he replied "Speaking as an amateur, La Traviata, as a professional, Rigoletto."
This production is staged by Arin Arbus—"a star in the making" (New York Times)—who sets the work in the exciting demi-monde of 19th-century Paris, a world of parties, pleasure and debauchery, which Verdi's opera depicts with such pin-point accuracy.
Costumes by Cait O'Connor are both decadent and playful, befitting the excesses that constitute the opera's cultural ethos. Take a closer look at the designs with costume designer Cait O'Connor here, mobile version here.
To learn more about La Traviata and to buy tickets, click here.
Charles Castronovo as Alfredo and Ekaterina Siurina as Violetta in the COC's production of La Traviata, 2015. Photo: Michael Cooper.
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The 2015/2016 Free Concert Series kicks off on September 22 with a performance featuring the COC's Ensemble Studio members. Spanning six sub-series (Vocal, Chamber Music, Jazz, Dance, World, and Piano Virtuoso), the 15/16 season is comprised of 72 concerts from September to May. We spoke with new Program Manager Claire Morley to learn more about the upcoming season.
The fact that we are able to offer over 70 concerts which feature an incredible array of world-class artists, for free—that is, in a broad sense, what makes the series so special. Our audiences are also amazingly diverse and they lend a unique energy to each and every performance, and the performers can feel that and can be very moved by it. And there's a real sense of discovery within the series—I have spoken with numerous people who might have gone into the concert knowing nothing about the repertoire, and have come away with a newfound love for it. On the other hand, we have audience members who come to hear music they might have known for decades, and they rediscover their passion for it. I think the series allows and encourages audience members to make it a very personal experience.
It's so hard to choose! I love hearing our COC musicians perform. Our orchestra members always present really compelling programs, and it's such a pleasure to hear and see them in the intimate setting of the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, when we're used to hearing them in the pit! Watching our Ensemble Studio singers is inspiring, too, because we get the chance to witness some of the most incredible rising operatic talent grow right in front of us.
I'd say some of my highlights include baritone Quinn Kelsey's recital on October 27, when he'll be performing Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel and Finzi's Let Us Garlands Bring as well as a few Brahms Lieder. Here's a clip of him singing "O du mein Holder Abendstern" from Wagner's Tannhäuser (get your tissues ready!).
The Eric St-Laurent Quintet on January 12 will kick some serious butt. He's got such an incredible technique—his playing is spellbinding.
For dance lovers, it's hard to beat the work of visionary choreographer and dancer Peggy Baker. She and her group of incredible dancers, Peggy Baker Dance Projects, always pull an audience in immediately, keeping them transfixed. You'll be able to catch them perform on January 28.
Young dynamite pianist Kara Huber returns to the series on April 14. Kara is a stellar performer, and has a special love for contemporary music. This program will feature a world premiere by David Rakowski, written specifically for Kara. Here she is playing one of his etudes, Fists of Fury.
In May, mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili sings a program of some of her favourite recital repertoire, including some rarely heard songs from her native Georgia. She's a powerhouse!
I think it does. I've spoken to audience members who have told me that the series opened their eyes to something new, something unexpected, and it has led them to try out opera for the first time. Whether or not it "hooks" them is up to them, but it's wonderful to know that they feel welcome in the Four Seasons Centre and encouraged to try out something new. Both the artists on the mainstage at the COC and the artists in the Free Concert Series all have a story to tell, no matter the art form. The Front of House team at the Four Seasons Centre has to be commended—they are a remarkable group of people who make it a top priority that everyone who walks through the front doors of our opera house feels welcome.
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Sara Fulgoni in the COC production of Bluebeard's Castle. Photo: Michael Cooper © 2001


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The Rockaway Sports Association in conjunction with the United States Olympic Committee and Kellogg's will hold the USA Junior Olympic Skills Competition at Beach Channel High School on Saturday, May 20 at 1 p.m.
The program is administered to boys and girls who have the chance to showcase their skills in four different sports. Basketball, Tennis, Soccer and Track and Field are the four sports which will be featured. Registration, which will be done at BCHS on the day of the competition, is free and available to boys and girls ages 8-13. Prizes for age and gender group champions include ribbons and medals. Winners will get the chance to advance to the regionals and the opportunity to reach the finals, which will be held at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Potential contestants should arrive and register for an individual sport 30 minutes before the start of the event. For more information, email at firstname.lastname@example.com
Basketball: Score as many points as possible by making baskets from designated shooting areas and the free throw line.
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USTA Rapid Rally Tennis: Serve and continue to hit a low-compression tennis ball against the wall as many times as possible.
Track & Field: The Sprint - Complete a 50-meter sprint in the fastest time possible. The Jump - Jump as far as possible from a standing start. The Ultimate Shot Put - Shot put a softball for distance.


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MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. - The trial of an accused Montgomery City kidnapper has been delayed until September.
The jury trial of Robert D. Bethel, 19, was scheduled to begin Monday morning in Montgomery County Circuit Court. The trial has been pushed back until Thursday, Sept. 5.
Bethel is charged with kidnapping, armed criminal action and two counts of violating a protection order.
In January, Bethel allegedly abducted his 15-year-old girlfriend and forced her into his truck at gunpoint. He also made several threats that put schools in Montgomery and Callaway counties on lockdown.
According to court documents, the girl tried to get the revolver away from Bethel and that during the scuffle over the gun, "the gun discharged putting a bullet into the dashboard of the truck."
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But, despite your views on how severe these are, do you think they are comparable to that of "centuries of savagery and continued oppression"?
But, despite your views on how severe these are, do you think they are comparable to that of "centuries of savagery and continued oppression"?
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My body was sculpted to the proportions of Michelangelo's David.
Lastly, and more to the point of this conversation.....ask any black person, living in poverty or not, if it's ok for a white person to use the N word.
I am aware that this is yet another conversation where you are trying to attack my opinion based on symantics, but you have gone FAR off the track in order to do it this time. The person I was responding to was comparing being Greek to being black and it's just not even close to being comparable.
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I stopped fighting my inner demons. We're on the same side now.
You have these race hustlers like Sharpton and Jackson preaching hate. They look for cases like Cooper and Zimmerman, and shout "SEE, I told you!", but wont say a word about all the kids being murdered in Chicago cause theres no money to be made, and most of the time the perpetrator is also black. Either way African Americans have much bigger problems than people who arent black saying the n word, wouldnt you say?
And my situation is comparable (in the manner I originally suggested, but more pertinently in an immigration-sense), enough so to draw a parallel. Let me explain: my mom came over when she was 23, and both of my father's parents were right off the boat. Life was tough for them, too. But it was tough for them, not me, so I don't partake in the talk of struggle, because it's foreign to me. There are black people that are struggling, mightily, but their struggle is similar to that which all races face. Conversely, there are black people that are as powerful, or successful as any man of any race.
Look, I can cherry pick examples like Jay Z, or Diddy, or most of the NFL, to combat yours, but it's not what I'm trying to accomplish here. I'm just saying that while oppression still takes form in modern society, it isn't exclusive to blacks, so I don't think that they can claim rights to share in the ancestral struggle, so to speak. That's the only part of your post that I disagreed with, and every post following was predicated off of that claim.
So, in order to end a conversation that will likely get me suspended, is emotionally charged, and even worse: could offend some people if they don't realize that I truly come from a place of sympathy, let me just say this:
I don't want to marginalize the struggles that black people have faced in this country, nor do I find that word acceptable, despite being so ubiquitous that it's been rendered almost as meaningless as the real "FBomb." The only thing I've suggested thus far is that centuries of brutality can not be better understood by people who have not personally experienced comparable brutality, regardless of the color of their skin. I, too, am white, and I know many black people that are my age. We both have similar lifestyles, and because of that, I don't think that the color of their skin can better equip them to empathize with admirable Civil Rights protesters than I could. And let me be clear, I have a TON of respect for those people. But I can't say the same for the people, because there are a few, that champion the courage of the truly courageous and pass it off as their own because of a common skin tone.
And on the most important point: Riley Cooper is a complete moron, and an utter-buffoon for saying what he did.
My body was sculpted to the proportions of Michelangelo's David.
I stopped fighting my inner demons. We're on the same side now.
Sharpton and Jackson are race baiters for profit.....nothing more. And have nothing to do with this conversation. And black people certainly DO have bigger problems than someone using that word.....still doesn't make it right nor does it give any white person to say it's ok to do so.
And if you think food stamps and welfare are a means to "get out" you don't have a clue about either one.
I stopped fighting my inner demons. We're on the same side now.
You guys certainly know better than to tread into this kind of territory on these boards. I'll let this serve as a mass warning to everyone. Do NOT bring this subject matter up again, because the consequences will be severe


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Platform: PlayStation®2
Peripherals: Analog Controller (DUALSHOCK®2), Memory Card (8MB) (for PlayStation®2)
Release Date: Quarter 1, 2007
In 2005, Sony Computer Entertainment America's Santa Monica Studios introduced GOD OF WARTM, which was widely considered the best videogame of 2005 with over a dozen "Game of the Year Awards." In Q1 of 2007, Kratos, the ex-Spartan warrior turned God of War, returns in GOD OF WARTM II, exclusively for the PlaysStation®2 computer entertainment system. Armed with all-new brutal combat moves and magic, players retake the role of Kratos and embark on a new epic adventure to change the fate of mortals and Gods alike. As Kratos, players will travel through unique levels of exceptionally detailed and vividly striking environments, unfolding story driven puzzles and competing in numerous, epic boss battles in the quest for revenge.
The story picks up where players last left off with Kratos. Sitting atop his throne on Olympus, Kratos, the once mortal warrior has become a threat far worse than his predecessor Ares, had ever been. Kratos is a ruthless God, whose wrath strikes down anyone who crosses his path or the path of his beloved Sparta. The "Ghost of Sparta" sets out to alter that which no mortal, or god has ever changed, his fate. Kratos' journey brings him to the very edge of the Earth, facing countless beasts, monsters, and horrors from his previous life, all bent on preventing him from reaching his goal. But this is Kratos, and his defiance is filled with such arrogance and contempt that all of the Ancient World still trembles at his name: Kratos, the God of War.
Huge Collection of Combat Moves: Players can utilize their favourite combo attacks from GOD OF WAR along with a whole new set of moves and magic. Magic is based on nature's elements which include utilizing the power if wind, ice and much more.
New Characters: From the popular Cyclops and Cerebus to the Flying Gryphon and more, players will encounter some of the greatest Greek mythological beasts, along with more enemies and bosses.
Puzzle Solving: GOD OF WAR II features more puzzle solving, where players must solve intelligent, challenging and progressively more complicated puzzles latent with brutal elements that are intricately woven into the overarching story.
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In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, Ever Merciful.
Love for All, Hatred for None.
Br Hasan Hakeem, President Zion Jam'at USA
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first post-combine mock draft, let me know wehat you think:
1-Cody Glen
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3-Mychal Kendricks
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For hte record, i see us sticking with teh TE's we have or picking up a low-rent FA to keep the spot warm for Ballard.
I also think Jerry is going to try to make use of hte recievers we have, Nicks and Cruz are locked in, this is really Barden's best chance to step up or lose his job, Jernigan is an option also. Hixon, assuming he is healthy is a capable slot reciever also.


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May 2009 UTSA graduates
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UTSA leads in graduating Hispanic students
By Kris Rodriguez
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(May 21, 2009)--The University of Texas at San Antonio ranks No. 4 in the nation in the number of undergraduate degrees awarded to Hispanic students and No. 12 nationally in the number of master's degrees awarded to Hispanics according to the May 2009 edition of The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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>> View a video from KWEX-TV (5/19/09) in Spanish on UTSA's rankings by The Hispanic Outlook in High Education magazine (Windows Media Player format).
During the 2007-2008 academic year, the magazine surveyed the top 100 predominantly Hispanic-serving colleges and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico.
"UTSA's vision to provide access to educational excellence is demonstrated once again in the Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine's annual rankings," said UTSA President Ricardo Romo. "To have nine of our programs ranked in the top 10 among the nation's leading Hispanic-serving institutions shows UTSA continues on the right path to building the next great Texas university."
- UTSA earned the No. 4 national ranking for awarding undergraduate degrees with 1,666 of 3,553 Hispanic students earning bachelor's degree, representing 47 percent of the graduating class.
- UTSA earned a No. 12 national ranking for master's degrees awarded with 308 of 886 Hispanic students receiving a degree, representing 35 percent of the class.
- UTSA earned a No. 22 national ranking for awarding doctoral degrees with 16 of 57 Hispanic students earning doctorates, representing 28 percent of the class.
Each year, The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education report includes Hispanic student participation across all major fields of study.
For nearly 13 years, the UTSA College of Sciences has led the nation in the number of undergraduate degrees awarded to Hispanic students in the biological sciences. That trend continued with 160 undergraduate degrees awarded to Hispanics in the 2007-2008 academic year.
Additionally, the UTSA School of Architecture ranked first, awarding 73 undergraduate degrees. The UTSA Department of Health and Kinesiology ranked second in the parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies program with 63 bachelor's degrees awarded to Hispanic students.
The UTSA undergraduate rankings by field are:
- 1st -- Biological Sciences: 160
- 1st -- Architecture: 73
- 2nd -- Parks, Recreation, Leisure and Fitness Studies: 63
- 3rd -- Business and marketing: 422
- 3rd -- Multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary studies: 241
- 6th -- Mathematics: 19
- 6th -- Psychology: 119
- 7th -- English Literature: 66
- 10th -- Protective Services: 95
UTSA is one of 200 Hispanic-serving institutions (HSI) in the United States, accredited with full-time Hispanic enrollment of 25 percent or greater. In 2008, HSIs received more than $93 million in federal funding.
The University of Texas System dominated the first tier of the top 100 institutions with UT Pan American, UT El Paso, UT San Antonio and UT Austin placing among the top 10.


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Sexual act derived from the famous game character Kirby. This is when a person is able to put a man's shaft and both balls in the mouth (licking the balls while performing this is a huge plus). Because of this, the person's face becomes rounded and bigger, resembling Kirby.
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I've found a great new product for making things look like chrome without any expensive electrolytic processes. Here's some pics of my buildup. I'm not sure where the helmet originated (I got if off of ebay) so if anyone knows where I can find another one like it, let me know.
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Vajrayana Buddhism is most closely associated with Tibet and can be characterized by the figure of the siddha, the master whose spiritual realization is so profound that he or she has power over the phenomenal world, and in whom the profundity and vastness of absolute truth is fully and completely manifested. Many of our most well-known authors come from this tradition of Tibetan Buddhism .
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Chod: The Sacred Teachings on Severance
Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of Tibet, Volume 14 (The Treasury of Precious Instructions)The Treasury of Precious Instructions by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye, one of Tibet's greatest Buddhist masters, is a shining jewel of Tibetan literature, presenting essential teachings from the entire spectrum of practice lineages that existed in Tibet. In its eighteen volumes, Kongtrul brings together some of the most important texts on key topics of Buddhist thought and practice as well as authoring significant new sections of his own.In this, the… Read More
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Taylor Swift is never one to hold back when it comes to her relationships, and her latest interview for the November 2012 issue of Glamour was no exception! While at her first she tried to play coy about her connection to Conor Kennedy saying, "I don't talk about my personal life in great detail. I write about it in my songs, and I feel like you can share enough about your life in your music to let people know what you're going through," it wasn't long before she gushed about her close relationship to the Kennedy fam.
"She's fantastic. I love her," the songstress said when the mag mentioned Conor's grandmother, Ethel Kennedy — and apparently the love goes both ways! When asked about the possibility of having Taylor as a "granddaughter-in-law" one day, Ethel said: "We should be so lucky."
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Bright Flat Near St George's Castle
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Located within one of Lisbon's many classical buildings, the renovated apartment features high ceilings and wooden floors. Bright and spacious, the living area contains a double sofa bed and flat-screen TV. The cosy bedroom provides a comfortable double bed, and the sleek bathroom includes a walk-in shower.
Fado Museum and the vibrant Comércio Square are each just a 5-minute walk away. The surrounding area also provides a wide range of restaurants, cafes and bars.
For guests hoping to make use of public transport, Santa Apolonia Metro Station is a mere 10-minute walk away and offers regular train and underground services.
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My sister and I stayed in this lovely apartment in the beautiful Alfama part of Lisbon from 26 June until 4 July.
After a very friendly welcome by Pedro's father we quickly settled into our new 'home'. The flat is well equipped and we had everything we needed. We were very comfortable in this spotlessly clean apartment. We particularly liked the fact that we had local people around us and that we were part of a truly Portuguese community for a week. Everyone was very friendly. June is the month of celebrations and festivities for the Popular Saints and the nights can be quite lively.
Very nice apartment, modern furnished with al comfort. Even WLAN.
The apartment is located central position in Lisbon. Most is reachable by feet.
Thanks to Pedro for his flexibility and good communication. We can recommend it!
Pedro is an excellent host and the apartment is a fantastic place to stay, you can go to almost all important places to visit, walking. The flat has all the necessary and is very confortable. If you are going by car, ask first for advice to Pedro, because it is imposible to reach the apartment by car, we park our at a very near parking (not expensive at all) but I think is not available anymore. Pedro, thanks for your recommendations! I will recommend you as a host and your apartment as the best choice!
Pedro is an excellent host, whatever you need be sure that he'll help you. The apartment is in the most typical neighborhood and we loved everything about it. Plus there is everything you need for a comfortable stay, it felt like home even for just a few days.
My family has been very happy to spend one night in your flat which is an excellent place to stay when at Lisbon center. We are in the historical heart of the city with lovely places to visit. The apartment is lovely too with everything we could expect or need. What could I add more ? Nothing probably ! To the ones interested, please do not hesitate one second !
Thanks again Pedro for your kind recommendations, informations delivered when we arrived ! Belem is beautiful !
I offered a stay in Lisboa for my parents'birthday. They spent a wonderful time in Pedro's place ! Everything was so nice ! My mother said : "I think that we were the first hosts in this appartment because everything is so clean and new" ;-) ANd she was so happy to tell us that there are Nespresso coffe for guests. My parents told me that was the best place they ever rent. Obrigada a voce para todo !! ANd thank you to your parents to welcome my parents the first night. ANd thank you for the beautiful magnet !
The appartment is very nice and comfortable. The location is just perfect and very close to Lisbon's city center. Staying in Pedro's appartment in the heart of Alfama you can experience how people of Lisbon live. Pedro was very nice and helpful. I would recommend his appartment to everybody!
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Screw-in drywall anchors
Screw-in anchors go in fast and hold tight
The first time you use one of these, you may just throw away all your other anchors. They drive in easily without predrilling and they hold firmly, just as they're supposed to. And you only need a screwdriver to put them in. The light-duty type shown is perfect for hanging lighter shelving and artwork. Use the toggle bolt–type for heavier shelving, towel bars and curtain rods.
Incredibly versatile screws
Drywall screws are right for almost any job
No matter what you have to fasten, inside or out, there's almost always a drywall-style screw that can handle it. With thin, hardened shanks, aggressive coarse threads (fine threads are just for metal studs), and deep Phillips or square-drive heads, these screws are tough enough to drive into most woods without stripping or breaking, and usually without predrilling. Most pros keep a selection of coated exterior deck screws on hand for dependable fastening even in treated wood, and black, coarse-thread interior screws for everything indoors—along with a few stainless steel and gold-colored screws for special repairs like replacing stripped-out brass hinge screws.
Stick-on bumpers
Use bumpers for many repair jobs
Bumpers do lots more than just stop cabinet doors from banging. Stick them under ceramic pots or hot plates to keep them from scratching tabletops; silence a rattling toilet tank lid by placing them at the corners of the tank; even stick them on a doorstop if you have a door that rattles because it's too loose. Note: Use felt bumpers on varnished wood surfaces. The plastic types can eventually leave marks.
Appliance touch-up paint
Thread-locking compound
Tighten loose handles and knobs permanently
For mysterious, quantum-mechanical reasons, the screws that hold handles and doorknobs always eventually work loose. A few drops of thread-locking compound will permanently fix the problem, yet still allow you to remove the screw with ordinary tools if you need to later. A heavier duty variety is also available for large bolts and machinery.
Two-part filler
Good for repairing larger holes outside
Two-part filler has to be mixed and it doesn't rinse off with water, so it's not as user friendly as other fillers. However, it's much tougher and a much better choice for any hole bigger than a nail head, especially outdoors. And it's not just for wood—you can patch metal, fiberglass—even concrete.
Epoxy glue
Use two-part epoxy for tough glue repairs
Two-part epoxy glue is rock-hard, fills huge gaps, bonds to almost anything and dries very quickly. Some brands now come with an applicator tip that automatically mixes the two parts so you can spread it like a regular glue, without mixing. It's perfect for gluing irregular shapes and dissimilar materials to each other. Most epoxies set in five minutes, but you can buy quicker-setting types that allow you to just hold pieces in place for a minute, without any clamping.
Fingertip and knuckle bandages
Fender washers
Cleaning solvents
Cleaning solvents remove almost anything
Remove stickers, tar, gum, dried paint drops, grease and a host of other unwanted substances quickly and without a lot of frustrating scrubbing by using a general-purpose cleaning solvent. They're a little stinky, but they make short work of nasty, gummy messes like price tag adhesive residue.
Fast-setting drywall compound
Make small drywall repairs fast
Quick-setting drywall compound lets you finish small repairs and fill deep holes in minutes instead of waiting days for premixed joint compound to dry. The small boxes—available in most home centers and paint stores—are also easier to store and more likely to get used up than large bags or buckets.
Two lubricants that you need in your house
Silicone and lithium grease come in handy
Silicone dries quickly and invisibly and doesn't attract dirt, making it a good lubricant for drawer rollers, window tracks, door locks, bike parts, and other plastic, metal and rubber surfaces. It also helps protect metal against rust. Lithium grease is a long-lasting, weather-resistant (though somewhat messy) lubricant for garage door tracks, car doors and latches, and other metal parts that get heavy use outside.
Stain markers
Texture spray cans
Spray texture makes ceiling repairs easier
Sooner or later, every sprayed ceiling is going to get a water stain or a scrape. Spray texture in a can won't perfectly match every ceiling texture, but it's usually close, and a lot easier than respraying a whole ceiling. Before spraying, seal the patch with a stain-blocking primer, cover the floor and furniture, and practice your technique on scrap plywood or cardboard.
Stain-blocking primer
Use stain-blocking primer for toughest stains
Water-based sealers do a good job most of the time, but for really tough problems like wood knots, yellowed water stains, heavy smoke damage, and other stains that bleed through paint, pigmented solvent-based sealers (BIN and KILZ are two brands) are unbeatable.
Self-sticking hole patch
Hole patches fix wall holes and cracks fast
Available up to 8 in. square, these stiff metal patches eliminate the time-consuming process of squaring a hole, putting in wood backer boards, and buying, cutting and taping the drywall. They're a great fast fix for holes and big cracks in walls before painting.


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Volunteer Screening for Vaccine and Antivirals Clinical Trials
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- Vaccines and antiviral therapies are critical for preventing and treating viral diseases. Testing these vaccines and drugs often requires healthy volunteers. To ensure that volunteers are healthy and eligible to participate in these studies, they will be screened before the start of the study. This screening may involve a medical history, physical exam, and blood test. Other samples may also be collected. This study will help identify volunteers who are eligible to participate in vaccine or antiviral therapy trials.
- To screen volunteers for clinical trials of vaccines or drugs to treat or prevent virus infections.
- Healthy volunteers at least 18 years of age.
- Screening may begin several months before the start of the clinical trial. Participants may come to the National Institutes of Health clinic one or more times.
- Participants may be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood samples will be collected. Other samples may also be collected, including urine, nasal wash, nasal swab, or stool samples. All samples will be stored for reference by the study researchers....
Healthy Volunteer
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|Observational Model: Other
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Screening of Volunteers for Clinical Trials of Investigational and Licensed Vaccines, Antiviral Products, or Live Virus Challenge Studies
- To screen subjects for their eligibility to participate in clinical trials of investigational or licensed vaccines, antiviral products, or live virus challenge studies being evaluated for research purposes. [ Time Frame: Every patient contact ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 19, 2012
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 99 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Age: 18 years of age or older
- Available to participate for the planned duration of the clinical trial for which the screening is being done
- Able and willing to complete the informed consent process
- Agree to have blood and/or urine, stool, nasal wash samples, or cervicovaginal secretion samples collected and stored for future studies of investigational or licensed products, the immune system, and/or infectious diseases
- Agree to participate in procedures, such as electrocardiogram or pulmonary function tests, as needed for the clinical trial screening process.
- A condition that requires active medical intervention or monitoring to avert serious danger to the participant s health or well-being
- Known to be pregnant or breast-feeding
- Receipt of immunoglobulin within the past 6 months or anticipated within the next year
- Any other condition that in the opinion of the investigator would make the subject unsuitable for enrollment or could interfere with the subject participating in and completing the study
- Use of illicit drugs or alcohol dependency or abuse
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01593709
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|Contact: Jeffrey I Cohen, M.D.
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Contact: For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office (PRPL) 800-411-1222 ext TTY8664111010 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator:
|Jeffrey I Cohen, M.D.
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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|Study First Received:
|May 5, 2012
|Last Updated:
|May 20, 2017
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) ):
Healthy Volunteers
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
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Internet advertising revenues in the United States totaled $20.1 billion for the first six months of 2013, with Q1 2013 accounting for nearly $9.8 billion and Q2 2013 accounting for nearly $10.3 billion. Revenues for the first six months of 2013 increased 18% over the first six months of 2012. Read the full report to learn more about revenue concentration, formats and growth by segment.
Conducted by PwC on an ongoing basis, with results released quarterly, the "IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report" was initiated by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) in 1996. This report utilizes data and information reported directly to PwC, publicly available online corporate data, and information provided by online ad selling companies.
The results reported are considered the most accurate measurement of internet/online/mobile advertising revenues because much of the data is compiled directly from information supplied by companies selling advertising online. All-inclusive, the report includes data reflecting online advertising revenues from websites, commercial online services, ad networks and exchanges, mobile devices, and e-mail providers, as well as other companies selling online advertising.
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Central Oregon jobless rates drop again
Jefferson Co. leads way with half-point fall; Deschutes barely moves
BEND, Ore. - Once again, seasonally adjusted unemployment rates dropped across the tri-county area in May, the Oregon Employment Department reported Monday.
Jefferson County saw the largest drop in May, lowering to 10.7 percent from the adjusted April rate of 11.2 percent.
Although Crook County still maintains one of the highest levels of unemployment in the state, the county continued to show progress with the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropping three-tenths of a percent in May (to 12.5%).
Deschutes County's rate was essentially unchanged in May, down to 10.0 percent from 10.1 percent in April.
The statewide unemployment rate (7.8%) is at its lowest level since October of 2008, when it was 7.7 percent. However, the state and the national unemployment rates (7.6%) experienced little change from April.
Crook County: In May, Crook County continued to experience a significant drop in its seasonally adjusted unemployment rate. The May rate was 12.5 percent, compared to the revised rate for April of 12.8 percent. The unemployment rate in May 2012 was 14.3 percent.
Although Crook County maintains the second-highest unemployment rate in Oregon, over the year the county experienced the second largest reduction (-1.8%) in its rate.
The county added 140 jobs in May, which is greater than the 130 jobs that would typically be expected this time of year.
Over-the-month growth was equally split between private and government employment, with each gaining 70 jobs. Manufacturing and leisure and hospitality saw the largest private-sector gains (+20), with no industry posting job losses from April. Local government experienced the strongest growth in the county adding 40 jobs.
Compared to this time last year, total nonfarm employment is up by 180 jobs, with over 80 percent of that growth coming from the private sector.
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities added the most jobs over the year (+60), followed by manufacturing (+50) and educational and health services (+30). Information gained 20 jobs, but it experienced the largest year-over-year percent change, expanding employment by 40 percent.
Wholesale trade (-40) and retail trade (-10) were the only private-sector industries to experience year-over-year job losses, while federal (-20) and state (-10) government employment continued to constrict.
Deschutes County (Bend MSA): The May seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 10.0 percent was essentially unchanged from the revised April rate of 10.1 percent. From May 2012 to May 2013, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped more than a full percentage point, down from 11.6 percent.
Preliminary estimates from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics for the Bend metropolitan area show an increase of 720 jobs in May, which is less than the expected seasonal gain of 1,210.
BLS analysts estimate that private-sector employment increased by 500 jobs in May, while government added 220 jobs. Many of the gains continue to be concentrated in accommodation and food services (+290), as well as professional and business services (+190).
Estimates show that Deschutes County continues its streak of impressive year-over-year job gains, the department economists said, adding 2,080 jobs between May 2012 and May 2013.
About 1,700 of those jobs are in the private sector. Leisure and hospitality (+600); educational and health services (+590); and mining, logging, and construction (+310) experienced the strongest growth from last May.
Financial activities continues to shed jobs over the year (-80), while retail trade posted over-the-year losses for the first time this year (-110).
These preliminary estimates are subject to revision as more information becomes available from employers.
Jefferson County: The May seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Jefferson County was 10.7 percent. The county experienced the largest drop in seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Oregon, dropping a half a percent from April.
Over the year, Jefferson County's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate lowered from the May 2012 rate of 12.2 percent.
Jefferson County experienced better-than-expected gains in total nonfarm employment in May. The county added 190 jobs, when a gain of 110 jobs would typically be expected.
Gains were nearly split between the private-sector (+100) and government (+90) with the majority of those gains in government coming from Indian tribal (+60). Leisure and hospitality saw the largest private-sector over-the-month increase (+50), with continued strong hiring in manufacturing (+30).
Between May 2012 and May 2013, Jefferson County gained 70 jobs. The majority of those gains came from the private-sector (+60). The largest over-the-year job gains were in manufacturing (+80); professional and business services (+30); and educational and health services (+20).
These estimates will be revised as new data from businesses becomes available. The next Central Oregon Employment Situation with preliminary data for June 2013 will be released on Monday, July 22nd.


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City to Honor Suspected WikiLeaks Source?
Medea Benjamin appeared on America Live with Megyn Kelly on FOX News. This entry is from Global Exchange's People-to-People blog regarding the interview.
Transparency and Truthtellers
When news came out yesterday that Berkeley's City Council was considering passing a resolution to honor Pfc. Bradley Manning for leaking information to Wikileaks and call for his release, FOX News approached Medea Benjamin to appear on "America Live with Megyn Kelly" to discuss her reaction to the resolution.
While Megyn Kelly brought up the idea that perhaps Pfc. Bradley Manning had blood on his hands for leaking the information, Medea made clear points for the need of having transparency and an informed citenzry in order to make informed decisions about our foreign policy positions.
We need transparency and an informed citizenry. So many things have been hidden from us in the last decade that has gotten us into wars we shouldn't be in and have resulted in so much suffering and agony. And if indeed Bradley Manning gave us documents that can end all of this, then he is actually going to be saving lives.
There is absolutely no evidence that anything that has been leaked has resulted in the death of anybody because of these leaks. The policies themselves have led to and continue to lead to the deaths of innocent people.
Bradley Manning is a truthteller; getting out information that we the public need to make informed decisions about our policies and that's a positive thing.
The things that we have learned through Wikileaks, like the use of clusterbombs in Yemen – a weapon that has been condemned all over the world – the continued killing of innocent people through drones in Pakistan; the widening of these wars that are supposedly being wound down, we need an open discussion about a foreign policy run amok and this is giving us that opening. My view – the fact that we can now have these kinds of discussions to say, 'Is this policy making us more or less safe?', and I say the policies is what's making us less safe. Bradley manning is actually helping to have that discussion.


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|Alaska Women in Management (AWIM)
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|Robert Johnston, (907) 452-6434
|Mailing Address:
|Adult Learning Programs of Alaska
122 First Avenue, Suite 201
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Adult Learning Programs of Alaska (ALPA) is a non-profit education organization established in 1975 to provide services to Fairbanks. The purpose of this project is to promote gender equity in education primarily for Alaska Native women and girls who have traditionally suffered multiple forms of discrimination based on their race as well as their gender. This project will help address this inequity by measurably improving their achievement levels in mathematics while also creating short-term educational programs that lead directly to available career opportunities in our region. The management plan and related materials set out a process through which we will seek to primarily recruit participants from the ranks of Native Alaskan women across the Interior, but services will be open to all Alaska.
There are Two Phases to the project. Phase One will assist girls who have dropped out or at-risk of dropping out to obtain proficiency in math and to obtain their high school diplomas or GEDs. In addition, much needed supplemental workshops in areas such as trades math, employability skills, resume writing and interview skills will be offered in this phase.
Phase Two of the project will focus on delivering educational programs that further advance math skills that are tied to specific career paths and job opportunities in our region. Career paths will include: tribally controlled non-profit and for-profit agency management; construction trades (labor and management); and small business development and management. According to the Alaska Department of Labor and Economic Development, these will be the three largest career growth opportunities in our region over the next ten years. These are also areas in which Alaska women have historically been under-represented. In addition, this phase will focus on advanced proficiency development in math for the women who participate. A series of classes will be provided over a nine-month period for each pathway. Some of the courses will focus on skills needed for all pathways (creating and understanding budget on Microsoft Excel for example), while other classes will focus on skills specific to each pathway (Math for Construction Trades).
The standardized assessment tools for this project (TABE Test, OPE test) will establish benchmarks and improvement levels which can be cross-referenced to standardized scores in various Alaska state educational data bases so that we can track mean increases in ability level via pre and post testing in Phase One. Participants in Phase Two programs will receive similar assessments to establish baselines and track statistically significant higher mean increases in achievement through pre and post program testing. Students assessed at any point in the project with a need for increased services in order to specifically increase their achievement levels will be referred to appropriate workshops addressing those needs.


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New plan moves personal property tax to forefront
It looks like local communities will be made whole on personal property tax after all.
After a year of negotiations between lawmakers and business and local government groups, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley announced last week that use tax revenue will be used to fully reimburse local governments if the local personal property tax paid by some businesses is repealed on the August ballot. Calley has been the point person for the governor on the issue.
The plan, as originally proposed, would have guaranteed only 80 percent reimbursement, but it would have allowed communities to seek a special assessment to make up the difference.
Full reimbursement is defined as the amount of money local governments were receiving in December 2012.
When the phaseout of the PPT begins in 2016, the state will dedicate $380.6 million to reimburse local governments. By 2023, once the tax is fully phased out, the state's contribution goes up to $548 million.
The diversion of the use tax won't hurt other recipients of state funds, Calley said, because beginning in 2016 a series of major tax credits for business given out under the Granholm administration will begin to expire.
Right now, those tax credits cost the state between $500 million and $600 million each fiscal year in lost tax revenue, but that will diminish over the next several years. "This plan will work," Calley said.
A bipartisan, 10-bill package (Senate Bills 821-830) making the change is expected to be approved by the full Senate this week. After approval in the Senate, the House is expected to move just as swiftly, with the goal of having the bills in front of Gov. Rick Snyder by the end of the month. Then the work begins on educating the public about the August vote.
Business groups had already begun pouring money into a fund to mount a campaign in support of the ballot question. But with passage of these bills that ensure local governments will be made whole, their lobbying organizations are now in support, making any organized opposition to the proposal negligible.
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Hi all -
Just a reminder as I see this forum take off. It looks like there will be a lot of different topics discussed here with many technical terms. Please remember that it is very easy for a thread to go on and on and wonder way off from the original subject. It is far more useful to start a new thread with an appropriate subject so the information can be more easily found when searching later.
I can see that meadmaking is just like beekeeping. One starts out thinking they are going to just make a few gallons with limited equipment and 3 years later have the basement converted into a brewery!
Okay, forget the part about selling me a bottle if it's illegal, donations in the form of mead work too.


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The Waikato women's sevens rugby team are digging into their own pockets to play at a national tournament while their male counterparts go free.
But the Waikato Rugby Union says the women knew their trip would not be fully paid for, as it fends off accusations of sexism.
The team is playing in the Pub Charity Rugby Sevens tournament in Queenstown this weekend - the first in a decade to include women.
WRU chief executive Graham Bowen said the union had made a loan to the Mooloo women's team so they could travel, and expected them to pay it back within three months.
The union paid some money towards flights and food for the team, but the players would have to pay about $200 each.
The union had not budgeted for a women's team in Queenstown because there had not been a Waikato women's NPC team for six years until last year.
"We said, 'We will try to get your airfares paid for but if you decide to go you have to accept you will have to fundraise to do it,' and they were very keen to do that. This was an absolute clear understanding with these girls before we even started this year."
But Labour's women's affairs spokeswoman and Hamilton MP Sue Moroney took to Facebook to call the decision "archaic bigotry" and accused the WRU of having an attitude from a bygone era.
"I think it's a decent dose of both a lack of planning and an unhealthy dose of sexism because it doesn't look as if they have contemplated sending a similar message to the men's team.
"Apparently the WRU has said it is a business decision, but I think it shows a lack of business nous and an understanding about the sorts of attitudes that New Zealanders have in the year 2013."
The Herald spoke to relatives of team members, one of whom said funding the team was "a sore point".
"And the fact that there wasn't a women's team in the Waikato up until last year makes you wonder what has been going on in terms of developing the game for women in our region," she added.
The Herald understands the New Zealand Rugby Union provides about two-thirds of the cost for both men's and women's teams to attend the tournament, and the shortfall is met by the participating unions.
Mr Bowen dismissed talk of sexism regarding the women's team.
"You ask the majority of that team whether they are happy and if they understood what the situation was and they will tell you they were under the complete and clear understanding that if they went they would have to support themselves."
The women's game has received $1.6 million from High Performance Sport NZ, and many players are looking to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, which will be the first to feature the sport.


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DIY Rustic Wedding by KT MerryThis rustic beauty is all kinds of enchanting but, really, would you expect anything less from KT Merry? Her photographs are always such a dream and this city meets country chic wedding just sparkles in front of her lens. Of course, this is
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Thank you all for the great ideas. Now I just have to get to work and continue my quest for a neat sewing room. lol. As usual this board always has a lot of great ideas.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Thank you all for the great ideas. Now I just have to get to work and continue my quest for a neat sewing room. lol. As usual this board always has a lot of great ideas.
You can also buy fairly cheap cd/dvd cases / towers. I have one that holds my fat quarters perfectly - there are many shelves and each section is a perfect fat quarter size, and it is tall but small in size they usually are about 20"L x 10"W x 50"H in size and start at about $25. You might even find one at a thrift or goodwill store.
Great idea! Haven't that many but I used a plastic container set on its side and stacked the folded pieces on top of each other with the folded side showing. However, the one I always need, is in the middle or the bottom, so the whole mess topples over. I have a number of the 14" sq. ones for thread and blocks, but this idea for the fat quarters is next on my list of to-dos. Thanks!
I have mine in plastic bins, one for fat quarters, one for scraps, one for holiday fabs., etc.
If a woman's work is never done....why start?
My son built a system similar to the picture and all my fabric is sorted by color, holiday, boys, girls, etc. It is floor to ceiling on one wall. Then I have the drawers on wheels and keep my fat quarters in them, and all the other ones have special fabrics in them. I makes it easy to see what I have. I have a huge open grid metal rack that is full on fabric that is also ruler folded. I love having my fabric ruler folded. I have a huge closet that is full as well but there are no shelves in it and things are in bins. I don't like bins. I have to pull them out to get in the bottom ones and it's a pain. Part of the problem is I have tool much, LOL, fabric.
I live in Louisiana, pretty humid here, and keep my fabrics on shelves in an open closet (no door). We have an A/C in the studio and I keep it as cool as possible so that it removes the moisture as much as possible. I don't really do anything else except try to keep fabric stored so they aren't in plastic bins. However, I do have some in closed up plastic and it's been fine. I've been quilting for 20+ years and have old fabric from my mom that may be 40 years. So far I haven't had a problem with mold or moths (although mom's stuff did smell musty but washing took care of that). If you're still concerned, visit an LQS once you get there and ask if they or their customers do anything special about the humidity.
Oh, and good luck! Enjoy paradise!
My fats are stored in baskets from Dollartree. Color coordinated.
I have an entire wall of white Ikea book cases ('Billy' I believe) that are inexpensive, with glass doors installed. I fold the fabrics to fit inside (about 11" deep) that are at least fat quarter sized. These are sorted by colors, baby/children, batiks, unusual, Australian, Christmas, metallics and a section for 'All Creatures Great & Small' which is critters that will go into a quilt eventually. Separate containers hold the pre cuts that I cut down the less than fat quarter sized fabrics. It works quite well for me.