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Notes of an Amateur: Górecki's
Quartets, Shostakovich's
Górecki. The Three String Quartets. Royal String Quartet. Hyperion CDA 67812.
If you come to Polish modernist Henryk Góecki's (1933-2010) string quartets with the memory of his world famous Symphony No. 3 - Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (1976) in your head, you'll be in for a big surprise. Symphony No. 3 in its recording with Dawn Upshaw on Elektra is the sixth best selling classical CD of all time. (The earlier recording featuring Stefania Woytowicz on Koch Schwann, which introduced the work to the world is arguably more powerful.) The work is a hauntingly beautiful 'old world' sounding symphonic oratorio for solo soprano and orchestra that presages some of the spirutal music of Pärt, Kancheli, and Silvestrov and is characterized by the sorrow of its subtitle. The quartets are well past sorrow into a world of anger and regret. Lean, minimalist, chant-like—sometimes almost mind-numbing—rhythmic rituals, which move between insistence and defeat. There is a repetitive chant-like quality to the symphony but its feeling is more spiritual than angry. Quartet No. 2 (1991) weaves folk themes through the frenzied, beating storm, creating peculiar mood changes and suggesting they are what is being suppressed by the dominant thrust of the work, perhaps both of the first two. It is hard to feel anything but defeat in this quartet's final moments. Nor for that matter in most of Quartet No. 1 - Already It is dusk (1988), which gravitates between a hammering motif and a cowering murmur.
This music was introduced to the world nearly a generation ago by the Kronos Quartet and it suits their love of primitive vigor and drama—in No. 2, we sometimes sense the presence of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. The Polish musicians of The Royal Quartet give the music a bit more of an eastern European quality, as we might expect, especially in the quieter passages. It is fascinating to hear this difference, like hearing Hungarians play Bartók.
Quartet No. 3 - Songs are Sung (1995/2005) is a near hour-long outgrowth of the vision of the two earlier quartets. It as if Górecki's musical thinking has developed and matured but without leaving his original sense of things behind. The first and second movements amount to an extended lamentation, beyond sorrow but also beyond anger and regret. The title he gives the work is taken from a poem by Russian writer Velimir Khlebnikov:
The third movement returns us briefly to the minimalist drive of the first two quartets, then delivers us back to the mood of the first two movements: extended whispery, dirge-like, song, hovering just above despair. Well into the fifth and final movement, the 'song' swells and modulates into something like tranquility, as if some sort of peace has been made with the forces of darkness. The final dominant voice we hear is the cello's, which is, if not full of promise, is at least firm. It is not alone but it is the strongest voice.
This music, thanks in part to The Royal Quartet, reminds us that Górecki's music belongs to the world of modernist Eastern Europe and Russia; it is part of the musical vision of Pärt, Vasks, Gubaidulina, Kanchelli, and Schnittke, fathered by the tragic vision of the quartets of Shostakovich.
Shostakovich, Symphonies 1& 3, 5 & 9, 8, 10, 11. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, Naxos.
I came (back) to the symphonies of Shostakovich expecting (from memory, by reputation) public music, in contrast to the quartets' more thoughtful vision. Not music written for public occasions or about public events, but music that has no inside, no relation to inner life, no privacy. Lots of rhetorical flourish, fanfare, and fury. I came back because I had the sense that a lot of knowledgeable people feel differently about this music and that perhaps I had missed something, or just plain got it wrong. I came to Petrenko's Shostakovich because I sensed that he was responsible for a lot of what I liked in Hillary Hahn's recent recording of the Higdon and Tchaikovski violin concertos.
So I spent two weeks listening and re-listening to Petrenko's first five recordings of the symphonies on Naxos. And while I found plenty of the expected public ceremony and rhetoric in the music, not all of it was shallow; and more important, especially in the hands of Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmic, I heard something else. To begin with, I heard how Russian the music is, the Russian of Mussorgsky, not the 'new' modernist Russian. It is almost upside down Tchaikovsky, Tchaikovsky disillusioned: there is grandeur here—and lyricism and dance—but it invariably goes off the rails. Big affirmative feelings get plowed under and then become anger and fury. A great deal of the music of the symphonies is played fortissimo, which may be what is largely responsible for their reputation. But there is also a good deal of brooding, shadowy dark song, lyrical but troubled music which seems to give rise to the frenzied fortissimos. In a word, there is much drama here, in the original sense of the term: great contrast. Nothing can long remain at rest.
Compared with many other interpreters I've heard, Petrenko seems to hear more music amidst the fury and so holds his orchestra back a bit to let the music through. This may be the main reason I find (his) Shostakovich more moving this time around. And moving it is. Also great fun. It can be a great joy to hear music written and played so that lots of interesting textures are heard but also at near full sail with flags flying.
Start with Nos. 10 and 11 and if they get you aweigh, go on to the rest.
System used for this audition: Audio Note CDT3 transport; Blue Circle BC501ob LOC dac, BC 3000II GZpz preamplifier, and BC204 KQ amplifier. JM Reynaud Orféo Supreme speakers. Audio Note cable.
Bob Neill, in addition to being an occasional equipment and regular music reviewer for Positive- Feedback Online, is also proprietor of Amherst Audio in Amherst, Massachusetts, which sells equipment from Audio Note, Blue Circle, and JM Reynaud, among others.


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There are 14 comments on the Telegraph Herald story from Mar 5, 2011, titled Dubuque Blockbuster not picked for closure. In it, Telegraph Herald reports that:
It isn't clear how changes within the national video rental company -- which is up for sale -- will impact the Dubuque store.
Join the discussion below, or Read more at Telegraph Herald.
#1 Mar 8, 2011
It lives to be closed another day.
#2 Mar 9, 2011
glad you get joy in the fact that the life of my family and two young kids could be drasticly changed. you know your comments are not doing anything to blockbuster as a whole but they effect the innocent Blockbuster Employees that are just trying to make a living. The employees at the dubuque stores are all good people and work hard to keep there store profitable. so that they can keep there jobs. I use this site to read the news articles and in every forum there you are. so the next time your cheering on some one losing there job. your also cheering on some kid not having everyting they may need or the proper health insurance, tight christmas's, no summer vacation, handme down clothes,unpaid bills.
#3 Mar 9, 2011
Sometimes there are some things you just can't change and, if you know that the Blockbuster ship is sinking, it's your responsibility to act and seek employment elsewhere to rectify your situation. I heard about a Blockbuster employee that stuck with the company with hopes of getting a severance package and then did not receive it when the employee was laid off. It's time to face the facts that Blockbuster simply doesn't care about its employees and, in its current state, will not make the extra effort to make employees' lives better. You're better off elsewhere and you know it.
#4 Mar 9, 2011
oh yeay i frgot we can all just find another job cause there handing out good jobs on every corner now a days and good affordable health insurance and who was talking about severencedid you read the same article as i did. And obviously you dont have kids or you would know that the flexible schedule is perfect. plus all the stores that closed around us got there severence packages
#5 Mar 9, 2011
There's something out there for you...just not at Blockbuster.
#6 Mar 9, 2011
I think people hate Nomo more than blockbuster.
#7 Mar 10, 2011
I seriously doubt that...
#8 Mar 10, 2011
I don't.
#9 Mar 10, 2011
no one in the world like bb anymore... its time for the mom & pop videostores to shine...
#10 Mar 10, 2011
Though I can't think of that many popular mom and pop stores...
#11 Mar 10, 2011
I think my name says it all.
#12 Mar 10, 2011
That 'your' punctuation/grammar needs work?
Hopefully the judge will rule in favor of liquidation in today's hearing.
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#13 Feb 4, 2013
As someone who used to work for the company, I can say from first hand experience they do not care about their employees. Although I am sad that people will be losing their jobs- I have seen that BB as a company failed to adapt to the changing rental climate. Also- they were copycats with every successful new venture that came out. Netflix mail to your house- BB followed. Redbox kiosks- BB tried to copy (although they are not in our market). I had seen that they were talking about putting coffee shops inside their stores. Talk about clueless- reduce the cost of rentals and stop trying to jump on the next "big thing".
#14 Feb 4, 2013
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Anps said
The solution is simple, start approving wp and html themes by the same design strictness as you do with psd category you will notice hard drop in number of approved themes
You have my vote for this. But the sales will significant go up, because you don't have to dig through things like this:
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Envato should put a warning sign there : Long term exposure might cause dizziness and eye sore. View at your own risk.
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@opensourcecompany – I'm really sorry to hear about your experience Alex, I would contact envato support, if the item does not work then you should be eligible for a refund.
I already did; let's see how this is going on. But this is not the only item i bought in the past. As alreay mentioned, i have many accounts, each client, who buys here, has his own account. And there are some "rotten apples"
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HOWEVER , I wanted to make sure you understand that this is a marketplace of thousands of authors, please don't umbrella every author as terrible with support (or products) – I agree it is the duty for Envato to ensure products are correct – however support for individual items is offered by authors (if offered at all – it's not required) and many of us really understand the importance of proper coding and backing up our products with great support.
No, i don't say all authors. But it should be Envatos staff to sort out the rotten ones. Sure, a variety of authors create more stuff, but also produces more, erm, waste. For my personal needs, i stick with about 20 authors, because of their way of coding and documentation (hm, might buy one of your themes, they look not bad ).
I hope for the future that there is more quality than quantity, otherwise i can just code myself.
I've stumbled upon this thread, because the support from Envato is more than ignorant.
For example: [link removed]
This theme is the latest crap i've bought for my own company. I have accounts for many clients, where i also bought themes, code snippets, flash container, etc.
But things like the above are the death for all Envato marketplaces.
This theme is far below the WP Codex, and the only way to get this theme running is by using the delivered clone package.
Seriously: i have to clone a whole WP install???
Pardon, i have done more than 500 installs of wordpress, themes, and some other tricky things in my life. But when it tears down to the point that i have to clone a site, then i think there's really something wrong with this stuff.
But this theme is not the only one…
I also bought a AE render template, which needs about 8 hours to render for a 55 sec movie. On my machine. A 7 .000 $ machine. And i can't render, because the author "forgot" to use standard names for some effects, so his project (from serbia) messed up.
Seriously: if the automotive industry would produce so much (pardon) "crap", sooner or later all people would drive bicycles, ride a train or fly by plane.
I can't understand why the decision makers allow that kind of "quality" on a marketplace which started pretty nice.
Most of my colleagues download the wanted templates "for free" from various ressources. They know it is not legal, but i can understand them; and if it goes on that way, i also will go for it.
They load it, install it, when it is crap, they go for the next. When it is working, they buy it.
I can understand this, because the support from Envato is the worst i've ever seen with digital goods.


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Prince of Persia: Revelations is what appears to be an all-round excellent game due to the general association of 'Prince of Persia' with quality and excellence, although my experience differs slightly from the general perception of the game. The game gets very frustrating at times because in certain areas of the game, you end up trapped, in the sense that you have to either find your way back, which is often extremely difficult, or you have to find a way to kill yourself, which is also extremely difficult.
As well as that, it is extremely hard to kill bosses, and when you constantly die, it becomes extremely frustrating and annoying; feelings I like to avoid when playing games. The game has very good graphics that are to a high standard, and has the appropriate background music to suit the situation you're playing in, for example gloomy music for a gloomy environment; but due to great graphics and a lot of content, there are many many load screens that take ages to load, and this disrupts enjoyment of the game even further and become extremely annoying.
There are also exciting fighting and general game-play moves that allows you to run along and up walls for example, and unlike in some other games, you're given the possibility to go back in the game if you wish to, for example, if you know your way back, you can literally return to any point in the game or to where you started, whereas some other games restrict that, but it isn't necessarily a great feature because most of the time you won't see reason to return. Also, you get to move about in all directions, as opposed to the standard left or right in many older fighting games, although this is also technically adventure too.
A great piece of game-play is the ability to 'travel' back or reverse time by a good 5 to 10 seconds so that you can have another opportunity to retry that particular point in time; a good example of this is when you're on the brink of death and wish to reverse time to either try again, or flee, but of course all of the stats from that particular point in time will be restored, although, this feature has to be unlocked through the use of a certain weapon as well as possessing the necessary items.
Unfortunately, the game has many hidden treasures that are necessary to finishing it, and missing even one of these treasures stops you from completing the entire game which is extremely devastating, and can be difficult to find because they are carefully hidden, and you have to move various items about and keep a sharp eye on the look-out, and if you happen to forget to look for them, then sometime in the future of the game you may not remember where you missed the treasure and in order to go back to look you also need to remember your way back, as well as search all of the areas, again leading to a very frustrating and annoying experience.
The game also contains a variety of weapons that ranges from knives and axes to swords and miscellaneous weapons like the 'Rayman hand' that belongs to the main character in the gameboy game 'Rayman'. Personally I think this game is worth playing if you have incredible patience to both keep yourself from getting frustrated and annoyed as well as be willing to spend the time finding and using a walkthrough to complete the game properly or otherwise be faced with not finishing the game after so much investment of your time, not to mention money.
Prince of Persia is a platform game for the PSP. You play the role of The Prince as he battles various enemies through the levels. I thought it was a very disappointing game for a varitety of reasons:
The camera angles are really annoying and it is near impossible to see what your character is doing most of the time.
The controls are clunky and awkward and take ages to learn. On one of the first levels you have to jump to a high platform and this literally took me hours through a combination of crap camera angles and stupid controls.
The level's difficulty varies completely e.g. Level one is easy, Level two is impossible and Level Three is easy! ANother infuriating aspect to the game.
In the first level, you are dropped in the middle of this place without a clue or direction for what to do next. At this stage I felt like smashing the game up even though I had only been playing for about a minute.
One good thing is the graphics are alright, but if you buy this you won't care about the graphics because the game is so bad.
Prince of Persia Revelations on the PSP is an updated version of Warrior Within. It is basically the same game play but with more levels and some new content. It has the same sort of platform action as previous Prince of Persia's in the series.
I have played Prince of Persia before on other platforms, PC and PS2. Now recently played it on the PSP and must admit was quite impressed.
The story starts were it left off from the previous game, Warrior Within. It shows the prince taking the path of mystery and carnage to defy his death. But in the path of the prince is his destiny the Dahaka, an immortal of fate seeking devine. It is interesting because previously in the game it was said that the prince's fate has been written and he will die. So in this game the prince masters new deadly combat to new levels of warrior ship and rise up from the defiance with his life.
In the revelations the prince is still capable of doing mad flips and spins also beheading like previous games in the series, which has become a trademark of the game I guess.
The games graphics are in my opinion as good as the game on other platforms. There are slight shade differences and fewer textures which are understandable being it is on the PSP.
The controls are replicated exactly as the PS2 controller so are easy to grasp especially if you have played other games in the series before on the PS2. So would be easy to play on the PSP.
Overall I think Prince of Persia Revelations is a good game on the PSP. But I have some bad news, sometimes during game play the background music stops which is a glitch it could do without as it does become annoying. Also the UMD loading is at times slow and takes more time than it should loading levels which also becomes annoying. I think this may be due to the graphical content which takes longer to load, not entirely sure. I would recommend it though as a game on any platform and on the PSP if you can put up with the slight glitches.


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The new entertainment channel from E4 is exactly that, its hours of entertainment every night. On E4 your able to see new episodes of Ally McBeal, Trigger Happy TV – which is one of my favourites and popular shows like ER and Friends that have been knicked from Sky One. Don't worry if you don't have digital though because all of these shows will finally be available on Channel 4. E4 is also the place to catch channel 4 favourites like the award winning female comedy show "Smack the Pony" and the very funny "So Graham Norton Show", but E4 also has its own home-grown stuff. My favourite home grown E4 programme is "Show Me the Funny" it's on Mondays and Wednesdays, you vote on the E4 websites for comedy clips, it's very funny. I think E4 is one of the best quality digital TV channels around, and today we don't seem to have many Entertainment channels except for sky one. The channel is available in most base packs for digital viewers, but people with ntl: have complained that you have to subscribe to the "Fun pack" to receive this channel. [Update] It started with so many promises but now the channel seems to of lost its charm. The live coverage and extra shows for Big Brother was brilliant but now all that's over and now that they've added extra broadcasting hours the channel at times just feels like a dull repeats channel, programmes like So Graham Norton and Trigger Happy TV are now being milked - they've been repeated too much and they're charm is warring off. I think what the channel now needs are fresh new programmes and new ideas, it needs to look back to its roots to why it was launched.
I was in New York just two weeks ago now and it was one of the best holiday trips I've ever been on, New York is a marvellous city that I definitely will visit again. I have been to London, I've been to Paris and I've been to New York and New York has got to be my favourite. New York is huge and has plenty to do there also everything is very well priced. I went to New York in a group of 18 - it was a college trip. On the very first day we arrived it was late in the evening, we landed at New Ark airport and took a bus – which was pre-booked on a journey through New Ark. On to New York, it was rush hour, traffic was everywhere but we got to see all the amazing sites like the Manhattan sky line of the twin towers and the Empire state building all lit up in the dark, it was amazing. [Update] As we all know now that the Twin Towers are no more after New York's terrorist attack, the twin towers were a big part of the New York skyline and they were a big part in people's lives, I cant believe they are no longer there. We arrived at the hotel and decided to take a little stroll, the amount of shops and restaurants, coffee shops and bars was outstanding – we ended off going to Mc Donald's, we didn't feel like going far so we just stuck with Mickey D's. The Mc Donald's out there is the same price but you get more for your money, everything is much bigger. The next day it was up at 7 and straight to breakfast, I decided just to have a fruit salad on the first day as I ate loads the day before. At around 8.30am we went on the subway, which was great value, and simple and easy - we went to Battery Park where we got our tickets for the ferry to go to Liberty Island and Ellis Island. The ticket prices were just $3 amazing value for one of the biggest tourist attractions in the world. The Statue of Liberty was not as big as it seems on TV and in the films but its still a
break taking sight, I was smitten to be so close to it. After Liberty Island it was back on the ferry to go to Ellis Island, this is where all the immigrants came. There was a museum on Ellis islands which not a lot of us found Interesting, mainly because we had to do work there. There were some good exhibits there; even a computer where you type in your family name and see all the people who have came into America via Ellis Island. On the ferry going back, you could go up on the deck and look at the skyscrapers, great opportunities for pictures, some of the pictures I took of that are stunning. That night we went to the Empire State building, we were told that going in the night is a totally different experience to going during the day, both sights are spectacular so next time I'll go I'll go up there during the day. The night view though was stunning, all the lights and watching the city down below was great. Trip to the top cost just $9; the very top was closed off though because the wind was very high. Thursday we visited the Tenement Museum, which is a visit you have to do, a tenement is what immigrants lived in when they first came to New York. You go into a room which is one of the only original tenements in America, there is a woman in there who pretends to be an immigrant and you can talk to her about being an immigrant, the experience is so real and better than any museum – this was real. Later that night we walked up into Times Square, all the screens and lights are spectacular. We were going to start to do some shopping but then we were approached by a woman who asked us would be like to go to a talk show in a stretched truck limousine, so of course we went. The whole 18 of us went down Times Square in a huge limousine and were taken to the Queen Latifah show (I don't know who she is either, apparently she was a famous singer or something, while we were over there she was on The Fresh Prince of Be
l Air). All of this experience was FREE, and you can pick up talk show tickets for FREE practically anywhere, but we were lucky when we were approached by this woman offering to take us in a Limousine – but things like this would only happen in New York. The Friday was our last full day, because our trip was a bit educational we had to visit the Police Academy museum, it was very small but interesting. After that we went back on the subway and unto Times Square again where we would so some shopping. We went round most of the shops there were loads. We went in Macys, which boasts it's the largest department store in the world, it definitely seemed so it took up a whole block and was around 9 floors high. The shopping got a bit too much for me though and I just couldn't wait to get back to the hotel and have a rest. Later that evening we decide to go for a meal in Harlem, waiting for a taxi we were approached by a man in a Limousine who said I'll take you for $20 so of course we agreed and travelled in style, again. Sylvia's Restaurant in Harlem specialised in Southern food, things like southern fried chicken and all other kinds of meats all southerly cooked. The food was plentiful and you definitely get your money's worth. On the last day we all split into small groups, my group decided on going to Central Park to ice skate. We travelled in a taxi this time. Taxis in New York are very easy to get and are very cheap to travel in, but be prepared to give directions to them because they haven't a clue where anything is. Ice-skating in Central Park was always a dream and it was fantastic to actually do it. Ice-skating is also easier than I thought and I would definitely recommend you having a go. Well that was my whole trip, an amazing trip; I'm now hoping that I'm able to go again next year! COST: New York Trips are now becoming more and more popular.
The average price for a 4-day visit seems to be around £400 – this includes flights and transfers, hotel and travel to and from the airport. Food is not included in the price but its so cheap out there I wouldn't worry about it. Advice: New York can get very cold at winter, so thermals and loads of jumpers are needed, but anything you forget you can of course buy over there.
In my opinion the fastest and best way to get around New York City is to buy a metro card from the Subway, the card is just $4 and with that you can ride the subway and the bus all day – its simple just go to the subway and get them from the machines. Your Metro card comes with a little pocket thing to put it in which opens out as a subway map, easy to find you're way around. The subway can be a little intimidating, but if you keep your wits about you and make sure you don't get on the wrong side of people you'll get on fine. We went on the subway as a group of 18 and whenever we got on a train there were amble room for us all, the whole subway seems to be bigger and much better than the underground back in London. Riding the subway I felt quite safe, at the rush hour you usually find that police patrol the subway, but I wouldn't ride the subway at night because it can get quite dangerous. Some advice; try not to make eye contact with people or stare at people, don't use the toilets at the stations as they are said to attract drug pushers even if there attendants there. In my opinion though I do think that the subway is the best way to travel around New York, its very cheap, easy and safe. There are stations everywhere, stations are a bit dirty but that's New York for you.
American airports are known for being unorganised and when departing from New Ark airport I could see why. When leaving Gatwick there was a huge check-in area, which was lovely, and modern, at New Ark it was scruffy and simple with many of the staff playing on the conveyable-belts and just looking gormless. My flight was cancelled so we had to spend a few hours there, we went and had a McDonalds and walked around a bit, it was a small airport with not much to do. After check-in we went into the departure lounge, at Gatwick the departure lounge was huge with loads of shops even at Bristol Airport the departure lounge was impressive but at New Ark it was a bar a shop and I think that was it. The whole group of 18 of us just sat and entertained our selves. New Ark was not a very attractive airport and not a very helpful one, there was no staff to offer help it was just dowdy and considering it was New York's second biggest airport I wasn't impressed.
The Quality Hotel is situated on 94th Street on Broadway in New York. The hotel is quite big, from the outside it looks quite small but it's very big when you're inside. Rooms are simple; most rooms have 2 comfy double beds with a bathroom. All rooms have cable TV with a huge selection of channels, there's also a coffee maker, and some rooms have fridges but not all of them. The hotel is quite comfy but if you have to share a bed like I had to it can get very cramped in a room. The hotel also has other facilities like a shop, a few phones, seating areas and even a small gym. Rooms are cleaned everyday, hotel rooms are average size but you wont want to spend so much time in them, they're ideal for students, travellers and mainly for people just in New York for a few days. The more that share the room the cheaper the price, maximum to a room is four but we had five in our room because we took a mattress from one of the other rooms. Rooms in the hotel can get very warm but air conditioning comes to the rescue. If anything in your room needs repairing we found that the hotel caretaker fixes them very quickly. The location of the hotel is brilliant, just across the road is a deli, laundrette, a few yards up the road is a Starbucks coffee shop, and a few yards down the block there are a few diners a Dunken Donuts and a Mc Donald's. The location of the hotel is excellent; all you need is around you including subway stations. All in all the Quality Hotel is a very good place to stay, little cramped at times but its location and its service is brilliant. Flat Rate Price: Around $105 per night
If you're ever in Swansea one thing you have to try is Joe's Ice Cream, it's absolutely gorgeous. Joe's Ice Cream Parlour has 2 parlours down the Mumbles along with a smaller take-away in Parc Tawe. The Ice Cream Parlours in the mumbles not only have ice cream but they also do drinks and sandwiches and food, but the main attraction is the ice cream. I can't tell you in words how delicious it is you simply have to try it. At Joe's you can get all different flavours of ice cream but vanilla has got to be the best. Knickerbocker-glorys are huge and delicious; other ice creams include the banana split. One ice cream I personally love is the "north pole", its in a boat type carton with scoops of ice cream covered in chocolate sauce nuts and chocolate bits. Joe's is a great ice cream parlour, prices are a bit steep but I feel there worth it. Cones can cost from 80p and cartons costing around £1 to £6.
Macy's claims to be the biggest department store in the world, well I can believe that its ENOURMOUS. It takes up a whole block and it has many entrances so you can get lost very easily. I don't know how many floors there are exactly, I think its 9 – at least that's how far I ended up going. Macy's has everything, a few floors for men's clothes; loads of floors dedicated to women's clothes they even have a floor with pianos. When walking through Macy's first floor people selling you all these different fragrances and stuffing testers up your nose bombard you. Prices are reasonable but not the cheapest, jeans and designer wear are considerably cheaper than prices over here in the UK but Macy's still doesn't offer the best prices so shopping around else where could get you even more bargains. Macy's is big on designer brands, they're all there – Tommy Hell finger, Calvin Klein. Macys is a brilliant store and is well worth a visit just to see its enormity even if you're not going to buy anything. Be prepared though, it's a huge store and you can get very tired walking round it, but there's loads of choice and seriously is huge!
Virgin Atlantic has got to be one of the best Airlines I've ever flown with. I travelled with Virgin Atlantic just over a week ago; we flew from Gatwick to New-Ark airport America. The service at check-in was quick and easy with no problems. All staff were really polite and very helpful, they even put me in the seat I wanted. On board the plane I had sufficient legroom with a very comfortable seat. Also I had a sort of comfort bag with items like toothbrush and toothpaste, an eye mask, facial wipes, earplugs, and mints, lip balm everything you needed for the flight. In flight entertainment was also suburb, we had a TV screen on every seat with a choice of the latest films, a few themed TV channels with great comedies like "The Royale Family" and even on the return flight our air craft had video games to play, so if you had children they would be entertained for hours. The flight over to America was 7 hours 45 minutes, we had two meals and nearly every half an hour we were offered a huge selection of drinks. everything was done for us and the cabin crew were all very helpful and brought you whatever you needed. Duty-free was very reasonable and a great selection, you have a great brochure of things to choose from. On return our flight was cancelled but I didn't feel put out at all, Virgin gave us a £15 food voucher, a phone card to phone home and give the new times of arrival and I also had 10% of my next flight, we were put on a later flight only 3 hours later and they made sure we had transport arrangements sorted out the other end. I fully recommend you fly Virgin Atlantic, they are simply the best and they deserve all the praise they get. I was very pleased with the service we received and in future I will definitely try to fly with them. A brilliant airline!
Swansea market is Swansea's big dirty dome. It's the largest indoor market in Wales; it's a dirty place with the usual stuff you'd expect from a market. The only good stalls in the market are the sea food stalls where you can taste local cockles from Penclawdd or if you dare have some lava bread – personally I cant stand any kind sea food, but its great for people who do like sea food. There are quite a few toy stalls in the market but I wouldn't buy anything from them because the staff are always very unfriendly and they stalk you when you browse around the stall. One good stall is the second hand bookstall where you can trade your own books or get some books to read and then sell them back. Most stalls in the market are just cheap bits of useless things but there are a few good stalls as I've mentioned, I also quite like some of the pet stalls where you can get some good cheap bones for your dog. Another quite useful and good stall if the "Whites Electrical" stall, everything electrical you need they have or they will get – if you need a car alarm battery a lava lamp bulb or some really weird piece of wire they will probably have it or they will get it for you.
Swansea leisure centre is situated in Swansea's city centre and has something for all. One of the main features of the centre is the huge swimming pool. The depth of the water goes to around 2 metres and goes shallower for areas for toddlers to paddle. There is also a small area with a pirate ship and water games for children 8 and under. If you wish to have a good swim at Swansea Leisure the best time to go is during the day when all the children are in school and the slides are turned off and the lanes are put out. The pool can become very crowded during school holidays though and trying to swim is impossible, instead you can ride one of the 3 slides or even the Space Bowl. Tow of the slides are simple slides straight into the water, the waterfall slide is one of those winding ones that goes and out of the building – the slide is very safe for young children to use as it ends up in a trough rather than landing you in the pool. For the more experienced and daring swimmer there is the Space Bowl, it's a massive big bowl where you spin around a few times and then your plunged into 3 metres of water. Also every hour or so the swimming pool has the wave machine which is very fun, if you don't like the waves, don't worry they only go on in parts of the pool. The leisure centre also has a gym, a very modest fee is payable to become a member – this member fee also allows access to the pool and other facilities. There are also squash courts and sports halls. If you feel a bit peckish after your swim or workout you can put all the calories back on by visiting the café, the food is basic, things like burgers, chips etc The leisure centre is very good value and definitely worth a look, but the leisure centre isn't modern its quite and old building, the pool is starting to show its age but changing rooms and gyms have all been re-furbished and look very smart. Prices: Adult Swim £2.65 <
br>Childs Swim £1.85 Under 4's free Car Park token 70p *Students can get discounts by just showing their student cards and also there's a free-swimming session for students on a Wednesday afternoon. You also get your moneys worth, you can almost stay in the pool for as long as you want, when they call your band out you usually cant understand what they say because the tannoy is muffled, so just stay in as long as you like!
Plantasia is one of Swansea's biggest and most interesting attractions. It's a huge botanical garden situated at Parc Tawe next to the city centre. Plantasia is a hot house full of plants; you can find bananas, coconuts, giant bamboo, a wonderful lush collection of ferns and plenty of prickly cacti. When you step inside Plantasia you feel as if you're in a jungle, there are even ponds and waterfalls, which add to the experience. Not only does Plantasia contain plants it also houses tropical fish, snakes, and spiders including tarantulas and lizards including iguana. Recently Plantasia also has tamarin monkeys, which are really cute and great to look at. The experience is amazing, birds and butterflies also fly around, and it's like a bit of the jungle right in the middle of Swansea. Plantasia is not a day out its something to do for a couple of hours, so after you have been in there you can go shopping, have a cup of tea, see a film at the UCI cinema or go bowling. Plantasia is situated in the best area of Swansea for entertainment. Plantasia is an indoor attraction, obviously, so it's an all weather attraction.
Swansea has a huge history of being a main copper exporter; it used to ship copper around the world. Swansea was also one of the first places to have trams and had trams along the mumbles coast and right into the city centre, but all of this has now gone today, but for a glimpse of Swansea's past visit the Swansea Maritime. The museum is situated by the Marina and was part of the re-generation of the area. The marina is right next to the town centre and the whole marina area is a great place to spend a day. Admission is free, but contrabutions are accepted at the the museum and it's a great place to visit. Inside there is an array of things showing Swansea's past transport including old buses and trams. You can also see pictures of Swansea when it was in its copper period, a great place to go if you live in the city. There are loads of other things to see at the museum, including a look at local sea life and even working machines that used to make wool into jumpers and scarves. It's a great place to go if you live in here in Swansea and it's also a great place if your visiting Swansea and you are interested in Maritime history.
I have stayed at Dan Y Coed twice now, I went there when I was really young and I was impressed, lately I have been again but it wasn't as good as I remembered. Dan-Y-Coed is situated near the Mumbles in Swansea, its minutes away from the bay. Its location is brilliant because a short bus journey down the road takes you right into Swansea city centre and just minutes away is the Mumbles village. The youth hostel is ideal for learning activities; the first time I visited we stayed there because we were studying the local environment like the coastline. The second visit was for a French GCSE revision weekend; the hostel has conference rooms and teaching rooms and a big communal room with TV and table tennis tables. Rooms at Dan-Y-Coed are simple and practical; all rooms have 2 bunk beds with four wardrobes and washing facilities. Toilet and shower facilities are also available. Food at Dan-Y-Coed is reasonable, but it's not anything special, a tip though is not to have the scrambled egg at breakfast as it tastes of rubber. Food at Dan-Y-Coed was not that great so I found myself buying Pot Noodles and sandwiches from the local garage. Costs for staying at Dan-Y-Coed is very good, i am not sure about exact costs but its very reasonable. Dan-Y-Coed is a great place to stay if your studying or just travelling the local area, its one of the best Youth hostels I've ever stayed at.
There are many bans on smoking in many areas and recently here in Swansea there was a vote to stop smoking in our local shopping centre. Smokers don't have many areas now to smoke in and all I can say is good. These people choose to smoke; I don't choose to smoke so I don't want to be subjected to their filthy habit. I can't understand why so many people like to spend all that money on a pack of cigarettes, all they do is increase the risks of things like heart disease and they can be the cause of lung cancer. More than 90% of lung cancers are caused by smoking. I also find that people that smoke are very rude and uncourteous; I stand at bus stops and people in front of you light up and smoke goes everywhere, they don't seem to care about non-smokers - they just need their nicotine fix. If it were up to me I would have smoking banned in all public areas including bars restaurants and just about everywhere. I also think we should make smoking socially unacceptable, and even do what the Canadians are doing and include colour photographs of internal organs damaged by smoking, such as a lung with cancer, a diseased heart and a brain that has suffered a stroke. Cigarette smoking is the major cause of emphysema, lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, heart disease and strokes. Smoking does not only cause lung cancer. A study by the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that there are 4,000-lung cancer deaths annually - 3% of those have been caused by passive smoking. As we all know smoking is a very bad habit; it puts strains on your health and finance. I have done some research for this opinion and I have found from an asthma website that smoking during pregnancy can increase the chances of your child developing asthma. There are so many bad points against smoking and I cant think of any to support smoking. If people wish to smoke they can do it, but just don't invol
ve those who wish not to smoke. The majority of the public don't smoke so smoking in public places should almost indefinitely be banned. It's a filthy habit which kills millions and causes so many problems for people, and it's ludicrous that people start smoking in the first place.
The Greatest Hits of… - It's a show with a collection of hits of a particular artist. The episode I recently saw was The Greatest Hits of… Madonna. It included all of her best hits including "Ray of Light" and "Vogue". The show is half an hour long and is usually shown on VH-1 It's a brilliant programme to reminisce on your favourite band or artist's biggest hits; it's a collection of their greatest hits. The show looks at many artists ranging from Madonna to the Spice Girls. It's a brilliant show to see a collection of the best videos and songs of your favourite artists. Most of the shows can be boring if you dont like a particular artist, but when your favourite artist comes along the programme is brilliant.


text: Posted December 23, 2011 Derek Norris, Brad Peacock, AJ Cole, and Tom Milone to the A's for Gio Gonzalez. People are saying the Nats got fuged here and hurt their future, but the ONLY guy I'm really upset we moved was AJ Cole because he has true #1 potential.. but even then he's still 3+ years away from the majors. Brad Peacock and Tom Milone are okay but they have low ceilings(#3 guy is the best case scenario for them, more likely is a reliever role). Derek Norris is good and has a decently high ceiling as a hitter, but he's blocked by Ramos. On the other hand, I do agree with most that Gio is being overrated because he's one of the only guys available and played in a pitchers park, but he is so much better than the guys we've been using recently. He will be our #3 and will significantly improve the team IMMEDIATELY. So stoked about this trade, any other Nats fans on this board? I feel like we can compete for a wild card. Our pitching is still behind the Phillies and probably behind the Braves, but we won 80 games this year with Detwiler, Livan, Gorzellani, Marquis, etc starting a lot of games. I can easily see a 5-10 game improvement with Strasburg back(even on an innings limit) and a healthy Zimmerman. Who knows, if Werth remembers how to play baseball we could be even better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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If you are in 4th through 12th grade, you can join 4-H.
Sioux County has 17 clubs throughout the county. You are welcome to join any club, anytime throughout the year. In 4-H the project areas are unlimited. If you like animals, art, computers, food, sports, robotics or music, there is a place for you in 4-H.
Here is what Devin De Weerd, a former Sioux County 4-H'er had to say about 4-H: "As an engineer my goal will be to find solutions through knowledge, communication, teamwork and leadership, to make my community and my work a better place to live. Citizenship involves giving back to the community. Through 4-H I learned not to be afraid to take the first step, failure is when you don't even try!"
If you have found a club that you would like to join (instructions), please contact the club leaders directly (contact information below). Enrollment fee for the year is $30 (scholarships are available - contact the Sioux County Extension Office for more information). Please make checks payable to Sioux County Extension, 400 Central Ave NW, Suite 700, Orange City IA 51041. Questions? Want more information? Call the Sioux County Extension Office (712) 737-4230 or email Cindy Cleveringa at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Arrowheads Archery Club– county-wide shooting sports
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Scott Vonk - 712-722-1310 h; 712-441-4298 c
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Colene Jahn – 712-540-2747
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Mark Pottebaum – 712-756-8967
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Rachel Spaans - 712-476-9195
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James and Christine Davelaar -712-460-0386
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Garret and Leann Englin – 712-441-5587
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Sioux Straight Shots Air Rifle Club –county-wide shooting sports
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Howard Brandes – 712-441-0040
Matt Dibbet - 712-441-0702
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Deanne Den Herder - 712-722-4576
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Colleen King – 712-441-4053
Laura Byker – 712-441-3952
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My HEART to greater loyalty
My HANDS to larger service
My HEALTH to better living
For my club, my community,
my country and my world
For information about how you can join 4-H or become a 4-H volunteer contact your local Extension Office at 712-737-4230 or go online to:
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UC's Josh Harrison Selected to MLB All-Star Game
July 7, 2014
Former University of Cincinnati baseball standout Josh Harrison has been selected to represent the National League at the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Harrison will join fellow Pittsburgh Pirates Andrew McCutchen and Tony Watson at the Mid-Summer Classic after posting career highs in batting average, on-base percentage and RBI during the first half of the 2014 campaign.
Harrison, a Cincinnati native and product of Princeton High School, has done a little bit of everything for the Pirates this year. Through July 6, he's hit .298 with a .335 on-base percentage and 25 RBIs. He has played five different positions (right field, left field, second base, third base and shortstop) and is believed to be the first person in baseball history to make the All-Star Game with no more than 22 starts at a single position. He currently ranks 10th in the NL in triples, with four.
"I definitely appreciate it," Harrison told MLB.com upon being selected. "It lets you know the work that you've done has not gone unnoticed. One of those things where I didn't want to get caught up in it, but it's hard not to. Definitely a relief and a blessing, a dream come true."
Harrison played at UC from 2006-08 before being selected by the Chicago Cubs in the sixth round (191st overall). During his final season as a Bearcat, he was named BIG EAST Co-Player of the Year (along with Louisville's Chris Dominguez), first team All-BIG EAST and a second team All-American by Collegiate Baseball. He left among the program's all-time top 10 in career average (.358), runs (192), doubles (53), RBI (153), stolen bases (63) and on-base percentage (.439).
Harrison was traded from the Cubs to the Pirates in 2009, making his major league debut with Pittsburgh in 2011. The 2014 MLB All-Star Game will be played Tuesday, July 15, at Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins. First pitch is at 8:00 p.m. ET and the game can be seen on FOX.
For more on the game, visit MLB.com/ASG.
Follow Harrison on Twitter @jhay_da_man and follow UC Baseball on Twitter @UCincyBaseball.


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The United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) carried out a range of post-conflict peace-building activities in that country and continued to verify compliance with the peace agreements reached in 1996. Implementation of the agreements continues to face numerous obstacles, and pending commitments have been rescheduled until the end of 2004. In a context of increasing polarization, MINUGUA has encouraged political alliances around the peace agenda in order to foster cooperation between the Government and civil society. In Haiti, after the mandate of the International Civilian Support Mission ended on 6 February 2001, the United Nations put in place a comprehensive transition programme coordinated by the United Nations Development Programme emphasizing human rights, consensus-building and conflict reduction, with strong civil society participation.
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