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No current Talk conversations about this book.
Maybe I would have liked this better if I was more familiar with R.A. Salvatore and Dritzz. OH well.
Maybe I would have liked this better if I was more familiar with R.A. Salvatore and Dritzz. OH well.
I was seriously disappointed by this book. I found the plot boring, the way it was set up just made me want to give up on the book completely. It just felt depleted of anything good. It felt too much like a bad video game or a really bad movie that you just want to be over.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0786950943, Hardcover)From the author of more than a dozen New York Times best sellers and his son, comes the first installment of a brand-new fantasy trilogy written just for young readers...
Barely a teen and already guarding a secret that could jeopardize his young life, Maimun is marked for death. With the help of a mysterious stranger, the boy escapes his village and flees out to sea, stowing away on the pirate hunting ship, Sea Sprite, where he comes across a most unlikely ally: the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden. With a half-demon determined to destroy him, and a crew of sailors resentful of the trouble he's caused, Maimun must find the courage to prove his worth, both to his friends and to himself.
Nearly two decades ago, R.A. Salvatore introduced the world to Drizzt D'Urden in a series that has since become a fantasy classic and a consistent presence on best seller lists. Now, for the first time, Salvatore partners with his son Geno to craft a brand-new story just for young readers, featuring a cameo of the most beloved fantasy character of all time.
For young readers seeking the next great fantasy saga or for long-time fans who can't miss any installment in the Drizzt saga, this book delivers all the action, intrigue, and magic you've come to expect from the Salvatore name.
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A twelve-year-old orphan who possesses a stone that brings good luck to its owner runs afoul of a terrifying half-demon, but finds an ally in the elf Drizzt Do'Urden.
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First Aid for Cats
April is National Pet First Aid Awareness Month. As such, I think it is a good time to talk about first aid for cats.
In many cases, the need for first aid can be eliminated by taking precautions to prevent emergency situations from arising. Here are some tips:
- Make sure your cat gets regular veterinary examinations. Often, these examinations can pinpoint health problems before they become serious and can prevent emergencies from occurring in the first place.
- Cat-proof your house. Remove potentially toxic plants, like lilies, from your home. Keep sharp objects like sewing needles, fishing hooks, knives, etc., out of your cat's reach. Keep thread, string, ribbons, tinsel and the like out of your cat's reach as well. Keep all medications, both human and animal, in a safe location. Make sure that all cleaning chemicals and other substances (such as antifreeze) that can be toxic are stored in an inaccessible place. Keep your cat away from chocolate and other toxic foods.
- Keep your cat indoors (or provide supervision when outdoors). Outdoor cats are more prone to traumatic injuries, such as dog attacks, cat fights, car injuries and other accidents.
- Be sure your cat has some form of identification in case he gets outside accidentally. Identification may be an ID tag, a microchip, or preferably both.
While taking precautions can help avert many emergencies, things happen. In the event that your cat does become injured, be prepared.
- Prepare a pet first aid kit and keep it in an easily accessible location. Many companies offer first aid kits for pets for sale. Alternatively, you can prepare your own kit. Include cotton, gauze, sterile bandage pads, tape, a pair of scissors, a pair of tweezers, an antibacterial cleanser, and blankets or towels. Keeping a cold pack in your freezer for use when necessary is also advisable, but be sure to wrap the cold pack in a towel before using it on your cat.
- Know your local veterinarian's telephone number as well as the number of the nearest emergency veterinary care facility. Write these numbers down and keep them in an easy-to-find place. Many people attach them to their refrigerator using a magnet. Keeping them programmed in your phone (both home and cell) is also useful.
- Keep a copy of your cat's medical records handy too. Many people keep a copy with their first aid kit. If your cat needs to visit a veterinary facility after-hours, your regular veterinarian may not be available and the veterinarian at the emergency facility may not have immediate access to your cat's previous medical history unless you provide a copy.
- Know what to do in case of an emergency. CATalyst Council has provided these five tips for feline first aid. It is worth your time to read; they discuss how to handle cuts, insect bites/stings, broken bones, animal bites, and burns.
- Always have a cat carrier available in case your cat needs to visit your veterinarian. Never try to transport a cat without a secure carrier.
- Be aware that an injured and/or painful cat may act unpredictably. Take precautions to avoid being bitten or scratched. Wrapping your injured cat in a thick blanket or towel before moving him is one way to help prevent injury to yourself.
- If your cat is in pain, transport him as soon as possible to your veterinarian. Do not attempt to give aspirin, ibuprofen, or other pain relievers to your cat without your veterinarian's advice. Many pain relievers are toxic for cats. Your veterinarian will be able to provide safe pain control for your cat.
Your veterinarian is your best source of information for your cat. If you are unsure what to do in a given situation, contact your veterinarian and ask for advice. Your veterinarian will be able to offer suggestions relevant to your individual situation.
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This Year's Best New Song... of the Week: "I Believe" by Basic Vacation
This Year's Best New Song... of the Week is "I Believe" by Basic Vacation!
Basic Vacation are a new band that we're excited to play. Their debut EP, which is self-titled, will be released soon, followed by a full length album next year. If their lead single is any indication, we're in store for more great catchy anthemic songs from Basic Vacation.
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"O, but they say the tongues of dying men/Enforce attention like deep harmony."
Richard II, Act II, Scene I
Has anyone relished the delirious power of death as much as Dennis Potter? With a copper-bottomed guarantee of death in your back pocket, you can abuse your enemy with impunity ("I call my cancer Rupert; I'd shoot the bugger if I could"); smoke, drink and take drugs on TV ("I can break any rule now"); rearrange the chess pieces on the board of management ("Alan Yentob should run Channel 4 and there is no question in my mind Michael Grade should be the director of the BBC"); and - though there is no room for it in this edited version of the interview - blackmail the BBC and Channel 4 into arranging their schedules around his last programmes. (Alan Yentob, then controller of BBC1, and Michael Grade, chief executive of Channel 4 at the time, surrendered without a fight.)
Remember to have your last words ready in advance. You cannot rely on spur-of-the-moment inspiration like SJ Perelman who, when his cab driver said "Have a nice day!" snapped back that he would have any kind of damned day he wanted. It was, as things panned out, his last day.
These are Dennis Potter's last words. The show opened on an empty, cluttered studio, a ladder going nowhere, two stacking chairs. This unpromising sort of place is the matrix in which television is made. Potter's white skin and pale red hair had the bite of milk and whisky, a favourite tipple. His hands were clenched with psoriasis and arthritis as they had been half his life, one on a cigarette, one on a glass. The month before, he had been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer. He was, though the text alone hardly conveys this, humorous, teasing, skimming along. He told the interviewer Melvyn Bragg he felt as if he had been flying.
Most TV is here today and gone tomorrow, but no one who saw this interview will ever forget three things: the blossom on Potter's plum tree, the stars in his crown, and the liquid morphine in his hip flask. The plum tree, unlike Potter's plays, has made it into the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. When he was told there was no future, he began to live like a child in the present. "Below my window in Ross, the blossom is out in full now, there in the west early. It is the whitest, frothiest, blossomest blossom that there ever could be." He did not live to taste the plums.
Twice he repeated a verse from a hymn he used to sing as a child in Salem Chapel: "Will there be any stars in my crown?" And twice he asked Melvyn Bragg to hand him his hip flask of morphine and, as his hands were clawed with psoriasis ("You'd think that would lay off now"), unscrew the cap.
Our lives overlapped at the Daily Herald. I became the TV critic when he left to stand for parliament in 1964 but with so little enthusiasm he neglected to vote for himself. The experience did, however, feed his play Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton! Bliss was it then to be in television. Anyone who was clever, vivid and talkative wanted to be part of it. Everyone in the office, including Potter, was writing skits for That Was The Week That Was. Everyone on the morning bus was talking about the Wednesday Play or the Play for Today the night before. You felt part of something momentous.
Putting on a play then was as easy as laying an egg. He wrote Blue Remembered Hills, a masterpiece, without consulting anybody, popped it in the post and it went straight into production. As he said, "I was given the space to grow and I gave my working life to it as a result." Unique among playwrights, he dedicated himself entirely to television. He was a socialist and he liked being part of that bubbling hotpot of soap operas, panel games and plays that ordinary people came home to at night. Adam Hart-Davis, who now makes a pretty living on TV, wondered then if the welfare state hadn't gone a little too far when his son's maid got her own TV. Dennis Potter's grandmother was a maid.
He was the son and grandson of miners and he mined his own childhood religiously as if he were looking for something. In Cold Lazarus, his last play, a dying man is whirled backwards down a wormhole of memories towards the sound of children singing. That the plays he produced at the end were disastrously received hardly matters. Potter's last great work was this interview.
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Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marc Shaiman, Michael Cerveris and More Set for FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE Newtown Benefit, 1/28
"From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook" will take place 7:00 pm on January 28, 2013, at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, Connecticut. The evening will be a concert of love and healing for the Newtown community from the composers, musicians and more than 100 stars of Broadway together with over 100 students from several Newtown dance groups and the Newtown High School Chamber Choir. All proceeds and donations will go directly to United Way of Western Connecticut's Sandy Hook School Support Fund.
Renowned Broadway performers scheduled to appear include Brian Stokes Mitchell (Tony Award winner: Kiss Me Kate, 3-time Tony Award nominee), Linda Eder (Jekyll & Hyde), Stephen Schwartz (6-time Tony Award nominee including Wicked and Godspell), Micky Dolenz (Aida, member of The Monkees), Marc Shaiman (Tony Award winner: Hairspray, TV's SMASH), Michael Cerveris (Tony Award winner: Assassins, 4-time Tony Award nominee including Evita and Sweeney Todd), Christine Ebersole (Tony Award winner: Grey Gardens), Frank Wildhorn (Tony Award nominee: Bonnie & Clyde and Civil War, Jekyll & Hyde), Paul Scott Goodman (Rooms, Bright Lights Big City), Philip Boykin (Tony Award nominee: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess), Richard Kind (The Producers, TV's Mad About You), Nikki Blonsky (Golden Globe nominee: Hairspray movie), Alan Muraoka (Pacific Overtures, TV's Sesame Street), Jan Maxwell (5-time Tony Award nominee including Follies), Robin De Jesus (Tony Award nominee: La Cage Aux Folles and In The Heights), Mary Testa (Guys and Dolls, Xanadu), Julia Murney (Wicked, Lennon), Capathia Jenkins (Newsies, Caroline, Or Change), Janet Metz (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Falsettoland) as well as members from various casts of Million Dollar Quartet: Lance Guest, Erik Hayden, Randy Redd, Dan Mills, Victoria Matlock and featuring Lee Rocker of the Stray Cats as well as members of the touring cast of Sister Act and Muppets and cast members from Sesame Street.
The concert event will also feature a stellar Broadway ensemble consisting of Krystle Adams, Lindsay Aster, Rachel Baker, Leslie Becker, Mimi Bessette, Ashley Blanchet, Katie Branden, Corey Brunish, Billy Casey, Mark Chmiel, Andrew Clark, Aaron James Darr, Willie Dee, Hannah Rose DeFlumeri, Janine DiVita, Nicolas Dromard, Demi Fragale, Brian Golub, Carly Robyn Green, Dale Hensley, Curtis Howard, Anthony Johnson, Missy Keene, Richard Koons, Kyshawn Lane, Tony Lawson, K.C. Leiber, Danny Lindgren, Jaygee Macapugay, Rhyn McLemore, Mark Bradley Miller, Thomas Ortiz, Allie Parris, Annie Pasqua, Jenna Pasqua, Jennifer Prescott, Aaron Riesebeck, Emma Ritchie, Brian Charles Rooney, Gabrielle Ruiz, Roland Rusinek, Krista Severeid, Cory Stonebrook, Erin Sullivan, Stewart Tabler, Tiffany Trainer, Price Waldman, Jamie Westberry and Chris Woods.


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The College of Family Physicians of Canada is pleased to announce that the official launch of the new Mainpro+® platform. The new online reporting platform will make accessing your credit summary, completed activities, in-progress activities, and official transcripts, much easier.
The CFPC has made some significant changes to Mainpro, based on member recommendations, to help all Mainpro participants meet their changing learning requirements. The system changes will also ensure that the appropriate mechanisms are in place to allow Mainpro to evolve and improve over time. We understand that change can be challenging at times and want to ensure all our members and Non-member Mainpro participants have a successful transition to Mainpro+.
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Sharptn was a second team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection in 2009. He led the `Canes in unassisted tackles (65) and total tackles (106). He tied for fourth in the ACC with an 8.2 tackle per game average on the year and averaged 12 tackles per game over the last four contests (at UNC, vs. Duke, at USF, vs. Wisconsin). He earned two ACC Defensive Linemen of the Week honors in the final two weeks of the regular season. Sharpton ranked third on the defense with 8.5 tackles for a loss and second in assisted tackles (41) and became the first UM defender with 100 tackles since Tavares Gooden tallied 119 in 2007 after recording a career-high 15 tackles against Wisconsin in the Champs Sports Bowl. He was awarded the Jack Harding MVP Award (along with LT Jason Fox) at the team's annual awards banquet on Dec. 6 and also garnered the Hard Hitter Award at the banquet. He recorded his first career touchdown on a 73-yard interception return for a touchdown against Duke on Senior Day on Nov. 21. He tallied double-digit tackles on five occasions, including a career-high 15 tackles against Wisconsin in the Champs Sports Bowl. He also played in the 2010 Under Armour Senior Bowl.
"We're very excited for Darryl and his family," UM head coach Randy Shannon said. "Darryl has been a fine football player for us and we wish him all the best in the NFL."


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Winner's Announced! Photo Contest Spring 2014May 15, 2014
Our Spring Amateur Photo Contest came and went, and we hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did!
Today we gathered a couple dozen employees at our Duluth, MN factory to vote on your fantastic submissions. We're continuously impressed by all that you do! Our bags truly travel the world.
But without further ado, we announce our first, second, and third place winners:
First place! Winner of the $200 gift card is Boone H!
Second place, and winner of the $100 gift card is Bryant J!
Third place, and winner of the $50 gift card is Ryan S!
Thanks to everyone who participated. This is once of our favorite times of the year! Because we love it so much, we thought we'd include a few honorable mentions.. Keep watching for a couple more in the coming days!
From Christa M.
From Michael S.
From Michael G.
Thanks again, and stay tuned for the next Photo Contest this fall!
BWCA Permit PromotionMay 9, 2014
Hey friends!
Remember how we are the #1 permitting station for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area? Well… We just added a little promotion to make it even sweeter.
During the 2014 BWCA season, we're giving every person buying a permit 10% off one standard Duluth Pack product!
For the entire day of purchase, the permit holder can get 10% off one, in-stock, standard bag/gear item of their choice at our 365 Canal Park Drive location.
So happy adventuring to all of you! What are your summer BWCA plans?
Duluth Pack has teamed up with the historic Fitger's Brewhouse & Brewery again! This time, to bring you an awesome event full of free beer samples, giveaways, gear demos, and discounts on May 8th from 7-9PM.
There will be a raffle to win one of many Duluth Pack bags at 8:30 PM! For every $20 you spend on May 8th (all day long), you'll receive one raffle ticket. You must be present at 8:30 PM to win!
See our Facebook event here for more details and to let us know you'll be there!
What We Wear – #50 Shell BagMay 2, 2014
#50 Shell Bag – the perfect small satchel for your summer activities.
Duluth Pack Spring 2014 Amateur Fan Photo ContestApril 30, 2014
We are very excited to announce the start of one of our favorite promotions: the Photo Contest!
- Previous Photo Contest Winning Submission by Meredith A
Each season, we are thoroughly impressed with all of our Duluth Pack fans. Their adventures, creativity, and photographic skills are brag-worthy!
We encourage everyone who is willing to submit an image to participate! We love to see our packs at work – so include your Duluth Pack in the image!
There are gift cards for first, second, and third place winners.
Here are the details:
- Previous Photo Contest's First Runner Up by Charlie H.
1. Submit your photos to [email protected]
2. You may submit as many photos as you wish.
5. Photos must be submitted by Midnight CST Wednesday, May 14th, 2014.
5. Duluth Pack will have the rights to photos submitted and can be used for marketing purposes (we love to brag about our fans!).
6. Duluth Pack employees (past and present), and their families, are not eligible.
- Previous Photo Contest's Second Runner Up by Sarah B.
1st = $200 Duluth Pack Gift Card
2nd = $100 Duluth Pack Gift Card
3rd = $50 Duluth Pack Gift Card
We can't wait to see what our fans and their bags have been up to!
Fall 2013 Winners + Honorable Mentions
Lonnie Dupre – Cold LoveApril 18, 2014
Arctic Explorer, Lonnie Dupre, is coming to the Duluth Pack Retail Store to show us his newest film Cold Love and hold a question and answer session!
Tickets are $10 and are available at 365 Canal Park Drive.
Find more information on the Facebook event.
New Domer Styles Available NowApril 18, 2014
Our highly-publicized line of bags made out of the Metrodome roof fabric just grew!
We've added 5 additional styles:
- The Mini Haversack (pictured above)
- The Haversack
- Deluxe Daypack
- Sportsman's Tote
- Stadium/Camp Stool
We're excited to offer our fans these additional options.
Duluth Pack Store Giveaway! Now through 4/23!April 10, 2014
New Product: the Port City SlingApril 10, 2014
The Port City Sling is inspired by the Frisbee players and sun tanners at Park Point beach in the middle of this city on a port. Whether seated on the bus, or in line for lunch, twist this pack from your back to your lap and easily access all of your gear. The Port City Sling is your one-strap backpack solution with comfort in mind.
• Hand constructed 15 oz. canvas for durable quality and heritage "better-with-age" aesthetic.
• Outside pocket for easily accessing important items.
• Flexible cotton strap provides durable comfort.
• Securable elastic cording for holding items such as a light coat.
• Tough YKK zippers for quick access to secured items.
Guaranteed for life on craftsmanship and hardware. Made in the USA.
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Satellites scour earth for clues as Malaysia jet mystery deepens
By Andrea Shalal, Paul Sandle and Brenda Goh
WASHINGTON/LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) - An unprecedented international effort is under way from space to track the missing Malaysia passenger jet as satellite operators, government agencies and rival nations sweep their gaze across two oceans in search of elusive debris or data.
Six days after the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 went missing with 239 people on board, the search has widened to the Andaman Sea, northwest of the Malay Peninsula, with only one precious clue - an ephemeral 'ping' detected five or six times after the plane lost contact - picked up in orbit.
Disaster relief agencies and governments are co-operating across political divides, and in the absence of a formal probe are finding informal ways to share information, including via China's weather agency, a person involved in the search said.
"I haven't seen this sort of level of involvement of satellites in accident investigation before," said Matthew Greaves, head of the Safety and Accident Investigation Centre at Cranfield University in Bedford, England. "It is only going to get more important until they find some wreckage."
Several governments are using imagery satellites - platforms that take high definition photos - while data from private sector communications satellites is also being examined.
China alone says it has deployed 10 satellites in the search in a pointed reminder of its growing influence in space. The United States is using all the capabilities that have a view of the area in question, including very high-resolution electro-optical satellites that can identify a car's license plate from space, U.S. government officials said.
"There are a lot of satellites looking at that area of the world," said one source familiar with the network of U.S. national security satellites.


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- Kirk Pickersgill & Stephen Wong, Greta Constantine
- Mikhael Kale
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- Christie Smythe & Andrea Lenczner, SMYTHE
The Womenswear Designer of the Year Award Nominees
The Womenswear Designer of the Year Award will be presented to an outstanding Canadian womenswear designer who has made a significant creative impact in the Canadian fashion industry.
Kirk Pickersgill & Stephen Wong, Greta Constantine
Greta Constantine is an accessible luxury line of ready-to-wear womenswear based in Toronto, Canada. Designers Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong, considered the "jersey boys of Toronto," have rapidly accumulated a clientele comprised of international socialites and celebrities alike. The label itself is derived from the combination of the name of Stephen's mother, Greta, with that of Kirk's grandfather, Constantine. The pair works together in their Toronto area studio -- conceptualizing, exploring, and challenging the fashions of today for the women of tomorrow. Read More...
Mikhael Kale
Mikahel Kale is known for his conceptual approach to fashion design with attention to detail, craftsmanship and tailoring. A student of London's Central Saint Martins, whose illustrious alumni includes Stella McCartney and the late Alexander McQueen. Mikhael's creative approach began in Milan with esteemed labels such as Antonio Marras and Bally, later leading to a design position with Exte under the tutelage of Sergio Ciucci and Alessandro De Benedetti. Read More...
Marie Saint Pierre
A leading pioneer in the Canadian fashion industry, Marie Saint Pierre is an established fashion designer recognized for her contributions to the luxury fashion, accessories, fragrance and home markets. Since launching Marie Saint Pierre Design Inc. in 1987, Saint Pierre's veritable expertise has widened to the global stage, receiving accolades and acclaim for her work in major markets worldwide. Read More...
Melissa Nepton
"For me, fashion is an expression of rigueur that impacts women's lives in a positive way. And in return, women bring to fashion a sense of sensuality, fluidity and femininity. It's a communication rooted in comfort, practicality and confidence." – Mélissa Nepton Read More...
Christie Smythe & Andrea Lenczner, SMYTHE
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(4/20/2010) NEW HAVEN- Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Benton as the City�s new Legislative Assistant/Policy Analyst. Benton, who is leaving her position as a staff reporter at the New Haven Register, will assume this role in the Mayor�s office starting May 19, 2010. Among her duties, Benton will serve as a liaison to the Board of Aldermen.
�Elizabeth brings to the table impressive working knowledge of the City�s needs and policies as well as strong skills and relationships that will further strengthen the team,� said DeStefano. �As we work to make groundbreaking advances in education, public safety and economic development in our City, we aim to employ the best and the brightest to help us get the job done.�
�It�s a pleasure to welcome a smart, forceful individual to the Mayor�s staff,� said Alderman Carl Goldfield, President of the Board of Aldermen.
Benton, a New Haven resident, worked at the Register from 2004-2010. She earned a bachelor of arts at Yale University in 2004 and is currently pursuing a Master of Public Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
�As a reporter, I had the opportunity to follow closely many of the city's initiatives, from school change and school construction to prison re-entry and efforts to make this city a more sustainable and livable place,� said Benton. �I'm looking forward to the opportunity to be directly involved in helping to support these and future efforts.�
In her new position, Benton will earn an annual salary of $53,000.
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She entered enthusiastically upon her musical studies, taking lessons of Madame Viardot and also at the conservatoire.
He made many Violins, several of which were given as prizes at the Paris conservatoire.
But if the grand opera procured him no pleasure he was compensated by the orchestral performances at the conservatoire de Musique.
Every morning I went to the conservatoire with my governess.
A hideously decorated building opposite the papal palace—now the conservatoire de Musique—was formerly the papal mint.
I recognised Lontine's sister, as she had come several times to the conservatoire.
I had this on the authority of Mr. Gevart, the then director of the conservatoire and my firm friend.
This flour-dealer was the one who had asked me to be his wife when I was at the conservatoire.
It was therefore determined the boy should go to Paris for a course in piano and theory at the conservatoire.
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Pork Buyer's Guide
Resources for buying natural pork.
"Enhanced" Pork: Because lean pork can dry out so quickly when cooked, many manufacturers sell something called "enhanced" pork. It is injected with a solution of water, salt and phosphates. The percentage of water is usually around 8 to 10 percent. It has a soft, rubbery texture and a slightly acrid or bitter taste. In addition, you are purchasing water at meat prices and adding sodium to your diet. I prefer to rely on my own brining or proper cooking techniques to make pork juicy.


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After years in its shadow, Seven's on cloud Nine
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Troubled Nine has been deposed as Australia's highest rating TV network by the very executives who once led it to the top.
The adage that bad things come in threes might bring some comfort to John Alexander. Kerry Packer's top lieutenant has had a tough time of late and would be hoping for a reversal of fortunes to cauterise the bleeding in parts of the media empire. The overall health of Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd is not in doubt, and the gaming and magazine divisions are reaping strong profits, but its television arm is in need of some surgical attention.
So dire is Channel Nine's ratings demise that it can no longer boast it is "still the one". For a network that prides itself on winning, the potential loss of AFL broadcast rights to Channel Seven is a second headache for Alexander.
His third problem has been the publicity surrounding the departure of Cameron Hoy, the sales director at Australian Consolidated Press, who resigned after lavishing attention on Playboy pin-up and NW magazine guest Anna Nicole Smith at a corporate function in Sydney. The magazine business runs like a well-oiled machine but losing its chief sales executive in such publicly tawdry circumstances has tested the mettle of the Packer group.
Most pressing is the ratings softness engulfing Nine, which faces the prospect of being supplanted by a network that last year languished in the No.3 spot. It is standing on the precipice of a $40 million hole in TV earnings if its ratings continue to slide this year, according to Macquarie Bank. Seven has topped the national ratings four times since the 2005 ratings season started six weeks ago. Melbourne had stayed loyal to Nine until last week when Seven triumphed with an audience share of 29.8 per cent versus Nine's 29.2 per cent share in a week of regular programming.
Alexander's leadership has come under scrutiny, with some media observers believing the former newspaper executive, known for his aloof and hands-off approach, may not be in tune with the TV business. "I only saw Alexander in the newsroom once - I think he was lost," says Michael Pascoe, who was at Nine for 18 years until he was dumped by Alexander in early 2003. Other respected media analysts have faith in his abilities, describing him as a "very effective CEO who really applies his intellect to making the business better".
Alexander, Australian media's $30 million man, with a five-year salary package that is the envy of his peers, can well afford to indulge in the expensive suits, silk ties, fine wines and exotic foods he loves so much. Before he moved to PBL's Park Street headquarters in Sydney, Alexander's third-floor office at Nine's headquarters in Willoughby was adorned with Pacific island sculptures, a reflection of his highbrow tastes.
Described as meticulous, cold and calculating, the former John Fairfax Holdings editor-in-chief executed with military precision one of Nine's biggest and most comprehensive corporate clean-outs when he headed the network in 2002, a strategy that may have come back to haunt him.
Central to Nine's troubles is the purge of experienced executives, programmers and producers over the past three years. The defection of legendary Nine boss David Leckie, programming director John Stephens, Melbourne managing director Ian Johnson, and news and current affairs director Peter Meakin to Seven is bearing fruit for a network that is accustomed to the No.2 spot.
The loss of Kris Noble and Gary Burns, heads of drama and sport, is also said to be a blow to Nine.
"When you've been No.1 for a long time, from time to time you do come under pressure, but they always have the ability to do the right thing and turn it around," says Barry O'Brien, chief executive of the media agency Total Advertising & Communications.
Pascoe, who is now Seven's finance editor, was one of Alexander's victims. Alexander hired close friend Ross Greenwood to take over from Pascoe, who unwittingly continued in the role for several months until he heard the news of his demise second-hand.
"Machiavelli 101 is you take over a fiefdom, you lop off the heads of all the captains because they owe their loyalty to the previous prince and you install your own people who owe you loyalty," says Pascoe.
"Is a CEO who tries to run an organisation on fear and uncertainty, is he going to be successful in the long term? My experience as a finance journalist who's been paid to sit around watching CEOs for a quarter of a century is the really good ones don't work like that. You can have a degree of success for a while but ultimately you fail."
There is a commonly held belief that the Leckie regime is responsible for the areas of Nine's programming schedule that continue to rate. "I used to say the difference between Nine and Seven was two numbers - number one and number two," says a former Nine executive. "I look at it now and think Jesus, Seven has become Nine because Nine has let it become Nine, and Nine's become Seven, voluntarily," says a former Nine executive.
It is still early days, in ratings terms, but the feeling is that Seven's resurrection is not just a ratings blip. Seven news beat Nine news in the major capital cities last week, with media observers blaming the shift in viewer preferences on the changes at Nine's news and current affairs programs, on and off air.
Some of these changes have been wound back - chief executive David Gyngell this week removed the two men who presided over a ratings decline at A Current Affair, John Westacott and John McAvoy, and replaced them with David Hurley, who led the program to several victories from 1996 and 2002, and former senior ACA producer Darren Wick.
"It's a very finely tuned instrument - when you have a winning formula like a Ferrari but you suddenly say why don't we start changing the spark plugs over there, you start messing with a lot of unknown factors," says Gerald Stone, founding executive producer of 60 Minutes.
Desperate Housewives and Lost, though popular, are not Seven's only weapons. A management team with intimate knowledge of the Packer network has helped. "The dynamics of TV are quite strange and unfathomable. How can a network that's so clearly No.1 that's lost none of its programs that made it No.1 suddenly find itself No.2 week after a week," says media analyst Steve Allen, of Fusion Strategy.
"Seven might not have just been licking its wounds last year, it would appear to me that Seven thought very carefully about the format they would launch against their competitors this year, looked for chinks in the armour of both Nine and Ten and programmed accordingly, and it's working. I don't think you get 16 hours of TV working for you by accident."
Channel Ten's decision to break away from Nine and align itself with Seven for the negotiations for the 2007 AFL broadcast rights - a plan hatched by former Nine executives Nick Falloon and David Leckie, who head Ten and Seven respectively - is a vintage Packer manoeuvre. "There are two ex-Channel Nine executives with their experience and killer instincts who came up with this really lateral approach," says Stone.
"What you've got is a couple of Kerry Packer-trained people making Kerry Packer-type decisions, but for the opposition," says Stone.
Aggrieved former employees believe the tradition that once made Nine the greatest network in the land has all but disappeared under Alexander. "I think there's some people who have been hired recently who don't understand the Nine culture," say one recently departed employee. "I think the new management has said, 'Out with the old and in with the new' but sometimes the old boys know a trick or two."
Meakin, now head of news and current affairs at Seven, likens Nine to the Death Star, the instrument of terror in the Star Wars movies. But some media analysts have questioned the strength of Nine's firepower in the absence of its greatest ammunition - experi enced executives. "I think it needs a bit more decisiveness and it needs a bit more experience," says Meakin. Stone agrees: "Because Nine hasn't lost for so long, they are also vulnerable because they don't know how to react when they are."
Nine has cranked up its promotional machine to arrest the decline in viewers. "John's very scientific, he really applies himself, he's got a great mind and he applies it and he thinks out problems," says Allen. Others are less convinced.
"Leckie and Alexander are the opposite ends of the spectrum," Meakin observes. "Alexander is quietly spoken, not forthcoming, and Leckie is blunt, abrasive and loud. If you're got a problem with David Leckie, you'll know about it in about two seconds. With Alex ander you might find out third hand the following day or next month."
Meakin believes the joie de vivre has gone from Nine, replaced by a sense of nervousness and uncertainty. "The culture at Channel Nine was a bit blokey but it was very rough and ready and it was fairly tough but a direct place to work. I think it's a lot more secretive now."
O'Brien says they can turn it around. "I think they are a bunch of winners over there so they would be focused on turning it around. Getting beaten is not in their vocabulary."
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I made my own bridal veil and it was important to me to make my daughter's First Communion veil. They are not expensive to buy - you can get them anywhere you find First Communion dresses and even in bridal sections of craft stores. But why buy when you can make your own? (I should note that the following images are not mine, but come from various commercial sources. You can find any of these images and corresponding vendors through a Google search of "communion veils," but I have also linked the pictures to the source website.)
First, you need to decide what the headpiece will be. You can use a crown
A headband
Or a bow, barrette, cluster of flowers
After you determine the beginning width of the veil, decide how long you want the veil. My daughter wanted a veil that went over her shoulder near her elbows. That's about 24". After you cut the tulle to your desired length you can cut the edges in curves. We didn't do that, creating a more horizontal feel.
Using a clear monofilament thread (fishing line), create tiny gathers and use a hand needle or machine stitch to gather the veil. If you use a hand sewing method, use a machine zig-zag stitch to fasten the gathers. Make the gathers as full or loose as you choose.
Now it's time to attach the gathered veil to the headband. In our case we had a headpiece we purchased. My daughter wanted it to be more like a headband, so we cut it.
If you leave the round headpiece intact, you can sew the veil at the gathers directly onto the headpiece. If you stretch it around the ring, you will have a veil that is loose on top of the head. That's fine if it's the look you want.
Otherwise you can gather it more tightly. Transparent combs are excellent for this and can be found in the bridal sections of most craft stores. Hand sew the gathered veil onto the comb. You can add beads, crystals, ribbons or flowers. We just used it like it was part of the headpiece.
And there you have it - a veil that is very versatile in its look, but constructed in the same easy method.
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Celebrating St. Nicholas Day with Kids
7 comments :
- Lindsay said...
What a fun and simple tradition! :-) I bet the kids loved it!
- December 6, 2012 at 8:07 AM
- Phyllis said...
We love celebrating St. Nicholas day, too.
- December 6, 2012 at 8:30 AM
- Raising a Happy Child said...
For some strange reasons Lars insists that St Nicholas night is from the 6th to the 7th - this is how it was celebrated in his family anyway. Anna loves this tradition and was delighted to receive some chocolate, candy canes and a highlighter.
- December 7, 2012 at 6:03 PM
- Mud Hut Mama said...
What a fun tradition you are starting! I love your kids' slippers - so cute!
- December 8, 2012 at 4:03 AM
Hi Kelly!
Another fantastic tradition to share! I truly love it!
I know I do not comment much now, but I do read every post in the email!
I am always inspired and proud of you!
Peace and Blessings to you and yours!
- December 8, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Raising a Happy Child- I wish I had known about celebrating on the 6th-7th. I woke up around midnight on the 5th and went "oh no, their slippers!" I had to sneak downstairs and fill them.
Kerri- Hi! It was nice hearing from you. I hope all is well with you.
- December 8, 2012 at 10:48 PM
- jmommymom said...
We have learned about St. Nicolas Day since we moved to Germany three years ago. I just wrote about it too. It looks like you did things very similar.
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Going to try and make this short and to the point. Pre tummy tuck 270lbs. I have lived with the lower pannis for over 15 years, lost 68 lbs then had a hysterectomy, went through nursing school and gained 50 lbs this time I gained it mostly from the belly button up. I have struggled since the hysterectomy, I am not on any hormones. 35 yrs old, 4 kids. My PS did amazing job from what I can tell so far.
My surgery was on Oct 1. At 14 days po I still have one drain in, light colored but still draining a lot. No pain at my incision, just my muscle. The right side feels so tight and it pulls so bad when standing. I had a AWFUL experience having a BM the second time. I can almost stand up straight, I am exhausted. My legs start to shake and feel like they are going to give out after walking for a few min. It has only been two weeks but I feel like I am never going to be better. I know I will but, I am in a rut with emotions. I was told I could start working my steri strips of, but where some ofthe ones that have fallen off my incision has pulled open a little. I have some steri strips so I just reapplied some and so far so good. I am still a work in progress! I now have to lose all this other weight on my arms, back, and chin. I am so thankful that terrible flap is gone. I have always lost weight, but never the pannis. I will post pics soon.


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[SOCCER ON THE AIR] Sunday's Netherlands-Mexico game averaged a 4.0 rating and 6,571,000 viewers and Costa Rica-Greece averaged a 3.9 rating and 6,388,000 viewers, making them the highest-rated World Cup matches ever in any round not involving the United States on ESPN or ESPN2.
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2006: 1.2 rating/1,825,000 viewers
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Dove Windows to Close
Dove Industries, a manufacturer of vinyl windows based in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., has sent a letter to customers saying it will close its doors. The letter, dated August 9, says the company plans to liquidate its assets in an orderly fashion to benefit creditors.
"We all know that the economy is weak, as most of you are experiencing lower and slower sales. At Dove Industries, the economic slowdown has created a significant downturn and we have concluded that we must shut down," Rick Dove, president, writes. "We will attempt to fill existing orders, but that will be contingent upon availability of necessary supplies. Dove Industries thanks you for your business in the past. We regret deeply that we can no longer continue to operate."
Started in 1945, the company operates a 180,000-square-foot headquarters facility in Pennsylvania and had announced plans to add a second plant in Virginia in 2010. With representation in 19 states, according to its website, it also operates sales offices in Philadelphia and Baltimore.
According to an article in the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the company had about 100 employees at its Pennsylvania plant and about 50 in Virginia.
Dove got its start selling venetian blinds and expanded into the sales and then manufacturing of various aluminum products, including storm doors and windows and porch enclosures. The company started manufacturing vinyl windows in 1988 and eventually discontinued production of aluminum products.


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STOCK ISLAND — A Florida man has been charged in connection with the theft of more than a dozen guns from an RV in the Florida Keys.
Monroe County Sheriff's deputies say surveillance video shows Billy Ray at his apartment with Amado Cardenas earlier this month. Investigators said Cardenas brought a semi-automatic rifle to Ray's apartment, then retrieved it and sold that rifle and another weapon to another man. Cardenas was arrested earlier this week.
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Reminded me superficially of Isaac Asimov's "Black Widower" series, in that the plot centers around a waiter at a men's club. Summoning the devil and even making a tacit deal with him is evidently easier than is comforting. Demon summoning, supernatural abilities.
Another tricky title. When I saw it, I thought I was in for a boring historical retelling. But instead it turned out to be a fun story about an elderly servant at a snobbish men's club who tweaks them with mysterious notes that declare incredible events involving the devil, a naked goddess and a trio of tigers are about to take place in their midst. When the predictions start happening, it causes quite a stir. One of the best of the first 40...
Old Wendel got them, or did he? Elspeth Eric wrote this episode as she wrote dozens of others for Mystery Theater. This episode was fantastic. It would seem that the episodes of the seventies were of better quality of those of the eighties.
Davy Joe
The pretentious Ralph Waldo Emerson Club members look down upon a man who serves them. He decides to predict some fantastic events that will happen in the club and post them, anonymously, on the message board.
Lots of fun and suspense as an old waiter pays back the insulated rich.
Brandon Moya
I loved the doddering old fools they played the rich folk out to be. So clannish, and the think a-like mentality, is subtly played but hilarious if you ask me. The best example might be when in the one scene one of the oldest members asks one of the more respected members, "we don't believe in that, do we?"
Don M.
An elderly private club attendant finds that he is able to conjur ghostly figures from his imagination.
Elspeth does what she often tries, but fails: create strong characters. Recommended
Trevor Belmont
Members of an exclusive club, the idle rich, and wildly gullible, are the victims of pranks played by a long-serving, elderly, and disgruntled employee. I found this particularly well written. There were no dramatic plot twists, but the listener takes a few intellectual turns in interpretation.
I liked the all-star cast in this one...there were at least four and maybe five very recognizeable RMT voices in there and that's usually a treat with a decent script. A little strange (IMO) how they linked the "walls of Jericho" tale from the Bible into this near program's end, but remembering how my friends here have advised us to listen to this it didn't diminish the enjoyability of this episode. I liked the background music each time the announced entities woud appear in the club. The banter between the members (i.e. Ralph Bell and Guy Sorrell) was enjoyable too. At my former job in the Atlanta area, we had a consultant who was Harvard educated and lived in the NYC area. He was so proud of his membership in some Harvard-related book or reading club in the area...I kept thinking of him while hearing this. (And he was an intelligent man who was fascinating to listen to...not meaning to put him down at all.)
Rey Christian
I enjoyed this show quite a bit. It was fun waiting to see if the things he wrote about on the note would happen and then waiting to see what he'd come up with the next time. The whole time I wondered why they picked the Walls of Jericho title because it didn't seem to fit in until they explained it at the end. I was nearly convinced I was listening to the wrong episode after not hearing any reference to the title. Shortly after that thought, EG came on and mentioned the title (if I remember correctly). I loved the ending and the explanation of how they were seeing the things mentioned in the bulletin board notes. Very good episode IMO.
Joanne N.
Well, I'm nearly a month late for this show of the week but I just had to comment on it because it's one of my favorite episodes. It's a very offbeat, witty little tale and not at all predictable--a breath of fresh air. I found it to be very entertaining, and all the actors were absolutely terrific. And it was a perfect story for a radio play, as we never really saw for sure whether these apparitions appeared or not, despite the various characters' reactions to them.
I did think that the death of the old club retainer at the end of the story seemed sad, bitter though he was, and I wondered if it was necessary. I also, like most everyone else, wondered about the title when I first heard the episode, and even after I'd heard the explanation at the end I still thought the connection with the story was a bit tenuous. However, after having pondered these things a bit, I think that both the death and the walls of jericho explanation make sense thematically.
I finally realized that the overriding them of this story concerns the idea that if enough people believe something to be true, it makes it so. The majority rules, the minority loses out--hence the death of the old man. It was a sad thing, and not really fair, especially since he was more witty and imaginative than any of the club members, but sad or no, that's just sort of the way the world works. Thematically, his death rings true---if a little shocking, in such a light humorous tale.
This story could pertain to a particular society, political regime, or to the religion of your choosing, just as easily as to the stuffy men's club Elspeth Eric gives us. The minority--- the little guy or gal, the oddball, the independent thinker, the creative genius, the visionary, the artist-----these individuals can have it tough, standing in the face of the overwhelming opposition, solidarity, and often the ignorance (or even outright stupidity) of the majority. They sometimes get mown down, like our old retainer in the story.
On a deeper level, this play comments on the nature of society, and on human nature. I think Elspeth Eric was wise to cushion this underlying theme in an offbeat, humorous little setting. Like they say, "a spoonful of sugar..." The men's club was, if I may be so bold, a metaphor for society. (Sherwood Schwartz has always said that "Gilligan's Island", as he originally conceived it, was meant to be a microcosm of society and all its stratas. We'll overlook the fact that there were no ethnic minorities on the island--old Sherwood did the best he could. Besides, perhaps their absence in itself is a comment on their status in society at the time; non-existent.)
Anyway, I liked this play. The episode was entertaining, kept me wondering and guessing, and ended up working on another level the deeper I dug.
This was an interesting tale. I also thought I was listening to the wrong episode because the title didn't seem to fit until it was explaned at the end. I liked how when more details were given in the note that the people seeing them saw the same things, for example, in the first note few details were given so each person saw different colors for the devel's cloak. At the first EG talked about magic. I think that is how many magicians work is by mass suggestion as well as misdirection.
Elaine Habana
I've listened to this program a few times and though I enjoyed it, I didn't think there was anything spectacular about it. The story was solid and the acting was good but I'm not a huge fan of Elspeth Eric's writing. I say this and yet I thoroughly enjoyed her Glass Bubble program (as recommended by Tina). The main character's demise was a bit tragic given that he was beaten down by the other characters and never saw the justice he sought. One note I made: There were bits of the music that seemed oddly upbeat/comical during portions of the program that I thought a dramatic effect would have been more appropriate.
i thought the acting was up to the usual excellent rmt standards. i recognized several i had heard before. the sound effects were good. good character developement and i liked the music. the one drawback was the leap to mass hypnosis. i couldn't do it. it's like a good sci-fi drama if you can just make that leap of faith the rest falls into place. i don't think i explained that right. for example. in one cbsrmt show i remember the plot had something to do with the bermuta triangle. it was a good show but you have to believe that something strange happens there. when i first heard it i did think something funny was going on but i don't anymore. maybe i'm just getting old and cinical. i hope i spelled that right. i still enjoyed the show. i started feeling sorry for the servant guy but i think he went too far. in the end i guess he went way too far.
Erik Lensherr
Alot of fun.
Another episode I finally managed to catch up on!
And I must say, I was delighted with this one. In part, because I'm from Boston and I can say I can certainly appreciate the caricatures of the gentlemen in the club. The air of aristocracy in this city is something of mythic proportion, but alas, it is real.
I also enjoyed it, because I didn't know where it was going. By the end, it was a wonderfully tied knot that needed no further explaination or investigation. I was happy on all accounts, except of course the death of Drindle. He was served with his desserts, but perhaps to an extreme.
Dwarde Malcolm
Everyone seems to like this story, but I didn't find it particularly interesting.
Hahaha Love Robert Dryden wouldn't have been as good without him.
Terry Harris
4 stars... Nice mix up to have one not about a husband and wife. No commercials.
An enjoyable episode as others have mentioned. I thought the attendant's wife sounded much younger than him and didn't quite sound right in their interactions, but overall a nice listen.


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I am stunned that we still preach on film that the ultimate goal for all women is to be married/have a live-in relationship with some guy - apparently any guy. Doesn't anyone read the divorce statistics ? Doesn't anyone go to therapy?
And why is it still funny to see two women jealous of each other ? Why is it still funny to make fun of women because they have eating disorders? Women have complex and interesting relationships of all kinds. Couldn't we show them?
Is it really still funny to watch people barfing and crapping in sinks because of food poisoning? Didn't that go out with Porkies and frat house toga parties?
So sad, because this movie asks a lot of the right questions but comes up with all the (same old) wrong answers. Husband boring in bed ? Suck it up (so to speak) and go to Vegas for a weekend. Husband too tired for sex? Have a lesbian lover. Girlfriend getting married and you're not ? Don't worry, she's paving the way so you will have great advice when you meet Mr. Right. Got business and depression problems? Don't worry, Mr. Right will fix them - along with the plumbing I'm sure.
This film is so deeply shallow, I warn you not to jump in.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's films are taking a hit from a trade deal that allows for more U.S. movie imports, the country's broadcast regulator said on Sunday, with their share of the box office take sliding even as the industry's total revenues outpace those of last year.
The movie pact, which exempted 14 films from China's annual quota of 20 foreign films per year, was hammered out in February during a trip to the United States by Vice President Xi Jinping, the man expected to take the ruling Communist Party's top spot after a congress held this week in Beijing.
After signing the deal, the number of American films in China and their proportion of revenues have increased by a "large margin", Vice Minister of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television Tian Jin said.
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China's 2012 box office revenues reached 13.27 billion yuan ($2.12 billion) at the end of October, Tian said, already outpacing revenues from all of 2011. But the share of revenues for domestically produced films was only 41.4 percent, constituting "a huge drop".
Tian said the U.S. film industry is reaping massive profits while domestic producers are under greater pressure, mainly because Chinese movies cannot compete with the Hollywood spectacles.
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Diane provides a free consultation to sing and play through music options to simplify your wedding music planning. Her expertise as a wedding singer and Twin City wedding music planner is based on professional training and twenty years of delivering extraordinary ceremony music at hundreds of Minnesota weddings.
Diane Martinson can be hired as a wedding soloist, as a duo; singer with her pianist (optional portable piano), or as a vocalist with her musician ensembles including string trio and harp. Diane also loves singing special request songs and offers her unique custom music arrangements of your request song for voice / piano, or adapts them to include other instruments providing a one of a kind performance for couples to cherish. Preview Diane's song list here
"Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart" - Pablo Casals
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On your wedding day, nothing is more important for creating a beautiful, meaningful ceremony than the music you select. Rather than simply having instrumental music alone, the vocal songs you choose will lift up your celebration to greater heights. That's the powerful advantage of including solos with stirring words set to beautiful music, performed with heartfelt emotion.
I offer traditional classical wedding songs, contemporary wedding solos in many styles, and special request new songs. All will enhance the romance and bring special meaning to your ceremony.
A complimentary consultation to plan song placement and preview ceremony music options is provided 4 months before your wedding. I will sing and play through music options for you, so there is no need for you to spend a lot of time obtaining wedding music CD's, and picking out all the ceremony music ahead of time. It's best to have a copy of your ceremony outline from your officiant for our meeting.
Diane's Wedding Music Planner (PDF)
You can get a head start in planning how many songs you need with Diane's Wedding Music Planner. It includes an example of the placement of music within the ceremony.
If you do find all the music you would like before we meet (or in place of a consultation if you live out state) that's terrific, just email the selections to me and I will put together a song confirmation for you. Then you will simply need to confirm the selections with your ceremony officiant.
While it's true that the majority of people prefer classical music played at the ceremony for the prelude, processional and recessional music, adding a professional singer for the ceremony solos will lift the romantic atmosphere to a more sophisticated level.
Another musical advantage of hiring Diane Martinson Musicians is that I provide my custom song arrangements to my instrumental accompanists for a superior musical experience. My unique song arrangements compliment the vocal line and highlight the instrumentation. These renditions are not performed by singers at other weddings. Even my arrangements of the traditional classical songs are optimized for my wedding ceremony performances.
The helpful tips I've included, along with my complimentary music consultation, will help you choose the music for your special day.
Diane offers many wonderful music choices (vocal and instrumental) and extra services to ensure you will be completely happy and excited about your ceremony music.
Her services include:
Diane's pianist J.J. Saecker, is available as her accompanist, and plays all of the ceremony music needed including: the Prelude, Processionals, Solo accompaniment, Recessional, and Postlude music.
A portable piano keyboard, sound PA system & vocal mic is offered for wedding music at hotels, country clubs or outdoor locations without on-site pianos and sound systems. Eco-friendly weddings can request our battery powered portable sound system PA and piano keyboard.
Brides planning a Catholic Wedding Mass ceremony (and some others denominations- Episcopalian, Jewish, Lutheran) need to consult with the musical director of their location before selecting "outside" musicians. The location may require you to use their in-house musicians for the liturgical music in the ceremony and some approved music selections, but will also let a professional vocalist sing the wedding solos for the vocal Prelude, Gathering Hymn, Unity candle, Communion, and Blessing song. Diane offers her accompanist at a discount rate for these solos.
It is common practice for the church to require that you utilize their "in-house" musicians, and some may not allow you to bring in "outside" vendors. If the church or synagogue has a regular organist, you will probably pay for them whether you use them or not and this has to do with the union rules of the American Guild of organists agreement. A Church may require their organist and Cantor to perform the liturgy music in the ceremony (Responsorial Hymn, Gospel Acclamation, Eucharist liturgy songs), but will usually welcome an outside professional singer to perform approved wedding ceremony solos with prior approval.
Diane has performed beautiful wedding solos for hundreds of ceremonies, and has many styles of approved songs to offer that you can select at her free consultation. The church will often have an "approved" list of musical song selections, so it's advised to ask about this approved music in advance, it will be a helpful guide at the consultation. Diane is happy to coordinate the music between the couple, musicians, and the officiant.
Music is said to be the universal language of love, it heightens the emotions and adds romance to your wedding ceremony. Vocal music is the difference between a nice wedding, and an exceptional wedding. An outstanding vocalist always heightens the romantic ambience in the ceremony, music evokes deep emotions, and the treasured experience is a wonderful gift to share with your guests.
"Where words leave off, falling short of the true height and depth of your emotion, the melody and lyric of beautiful vocal music completes the message." –Diane Martinson
First, obtain a ceremony outline from your place of worship or wedding officiant for the order and placement of music, ask if there are any music restrictions you should know about. Talking with the church music director will also let you know if an organist has automatically been reserved with your church rental. Listen to my song samples online for ideas, and I can help you select music that fits both your unique style, and the ceremony guidelines when we meet for your music consultation.
People will always love the classics (i.e. Ave Maria) as a part of their ceremony vocal music because they are timeless and elegant songs. Many couples also want modern songs because they hold special meaning, and would enhance the ceremony experience for them. I am happy to provide both options. My goal is to provide sensational music that reflects a couple's unique style, loving commitment and evokes a deep emotional connection for the bride, groom and their guests.
Couples have always been very pleased with my performances with their home church organist, however I am my own hardest critic, and I can guarantee my optimum performance when singing my song arrangements with my piano accompanist from Diane Martinson Music, Inc.
There is an exception - the location's organist works out great when it comes to accompanying me on traditional church hymns, and classical solos such as Ave Maria (Schubert), The Lord's Prayer (Malotte), On Eagle's Wings (Joncas) etc. The organist and I would be used to performing those selections in the standard keys, with many different church musicians. If you have a question regarding who should accompany a certain song, feel free to ask me for advice. I am happy to work with other musicians and if I can provide music to them from my existing repertoire I certainly will. I will contact them about the vocal selections before the ceremony. If you have picked out new music for me to sing with the organist, please send a copy to me 3 months before the wedding.
When determining if the home organist / pianist is the right musician to play for the vocal music you want, there are few things to consider. Some churches are not open to include outside musicians, but in most cases you will be permitted to hire a professional wedding vocalist and piano accompanist for special music in your ceremony. It's best to check with the wedding coordinator or music director for any restrictions. The Music director or officiant will most likely want to see the music selections we choose together for their final approval. Working with the home organist, and obtaining permission for my vocal solo music and / or accompanist insures that there won't be any sudden changes to the ceremony music close to the wedding. You'll be confident that you and your guests will enjoy the best possible music performance.
Easily add more live music on to your wedding ceremony with continued reception music. Diane Martinson offers her pianist / vocal duo at a discount rate, and coordinates her other wedding musicians for added cocktail hour / dinner music, and her bands for the wedding dance.
Live music adds warmth and carries the romance of the ceremony on to the reception. The ceremony musicians can extend their playing time to include the reception at a discount rate. J.J. can add solo piano music to the receiving line / cocktail hour time, and Diane and JJ often transition to the cocktail hour and dinner providing background jazz music with their duo. You might also consider a smaller group trio or quartet for your cocktail hour and dinner.
For the dance, a live band will entertain listening guests as well as dancing guests. Diane's bands primarily play wedding receptions and have a great variety of music to appeal to all ages. Check the rates online or contact Diane for a price quote.
Diane Martinson Music, Inc. Wedding Musicians serve these Minnesota city areas: Minneapolis, St Paul, (Saint Paul), Afton, Apple Valley, Andover, Anoka, Arden Hills, Blaine, Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Buffalo, Buffalo Lake, Burnsville, Cannon Falls, Cambridge, Carver, Castle Rock, Cedar, Center City, Centerville, Champlin, Chanhassen, Chaska, Chisago City, Circle Pines, Clear Lake, Columbia Heights, Coon Rapids, Cottage Grove, Crystal, Deep Haven, Eagan, East Bethel, Eden Prairie, Edina, Excelsior, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hastings, Hopkins, Howard Lake, Inver Grove Heights, Lake Elmo, Lakeville, Lino Lakes, Long Lake, Loretto, Maple Grove, Maple Plain, Mankato, Mendota Heights, Medina, Milaca, Minnetonka, Monticello, Moundsview, New Hope, North Oaks, Norwood, Oakdale, Osseo, Otsego, Plymouth, Prior Lake, Red Wing, Richfield, Robbinsdale, Rochester, Rosemount, Roseville, Savage, Shakopee, St. Louis Park, St. Paul, Stacy, Stillwater, Vadnais Heights, Wayzata, White Bear Lake, Woodbury, and Young America. Diane Martinson Wedding Musicians serves these Minnesota zip codes: 55111, 55402, 55403, 55404, 55405, 55406, 55407, 55408, 55409, 55411, 55412, 55413, 55414, 55415, 55416, 55417, 55418, 55419, 55421, 55422, 55423, 55425, 55435, 55440, 55450, 55454, 55455, 55458, 55459, 55460, 55468, 55470, 55472, 55479, 55480, 55483, 55484, 55485, 55486, 55487, 55488, 55014, 55016, 55024, 55025, 55031, 55033, 55047, 55055, 55056, 55066, 55068, 55070, 55071, 55073, 55075, 55076, 55077, 55082, 55101, 55102, 55103, 55104, 55105, 55106, 55107, 55108, 55109, 55110, 55112, 55113, 55114, 55115, 55116, 55117, 55119, 55120, 55121, 55122, 55123, 55125, 55127, 55128, 55129, 55144, 55150, 55155, 55161, 55164, 55165, 55166, 55168, 55169, 55170, 55171, 55172, 55175, 55177, 55182, 55187, 55188, 55189, 55190, 55191, 55303, 55170, 55171, 55172, 55175, 55177, 55182, 55187, 55188, 55189, 55190, 55191, 55303 Among other Minnesota counties Diane Martinson Music, Inc. provides live wedding music for Hennepin County, Dakota county, Ramsey County, Anoka County, Carver County, Sherburne County, Washington County, Wright County, Chisago County, Scott County, Goodhue County, Mcleod County, Isanti County, Rice county, Meeker County, Minnesota, and in Wisconsin St. Croix County, Pierce County Diane Martinson Wedding Musicians serves the following Wisconsin areas: Dresser, Hudson, Osceola, Prescott, River Falls, and Somerset.


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Violence Overshadows Iraq Election
An attack north of Baghdad killed at least 11 people today, one day before the parliamentary election that will determine the country's prime minister and president.
There are more than 9,000 candidates for the 382 seats in the Iraqi Parliament but the campaign has been overshadowed by the steady drumbeat of attacks.
More than three dozen people died in a series of bombings yesterday. Still, there is hope that the election will bring some peace to the country three years after U.S. combat troops pulled out.
The BBC's Rafid Jaboori joins Here & Now's Robin Young from Erbil in northern Iraq to discuss the election.
- Rafid Jaboori, correspondent for the BBC. He tweets @RafidJBBC.
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