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Saint Louis University is participating in the President's Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge, a White House initiative inviting institutions of higher education to commit to interfaith cooperation and community service programming on campus. The initiative is to build understanding among diverse communities and contribute to the common good. President Obama has made interfaith cooperation a priority of his administration. He is calling on campuses to take the lead, modeling how to build bridges across lines of difference.
The SLU program, Interfaith Challenge: Empowering Humanity through Education and Service, aims to increase awareness and participation for the many Interfaith and Service events occurring on campus, as well as to enhance the connection between them. Click on the calendar of events to the left, listing all of the campus programs that are a part of the Interfaith Challenge - help us meet the President's Challenge by attending these wonderful opportunities to grow in your understanding of faith and act on it through service!
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Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after Senate Republicans voted to block the Veterans Jobs Corps bill, which would have provided $1 billion over five years to assist veterans in finding jobs:
"It is a national shame that our brave veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan return from war and have to fight for a job here at home. But today when Senate Democrats tried to pass a fully paid-for bill that will put veterans to work, Republicans said no.
"Once again, Republicans have put politics before progress by blocking legislation to employ those who have worn our nation's uniform as firefighters and police officers and in conservation jobs on public lands and to use their expert military training for civilian jobs. House Republicans have rejected a similar proposal in committee.
"This is a travesty for Congress to leave town to face the voters without getting this important jobs bill done. Just as our service members pledge to leave no one behind on the battlefield, we must leave no veteran behind when they come home."
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Thunderstorms are a violent form of convection. Convection is a process in which cold upper air sinks and warm, moist air rises. As the warm moist air rises, cumulonimbus clouds develop. These clouds turn into thunderstorms that bring strong winds, lightning, hail, and rain.
Lightning is the discharge of electricity within the storm cloud, and it always accompanies a thunderstorm. Statistics show that an average of 163 people are killed and 250 people are injured each year by lightning. Annual property loss to the U.S. is estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Hail is also a factor in causing property damage as well. Since 1993, statistics show that in Androscoggin County, there were 2 deaths, 31 injuries, and 2 million dollars in property damage.
High Winds are still another factor causing injuries and damage here in Maine. Since 1950, nearly 400 incidents of convective wind damage have occurred adding up to several million dollars of damage. Though frequently mistaken for tornado's, straight line winds from downbursts can cause considerable damage. One such incident occurred in July of 1973 in West Poland, near Agazziz Village (summer camp).
Poland lies within the area of the State that generally experiences 10 to 20 thunderstorm days annually.
Lightning killed one man in Poland, near Tripp Lake Camp in the 1970's. Several others over the years have been affected by nearby lightning strikes, particularly on Golf Courses.
On August 4, 1996, a group of golfers were nearly struck by lightning at the Fairlawn Golf Course. One man was hospitalized, and seven others were knocked to the ground due to the ground current.
June through September presents a threat to our area for severe summer storms. July and August provide the greatest risk.
Onset of a severe summer storm is gradual. Sufficient warning time will generally allow citizens to initiate necessary protective actions.
Severe summer storms are a generally short lived phenomena usually lasting from minutes to several hours.
The entire community will experience the storm, but lightning strikes and hail affect a specific area within the storm zone.
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Two YA cover reveals were made this week, one for Kristin Cashore's highly anticipated Bitterblue, and one for Kendare Blake's Girl of Nightmares, the follow-up to H&H staffer Christopher Morgan's favorite boy-meets-dead-girl story, Anna Dressed in Blood.
Bitterblue, set in the same universe as Cashore's Graceling and Fire, will be out on May 1, 2012, and Publisher's Weekly gleaned these details about the book:
The novel, which has an announced first printing of 200,000 copies and clocks in at a hefty 576 pages, picks up eight years after Graceling, with Bitterblue now 18 and the reigning queen of Monsea. Cashore says the story constitutes more of a companion than a strict sequel. Graceling fans, however, will likely be thrilled to learn that the heroine of that book – the different-colored-eyed Katsa – returns in Bitterblue, as does her lover, Po.
Other characters from Graceling appear, too, most notably (and unavoidably, since he is Bitterblue's father), the nefarious King Leck, the only character who appears in both Graceling and Fire.
Blake's Girl of Nightmares does not have a release date yet, but here's hoping it's soon. Here's what she's written on her blog about writing the sequel to Anna Dressed in Blood:
...a few weeks after [a previous project] wrapped, Cas (ANNA's narrator) started tapping on my shoulder. I'd be hanging around my new boring day job and he'd say, "Hey...hey...maybe this happens." And I'd shrug. Maybe. And go on about my boring business. Then he'd come back. "Hey...hey...maybe we start out in a car....or maybe a train...or..." At which point I'd tell him to get lost, I'm busy. But I wasn't. Not really. And I wasn't that annoyed either. Because once the characters start tapping my shoulder, I know they're getting ready to start. Sooner or later, the "maybe" disappears. A few days ago, Cas finally told me where he was. And away we go.


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Americans love their cars foreign and domestic. As long as it looks good and drives better we are happy. Here is a top 10 list of what I think are the best foreign cars.
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A place where you can change your life....forever
Tornado April 27, 2011
Relief Information
The Joy of the Body of Christ
Through these catastrophic events we are learning more about the beauty of the body of Christ, His servants, and the love of people as a whole. God has provided for all of our immediate needs such as shelter, food and clothing. It has truly been overwhelming to be served by so many that have swarmed in the early hours to support us!
Gary Says-
" I want to give a special thanks to the unbelievable outpouring of love from so many people. From our church body at Hardin's Chapel who has provided in so many ways, to the stranger that drove from Atlanta who we only met at the work site. At every turn we are experiencing support. THANK YOU, from the deepest place in my heart."
Monetary Donations
The Alpha Ranch insurance coverage will take care of approximately 60% of total loss. However, due to recent changes in the policy that left them without insurance on the house, there will be needs to fill.
A financial gift is the most convenient and powerful way that many can help. We are accepting online donations here by visiting the PayPal "DONATE" button below. Additionally, we can now receive checks or messages via our temporary PO box below. Make checks out to Alpha Ranch and indicate "Disaster Relief Fund"
All donations are tax deductible. We thank you in advance for your generosity!
Who we are
Alpha Ranch is an independent living ranch offering assistance for young men who are coping with a difficult transition into adulthood. The facility, located in beautiful Shoal Creek Valley near Ashville Al, offers opportunities for personal improvement in a peaceful environment.
Objectively speaking, we encourage and foster spiritual, social, and vocational growth.
Alpha Ranch is a not for profit, interdenominational ministry supported by local individuals and churches.
The Heart Attack
I've often spoke of an extreme spring day from my childhood memories when it rained, snowed, sleeted hailed, and then the sun shined all in a few hours. April 27, 2011 is another extreme spring day when I experienced a very dark hour and also the very brightest hour of my life. Wednesday morning around 8:00 AM as I tried to do minimal labor my chest pains increased. By the time my wife and daughter had driven the 30 miles to the nearest hospital, the pain had become near unbearable, and my heart rate had dropped to 18 beats per minute. As I hovered in a near-unconscious state I relayed to my wife and panicking daughter that I wasn't going to make it. My words recalled were-
"But I am going to a great place and I am at peace."
As the the doctor and nurses successfully opened the first artery (that was100% blocked) I began to feel my life come back to me. To that I say "Thank God from whom all blessings flow."
The Destruction of the Storm and the Salvage of Lives
That evening as I lay in the recovery unit I watched in awe as that ominous funnel cloud moved across the state toward my family and home in Shoal Creek Valley. As the weather report announced that surrounding communities were under threat I became increasingly tense. I then heard the words that will be with me forever..."It's on the ground moving down County Rd 22". I knew that was us...
My wife Phyllis frantically called cell phones until she made contact. The voice on the other end alerted her- "We've lost everything, everything's gone!" Our home, the
home of our daughter and son-in-law
, the barn, our shop and many of our animals.
Soon we found out that our entire family, including the boys at the ranch and 20 plus neighbors had sheltered in our
basement and were safe. I can truly say, that was the darkest and then brightest day of my life!
The Reality of Loss
Three days later, after receiving 3 more stints, I was released from the hospital. I was told I had 80% and 90% blockage in those 2 arteries and partial blockage in my 4th.
As we made our journey back to our home, the reality of the magnitude of the destruction set in. Phyllis and I surveyed the ranch and found horror and destruction through tear blinded eyes. The hard work and labor of hundreds of people over 22 years was wiped away in 30 seconds.
However, from that very hour forward, I realized that our loss was miniscule compared to our precious neighbors on each side. Many had lost parents, sons, daughters, fathers, husbands, wives and children. Our prayers are continually for them in their sorrow and mourning. Our hope in Christ and promise of his unfailing love we pray will envelope them and our tangible mission is to be the hands and feet of Christ during these extremely difficult times.
A photo of the main house at Alpha Ranch taken one month before the tornado.
The main house at Alpha Ranch 3 days after the tornado with founder and director Gary Liverett, and his wife Phyllis. The initial surveying of the devastation was incredibly hard to take.
Alpha Ranch Before the Tornado
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This is the account of events by Gary Liverett, founder and director of Alpha Ranch.
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The Met Expands Its Repertory In The 2009-10 Season
Eight new productions, four of which are company premieres, will highlight the Metropolitan Opera's 2009-10 season. General Manager Peter Gelb and Music Director James Levine jointly announced plans that include: the Met premieres of Rossini's Armida, Verdi's Attila, Janáček's From the House of the Dead, and Shostakovich's The Nose; new productions of Bizet's Carmen, Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Thomas's Hamlet, and Puccini's Tosca; and 18 revivals from the company's repertory. The season is the first to be entirely planned under Gelb's leadership, in collaboration with Levine (the past three seasons were planned before Gelb became General Manager in 2006-07 but included some productions, repertoire, and casting changes made by Gelb).
The season opens with a new production of Tosca by Luc Bondy in his house debut, starring Karita Mattila in her first Met performance of the title role. James Levine conducts. Renowned director Patrice Chéreau and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen both make Met debuts with the new production of Janáček's From the House of the Dead, which has won acclaim across Europe.
Bartlett Sher, whose staging of IL Barbiere di Siviglia was a hit two seasons ago, returns to direct his second Met production: Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, conducted by Levine, with Rolando Villazón in the title role, Anna Netrebko as Antonia, Elīna Garanča as Nicklausse, and René Pape as the four villains. The new Carmen, starring Angela Gheorghiu in her first-ever stage portrayal of the gypsy femme fatale, will also feature the debuts of director Richard Eyre and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Roberto Alagna, as the soldier Don José, and Mariusz Kwiecien, as the bullfighter Escamillo, vie for Carmen's affections. Verdi's rarely heard Attila, with Ildar Abdrazakov in the title role of the Hun leader, features a conductor and a creative team all in their Met debuts: maestro Riccardo Muti, director Pierre Audi, and set and costume designers Miuccia Prada, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. The extraordinary artist William Kentridge directs and designs a new staging of Shostakovich's The Nose, an opera based on the Gogol short story, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Paulo Szot, the Tony Award-winning star of Lincoln Center Theater's South Pacific, makes his Met debut in the leading role of Kovalyov. Last performed at the Met in 1897, Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet will be seen in a new production by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser, conducted by Louis Langrée and starring Simon Keenlyside in the title role and Natalie Dessay as Ophélie. The season's final new production features Renée Fleming in Rossini's bel canto tour de force Armida, directed by Mary Zimmerman and conducted by Riccardo Frizza. Pierre Boulez makes his company debut leading the MET Orchestra in the final concert of its annual series at Carnegie Hall, with the other two concerts conducted by Levine.
Peter Gelb said, "Although the economy is bad, we are committed to maintaining the Met's artistic excellence. We have gained a new and larger public that we're determined to keep by continuing to present the world's leading artists in compelling new productions and appealing revivals."
James Levine said, "This is a wonderful balance of repertory that includes four works totally new to the Met as well as a number of great operas that have been out of the repertory for a long time. I'm also delighted that we have so many important debuts, including conductors, singers, directors and production teams."
*Many of the world's greatest singers are featured in roles that they have not sung at the Met before: Olga Borodina as Marguerite, Diana Damrau as Marie, Danielle De Niese as Susanna, Natalie Dessay as Ophélie, Renée Fleming as Armida, Elīna Garanča as Nicklausse, Angela Gheorghiu as Carmen, Angelika Kirchschlager as Hansel, Maija Kovalevska as Micaëla and Liù, Karita Mattila as Tosca, Anna Netrebko as Antonia, Patricia Racette in Il Trittico, Nina Stemme as Ariadne, Violeta Urmana as Aida and Odabella, Deborah Voigt as Senta, Anne Sofie von Otter as Countess Geschwitz, Marcelo Álvarez as Cavaradossi, Piotr Beczala as Rodolfo, José Cura as Stiffelio, Plácido Domingo as Boccanegra, Marcello Giordani as Calàf, Jonas Kaufmann as Cavaradossi and Don José, Stephen Gould as Erik, Ramón Vargas as Foresto, Rolando Villazón as Hoffmann, Carlos Alvarez as Ezio, Simon Keenlyside as Hamlet, Mariusz Kwiecien as Escamillo, ?eljko Lučić as Michele, Peter Mattei as Shishkov, Ildar Abdrazakov as Attila, René Pape as the four villains in Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Paulo Szot as Kovalyov, Bryn Terfel as Scarpia, and Juha Uusitalo as Scarpia and the Dutchman.
In the face of the worst economic situation in recent history, the Met is nevertheless sustaining its recent box office success. Following six consecutive years of box office decline (the 2005-06 season ended at 76.8% of paid box office capacity), as a result of the Met's new artistic and public initiatives, the Met box office experienced increased ticket sales in the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons: 83.9% and 88.1%, respectively. Prior to the start of the economic crisis last fall, ticket sales for the 2008-09 season were running ahead of the prior season by 2%. Currently, the Met is running 1.3% behind last season.
Ticket prices for the Met's 2009-10 season will remain the same with two exceptions: Family Circle and Balcony Box prices are increasing from $15 to $20, and some seats in the Grand Tier, Dress Circle, and Balcony sections will be designated as premium locations. For the third year, season subscribers and patrons can purchase advance single tickets to the full season, as well as tickets to gala events, at the time they subscribe.
The Met's successful Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman Rush Ticket program will continue for a fourth season, thanks to the continued support of Met Board member Agnes Varis and her husband, Karl Leichtman. The program provides up to two tickets per customer for orchestra seats regularly priced at $100 per ticket at the sharply discounted price of $20, available two hours before curtain time. Beginning two seasons ago, the Met reserved 50 Varis Rush tickets per performance for senior citizens. As of today, the Met has provided 15,928 Varis Rush tickets to 70 performances in the 2008-09 season.
The Met continues to offer reduced-price tickets for selected performances for full-time students, age 29 and under, at $25 for weekday performances and $35 for Friday and Saturday performances.
The Met: Live in HD, the company's highly successful, award-winning series of live Saturday performance transmissions into movie theaters in more than 35 countries around the world, has sold more than 1.1 million tickets so far this season. Three transmissions remain in the 2008-09 series: Madama Butterfly (March 7), La Sonnambula (March 21), and La Cenerentola (May 9).
The 2009-10 HD series will feature nine transmissions, beginning October 10 with Tosca and continuing with Aida (October 24), Turandot (November 7), Les Contes d'Hoffmann (December 19), Der Rosenkavalier (January 9), Carmen (January 16), Simon Boccanegra (February 6), Hamlet (March 27), and Armida (May 1). In January 2009, the Met won a special Emmy Award for "advancing technology through ongoing, live, global transmission of high-definition programming to movie theaters." (Details on the 2009-10 HD presentations and other Met media initiatives follow later in this release.)
The 2009-10 season opens on September 21 with the gala premiere of a new production of Puccini's Tosca, conducted by James Levine. Director Luc Bondy and designer Richard Peduzzi, among Europe's best known theatrical artists, are both making their Met debuts, joined by Milena Canonero as costume designer. Karita Mattila, whose Salome electrified New York audiences as well as people around the world as part of The Met: Live in HD earlier in the current season, sings the title role of Tosca for the first time outside her native Finland. The role of Cavaradossi is shared by Marcelo Álvarez and Jonas Kaufmann, for both of whom it is a new role at the Met, and by Marcello Giordani, who returns to the part. Juha Uusitalo, who debuted in the current season as Jochanaan opposite Mattila's Salome, sings Scarpia in the initial run, followed by George Gagnidze, this season's Rigoletto, and Bryn Terfel, who brings his much admired portrayal to the Met for the first time in a complete performance (he sang Act II on opening night of the 2005-06 season). Philippe Auguin conducts later performances. Tosca is a co-production with the Teatro alla Scala, Milan and with the Bavarian State Opera, Munich. It is a gift of The Annenberg Foundation.
The Met premiere on November 12 of Janáček's From the House of the Dead features two of the season's renowned debuting artists: conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and director Patrice Chéreau. Peter Mattei, whose Figaro in the 2006 new production of IL Barbiere di Siviglia won widespread acclaim, sings the role of Shishkov, with Stefan Margita in his Met debut as Filka Morozov, Kurt Streit as Skuratov, Peter Hoare in his Met debut as Shapkin, and Willard White as Gorianchikov. Richard Peduzzi designs the sets, and other members of the production team include three Met debuting artists: costume designer Caroline de Vivaise, lighting designer Bertrand Couderc, and choreographer Thierry Thieû Niang. Based on a Dostoyevsky story, From the House of the Dead takes place entirely in a Russian prison camp. In the words of Chéreau: "The prison camp is a different society, parallel to ours, but there are many similarities between the two. Power, relationships, humiliation, and passion - all those things exist in both worlds." A production of the Met and the Wiener Festwochen, in co-production with the Holland Festival, Amsterdam, the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, and the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, it was voted Europe's best opera staging for 2007 by the Charles Cros Academy. The Met production is a gift of The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., and of Robert L. Turner.
James Levine conducts Offenbach's psychological fantasy Les Contes d'Hoffmann in a new production by Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher. Rolando Villazón sings the tour-de-force title role, with Kathleen Kim, Anna Netrebko, and Ekaterina Gubanova as his three loves, Elīna Garanča as his companion Nicklausse, and René Pape as his nemesis in the four villain roles. The production team is completed by Michael Yeargan as set designer and Catherine Zuber as costume designer, Sher's collaborators on IL Barbiere di Siviglia, as well as by lighting designer James F. Ingalls and choreographer Dou Dou Huang. Inspired by Kafka, Sher describes his production as "a magical journey in which the title character works out different manifestations of his psyche." The production premieres at a gala benefit on December 3 and is a gift of the Hermione Foundation.
On New Year's Eve, Bizet's Carmen opens with a gala performance for the new production premiere. Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre both make their Met debuts with the new staging, which features Angela Gheorghiu in her first stage performances anywhere of the title role. Olga Borodina sings the seductive gypsy at later performances, while Barbara Frittoli and Maija Kovalevska share the role of Micaëla; Roberto Alagna, Brandon Jovanovich (in his Met debut), and Jonas Kaufmann are Don José; and Mariusz Kwiecien and Teddy Tahu Rhodes sing the swaggering toreador Escamillo. Alain Altinoglu makes his Met debut conducting later performances. The set and costume designer is Rob Howell, in his Met debut, Peter Mumford is the lighting designer, and Christopher Wheeldon is the choreographer. Eyre, who was director of London's Royal National Theatre from 1987-97, says Carmen "is one of the inalienably great works of art. It's sexy in every sense. And I think it should be shocking." The production is a gift of Mrs. Paul Desmarais, Sr.
Riccardo Muti, one of the world's most esteemed maestros and a champion of Verdian style, makes his Met debut, appropriately, conducting the company premiere of Verdi's Attila on February 23. In his Met debut, Pierre Audi directs the new production. Following their operatic debut with Tristan und Isolde at the Berlin State Opera in 2006, Herzog and de Meuron, working with Miuccia Prada, will create the set and costume designs. Jean Kalman, whose most recent work at the Met was the new production of Verdi's Macbeth in 2007, returns as lighting designer. Ildar Abdrazakov sings the title role of the infamous Hun leader, joined by Violeta Urmana as the vengeful Odabella, Carlos Alvarez as the Roman general Ezio, and Ramón Vargas as Foresto. In addition to the "bird's nest" Beijing National Stadium built for the 2008 Olympics, the Pritzker Prize-winning architectural team of Herzog & de Meuron is particularly known for designing the Tate Modern museum in London. Prada, one of the world's most renowned fashion designers, makes her operatic debut with this production. The production is a gift of Elena and Rudy Prokupets.
Dmitri Shostakovich's The Nose has its Met premiere on March 5 in a new production staged and designed by William Kentridge, under the baton of Valery Gergiev. Tony Award-winner Paulo Szot makes his Met debut as Kovalyov, with Andrei Popov as the Police Inspector and Gordon Gietz as the Nose, also in their company debuts. Kentridge and Sabine Theunissen are the set designers, Greta Goiris designs the costumes, Urs Schönebaum designs the lighting, and Luc De Wit is the associate director. All members of the production team are making their Met debuts. Based on a short story by Gogol, Shostakovich's The Nose "is the story of a man who wakes up one morning and finds that his nose is gone," says Kentridge. "The opera is about what constitutes a person - how singular we are, and how much we are divided against ourselves. And it's also about the terrors of hierarchy." The Nose is a co-production of the Met, the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, and the Opéra National de Lyon. It is a gift of Frederick Iseman. Additional funding is provided by The Richard J. Massey Foundation for the Arts and Sciences.
The new production of Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet, which opens on March 16, stars Simon Keenlyside in the title role and Natalie Dessay as Ophélie. Louis Langrée conducts a cast that also includes Jennifer Larmore as Gertrude, Toby Spence as Laërte, in his Met debut, and James Morris as Claudius. The production is by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser with set designs by Christian Fenouillat, costume designs by Agostino Cavalca, and lighting designs by Christophe Forey - all in their Met debuts. When this production opened at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, The Independent called Keenlyside's Hamlet, "a revelation...thrilling throughout." The Met performances will use the alternative tragic ending, rather than the happy ending used at Covent Garden. Hamlet was last performed at the Met in 1897 and is particularly known for Ophélie's famous mad scene, which was a favorite of such legendary sopranos as Nellie Melba and Maria Callas. The production is owned by the Grand Théâtre de Genève and is a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr.
Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini's Armida, which has its Met premiere on April 12. Riccardo Frizza conducts, and Mary Zimmerman directs this story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison. The cast includes six tenor roles in all, with the principal male parts taken in this production by Lawrence Brownlee as Rinaldo, Bruce Ford as Goffredo, José Manuel Zapata as Gernando, Barry Banks as Carlo, and Kobie van Rensburg as Ubaldo. Richard Hudson designs the sets and costumes, Brian MacDevitt is the lighting designer, and Graciela Daniele makes her Met debut as choreographer. Zimmerman, whose hit production of Lucia di Lammermoor opened the 2007-08 season, calls Armida "a buried treasure, a box of jewels." She notes that the opera "has an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element." This production of Armida is a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund.
The 18 revivals of the 2009-10 season feature a lineup of the world's greatest singers, including some notable Met role debuts. Anna Netrebko returns as Mimì in La Bohème, which also stars Piotr Beczala, who sings his first Rodolfo with the company. Gerald Finley and debuting baritone George Petean are Marcello, and Nicole Cabell and Ruth Ann Swenson alternate as Musetta. Marco Armiliato conducts.


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POLICE investigating a spate a car thefts have released an efit of a man they would like to speak to.
As reported in The Gazette, five cars were broken into in Bishops Green overnight on Tuesday, May 13, on Peregrine Road, Eagle Road and Beech Road, in Bishops Green.
The windows of the cars were smashed and items including wallets and a bank card holder were stolen.
PC Mark Pullman, from Basingstoke police station, said: "We have previously appealed for witnesses to these offences but have now released an efit of a man seen near to the area at the time who we would like to speak to."
Anyone with any information should contact PC Pullman at Basingstoke police station by calling 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Last week, technology and consulting firm IBM (Armonk, N.Y., U.S.A.) unveiled findings from its "2011 IBM Global Utility Consumer Survey" which revealed that many consumers around the globe did not know what a smart grid was, as well as did not understand the basic unit of electricity pricing and other energy concepts used by energy providers. IBM surveyed more than 10,000 people across 15 countries to explore the wants and needs of energy consumers worldwide. According to the company, the findings expose a major gap between what consumers currently know and what they need to know to reduce energy consumption and benefit from smarter energy initiatives. More than 60% of those surveyed were unaware of what a smart grid or smart meter was. The survey also revealed that knowledge is linked closely to people's willingness to embrace change and their approval of local energy initiatives. According to the survey, 61% of people with a strong knowledge of energy technology and pricing terms viewed smart meters and smart grid deployment plans positively, compared to only 43% of those with minimal knowledge. "There have been major strides with new energy saving technologies, new programs and incentives, but in many cases the market is seeing more confusion amongst consumers than expected," said Michael Valocchi, vice president of Global Energy & Utilities Industry Leader for IBM Global Business Services. "This year's survey points to a need and an opportunity to go back to basics and educate consumers by using terms that they understand, behavioral triggers and channels they already use. People want to conserve energy; we just need to get better at showing them how." The perceptions, expectations and influences of the energy consumer have changed over the last four years, according to IBM. Despite efforts by utilities and others in the industry to create consumer-friendly conservation tools, many consumers still do not have the information or the proper incentives to make better energy choices. Financial incentives are not the only factors that encourage consumers to decrease their energy consumption, says the company. In fact, based on the consumer survey, money no longer dominates the decision-making process compared to years prior. Instead, younger consumers today are evaluating choices based on the environment, while those over 55 noted the health of their national economy as a key motivator for behavioral change, according to the survey. Another factor, according to IBM, is how a choice is framed and presented. For instance, presenting too many options can at times be detrimental because the complexity can ultimately demotivate consumers. This finding is consistent with the IBM survey results which showed that consumers under 25 are prone to follow the lead of others rather than sort through the options on their own, being two and one-half times more likely to rely on their personal networks as a primary source for information than those 55 or older.
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Education Minister Adrian Piccoli was not the first politician to enjoy the hospitality of Maureen Houssein-Mustafa, owner of the private college that is under police investigation over alleged rorting of state government subsidies.
As Mr Piccoli revealed that allegations about the Glebe college have been referred to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, it emerged that the millionaire businesswoman was the co-host of a $1500 a head fund-raiser for former Liberal leader John Brogden, held at her Drummoyne apartment in 2004 with a guest list that included former MP Peta Seaton and one-time property developer Rodric David.
Ms Houssein-Mustafa was a fund-raiser for both the Liberal and National parties, a skill she learnt through a personal connection with the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, previously headed by disgraced businessman Nick Di Girolamo.
Her legal political donations came to light on Tuesday during a heated public hearing into state budget estimates with Mr Piccoli questioned over his attendance at a cocktail party hosted by Ms Houssein-Mustafa while he was in opposition in 2010.
Records show Ms Houssein-Mustafa's company, MHM Australasia Pty Ltd, which trades as the Australasian College Broadway, made a legal donation of $15,000 to the National Party on December 23, 2010.
MHM Australasia Pty Ltd donated a further $1500 to the party in June 2011.
A source close to the case described the cocktail party at Ms Houssein-Mustafa's apartment as more of a networking function than a fund-raiser, attended by Mr Piccoli and a small group of staff from the college, which specialises in hairdressing and beauty therapy courses.
Mr Piccoli was vague about his recollection of the evening when quizzed by Labor MLC Greg Donnelly, who pointed out that the college was now under police investigation.
Mr Piccoli initially said he was aware of the investigation through media reports – Fairfax Media first reported the case in April – but would have to check whether he had been formally briefed about it.
On Wednesday he revealed that fraud claims were first brought to his attention in September last year. The claims relate to allegations that the college was claiming state government subsidies of up to $10,000 a student for people who were never enrolled at the institution.
''Allegations of fraud at the Australasian College Broadway were raised with my office in September 2013,'' he said.
"My office promptly advised the Department of Education and Communities and I was made aware of the allegations. The department immediately commenced an investigation. It also notified authorities including NSW Police, the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Australian Skills Quality Authority.''
ASQA's 2012-13 annual report shows that the college's application for renewal of registration was in doubt in 2012 but a spokeswoman for the college said it got the green light after meeting compliance standards.
"On this occasion, ASQA had requirements we needed to address in regard to our application,'' she said. "We did so immediately and our registration was renewed."
A spokesman for ASQA confirmed its investigation into the college was continuing but was unable to divulge the details of the 2012 action because of the present investigation.
Ms Houssein-Mustafa has denied the allegations against her.


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The controversial Koenig report continues to reverberate in the Knesset and among Arab leaders in Galilee. Yoram Aridor, of Likud, chairman of the Knesset's Interior Committee, demanded the resignations of Mapam Ministers Victor Shemtov and Shlomo Rosen yesterday because the Mapam-affiliated newspaper Al Hamishmar published the secret report by Interior Ministry official Israel Koenig two weeks ago.
Arab mayors, meeting in Nazareth decided–but not unanimously–to call a two-hour protest strike in all Arab towns against Koenig's recommendations aimed at reducing the Arab population in Galilee and calling for punitive measures against Arabs who do not cooperate with the authorities. The strike was set for next Tuesday.
Aridor made his resignation demands at a meeting of a Knesset subcommittee to consider illegal building activities by Arabs. He was promptly countered by demands for Koenig's resignation from MKs Boaz Moav of the Civil Rights Party. Nissim Ellad of the Independent Liberal Party and Hammad Abu Rabi of the Bedouin faction. They insisted that Koenig be removed from his post as the Interior Ministry's commissioner for northern Israel on grounds that he was unfit to deal with the large Arab population there.
A majority of the Arab mayors called for a shut-down of all businesses and schools as a demonstration of Arab indignation against Koenig's recommendations. But several mayors objected and said they would convene meetings in support of Koenig. Tawfiq Zayyad, the Communist Mayor of Nazareth, supported the strike but said that even if Galilee became predominantly Arab in population, nobody would consider separating it from Israel.
Koenig's recommendations were prompted by the fact that Arabs now comprise nearly 50 percent of the population in Galilee. He suggested, among other things, that Arab students be encouraged to emigrate, that Israeli universities impose a quota on Arabs and that the government reduce its financial assistance to large Arab families.
Publication of the recommendations, originally drafted six months ago by Koenig and several others, raised a storm of controversy in Israel. The Interior Ministry dissociated itself from the proposals but Interior Minister Yosef Burg praised Koenig as a dedicated public servant and rejected demands for his dismissal. Premier Yitzhak Rabin, to whom a copy of the memo was addressed, said he never saw it, that it was not in line with government policy and was an internal communication of the Interior Ministry of little consequence. Koenig's ideas, however, drew praise from Likud quarters and from the religious parties.


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A new laser treatment for glaucoma patients is available at Clearview Eye Center. SLT therapy, or Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty, improves the flow of fluid in the eye to lower eye pressure. This is a great alternative to treat glaucoma for those used to medications. Dr. Frank L. Emert, Jr. is performing this procedure at Clearview Eye Center.
SLT is an advancement over other lasers that have been used safely and effectively in the treatment of open-angle glaucoma for more than two decades.
SLT works by using laser light to stimulate the body's own healing response to lower your eye pressure. Using a special wavelength and energy, the laser affects only pigmented (melanin containing) cells of your eye.


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Robert Pattinson Has Not Canceled 'Cosmopolis' Appearance, Says Rep
Despite reports on Tuesday that Pattinson, 26, had pulled out of a publicty appearance for new movie Cosmopolitis, the English actor's rep confirmed to Celebuzz that the Twilight star has no plans to back out of his commitments.
Pattinson has remained tight lipped over the news that Stewart, 22, had a brief affair with the 41-year-old director of Snow White and the Huntsman.
"Cosmopolis is a film that Robert is very proud of and looks forward to supporting," Pattinson's rep tells Celebuzz.
"No confirmed engagements have been canceled. Any reports to the contrary are inaccurate."
Since news of the scandal broke last week, Pattinson has not been seen in public. However, with his film — directed by David Cronenberg — scheduled for release in August, the popular actor could face a public questioning over his failed relationship.
A report by Entertainment Tonight sparked the rumors that Pattinson would be pulling out of all his public appearances.
Stewart has since issued a public apology to her longtime boyfriend — and her fans — after her indiscretions were revealed on July 25.
"This momentary indiscretion has jeopardized the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob.
"I love him, I love him, I'm so sorry."
MTV's Video Music Awards on Sept. 9 and will continue to promote the final Twilight film – out Nov. 16.
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"What this requires is a really stupid and futile gesture on someone's part." (Otter, "Animal House" pre-climactic scene)
Do you ever have the vague feeling that everyone around you is enjoying life more than you…
… or has their act together real tight, while you struggle and wake up in the middle of the night fussing over problems?
This is actually part of our default machinery as humans. Personally, I grew up as a kid believing that everyone was hiding the secrets of a happy life from me… they knew these secrets, and were smug about knowing and enjoying them. While I was left to desperate measures, trying to figure out each fresh pitfall and obstacle on my own.
If I could only catch a clue about what everyone else was thinking as they so smoothly navigated life, the secrets of eternal happiness and contentment would surely bloom for me.
My first big revelation as a teenager arrived like a bolt of lightning: After putting together a few clues…
… I abruptly realized that most people weren't hiding secret thoughts from me at all.
They actually didn't have a single coherent thought in their skulls.
And something snapped inside. I immediately began to question authority figures, who I had previously just accepted as superior beings. I got expelled for a few days because I refused to cut my hair (this was back when dress codes dictated every detail of your appearance)…
… I made both my English and trig teachers cry in frustration to my fresh "oh, cut the bullshit" attitude…
… a visiting state senator got so flustered at my refusal to accept his pat answers to hard questions (this was during the huge military build-up in Vietnam) that he mumbled something about my "permanent record" being soiled…
… and I nearly didn't graduate after challenging the track coach's authority to tell me how to live right (again involving my freaking hair length).
I was having my first mid-life crisis, at the ripe old age of 17.
I eventually calmed down (a bit)… but that glimpse of the reality of who I was sharing space on the planet with never became less valuable.
I'm not putting people down here. I'll let my long history as a passionate and generous teacher speak for my love of my fellow humans.
However, this was my first taste of looking at life critically, and not accepting either "common sense" or shared belief systems at face value. There are good sides to this, and bad — I respected the brilliance and skills of the exceptional folks around me more… and boldly examined, without apology, the motives and personal issues of the "little Hitlers" who abused powerful positions (or just liked to fuck with people).
Trouble and adventure followed, and I wouldn't change any of it. I felt awake, aware and open to all opportunities, unfettered by other's ideas on how I should live.
All of this was also a tremendous advantage in my early career as a freelance copywriter, of course. It truly helps to know who's got mojo, and who's faking it for ulterior purposes, amongst your clients, prospects, customers and colleagues.
However… I want to talk about the process of mid-life crisis right now.
Cuz it's an art form.
I figure I've had five or six major mid-life crises at this point…
… and I've enjoyed every damn one of 'em. They're highlights in my life.
I was lucky, I guess, to have the first one before I knew what they were. Probably a better definition would be something about encountering a fork in your path, and choosing to take one road over the other. Often with nothing more than a vague sense of why you're making the decision.
With the caveat that — for many — the risks of choosing create so much internal commotion that you freeze up. You allow inaction to win, and continue breathing and waking up each day full of resentment and questions about "what it all means" and shame over never achieving your dreams.
But that's a mouthful. "Mid-life crisis" has always communicated the same thing to me.
It's regarded mostly as a joke in our culture. The cartoon image is of a struggling-to-be-cool guy with a comb-over and a beer gut in a flashy sports car trying to impress the chicks…
… and being laughed at. "Just settle down, Mr Mid-Life Crisis," society says. "You look ridiculous. Go home and clean out the gutters."
This attitude is as mis-guided as most of society's views about the big events in life. If you haven't lost someone close to you, for example, be prepared to enter a world of medical/legal/detail hell as you deal with your grief, and try to move on. Lotta wolves out there, and because you are unprepared (both emotionally, and tactically, because society refuses to look at death realistically) you can easily be shell-shocked prey.
And I just read some anecdotes on young folks getting married today (from a shrink's blog)… where something like 70% of the soon-to-be-hitched believe they'll get divorced. True or not, the stats on divorce are shocking…
… not for the damage it does to families, but for the utter disregard of "vows". When the culture just shrugs at people routinely violating their "word", trust flutters away like dust in the wind.
And on and on.
The thing is, our culture largely exists on a surface layer. Bopped to and fro like flotsam on the ocean's tides, without clue or direction or purpose. Or honor.
This is why professional writers stand out among the business crowd: To be able to sell effectively, you must look at life and culture and reality not as you wish it was… and not as you feel it ought to be…
… but rather, you see life as it IS. The harsh truth, the deeper nuances, the entire range of dissonance, hypocrisy and absurdity that comes with being human in a concrete jungle.
I like to say that good salesmen lead better lives…
… because, for me, living with eyes shut is sleep walking. And I prefer to be self-aware, and tuned into the meta-reality around me (as much as I can with our pitiful tools of sense and cognition).
If you strive to be a true professional, worthy of the title, then you cannot live your life slackly. You can't communicate well, you can't persuade, and you can't sell as flotsam.
You are ONLY as good as your word… regardless of how little the rest of the planet cares about vows.
You MEET your fucking deadlines, in other words, and you do your best work no matter how much you're getting paid (or how small your client is).
For most writers, this kind of commitment comes only after a transformative revelation. A "duh!" moment, where you finally realize you can't use your friends and family as role models anymore. They will resent you for starting to arrive on time, stick to schedules, and beg off from fun when you have a deadline to meet.
Your success will irritate the hell out of everyone, because you obliterate the standard excuses ("You can't win against The Man"… "The little guy doesn't stand a chance"… "It's hopeless to even try winning at biz"… and so on). No one likes to have their excuses obliterated.
My third mid-life crisis arrived as the sudden realization that — as a 30-year-old slacker — my life was never gonna change unless I did something to change it.
It was like a cleaver separating my former life (beatnik partier wannabe-writer) from the sparkling new adventure spreading out before me. It was a shock to the system to realize that I really could…
(a) Actually desire a goal…
(b) Plan for achieving it… and…
(c) Then go out and achieve it by implementing that plan.
It wasn't fool-proof. And it was not easy. Nor did it guarantee success.
But it was like climbing a big mountain. You could spend your entire life wishing you could reach the top, lamenting the fact that you have no clue on how to even begin…
… or, you could get a clue (Step One) by researching mountain climbing, start hiking and learning the tactics of good climbing (Step Two), and be confident that… as each new step was made manifest… you could figure it out.
People who climb mountains, climb mountains. People who wish they could climb, just wish.
This is a metaphor for all of life. It's what separates the doers from the dreamers.
I have fully embraced every mid-life crisis that's come my way. Change, once you make friends with it, is the foundation of adventure and a wonderful thing to indulge in.
I got used to the occasional upheaval that came with these crises… like moving to another town (knowing it can take two years to feel part of any new community)… waltzing into situations where I was a total rookie (but armed with the knowledge that the NEXT time I encountered that situation, I would no longer be a novice)…
… and all the anxiety and turmoil that comes with shifting gears and choosing something dramatically different.
I quit the business world for a couple of years, and formed a rock band to play all the biker bars and hipster joints in Northern Nevada. I wrote bad novels for another year, and went deep into the world of published fiction. (It sucks — I earned more with one freelance copy gig than the pro novelists I met earned in a year, even with a best-seller.) (And I would have never guessed that to be true, if I hadn't gone down that path with total commitment to figure it out.)
I moved to different states, different communities, and different climates. (Big shock moving from my shack on the beach in LA, to the worst winter snowfall in 100 years up at Lake Tahoe. August 29th, swimming in the warm Pacific. September 29th, digging my car out of a ten-foot hill of snow.) (Hint: Dig out a glimpse of your license plate first. I dug out the wrong car twice before I figured that out.)
But that's just me. Read biographies of people you admire (or loathe). Jobs, Gates, Einstein, Churchill, Nixon, JFK, Plato, all of 'em…
… and take to heart how the ups and downs of their lives are critical points of decision. You go one way, your life changes dramatically. You go the other way, ditto.
But you go. You do not sit still with quivering lip, slick with fear.
You go.
I am proudly in the early stages of yet another mid-life crisis. And yes, I know I'm way past "mid-life" and all that. Again, it's just shorthand metaphor for shooting down a fresh path, aimed far from the previous one I was on.
First step was to form a new side company, Carlton Ink, to channel my "dream" projects through. I used the term "Ink" as in writing ink, not tattoo ink, of course… and as a play on "Inc". Just go with it. (This blog is my main entry page, so be sure to sign up, top right, or you'll miss any notifications I send out for the exciting new shit I've got planned.)
I'm still deeply involved with my prior ventures like the Simple Writing System — I just moved away from day-to-day operations. I am especially still deeply involved in the now-infamous Platinum Mastermind (co-hosting with my biz partner Stan).
There's never been a mastermind like this one before, and the NEED for this kind of intense, results-oriented insider group has never been greater. If you need to get in (there are limited spots), go here for more info.
(Side note: Just to drive home the point that mid-life crises are not just common, but constantly burping up in people's lives… I asked the group in the last mastermind meeting to raise their hand if they were in, or felt near to a mid-life crisis. Almost every hand in the room went up. This is important, because too many folks feel like they're the ONLY ones going through this kind of turbulence. You're not alone. It's a major part of the human condition, and it's PARTICULARLY intense for entrepreneurs.)
Second step was to indulge in a long-time desire of mine to have a truly cool logo.
So I cornered my uber-talented graphic artist pal Rick Allen (you can reach him yourself at email@example.com if you need primo design work done)…
… and had the logo done that is displayed up top here.
I just shiver in joy whenever I look at it. I grew up surrounded by sixties SoCal car culture, loving the art, graffiti, tat's and cartoons of the era…
… and always wanted my own rollicking graphic like this. Rick spent all of ten minutes listening to me gush and talk about the artists I worshipped (like R. Crumb, H. Bosch, and especially Rick Griffin and Robert Williams)…
… and then produced this gorgeous, stunning beauty. The old-style pen through the heart was my idea — a nod to the long line of scribes, going back to dudes etching on cuneiform clay tablets in ancient Sumeria, who are my brethren.
Here's to ya, ink-stained wretches everywhere.
Step Three: Move ever-so-smoothly into a working semi-retirement… where I'll tend to a couple of worthy clients (requirements: Big bucks, no whining, do what I tell you to do), and finish all these books and courses I've been ignoring for years.
Now, my "semi-retirement" will mostly resemble what other people do in a normal work-week. I work damn hard at hobbies, side projects, and especially my own writing.
Oh, I got plans.
But before I finish up here, I need to lay out some basic ground rules for enjoying a good mid-life crisis.
I don't wanna hear about anyone wandering off half-cocked, creating chaos in their wake chasing inappropriate love interests or signing up for the Navy SEALS at age 40. (You'll get crushed in both instances.) Don't be a cliche.
Here's my advice:
Ground Rule #1: First and foremost, take care of those who depend on you. Don't act irrationally, or without a well-thought-out plan. This is especially critical if there are children involved.
You can successfully go through a spectacular mid-life crisis without hurting others. It may only be 50% of what you wanted, but remember that most folks never do ANYTHING about their dreams… so you're still way ahead. (So you take a family trek across Europe, instead of the bachelor sleaze-fest you think you wanted. Be a grown-up about this.)
Ground Rule #2: Make lots of lists, and keep them organized. This clears your head, and identifies what you need to focus on. If you're determined to sail solo around the world, learn to swim first.
Ground Rule #3: Again, your homework is to read biographies. I'm serious about this. Learn how people who pulled off the spectacular accomplished it, and how they navigated their own foibles and the challenges of the world.
Ground Rule #4: Have an "exit" plan — both for your current situation (see Ground Rule #1) so you don't leave collateral damage all over the place… and for at least a few months of your new direction. As much as you can, plan.
Now, I say that as a guy who rarely made good plans in my earlier crises. But I just didn't know how, and was operating without a guidebook. I made up the rules as I went.
Don't follow my early lead on this. Do your due diligence.
Ground Rule #5: Find support groups. It can be one person. (Mine, for several of my crises, was Gary Halbert, who talked to me frequently while I went careening off the walls in new adventures.)
Again, choose carefully — even your best pals may not be up for you leaving them in the dust, while you obliterate their excuses and go after your goals. Better to find like-minded colleagues already bloodied in entrepreneurial or life experiences.
Ground Rule #6: If you're gonna do it…
Don't dink around, or do it half-assed. Don't hurt anyone else. Research, prepare, gird thy loins. Then get busy.
Ground Rule #7: You go, girl.
Remember to enjoy the ride. Never allow despair to freeze you up. Get done what you need to get done, go deep, inhale and relish every detail, and get your gusto on.
Keep a journal, cuz your grandkids will wanna read it.
We only get one ticket, for one ride in this life. The big secret is: You're in charge of your own script. Yes, a lot that happens will be unplanned, unfair and unwanted.
But for the rest of it, you're in charge. Unless you choose not to be.
You don't need to do what anyone else does. Find your own groove, and ride that puppy for all it's worth. If you fail, you fail. Get back up, re-adjust, figure it out…
… and start again. Or move sideways into something else.
You can also choose to remain where you are. Absolutely no shame in that. The world needs a vast mob content to follow orders. It's freakin' scary when you wake up and realize you're operating without a safety net — and it's okay to not take that path (no matter how much the distant sirens call to you).
Just never forget that you're choosing your path. Be at peace with yourself once that decision is made.
One last trick: Try to leave the world a better place, will ya?
Stay frosty,
P.S. What do you think of all this? Love to hear your thoughts, in the comments.


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This might be humorous if it were not so tragic. Does one have to be an idiot to be elected to office?
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Margaret Olley has been fondly remembered as a remarkable Australian with an unshakeable passion for people, life and art at a state memorial service in Sydney.
About 500 people gathered on Wednesday inside the Art Gallery of NSW, where flags flew at half mast and Ben Quilty's Archibald Prize-winning portrait of Olley hung in tribute to the late painter and philanthropist.
"What was it about her that brought her into our hearts?" Governor General Quentin Bryce asked the mourners.
"Yes, the paintings - they speak to us of a beauty. But it is the woman who painted them, her enduring qualities and assuredness that make us smile."
The 88-year-old, who died at home in Paddington in July, would have hated all the fuss, Quilty told AAP before the memorial.
"She did love dialogue with the media, but she liked her privacy, she really did. She valued that above everything else," he said.
But the tributes flowed anyway.
"Margaret Olley was unmistakably Australian... in her generosity of spirit and her gift for friendship," NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell told the service.
"It was reflected in her mischievous sense of humour.
"She was part of the awakening of the nation."
Olley's niece, Sally Wilkinson, was with her the night before she died.
"She said to me not long ago that she wasn't ready to die, she had so much to do," Ms Wilkinson told the gathering.
"She was like a second mother to me. Her last words to me were `I love you, now let me rest'."
There were hints of the artist's darker side too, when the memorial was played an interview in which she gave a frank account of a suicide attempt and described her battle with alcoholism.
Art Gallery of NSW director Edmund Capon remembered Olley, his close friend and a patron of the gallery, as a remarkable, fiercely independent talent who spoke her own mind.
"She was a straightforward person," he said.
"She looked life right in the eye and said exactly what she thought."
Both Mr Capon and Ms Wilkinson called for Olley's Paddington home, jam-packed with the artist's work and objects of inspiration, to be preserved.
Art dealer Philip Bacon, who represented Olley for decades, said she was a force of nature.
"Painting is what she lived for and what she died doing," he added.
Former prime minister John Howard, fashion designer Carla Zampatti, and Margaret Whitlam were among those to attend the service.
Olley was born in 1923, the year work started on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
She had more than 90 solo exhibitions during her lifetime and was one of Australia's best-known painters.
She also made more than 130 donations to public galleries and in 1991 was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services as an artist and for promotion of art.
In 2006 she was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia for her painting, philanthropy to the arts and encouragement of young artists.


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08.01.2013 - 04.02.2013
Often we would be referred to as either A..J and Uni (Ooni) or just Doctor or Madam/Sir during our time at the Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre (SGACC) in New Delhi, our first and certainly an eye-opening stop on our journey! Our days were shared between operating theatre (with Abi, also a previous Edinburgh Dick Vet) where we were always entertained by cheerful mobile phone ringtones and enthusiastic grinning staff who did their best as we all tried to communicate using familiar gestures and smiles, checking post-ops (in the renowned 'K10' where the street dogs go both to recover, lick their wounds and fight one another, all in equal measure!), help out in the 'intensive' intensive care unit (with Anna & Allen, also Dick Vet survivors!) lots of broken legs, distemper, rabies...you name it, see to the farm animals (hundreds of sheep, goats, buffalo & the odd pig) with an array of tropical problems & the of course the overflowing puppy unit and wards for dogs in heat (where they are kept serenely and safely away from the males to prevent further pregnancies).
We came across many strange and foreign cases, such as a cow who had gun shot wounds(!!) after being caught in a cross-fire between the Delhi Police & illegal slaughter-house workers....only in India! A wee monkey who was caught in the bonnet of a car & was saved. Also, lots of railway injuries, but all of these would teach and remind us of the sheer bravery and survival instinct of these animals, such as endearingly named 'Stumpy' the Labrador pup who would happily munch on her own radius whilst awaiting amputation!
We spent a delightful morning in the sun on the way to work trying to catch a timid street dog - took 5 vets, 1 family and the charity owner. Had to push the car along a few roads every morning to get the engine running. Went walking along the streets during lunch-hour and would get followed by an entourage of 30 children wanting to have their photos taken and were very sweet.
Venture into Old Delhi -
We took a day off to explore the twisted and turning alley-like dust-track streets of Old Delhi's 'Chadni Chowk' where we hopped on a cycle-rickshaw to join the bustling atmosphere. After getting suitably lost in the maze of the markets we decided to follow the sounds of some Indian beats coming from round a corner & before we knew it were whisked into a family gathering to celebrate the birth of a child - we threw some coconut in a holy fire, had a fingerprint of red bindi placed on our foreheads and danced around in joy!! The granny looked super happy with us!
Agra and Jaipur were awesome, the Taj was stunning and saw tons of sights in Jaipur.....rode an elephant (Euan's first).
Landed in Calcutta which has been awesome.. Dad's been showing us around - the Ganges, the fish market, Victoria Memorial, Mother Theresa's Hospital, Kali Temple where they feed the poor everyday, Howrah Bridge, the Zoo - white tigers & hippos. Visiting the family - Euan seems to be going down a treat!! My uncle very enthusiastically and with a toothy grin would call him 'Calcutta Boy' whilst holding his hands in his. He also read his palm...was pretty funny! One aunty whom we visited in Chandannagare also seemed overjoyed to meet him, asking him to even dance for her (rumour had it he could dance....). The family are all so loving and there's been plenty of affectionate face-squeezing!
Also LOVING the broken auld English you get here, "What is your good name Sir?" and "What is your mother country?" It's brilliant!
OK so that took a veeeery long time to write on this old-fashioned computer in Calcutta so will add more news another time, still not able to upload photos yet though! Missing you all. Lots of love from far away!!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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Since 2011 Grizedale Arts has been working on the grand renovation and development of the local village hall in Coniston. Originally established as a Mechanics' Institute in the mid 1900s, with a later rebuilding initiated and overseen by John Ruskin and his local associates in 1878. The new building, which evolved out of the old Mechanics Institute, was an early model for the modern day arts centre, built for the then industrial mining village of Coniston, with facilities such as bathhouse, kitchen, library, reading room, billiard room, smoking room, artists studios, theatre, extensive collection of minerals, fossils, pictures, antiquities, archaeology and stuffed animals donated by Ruskin and Collingwood; it provided essential the education of the time for everyman. The Mechanics Institute model was designed to give the working classes a fuller and richer life, whilst being instrumental in the education of the workforce in the emerging technologies, as well as keeping them out of the pub. The Institute was no longer operating as an education and social centre in the same way, so, at the request of the Institute committee, Grizedale Arts has helped develop the building in new ways, beginning a series of projects with the aim of re-instating the Coniston Institute as model for cultural and educational development.
The Institute itself still offers an amazing village resource with it's rich history and remarkable collection of Ruskin associated material donated variously by Ruskin, his friends and villagers – archived and displayed in the Ruskin Museum attached to the old institute. The building has retained the majority of it's facilities but has been vastly underused for a long time, gradually sinking into state of neglect and disrepair.
The renovation undertaken by Grizedale Arts and a stalwart group of village volunteers has included the restoration and repainting of the main hall and stage, the installation of an all new kitchen, a new self-service library designed by Liam Gillick, and an honesty shop designed by An Endless Supply, selling produce from the village, Lawson Park and the institute's various groups, as well as a separate reading room for small meetings, presentations and recreational amusements. The project has also seen Grizedale Arts' Programme Manager, Maria Benjamin voted in as the live-in caretaker for the site, with an oddly shaped house in which each room connects to the different facilities in the institute.
Since the redevelopment began, the Institute has been seeing a steady increase in use, toward the goal, ultimately, of it becoming a dynamic centre of education, inspiration and recreation for the village once again. The following is an excerpt from one of the curios we found along the way, and is apposite to the current development; it is a letter drafted to the Public of Coniston proposed by the Institute Committee, June 1890:
The committee of the above institute have in contemplation a scheme for increasing it's usefulness. The present reading room is small & inconvenient. […] It is therefore proposed to provide a new room to be used exclusively as a Reading Room & Library. But there are many young men in the place to whom a Reading Room alone presents little or no attractions. There is in Coniston a special want of any place to which they can resort for harmless amusement during the winter evenings. The consequences of such a want are well known. They pick up evil companions & acquire all sorts of bad habits, & thus many a youth becomes a source of grief to his friends & a nuisance to others, who but for the want of such a resort might have turned out steady & respectable. It must therefore be of interest to all that such a place should be provided, & it is therefore intended to add Recreation Rooms in which harmless amusements could be engaged in. […] It is also believed that if suitable accommodation were available, that an interesting & attractive museum could be eventually organised in connection with the institute. […] Such a place, apart from the educational benefits it would confer on the inhabitants, would be an additional attraction to tourists. It is well known that many of the latter find Coniston a dull place on a wet day, & take the first opportunity of getting out of it, to the benefit of other places in the district where there are more indoor attractions. […] It is earnestly hoped for that the inhabitants of Coniston will respond heartily to the appeal, that they will prove that the character for apathy & indifference to such matters (which they rightly or wrongly seem to have acquired) is not deserved, & show by being willing to help themselves that they are worthy of being helped by others.
The letter was never sent, but with luck the redevelopment will have a similar effect, disseminating the idea that Coniston can be an involving, creative and dynamic community based on good morals.
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HbA1c of 8.3 is certainly on the higher side and there is no doubt that this points to the fact that you are most likely having diabetes even though your regular blood glucose readings are near normal although not totally normal.
If you really want to be sure about this all you can may be have a glucose tolerance test done or have the A1c repeated after a month or two.
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is there anything i can do in the mean time ti help this situation
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ok i see
so is a 8.3 a1c really high?
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But high for sure.
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You should ideally be on metformin and take care of your diet. I am sure you must do a lot of running and exercise since you are a football player.
Metformin at a dose of 500 mg twice daily.
yeah i do but i got hurt and i was out for a year so i gained a some weight but im back working out hard every day now
Thats good, if you lose weight that you put on you should be fine.
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Think of him as a kind of Cecil Rhodes in a loincloth and with bulging muscles.
Here was a project that would get me out of a loincloth and into real clothes!
So will you be running around with a loincloth from now on?
He wore nothing more than the loincloth and the earth-coloured, unsown cloak.
The native, like the juggler, had a beardless face and was naked but for loincloth and turban.
He wore a loincloth of red flannel and fringed buckskin leggings.
Well, Barney, perhaps for the sake of uniformity we'd better strip and take to the loincloth.
He was naked, and where the loincloth should have been, there was a virile member projecting from a bush of horsehair.
A widow is completely swathed in nets, one over the other, and she carries about with her the loincloth of her deceased husband.
Then he kicked off his boots and dropped his hose and his loincloth.


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Let's take a look at some recent news and notes emanating from head coach Bruce Arians' first camp:
***The Red Birds have signed centers Kyle Quinn, who played at Arizona, and Deveric Gallington, formerly of Texas Tech, and also added former Texas A&M defensive tackle Jonathan Mathis to their 90-man roster. All three are undrafted rookie free agents. Quinn was recently released by Philadelphia and Gallington was cut by the Oakland Raiders back in May. The Cardinals also waived defensive end Everette Thompson and wide receiver LaRon Byrd.
***Pro Bowl cornerback Patrick Peterson continues to take reps at wide receiver. In training camp, Peterson has a package that may include up to 15 offensive plays. This scenario bears watching. Very interesting.
***Did you know that Arians has instituted a no-fighting policy in training camp? Yes, that is indeed the case.
"We don't play the Cardinals," Arians told azcentral.com. "That's between those guys and me. I won't be like Coach (Bear) Bryant and bring out the boxing gloves."
Arians has not said what type of punishment or fine he would institute if a player decided to fight on his watch.
Interesting concept. Don't forget – the Red Birds open their pre-season slate tomorrow against the Packers in Green Bay. Football is back and it should be a very interesting 2013 NFL campaign.
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