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Snow West festival to feature cooking contest13 Dec 2014
There will be lots to do, but the fifth annual Snow West winter festival will have something special cooking this year.
'Steer by the inn," says Captain Ane Emberley, at my shoulder as I take a brief turn at the wheel of his tour boat, the Ketanja. I line up the prow with the Fogo Island Inn. It's easy to navigate by; its intersecting white rectangles rear from a jut of granite on the treeless shore.
"Listen," my sister said, leaning close to my ear munching a crispy chunk of fried cod at the Anchor Café in Port au Choix, Newfoundland, "that's what fish and chips should sound like." For someone who's worked for 36 years at an iconic West Vancouver fish and chippery, that's a mighty big stamp of approval.
From fabulous food to trendy hotels and jaw-dropping scenery, Travel Editor Jim Byers' offers up great things to do in St. John's, Newfoundland.
What to feed a hungry angler... Fish, perhaps?15 Apr 2013
Trevor Pilgrim of Mayflower Adventures in Roddickton, NL, believes in giving his guests a hearty breakfast before he takes them out salmon fishing. One of his favourite haunts is Beaver Brook and its world-famous limestone cave, known as the Underground Salmon Pool.
Forget the Rockies. Winter blahs melt away as you hit the gas on a snowmobile and blast along ancient mountain ridges or wander through pristine woodlands in Newfoundland and Labrador.
A vast network of trails sprawls across more than 5,000 kilometres of natural beauty. It spans the former Canadian National Railway route, follows the foothills of the Long Range Mountains to a glacier-cut fjord in Gros Morne National Park, and crisscrosses Labrador's rolling tundra.
Cod tongue in cheek28 Feb 2013
When I ask the owner of a very local diner in tiny Port au Choix where the moose came from for the delicious moose burger I've just wolfed down, she tells me she hunted it herself. I clearly realize that dining in Newfoundland is not like anyplace else I've travelled before.
Head over heels in Newfoundland7 Feb 2013
The perception most of us have of Newfoundland is of a scenic wonder filled with rocky cliffs, green terrain and quaint seaside villages. It is not known as a haven for winter activity, but a visit to Western Newfoundland will obliterate any notion that Newfoundlanders are not just as much fun in the cold as in the sun. Even the province's jewel, Gros Morne National Park, offers visitors spectacular beauty when the temperature falls below freezing.
Chef's Recipe: Jeremy Charles' Moose Ravioli3 Jan 2013
For an east coast edition of Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag, we visited Newfoundland and tried moose for the first time. Our guest chef on the episode was Jeremy Charles and he shared his restaurant's signature moose ravioli dish with us. Such friendly folks, those Newfoundlanders!
New Year's Eve at Raymonds restaurant in St. John's, N.L., will feature a luxurious 12-course tasting menu of seafood and wild game crafted by celebrated chef Jeremy Charles.
St. John's, the capital of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, is the perfect combination of big-city luxury and small-town charm.
How to Bake a Killer Sourdough Loaf20 Nov 2012
We head to Upper Amherst Cove, Newfoundland to discover the secrets of the lively bread.
Beauty and the Bonavista Social Club27 Sep 2012
UPPER AMHERST COVE, NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR — The view alone makes a trip to Katie Hayes' new establishment in rural Newfoundland worth the drive.
Newfoundland: North America's most easterly point with a budding foodie scene. Fine dining choices, a gastro-pub, and a seaside escape make for an epicurean adventure in Canada.
CUPIDS, Newfoundland Labrador – Up on the rooftop garden of the Cupids Legacy Centre, Peter Laracy is delivering some stern advice. About fairies. "If you hear strange music, don't follow it...
ST. JOHN'S—These are heady days in this oft-beleaguered town. The oil industry has brought a boom. There are new condo projects downtown and restaurants serving blistered Naples-style pizzas and Japanese fusion cuisine. New shops on Water St. sell the sort of trendy goods you'd find on Queen West or Ossington.
Viva la Viking Trail13 Jun 2012
Newfoundland and Labrador's Viking Trail celebrates the place where the first Europeans to make landfall in the Western Hemisphere, Leif Erikson and the Vikings, came in contact with North America's native people. Around A.D. 1000, Erikson led an expedition that sailed from a Norse village in Greenland to the coast of Labrador then south to Newfoundland.
Flummies, Toutons, and Scrunchions18 May 2012
What do fish and brewis, cod tongues, toutons, Jiggs' dinner and moose meatballs have in common? They are just a few of the delicious dishes served in Labrador and Newfoundland. My only complaint after spending two weeks driving across Labrador and down the west coast of Newfoundland with my husband, Barrie, is that I put on more pounds than I care to divulge.
Cross Canada Cooks: Newfoundland and Labrador27 Apr 2012
The province of Newfoundland and Labrador teems with culinary traditions from the sea and the land...
Operation Occupy Bacalao8 Feb 2012
In the true Newfoundland and Labrador style of coming together to face a challenge, a team of local chefs will take over the kitchen at Bacalao to offer special five-course dinners while Chef Mike Barsky and the team represent the province at the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships in BC February 8-12.


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A 17-year-old boy arrested Thursday afternoon in connection with an emergency call that resulted in an lockdown of Escondido High School hours earlier is a former student, officials said.
Principal Rich Watkins confirmed Friday that the teen previously attended the school.
The boy was arrested about 4:10 p.m. at his Escondido home on suspicion of making a false report of an emergency, Escondido police Capt. Michael Loarie said. The boy faces a misdemeanor charge and was released to his parents.
The high school was on lockdown for a little more than an hour Thursday as police searched the campus in response to a call about a suspicious person.
Police received a call at 10 a.m. from a person who reported seeing a high school-age boy carrying what appeared to be an Airsoft rifle — which can resemble a real gun — on the north side of campus near the baseball fields. The caller said the boy had long brown hair and was wearing all black clothing.
Police called the school and asked for a lockdown, sending all students and staff indoors.
Patrol units, investigations teams, and a sheriff's helicopter responded, searching the 53-acre campus on North Broadway and the area outside the school.
During the search, police received a call saying three shots were heard nearby. Police later determined that the sounds came from an apartment complex.
The search, which lasted about 65 minutes, yielded no evidence of gunshots or the suspicious person, Loarie said. The lockdown was lifted at 11:15 a.m.
Police kept uniformed and undercover officers near the school for the rest of the day. Classes resumed, though up to 200 students were picked up early by their parents.
After police lifted the lockdown, the school resource officer and detectives investigated the suspicious-sighting report, Loarie said. The investigation and information from school officials led detectives to focus on a juvenile they believed was involved in the original call, Loarie said.
Loarie said it became apparent that there never was a man with a gun on campus and that the caller had concocted the story. He said investigators reviewed video from security cameras around the campus, and "the information from the caller was not matching what we were seeing on the video."
Loarie said that having a suspect in custody Thursday was important for restoring a sense of security.
The campus was back to normal Friday, with absences below average at 87, Watkins said.
Loarie said the arrest also lets the community know that "it is not OK to make false calls to the police," noting that public safety resources were tied up for several hours. Up to 50 police employees were involved in the call.

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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo men's tennis team (12-5) swept the Lindenwood University Lions (4-6), 9-0, Saturday afternoon from the Saint Leo Tennis Center. The non-region win is the Lions fourth-straight and 10th shutout of the season.
The Lions breezed through the doubles session, 3-0, before taking six-consecutive matches in singles action to secure the sweep.
The Lions received highlight performances out of their top-flight and No.2 doubles slots as the squad's No.21-ranked doubles team of Matt Nicholson-Lewis and Victor Lozier bounced Eric Tucoulou and Thiago Mastriani, 8-1, and Jacobo Gonzalez-Tarrio and Jose Morales ousted Octavio Costa and William Hale, 8-1.
Gonzlaez-Tarrio then punctuated singles play with a consecutive-set shutout win over Juan Vicenzio, 6-0, 6-0. Saint Leo's No.32-ranked, two-flight competitor of Nicholson-Lewis secured the match with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Guither Schilling.
For complete scores, view today's box score.
The Lions will return to action on Thursday, March 29, when they host nationally-ranked Florida Southern in a key Sunshine State Conference showdown. Doubles play is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.
For more on the nationally-ranked men's tennis team, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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WARMINSTER skipper Tom Davies would be surprised if Rory Cullinan's performances this season have caught the eye of the county side.
South Africa-born Cullinan, who is in his fourth season for Warminster after joining the Sambourne Road side in 2011, took two wickets for 30 runs and top-scored with an unbeaten knock of 41 as Davie's men beat Tewkesbury by five wickets last weekend.
Captain Davie admits that he has no idea if Cullinan has come under the consideration of Wiltshire team boss Neil Shardlow but doesn't think that a county call-up is unrealistic for his man.
"Rory Cullinan has a British passport now that he's been here for long enough and in my opinion, he's definitely good enough to play for Wiltshire," said the Warminster skipper.
"I don't know if they have looked at him yet but he's exactly the kind of player that could come in and be effective with the way that he bowls with pace – I'm sure they'll take a look at him eventually.
"Rory and John Powell were both excellent with the ball last weekend. It was a great bowling performance from us and it was brilliant to bowl Tewkesbury out for 136, especially because it's not too hard to score runs at Warminster.
"We had a good bit of luck with losing the toss because I probably would have chosen to bat first, but it was a pretty ruthless performance and another good display from us."
Warminster's bowling attack piled the pressure on Tewkesbury from the off, with the visitors losing their first seven wickets for 77 runs.
Adam Brookes hit 37 whilst David Vernon added 23 but John Powell bowled ten overs for just nine runs, with Ollie Weaver and Davie also taking two wickets apiece to skittle Tewkesbury for 136 early in the 43rd over.
Cullinan's unbeaten haul and Desmond Kruger's knock of 39 spearheaded Warminster's comfortable run chase, with Tom Weaver also weighing in with 21 as the home side reached 138-5 in little more than 31 overs.
Meanwhile, Westbury were unable to build on their win over Biddestone last week as they slipped to defeat in their crucial bottom-of-the-table clash at Chipping Sodbury.
After losing the toss and being put in to bat first, Alex Senneck's men got off to a difficult start as their first two wickets fell for 21.
Jared McDonald and skipper Senneck steadied the ship with knocks of 36 and 35 respectively whilst Aditya Rai chipped in with 25.
Chipping Sodbury's Jon Toghill claimed three wickets as Westbury were dismissed for 184 in their penultimate over.
With the elements taking hold of proceedings, the hosts were set a revised target of 107 off 29 overs which they duly chased down thanks to Jamie Wakefield's unbeaten knock of 47.
Dan Clark also hit 37 not out as Chipping Sodbury reached 110-3 early in little more than 25 overs, with Senneck's side beaten by seven wickets.
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manifesto n. a public declaration of principles, intentions, purposes, etc.
— Oxford Canadian Dictionary
One of the documents I received as part of an information package upon my arrival at the Peter Lehmann Mentor Retreat/National Tasting (more on this soon) in Kelowna, B.C., was U.K. wine writer Jamie Goode's A wine manifesto.
Published in mid-October via his website (www.wineanorak.com), Goode notes his brief, 25-point document is meant to "capture my approach to wine, and my vision for where it should aim."
We often think of a manifesto as a call to arms, a rallying cry — it's political, and is meant to move people. Goode's manifesto is written in plain, accessible language and is aimed at those of us with a fairly extensive interest in wine, whether as a hobby or as an occupation.
Because it's so deliciously captivating, it's easy to over-think wine — those of us who work with wine often delve into geekery that quickly isolates casual imbibers or wine neophytes.
While Goode's manifesto isn't so radical as to transform the wine world (nor was it his intent, I believe), there are some valuable points worth sharing with wine lovers at all levels.
Some of the key points from his manifesto could be applied to more overarching life issues as well. Here are five of his points, as well as my thoughts why they're important.
Some wines are just wine
Whether you have a glass a week or taste 1,500 or so wines a year (as I think I have so far in 2013), there aren't always words to describe a wine. It might be non-descript, or boring, or devoid of character, or maybe you're tired or don't want to think about what's in your glass. Sometimes wine just tastes like wine, and that's OK.
The taste is not in the wine
"We bring a lot to the wine-tasting experience," Goode says here, which also ties into the previous point. My interaction with a wine (or a person, for that matter) is different depending on if I'm alert, or tired, or am distracted by other things in my life, or am feeling under the weather. Taste the same wine (or talk to the same person the next day) and it's a different ball game.
The wine is a whole
There's a value in my knowing how many months a wine spends in oak barrels, or whether it has been acidified (because the fruit is overripe) or chaptalized (the addition of sugar, typically when fruit is underripe). It's interesting, and useful in coming to a final evaluation of a wine. But most readers just care about the big picture -- does the wine taste good? The whole is more than the sum of its parts -- be it people or wine.
Wine: be yourself
Goode says "There's nothing wrong with commercial wines. The world needs good, cheap wines." He adds these wines should be honest -- they don't need to try and be anything other than what they are. My most exciting wine discoveries are mostly in the $10-15 price range, when I find a wine that doesn't taste like everything else out there -- the wine is just itself.
There is always another wine
So many wine drinkers stick with that one tried-and-true favourite, going back to it over and over again. Do you only ever talk to one person? Why always drink the same wine? You'll be surprised what you'll learn.
Jamie Goode's A wine manifesto is available here: http://www.wineanorak.com/a_wine_manifesto.pdf
BERONIA 2008 RESERVA (Rioja, Spain -- $23.99, Liquor Marts and beyond)
This is classic Spanish Tempranillo -- the Old World earth, barnyard, espresso and white-pepper aromas work well with cherry, raspberry and licorice notes. This medium-plus bodied red brings bright fruit -- namely, raspberry as well as cherry skins -- with ash, cola and white-pepper flavours and a splash of acidity. Nice character and extremely food-friendly; try with a hearty stew or a roast. 3.5/5
GROSSET 2011 POLISH HILL RIESLING (Clare Valley, Australia -- around $49, private wine stores)
Fermented bone-dry, the Polish Hill is a tightly wound, focused white. It's aromatically intense, with green apple, lemon zest and petrol notes exploding from the glass. On the light-bodied, racy palate it's crisp and clean, with green apple and citrus notes as well as a chalky component and fresh acidity that brings electricity to this wine without ever venturing into "sour" territory. The select private wine stores that carry the Polish Hill may not yet have the 2011 vintage -- regardless, I've tasted multiple vintages and it's a consistently otherworldly white. It's pricey -- if you want a primer try the Mitchell Watervale (Liquor Marts and beyond, $20.44) or Pfeiffer Riesling (Liquor Marts and beyond, $19.51). 5/5
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- Federal and state governments on GST collision course
- Full coverage: federal budget 2014
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Federal government funding cuts to services including in health and education have been described as "a kick in the guts" for NSW that will cost the state budget about $2 billion over the next four years.
NSW Treasurer Andrew Constance estimates that $1.2 billion will come from health alone, while the impact on education will be about $240 million.
Premier Mike Baird said the cuts were "a kick in the guts to the people of NSW" that could potentially harm the state's triple-A credit rating. He noted that one ratings agency already had the state on negative outlook before the federal budget announcement.
"Does the announcement last night potentially impact our credit ratings? Yes, it does," he said on Wednesday.
"The ratings agencies say, well, how are you going to meet that cost? So we do have a challenge."
Mr Baird and Mr Constance were responding to the budget handed down on Tuesday by federal Treasurer Joe Hockey, which will rip $80 billion from schools and public hospitals across Australia up to 2024-25.
From 2017, indexation of health and education funding will change to reflect the growth in population and inflation, instead of the amount of activity in each system.
At a news conference on Wednesday morning, Mr Baird challenged Mr Hockey to answer the question: "What services would he like us to cut here in NSW on the back of the funding cuts we've seen overnight?
"When we had our problems fiscally [and] got our house in order, we did not send the bill to Canberra," he said.
"What we've had last night from the federal government is a flick pass. It's cost shifting. And it says to this state: we have a problem, you work it out.
"Our message back to Canberra is no, we are in this together. You cannot outsource your problems to the state."
Earlier, Mr Baird had said the prospect of deep cuts to federal funding has "brought forward" the debate about whether the GST should be increased to cover them.
On ABC radio, Mr Baird described the announcement as "almost a game of 'tip and you're it - we now want the states to solve these challenges".
"Well, it doesn't work like that," he said.
Mr Baird said there was "a clear requirement" for the states and Commonwealth to come together "to work out how we solve this".
"Because we haven't got the financial capacity to meet the challenge being provided by the Commonwealth and we need to address it."
Mr Baird said the types of discussions that were necessary included whether the federal government would allow the states to levy a proportion of income tax - a recommendation of the recent Commission of Audit.
Asked if he believed Mr Hockey was seeking to "wedge" the states on the issue of an increase to the GST by requiring them to find a way to fund extra health and education services, Mr Baird said he remained a supporter of Mr Abbott's pre-election promise to have a "mature debate about tax reform".
"That should take place," Mr Baird said. "What we saw with events last night, that has brought that forward."
At his news conference, Mr Baird said he favoured a proposal previously brought to the federal government whereby a portion of income tax is quarantined for the states.
"I have been very upfront on this," he said. "If Canberra last night said we are going to quarantine some income tax to align with this expenditure responsibility, I'd be the first to give it a tick, because that's what I've been arguing for consistently.
"It makes sense. But I'm not going to prescribe that as the only course of action. What I'm saying is we need to have the discussion on tax reform [and] federalism and we need to align revenue and expenditures."
NSW Treasurer Andrew Constance said the state was also concerned about the impact of a $7 co-payment to visit a GP announced by Mr Hockey and "its potential impact on overwhelming our emergency departments".
"We need to have a long and detailed discussion with the Commonwealth about further details regarding this announcement," Mr Constance said.
Mr Baird agreed with concerns raised by Mr Constance that the $7 co-payment would push more people into public hospital emergency rooms.
"We can't get queues a mile long in emergency departments, because that's going to be expensive and that's not an efficient way to run any health system," he said. "So we do need to consider that in detail."
Mr Baird said: "if it leads to long queues in emergency departments, well, that's not something that's sustainable."


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Hello Kitty Beer Will Get You Drunk On Cuteness (And Also Alcohol) (Mostly The Alcohol)
I'm someone who enjoys an adult beverage every now and then, but since I'm also someone whose tastes basically stopped at the age of 12, I tend to really hate the bitter taste of beer. Up to now, I've solved this problem pretty handily by just dumping a pint of ethanol and a bag of Skittles into a blender, but many are the nights where I've been in the throes of delirium, wondering why there isn't a way to get drunk on something that tastes like fruit soda, and that also panders to my love of iconic Japanese pop culture characters.
Thankfully, I now have my answer: Sanrio has licensed an official Hello Kitty beer, currently available in China and Taiwan in four fruity flavors.


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If you've ever been to Harvard Business School, you'll know what I mean when I say that physically it's an incredibly comfortable place. The facilities are impeccable. Our student centre, filled with huge arm chairs, dark wood tables and bright sunlight, provides a country club atmosphere for students. You may not come from money, but here you already feel like you've made a ton of it.
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Captured Moments
Photographs Volume 1.
de Douglas Shoop
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This 198 page book represents some of my best digital photography taken over the past 6 years. My name is Douglas Shoop from Medford, MA. I am an amateur photographer who loves photographing landscapes, architecture, wildlife and people. Many of these photographs were taken while on vacation while my wife and kids patiently waited for me to get the "best shot". Thanks guys.
If you like landscape photography, this book has lots of it. Beginning with Chapter 1, which has many photos of the Grand Teton Mountains and Yellowstone National Park. That place offers spectacular photo opportunities all day long. You'll also find many wildlife photos from this region as well as multiple photos of lizards and iguanas from Aruba.
For years, my wife has urged me to get those beautiful photographs out of the computer and in print so everyone can enjoy them. Blurb provided me the opportunity to do just that.
You will also find Chapters on New York City, Aruba, Medford, Cleveland, California, New England, Wildlife, Sunrise & Sunsets, and Classic Cars. I'm a big fan of classic cars.
My real job is owning my own Architecture firm DSA Architects. You can check us out at www.dsaarchitects.com where I take all my project photographs with my Canon 20D. Why hire a professional when you can do it yourself?
If you have any questions about the book before you order it, please feel free to e-mail me at email@example.com. I believe you will really enjoy the photography.
Características y detalles
- Categoría Arte y fotografía
Apaisado estándar, 25×20 cm
198 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación ene. 08, 2007
- Etiquetas Classic Cars, Grand Tetons, Jackson Hole, New York City, Architecture, Aruba, Bison, Iguana, Landscapes, Mountains, Wildlife, Wyoming, Yellowstone
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Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 | 10:52 a.m.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has picked Sally Jewell, a business executive who has earned national recognition for her support of outdoor recreation and habitat conservation, to lead the Interior Department, the White House said Wednesday.
Jewell is the president and chief executive officer at the outdoors company Recreational Equipment, Inc., known as REI, which sells clothing and gear for outdoor adventures with more than 100 stores across the country. Before joining Kent, Wash.-based REI in 2000, Jewell worked in commercial banking and as an engineer for Mobil Oil Corp. She took the top post at REI in 2005.
If confirmed, Jewell would replace current Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who held the post throughout Obama's first term. Salazar announced last month that he would step down in March.
Jewell, 56, donated $5,000 to Obama's re-election effort. She would be the first woman in Obama's crop of second-term Cabinet nominees. The White House faced criticism that the new Cabinet lacked diversity after Obama tapped a string of white men for top posts, but Obama promised more diverse nominees were in the queue for other jobs.
Jewell's confirmation also would put a prominent representative from the business community in the president's Cabinet. REI is a $2 billion-a-year company and has been named by Fortune Magazine as one of the top 100 companies to work for.
Jewell was born in England, but moved to the Seattle area before age 4 and is a U.S. citizen.
Obama was to announce Jewell's nomination Wednesday afternoon, said White House press secretary Jay Carney. The ceremony was planned for the White House State Dining Room.
In 2011, Jewell introduced Obama at a White House conference on the "America's Great Outdoors" initiative, noting that the $289 billion outdoor-recreation industry supports 6.5 million jobs. She also appeared at a 2009 White House event on health care.
Under Salazar, the Interior Department pushed renewable power such as solar and wind and oversaw a moratorium on offshore drilling after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The moratorium was lifted in October 2010, although offshore drilling operations did not begin for several more months.
The Interior Department manages more than 300 million acres in national parks and other public lands, and more than 1 billion acres offshore, overseeing energy, mining operations and recreation. The department also provides services to 566 federally recognized Indian tribes.
Jewell's nomination was hailed by conservation and business groups alike.
Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune called Jewell a champion in the effort to connect children with nature and said she has "a demonstrated commitment to preserving the higher purposes public lands hold for all Americans — recreation, adventure, and enjoyment.
The Western Energy Alliance, which represents the oil and natural gas industry in the West, also welcomed Jewell's nomination.
"Her experience as a petroleum engineer and business leader will bring a unique perspective to an office that is key to our nation's energy portfolio," said Tim Wigley, the group's president.
Wigley said his group hopes Jewell will work to develop oil and gas on non-park, non-wilderness public lands.
Jewell's appointment comes as Democrats and environmental groups are urging Obama to step up efforts to conserve public lands in his second term.
Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said Tuesday that Obama should adopt a principle in which every acre of public land that is leased to the oil and gas industry is matched by an acre permanently protected for conservation or recreation.
Over the past four years, more than 6 million acres of public lands have been leased for oil and gas, compared with 2.6 million acres permanently protected, according to U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Jewell, who is married with two grown children, was paid more than $2 million as REI's CEO in 2011. She contributed $5,000 to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee set up by Obama and the Democratic Party, according to federal election records. She has contributed to Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., and a political action committee that supports Democrats.
Jewell also was on the board of directors of Avista Corp., a Spokane-based power utility, from 1997 through 2003. U.S. Securities and Exchange documents show that in her last full year as an Avista board member, Jewell held more than 15,600 shares in the utility and received $50,000 in director's fees.
In 2004, federal prosecutors charged that Avista played a role in a 2000 deal that allowed then-energy giant Enron to sell a $3 million turbine to the northwest utility firm. Prosecutors did not criminally charge Avista, but said the utility agreed to buy the turbine before a larger deal was completed — a move that aided Enron in hiding the turbine deal from its auditors.
Jewell was on Avista's audit and finance committee when the utility bought the turbine in 2000. Avista was not criminally charged in the Enron indictment and none of the utility's officials, including Jewell, were cited in the charges. Avista officials at the time denied any knowledge of Enron's internal moves.
Houston-based Enron collapsed in 2001 amid fraud and corruption charges.
Associated Press writers Rachel La Corte in Olympia, Wash., and Jack Gillum and Stephen Braun in Washington contributed to this story.


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@ 01:32 Famine, poverty, natural disasters, genocide, drought, war, and religion were also …
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Comment on "What To Do If Your Boyfriend is a Lolicon" by 大和魂 【門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む】:
@ 01:32
Famine, poverty, natural disasters, genocide, drought, war, and religion were also quite prevalent in humanity's history till now, and it's safe to say that one or more of these examples are already being viewed as "normal" to significant amounts of people.
So I hope that you're not trying to say that just because of child fucking's prevalence in past and present societies should justify it on some sort of scale.
And I hope all of those vote ups aren't due to SanCom members interpreting it as being such,
大和魂 【門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む】 made other comments on this post:
- "What To Do If Your Boyfriend is a Lolicon":
@ 09:31 An individual will have several different outlooks on what is and what isn't normal. And as implied by the "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" saying, attractiveness is completely subjective to the individual. So according to what you've said, it'd be somewhat of a taboo for adult men to not be attracted to adolescent girls, or may categorize them as being [mentally] unhealthy. In most societies, however, it's thought to be the exact opposite. As in, it obviously isn't seen as …
- "What To Do If Your Boyfriend is a Lolicon":
@ 09:31 tl;dr pseudoscience. I'm more than willing to provide my valid sources which supports the fact that just because a child may be "physically" fit for sexual intercourse, doesn't mean they are mentally/psychologically, if you do so for yours. Being consistent with the "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder" saying, what one considers to be "attractive" is completely subjective, and it's plain silly to basically claim that all men are sexually attracted to adolescents. Even if that were …
- "What To Do If Your Boyfriend is a Lolicon":
@ 03:23 "Sex of a 83 year old man with a 13 year old girl makes perfect biological sense." Even the idiots here know that pivot-shaped objects can enter holes. How does this justify child fucking?
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@kazaza though i agree, i doubt you know of any significant instances where China's state government "ripped-off" anything from America, and your views are highly influenced by the overwhelming bias of SanCom's articles and your fan boy mentality towards Japan solely via weeaboo culture. Other than that, you're right.
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@gaelstrom "which I still can't help but laugh at before I facepalm and feel like shooting someone." Shoot yourself next time, bipolar pseudo-intellectual pedophile and master of shit logic.
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hey kazaza2, maybe if you keep on using the word "consent" or any suffixed variant, and as long as the ignorant of Sankaku keep on voting those type of posts up, grown men fucking teenage girls might actually become legal. and all of the studying done by highly trained psychologist, mental health specialists, and counselors saying youth aren't able to fully consent to sex (but are doing it anyway) will all go disregarded.
- "My Life as a Schoolgirl Prostitute":
>schierkeandme "They f*kin paid her a lot of money. Easy money." Yeah, they took advantage of the fact that she was a socially inept teenager from a troubled home with a teenager's mentality and the average teenager's materialism. They perhaps didn't know they were taking advantage of her through all of that (they sure as hell do know that a lot of naive, teenage girls would things for large sums of money such as 30,000 yen (twice the prices of the average, "legal" sex services offered in …
- LDP Push National Loli Ban: "Anime Harms Children":
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QUARTERBACK: With highly rated Will Grier already on campus, getting Treon Harris to flip from FSU is a huge signing-day bonus. GRADE: A+
RUNNING BACK: The Gators wanted a change-of-pace guy after Dalvin Cook bolted, and they found one in Brandon Powell. GRADE: B+
RECEIVERS: The Gators added two wide receivers and filled a huge need by signing three pass-catching tight ends. GRADE: B+
OFFENSIVE LINE: In a critical area of need, the Gators signed six, led by highly rated tackle David Sharpe. GRADE: A
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SECONDARY: Cornerback was a huge need and the Gators filled it, led by five-star prospect Jalen Tabor. GRADE: A+
OVERALL: To put together a top-10 class coming off a 4-8 season says a lot about Will Muschamp and his staff — and the Florida brand. Grade: A.
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Silence is Golden
We all know the same old story. When are the Rangers going to make a big splash in free agency? Well maybe this year we stick to our guns and try to see who makes the team, and we don't bother with any UFA's. Is that a good thing, bad thing, or are we still hoping to make some kind of splash?
Well, No. 1, it appears one way or another that Kovy is off the market. I can't see the Rangers getting involved here even if they wanted to. The Rangers would have to move Redden or Rosival to have any hope of landing Kovy. Of course moving both of those guys would be a great off season even if they got a bag of pucks in return.
One thing I think would be a great idea is for the Rangers to try and sign Mike Modano. I know we have Prospal, but Modano and Prospal splitting time, would make a decent first line and both can definitely feed Gaborik the puck. Modano would come cheap, but again after signing Prospal, I'm not sure the Rangers would do this.
Another available player is Marc Savard. The Bruins are begging for a taker. I believe why he hasn't been dealt yet is that no one is sure he has or will recover from his concussion. I think that's pretty obvious, but the Bruins aren't asking for much, so that has got to be what's going on. Should the Rangers take a chance? Remember the rumor about why the Rangers moved Savard to begin with. He supposedly had a bad attitude, and wasn't very good in the locker room. Has he changed?
Gagne is a goner, but it would have been a nice pick up. Even if he is often injured it would have been nice to add some kind of scoring. We are in need of some scoring and although I thought it would be nice to pick up Modano, he is not the only answer. So we may wind up making no moves whatsoever. We appear to be heading in the direction that some of these young guys are going to make the team, and management thinks they can solve some of our scoring problem.
Which brings me to this next topic. If the Rangers were to move Redden in a package do you think it would be worth it to move Dubinsky? I know he's one of our young guns, but he seems to be lacking in the fact that he can't play the No. 1 center. His scoring is okay, but he seems like a 20 goal a year guy. If we could move Redden would you include Dubinsky for the sake of moving Redden? We probably wouldn't get much in return, but we could finally lose Redden. This is a deal that I would do, considering all the other prospects we have, and considering some of them appear to have better scoring ability. So if we were to break our Silence during this trade deadline, this is a deal I would do. Would you consider a move like this a successful off season? Is this move a good move? A decent move? Or a move that you wouldn't even remotely consider.
When I started out the question was is Silence Golden? Are the Rangers going to sit back and run with the roster as it is? Maybe we make a minor splash, kind of like getting Eminger. One thing is for sure Sather is trying to run things differently but is differently really a good thing right now? We're running out of options as far as UFA's, would we dare to do another Sakic move? Right now it looks like Sather is in fact sitting tight but keeping the feelers out there just in case. We need to sign Staal, but other than that unless some trade that knocks his socks off comes along, we may do nothing this off season. Doing nothing is not a bad thing. One good thing is apparently there is a plan to take care of Redden which that in itself is a big deal. Like I stated early moving him, or losing him in some way is a home run of an off season. Just remember Sather is the one who stamped that contract and he can always do it again.
So maybe the Silence is Golden.
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PHILADELPHIA - For the 120th consecutive year, the University of Pennsylvania will host the Penn Relays at historic Franklin Field. The world's oldest and largest relay carnival is set for Thursday through Saturday and will be nationally televised on NBC Sports on Saturday from 12:30-3 p.m.
Last year, there were 48,871 in attendance at historic Franklin Field on Saturday for a three-day total of 111,284 - eclipsing 110,000 fans for the sixth consecutive year. It was the 10th straight year and the 13th time in the last 14 years with more than 100,000 spectators at the world's oldest and largest relay carnival.
The 120th edition of the Penn Relays starts off for the Red and Blue Thursday night where several Quakers will be competing in the distance events. Friday and Saturday will contain most of the relays, including some Championship of America races. The first field events for Penn will be on Friday morning and continue into Saturday. For a complete schedule of the events in which the Quakers will be participating, click here.
The Quakers are coming off an impressive weekend at Princeton's Larry Ellis Invitational. Sophomore Sam Mattis broke his own record in the men's discus with the nation's fourth-best toss, while sophomore Brendan Smith is now among the top 25 in the nation in the men's steeplechase. Noah Kennedy-White (men's discus), Amy Darlington (women's steeplechase), Nick Tuck (men's steeplechase), Ashley Montgomery (women's 1,500m), Cleo Whiting (women's 5,000m), Elyssa Gensib (women's 5,000m), Gabrielle Piper (women's 100-meter hurdles), Noel Jancewicz (women's high jump), Serena Graf (women's javelin) and the women's 4x100-meter relay team all joined or moved up the Penn record books as well.
Last year at the 119th running of the Penn Relays, the Penn women set five top-five all-time marks. Two of those were relays as Ariana Tabatabaie, Gabby Cuccia, Pauline Dabrowski and Chelsea Delaney nearly claimed the Penn Relays title and finished with the fourth-best time in program history in the College 4x800-meter relay at 8:50.15. Piper,Rachel Hlatky, Nony Onyeador and Heather Bong finished fifth in the 4x100-meter relay at 46.18 - which is the third-fastest time in program history and just 15-hundreths of a second off the school record. Freshman Elyssa Gensib posted the fifth-best time in school history in the 3,000 meters (9:39.28). On the men's side, the Quakers finished among the top five in the 4x800 relay, distance medley relay, javelin, shot put and discus.
For the largest track meet in the world, the Penn Relays is home to the nation's most extensive results page. For all of your Penn Relays needs, see the link to the Penn Relays results page here. PennAthletics.com will have an update on the performance of the Quakers after each day of competition.


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Khronos @ SIGGRAPH 2013: OpenGL 4.4, OpenCL 2.0, & OpenCL 1.2 SPIR Announcedby Ryan Smith on 7/22/2013 9:00 AM EST
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MikhailT - Monday, July 22, 2013 - link> This being the 5th revision of OpenGL 4.x,
Don't you mean 4th revision or did I miss something? The 4.0 release isn't a revision of 4.x, so that makes 4.4 the 4th revision... Reply
nutgirdle - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkAhh, the dreaded "Count from zero" confusion. Reply
Ryan Smith - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkI was indeed counting from zero. I've reworded it to remove the ambiguity. Reply
mr_tawan - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkI think, 4.0 is also a revision of OpenGL. Reply
Ortanon - Monday, July 22, 2013 - link4th revision, or 5th version haha. Reply
lmcd - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkYes, you are correct. Reply
B3an - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkI've always wanted to see a detailed comparison of the latest OpenGL features versus the latest DirectX features. Including the pro's and con's of OpenGL and DX. I'm pretty sure DX 11.2 is more advanced/overall better but it's hard to tell. Reply
Ryan Smith - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkAt a high level the two are roughly equivalent. With compute shaders in OpenGL 4.3 there is no longer a significant feature gap for reimplmenting D3D11 in OpenGL. I didn't cover this in the article since it's getting into the real minutia, but 4.4 further improves on that in part by adding a new vertex packing format (GL_ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev) that is equivalent to one that is in D3D. Buffer storage also replicates something D3D does. Reply
przemo_li - Thursday, July 25, 2013 - linkDX is actually a bit behind (though DX11.2 will fix some of this), and OpenGL 4.4 pushed for some non-essential stuff that was missing compared in DX. (For ease of porting, cause same things could be done already).
(Only for OGL 4.3 vs DX11.1) Reply
WhitneyLand - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkA vote for an article on the latest in GPU raytracing performance. Even though it's domain specific, it really pushes the limits of what's possible on a GPU and therefore touches on a lot of generally interesting hardware and performance issues. It's just cool stuff. One example is the Octane renderer. Reply
ltcommanderdata - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkIn DirectX 11.2 there's some thought that Tiled Resources tier 1 refers to Bindless Textures while tier 2 refers to Sparse Textures. So is there any hierarchy to these features where GPUs supporting sparse textures (GCN-based) should also support bindless textures (only Keplar officially announced)? Or are they independent?
And is GK110 the only GPU currently available that supports Dynamic Parallelism and therefore the only currently shipping GPU that will be OpenCL 2.0 compatible? Hopefully Volcanic Islands and Maxwell will bring dynamic parallelism to the full product stack rather than just the top-end GPUs. Reply
sontin - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkGK208 (Cuda 3.5) supports Dynamic Parallelism. And with next year i guess every GPU and Tegra 5 will support at leats Cuda 3.5. Reply
TeXWiller - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkThat may be Tesla/Quadro-exlusive offering anyway. It would be nice if Nvidia would bring back the "democratization of parallelism" from the times long gone. Reply
sontin - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkGK208 is a consumer chip. It's not limited to the Quadro or Tesla series. They even advertised cards based on the chip on their blog:
http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2013/06/06/hey-develo... Reply
xdrol - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkThe thing is, nVidia does not care about OpenCL, they could not even (ehm, rather, didn't want to) ship an OpenCL 1.2 driver at all.. So it's nice that the hardware supports the feature, if we cannot use it from OpenCL, that's no better than AMD's version. Reply
name99 - Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - linkYou mean you won't be able to use OpenCL on Windows?
I assume on OSX you'll be able to use OpenCL and it will continue to move forward --- unless nVidia thinks it would be a wise business move to ensure Apple never buys from them again. Reply
MrSpadge - Saturday, July 27, 2013 - linkNo, by "not shipping OpenCL 1.2 drivers" he means they're still at 1.1. I don't expect this to be any better on OSX. Reply
Ryan Smith - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkTo the best of knowledge this is independent. At one point last year AMD said they didn't believe they could implement bindless textures in GCN hardware in an equivalent manner to NVIDIA. And NVIDIA of course may be bindless, but they can't do sparse in hardware. I fully expect the two to come together in the next generation of hardware, with NV and AMD gaining their competitor's respective functionality. Reply
przemo_li - Thursday, July 25, 2013 - linkNvidia support both ARB_bindless_texture and ARB_sparse_texture in their drivers:
And "Tiers" and "feature levels" is MS speak for extensions and OpenGL versions. (Since clean DX9, DX10, DX11 do not work any more)
Both of those did NOT landed in core. Those are extensions vendors may implement in hw if they like. (Though ARB stand there for a reason, and those extensions should land in core in unchanged form if hw support will be good) Reply
chris81 - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linktypo:
Now with the competition of the new conformance tests -> completion Reply
chris81 - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkStanding for Standard Portable Interface Representation -> Intermediate Representation Reply
Ryan Smith - Monday, July 22, 2013 - linkAww geeze. Thanks for catching that. Fixed. Reply
iwod - Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - linkHopefully within a year or two we should finally see some adoption into OpenCL acceleration. Which i have yet to see much software using it. ( May be CPU today is already fast enough for 95% of what we need. )
Does OpenGL 4.4 matters? Do Microsoft Still support it on Windows ( I remember there were words on dropping support etc i didn't remember what turns out )
And Apple, even with their unreleased OSX Maverick has ONLY just updated to OpenGL 4.0
( Yeah this is depressing )
So the most important OpenGL would be OpenGL ES, where it is dominating / monopolizing the mobile world. Why isn't there any update on it? Reply
Klimax - Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - linkOpenGL is implemented by GPU vendors and connecting into graphics subsystem using provided interfaces.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/ha... Reply
Krysto - Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - linkWhat do you mean? They've just updated it to Open GL ES 3.0 last year. They won't update ES every year.
That being said, with Nvidia starting to use the full OpenGL in mobile next year, I think Khronos needs to release ES 4.0 next year, so the other GPU chip makers can catch-up a bit, since adopting the full OpenGL 4.3/4.4 might be too hard for them. Nvidia had to use its PC architecture to do that, and even Intel on its latest Haswell for notebooks and PC's doesn't support more than 4.0, which they barely adopted at the last moment, too.
So either Khronos gives the others ES 4.0 to work with, or the other mobile GPU makers will be literally *years* behind future Tegra devices, when it comes to graphics capability. Reply
przemo_li - Thursday, July 25, 2013 - linkGeometry shaders, and tesselation shaders consume much power and that was reason why they did not landed in OpenGL ES 3.0. It will be interesting to see if Nvidia can come up with some good solution here.
(Also Intel is utilizing Mesa drivers for their Android efforts, those are already at full OGL 3.1, and 3.2/3.3 should come this year.) Reply
Codeledger - Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - linkAs someone who is following Google's GPGPU efforts with Renderscript, it looks like OpenCL 2.0 and OpenCL SIPR are trying to address some of the issues brought up by the Android team. I would be curious to know if the various vendors are using Renderscript as a test bed DSL or in the future will Android adopt and expose OpenCL formally. Reply
Wwhat - Sunday, July 28, 2013 - linkNew in OpenCl: DRM type crap
No need to worry though, we keep the word 'open' in the name...for 'your' convenience. Reply


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If you have been wanting to develop content for Flash Player 11; especially taking advantage of the new Stage3D api's, you may have noticed that Flash Pro CS5 and CS5.5 don't have the option to do so. These versions were shipped before FP11 and therefore it was not available at the time.
In order to allow you to publish to FP11 I have packaged a few MXP's for Flash CS5 and CS5.5. I have also provided details instructions on how you can manually configure Flash Pro to support FP11 (for those who like to know what the MXP is doing or want to learn how to modify the tool).
There is one major gotcha. If you try to preview your movie using Test Movie (cntrl-enter or cmd-enter) you wil be using authplay; the built flash player, which is still Flash Player 10 (sorry but you can't change this, and no, it is not the same thing as the Standalone player). So in order to test your FP11 specific content you will need to test in browser. You can use cmd-F12 on mac and F12 on windows.
MXP install
CS 5.5 MXP – FP11Publish_cs55.mxp
CS 5 MXP – FP11Publish_cs5.mxp
The MXP's add a "Flash Player 11" target to the flash player drop down menu in the publishing settings as well as an HTML template named "Flash WMODE direct". The HTML template sets the wmode to direct in order to allow Stage3D content to render.
To install just download the MXP using the links provided, then make sure to unzip it first before opening the MXP. If you double-click on the MXP it should launch Extension Manager and prompt you to accept the installation.
Instructions for manual configuration
There are a few files that have to be added.
1. First we must add the new playergobal.swc. This file is the document that contains the new API's, and there is one playerglobal.swc for every version of the Flash Player that supports AS3. You can locate the FP11 playglobal.swc here. For future reference you can always check on the Adobe Flash Player Support Center for future versions.
Once you have the file, you should place it in $Flash/Common/Configuration/ActionScript 3.0/FP11
where $Flash is the location of the folder where you installed Flash. You will have to create the FP11 folder.
2. You will now need to create the publish taget XML file.This file is what actually adds the option for Flash Player 11 that appears in the Publish settings dialog drop down.
The best way to creat this file is to make a copy of the FlashPayer10_1.xml file that is located in $Flash//Common/Configuration/Players. Rename the copy FlashPlayer11_0.xml and save it in the same location. Then edit it accordingly with any text editor. Below you will see the first 8 lines of the file and the items in red are the lines that actually should change.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <players> <player id="FlashPlayer11" version="13" asversion="3"> <name>Flash Player 11.0</name> <path builtin="true"/> <path platform="WIN">Device Central/adcdl.exe</path> <path platform="MAC">Device Central/adcdl</path> <playerDefinitionPath as2="$(UserConfig)/Classes/FP10;$(UserConfig)/Classes/FP9;$(UserConfig)/Classes/FP8;$(UserConfig)/Classes/FP7" as3="$(AppConfig)/ActionScript 3.0/FP11/playerglobal.swc" /> ........
Notice that the player id is 11 but the version is 13. This is because the player version and the swf version are no longer in sync.
For those wondering here is how the Player version and swf version compare:
Flash Player 9 = swf version 9
Flash Player 10 and 10.1 = swf version 10
Flash Player 10.2 = swf version 11
Flash Player 10.3 = swf version 12
Flash Player 11 = swf version 13
3. If you have CS5.5 and need to use the Detect Flash Version feature of the HTML wrapper you can modify the PlayersVersions.xml found in $Flash/Common/First Run/Detection to properly recognize the version. Just add the following XML tag to the top of the list.
Unfortunately CS5 will not recognize this setting correctly since it didn't use <player_revision> and if you try to append it you will break detection for all for versions. This happened when the Flash Player version and the swf version deviated.
However, a different way to handle this is to create a custom HTML template and add it to $Flash/en_US/First Run/HTML then it will show up in the template drop down.
At this point if you launch Flash Pro you will see a target for FP11 and if you publish it should compile correctly.
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Out of a pool of 120 aspiring opera singers from across the country, eight were selected to compete at Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition on November 3, 2015, our annual celebration of the next generation of opera stars selected from nationwide auditions for the COC Ensemble Studio—Canada's premier training program for young opera professionals. The competition features the young singers vying for cash prizes ranging in value from $1,500 to $5,000. We interviewed our eight young finalists to learn more—check out all of the interviews, linked by name as they become available, here (or here if on a mobile device).
Clermont, Quebec-born mezzo-soprano Marjorie Maltais recently completed her master of music performance and literature at Western University, where she also earned a bachelor of music in voice performance. Her operatic credits include Rosina in The Barber of Seville (Montefeltro Festival); Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Angelina in La Cenerentola, and Concepcion in L'heure espagnole (Western University Opera); the title role in Carmen (Windsor Symphony Orchestra); and Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Opera on the Avalon). She also recently performed at Music Academy of the West. Upcoming performances include concert appearances with the Guelph and Windsor symphony orchestras, Boise Philharmonic and Sweetwater Music Festival.
I started singing in a choir at age 12 and this is where I discovered my voice. Opera was not a passion at first, but I learned to love it. At a young age, I remember finding the actual mechanics of singing fascinating. I wanted to be able to project my voice like an opera singer. Then I fell in love with the music, the stories, the costumes, the sets. Opera is all of my passions combined into one art form.
I love visual arts, comedies, documentaries, hiking, and good meals in good company!
My dream role is the feisty Isabella from Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri who must rescue her love. I can't get enough of Rossini!
Follow Marjorie on Twitter at @MezzoMarjo
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit COCCentreStage.ca, call COC Ticket Services at 416-363-8231 or visit the Four Seasons Centre Box Office (145 Queen St. W.).
To buy competition tickets, click here.
To buy Under 30 competition tickets sponsored by TD, click here.
For more information about the the Centre Stage Dinner event and how to purchase tickets, please contact the PC Office at 416-363-5801
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Qualicum Beach, BC native, mezzo-soprano Lauren Eberwein studies at the Curtis Institute of Music and is a member of Opera Philadelphia's Emerging Artist Program. Her credits include Baba the Turk in The Rake's Progress, The Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, Tisbe in La Cenerentola, Mère Marie in Dialogues des Carmélites, Second Lady in The Magic Flute, and Dido in Dido and Aeneas (Curtis Opera Theater), as well as Sorrel and Dodo in Double Exposure with Opera Philadelphia. She was a featured soloist with the Curtis Baroque Ensemble, and the Curtis and Maryland symphony orchestras. She also began her residency at The Marlboro Music Festival this summer. This season, she appears at Opera Philadelphia as Olivia in Cold Mountain and Clairon in Cappriccio, and makes her Carnegie Hall debut singing Handel's Israel in Egypt with the New York Choral Society.
I was born in London, Ontario, then swiftly moved to Calgary and was primarily raised there. However, my family moved a lot, so my geographic identity feels rather fluid. My poignant late adolescence and teen years were mostly spent near Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island, so I feel intensely connected to that part of the country.
My operatic saga of sorts began later than most. I didn't pursue intensive vocal studies until my late teens. When I was a child, my mum actively supported and nurtured my artistic inclinations, but my most concentrated childhood passion was actually playing hockey. I certainly fit the Canadian stereotype in that sense. So my musical beginnings had to compete with hockey practice and tournaments.
However, during junior high, my mum lost her lengthy battle with cancer and it forever changed the way I view passion and life. I later realized I had a talent, and felt my mum's support and inspiration beyond the grave. That shift and the support of my father pushed me to strive to make professional singing a reality, and it's been a dance from one inspiration to the next. I feel immensely privileged to have opportunities and support to pursue a career in the arts. My only regret is that my mum never got the chance to hear me sing opera.
I have many hobbies and interests beyond opera, from yoga to the occasional YouTube binge, but mostly spend my free time chasing my imagination. Through prose, poetry, philosophy, and most recently to astronomy: my new hobby. I'm sure it's just the beginning of a lifelong attempt to understand the universe and explore the cosmos. On my weekends off I try to go for day hikes through a local state park with my travel telescope. I'm also going through an intense late Beethoven phase, and find myself unable to stop listening to his late piano sonatas and quartets.
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Mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo grew up in Toronto and is in her final year of the bachelor of music in voice at the University of Toronto where she was the 2015 recipient of the Jim and Charlotte Norcop Prize in Song. Operatic credits include Sesto in Giulio Cesare (Halifax Summer Opera Festival); Nerone in L'incoronazione di Poppea; Annio in La clemenza di Tito (Centre for Opera Studies in Italy); Berta in The Barber of Seville (Opera York); and Cherubino in scenes from The Marriage of Figaro (UofT Opera). Ms. D'Angelo has participated in young artists programs at the Ravinia Festival, SongFest at Colburn, and Boston University Tanglewood Institute. She made her solo debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 2011.
My dad would often listen to CDs of Cecilia Bartoli and Pavarotti, and my Nonno was always singing along to opera in the car, but I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would end up pursuing opera as my career.
For nine years I sang in the Toronto Children's Chorus, and I also played cello throughout high school where I thoroughly enjoyed playing in various orchestras. When I was 15, I began to study voice privately. After having so much experience singing and playing in an ensemble setting, I found solo singing to be a completely new challenge. This is the point at which I caught what people so often refer to as "the Opera Bug."
I would spend hours on YouTube listening to various singers and began to discover the vast repertoire for the voice. The combination of orchestral music, vocal music, and drama is a truly amazing thing – the result is much greater than the sum of its parts. Singing is so innately human, and can have a hugely profound effect on an audience. I am so grateful to play a small part in this amazingly complex and diverse community of music and art.
I have always enjoyed science and problem solving, and from a young age I had thought that I would become a doctor. I suppose I had never even really considered becoming a musician to be a real career option; it was something that I enjoyed so much that it seemed too good to be true that I could actually make music every day of my life, and one day (hopefully) get paid to do it.
If I had to do something else, then maybe I would pursue medicine after all. But after all of the fulfillment and the rich experiences I have had making music, I really cannot imagine doing anything else.
I am an extremely active person and love to run and bike. I love to be outside, and my friends often make fun of my ardent refusal to take the TTC. If I have the time, I'd much rather walk.
At the moment I am on crutches with a broken foot, so not much running (or walking) has been happening over the past six weeks… but my arms are becoming very strong!
Apart from opera, I have a great love for art song, and much of my spare time goes into learning song cycles. I am planning several recitals throughout the year, and love to collaborate with pianists.
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[RPS] A Call to Arms
I thought it could be good to get most of any discussion around last night's event into a separate post, to keep stratgir clean.
First a couple of facts and personal observations.
Cooper reported a peak of 115 outfit members online! That is more than twice our regular numbers for strategic nights. Many of these were new players, and some of them were old players who came back after a time off. It was good to have you all on, old and new alike!
I PL'd for one platoon, Nick for the other. Cooper took care of most of the introductory stuff with the newest players, while Nick and I took the old outfit members and the more experienced PS2 players who joined for the event. We had a separate channel for coordinating the movements of the three platoons, which worked out alright, if not perfectly.
As PL, I spent the first hour or so, leading from the backseat, so to speak, mostly having to manage platoon invites and squad balance. This probably reflected in the quality and quantity of my orders.
We started out capping some mostly empty NC territories near our warpgate, except for one particularly hot fight for Silver Valley Arsenal against a big force of at least three NC outfits. We then spent some time (too much, someone thought, rather vocally) advancing to and trying to crack Auraxis Firearms Corp, a very defensible location.
During most of this time Nick's platoon was mostly fighting the TR up north, and we had superiority in numbers until the TR saw what was going on and brought the GOONs over there. Most of the rest of the night was spent on the defensive against bigger numbers, while the NC and TR seemed to both be hitting us rather than fighting eachother. A rather reasonable response, given our previous push.
In the end it seemed that we were the Vanu presence on Amerish, and we had grown tired of that fight. So those of us who were left at that point left for Indar at around 23 UTC, where we did good headway, nearly gating the TR before the servers went down to apply a hotfix, at which point we lost the advantage there.
Nick and Cooper, feel free to fill in the details of your platoons, and anything you feel that I missed so far.
We were very focused on taking care of the influx of new players, and were not at peak efficiency, naturally. Still, I think we did a good job overall, and I had a fun, if a bit stressful, time leading my platoon. There was very little shooting of lasers for me, though.
How was the experience playing during the event? I'd love to hear from both new players and old.
Well, we were not very effective in grabbing territory, but after the lull of the first hour passed we had constant fights and a lot of fun. Auraxis Firearms was easily the highlight.
Great night, and I hope all new players return!
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In Nick's platoon on Amerish (at least in Alpha), we spent quite a while looking for a fight - we warpgated the TR without any of them really fighting us, and came a bit late to the Auraxis Firearms. We didn't really get stuck in until Crux HQ started falling to TR, which was a shame (although Split Peak was good). The new guys did get good at the drop, secure point, mount up pattern though.
And then, stuff I posted in StratGir earlier:
So some thoughts on last night:
- That was pretty mental. I saw as many as 107 outfit members online at once - we may even have had more. That's a long way up from previous peaks of 60-70, and similar to some of the big US outfits I think.
- I think some of the other Vanu leaders were a little irritated that we were so busy with ourselves that we couldn't really coordinate. I hope they understood though.
- Despite the numbers, we were weak though. Apparently all that experience and certs does add up to something. I saw my 10 -man alpha squad get wiped by half their numbers a couple of times. Equally, we were vulnerable to armour, air and had a harder time taking out sundies than usual. (Note - I'm not complaining here at all, just observing. This sort of thing will obviously improve, and it had no effect on my enjoyment of the night)
- We were more flexible than I'd feared. Recalls to warp gate were slow and painful, at least for P2 Alpha. However, if a Sunderer or Galaxy was brought in to the squad's current location, people happily jumped in quickly and efficiently.
- New players are better at sticking together than the old hands. As they don't really know what they are doing, they follow someone who they hope does. We must be able to learn from this somehow.
- Everyone seemed pretty good sports in general, although a lot of the new people were quiet. Speak up, new people! It was fun, if kinda stressful.
- Oh god the Admin work. It was awful. We really need to nag SoE about A: fixing the the squad recruitment bugs and B: making commanding less painful.
- I forgot to make notes for doing an AAR. Can maybe try, but don't think I really remember enough now. Also got very little good video. Sorry.
- People seemed generally pretty happy to be told what to do
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Thinking along the lines of battle reports... I thought of something that would be a beautiful feature:
Picture an old style war room map... it would be great if we could (as PL's) draw arrows/lines on the map to represent the movements of squads. Imagine being able to set waypoints for each squad individually, and even movement lines and formation tactics... it would be really useful if i could, say, draw a line for delta to flank around one side, and alpha the other... or something like that.... im not sure how technically feasible it would be, but similar things have been done in games like arma etc, even if to a basic level.
The only issue i see, is giving completely free reign of drawing on the map ... could obscure things or draw large penis pictures... maybe the ability to draw basic primatives..
Just for the record... id be more than happy to take up a space in a newbie platoon, if we decided to have a dedicated one (given demand)... it would be nice to have all of the new people in one platoon, with a few other members who arent afraid to speak up and help out with questions/chat to the new people.
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I enjoyed the way the platoons were set up last night. A sort of 'landing pad' platoon for new people trundling along and then every now and again a pulse of players moving into the more strat/tactical ones. It meant people wanting to get a feel for the game (or shake the rust off) could stay in the first one, those wanting a more focused fight move into the other.
I had great fun last night in CMaster's squad, is was a little sluggish at times but new blood is always needed and it won't take that long for people to get up to speed. That tower fight was truly epic with our Sunderer charge totally messed up by the server restart!!!
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I absolutely loved it. Cooper did an absolutely stellar job as usual. Some more inter-platoon coordination would be great - while squad chat was great, I couldn't help but feel like I was a teeny weeny little cog that wasn't necessarily part of a bigger whole. Although there were some absolutely epic battles.
But yes, I did feel like the massive influx of new people may have affected efficiency from time to time - maybe we want to consider putting new people in a separate squad/platoon with a few older people to show them the ropes?
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Thanks for organising this, everyone. I managed to double book myself and couldn't make it in the end. I will do another CTA at the start of April.
Crimsoneer - inter-squad and platoon comms lacked since we had so, so many new people to teach and to make sure they were enjoying the game. For comparison, on a normal strat night we have 40-50 people to care for. Now we had 107.
We also discussed your mentioned approach and sort of did that, with Cooper shuttling them over. Stratgir will be the same ol' stratgir in the future, with hopefully two platoons worth of veterans
Jim - thank you for the call to arms! Next time at least I would appreciate some more heads up, but we got everything together, largely due to Cooper. So props to him! I think our system worked very well, and we only had one bad apple out of about 50 new people. That speaks volumes for the RPS community, I think.
Qaz and CMaster, you both moved posts from the stratigr thread here, but I can't see them. Could you double-check?
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We had a fuckton of people last night. Around 100 in about 8-9 squads, i think? Overall it went quite well, and delta1 had pretty good environment for the new people (lots of explaining etc), but was still pretty good with recalls etc.. Anyway, it unfortunately never felt like we were even close to a hundred chaps on the battlefield. This is partly due to the TR bastards and their ghostcapping, and partly due to us splitting up a lot. When we have that many people, it'd be great to see at least one push with 8+ full galaxies.
Also, what was up with the comms? The squadleads were seperated by platoon, it seems. Was Eso in charge of all squads, or did wardancer and cooper both do their own leading? As always, i think that a single supreme giraffe should be in charge of everyone, with the second (and third) PL being SLs or a liason. I feel that this is necessary for us to be able to leverage the numbers we have.
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My post should be number 3 in the thread. I don't see any notes on moderation, but nobody has necessarily indicated they read it either.
I think it's really important to keep newbies mixed in, having seen some of how things worked last night. A majority new squad has trouble dealing with anything other than pure inf, and doesn't have people to follow, rez effectivley, etc.
Also, I'm inclined to agree with Qas, that even if comms need splitting, an overall leader to say A1 here, C2 here, etc is A Good Idea.
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I was just a squad lead for Bravo in the "stratgir" platoon. But as far as i know we were pretty much 2 separate platoons doing our own thing and PLs talking to each other.
Yeah, splitting up that much was probably a bad call for yesterday. We gained a lot of territory in the beginning, but then lost most of it when we couldn't pull off an organised response to the TR pushing back. I should probably have just put us all together a bit sooner for a decisive push, and just left Mekala to its fate, rather than leave charlie and delta there for so long.
A very good point about making a concentrated push. It would have been good to do that just once, for all the new guys to see. Just pile up in 10 mostly full galaxies and drop all over an amp station or tech plant. If we do this again, as might be fairly soon, if Jim gets his way, then please do remind those in leading positions, so that we get it done. It'd be sad if we missed that opportunity again.
Inter-platoon coordination was done by committee, which was a bad call. We certainly should have had a Supreme Giraffe to direct both platoons to make sure that we were being effective. Maybe, chatting to 8 or 10 squad leads would become a bit much, though?
Should certainly have had a liaison however. It'd have been good to have someone else relieve the pressure from the NC on the east flank, so that we could concentrate on the TR, for instance.
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I was one of the new boys last night and to tell you the truth it all looked very well organised from my point of view. I joined the chat and was the put into alpha squad after a while where instructions to us newbies were clear and the fighting was good. I also signed in today(this morning) and had another good time. <br>
My work pattern is quite erratic and I will usually be on at different times of the day/week but I will definitely be carrying on with this as I had a blast. Thanks guys.
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I've had a great evening yesterday. Thanks for the organization!
I was in alpha squad of esotericreverie's platoon (can't say which one it was).
I hadn't come back in the game since christmas and because of the call to arms I was driven to try again.
I had almost everything graphic turned off and the game was awful but at least it was fluid but in the thickest of battle.
The squadleading was really good, thank you again.
I sure need training with the game and with squad-work, but i guess sticking on thursday will help on those matters.
I thank all of you again for the work achieved.
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Just wanted to say thanks to Cooper and the other vets that lead us newbies around. PS2 is very confusing to jump into without having RTFM beforehand, and you guys made it more manageable.
I found I was having terrible performance in game (10-20fps), and I just found this guide which may help alleviate that: http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/i...mething.59528/
Hopefully that helps any other new people with performance issues who felt they were mostly cannon fodder.


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Numerous articles published in the last few days describing how Nicira clashes heads-on with Cisco and Juniper just proved that you should never let facts interfere with a good story (let alone eye-catching headline). Just in case you got swayed away by those catchy stories, here's the real McCoy (as I see it):
What are they actually doing?
Nicira is building virtual networks solution using tunneling (VLAN tags, MAC-over-GRE or whatever else is available) between hypervisor switches. It expects the underlying network transport to do its work, be it at layer-2 or layer-3. An Open vSwitch appears as a regular VLAN-capable learning switch or as an IP host to the physical network, and uses existing non-OpenFlow mechanisms to interact with the network.
Deployment paradigm: complexity belongs to the hypervisor soft switches, let's keep the network simple. It should provide no more and no less than optimal transport between equidistant hypervisor hosts (Clos fabrics come to mind).
Target environment: Large cloud builders and other organizations leaning toward Xen/OpenStack.
NEC and BigSwitch are building virtual networks by rearranging the forwarding tables in the physical switches. Their OpenFlow controllers are actively reconfiguring the physical network, creating virtual networks out of VLANs, interfaces, or sets of MAC/IP addresses.
Deployment paradigm: we know hypervisor switches are stupid and can't see beyond VLANs, so we'll make the network smarter (aka VM-aware networking).
Target environment: large enterprise networks and those that build cloud solutions with existing software using VLAN-based virtual switches.
Competitive hot spots?
Between Nicira and NEC/BigSwitch: few. There is an overlap in functionality (NEC and BigSwitch can obviously manage Open vSwitch as well), but not much overlap in typical use case or sweet-spot target environments (I am positive there will be marketing efforts to shoehorn all of them in places where they don't really fit, but that's a different story).
Between Nicira and Cisco/Juniper switches: few. Large cloud providers already got rid of enterprisey kludges and use simple L2 or L3 fabrics. Facebooks, Googles and Amazons of the world run on IP; they don't care much about TRILL-like inventions. Some of them buy equipment from Juniper, Cisco, Force10 or Arista, some of them build their own boxes, but however they build their network, that won't change because of Nicira. No wonder Michael Bushong from Juniper embraced Nicira's solution.
Between Nicira and Cisco's Nexus 1000V: not at the moment. Open vSwitch runs on Xen/KVM, Nexus 1000V runs on VMware/Hyper-V. Open vSwitch runs on vSphere, but with way lower throughput than Nexus 1000V. Obviously Cisco could easily turn Nexus 1000V VSM into an OpenFlow controller (I predicted that would be their first move into OpenFlow world, and was proven dead wrong) and manage Open vSwitches, but there's nothing at the moment to indicate they're considering it.
Between BigSwitch/NEC and Cisco/Juniper. This one will be fun to watch, more so with IBM, Brocade and HP clearly joining the OpenFlow camp and Juniper cautiously being on the sidelines.
However, Nicira might trigger an interesting mindset shift in the cloud aspirant community: all of a sudden, Xen/OpenStack/Quantum makes more sense from the scalability perspective. A certain virtualization vendor will indubitably notice that ... unless they already focused their true efforts on PaaS (at which point all of the above becomes a moot point).