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Everyone has to start somewhere.
That somewhere is usually on a small field at a local park or a small gym at a junior high school or a church.
The crowd is sparse, mostly just a handful of parents who have come to encourage their kids making their first attempts at competitive sports.
Inevitably, the crowds get bigger and the venues get larger as the kids grow older and play at higher levels. Athletes have to prepare as they move up from one level to the next in their respective sports.
The anticipation of making those moves can prove to be a grating experience.
"I really have no clue what to expect," says Valencia graduate Lonnie Jackson, who is preparing for his first Division I basketball season at Boston College. "I can't even imagine myself playing at Duke (one of Boston College's conference opponents) right now. It's crazy to think about myself playing on TV in front of millions of people. It's hard to even think about."
For a lot of athletes, playing at the NCAA Division I college level is a dream come true. Naturally, waiting for the first crack at realizing that dream isn't always easy.
It's a mixture of excitement, nervousness and ignorance. Ignorance of what to expect at the next level.
Jackson just finished one of the most successful basketball careers in Santa Clarita Valley history, scoring a Valencia High-record 1,995 points across four seasons. He broke two more school records in his senior year when he scored 39 points and sunk 10 3-pointers against Saugus on Feb. 8. Both were single-game bests.
That doesn't change the fact that he hasn't played a minute of Division I college basketball yet.
"Everything in my past, everything at Valencia isn't there anymore," Jackson says. "Everybody at the college level has done what I did."
Canyon High graduate A.J. Wallerstein confirms Jackson's preconceived notion of the college game.
Wallerstein, now a senior offensive lineman at the Air Force Academy, remembers visualizing his first college game several times in his head leading up to it.
He still wasn't prepared.
"You'd think that college and high school are similar, but they're nothing alike," he says. "When you get to college, it's bigger. It's so much bigger than anything you've ever seen before in your life."
Last season, Wallerstein earned a full-time starting job, and he participated in Air Force's 14-7 victory over Georgia Tech in the Independence Bowl. He was also a member of Canyon's 2006 CIF Division I state champion team.
Beyond the big games, what sticks with athletes like Wallerstein are the months that lead up to a college debut.
"I had the butterflies going in the stomach," says Wallerstein of his first college game. "You kind of know what to expect, but at the same time, it's never going to be the same as practice. You get out there and see those lights. They're bright. They're really bright."
It's a level most athletes hope to reach. From the beginning of their playing days as little kids, the goal is to ascend to the highest levels of competition.
The idea of playing in front of bigger audiences with more on the line is something to embrace.
"I think that's why I was so successful visualizing (playing at a higher level)," says Saugus graduate Nicole Giordano, who played softball for the University of Arizona and was a rostered player on the 2004 USA Olympic softball team. "Everyone made fun of me that I can have the worst thing happen to me and I'll be like, 'Well, at least this didn't happen,' and I was always able to make a negative into a positive."
The anticipation comes in different forms, Giordano adds, depending on what level you're playing.
Leading up to college and the Olympic games, she felt the pressure to perform. She wanted to make sure she was earning her scholarship and her standing on the team.
In high school, however, Giordano remembers feeling relaxed in her first varsity high school softball game at Saugus due to the camaraderie with her teammates.
But not everyone has an easy time at the prep level.
Though golf is an individual sport, recent Hart High graduate Nikki Prichard admits there's a difference when your team is counting on you to perform. As was the case four years ago when she faced her inaugural varsity high school tournament as a freshman.
"I was pretty nervous in my first match," Prichard says. "I had some expectations from people ... After the first hole, I was more relaxed. The first hole is always the hardest. Once you start talking to the other girls and you get going, it's fine."
With college golf on its way for Prichard at the University of Nevada-Reno, she'll soon face another first. It's a moment she doesn't express much anxiety about.
"I've kind of accepted that you can't really do anything about it and you have to just play your game and give the best result possible," Prichard says.
Anticipation isn't necessarily a bad emotion for an athlete to feel before stepping into uncharted territory.
Those who can use the apprehension as a performance booster are the ones with the best chance to succeed.
"I know it's going to be tough," Jackson says of playing college ball. "I know it's going to be a lot of ups and downs, but I just have to be ready. I have to be tough."
For a player like Jackson, who has proven to thrive time and time again in adverse situations on the court, the tension is welcomed.
The hope is that after the preparation and practice, the butterflies and the visualizations, it will all be worth the wait.


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Maybe if you lazy *******s would get up a little earlier we could put this argument to rest.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I don't know when it was discovered exactly but the gorilla was classified as a species in the mid 1800s
Dead gorillas were brought to London, by a French American, in the mid-1800's and sold to various museums. Imagine their suprise to learn the species that they had bought and put on display would not exist for another 40-50 years. I'm sure they'd have gotten more visitors with that information.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I'm not saying I believe in Bigfoot, it's just a little weird admitting that we haven't found all fossil records, and then saying you don't think it's real because fossils haven't been found.
I'm asking from 5,000 years until now.
8ft and 400 lbs is rather small when you're talking about millions upon millions of potential square miles to cover. If you think every inch of the Pacific Northwest has not only been stepped on, but combed over for fossils, then I don't know what to say. A needle in a haystack would probably be easier to find.
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This study says there could be 8.7 million species on our planet, and we've only found found and cataloged 1.3 million.
Not using it for it's accuracy, but we haven't even stratched the surface of what really is out there.
I mean, there are actual civilizations of people we haven't even "discovered" yet. They just found some back in 2011 in the Amazon. We live on a HUGE planet.
When was the last time we discovered a land species that would be this size?
I don't know if this is the "last" one but ....
No, a person who claims to be a scientist, but has no training in science, also claims to have DNA results. He further claims that they reveal that they are from an unknown species. This non-scientist has refused to share the actual data and even refused to to share any of the sample for any reputable, trained scientist to test.
Substantial claims require substantial evidence, and science is never established by press releases.
The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Hahahaha Nope. If there were really a bigfoot, he'd have been found by now.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
Which was first discovered in 1996, after they found a skull. The article is about when they first laid eyes on a live one.
Exactly. A bigfoot's sense of smell probably so keen that it would be quite easy to stay hidden. More intelligent than an Ape, probably not as intelligent as a human. Probably make for a pretty formidable search in the wild.
I wonder what all these skeptics think of the foot print castings that have been analyzed by crypo-zoologists and various university zoologly experts.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
Anyone heard of the Melba Ketchum paper/"research"?
Let me say this: there is absolutely no peer-reviewed scientific evidence that leads one to believe that "bigfoot" exists.
Blu is sorta right... Mountain Gorillas were discovered in 1902. Gorillas in general were officially discovered in the mid 1800's... Of course they had been seen many times before that but that is when physical proof came into the picture. Sightings alone don't necessarily constitute 'discovered'.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Blu said gorillas.
Here is the interview I heard:
I haven't re-listened to it all yet, but it's likely NSFW due to probable language and whatnot.
One time we were out doing research and camping and we had a sighting when one of the campers thought he saw a Sasquatch out in the mist near the lake. It was hard to see but we could clearly see something in the mist. Turned out it was gorillas.... Gorillas in the mist...
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
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2000 Eastern Conference Champions
How do the skeptics explain this?
Super Bowl XLI Champions
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I know exactly where Sasquatch is. He's hanging out by the strawberry river.


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"We had a huge group of guys here (recently) and they were some of the best recruits that we've had on this campus in my 2 � years," Ball State coach Pete Lembo said. "Every day we've had some really good-looking kids come in here and they are excited about what they see going on here in this program."
Another "good-looking kid" will be in Muncie today, as former Notre Dame quarterback Gunner Kiel will be visiting Ball State as he searches for a new program.
Kiel left the Fighting Irish last month and the 2011 Indiana Mr. Football told ESPN recently that he has been contacted by Mississippi, Mississippi State and Kansas State, and that Ball State, Northern Illinois and Miami (Ohio) are also options.
In the case of the Cardinal program, there is a lot to like about playing for Lembo, even for one of the nation's most heralded recruits from a year ago.
Ball State has won 15 games over the past two seasons since Lembo arrived in town, and last December he guided the Cardinals to the Beef O'Brady's Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla. With 13 starters returning from a 9-4 (6-2 Mid-American Conference) squad, Lembo's group has legitimate aspirations to compete for a conference title next fall.
"This is a really exciting time for us," Lembo said. "We feel like we are on some really good guys. We are being very thorough and being very selective. There are some other programs that might offer more guys, but we try and go through a process and are very, very thorough. It's all about being the right fit."
The timing for Kiel would be good in that, Ball State has a senior starter in Keith Wenning for the 2013 season, one in which Kiel would be required to sit out as a transfer.
The Cardinals also have redshirt freshman Ozzie Mann on scholarship, as well as sophomore walk-on Kyle Kamman, who demonstrated promise in limited playing time last season.
Lembo signed quarterback Jack Miles (Rolling Meadows High School) as part of the 2013 recruiting class, and he will join the program in June.
Kiel graduated from Columbus East High School in December of 2011 and enrolled immediately at Notre Dame. He ran the scout team through last spring and the 2012 season, which in January; he told the News-Sentinel was a positive experience for him.
"I think I'm a lot better," Kiel said. "From where I came in from where I didn't really understand anything, it was fast, the terminology was different. Coming in and playing scout team was kind of good for me. I could get back my confidence, sling it around and got better at the same time."
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- Herbalife's secret weapon;
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Herbalife's Secret Weapon Posted at 3:15 p.m. EDT on Friday, Feb. 15 Take Ackman out of the equation. Take Icahn out of the equation. Take Loeb out of the equation. Where does that leave Herbalife ( HLF)? How about as an international company that is doing well -- well enough that it could leave the 20% of its business that is in the U.S. and still do great. Isn't that the ultimate weapon against the shorts? Isn't that the ultimate unimpaired earning power of HLF? When Bill Ackman says that HLF belongs at zero that means he thinks the U.S. regulators -- some regulators, we aren't sure -- are just going to shut it down. They will do that, he believes, because he is smarter than they are, wiser, and more caring than they are. They will do it, he believes, because he has done all of their work for them and they just have to issue the edict. But how about HLF? Does it have to stand by the edict? What happens if it takes one of the least profitable of its businesses, the U.S, and simply walks away from it? That's the ultimate challenge to Ackman. Herbalife is barely a U.S. company. Now, I know that Carl Icahn and Dan Loeb like it, and I sure wish that they would say. "We have checked this company up and down with our lawyers, former Federal Trade Commission lawyers, and lawyers who worked with other direct sale schemes, and Michael Johnson and his team are pristine." But I think the far more important concern is that the U.S. is not the engine here, so the U.S. cannot pull HLF down as much as Ackman needs a U.S. entity to try to do so. He can't buy one. He can't give enough money to senators and congressmen to shut it down. If he thought he could get a temporary restraining order against HLF, he would have tried already.


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The NCAA Tournament selection committee picked its No. 1 seeds Sunday, and they are Louisville, Gonzaga, Indiana and Kansas.
The Cardinals will be in the Midwest bracket, and are the No. 1 overall seed. The Jayhawks are No. 2, and anchor the South bracket. The Hoosiers lead the East bracket and are No. 3, while the Bulldogs are in the West and are last among the top four seeds.
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Louisville: The Cardinals are as multifaceted as any team in the nation. The backcourt of Peyton Siva and Russ Smith never relents defensively, guarding up and down the court with an in-your-face edge that disrupts an offense even when not creating turnovers. And when opponents manage to run an offensive set, there still is the issue of dealing with physical forwards Chane Behanan and Wayne Blackshear and shot-blocking big man Gorgui Dieng in the paint. There are no easy possessions against the Cardinals. After a rough stretch in the middle of Big East play, they've been playing with a renewed confidence on offense. The improved play of Luke Hancock, who is Louisville's best 3-point shooter, helps make the Cardinals even more dangerous.
Kansas: The Jayhawks are among the nation's most efficient teams at both ends of the floor. On defense, center Jeff Withey is a game-changer with his ability to control the lane as a shot-blocker, and small forward Travis Releford can take on the best opposing perimeter player as a shutdown defender. On offense, shooting guard Ben McLemore is among the most gifted and versatile scorers, a pure shooter who also can get to the rim. Withey's development as a scorer in the lane—including a recently added foul-line jumper—gives the offense considerable balance. KU runs ball screens and high/low offensive sets, and it runs them so often it becomes like a dancer performing Clara in the Nutcracker for the umpteenth time. The movements are economical, precise and lovely to behold.
Indiana: The Hoosiers are one of the rare teams that field five offensive weapons in most rotations, one reason they have the most efficient offense in Division I. When they run their offense properly, as in the final stages of their road win at Michigan, they can be extremely difficult to stop. They have multiple options at the rim, from star center Cody Zeller to Sporting News Player of the Year Victor Oladipo, the most athletic wing in the nation. As well, the starters include four players who are threats from 3-point range, and the Hoosiers also are excellent in transition. The Hoosiers made major defensive strides this season, thanks largely to freshman point guard Yogi Ferrell's strength on the ball and Oladipo's game-breaking ability. Off the bench, 6-6 forward Will Sheehey can guard four positions.
Gonzaga: This Gonzaga team has excellent depth and versatility and a newfound dedication to defense. It also has two future pros in 7-footer Kelly Olynyk and versatile forward Elias Harris, who form one of the best frontcourts in the game. Olynyk, coming off a redshirt season, has emerged as a national player of the year candidate. The Bulldogs also have great depth in the frontcourt in 6-9 scorer Sam Dower and a 7-1 banger Przemek Karnowski. In the backcourt, there is a trio of tough and versatile guards—Gary Bell, Kevin Pangos and David Stockton—who can make plays, make shots and defend.
Where the regions are being played:
Midwest: Indianapolis
East: Washington, D.C.
West: Los Angeles
South: Arlington, Texas
This year's Final Four is in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome.


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DENVER –Midfielder Drew Snider has been named the Warrior MLL Most Improved Player of the Year based on votes from the MLL's coaches and general managers, the league announced on Thursday.
"This award means a lot to me," said Snider. "We're having a great season thus far and the credit goes to my teammates, my supportive coaching staff and this wonderful organization. I couldn't be happier."
Snider improved his point output from 12 points in 2012 to 46 points in 2013. That 34-point increase represented the second-highest improvement in that category among all MLL players, behind his teammate Chris Bocklet (+35). The next closest was Ryan Young at +22. Snider's goal output went from 10 to 31. That 21-goal increase was also the second-most in the league behind Bocket's +25.
"Snider is the prototypical player in this League," Outlaws coach Jim Stagnitta said. "He has such a diverse skill set and he will continue to get better. We've asked him to do several things this season especially in the last few games when we asked him to play a little more defense. We gave him a bigger role to play and are very pleased with his versatility and performance."
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Few have thought as hard, or as much, about how democracies can preserve individual liberty and national virtue as the eminent political scientist Harvey Mansfield. When it comes to assessing the state of the American experiment in self-government today, his diagnosis is grim, and he has never been one to mince words.
… "I live in a one-party state and very much more so a one-party university," says the 80-year-old professor with a sigh. "It's disgusting. I get along very well because everybody thinks the fact that I'm here means the things I say about Harvard can't be true. I am a kind of pet—a pet dissenter." …
Consider voting. "You can count voters and votes," Mr. Mansfield says. "And political science does that a lot, and that's very useful because votes are in fact countable. One counts for one. But if we get serious about what it means to vote, we immediately go to the notion of an informed voter. And if you get serious about that, you go all the way to voting as a wise choice. That would be a true voter. The others are all lesser voters, or even not voting at all. They're just indicating a belief, or a whim, but not making a wise choice. That's probably because they're not wise."
By that measure, the electorate that granted Barack Obama a second term was unwise—the president achieved "a sneaky victory," Mr. Mansfield says. "The Democrats said nothing about their plans for the future. All they did was attack the other side. Obama's campaign consisted entirely of saying 'I'm on your side' to the American people, to those in the middle. No matter what comes next, this silence about the future is ominous."


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March 26th, 2013 07:12 AM #6
@kala_way - It does feel like it has another level, doesn't it? Especially as Juno is quite a well-known goddess, and it might be too much for a little girl to carry...Juneau just seems softer. Thank you!
@catheyc - Haha, this post made me chuckle! I totally understand what you mean, but having never seen the film, the goddess is what immediately comes to mind, which is quite a large namesake for a little girl...so like you, I would probably prefer to see Juneau. Thank you!
@isabellemarie - It seems quite a few people think of the film as well - I have never seen it! Is it really famous? I'll have to Google that later... Thank you!
@argenta_genova - Ooh, I love it when that happens! I totally agree, the -o ending is very misleading and the -eau softens it a bit. And it's lovely when place names have a special significance to the parents - it just adds a depth to the place name, I think. Thank you!
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March 26th, 2013 10:44 AM #10♥Mckinley Mayfair, Christian Wayne & Sir Angus Fionn♥
Elizabeth, Adelaide, Clara, Amelia, Arabella, Beatrice, Cordelia,
Hermione, Imogen, Juniperthe rest of the girls
William, Edgar, Arthur, Gilbert, Jasper, Basil, Henry, Horatio, Sebastian, Aloysiusthe rest of the boys
Lyra Primrose, Amelia Hyacinth, Imogen Viola/ Magnus Frey, Dashiel Everhart, Morgan Escherthe rest of my combos
March 26th, 2013 04:28 PM #12
@nat108 - Ooh, no I had never heard of Junot before...I really like that actually, because I always think Juno sound quite masculine! Might have to go on a list somewhere... Thank you!
@mclola - That's a really sweet idea! Haha, I do see how it sounds a bit like that...but I love the significance Mckinley has for you. Thank you!
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International Students Pump Up Local Economy
December 12, 2012—
With a global economy that is increasingly interconnected, it is no surprise that corporations and events around the world can have a strong influence on Houghton. What may be a surprise is that, according to a recent report from NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, international students pump tens of millions of dollars into the local economy every year.
The report, titled "The Economic Benefits of International Students to the US Economy Academic Year 2011-2012," highlights how Michigan's economy receives a three-quarters of a billion dollar boost from international students every year. Michigan Tech's international students pump more than $29 million into the state and local economies.
With winter approaching, some significant money is moving in the local economy to prepare for the cold and snowy conditions. And a fair share of it comes from Tech's international students.
Arni Ronis, owner of Down Wind Sports in Houghton, notices an influx of international students every year once the weather turns.
"We always have our share of the (international) students from Tech who come through and shop, and they're always a little unaware of what winter is going to bring them," he said. "Trying to explain to them that they need hats and gloves and a warm coat is something we do on a daily basis."
Many of those students make the most of their winter outdoor opportunities. According to Chris Maxson, skier services manager at Mont Ripley, international students make up a significant portion of sales both in the rental shop and in the ski school. "I actively look for Chinese and other international students," he said. "We need their language skills on the hill."
For Pruthul K. Ravindranath, a graduate student in mechanical engineering from Mangalore, India, the winter weather was his biggest adjustment. Most of his spending in the local community, however, is on groceries, either at a supermarket or at World Foods in Houghton.
With about $19 million of the total amount contributed to the local economy going to living expenses, many students like Pruthul are having a significant impact on the bottom lines of local businesses.
And with the University's graduate enrollment expected to more than double over the next two decades, the local economy can anticipate even more dollars to flood in for goods and services.
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Hi all,
I would like to know the reference about these in Tipitaka?
I know Anantarika-karma (also known as Akusala Garuka Kamma) is mentioned in several suttas. But is there a sutta that explain the five of them altogether?
Several times I head from local buddhist pandita's sermons whom said if one wishes to rebirth as human in next life, he/she should at least keep the Five Precepts in this life (of course he/she shouldn't violate Anantarika-karma too).
Which part of Tipitaka that explain about these?


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) study predicts that much of South Florida could be underwater by the year 2100.
Experts say the battered shoreline of Fort Lauderdale and widespread damage left by Hurricane Sandy is proof urban flooding is becoming more frequent, and that global warming is a reality.
"This is a very serious problem," said Dr. Richard Dodge, an oceanographic professor at Nova Southeastern University.
Dodge believes the Earth's climate is warming and changing at an alarming pace.
"That's what becomes very scary because people can't plan for it or react to it very well," said Dodge.
The NOAA study predicts sea levels could rise anywhere from 8 inches to 6 feet.
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"Eight inches probably won't put homes underwater but six feet probably would," said Dodge. "It's a guessing game of how fast it's gonna happen and when it's gonna happen."
Adding 3 feet of rising water would make Miami Beach virtually disappear, and 6 feet would permanently flood inland many comminutes like Doral and Hialeah Gardens.
"There's no way to stop it unless you build levees and dykes," said Dodge.
Dodge said rising CO2 gases are helping to heat the climate and melting ice sheets in the Antarctic, causing sea levels to rise.
The effects could also wipe out Florida's coral reefs, a $6 billion industry in the state.
"Corals are fixed on the bottom and they like light so if it's too much water, they'll be too dark, but in the short-term, it's the temperature that's the problem," said Dodge.
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Polochick To Lead BSO & Concert Artists of Baltimore Chorale In 30th Anniversary Performance of HandelÂ's MESSIAH, 12/7
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO), Concert Artists of Baltimore and conductor Edward Polochick continue their tradition of ushering in the Christmas season with an all-star performance of Handel's MESSIAH on Friday, December 7, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Soloists include soprano Yulia Van Doren, mezzo-soprano Abigail Nims, tenor Sean Panikkar and baritone Tyler Duncan. This season marks the 30th anniversary of the BSO's collaboration with Maestro Polochick and the Concert Artistis of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale in performing this popular classic. Please see below for complete event details.
Following the tradition of Handel, Polochick conducts the entire work from the harpsichord, requiring unfaltering concentration from Polochick and his fellow musicians. Maestro Polochick asserts that he enjoys each successive performance even more than the last. "Every year we find new insights, and tweak a few of our old ideas…. It would be almost impossible to recreate this Messiah anywhere else." Please see below for complete program details.
Edward Polochick is artistic director of Concert Artists of Baltimore, an all-professional orchestra and all-professional vocal ensemble of seventy musicians, which is celebrating its 26th season. 2012-2013 also marks his 15th season as music director of Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra in Nebraska. From 1979-1999 he was on the staff of the Baltimore Symphony as director of the Symphony Chorus and since 1979 he has been at the Peabody Conservatory as associate conductor of the orchestra, director of choral ensembles and opera conductor. An accomplished pianist and harpsichordist, he has appeared as piano soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
Since winning the Leopold Stokowski Conducting Award and conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra he has attracted attention as an orchestral, operatic and choral conductor. His appearances have included the Baltimore Symphony, Houston Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, the Aalborg Symphony of Denmark, Omaha Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Daejeon Philharmonic in Korea, St. Petersburg Symphony in Russia and the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra in Toluca, Mexico.
Mr. Polochick resides in Baltimore, where he is often asked to share his knowledge and love of music at various lecture series, adjudications and radio broadcasts. He received the Peggy and Yale Gordon Achievement Award and in 2000 he was made an honorary member of the Baltimore Music Club. In 2002 he was awarded the Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Alumnus Award, one of only three Peabody alumni to be so honored. In 2003-04 he was named Baldwin Scholar at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, where he held lectures, demonstrations and panels on the creative act of music. Maestro Polochick is also a regular panelist on Face The Music, a review of recordings hosted by Jonathan Palevsky of WBJC-FM. In 2011 he adjudicated an international vocal competition in Caiazzo, Italy.
Founded by Edward Polochick and now in its 25th season, Concert Artists of Baltimore (CAB) consists of a professional chamber orchestra and professional chamber chorus. The full ensembles are featured in the Classy Classics series, with performances at The Miriam A. Friedberg Hall at the Peabody Institute, and the Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric.
CAB also offers a chamber music series, Music at the Mansion, with performances at The Engineers Club, Garrett-Jacobs Mansion in Baltimore. This series showcases smaller forces, such as a quartet, and often features unique repertoire.
CAB is frequently hired for performances throughout the region by other organizations, including the Lyric Opera Baltimore, Moscow Ballet, The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Temple Oheb Shalom, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, McDaniel College, St. Louis Church, The Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., The Visionary Arts Museum, Elizabethtown College, Catholic Charities and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
When larger forces are needed, such as when the singers of Concert Artists perform Messiah with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra each year, the chorus expands to the Concert Artists Symphonic Chorale.
Hailed as "a hugely appealing, obviously important talent," Yulia Van Doren (soprano) is sought after for her ability to tackle the most demanding and varied repertoire. In recent seasons, she debuted with Los Angeles Philharmonic in Shostakovich's Orango; sang St. Theresa in Four Saints in Three Acts with the Mark Morris Dance Group; performed Nielsen's Symphony No. 3 at the Bard Festival; and sang Bach's B Minor Mass with Music of the Baroque. Recent opera performances include Dorinda in Orlando at the Mostly Mozart, Ravinia, and Tanglewood Festivals; Mereo in Scarlatti's Tigrane for Opéra de Nice, and Betsy in Monsigny's Le Roi et le Fermier at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and Opéra Royal de Versailles (recorded for Naxos).
In the 2012–13 season, she will travel to the Netherlands for Handel's Alexander's Feast and Acis and Galatea and to Walt Disney Concert Hall to perform the Brahms Requiem with the Los Angeles Master Chorale. She will also debut with the Baltimore and Toronto Symphonies (Messiah), Nashville Symphony (Elijah), and Pasadena Symphony (Mahler Symphony No. 4).
Abigail Nims (mezzo-soprano) has established herself as a musician of integrity and versatility through her performances of repertoire spanning from Bach, Handel and Mozart to Crumb, Ligeti and contemporary premieres. In 2012-13 she debuts with the BSO, with Adrian Symphony in Berlioz' Les Nuits d'ete, with Florentine Opera as Nancy in Britten's Albert Herring and Virginia Opera as Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus. She made her debut in season 2011-12 with Atlanta Opera as Veruca Salt in Peter Ash's The Golden Ticket, a role which she created at the opera's workshop performances in New York City through American Lyric Theater in the 2008-09 season. She also sang as soloist in Messiah at Carnegie Hall with the Masterwork Chorus and as Octavian in selections from Der Rosenkavalier in a return to Quad City Symphony Orchestra.
Her discography includes performances of Martin Bresnick's song cycle "Falling," featured on the composer's compilation album Every Thing Must Go (Albany Records, 2010) and the role of Veruca Salt in Peter Ash's The Golden Ticket (Albany Records), fall 2012.
Awards include second prize in the 2007 Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation Competition, the Anna Case MacKay Memorial Award from Santa Fe Opera, an honorable mention in the 2006 American Bach Society Competition, recipient of the 2007 Dean's Prize from Yale School of Music and finalist in the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation.
Sean Panikkar (tenor) is known for his "surpassing musicality and passion, commanding self-confidence and gorgeous expression." The American artist of Sri Lankan heritage made his Metropolitan Opera debut with James Levine in Manon Lescaut and his European operatic debut in Mozart's Zaïde at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in a production directed by Peter Sellars and conducted by Louis Langrée.
Highlights of the current season include The Magic Flute at Chicago Opera Theater, Don Giovanni at Pittsburgh Opera, Otello and La rondine at the Metropolitan Opera, and the artist's first La bohème with Fort Worth Opera.
Past appearances include Roméo et Juliette, Ariadne auf Naxos, and Lucia di Lammermoor at the Metropolitan, Béatrice et Bénédict at Opera Boston, Les pêcheurs de perles at Pittsburgh Opera, Nabucco with Washington National Opera, Eugene Onegin at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, The Last Savage at Santa Fe Opera, and Salome at San Diego Opera and the Saito Kinen Festival.
Baritone, Tyler Duncan's current season includes a New York Philharmonic debut (conducted by Masaaki Suzuki), joining the Metropolitan Opera roster and returning to Carnegie Hall for Mahler's Eighth Symphony with the American Symphony. He has appeared at the Spoleto USA, Princeton, Halle, Bard, Lanaudière, Berkshire Choral, Chautauqua, Oregon Bach and Vancouver/Boston Early Music Festivals; as well as with Pacific Opera Victoria (as Dandini in Rossini's La Cenerentola). Concerts include the Québec, Toronto and Montreal Symphonies; Calgary and Rochester Philharmonics; Boston's Händel and Haydn Society, San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque and Toronto's Tafelmusik; collaborating with such conductors as Kent Nagano, Helmut Rilling, Christopher Seaman and Nicolas McGegan.
The Canadian baritone has earned prizes from the Naumburg, Wigmore Hall, ARD/Munich, Joy-in-Singing, New York Oratorio Competitions, and the Prix International Pro Musicis Award and the Bernard Diamant Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts. He is a founding member on the faculty of the Vancouver International Song Institute and given acclaimed recitals in New York, Boston and Paris, as well as throughout Canada, Germany, Sweden, France and South Africa.
Mr. Duncan's recordings include Bach's St. John Passion with Portland Baroque under Monica Huggett, and the title role of John Blow's Venus and Adonis with the Boston Early Music Festival.
Holiday Concert: Handel's MESSIAH will be presented on Friday, December 7, 2012 at 7:30 pm- Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (JMSH). Ticket prices range from $25 to $67 and are available through the BSO Ticket Office, 410.783.8000 or BSOmusic.org
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At 79 years old, Arthur Tuers has been fishing, crabbing and boating on the Chesapeake Bay for quite some time. He began working at McNasby's Oyster Company in Annapolis at the youthful age of 10. In his time, he has seen the harvest of oysters plummet and noticed dramatic changes in crabbing, the clarity of the water and amount of pollution in the Bay. Like the rest of us, Art hopes for a restored Bay; but like few of us, he knows what it was like when you could "see your toenails" in five feet of water.
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Surbiton trio Hollie Webb, Georgie Twigg and Giselle Ansley will go to next week's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow full of confidence after lifting the Investec London Cup at the weekend but clubmate Emma Batten will be thinking otherwise, writes Colin Pike.
England's women – featuring Webb, Ansley and Twigg – beat South Africa 2-1 in Sunday's final after a memorable competition that saw round-robin wins over Wales (8-0), South Africa (2-1) and Scotland (2-1) .
Wales, featuring Batten, conceded 23 goals as they finished the four nation tournament in fourth after a 3-2 third-place play-off defeat to Scotland at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in Stratford on Sunday.
"We knew it would be tough, but we will take a lot of positives from the tournament," said Batten, who has recently returned to action from knee surgery.
"Playing in front of a large crowd will be great preparation for the Commonwealth Games."
Ansley, Twigg, Webb and Batten are all likely to meet up next Thursday when England face Wales in the opening pool match in Glasgow.
* Surbiton's Michael Watt was in the Ireland team that held England to a 2-2 draw in the final of the men's competition, before losing the shoot-out 4-2 with Watt missing his penalty.
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5:00am Thursday 5th June 2014
By Elizabeth Mackley
CLOUDS over Wiltshire Fire and Rescue headquarters could not dampen the excitement of those gathered to celebrate the achievements of local heroes.
Families and friends from all over the county met at the most prestigious awards-giving ceremony in the service's calendar, where the Queen's Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, Sarah Troughton presented six firefighters with special medals.
Tuesday's ceremony opened with a triumphant performance from the Wiltshire Youth Marching Band who concluded their set with the national anthem.
The medals were awarded by Royal Warrant on behalf of HM the Queen for exemplary fire service after each recipient was personally recommended by the Chief Fire Officer following more than 20 years in service.
Jim Burgess, a firefighter from Swindon fire station, was just one of the firefighters to receive the award.
The 48-year-old said: "When I joined the fire service it was because I wanted a job for life and I knew I wanted to be receiving this award one day.
"It's such an honour to be recognised like this."
Watch manager Tim Elliott, from Westlea fire station, and Crew Manager Andy Ody, from Royal Wootton Bassett fire station, were also presented with the special medal.
Chief Fire Officer Simon Routh-Jones said: "This is an important event in the Service's annual calendar, as it recognises the dedication and hard work of our staff, but it also gives us the opportunity to thank others who help us to support the people of Wiltshire and Swindon."
During the ceremony presentations were also made of the Chief Fire Officer's Commendations and Certificates of Appreciation as well as a number of Excellence Awards and two new Heart of the Community Awards.
These included partner of the Year award to the Families First team with Swindon Council and Employer of the Year award to Helibeds.
Following the presentations winners and guests celebrated their achievement with a buffet.
Ian helped heart attack patient
FAST-THINKING Ian Teasdale was just one of the firefighters to receive a Chief Fire Officer's Commendation at the awards ceremony.
The 34-year who works at Swindon Fire Station helped save a man's life after he had a heart attack while he was off-duty last summer.
He said: "I was in Melksham one afternoon visiting a friend when I saw a man run out of a new estate that was bring built.
"He looked really frantic and he was trying to wave down an ambulance, and he said someone had had a heart attack.
"I asked who and he said it was someone in a house on the estate so I ran to the house and upstairs.
"There were a couple of people there I think trying to help out so I took it from there.
"I started doing CPR and some primary survey checks."
A first responder from the ambulance service arrived shortly after, and more paramedicas after that, and Ian stayed to help where he could by assisting with administering oxygen and the defibrillator.
The man was then taken on to hospital where he had a heart bypass.
He then went on to make a full recovery.
Ian said: "I was just doing what anyone would do. He needed help so I went to help.
"It's great to get recognition for what I did but it's not really something I thought about. I just did it."
Human chain saved a life
A FIRE crew which saved a man bent on taking his life earlier this year were also awarded a Chief Fire Officer's Commendation.
Watch manager Greg Izon, crew manager Bob Waller, firefighter Steve Bell and firefighter Andy Smith from Swindon fire station all worked as a team to prevent a potential suicide with the help of control firefighter Tracey Chappell.
Tracey, who like all firefighters is not trained specifically to deal with cases of potential suicide, took a call at around 1am on January 24 from a man threatening to throw himself off the bridge over the M4 at Wroughton.
While she mobilised a crew to attend the scene, she kept the caller on the line and tried to encourage him to move to a safe place.
She said: "I was just trying to keep him on the phone.
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Greg said: "I took the decision not to use the lights and sirens because we didn't want him to know that we were coming because if he knew we were coming, he may have jumped.
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Please join NNEDV, the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, and My Sister's House for the second annual Community Engagement Day in Charleston, South Carolina.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
9:00 a.m.-noon
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Debi Chard, Award-Winning Journalist and News Anchor on WCSC-TV, will serve as the day's emcee.
Speakers include South Carolina's Attorney General, the Honorable Henry McMaster, Charleston Council Member Kathleen Wilson, Sarah Finkelstein from the National Council of Jewish Women, Easter LaRoache from the Charleston County Sheriff's Department, and Stephany Hewitt, Dean of Community, Family and Child Studies at Trident Technical College.
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Optimized Supervised Education Program for Peripheral Arterial Disease (POPART)
This study has been terminated.
(Recruitment Difficulties and Financing Limited and exhausted)
Rennes University Hospital
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: February 8, 2010
Last updated: June 24, 2016
Last verified: June 2016
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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a frequent and serious chronic disease witch is undertreated. The recommended management of PAD include pharmacological approach and lifestyle modifications. Patient education help to reach this outcome. Our study propose to compare patient education management with physical activity coaching to usual care.
|Peripheral Arterial Disease
|Other: Patient education
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Optimized Supervised Education Program for Peripheral Arterial Disease: Ambulatory Management With Patient Education
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Peripheral Arterial DiseaseU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Rennes University Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- 6 minutes walking test [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
|Study Start Date:
|February 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: patient education
individual and group meetings with explanations about the disease, lifestyle counseling ; coaching by phone at 1 and 4 months; medical consultation at 3 months; physical exercise with coaching
|Other: Patient education
|No Intervention: Usual care
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients aged 18 to 75 years
- With peripheral arterial disease
- Who accept to follow a patient education program
Exclusion Criteria:
- Permanent limb ischemia
- Revascularisation programmed in the 6 next months
- Other severe prognostic disease
- Difficulties to obtain patient consent because of language or understanding
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01065740
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01065740
|Rennes University Hospital
|Rennes, France, 35033
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Rennes University Hospital
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
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|Rennes University Hospital
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|NCT01065740 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 8, 2010
|Last Updated:
|June 24, 2016
Keywords provided by Rennes University Hospital:
Peripheral arterial disease
Patient education
Physical activity coaching
Lifestyle modifications
Walking capacity
6 minutes walking test
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Peripheral Vascular Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
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Doorbell for dogs: 'It's easy to train, easy to install'
EUGENE, Ore. - You may have heard the old saying of you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
A Eugene dog named Pebble is proving that old adage false, because Pebble was trained to ring a doorbell, like any human.
"The idea started when Pebble was about a year old," said Pebble's owner, Keith Jin. "He started to scratch the door when he wanted to come in."
Jin designed the doorbell especially for dogs.
"It's named after him, Pebble Smart," said Jin. "You basically mount it at the height of the dogs nose, that's where they nudge."
Jin invented this Pebble Smart Doggy Doorbell, which is a portable, mountable doorbell, controlled completely by the dog.
"There is a holder that's attached to the wall with mounting tape and the doorbell button goes inside," said Jin. "The design of it has training in mind. You can put a treat inside the space behind that initiates the dog to be interested in this."
He said the dog eventually learns to push the bell every time they want to be let out, or come back into the house.
"I tried probably for a year or so just to refine it and now got to this point where it's easy to train, easy to install." he said.
The kit comes with two doorbells, one for inside the house and one for outside. It also comes with small ringers that can be placed anywhere around the house. Since they are portable, the doorbells can be adjusted to accommodate any size dog.
The total cost? Around $55 to get the set - an indoor and outdoor Doggie Doorbell.
Jin has sold a few to friends and family and now he's finally ready to launch his business off the ground. Starting a fund-raising campaign where people can pre-order the doorbells to kick-start business.
"We have gone quite a long ways where we're ready to do the first batch of production so with some pre-orders, the funds will help to finish the tooling, getting the first orders in place."
He said he's received such a good response to the product, they're even thinking about making cat doorbells too.
"Cats can use this. I think eventually we'll make a version especially for cats ... that's easier to train for cats." said Jin.
So the next time you want to know if your dog, or cat needs to do its business, just listen for the doorbell.


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With a restyled exterior, wider track and custom performance exhaust, the 2005 TSX A-SPEC Concept showcases the potential of Acura's popular sport sedan. The custom exterior boasts restyled front and rear bumpers with improved ventilation and downforce, two-part carbon-Kevlar underbody diffusers, a carbon-Kevlar rear spoiler and widened fenders and sills. The custom exhaust exits at the center of the rear bumper. Track is increased by 20 mm, and 19-in. wheels with a liquid mercury effect paint are wrapped in Pirelli tires. Track performance is enhanced with Acura advanced performance tuned springs and struts and Brembo brakes with four-piston calipers. The interior styling is a combination of aluminum dash and door inserts and carbon-Kevlar panels on the doors and center console. Recaro driver and front passenger seats are finished in leather and suede and compliment the custom gauge cluster, 3-spoke steering wheel and aluminum pedals.
|Powertrain Modifications
|Custom high-performance exhaust system
|Chassis/Suspension Modifications
|Acura performance tuned springs and struts with 20 wider track
|Brembo brakes with 4-piston calipers
|Custom 19x8.5 wheels finished with liquid mercury effect paint
|245/35-19 Bridgestone Potenza S-03 tires
|Exterior Modifications
|Redesigned aero front and rear sport bumpers
|2-part carbon-Kevlar underbody diffusers
|Carbon-Kevlar rear spoiler
|Widened fenders and side sills
|Steel gray metallic paint
|Interior Modifications
|Aluminum inserts on doors and instrument panels
|Carbon-Kevlar panels on doors and center console
|Recaro driver and front passenger seats finished in leather and suede
|Custom gauge package with red backlighting and aluminum trim
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Hi Dadla,
There isn't a wiki...yet. I'll bring it up on our team meeting this week. Thanks for the suggestion!
Dadla, you are dealing with the realities of the market. You could talk about this in the marketing group and ask for feedback.
Take care
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Get an overview of this hotelNeo-renaissance luxury overlooking Florence
Popular property highlights
Hillside panorama
Situated near the banks of River Arno, not far from Ponte Vecchio, this lavish, boutique hotel boasts panoramic views of the city of Florence and Piazzale Michelangelo.
Tuscan cuisine
The hotel's restaurant offers a seasonal menu of Tuscan cuisine accompanied by a selection of wines which can be enjoyed by candlelight and al fresco on the terrace.
Parquet floors
High ceilings, slatted shutters, stuccoed friezes, and parquet floors combine with free WiFi and LCD TVs with satellite channels in the guestrooms.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Breakfast
- Pool
- Helpful staff
Villa La Vedetta
Renovations & Closures
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
On warm days, guests can relax on the terrace with its expansive views of Florence, enjoy a long drink under the gazebo bar, or cool off in the azure swimming pool and jetted tub. Guests can also order a picnic basket from reception and find a secluded spot to lunch in the lush 96,875 square foot (9,000 square meter) gardens that slope down towards the river Arno and are filled with olive trees.
A complimentary local area shuttle service is at guests' disposal, and can be phoned for the return journey. An airport shuttle is also available on request (surcharge). During winter months, guests can read the complimentary newspapers or browse the library by the glow of the lobby fireplace.
- Outdoor pool
- Poolside bar
- Concierge services
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 18
- Laundry facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Babysitting or childcare
- Library
- Television in common areas
- Fireplace in lobby
- Number of floors - 2
- Elevator/lift
- Coffee shop or café
- Free breakfast
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Computer station
- Airport transportation
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Free valet parking
- Picnic area
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Spa tub
- Wedding services
- Free WiFi
- Free area shuttle
- Garden
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Bidet
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room massage available
- Slippers
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Satellite TV service
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- Coffee/tea maker
- Soundproofed rooms
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free WiFi
- Individually decorated
Where to Eat
Villa La Vedetta - Guests can enjoy contemporary cuisine prepared with fresh produce, together with a wide selection of different wines from the walk-in cellar. Romantic decor enhanced by pristine white and creamy ivory tones with modernised antique armchairs, soft drapes and evening candlelight. Large glass doors open out onto the garden.
Bar and Lounge - Clean, contemporary decor is enhanced by a honey-coloured onyx bar and caramel leather banquettes. Guests can unwind with an expertly-mixed cocktail to the subtle sounds of lounge music.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is midnight
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 2 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 30 per pet, per day
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 5 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 12 years of age.
Optional extras
- Pet fee: EUR 30 per pet, per day
Hotel Name
- Villa Vedetta
- Villa Vedetta Florence
- Villa Vedetta Hotel
- Villa Vedetta Hotel Florence
- Boutique Hotel La Vedetta
- Hotel La Vedetta
- Villa La Vedetta Hotel Florence
We should mention
All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. Children 2 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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The management of American Airlines merger partner US Airways has advised American Eagle pilot leaders that it will not place an order for 76-seat regional jets for Eagle or any other regional airline that hasn't formulated a plan to "trend toward" the cost structure introduced at wholly owned Delta Air Lines subsidiary Pinnacle Airlines, the head of the American Eagle Air Line Pilots Association unit told membership last month. The calls for more cost cuts come some nine months after Eagle pilots ratified a new concessionary deal to help the airline emerge from bankruptcy.
"Despite the direction that Pinnacle was heading, ALPA, American Eagle and AMR agreed that the Eagle pilots had met AMR's cost savings targets and that was sufficient for AMR's plan of reorganization," American Eagle Master Executive Council chairman Tony Gutierrez wrote in a July 8 "Newsblast" to members. "Although we knew at the time that Pinnacle would be less expensive than Eagle, it was believed to be an outlier and not a likely industry trend…What was not public knowledge at the time was that Delta Air Lines has clauses in its regional capacity purchase agreements that essentially allow it to reset the block hour rates that it pays its other regionals to match the second lowest of any of its regional carriers. As a result, Delta's announcement made public its ability to drive all of its regional feed costs near Pinnacle by the end of 2017."
Consequently, Delta regional affiliates Republic, SkyWest, ASA and ExpressJet have told their pilots that any new contract agreement must result in cost reductions.
Describing state of the regional airline industry as one of "disarray," Gutierrez nevertheless urged members to recognize the need for union leaders to "engage" with management to look for a solution.
Gutierrez warned of the possibility of Eagle shrinking its flight operation into "non-existence" by following the pattern established last year with the closure of Delta subsidiary Comair. By the time Comair liquidated in September, its fleet had shrunk to some 70 airplanes—too few, said Delta management, to maintain the economies of scale needed to justify its existence. Gutierrez also reminded members the retirement/return schedule for the Embraer regional jets at Eagle will continue to result in year-over-year capacity cuts unless the airline wins a fresh allocation of new jets.
Mightyduk (not verified)
July 14, 2013 - 9:20am
What union leaders need to do is get organized. All for one and one for all so to say. The scumbag airlines will keep pitting one regional against another in a race to the bottom. They need unite and shut down for a day, or a sick out here and there. As it is those pilots already qualify for food stamps. And don't look to ALPA for help they have proved themselves worthless.
Who cares (not verified)
July 14, 2013 - 4:39pm
The absolute reason this industry has imploded on itself is because the pilots themselves have let it do so. In the old days to get flight training one must have been in the military or had wealth (Even thought I was neither, I was just lucky). The military pilots had a better sense of honor, desipine, and brotherhood not to spit on one another. The indusrty was dangerous. Planes were hard to fly (You had to actually fly them). So now that you have a flight school on every corner, the ability to obtain financing for flight time, airplanes that are so easy to fly a 10 yr. old can do it, and a endless supply of kids that want Mom, Dad, and Grandma to see them in that uniform even though they are not making as much as a fast food restaurant manager, then you will ALWAYS have the situation the airlines (esp. Regional airlines) are in today! Stop all of that from happening and you will go back to the good old days of glamour and high wages. And that my friends is the cold hard facts! Trust me, I have been in the industry for a long, long time and now I'm retired. Happy contrails Suckers!!!
abgasse (not verified)
July 24, 2013 - 6:12am
I agree with your assessment in the first part about military pilots not spitting on ea. other and aircraft being harder to fly. However, having flight schools on every corner or the Union only doing what it's pilots let it do is wrong.
The good old days you refer to were under regulation=guaranteed profit margins.
Airlines were deregulated when it came to competition, but the Railway Labor Act which neuters union strikes, stayed in force. Airline management knows they have indentured servants under the RLA. Add to that the corruption of the bankruptcy process which allows airlines to void labor contracts while doling generous bonuses to management, 9/11, the legal allowance of stealing pilot pensions, the rise of B-scale regional airlines which now do the majority of the domestic route structure--some hiring pilots near to commercial minmums, and a lemming like need for the airlines to engage in deaths of 1000 cuts. After enough blood has been spilled, a 1500 hrs is the new experience limit and 10 hrs rest.
This puts floor on the race to the bottom. No more getting lower and lower time pilots. 1500 hours means 2-3 yrs slaving your butt off at slave wages just to get to regional 3rd world wages? The potential candidate list is thinning out.
Bobo (not verified)
July 14, 2013 - 6:26pm
The pilots of the golden era created this. B scales, concessions in pay, work rules, scope. Now it's effecting them but its never hard to point the finger at yourself.
Regional new hire classes are empty. Flight schools are empty. Sooner or later they will realize this model is unsustainable.
Who cares (not verified)
July 16, 2013 - 12:18pm
I would not hold my breath on the industry to change any time soon! As far as the B scales, concessions in pay, well that was the begining of the fall. Some of those things had to happen to salvage the industry from external reasons such as bad management, economics and terriorism. Out of the control of the pilots at the time. Had these compromises not taken place, then the future aviation want-a-be's would still be dreaming of an aviation career as more airlines would have dissolved sooner and the competition increased.
As far as work rules and scope are concerned, if the ground work for these elements had not been established in the past then they surely would not materialized now days! These were good things for the industry at the time. Scope now means nothing and as far as work rules, well the FAA can't even get proposed safety mandates implemented that are years behind the need.
And yes blame me for being a part of it all if you want, I accept that and agree with you. However, I also touched a hot object a few times in my life and got burned. Now I am not the type of person that will sit back and watch you do it to just to get a thrill and make my point.
Take my advice. Aviation in America is a "sweat shop". Its a joke. Go fly overseas and get paid for what you are worth or do something real with your life and quit being a slave to the high paid CEO's that are peeling the dollars off of your back!
Turbineguy (not verified)
July 15, 2013 - 11:11am
Curious to see what effect the 1,500hr minimum and ATP requirement will have on the situation.
abgasse (not verified)
July 24, 2013 - 5:51am
In mgmt world, no effect at all. The regional airlines want more paycuts from pilots as they staff the operation with GED achievers, imbeciles and incompetents while relying on the pilots to do the job of all the above-for less pay and QOL than the already concession contracts!
Pinnacle, TSA, Go are the new standard (until they are too expensive)
American Eagle, ASA/Expressjet, Skywest mgmts: all demanding pay cuts to win more flying.
In reality world: Eagle is offering $5,000 signing bonus, ASA/Expressjet classes are not filling, and Skywest is hawking a free sim ride and interview at Oshkosh AirVenture this yr.
Asiana stalled and crashed in CAVU VFR weather do to incompetence, Regional pilots fly 4,5,6,7 legs a day, w/o auto throttles in the busiest and most challenging airports in the US and outside. Often get min rest in dung heap hotels, and have crap benefits compared to major airline pilots. Yet, we should do it for the same pay as the dropout drug addicts who seem to be the one's driving the hotel van.
All regional pilots: draw that line in the sand now! Eagle is doing it, I hope the rest of us wake the-fik up and realize it truly is united we MUST stand. The end.
Rick (not verified)
July 26, 2013 - 10:13pm
It's time to draw the line is right you guys. Theyre trying to get one more bite off the apple before reality strikes. Reality is that there are np mre airline pilot candidates coming down the pike. There just aren't!
They will all be cancelling flying by the ton shortly and begging for pilots to come to work for them and the one with the best compensation package will get the pilots and the B scale operations won't. It's that simple.
Don't fall for it. They are bluffing if they tell you they aren't going to do things until the pilots take pay cuts to pay for them. It's crazy. In times of a pilot glut they can get away with this. Now they cannot
If your operation wont support bigger better planes then dont get them. But dont ask us as pilots to pay for them so you can increase your bonus next year
Brian (not verified)
July 29, 2013 - 10:23pm
Pinnacle represents the bottom of this downward spiral. Eagle fired the first salvo in the long battle to claw back to reasonable compensation for regional pilots when they told the company they were not interested in a "B scale". Now management is fishing for a new bottom feeder. Well they can take their stink bait elsewhere. I hope the pilots and their union representation recognize the fact that no amount of givebacks will ever be enough for these people to reappropriate to their bonuses. ExpressJet management is seeking "significant concessions" from their pilot group, claiming they have to compete with Pinnacle. Meanwhile, they have seen fit to give themselves bonuses to the tune of over 60 percent from last year. Enough is enough! The market has spoken. Classrooms sit empty. No one is biting anymore. I will stand proudly alongside Eagle pilots in saying no to concessions of any kind. All regional pilots need to take a stand now! If we cave now, we will never see another opportunity like this, and should hang our heads in shame. This is no longer a stepping stone to the legacy carriers. We fly jet aircraft on routes that not long ago were only flown by the legacys. We fly more legs per day for far less pay. There are pilots in the regionals who thought they would have been long gone by now. There are no guarantees. Demand to be compensated like the professional you are! The concession stand is closed!


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Couple uses 47,096 beads to make awesome Chrono Trigger mural
I hide nothing; Chrono Trigger is my favorite game of all time. That is a fact. So when awesome people come together and make awesome things to honor Chrono Trigger, I can't help but rant about how awesome they are. This is a case of that.
A couple made a Chrono Trigger mural out of beads. OUT OF BEADS! They had to make individualized panels and melt them together on foamcore to make the final project. Each panel was 7" x 8" and the final mural was 44" x 39." The estimated time for each individual panel took an hour. The total time of the project took over 2 years and 47,096 beads.
I say they nailed it. People just need to keep giving love to Chrono Trigger and continue doing awesome over the top project like this one. I more than approve, you two are awesome.
See all steps HERE!
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A Luxury Hotel in Atlanta
Welcome to Loews Atlanta Hotel
Loews Atlanta is situated right in the heart of Midtown, near Piedmont Park. Offering a prime location among luxury hotels in Atlanta, our property provides access to some of the best attractions in the city.
Hotel Highlights
- 414 luxurious guestrooms, including 44 suites
- 40,000-plus square feet of indoor function space, flooded with natural light
- Saltwood, specializing in charcuterie and cheese, along with light plates
- exhale Spa offers signature treatments and fitness classes
- Complimentary Wi-Fi in every guest room—and in public spaces
Useful Information
- Check in: 4 PM | Check out: 12 PM (Late check-out charge is 50% of the daily rate.)
- Self-parking: $26; Valet parking: $38
- Business Center: conference level; 24 hours
- In-Room dining available 24 hours
- Fitness Center: 7th floor
- All guestrooms are non-smoking


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Supporters of a scheme to build a Cineworld multiplex on Trowbridge's former Bowyers site came out in force for a planning appeal today.
The hearing, taking place at Trowbridge Civic Centre, sees developer Prorsus appealing against Wiltshire Council's decision, in June 2012, to reject plans for an eight-screen cinema, a Morrisons store, six restaurants and a pub to be built on the derelict site.
The venue's council chamber welcomed 68 members of the public, many of whom hope planning inspector David Nicholson allows the £46 million project to go ahead.
Paul Tucker QC, representing the developer, said: "The level of support, here today, shows that it (the cinema scheme) is considered to be a good thing and will allow Wiltshire's county town to punch at its weight."
In February 2013, the developer saw plans for a 'reserve' application – which substituted the cinema for an unspecified leisure facility and added a petrol station – accepted by the council.
Despite this, the company has decided to pursue their earlier plans.
Stephen Sauvain QC asked Mr Nicholson not to overturn the council's rejection as the authority believe it will have a negative impact on the recently opened £17m St Stephens Place Leisure Park which homes a seven-screen cinema and restaurants.
He said: "St Stephens Place is well located to strengthen the town centre, however it can only contribute if it operates successfully and if it doesn't it cannot act as an anchor.
"The introduction of a new cinema has the potential to put that at risk and at worse this scheme could cause St Stephens Place to fail – wasting investment."
Gillian Jones, a town planner with Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners, gave evidence supporting Mr Sauvain's claim, suggesting that Odeon could lose up to £2.6m of a potential £3.6m turnover if a Cineworld was built on the Bowyers site.
She said that Trowbridge's potential catchment area was 164,074 people, within a 20-minute drive, and using national average cinema admission figures the town would only require the maximum of 10 screens as opposed to the 15 it would have with both cinemas.
Mrs Jones said: "This clearly demonstrates that there will be an adverse affect on St Stephens Place to such a level that Odeon could close and the failure of the cinema would affect retail there, making it a realistic threat that the site could become a white elephant and damage the vitality of the town."
Robert Walton QC, representing Legal & General, developer of St Stephens Place, also raised concerns about the viability of two cinemas in Trowbridge.
After the Bowyers cinema plan was rejected, in 2012, around 400 residents staged a protest march against Wiltshire Council's decision, from Bowyers to County Hall.
Video footage of the march is expected to be shown during the planning appeal, which is scheduled to run for four days, while interested parties will be able voice their opinion on the plans for Bowyers when Mr Nicholson will hear public statements at the Civic Centre from 10am tomorrow.
The inquiry continues.