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The report, entitled 'The impact of Crossrail on visitor numbers in Central London', has identified that Crossrail could well deliver significantly more passengers to the heart of the capital than previously estimated.
Arup's report, which was funded by and prepared at the request of the three neighbouring Business Improvement Districts (BIDS) – The Fitzrovia Partnership, the New West End Company, and inmidtown – was released on January 21. Other contributors included City Of Westminster, London Borough of Camden, Transport for London and Crossrail Ltd.
Arup, which is a Fitzrovia Partnership BID Member, was commissioned to undertake the study in order to help businesses, local authorities and other organisations revisit and plan for the likely impacts and opportunities that Crossrail may bring to central London. The report revisits previous projections that were used for the Crossrail Hybrid Bill (2004).
Driven by population and employment growth in London and the South East, the report reveals that Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road and Farringdon stations could be serving as many as 250 million visitors into and out of Central London by 2026. This figure represents 65 million more passengers than the 2004 estimates suggested. On an annual basis, this is equivalent to some 166 million additional passengers than use the three stations today.
The report breaks down the figures further to explain that Crossrail visitor numbers for Tottenham Court Road are forecast to be highest during the weekday evening peak, when it is projected some 37,000 people will enter/exit the station during this time. With weekday morning demand being projected at an 83% increase, Crossrail will boost the number of Londoners within a 45 minute journey travel time of Fitzrovia by 22%. This is a dramatic extension of its retail audience. In addition, it is estimated that the completion of Crossrail and other new developments could lead to an 18% uplift in annual spend by residents of this newly expanded catchment area. That equates to £2,997 million.
The Fitzrovia Partnership with Arup has worked together with London Borough of Camden and other partners to ensure that the people who work, live and visit the area are prepared for the impact that this could have – particularly on Tottenham Court Road station and the surrounding area.
You can view the BBC's London Today news report live from Tottenham Court Road (22/01/14) here.
The report is now available to download here.


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Experimental School in California Has No Homework
Khan Lab School is bringing back the one-room model to teach young students in Mountain View, California.
The school is a laboratory for an experimental kind of learning.
Silicon Valley, known for its technology companies, is also the birthplace of the school.
Twelve-year-old Mishal Junaid loves the Khan Lab School's untraditional methods.
"When I wake up in the morning, I want to wake up, unlike my last school where I want to sleep in and not go to school..."
Junaid and her sister's reactions to the school surprise their parents.
The girls' father, Junaid Qurashi, told VOA: "Our children, they love going to school, to the point that even if they are tired or sick or have the flu," they will not stay home from school. "To the point that we worry why kids come home so happy. Are they really learning things?"
No homework
Students ages 5 to 15 attend the experimental Khan Lab School. It has no grade levels and no homework. The students are in school from 8:30 in the morning until six o'clock at night. And, the school is open all year long, with small breaks here and there.
Nine-year-old Holly Thompson enjoys going there.
"You get to choose what you learn, and it's not just a teacher hands you a worksheet and tells you what to do. You get to set your own goals. You have a schedule. You go to different classes."
The school is the idea of Salman Khan, the founder of Khan Academy — famous for its educational videos. The videos are available on the internet free of charge and have millions of users around the world.
Khan said he started Khan Lab School because he thinks the current education system has problems. He hopes to create a better learning model.
"Where I see the future going is somewhat revisiting the past. There's a lot of really good things about the one-room schoolhouse that you might have had in the rural areas that you still have today in a lot of places where you have mixed-age classrooms..."
He said this system lets the older students take responsibility and help younger students. That means the younger children get a lot of help. They get the help of the teacher and the older students.
Personalized learning
Khan said students also learn the study material at their own speed through videos. And, they get more attention through one-on-one discussions with teachers. They also learn by doing projects.
Malika Junaid noted a change in her daughters after they began attending the school. She said that, after six months, they seemed sure of their abilities. They are now not afraid to talk to adults and other students and now they always want to help.
The school's director, Dominic Liechti, said this way of learning better prepares students for the future. He said the duties of a teacher need to change from leading the class to being someone who guides students in their learning, and provides individual support. A teacher is also a life-long learner, he said, not just someone who gives presentations.
Leichti also said the role of students is becoming more creative.
Work in progress
Salman Khan describes his Khan Lab School as a work in progress.
"Like a R-and-D lab [research and development lab], the first time that you make the drug or the first time that you make the material," Khan said. "It's not scalable yet, but you need to make it the first time and say 'that's a pretty strong material.' And then you can think about how do you make it so that it's more affordable and more scalable."
Dominic Liechti says the community in the Mountain View area has been open to this new method to educating students.
"Especially in Silicon Valley because that's the culture that you can start something," he said. "You can pioneer something, and people join that movement, and I feel that amongst my staff."
Liechti says he has that same feeling amongst his students and members of the community.
I'm Alice Bryant.
Elizabeth Lee wrote this story for easyvoa.com. Alice Bryant adapted her report for Learning English. George Grow was the editor.
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Kika Brockstedt
The absence of text or dialogue changes the way we look at an image. Experimenting with staged set ups, objects and food has become my visual language.
A collaboration with Minshin Yano.
Desiderio /dɛzi'dɛrjo/ m (pl. desideri) Italian
1. wish, desire, longing
This film is an absurd recreation of 1960's advertisement that is enhancing thehabits and needs of modern society. It is a light-hearted investigation into "Desire" and "Fake". Through experimentation, recreating food and playing with objects, this project reflects an abstract view on the world.


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The Bangdrum 'Samba Pack Especial' contains everything you need for a balanced sound in your percussion ensemble and contains all the instruments people simply love to play. This pack includes all the accessories you need such as beaters, tuning keys, skins and straps etc. We have developed this pack especially for secondary and college percussion ensembles. All the instruments included are professional quality and shipped to the UK direct from the factory in São Paulo, Brazil.
2 x Surdo Aluminium 18"2 x Surdo Aluminium 20" 2 x Surdo Aluminium 22"
3 x Timbal 14"
1 x Repinique1 x Caixa Malacacheta 12"2 x Tamborim2 x Agogo Double Pro2 x Tamborim Stick1 x Repinique Beater 9 x Surdo Belt
6 x Surdo Beater Short
2 x Surdo Beaters Long
1 x Repinique Belt
1 x Snare Sticks for Caixa (pair)
1 x Snare belt
1 x Apito - Whistle
1 x The Beatlife Book Inc. CD
4 x Surdo Aluminium 18"4 x Surdo Aluminium 20" 4 x Surdo Aluminium 22"
7 x Timbal 14"
1 x Repinique2 x Caixa Malacacheta 12"4 x Tamborim4 x Agogo Double Pro4 x Tamborim Stick1 x Repinique Beater 19 x Surdo Belt
12 x Surdo Beater Short
4 x Surdo Beaters Long
1 x Repinique Belt
2 x Snare Sticks for Caixa (pair)
2 x Snare belt
1 x Apito - Whistle
1 x The Beatlife Book Inc. CD
Surdo: The surdo drum provides the base and backbone to Samba and many other Brazilian percussion styles. The Surdos we have chosen for this pack are of professional standard and actually used in the Samba Schools in Brazil. The sizes are chosen carefully to make sure that they are easy to use by new players and students of any size or age can use them.
Timbal: The Timbal is a Brazilian Hand drum used mainly in the Northeast of Brazil and made famous by the artistic group 'Timbalada'. The Timbal used in this pack are professional quality instruments and perfect for beginners to advanced players alike. Light weight, long lasting and strong. A must for any Brazilian Percussion Project.
Repinique: Repinique: The Repinique is used by the class teacher or band leader and is used to signal stops, starts, call's and responses. Use the 'Beatlife book' included in this pack for ideas and lesson plans.
Caixa: The Caixa is a Brazilian Snare drum. In Samba it is essential to create the 'Brazilian Samba Swing' within the ensemble. This Caixa is long lasting and light weight perfect for secondary and college students.
Tamborim: The tamborim is a small circular instrument used in Samba. It is one of the most important instruments in the Samba Schools of Brazil.
Agogo: A double 'cow bell' used in many styles of Brazilian and Latin percussion. Made famous in Brazil by the Afoxé groups of North-Eastern Brazil.
Apito: A Brazilian whistle used by the class teacher or band leader to signal changes in the music and attract attention. Save your voice use this whistle! (Great for sports too!)
The Beatlife Book Inc. CD: Developed by our good friends and tutors in Liverpool the Beatlife book is the perfect accompaniment for any Brazilian Percussion Pack. The book contains practical advice on how to deliver Brazilian percussion workshops and lessons and is the perfect way to help you brush up your percussion skills and find fun and practical ways to teach your ensemble.
Our secondary school and college Drumming Packs have been put together by our expert workshop delivery team. Drawing upon over 150 years combined experience of delivering Brazilian Drumming workshops in education we believe we have developed the perfect pack for your Brazilian percussion project.
By delivering workshops in literally hundreds of schools and colleges World-Wide we have used nearly every drumming kit known to man and have used this experience to develop our own, more functional and student friendly solutions.We have seen that many drumming kits include items that are simply 'useless' in the delivery of Brazilian percussion at a begginers - intermediate level and have seen literally hundreds of instruments stuck in cupboards and under stairs gathering dust. Many musical instrument suppliers are simply not experienced workshop facilitators so their packs are based on financial data rather than delivery experience.
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Resource Guide
Civil Rights Lesson
This lesson relates to the following topics from the California History-Social Science Framework for high school:
- Civil Rights Movement
- Constitutional Rights
- Sociology: Social Issues--discrimination, poverty and crime
- The Courts and Government process
Students will be able to:
- Understand lesbian and gay activism within a historical context.
- Compare the Lesbian and Gay Freedom movement to the Civil Rights movement.
- As a group, have the class make a list of past or current legislation aimed at limiting full participation in society of a specific group of people. Refer to Timeline for specific legislation. Discuss how these laws affect the lives of certain people and the economic development of their communities.
- Discuss civil rights and human rights. What are the similarities and differences? Ask for the names of some courageous people who are famous for their help in advancing the cause of civil and/or human rights.
- Cue The Castro to the part just after gays are being asked not to return to the Oak Room at the St. Francis, and after "City officials soon turned to less subtle measures...gave the task to the head of his Sex Crimes Squad, who described the scene." (WITH NO PICTURE. DON'T TELL STUDENTS WHO IS TALKING.) Cover the TV screen and begin the clip (SOUND ONLY) when Lieutenant Bearden of the Sex Crimes Squad of the SF Police Department says: "Homosexuals have flocked to the city from all parts of the United States. They were everywhere. They filled the bars in the city's cheap Tenderloin District. They thronged together in the city's parks and squares."
- Have students create a profile of the speaker. Ask about subtleties of language, intonation, voice. What are their reactions? How do they feel?
- Show (with sound) the rest of the clip of Lt. Bearden through the part after the arrests at the New Year's Eve party to "...and public opinion turned at that point and said, 'The police are going too far. This is enough.'"
- Ask students when they felt they were being discriminated against as a group. What about not being able to congregate in certain places? What about curfews? What measures do the students take to ask for their rights?
- Ask about the homeless. Are they discriminated against as a group? How? What, if any, rights are denied to them?
- Cue video to the very beginning, play and stop after the title appears. Ask how the gay and lesbian people in the video felt about always being afraid of getting caught, having to pretend all the time, constantly being threat-ened and harassed.
- Show the segment about Harvey Milk, his assassination and the aftermath. What measures did the gays and les-bians take to bring attention to their cause? Did they resort to violence?
- Ask students to name historic events when the struggle for civil rights turned to confrontation and/or violence. (The American Revolution, The Civil War, labor strikes, protests and marches for integration, pro-choice/pro-life actions, and the people who fought for such causes: Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, Cesar Chavez, Wilma Mankiller, Ellen Ochoa, etc.)
- Have the students read the section about Harvey Milk and ask how he contributed to the Civil Rights movement. Did he have any special tactics? What were his greatest strengths? What makes him a hero?
- Ask students who their heroes are. Ask them to think also of a member of their student community whom they regard with high esteem. Have them interview him/her. What are the qualities that make this person stand out? Do they help to effect change? How?
- Have students use this as a starting point to research heroic people and actions that have contributed to the civil rights we have today.


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Disclaimer: The X-Files belongs to 20th Century Fox Television and Ten
Thirteen Productions. This story is not-for-profit but I own it.
Date: 12/10/2008
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Voyeurism, female solo sex, male solo sex, interracial sex,
male/female sex, strong language
Category: Het
Pairing: Scully/m
Feedback: Yes, I want feedback.
Archive: Yes
Summary: After she wishes Mulder and the other FBI agents a Merry Christmas,
Scully drives herself back to her place and prepares a special holiday gift
for a visitor who is literally out of this world.
Other Notes: This AU story is an answer to one of PEJA's Improv Challenges
and based on a Gillian Anderson fake by an artist known as GBR.
Dedication: Happy Holidays to all of my family and friends! -- ATK 2008
X-Files: Ready To Open Your Christmas Present
by Andrew Troy Keller ([email protected])
Yes, it is true that a beautiful female special agent of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation whose name happens to be Dana Scully had allowed herself to
be assigned to the X-Files because of the fact that her superiors within the
FBI had wanted her to keep an eye on her newfound partner named Fox Mulder,
who had began investigating the cases within the X-Files that had involved
alien encounters and other unexplained phenomenon because of the fact that he
had witnessed some extraterrestrial force abducting his poor sister Samantha
while they were both little kids.
And of course, it is also true that with some help from a group of conspiracy
theorists known as the Lone Gunmen and a mysterious informant known only as
X, both Mulder and Scully were -- so far -- able to investigate those cases
and continue to do so in spite of the fact that some certain individuals such
as the Cigarette Smoking Man and a rogue FBI agent whose name happens to be
Alex Krycek were all trying to stop the two special agents from revealing the
But what Mulder and the other FBI agents had known is that after a crazed UFO
abductee whose name was Duane Barry had kidnapped Scully, drove her all the
way over to a mountain resort and allowed the crew of that alien spacecraft
to take her away in his place, she had suddenly spotted one of the members of
the alien crew using that ship's advanced technology to transform himself
into a handsome human male hunk with dark brown hair.
And after he had done that, the newly-transformed alien crew member had moved
himself closer to Dana, placed his gentle hand on her forehead and said to
her, "Hello, Dana Scully. I had allowed myself to take this form and the name
'Adam Duchovny' in order to ease your fear of us. We only wish to place our
seed within you and allow a special form of humanoid child to be born. So,
please do relax and remember that we had made the correct decision in
choosing a magnificent and beautiful creature such as you."
And then, even though the crew of the alien ship had only wanted to use her
as a birthing vessel for an human-alien hybrid, both Dana and Adam had
suddenly found themselves falling deeply in love with each other. And as soon
as the little bundle of joy was born and they had looked at the newborn with
a small smile on their lips and a sense of pure joy in their eyes, both Dana
and Adam had promised themselves that they should allow themselves to get
together at her place back on Earth and celebrate the one holiday known as
And of course, that brings us to a cold and snowy afternoon in Washington,
D.C. and within the headquarters of the FBI which happens to be where Mulder
and Scully had finally submitted their report on their latest case to their
boss who happens to be Assistant Director Walter Skinner before they had
stepped out of Skinner's office and Mulder had looked at Scully and said,
"Say, Scully. I had heard that you might be unable to join your relatives for
the holidays. The reason why I had mentioned that is because I had discovered
another little Christmas goodie within the X-Files and want you to join me in
investigating it."
But sure enough, that had only resulted in having Scully place her hand on
Mulder's shoulder, take a deep breath and say, "I really am sorry to burst
your bubble like this, Mulder. But I need to be by myself for this Christmas.
You see, after all of the spookiness that we had investigated ever since we
had met, I had decided that it finally is time for me to give myself some
high maintenance by just going home, taking a nice warm bath and going to
sleep. Okay, Mulder? "
And after he had given that idea some thought and realized that his own
partner has presented him with a really good point, a small-smiling Mulder
had gently placed his hand on Scully's cheek and said, "Okay, Scully. I get
the picture. Just do me a favor and don't forget to have yourself a very
Merry Christmas, okay?" before Scully had let out a small smile of her own,
nodded her head in response to his question, given him a big friendly hug and
whispered the words 'Merry Christmas to you too, Mulder' in his ear.
Then, after she had given the other FBI agents a 'goodbye' wave and wished
them a Merry Christmas, Scully had left the Bureau's headquarters, gotten
into her car and drove herself back to her personal place of residence. But
as soon as she had gotten herself out of the car and placed herself inside
her apartment, Scully had looked at the wonderfully-decorated tree, taken a
deep breath and thought to herself, *Okay, Dana. Adam's almost here. So,
let's get his Christmas present ready for him.*
Just then, about an hour or two later, a strange bright light had suddenly
appeared from out of nowhere, unlocked and opened the door and allowed Adam
to step inside the apartment. And after that very same bright light had
closed and relocked the door, Adam had walked himself over to the Christmas
tree and discovered that Dana was standing bare-ass naked in front of him and
in only a large red ribbon and bow.
And after she had looked at her intergalactic visitor with a small smile on
her lips and asked, "Well, Mister Duchovny? Are you ready to open your
Christmas present? ", Adam had let out a small smile of his own, moved
himself closer and kissed Dana ever so deep and passionately on the lips
before they had placed themselves inside the bedroom just in time for Adam to
remove the ribbon and bow and strip off all of his clothes.
And then, after she had started pumping two of her fingers in and out of her
hot, wet pussy and caressing her own tits with the other hand and he had
began stroking his stiff cock right in front of her, Adam had started licking
all over Dana's nude body -- all the way down to her hot and steamy cunt and
caressing her firm breasts and caused Dana to place her hands on Adam's bare
shoulders and say, "Aaaahhhh, yeeeessss! That's it! Do it, Adam! Touch me!
Touch me there! Suck my wet pussy dry! Aaaahhhh!"
Then, after they had laid their nude bodies down on the bed and Adam had
turned himself around and allowed Dana to start sucking on his stone hard
dick, she had suddenly realized that she was able to enjoy each and every
minute of experiencing the one thing that she had never been able to
experience with anyone from another planet before which happens to be pure
and untamed sexual pleasure.
And of course, that was before Adam had placed his stiff cock inside Dana's
asshole, began blowing his hot breath on the nape of her bare neck and used
each of his hands to caress both her hot, moist snatch and stiff mounds just
in time for a sexually-energized Dana to place one of her hands on Adam's
bare shoulder and the other hand on his bare arm and yell at the top of her
lungs, "AAAAHHHH, YES! THAT'S IT! DO IT, ADAM! TOUCH ME! FUCK THE LIVING SHIT
And then, after they had started moving themselves harder and faster and
continued doing that until they had both finally came, collapsed due to
exhaustion and fallen asleep with their naked arms in a lover's embrace, that
very same glow that had brought Adam to Dana's apartment has reappeared and
engulfed the entire bedroom.
Just then, on the very next day, Dana had woken herself up, looked around the
bedroom and discovered that she was the only one in there. But that was
before she had turned her head towards the pillow that Adam had placed his
head on the night before and noticed that there was an envelope on that very
And as soon as she had picked up that envelope and opened it, Dana had
discovered that it had contained a Christmas card inside it with a message
from Adam which had said, "My darling Dana -- I really do enjoy your holiday
gift. Thank you and here's to hoping that I shall see you again to celebrate
the coming of the New Year. Until then, please do keep on having a Merry
Christmas. -- With much love, Adam."
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Another benefit of replacing your broken inverter with a Fronius Galvo or Primo, is the extended warranty on offer. At the time of writing this post, Fronius are providing customers with and extended 5 year PARTS ONLY warranty until June 30, 2018. This deal has been running for several years now and is testament to the confidence Fronius has in their products.
If something breaks down in the first 5 years there is no cost to you to have it repaired. It will also be repaired while it's on your wall. If something goes wrong in the second 5 years, the parts will be supplied by Fronius at no cost you. There will however be a labor charge to repair your inverter. Given that the replacement electronics is the "expensive part" of any repair, this is a very good warranty and one which Fronius has been running for over 3 years so far. This speaks volumes about the company's belief in their product.
Once your new Fronius has been installed, you need to register the inverter with Fronius directly to qualify and receive the extended warranty. Below is a video we made to guide your through the short process.


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Monarch Nursery Chair
The Monarch Nursery Chair has a different look from the chairs we usually picture for nursing. It's made by Scandinavian Child (the same company behind Cariboo) in the UK.
The chair was designed by Dr. Lynn Jones, a furniture design professor, after she began to research the increasing number of women choosing not to breastfeed and why. Her own experience as a mother also aided in its creation.
It features: a low seat, a curved back, adjustable lumbar support, wipe-clean upholstery, and it comes in 12 different colors.
In the US, you'll find it at these stores. Find more info on the Scandinavian Child website.


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This event was created to compliment a wider PR and marketing campaign to help the client make an impact in the market when they re-branded the company and moved into new, beautifully refurbished offices.
150 guests/ Office to venue transformation/Entertainment/Fine food and drinks
Roselle arranged for the majority of the office furniture to be removed and turned the empty space into a chic venue for the after work reception.Using the clients brand colour of teal blue, we dressed the outside of the building with a colour matching carpet, the building was floodlit in blue, and we added topiary trees and candle lanterns to the entrance walkway. This created a warm and special welcome for guests.
Inside we added atmospheric teal lighting and set up bistro style tall tables. Beautiful floral arrangements added a scent and a modern string quartet played music in the foyer.Smart waiting staff served champagne and bottled beer while guests grazed on the fantastic canapés of mini burgers in their own box, smoked duck potato nests and goats cheese macaroons.
In addition Roselle managed the invitation RSVP's, logging responses through a dedicated email inbox, and making follow-up phone calls to those who had not responded. This saved the client hours of administration time. Roselle staff also welcomed guests on the night, ensuring the VIP's were well looked after. Guest speaker Lord Digby Jones was invited to make a speech and officially open the new office and the media coverage achieved was fantastic.
Roselle worked with the clients PR agency, Bread PR, to ensure the event helped achieve the wider campaign objectives. The launch event was a great success and a fantastic example of several teams working together for a common goal.


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Im sorry for the late notice but we were hoping to get a coach for the 14U team, but unfortunately we could not find one.
The mission of the Renegades Fastpitch organization is to give our players the opportunity to fully develop their softball skills in a positive environment. Renegades players share a passion to play softball throughout the year. Renegades organization encourages our teams to enter tournaments that challenge our players to play at or above their abilities so that they are challenged and strive to improve to the next level. We are dedicated to providing our players with a well-rounded experience where each player is given the opportunity to to not only develop their athletic skills, but also learn real life skills of confidence, leadership, and team dynamics all while having fun. We are committed to developing highly competitive softball teams with a good work ethic who demonstrate good sportsmanship both on and off the field; as evidenced by our coaches who provide team leadership by example. We will all work hard together to "take it to the next level".
We are currently looking for coaches to start up a 10U, 12U and a 14U team. If anyone would like to take on a new and fresh team contact Pete Koerner at email@example.com
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Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern to Open First Florida Location
Opening in early 2014, concept's 16th location is first foray outside Midwest
NAPLES, Fla. (July 16, 2013) - Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern is expanding outside the Midwest as it plans to open its first location in Florida in early 2014. The brand's 16th location will open in the Mercato mixed-use development in Naples, where guests will enjoy Rusty Bucket's traditional American food, extensive beer selection, exceptional service and family-friendly atmosphere.
"Rusty Bucket truly embraces and supports the communities in which we do business," said founder and president Gary Callicoat. "We hope Rusty Bucket will become Naples's new neighborhood restaurant and tavern with our genuine hospitality as we have become in our other markets. We are proud to create more than 100 jobs in the Naples community and are thrilled to open our first Florida location in the highly acclaimed Mercato development."
Rusty Bucket's 4300-square-foot space will seat 150 guests inside the main dining room, and a dynamic covered terrace with an outdoor bar, TVs, fans and misters and will accommodate 75 more guests. Indoor and outdoor bars will offer a wide variety of craft and import beers, wines and creative cocktails. With TVs and sports memorabilia throughout the space, Rusty Bucket is the perfect destination to watch all of the big games with friends and family. It is an ideal addition to Mercato, a 53-acre project that includes retail and office space, 93 luxury condominiums and more than 20 upscale retailers, that received special recognition from the International Council of Shopping Centers in its annual design and development competition.
Introducing a new menu, Rusty Bucket Naples will feature new takes on classic American dishes including appetizers, salads, sandwiches, pizzas, main plates and desserts. Guests can begin their meal with fried pickle spears served with ranch dressing and the signature Bucket bites mini burgers with grilled onion and yellow cheddar on potato buns. Salad options include the flavorful Thai steak salad with teriyaki-marinated grilled beef tenderloin, crisp greens, udon noodles, mixed Asian vegetables, pineapple and grilled bok choy tossed in a soy ginger vinaigrette with candied peanuts and cilantro as well as the blackened salmon salad with baby spinach, mixed greens, fresh strawberries, candied pecans, sliced red onion and & bleu cheese crumbles tossed in a honey vinaigrette dressing. Sandwiches range from the Italian torpedo with grilled Italian sausage topped with cappicola ham, salami, provolone, mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion, pepperoncinis and Italian dressing to the double bacon cheeseburger with a ground beef and bacon patty topped with more bacon, caramelized onion, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato and roasted garlic aioli to the lightly spicy and crispy black bean veggie burger with provolone cheese, roasted red pepper relish, romaine hearts and a lemon basil aioli. Main plate offerings include parmesan crusted tilapia served with skillet beans, sour cream mashers and a roasted garlic cream sauce, Atlantic cod fish and chips and the backyard BBQ ribs, lightly-smoked Memphis-style, slathered with the signature Bucket BBQ sauce and served with French fries and cole slaw. For a treat, end the meal with a cold, frosty root beer float made with Rogue draft root beer and creamy Edy's vanilla ice cream or triple chocolate cake topped with Edy's vanilla bean ice cream and caramel sauce.
Complementing the culinary offerings, Rusty Bucket offers both new and familiar favorites on the extensive beer list with more than 80 craft and import options, as well as seasonal specials. The 24 beers on tap are available in 16 or 20 ounces and include specialty selections like Rogue Ales, Magic Hat #9 and Anchor Steam. In addition, nearly 20 wines are available by the glass and by the bottle. Daily cocktail specials range from nightly happy hours and Mule Mondays to Throwback Thursdays and Bloody Sundays, which will feature new infused vodkas in three new bloody mary flavors including jalapeno and lime and habanero and sweet pepper.
The Rusty Bucket experience is further enhanced by the genuine hospitality and sincere friendliness of the associates. Currently seeking great management candidates, Rusty Bucket will hire approximately 100 associates at the beginning of the holiday season.
Rusty Bucket will be located at 9110 Strada Place, Suite 6135, and will be open for lunch and dinner daily. For more information, visit www.myrustybucket.com and connect on Facebook and LinkedIn.
About Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern
Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern, founded in 2002 in Columbus, Ohio, delivers familiar favorites as a classic American restaurant and tavern. Rusty Bucket, a sister company of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, currently operates 14 locations in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana with its 15th location opening in Mason, Ohio, in October 2013 and 16th location opening in Naples, Fla., in early 2014. For more information, visit www.myrustybucket.com. Grab Life by the Bucket!
About Mercato
Anchored by Whole Foods Market and Silverspot Cinema, a recently expanded 12-screen premier-style theater, Mercato offers more than 15 notable restaurants, 20 shops and residential condominiums at Strada. Mercato hosts a vibrant year-round event calendar with approximately 50 special events, most of which are free and open to the public. Signature monthly events include the Mercato Nights Music Series, Saturday Nights Alive and Movies on the Lawn. Mercato is located at the corner of Vanderbilt Beach Rd. and U.S. 41 in North Naples. For more info visit www.facebook.com/mercatonaples or www.mercatoshops.com.
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The Reynolds Group, Inc.
Kate Sumption
Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern
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Jacqueline has given lectures on different aspects of vocal pedagogy, vocal literature and career development at universities and colleges around the U.S., including Duke, The Catholic University D.C., University of Georgia at Athens, Binghamton and The Juilliard School. Subjects include, but are not restricted to:
- Medieval Music and the Modern Ensemble: questions and challenges regarding repertoire and performance practice.
- A life in early music: my work with Anonymous 4.
- Singing early music: approaches and pitfalls.
- Singing the music of Hildegard of Bingen: examining approaches by Anonymous 4 and others.
- Getting started: Career advice for the young professional.
- How to be your own agent.
- New or Old? Vocal Techniques in works by Cage, Berio and Berberian.
- The Art of Concertizing: the agreement between performer and audience.
- Voice Disorders: what they are and how to avoid them.


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The Arcam rPAC can rev your Mac's audio — for a price/
The built-in speakers on Macs are serviceable but certainly don't provide audiophile-pleasing sound. If you want to enhance your Mac's audio, the $249.99 Arcam rPAC offers an excellent way to do so.
It's an USB, bus-powered DAC and headphone amplifier designed to improve the audio performance of both Mac and Windows computers. Compact enough to be transportable -- and it comes with a carrying case -- the Arcam rPAC provides high-end sound via its use of a digital-to-analogue converter (DAC).
It boasts a minimalist design. The only buttons are for volume. One button is for raising the volume, the other is for lowering it. Press both together and you mute the audio.
The rPAC takes the signal from the computer via USB, re-clocks and de-jitters the signal, then delivers it through a low noise output stage directly to your computer's amp analogue input or via its own headphone amplifier. It also sports enhanced RF suppression for noisy digital environments. In other words, it can boost all your computer audio -- from music to gaming to movies.
When it comes to specs, the rPAC has a maximum sample rate of 96kHz and a bit depth of up to 24-bit -- though, like me, you'll probably spend most of your time playing audio files recorded at 44.1kHz and 16-bit (the specification of the CD audio standard). The device has a frequency response of 10Hz to 20,000Hz and a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 106dB (the dedicated headphone amp has an SNR of 98dB).
It's easy to set up. Just connect the rPAC to your Mac with the supplied USB cable, then either onto an audio system via a standard RCA lead (also included), or out to headphones. No batteries or mains are necessary. However, if you need to connect to regular speakers that lack RCA inputs, you'll need an RCA-to-minijack converter. Also, since the device is USB powered, the volume level is a bit limited -- though you won't notice unless you plan on literally raising the roof.
One of the nice features of the rPAC is its rubberized base, which does a reasonably good job of preventing slippage. Although not heavy, it has enough heft (300g) that is won't slid around helter skelter on a desktop.
I tested the rPAC with Shure and Sennheiser headphones and Bose and Audioengine speakers. In all cases the sound quality was definitely enhanced. We tested it with DVDs, CDs, music (country, rock and classical) and movies bought at iTunes, and games -- and all sounded better than ever on my iMac. Sound was clean, warm and detailed.
What the rPAC doesn't do is provide surround sound (that's not it's job). Nor can it overcome the inherent limitations of cheap headphones or speakers. If you're going to spring for the DAC, you'll need to own -- or budget for -- high-end speakers and headphones -- and rip your music/videos at the highest quality possible.


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Lessons from an International Space Commander
27 January, 2016
Last week I went to Symphony Hall with a friend of mine to see Chris Hadfield, the astronaut.
He started off by talking about how as a boy (like many other boys I guess) he wanted to be an astronaut, but being Canadian the chances were non-existent, as Canada had no space program. Anyway it was yet another story about how someone succeeds in living their dream against all odds through persistence and tenacity.
The way he achieved what he wanted in life was impressive, but there was something he said that that struck a much deeper cord with me. This was it:
As commander of the International Space Station he was told that during his six month stay they would be upgrading the software. He was given four months' notice and several times a week he would be reminded of the imminent upgrade and told to take all the necessary steps to prepare for it. Obviously travelling at 17,500 miles an hour around the planet it's really important that you do actually undertake this preparation!
Ground control had run every possible test they could across all the different countries with the thousands of geniuses involved for YEARS to ensure the software upgrade had no bugs. Remember - the space program is a multi-billion dollar industry with thousands of the best minds across the globe working towards its goals.
On the day of the upgrade Chris and his fellow astronauts disconnected the laptops and equipment in preparation for ground control to undertake the upgrade. What happened next is something that I (a long time ago) accepted could happen...
The upgrade killed the power on the ISS, all communication and its ability to maintain 'state' directional control. In effect all controls and communication between the ISS and earth were terminated, the upgrade had gone wrong and the space station travelling at 17,500 miles an hour was on its own.
Puts the development issues with our new sales tablet into perspective!!
One of an astronaut's key qualities is to remain calm and in control under ALL circumstances. The crew didn't blame anyone, they maintained their state of minds and manually rebooted the ISS from space and reconnected the craft with ground control. The prep, practice and control of their personal state gave them everything they needed to take full responsibility and continue with their mission.
Eventually the upgrade happened and things progressed.
Churchill said that success comes from making mistakes and learning from them…I believe that you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs AND if you focus on the omelette rather than the broken egg you can get what you set out to get.
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Soul singer and songwriter Bobby Womack has died, his publicist said on Friday. He was 70.
The cause of his death was not yet known, according to his publicist, Sonya Kolowrat at XL Recordings.
The streetwise vocalist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009 was mentored by Sam Cooke and played alongside Elvis Presley, Sly Stone and Damon Albarn throughout his storied career. "It's All Over Now," a bitter kiss-off Womack wrote and sang in a passionately gravelly voice on a recording by his group the Valentinos, became a No. 1 hit for the Rolling Stones in 1964.
Womack had long been struggling with numerous health issues. Last year, he revealed that...


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(Gospel e-Letter - April 2009)
The Lord Jesus tells us, "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me." He goes on to give us this wonderful promise, "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand" (John 10:27, 28). More blessed words of comfort and reassurance have never been uttered!
The security of the sheep is guaranteed by the faithfulness and omnipotence of our Good Shepherd. Since he promised that they shall never perish, we can be sure that not even one of his sheep will ever be lost. There is no stronger creature in the universe that is able to open the protecting hand of the Lord and steal away one of his own.
However some Christians think that a true believer can end up in hell for one reason or another. They reject the assurance of eternal life because they fear that it will encourage presumption and reckless living.
Such fears are not groundless. There are indeed many nominal Christians that shamefully abuse the promise of Christ. They imagine that they will go to heaven even though they live like the devil, because, they say, 'Once saved, always saved'. On the Day of Judgement, they will discover their delusion and folly when it is too late.
The Lord's speech is clear and we have no excuse to misunderstand him. He said clearly who are they that will never perish. The Lord does not give assurance on the basis of church affiliation, baptism or some other religious act.
Some members of the Catholic Church will be lost, just as some members in evangelical and Protestant churches. There will be many baptized people in hell, whether they had been baptised as infants or adults, by pouring or immersion. Many who made "a decision for Christ" and prayed "the sinners' prayer" will never make it to heaven. And many who call themselves "Christians" will be disowned by Christ on that Day.
The sheep that belong to Christ's flock are characterized by two marks, one on their ears and another on their feet. Jesus said, "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me." These then are the characteristics of Christ's sheep, they hear and follow the Shepherd. They heard his call to repentance and his invitation to come to him for spiritual rest. They continue to hear his Word every day, and consistently walk in obedience to his commandments in holiness and love.
We should not ask whether his sheep can ever be lost; that is an insult to the Shepherd, and a disbelief in his faithfulness and power. We should rather ask whether we are truly his sheep, that is, if we sincerely love him with all our heart. Only then we can be confident that we belong to Christ and that we have life everlasting.


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I've told Mr. Howard to come back and talk to me when a major news outlet talks about what he rails about. One egg and one sperm to make a child, and science that is trying to change that. Well from the UK comes this story.
Women might soon be able to produce sperm in a development that could allow lesbian couples to have their own biological daughters, according to a pioneering study published today.
Scientists are seeking ethical permission to produce synthetic sperm cells from a woman's bone marrow tissue after showing that it possible to produce rudimentary sperm cells from male bone-marrow tissue.
The researchers said they had already produced early sperm cells from bone-marrow tissue taken from men. They believe the findings show that it may be possible to restore fertility to men who cannot naturally produce their own sperm.
This leads down the slippery slope to cloning and is ethicially wrong on so many levels.
While the one trick pony style of Mr. Howard does get old. This article seems to give his thoughts some credence.


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The University of Saskatchewan is creating a new standard for interprofessional education, research and practice in the health sciences. Our state-of-the-art, integrated facility supports and enables collaboration between students, faculty and researchers across the health disciplines and will help us to educate health professionals using a team-centered approach.
The Health Sciences project is the largest capital building project in the university's history and an investment in the future of health education and practice in Saskatchewan and beyond. The innovative new facility offers a highly integrated experience for students in all health care fields. We will introduce leading teaching concepts, conduct broad research investigations that advance our understanding of health issues and explore how to best provide clinical services that respond to the needs of today's patients.


text: If you were like me, you were pulling your hair out and screaming at the television for Lane to "Run the Ball!" but when we finally did, Bo Scarbrough ended up setting an Alabama Bowl record with 180 yards rushing! Alabama also was able to get another Non-Offensive Touchdown and beat the Huskies 24-7! Since tomorrow's New Year's Day and we're closed, we are going to run our sale on Monday, so come on in after the holiday and get 17% off ALL non-sale items! You win when Bama wins!


text: Larger deals are having a much more difficult time moving forward than smaller ones these days due to the problems in the credit markets and the unpredictable state of the U.S. finan-cial industry in general, according to Jeffrey Dearth, a partner at media investment bank DeSilva+Phillips. "Buying "leverage' is down, and buyers are forced to write larger equity checks than they normally would," he said. Because of that, buyers are far more cautious, and due diligence is even more stringent than it was only a few months ago. This, in turn, has added to the time it takes to put together deals, Dearth said. "Time can be an enemy in an uncertain economic environment," he said. Dearth said sellers need to link up with buyers that are motivated and not just kicking tires. "Sellers need to show adaptability in the face of change and to demonstrate that they are adept at reading their particular markets, managing costs and positioning themselves for continued growth," Dearth said. To convey the seriousness of their interest, buyers should "put a short fuse on the transaction, demonstrate a willingness to move quickly on due diligence and perhaps volunteer to mark up an asset purchase agreement at the time of the signing of a letter of intent," he said. — M.J.M.


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On First Take, Stephen A. Smith called out, well, actually threatened, NBA superstar Kevin Durant over refuting an earlier report by Smith that the Lakers were Durant's first choice in free agency.
Seemingly addressing Durant directly, Smith said "You do not want to make an enemy out of me. And I'm looking right into the camera." Except, why should Kevin Durant care what Stephen A. Smith thinks of him? Per Spotrac, Durant is making over $20 million this year in salary alone (he also has endorsements with Nike, Sprint, and 2K, among others) and is in line for a max deal with an inflated salary cap next summer.
Ironically, Durant making an enemy of Smith likely will hurt Smith himself. Durant is influential among players, he's a deputy publisher at the Player's Tribune, and an MVP who has earned the respect of peers. It wouldn't be hard for Durant to limit his appearances on ESPN and perhaps influence teammates from giving exclusive access to the worldwide leader.
Let's not forget that LeBron James has had issues with ESPN. When LeBron announced his return to Cleveland last summer, he did so through Sports Illustrated. When his teammate, Kevin Love, announced he was resigning with the Cavs this summer, he did so via the Players Tribune. Neither of those players has gone as far as to boycott ESPN, but neither has used it as their main media outlet, and star players make media decisions strategically.
If Durant were to boycott, or even publicly criticize ESPN, it could hurt the network much more than Stephen A. Smith thinks he can hurt Durant.


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Dear Judah,
We've already had you for a week now. Right now it feels like I've known you for months already but that's probably because I haven't slept much and I've spent so much time staring at your sweet face. Yesterday it felt like I can't believe you're already a whole week old. Has it already been that long? You're already changing and growing (but not much).
You're a little bit of magic, just like your sister and you look like her too! You're the same, and you're different. My son, our son! There are so many little things I want to remember about life with you in this first week. Your tiny right ear has a little crook in it and the top of it is furry. It's precious and I admire it every time you nurse. You're nursing well, and often. You have spurts where you want to nurse every hour and we're trying to get used to each other. Me with nursing again and you with learning that you have to move your hand away from your mouth to get what you want. You hold your little clenched fist so close to your face and you're so strong. I've learned that I can offer you my thumb and you use it like a handle. Once you're latched on your face immediately softens and your eyebrows go up like internally you are sighing with relief.
Did I mention how strong you were? When we lay you on our chest or prop you up on our shoulder to burp you, you lift your head and look all around you. Life is pretty interesting to you, it's cute watching you study the fabric of the couch or watch you watch us talk to you. I can already see the wisdom behind your eyes. You're going to be a smart one, sweet Judah.
But, right now little mister your only job these first few days and weeks is to eat, sleep and grow. And so far you're doing a marvelous job!
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Primal Scream will return in May with More Light, the band's tenth studio album, and first since 2008's Beautiful Future.
As previously reported, the album finds bassist Debbie Googe filling in for Gary Mani Mountfield, who is currently touring with The Stone Roses. However, that's not the only My Bloody Valentine member featured on the album. The lead single, aptly titled "2013", also features MBV mastermind Kevin Shields on guitar. As Pitchfork points out, an edited version of the track was premiered today in music video form, which you can watch below. (The full version is over nine minutes long.)
More Light is due out in the UK on March 6th via the band's own imprint, First International. Other album contributors include Robert Plant and The Pop Group's Mark Stewart.


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Website: http://www.georgiawildlife.com/
Home page of the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division Web site. From cascading mountain streams to oak-shaded coastal hammocks, Georgia's incredible landscape provides a multitude of habitats for a variety of wildlife species. As such, Georgia ranks among the top states in wildlife diversity and offers an abundance of activities for the wildlife enthusiast.
Within our Web site you'll find information about hunting seasons, fishing locations, wildlife viewing opportunities, boating safety, educational programs and more. You can even learn how to get involved and support wildlife conservation efforts right here in Georgia.
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Eaglestone is an area in south central Milton Keynes. The northern half is residential, built mainly during the late 1970's and early 1980's and has streets named after birds of prey. There is a local centre, school, squash courts and park. The southern half of Eaglestone is entirely devoted to healthcare and is the site of Milton Keynes General Hospital. The city of Milton Keynes now provides for most people's needs including a very good communication system of roads and rail. The mainline railway station provides fast, direct InterCity services to commute to London Euston and the North. Easy access to the main A5 road and M1 Motorway for Junctions 13 and 14, making both the M25 and M6 motorways respectively very accessible. Luton International Airport is approximately 25 miles away. The Central Milton Keynes shopping centre features one of the largest undercover shopping centres in the UK with extensive entertainment facilities including nightclubs, bars, restaurants and a new Theatre district. In the surrounding areas can be found a comprehensive range of fitness/health clubs, indoor and outdoor sports centres and quality golf courses plus the internationally renowned Stables venue at Wavendon. Further leisure facilities include the National Hockey Stadium, bowling alleys, an ice rink and several large multiplex cinemas, the largest indoor ski slope in the UK plus dedicated water sports and equestrian facilities, all within easy access.
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In my previous post, I've talked about all the basic settings of Blogger.
The Blogger offers some advanced SEO settings which are categorized under the "Search preferences".
In this post, we will see all those advanced BlogSpot SEO settings available in Blogger. Let's get started.
Search Preferences Settings – BlogSpot Advanced SEO
Meta Tags
- Click on the "Edit" link of "Meta tags", choose yes and give a compelling summary of what your blog is all about [maximum 150 characters]. I recommend you to include your main keywords in the description.
- This description will be shown under your blog name in the SERP. This helps the readers to understand your blog and increase your CTR [Click Through Rate].
- When you enable this option, you can able to see search description for each and every post/page in Blogger. You can see the search description (Meta description) in the post editor.
Custom Page Not Found
A 404 page is a page which is shown to the readers when they try to access the page that doesn't exist on the blog or when a user typed incorrect URL.
The Blogger shows the default 404 message like this:
This message is not helpful to keep the readers on the site. As a result, when a reader lands on the 404 (or page not found) page, they will leave the site immediately.
If the 404 page has personalized recommendations along with a "call to action", then there is a huge chance that the readers will stay on the site.
To fix this issue, Blogger has an option to create a custom 404 message. Let's check it out the steps to do it.
- Navigate to Settings > Search preferences.
- Click on the "Edit" link of the "Custom Page Not Found".
- Create your custom message.
Here is my custom message [see screenshot].
And its HTML code:

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 Sorry that the page you are requesting isn't available in our blog.

But, here is the 3 Best posts I've picked for you which can be useful to you.

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And, I suggest you to visit ourhomepage where you can see some of our best posts.

If you like my custom message, feel free to use the above code on your blog. I just created a simple one for this tutorial. You can customize and enhance it with more call to action.
Custom Redirects
- I've already talked about "Custom Redirects" in this post. I suggest you to check it out.
Custom Robots.txt
Robots.txt is a text file which is in the root of your site.
The Robots.txt file is generally used to stop bots from crawling unnecessary parts of your blog such as search pages. In a nutshell, it restricts the crawler bots from accessing the particular area of your site.
You can find the default Robots.txt file of your site here
Replace it with your blog URL. Now, you can see your blog Robots.txt file.
This is default Robots.txt of one of my blog
Explanation of above Robots.txt
The "User-agent" is the term generally used for the search engine crawlers. "Disallow:" is usually used to list the files or directories which we need to exclude from crawling.
User-agent: Mediapartners-Google – The user agent here is AdSense bot.
Disallow: – when nothing is mentioned here, it will access the entire site.
User-agent: * – the user agent may be all the search engine crawlers.
Disallow: /search – request all the search engine crawler to exclude the search.
Allow: / – it means that the crawlers allowed accessing the homepage.
You can use "Custom Robots.txt" to customize the Robots.txt as per your need and it will override the default Robots.txt. Here are the steps:
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Sidney Lumet (1924- 2011)
The film work of director Sidney Lumet struck me like Mother Goose's "Little Girl with Curls". When he was good (12 Angry Men (1957), Long Day's Journey into Night (1963), The Hill (1965), Serpico (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Prince of the City (1981), The Verdict (1982)), he was very, very good. And when he was bad (That Kind of Woman (1959), Last of the Mobile Hotshots (1970), Child's Play (1972), Family Business (1984), Power (1986), Gloria (1999), he was horrid. But that doesn't tell the whole story. Because there was other works that weren't great and could stand out among the general work that was coming out that year. I'm talking about films like The Deadly Affair (1966), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Just Tell Me what you Want (1980), and Running on Empty (1988).They were films that attested to his skill and expert abilities as a professional industry filmmaker.
But what I appreciate him for most (besides films like The Hill and The Verdict, which I absolutely love) is the book he wrote simply called Making Movies (Vintage Books -1996). It is not an autobiography as has been erroneously stated in so many articles and obits. It is a book about filmmaking drawn from his experiences as a major filmmaker.
I love this book. To me it is the best book written about professional, industry style movie making I've ever read. In it he breaks down every aspect of the filmmaking process in simple straight forward, non technical language accompanied by anecdotes drawn from his own times on the set or in the editing rooms etc. I've used this book as a text many times and recommend it highly for anyone who's interested in how the high end movies that play at their local multiplex are made. Try it; I think that you'll agree that it was worth the effort.
Question: Whatever happened to his film adaptation of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge (1962)? No one ever talks about it or shows it anywhere. As I remember it was a pretty good film.
Anyway, those are my thoughts on Lumet upon reading the notice of his death. He was a very good filmmaker who made films that often forced us to think about the moral and ethical standards by which we live. In a business that's often as crass and childish as the movie business can be that is high praise indeed.
Desert Island Movie #9: Carlos Saura's Carmen
I go to Spain for my next Desert Island movie. The director is the man who has for many years been called "The most Spanish of Spanish directors."And its central motif is Flamenco one of the classic dances of Spain forged out the music and movement of the Spanish Gypsies.
Now although the film is called Carlos Saura's Carmen(1983) it probably should've been called Carlos Suara and Antonio Gades' Carmen because the film so fully reflects both men's contribution to the finished product. The directorial conception was by Carlos Saura, both men wrote the screenplay while Antonio Gades both choreographed the dances and played the lead.
The film was based on the famous novella written in 1846 by Prosper Merimee a Frenchman living in Spain. The story was adapted into an even more famous opera in 1875 by another Frenchman, Georges Bizet. Besides the opera there are stage adaptations, sometimes with music and other times without, in virtually every major language in the world. Starting in 1907 right up to 2011 the story of Carmen and Don Jose' has been adapted for the screen more than 40 times. The best known versions are; Carmen (1915) Directed by Raoul Walsh starring Theda Bara, The Loves of Carmen (1948) starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford, Carmen Jones (1954), an all black version adapted by Oscar Hammerstein the 3rd, starring Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge, First name: Carmen by Jean Luc Godard, Bizet's Carmen (1984) and Carmen: A hip opera (2001) Starring Beyonce'.
Carlos Saura's version is not the opera. The story this time is set in contemporary Spain (circa 1983) and in the environment of a Flamenco Dance company. Still it utilizes Bizet's classic score throughout. We sometimes hear a recording of the opera but most of the music is adapted by Paco de Lucia who appears as himself in the film. As mentioned before Saura and Gades collaborated on all aspects of the film. This was their second time working together. And later they collaborated on another film creating Saura's much celebrated Flamenco Trilogy; Blood Wedding (1981), Carmen (1983) and El Amor Brujo
(Love the Magician- 1986). Carmen is the most popular of the three. It is also my favorite of all the adaptations I've seen.
Before going on I want to say a word about Antonio Gades (1936-2004). He was Spain's premiere Flamenco dancer and choreographer for most of his career. His company toured the world and received many international accolades for the excellence of their work. Weeks before his death of cancer he was awarded Cuba's highest honor and is buried there as per his request. I had the occasion to see his company perform twice and was astonished by its excellence both times. This film preserves so much of that in the timeless way that only celluloid can. From my perspective this is the best dance centered movie I seen thus far because it doesn't photograph the dances on a stage as many film adaptations of celebrated ballets have done but keeps it in the informal atmosphere of the rehearsal studio. And among the many things that makes this film a singular movie viewing experience for me are; the fluid camera work in a mostly confined space, the use of color to suggest the emotions being dramatized, the symbolic use of mirrors indicating the dual aspect of blending the traditional version of the story with the new. But what keeps me truly riveted to the screen is first the dancing. The strength and precision it requires, the kinetic energy it sparks, the non-verbal suggestions it evokes and its erotic allure. All of this fueled by one of the world's great musical compositions. Laura Del Sol who plays Carmen is an actress/dancer whose dual abilities and beauty matched up so well with Antonio Gades' that it gives the film a sexual force that is not present in any of the other adaptation, including the soft porn Carmen, Baby (1967) made by Radley Metzger.
This is a film I view often because it stimulates me in so many ways. It stimulates my emotions, excites my aesthetic sensibilities and from time to time sends me back to reading the novella just for the sheer pleasure of it. I l quite like the other two films of the trilogy but I absolutely love Carmen. And if you can't have the one you love on your desert island, what's the point of being there?
Summer Stock
Desert Island movie #8
If I had to chose the one movie to credit (or blame) for my getting involved with theatre and film as a profession that film would have to be Summer Stock (1950) starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly along with a great array of supporting players including the great but often overlooked Ray Collins of Citizen Kane fame. In Welles' picture he plays Boss Geddes and had the line; "If it was anyone else I would feel sorry for you Mr. Kane. But you're going to need more than one lesson and I'm going to give them to you." Here he gives an amusingly comic performance as Eddie Bracken's overbearing father.
When I first saw Summer Stock I fell in love with both Judy and Gene. She for her singing and him for his dancing. To me and all the guys I grew up with Kelly was just the epitome' of cool. Especially when he does the "You Wonderful You" song with her. We were just at the age where girls were beginning to interest us and we thought that what Gene did with that song was the perfect formula for seduction. He became our hero after that. I remember that some of the other guys started taking tap dancing lessons just so that they could be like Kelly. I didn't but I did memorize all the songs and made it my goal to enter some aspect of show business when I grew up. I had no idea what area I wanted to pursue but figured that I would discover it somewhere along the way, and ultimately I did.
Judy and Gene had been together in two films before. For Me and My Gal (1942 and The Pirate (1948). And although they remained good friends for life Summer Stock was their last film together and her last for MGM the studio that had been her home for so long.
Now despite the happy end result Summer Stock was a troubled production. Judy was constantly sick or absent for a variety of reasons. So scenes had to be rewritten and altered, songs had to be changed and accommodations made for her fluctuations in weight. The most famous number in the film "Get Happy" was shot and added to it several months after its completion. And Judy who looks rather heavy throughout looks slimmed and sleek in that great iconic number…From all reports of the shoot Kelly was a real trooper and provided Judy with invaluable support during these troubled times. He does well for himself too with a couple of show stopping numbers. Eddie Bracken is funny as Judy's hometown boyfriend. Phil Silvers in a nondescript role steals nearly every moment he's on screen. There's also Gloria DeHaven as Judy's spoiled, sexy sister, while Hans Conried enlivens the few scenes he's in. Marjorie Main and the tall, curious Carleton Carpenter add their idiosyncratic personalities to the proceedings as well.
The story is a variation of the old Mickey Rooney/ Judy Garland staple about putting on a show in a barn in order to impress the bigwigs from Broadway. This time around Kelly is the broke but ambitious director, producer, choreographer of a show that needs a place to rehearse out of town. Judy owns a barn that her sister (DeHaven) says they can use. Judy objects but can hardly say no. Things become complicated when the stars of the show leave and as we knew they would, Judy and Gene have to assume the roles. During the course of things the wrong couples fall out of love, the right ones fall in love and finally all's well that ends well. Some standout musical numbers include;" Friendly Star…Happy Harvest…Dig! Dig! Dig!…If You Feel Like Singing and Heavenly Music."
Now one bit of caution. If you don't like musicals this is one to skip. But if like me you do, then this is one to treasure.
A Brief Note on Elizabeth Taylor
From my point of view with the passing of Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) we are witnessing the passing of the "Last Hollywood Star" in the old fashioned sense of the term. "One whose luminous being lights up the screen with the incandescence of her personality and talent." To my mind and way of looking at things she was genuine cinema royalty. Perhaps the greatest in cinema history. The Queen. Valentino was big, Monroe is big right to this moment, Dean, Bogart, Hepburn (both Katherine and Audrey) Frank Sinatra and a few others still hold their place in motion pictures Hall of Fame. But Ms. Taylor held it for nearly seven decades in a tumultuous life filled with highs and lows that was recorded and scrutinized in pages of the popular press all over the world. At one point even the Vatican got in on the act by commenting on her relationship/ affair with Richard Burton while they were filming Cleopatra (1963) in Italy.
She had achieved stardom early and held on to it right to the end. And whenever I think about fame and stardom, the kind one achieves through motion pictures I see it as a phenomena that can harm or destroy as well as elevate. Some people can handle it some are perplexed, disarmed and even destroyed by it. But Elizabeth Taylor is the only one I can think of who actually lived with it day in and day out and not only handled it with aplomb but actually ruled it. She was the Queen and the press her unruly subjects. Sometimes they would rebel and even attack her but they always paid homage and in the end always acknowledged that she was the boss.
Now we know of the scandals, the multiple marriages, her incredible generosity, her steadfastness when it came to supporting her friends along with her personal courage in the face of adversity or opposition. So there is no need to reiterate them here. We also know of her award winning performances in the many motion pictures she made going all the way back to 1942. What I want to do now is list my favorite of her screen performances.
A Place in the Sun (1951) – her romantic teaming with Montgomery Clift is possibly the most perfect in all motion pictures.
Giant (1956) – It should've been a man's film but she carries it so well that everyone else even the excellent Rock Hudson and James Dean seem supporting players to her.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) – Putting her together with Paul Newman was another beautiful match made in cinema heaven. And their dramatic clashes made for real screen fireworks.
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) – a curious mixture of melodrama and poetically articulated states of sexual aberrations. She stands out in a difficult and sometimes seemingly contradictory role.
And finally Reflections in a Golden Eyes (1967) – John Huston's interesting adaptation of Carson McCullers novella. In this one she's teamed with Marlon Brando and although they both seem to be in different films both are excellent. In fact I think she gives one of the most nuanced performance of her career here.
So as far as I am concerned the Queen may be dead but her performances will live on and on and on.
Lolita (1962)
Desert Island movie #7
When I first saw this film in 1962 everyone I knew disliked it. They thought it crude, tasteless, and a crass betrayal of Nabokov's controversial novel. I thought the opposite. I thought it was a near masterpiece and I still think so. I also thought that the performances of James Mason Peter Sellers and especially Shelly Winters in the principle roles were of award caliber. But I was in the minority because only the screenplay credited to Nabokov (but vastly rewritten by Kubrick and his partner James B. Harris) was nominated for the Academy Award. It lost to Horton Foote's screen adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. In fact as late as 1981 when I asked playwright Edward Albee why he had chosen to adapt Nabokov's novel for the stage his response was; "Someone has to correct the damage that Kubrick's film has done."
Curiously in 1997 after seeing director Adrian Lyne's version of the same story, that many felt was a closer and more accurate version of the novel, I had nearly the same response to it as my peers had to the Kubrick film. And to me the actors Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith and Dominique Swain, good as they often are; here they seem just shadows of the full bodied creations provided earlier by Mason, Winters and Lyons. And the Quilty character so memorably created by Peter Sellers is merely an oafish presence. Kubrick and Sellers presents him as the personification of perversity and evil whose actions justify Humbert's final act. In the Lyne version I got no such feeling. Now this is not a critique of Frank Langella's performance. The role was conceived along different lines that reshaped and reduced his character.
The people who hate Kubrick's version of the story hate it for all the reasons that I love it. Apparently after paying Nabokov to write his screen adaptation of the novel Kubrick and his partner rewrote what Nabokov had given them. They rewrote it to the point where Nabokov himself felt compelled to publish his script. I read them both and prefer what Kubrick and company did with it. He shifted the emphasis away from strictly pedophilia (or in Nabokov's parlance Nymphet love) to obsessive love. The kind of love that chokes and strangles, becomes possessive in ways that leads to petty jealousies and envy. The kind of love that consumes the lover and ultimately leads to his or her destruction. This apparently did not sit well with the purists who I guess wanted the screen version to embrace the novel's plotline more closely. Also many felt that the tone was wrong. Kubrick had chosen to tell the story from an absurdist perspective. As a result many scenes take on a comic view of what many feel is a serious/ criminal issue. But I love it and find that many of the scenes involving Humbert, Charlotte and Lolita high comedy of the rarest kind. And Sellers entire portrayal of Quilty a comic tour de force. James Mason I think gives the best performance of his career as the redundantly named Humbert Humbert while Shelly Winters should've been considerably more recognized and praised for what she did with the "Haze" woman's character. She is by turns crude, pretentious, predatory, amusing pathetic and even soulful. This was as complete a performance as I've seen in a long time…The dialogue of the screenplay retains much of Nabokov's prose style and word play with things like the Town of Ramsdale, Beardsley College and Camp Climax.
The opening scene that precedes the credits could work as a one act play by someone like Eugene Ionesco. And the ending where Humbert desperetly tells Lolita that the distance from where they are to the world outside is only 25 paces. "Come with me" he implores her "Live with me; die with me, everything with me." is to me one of the saddest and dramatically painful bits of acting I've ever seen any actor play.
The novel Lolita is considered to be one of the best novels of the 20th Century. There have been four stage adaptations, one musical Lolita, My Love (1971) by none other than Alan J. Lerner of My Fair Lady fame, two operas along with two ballets. All are considered critical as well as commercial failures. To the best of my knowledge none have succeeded at capturing the central comic/tragic essence of the novel better than Kubrick with this film. For besides being comic and tragic it is also dramatically compelling and inventive in unexpected ways. And in the final analysis it does the greatest service a film can provide a novel. It makes you want to read the book.
On my desert island I sometimes want to engage with works that move me in a variety of ways. This film takes me through elements of pity and fear and then back again a few times. And that is the reason I have it here on my desert isle.


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Karen Hoelscher
November, 1854 - Riverton, Minnesota:
Kirsten hurried down the path beside her cousin Lisbeth. In one hand she carried a lunch in her wooden tine. With the other she held her shawl tightly around her shoulders.
"You're walking too fast!" Kirsten said.
But Lisbeth didn't slow down. "Mr. Coogan will be angry if we're late. He's really strict," she answered. Lisbeth was eleven. Mr. Coogan had been her teacher since she was nine. She loved to tell stories about how fierce he was. In fact, ever since July, when Kirsten and her family had come to live on Uncle Olav's farm, Lisbeth and her sister Anna had talked about Mr. Coogan and Powderkeg School. Now it was November. The harvest was over and it was time for the fall term to begin. Today would be Kirsten's first day in an American school.1
Kirsten Larsen is a fictional character who emigrated from Sweden with her family to start a new life on the American frontier. After traveling for six weeks as steerage in a cramped sailing ship, her family made their way from New York to Minnesota by rail, paddle-wheeler, and foot. They arrived at Uncle Olav's tiny farm where everything was different from what they left behind in their small village-people dressed, talked, and traveled differently in Minnesota, and her new teacher was strict and not very understanding. Kirsten's life story is one of several in The American Girls Collection, developed to chronicle the lives and adventures of children who lived long ago.2 This article describes a collaborative project using the "Kirsten" materials with preservice teachers and elementary students. The project involved planning, conducting, and evaluating a hands-on history experience connecting 16 preservice elementary teachers at Western Washington University with 110 third graders in Bellingham, Washington. Over a period of six weeks, preservice teachers and students studied pioneer life with thematic, interdisciplinary materials. The goal of the project was to practice small-group classroom teaching skills within a social studies methods course using the "Kirsten" trade book series and realia (dolls, furniture, and accessories from the 19th century).
Teacher education students guided small groups of third graders who participated in classroom activities and developed dramatizations of Kirsten's story for presentation to their classmates, teachers, and invited family members. A subsequent field trip to a local pioneer site allowed university and public school students to re-enact a day in the life of a local pioneer, complete with chopping wood, churning butter, making bread, and dipping candles. Practicum experiences such as these provide opportunities for preservice teachers to interact with students and classroom teachers prior to their student teaching assignments.
The practicum was developed in response to the need for preservice teachers to cross the bridge between theory and practice that is often missing in the preparation of elementary social studies educators.3 In setting up such practica, it is important to find meaningful ways-of value to both the university and public schools-to connect university students with local elementary students. Western is a medium-sized university (10,000 students, 1,000 of whom are preservice teachers), and Bellingham is a medium-sized town (population 58,000).
Planning the Project
1. Become familiar with the local school district curriculum. Local third graders participate annually in a long-term study of pioneers and local history-first by looking at how immigrants settled and prospered in Whatcom county, then by examining changes in our community since the late 1800s. In addition, the district uses an interdisciplinary curriculum structured using the concept approach, with the current theme being "change." Given these curricular directions, and third graders' enthusiasm about The American Girls Collection of books and dolls, I expected teachers at a local elementary school to be interested in working together to weave part of the collection into their annual study of local pioneer lore and history.
2. Develop connections between the potential practicum experience and the NCSS Standards. In a teacher education program, methods courses give preservice educators experience in examining and applying current professional standards for each academic area. The NCSS Curriculum Standards for Social Studies are organized in ten thematic strands, and are a valuable way to introduce standards-based planning and curriculum development in teacher education programs. Each theme includes performance expectations to clarify what students are expected to gain in knowledge, skills, and attitudes when classroom activities are conducted related to the theme.4
Two themes for early grades social studies activities guided planning for this practicum. They are Time, Continuity and Change (i.e., identify examples of change, identify and use various sources for reconstructing the past such as documents, letters, diaries, maps, and photos); and 3People, Places, and Environments (i.e., describe how people create places that reflect ideas, personality, culture, and wants and needs as they design homes, playgrounds, and classrooms; examine the interaction of human beings and their physical environment, use of land, and ecosystem changes). These themes helped us to develop relevant classroom experiences for preservice educators to practice selected performance expectations from the curriculum standards.
3. Identify a personally meaningful timeframe or character from The American Girls Collection; establish a local public school connection with one or more classroom teachers. My personal interest in the Swedish immigration experience in Minnesota (my grandparents journeyed a similar route in the late 1800s) spawned an interest in Kirsten's story. Trade books from The American Girls Collection are appropriate beginning at about the third grade reading level. After reading some of the books to my daughter and her friends, I became especially enthused about using them with my college students to expand on our theme of immigration, pioneers, and community changes. I knew, also, that local third graders studied pioneers in-depth followed by a full-day visit to a local "pioneer site." The next step was to convince a group of teachers to allow us to introduce the American Girls materials to their students. It did not take long to locate a group of third-grade teachers interested in collaborating on a practicum plan.
4. Determine logical links to third-grade curriculum by establishing a clear content focus and learning approach. At this meeting, I outlined several teaching ideas that seemed manageable during the quarter. These were drawn from the America At School Teacher's Guide to integrating the American Girls materials in social studies, literature, and language arts.5 The teachers then brainstormed other ideas that might be suitable for third-grade use. We discussed each idea, and then invented an action plan for learning about-and dramatizing-pioneer life in 1854. Our plan is outlined below.
Working the Plan
Before WEEK 1 of Practicum
All participants: preservice teachers (16), third grade students (110), classroom teachers (4), methods course instructor (1)
GOAL: Become familiar with concepts and storyline in Book 1: Meet Kirsten.
1.J. Shaw, Kirsten Learns a Lesson: A School Story. The American Girls Collection (Middleton, WI: Pleasant Company Publications, 1986).
2. The American Girls Collection is a series of books and related products designed to give children an understanding of America's past and the traditions families have shared through the ages.
3.S. Adler, "The Education of Social Studies Teachers" in J. Shaver, ed., Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning (New York: Macmillan, 1992), 210-220; J. Passe, "Early Field Experiences in Elementary and Secondary Social Studies Methods Courses," The Social Studies 85, 3 (May/June 1994): 130-33.
4. National Council for the Social Studies, Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: Expectations of Excellence (Washington, DC: Author, 1994).
5. America at School Teacher's Guide. The American Girls Collection (Middleton, WI: Pleasant Company Publications, 1994).
6.This form was a vital link in connecting the preservice teachers, classroom teachers, and methods instructor. The importance of soliciting, and using, feedback from classroom teachers cannot be overemphasized, since they know best what methods, strategies, and ideas motivate their students.
7. Passe.
About the Author
Karen Hoelscher is associate professor at the Woodring College of Education of Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, where she teaches elementary social studies and multicultural education courses. Like Kirsten Larsen, she spent her formative years as a Swedish girl in Minnesota.


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