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In 2010, the UK added nearly 1.2GW of wind (see table), bringing total capacity to 5.25GW - supplying around 4% of the UK's electricity. An analysis of last year's build, however, reveals that more than 55% was offshore. The 533MW of onshore projects were the lowest level of additions since 2007.
The good news for wind power is that this does not herald a downward trend. Prospects for this year appear to be similar to last year, but 2012 is shaping up to eclipse previous records.
Thereafter, the industry is concerned that the biggest shake-up of the renewable energy market in a decade threatens future development. This year will bring details of planned electricity-market reform - including the replacement of the existing renewables obligation (RO) with a system of fixed-price, long-term contracts.
Scotland accounted for the majority of new UK onshore capacity in 2010 with more than 70%, followed by England (19%) and Northern Ireland (7%). Wales lags behind with its lowest deployment for many years - a mere 9.7MW - less than 2% of new UK capacity.
Danish turbine maker Vestas catapulted from fourth place in 2009 to become market leader, thanks to two big offshore projects - Robin Rigg and Thanet. Siemens settled for second place, followed by Repower. Utility generators dominated the UK market, sustaining an 80% share of new wind farm ownership.
New consents
Around 1.28GW of projects gained planning consent in 2010, bringing onshore consented capacity to more than 4GW. However, onshore wind applications fell from 2009's record 3GW to 1.8GW, which may have implications for the country's 2020 renewables targets.
The incoming government set the stage for a major overhaul of the electricity market as well as the planning environment for wind developers. Both parties forming the coalition government had pledged to introduce a system of long-term, fixed-price support for renewables in their pre-election manifestos to replace the RO green-certificates mechanism.
The government has ruled out public subsidy for new nuclear generation, but the single fixed-price support system will cover all forms of low-carbon generation - albeit with different levels of support for different technologies.
Yet few in the renewables sector had expected the model based on contracts for difference (CfD) that the government unveiled in December. Under the plans, generators would sell their electricity in the wholesale market and receive a top-up payment - or pay money back to consumers if wholesale electricity prices rise above the CfD price.
The most contentious element of the proposals - which are currently out for consultation - is how the contract price should be set. The government's preference for auctions is not shared by the industry, which remembers the fiercely competitive and unpopular non-fossil fuel obligation renewables mechanism of the 1990s. Gordon Edge, director of policy at wind and marine industry body RenewableUK, says: "I suspect that this proposal will not survive contact with reality."
Another concern is that, without the RO, the big six electricity retailers will no longer have an incentive to buy power from wind farms or, indeed, to participate in wind farm development - particularly offshore, where returns might be lower than they would normally accept. This could make it difficult for wind generators to achieve average market prices for their output.
Permitting barriers remain
The major barriers to UK wind deployment have historically been permitting and the grid. Yet new government proposals to change the planning rules could see even fewer projects consented than at present.
December's localism bill proposes devolving more power over permitting decisions to local level, potentially making it easier for local communities in England and Wales to block wind projects. The bill also paves the way for the infrastructure planning commission - recently set up to decide on big projects such as wind farms over 50MW - to be replaced by a new body, with ministers making the decisions.
However, grid connection was eased in August by new rules for connecting to the network. "Connect and manage" rules allow projects to hook up to the wires as soon as their local connections are built, without having to wait for major network reinforcements. The system operator then manages the system more actively, constraining generation at times of network congestion. This will allow around 19GW of renewables projects, some which would otherwise have had to wait until 2025 for connection, to proceed in time to meet the 2020 targets.
Key projects completed in Ireland in 2010
Location Developer Turbines MW
Dromada, Limerick SSE Renewables GE 28.5
Garvagh Glebe, Leitrim ESB, Coillte Vestas 26.0
Tullynahaw, Roscommon ESB Vestas 22.0
Gortahile, Laois BNP Paribas Nordex 20.0
Clean Energy Partners
Ballincolig Hill, Kerry Lee Strand Co-operative Enercon 12.8
Dunneil, Sligo SSE Renewables Vestas 11.05
Drumlough Hill 2, Donegal Eco Wind Power Gamesa 10.2
Projects less than 5 MW 22.85
Total 153.4
Projects that came online in 2010
Project Operator Supplier MW
North Scotland 101.9
Fairburn, Highland SSE Repower 40.0
Achany, Highland SSE Repower 38.0
Tullo, Aberdeenshire Eneco Nordex 17.0
Hill of Fiddes, Broadview Energy Enercon 6.9
South Scotland 260.5
North Rhins, Dumfries AES Wind Generation Vestas 22.0
& Galloway
Pates Hill, West Lothian AES Vestas 14.0
Craigengelt, GDF Suez Nordex 20.0
Toddleburn, Borders SSE Siemens 27.6
Crystal Rig 2, Borders Fred Olsen Renewables Siemens 138.0
Burnfoot Hill, EDF Energies Nouvelles Repower 26.0
Carcant, Borders SSE Siemens 6.9
Tangy 2, Argyll & Bute SSE Gamesa 6.0
Northern Ireland 35.0
Hunters Hill, Tyrone ESB Nordex 20.0
Crockagarran, Tyrone ESB Nordex 15.0
North England 51.5
Rusholme, Yorkshire EDF Energies Nouvelles Repower 24.0
Haswell Moor, Durham E.ON UK Repower 10.3
Lindhurst, Nottinghamshire RWE Vestas 9.0
Great Eppleton Repowering E.ON UK Repower 8.2
South England 35.2
Milton Keynes, Bucks AES Vestas 14.0
Goonhilly Repowering, REG Windpower Vestas 12.0
Delabole Repowering, Good Energy Enercon 9.2
Wales 9.2
Wern Ddu, Clwyd Tegni Cymru Cyf Enercon 9.2
Offshore 652.8
Robin Rigg, Solway Firth, E.ON Vestas 180.0
Gunfleet Sands, Essex Dong Energy Siemens 172.8
Thanet, Kent Vattenfall Vestas 300.0
Various regions 39.5
Projects less than 5MW 39.5
Total 1185.6


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Mark 3:23 "But take heed; see, I have told you all things beforehand."
Our Lord Jesus told us the end time prophecies so that we can walk by faith (in His prophecies) and not by sight (what we see).
Prophecies Fulfilled so far
1993 Plo-Israel Peace Treaty started the Last Generation and also the 1st Seal with the deception of Jews and Christians worldwide.
1994 Rwandan Genocide fulfilled the 2nd Seal with half a million killed within 3 months.
1997 Since the Asian Financial Crisis or 3rd Seal, the gap in income has been growing rapidly yearly.
2010 The Arab Spring affected the whole Arab Muslim world with some developing into civil wars, such as in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, etc. fulfilling 'Nations against nation' in Mat 24:7
Prophecies to be fulfilled soon
World War 3 - the 4th Seal or 'kingdom against kingdom' with the natural disasters of plagued, earthquakes, etc. killings 1/4 of mankind. During this time of extreme suffering, many will be saved because of the love and care of Christians and the divine provisions and healings. A time when the new converts are properly discipled to face the coming deceptions of the Antichrist or 5th Seal. This will fulfill the period of the beginning of sorrows in Mat 24:4-8.
The Period of Tribulation
After WW3 - the 5th Seal, a time when the whole world including unlearned Christians, will be deceived by the Antichrist and his false prophets (10 kings).
1. Rapid recovery from wars, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.,
2. Everyone is secured and happy with good jobs, homes, etc.
3. Kings are godly, righteous, caring, humble, etc.,
4. 'One World Religion' is formed to prevent future religious wars,
5. 'Dome on the Rock' and Mosque removed by Muslims themselves,
6. Temple of God is being build so that God can rule this world,
7. Jerusalem is World's Capital housing headquarters of 'OWO'
8. King (Antichrist) is merciful giving rebels the chance to repent.
9. Rebels martyred resulting to the preaching of the gospel to all.
As the temple of God is being built, this will be a difficult time for Christians. Unless Christians are properly discipled according to our Lord Jesus teachings, they will not be able to overcome the deceptions of the Antichrist.
Mat 24:9 "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake."
Because of the success of the great deceptions of the Antichrist, watchful and learned disciples will have to go underground to worship the Lord. The world will persecute and execute all Christians going against the doctrines of the 'One World Religion' which will deny the 'Word made flesh' or the divinity of our Lord Jesus and the power in the blood of the Lamb.
This is only the Tribulation, with the Great Tribulation yet to come
John 14:29 "And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe."
Brethren, our Lord carefully taught His disciples giving great detail in Mat 24, so that we can enjoy His end time teachings. As each sign is being fulfilled, our faith in Him, His words and prophecies will slowly increase till we begin to look forward to the next sign to be fulfilled. By the time the temple of God is completed, we will be ready to face the Great Tribulation.


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|Inside the reef bracelet and assorted nails.
In polymer clay work, adding translucent tinted layers on textured clay is a well known technique to create faux ceramics. I think that you see where this is going... This time, I have applied the same approach to a polymer clay bracelet and nail surface treatment (well, the bracelet inspired the nails), which is probably way overboard in matching everything together.
There are many ready translucent colored polishes (from jellies to sheer tints), many recipes for DIY tints like for instance here or here mixing opaque or jelly polish with clear polish or top coat.
I tried to combine several of my jelly polishes with transparent polish, but none of them had quite the right color for a perfect match with the bracelet, so I used the same alcohol inks as for the clay (Pool and Stream from Adirondacks). I let a few drops evaporate completely in a small bottle, added Sèche Vite polish diluant to resuspend the pigments, and then a few drops of transparent top coat (this polish is used in thick layers, so drying fast is important). I would not advise this though, as the inks are not makeup safe, but from what I have seen the one I made was a bit more colored than the OPI tints, for instance.
Basically, you make and install the dimensional polish decals like described here, but using a white or very light colored polish.
|Coral texture on the thumb
After this layer is solid, either you are happy with how it looks, or you can add more tinted polish or remove some (by stroking it with a sponge with a little polish solvant). When the pattern looks good, you can level the whole with some untinted top coat.
I discovered in the process that it is best not to keep the polish decals too long before use. I made a try on a wheel the next day after making them, and all went fine. But I let two weeks pass between installing them, and they were so rigid they broke in pieces when I curved them around my nails. I saved them by putting a layer of top coat on their back before installing them, as this made them just pliable enough.
|Too much going on on the other nails. A pity, the waterspotted was real nice.
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Google Hummingbird has been here for a while and it has been a point of misunderstanding and misinterpretation amongst the SEO community. I for one am looking forward to the opportunity to work on a new site or project where I can employ as many of the optimisation techniques covered below.
On page content is still as prevalent as ever and if anything it is more important. Splitting your content down across the site into different categories (you'll see below what I mean) may well help to benefit from some longer tail and voice searches. If you have any ideas or thoughts on Google Hummingbird and how you intend to work with it give me a shout in the comments below.
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|I haven't even sent samples of this soap down to the shipping department and I can already hear the cries of intrigue, revulsion and curiosity about today's project. Eggs? In soap? Why would ANYONE be so crazy as to want to add an egg to the soap?!
Well, adding eggs to soap may or may not be crazy but allow me to explain the reasoning behind this. Eggs are a combination of water, fat and protein. This means egg soaps are a bit like a lanolin soap. Very luxurious and gentle feeling. One thing I hear frequently about lanolin soaps it that people feel like there is no need to add lotion to their skin afterward! I heard this about egg soaps too! Don't believe me? Request a sample of this soap in your next order!
Weigh all of your oils save for 1 oz of Olive Oil to be held in reserve. Heat those oil gently until liquid. Mix your lye and water together creating your lye solution. Allow both mixtures to cool. It is imperative that you soap at a lower temperature when using eggs. They are a temperature sensitive ingredient. (We don't want partially cooked egg strands in our soap!) In the mean time, mix the egg with the 1 oz of reserved Olive Oil. Mix well until they are cohesive.
Once your lye solution and oils are to about 110º to 120ºF in temperature, mix the two together. When a light trace has been achieved, add your egg mixture. Mix well. Pour your soap into a mold and allow to sit for at least 24 hours. Cut your soap into bars and allow to cure. (Not sure if your soap is fully cured? Get these cool cure cards in your next order for free!)
Notes: I cut my egg soap two days after making. Let's just say that as excited as I was about this soap, I got a little distracted by my job. Hmn… I wonder how that happened? 😉 Once I finally cut my soap, I was surprised at the soft green of the center of my soap. There also was faint odor. It smelled… well… slightly eggy. 15 minutes after cutting the soap, I went back to smell it so as to better describe it to you. I was surprised at how much the odor had dissipated. So if you are worried about that smell sticking around, it won't. I will be sending 20 samples to the shipping department so if you want one, tell us in the comments field on your next order! I am reserving the two bars shown in the photos so we can talk about color changes when the soap is fully cured.
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i'm thinking the faint green is similar to the green one sees around the yolk of the egg if you cook it too long (boiled eggs). this is a reaction of hydrogen/sulfur in the egg with iron in the yolk…. just a guess that this might be it. will be interesting to see change over time. why add the egg? nourishing?VA:R_U [1.9.22_1171]
Thank you for this post. I've been interested in and curious about making egg soap for a while. One thing I wasn't sure of (that you have clarified ) was how/when to add the egg. The other is proportions; if making a larger batch would a one egg to one batch, or a one egg per pound of oils be best?
I was just in Fargo North Dakota and went to a Tiny Store inside one of the Hospitals their. On the Shelf there was a bar of EGG WHIT Soap. The soap was very creamy looking in color. I am GUESSING that it was the egg yolk in your soap that made for the color change. This makes me think that a person could still make an egg soap using just the whites, like the bar I saw at the Hospital store, Yet, I THINK having the Yolk would be where a person might get that more Lanolin Feel to the Soap, not the White, since the Fat in the Egg is from the Yolk, not the White. I am not sure exactly why just the egg white was placed into this other bar of soap, instead of the whole Yolk. I did take a FEW notes on the packaging and it stated this: Eggwhite Soap made with Chamomile Flowers and Lecithin that is a Facial in every way, Keep on the face for 5 min before washing off. The price for this soap was $4.99 for a small 1.85 Ounce Bar! The name on the package was from a company called : Eiwit Zeep…The pictures looked Dutch with little girls in dresses and surrounded by flowers on a Blue Label. Here is MY GUESS…I guess they used the Egg White and the Lecithin made the same effect that the egg yolk would of made, but without the coloring factor turning it green. Just a thought…anyway, I saw this Blog and felt it appropriate to write about this comparison here. This ALL made for interesting learning indeed. Thank you for your Lovely Blog Post about the use of the Whole Egg. When I make it myself sometime, I will surely post back my results. I hope you and your readers have the BEST WEEK EVER!!!! 🙂VA:R_U [1.9.22_1171]
Eggs, the yolks in particular, contain LOTS of lecithin — around 9%. Sounds like they were imitating the effect of using a whole egg, without the potential issues of odor, and discoloration.
Fifty years ago, it was not uncommon for women to "wash" their hair at home with a mixture of eggs and beer. (!!??!!) Commercial shampoos were pretty harsh, and many women didn't use them at first.
Interesting how much excess farm products — i.e., lard, tallow, eggs, lanolin, were used in soaps.
~Honey Lady~VA:R_U [1.9.22_1171]
I have recently discovered egg soap, I created my own recipe and tempered my egg with a bit of the oil after it cooled, the smell of the milk and lye I started with was awful and looked curdled, it seems the milk fat and lye were already trying to soponify. I proceeded and cut the bars the next day the color was a beige antique look. the smell was odd but dissipated over a period of days. It now smells so luxurious I cant describe it, I added no scent to this bar. I will be trying out in approx. 2 weeks. I think it will be rich, just got a good feeling for it. most recipes I found were with whites or the yolks I threw in the whole egg and I am happy to say I will be making more soon.VA:R_U [1.9.22_1171]
OK… Had to try it for myself… The soaps are amazing…. Both… Imean… separated the eggs and made one with egg yolks and another with egg whites.. The one with egg yolks was fine… I mean… I have scented it and even though had a greenish color after unmolding, in afew days it turn to a light pasteurise honey color which I love…. added a bit of TD in part of it so it is marbled…. swirled… however you want to call it. Did not smell eggy at all… or at least the Essential oils masked it… However…. the one with egg whites…. stunk like rotten eggs for a couple of hours…. The essential oils could not mask this smell… Crossed my fingers and waited. The smell started to fade right away and the following morning was just smelling like sage, as it was supposed to…VA:R_U [1.9.22_1171]
Grey Dove
This post was of great help to me in creating a (if I do say so myself) fabulous egg soap. I used two eggs in my two pound batch and the texture of the soap and feel of the skin after washing are lovely. I don't take pictures often, and have no idea how to put one in a comment, however, if you click on the link it goes to the page in my Etsy shop where I have the soap for sale. (If someone at MMS wants to help me to get a photo up I'd be happy to send one along.)
Thank you so much for this post, feeling confident that I new I was handling the addition of the egg correctly made giving this a try much more appealing.
Grey DoveVA:R_U [1.9.22_1171]


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Mango is not just any other fruit for the people coming from the subcontinent. It is a delicious seasonal fruit available only in the Indian Summer. S.Praveen Trades imports Banganapally / Badami, Alphonso and Kesar mangoes in bulk from India to the Netherlands in this summer to service the
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THE ROAST ROOM is the unique meat eating experience of The Netherlands. Surrounded by the craftsmanship, open kitchens with Beech ovens and the sturdy, yet classically designed interior, you can enjoy the best cuts of meat, burgers, charcuterie and sausages from the restaurant's own butchery.
THE ROAST ROOM consists of THE ROAST BAR and the ROTISSERIE. THE ROAST BAR is a brasserie style restaurant on the ground floor. The ROTISSERIE is our fine dining restaurant on the first floor.


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How is Argan Oil Made?
In the beautiful kingdom of Morocco, nature's bounties abound. But one tree in particular has grown in fame for the oil of its nuts, which has miraculous age-defying and rejuvenating effects on skin. The oil adds sheen and luster back to dry hair instantly and organically repairs any cellular damage due to pollution or harsh sun exposure. Where does this "liquid gold" come from and how is it produced?
Here's the Argan story:
The Argan Tree
The Argan Tree grows in Southwester Morocco, amidst recurring drought and harsh weather. It grows wild and doesn't need anything more than semi-arid soil. Its deep roots are able to anchor the tree in the fast-eroding soil of the region near the Sahara desert.
Yet, while Argan trees once covered much of North Africa, today they are endangered and Argan Oil remains one of the rarest oils in the world.
Harvesting Argan Oil
100% pure organic Argan Oil is made by traditional hand-produced methods.
Since ancient times, the Berber tribe in the south western region of Morocco has been producing Argan Oil for domestic purposes, to use as cosmetics and for cooking. Argan fruits, which are the size of hazelnuts, have been a long time staple of goats in the region. The women of the Berber tribe, who inhabit much of this region, noticed that goats would climb the trees to eat the fruit, but would eliminate undigested Argan pits in their waste. They have since been using these pits to harvest oil.
These women start harvesting Argan around July and August every year, when the fruits of the Argan tree ripen. Some are picked from the ground whereas others are plucked from between the large thorns surrounding each branch of the Argan tree.
The fruits of the Argan tree are small and fleshy. Under the fruit peel and pulp lies the coveted, hard-shelled Argan nut, which may be round, oval or conical in shape. Within this nut are one to three oil-rich kernels. These kernels are pressed to get oil that is almost 75% fatty unsaturated acid and filled with Vitamin E, great for repairing and regenerating skin and hair.
High Quality Argan fruits are selected and first dried in the open air. Then the pulp of the fruit is removed (which usually comes handy as feed for cattle). The real prize is the nut underneath the pulp which is cracked open to reveal kernels laden with oil.
Cold Pressing by Hand
The key to 100% organic top quality Argan Oil lies in the production process of extracting oil from Argan fruit kernels. The highest quality oil is yielded by a method known as cold hand pressing. Argan Co-operative groups consisting only of women produce this Argan Oil.
The Argan kernels which will be used for culinary purposes, say as cooking oil, are roasted. But the kernels for cosmetic use lose valuable vitamins when heated, so they are ground and pressed directly. This is a cold-press process, where no heat is used.
As detailed earlier, the women first pluck the Argan fruit from trees, dry it out and then separate the pulp from the nut. Next, the women crack the Argan nut shell with sharp stone or implements. The kernels then are placed between two slacks of rock and grinded into a brown paste. The paste is further kneaded by hand to extract the nutty oil from within.
The brown- colored paste of kernels will ooze out pure, unfiltered Argan oil. This is 100% organic and chock-block full of nutritious elements for skin and hair.
This drying of the fruit, removal of pulp and cracking of the nut is all done by hand, by Berber women, making it a time and labor intensive process, but also consequently one where utmost care goes into producing a fine quality product.
This oil is poured into dark colored bottles and left to rest for approximately two weeks to let the solids suspended in the oil settle down at the bottom as natural sediment. While sometimes Argan Oil may be further filtered depending on the degree of purity required, pure Argan Oil may contain some of these natural sediments. Each of these bottles is labeled with the name of the co-operative that produced it, thereby marking it as an authentic product from the Moroccan region. The extraction process is time consuming, but is purely organic, containing no chemical treatment, paraben, or SLS.
Changing Lives: Meet the Argan Oil Women's Co-operatives
Argan Oil is not only a miracle beauty product, but also a source of positive change in the world! The main Argan producing region in Morocco (the Arganeraie) has been revitalized socially and economically thanks to the Argan oil production trade. For instance, today, Argan Oil production supports more than 2.2 million people in the Arganeraie.
A major reason for this wide-reaching impact is the "women effect." Much of the Argan Oil today is produced by Berber women's co-operatives.
What are these Berber women co-operatives? In the south-western region of the Kingdom of Morocco lives a tribe called "the Berber Tribe." It is the women from these tribes—known as Berber women—who growing up in an area with little economic activity, harsh climate and restrictive social conditions, have found solace and social mobility through the miracle Argan Oil.
The Argan Oil's international rise to fame has greatly changed the lives of Berber women, who have risen to the challenge of meeting the growing Argan Oil demand in a professional, organized way through cooperatives. While getting fair and generous prices for their natural resource and intensive labor, they have also been able to protect their ecosystem by keeping profit-hungry international conglomerates at bay and using sensibly the ecological reserves in their region.
The Argan oil trade puts women at the center and provides them with a stable mean of livelihood, which in turn ensures better health, education and future for their children and families. These women not only have stable economic incomes from the profits of the co-operatives, but have also found greater autonomy and rights-awareness in a male-dominated society.
Seeing the economic and social success of these co-operatives, the Moroccan government has started funding these co-operatives and other countries like Monaco are also donating to support these Women's co-operatives. Many international agencies like the European Commission and Canada's International Development Research Center have also aided and supported the Moroccan Argan Oil Women's Cooperatives by providing funding for their professional and personal development.
This support combined with the income they earn from selling 100% organic Argan Oil around the world has transformed their lives and provided a secure and happy future to their families.


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Gabriel Kahane Performs THE FICTION ISSUE World Premiere at Carnegie Hall in DON'T EVEN LISTEN, 10/25
Singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and composer Gabriel Kahane performs the world premiere of his composition The Fiction Issue, commissioned by Carnegie Hall, on Thursday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall on a program entitled Don't Even Listen.Mr. Kahane and guest artists-vocalist Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, and the adventurous string quartet Brooklyn Rider-collaborate on the premiere performance of The Fiction Issue as well as music from Kahane's second album Where are the Arms and his three-song cycle Come On All You Ghosts. Also on the program, Kahane surveys songs by Barber, Schumann, and Ives as well as Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Norman, Cee Lo Green, and others, exploring the intriguingly imprecise and overlapping boundaries of classical and popular song. The performance is preceded by a conversation, beginning at 6:30 p.m., with Kahane and Carnegie Hall's Director of Artistic Planning Jeremy Geffen.
On Monday, November 5 at 7:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall, the Carnegie Hall Notables-a membership and ticket program for music enthusiasts in their 20s and 30s-hosts (un)common threads, a special Notables-only performance curated by Gabriel Kahane, seeking to uncover ties between seemingly disparate musical styles. Kahane's collaborators for (un)common threads include virtuoso jazz guitarist Julian Lage, indie-folk singer and songwriter Aoife O'Donovan, and four genre-defying musicians of ACME: American Contemporary Music Ensemble performing songs by Kahane, including excerpts from his popular Craigslistlieder cycle and his 2012 musical, February House, based on THE BOOK OF the same name by Sherill Tippins. Following the exclusive event, the Notables will gather at the Empire Hotel Rooftop for an after-party beginning at 8:30 p.m. with music by DJs Timo and Alan, designers of the Timo Weiland fashion collection.
(un)common threads is hosted by Carnegie Hall's Notables, whose support benefits the music education and community programs created by Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute. For the November 5 performance and after-party, Notables members at the Supporter level (annual contribution of $500) and higher receive complimentary admission for two. Admission for non-members is $80 each with the price of each ticket applied toward a Notables membership. Tickets are not available to the general public. For more information, contact the Notables office at 212-903-9734, email@example.com, or visit carnegiehall.org/notables.
Gabriel Kahane has established himself as a leading voice among a generation of young composers redefining music for the 21st century. Hailed by the Los Angeles Times for "an all-around dazzling performance" in his orchestral debut of the premiere of his song cycle Orinoco Sketches with John Adams and the Los Angeles Philharmonic last season, Kahane's work defies classifications. This season Kahane performs at the University Musical Society of Ann Arbor, the Carolina Performing Arts Center, the Library of Congress, and with the Alabama and Waterloo-Cedar Falls symphonies. The culmination of his two-year composer-in-residency with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will be a world premiere concerto for Kahane and the orchestra. His rich and focused sophomore album, Where are the Arms, features collaborations with Rob Moose (Bon Iver, Antony and The Johnsons, The National), Casey Foubert (Sufjan Stevens, Richard Swift, Pedro The Lion), and Matt Johnson (Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, St. Vincent), in eleven intricate and literate songs. Launched by his 2006 song cycle Craigslistlieder, Kahane has been commissioned by, among others, Carnegie Hall, Kronos Quartet, American Composers Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Caramoor Festival. As a theater composer, he has received commissions from the Signature Theater in Arlington, VA, and the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts. An avid chamber musician, he has performed with such artists as Alisa Weilerstein, Jeremy Denk, Jonathan Biss, and the Calder Quartet. A recipient of multiple fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and the Corporation of Yaddo, Kahane makes his home in Brooklyn, New York. The original cast recording of his 2012 musical February House will be released October 16, 2012.
The Carnegie Hall Notables, a membership and ticket program for music enthusiasts in their 20s and 30s, is an exciting and energetic community of young people committed to advancing music education and the arts. Through original events, private performances with world-famous composers and musicians, discounted ticket prices to concerts, and music events throughout New York City, Notables members are invited to celebrate and intimately experience the exceptional power of music. Previous Notables events have included such artists as Alec Baldwin, Renée Fleming, Ana Gasteyer, Henry Rollins, and Duncan Sheik. The annual roster of events is curated by the Notables Committee, a diverse group of artists, socialites, and entrepreneurs in their 20s and 30s. Members experience all types of music, traditional, and contemporary. Contributions to the Notables program support the vital music education programs of Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute, which annually serves over 350,000 children, students, teachers, parents, young music professionals, and adults in the New York metropolitan area and across the US. For more information, visit carnegiehall.org/notables.
Program Information
Thursday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Zankel Hall
Gabriel Kahane: DON'T EVEN LISTEN
Gabriel Kahane, Piano, Reed Organ, Guitar, and Vocals
Shara Worden, Reed Organ, Guitar, and Vocals
Brooklyn Rider
•• Johnny Gandelsman, Violin
•• Colin Jacobsen, Violin
•• Nicholas Cords, Viola
•• Eric Jacobsen, Cello
Gabriel Kahane Come On All You Ghosts
YOTAM HABER "Once the Ocean Takes You"
Robert Schumann "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen"
SUFJAN STEVENS "Neptune"
Robert Schumann Ich grolle night
CEE LO GREEN "F**k You"
CHRIS THILE "The Only Interesting Thing…"
Andrew Norman "Don't Even Listen"
CHARLES IVES "Tom Sails Away"
Jerome Kern "The Folks Who Live on the Hill"
Gabriel Kahane The Fiction Issue (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Gabriel Kahane Songs from Where are the Arms
Pre-concert talk starts at 6:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall with Gabriel Kahane in conversation with Jeremy Geffen, Director of Artistic Planning, Carnegie Hall.
Lead support for Carnegie Hall commissions is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Monday, November 5 at 7:00 p.m.
Zankel Hall
Gabriel Kahane, Voice, Piano
Julian Lage, Guitar
Aoife O'Donovan, Voice
ACME: American Contemporary Music Ensemble
•• Caleb Burhans, Violin
•• Caroline Shaw, Violin
•• Nadia Sirota, Viola
•• Clarice Jensen, Cello
For the October 25 concert, tickets, priced at $30 and $40, are available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 154 West 57th Street, or can be charged to major credit cards by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or by visiting the Carnegie Hall website, carnegiehall.org.
For more information on discount ticket programs, including those for students, Notables members, and Bank of America customers, visit carnegiehall.org/discounts.
For the November 5 (un)common threads performance and after-party, Notables members at the Supporter level (annual contribution of $500) and higher receive complimentary admission for two to this membership event. Admission for non-members is $80 each with the price of each ticket applied toward a Notables membership. Tickets are not available to the general public.Photo © Josh Goleman.


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Christine Merrifield, MediaVest president of investment, activation and operations, in a statement, "This new partnership truly enables MediaVest to realize the promise of online video at scale, which has been talked about but rarely realized."
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I checked my genealogy database calendar and found the following birthday and marriage anniversaries. I wondered how they celebrated their birthdays and marriages on Christmas. Or was Christmas the more important day? I always found it interesting that couples married on Christmas. Perhaps it was because family was altogether to help them celebrate. Or perhaps it was a day when they didn't have to work and had time to have a wedding.
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Prior to the NFL Draft, ESPN's Mel Kiper said some of his top busts of All-Time were: 1) Tony Mandarich, 2) Ryan Leaf, 3) Art Schlichter, 4) Akili Smith, 5) Ki-Jana Carter and 6) Lawrence Phillips.
If I wanted to research more and name many others, this list could lead to my own version of a Hall of Shame and this museum would be located in Iraq.
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Why former Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell wasn't drafted this year baffles me. He did get a free agent workout by the Cleveland Browns but wasn't offered a contract. The perception is he didn't have the arm strength to succeed in the NFL.
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Even though the Grey Cup isn't as prestigious as the Vince Lombardi Trophy, if he's fortunate enough to lead his team to a championship as Moon and Flutie did, there will be a payday down the road in the NFL.
One thing is for certain, he won't ever have to be viewed as one of the biggest busts in the NFL. For the time being, in addition to working towards a championship, a great CFL career could lead towards gaining a bust in the CFL Hall of Fame.
If Harrell can duplicate or come close to last season's numbers when he went 442-626 for 5,111 yards, amassing 45 touchdowns and just nine interceptions, the CFL fans will be thrilled. In Texas Tech's 39-33 victory over the Texas Longhorns on November 1, Harrell threw for 474 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
He played in the tough Big 12 Conference against Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Nebraska so nobody can say he didn't face quality competition. I'll be monitoring how the 49'ers fare this season, and in this crazy world of ironies, who knows, maybe if San Francisco Coach Mike Singletary isn't happy with his signal callers, it would be neat to see Harrell reunited with Crabtree.
Should Harrell get to the NFL, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that scouts are human and they do make mistakes which when judging amateur talent. There is major margin of error and these busts/mistakes do cost teams millions of dollars and championships.
There is no exact science to finding talent but at least with the CFL and now the UFL, there are other leagues to give guys an opportunity to develop their skills. We should also remember that Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner led the Iowa Barnstormers to a pair of Arena Football League title games.
We all know that one major injury can destroy a team's dreams to win a title although the St. Louis Rams were lucky when Warner replaced Trent Green and led them to their lone Super Bowl title in 1999 and he was the NFL MVP.
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Diagnosis of Schizophrenia
i) Schizophrenia is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and behaviour, and other symptoms that cause social or occupational dysfunction. For a diagnosis, symptoms must have been present for six months and had at least one month of active symptoms.
ii) By stating psychosis-related symptoms in your question, I am to understand these as positive symptoms (hallucinations, delusions). Symptoms of Schizophrenia can be both negative and positive symptoms. Negative symptoms are flat affect fixations.
iii) To receive the diagnosis of Schizophrenia in the DSM V, the patient must meet the criterion as outlined in the DSM V, that is having four out of the six symptoms, meet the threshold of severity for two of the symptoms. As well, the duration of symptoms present must be six months or more. Active symptoms (ie. psychosis) must have appeared for at ...
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Hey 25,
You are doing all the right things. And I think you are right. It is going to take some time for your brain to recover. Not forever, and not years either, but I think you will feel the positive effects
Great to hear Mitchell,
I remember feeling perceptibly better (great) for some time to come. I still feel great now at 3.25 years free, but feeling noticeably improved continued for
wanted to check in for a quick update, 116 days off of the ganja. This week was the best week that I have had yet. It seems like just before this I had a setbackMitchell Today, 12:01 AM
Hey Alice good to hear from you, Hope you are doing well. I've been meaning to post my experience from the last few days so will do it now, you are correct I had been feeling25 year ex user Yesterday, 06:42 PM
Congrats on 34 days (+ some). It is a great achievement. And I think that the first month can be one of the hardest, so you are doing great!
I am sure that all the exercise
Day 34, My sleep is getting better although some vivid but pleasant dreams do continue. Although surfing whenever I can, swimming 1500 meters everyday, yoga25 year ex user 05-23-2019, 03:54 AM
Hi there,
I'm a bit late to this thread but it has really helped me to identify what I am actually going through right now. I am 19 and have been smoking weed almost everyday for about a year and a half (quantities
Wow, can't believe how similar my experience is. It's just around 10 months for me now, and the last week has felt like I have just started the journeyUnregistered 05-18-2019, 06:05 PM
Terrific news! Great to hear.
Your cannabis free days are approaching the "3 digit" mark.
Just wanted to give an update.... currently on day 96, and I have not felt this good in probably 2 years. Today was pretty much anxiety free and was pretty mellow.Mitchell 05-17-2019, 01:45 AM
Way to go!
I love it when you say you have a desire to smoke up but then you think about the anxiety and negative thoughts. I have similar thoughts. Why on earth would you want to go back
Day 27? I think!
Not everyday is sunny with waves so when it is its best to capitalize on it, so I surfed before breakfast, swam 1km at lunch, did hardcore yoga in
I am surprised at your situation of being fined for two joints. That seems really harsh and outdated. I'm pretty sure Maine and Massachusetts have recreational now. (I used to live in each ofJWC 05-14-2019, 12:28 PM
Hey stoner fam. Ive been smoking senior year in h.s. Im 27 now. Its been a while.. I know.. recently went out to hike with a couple js Rolled up and gotUnregistered 05-11-2019, 11:43 AM
Glad to hear your ok, keep your chin up mate and bust through these last few weeks, summer holidays will be here soon.
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For a while it was looking as if Amazon had the UK ebook market to itself: while rival booksellers offered a range of ebook readers from the likes of Elonex and Sony, nobody offered the soup-to-nuts service of Amazon's Kindle, store and associated apps. Now, though, Amazon UK has a serious rival in the form of WHSmith and its new Canadian friend, Kobo.
Kobo isn't new to the ebook game – it's been doing decent business in the US for a few years now, and its UK ebook store has been open since February 2010 – but its ereaders are new to Britain. There are two models, starting at £89.99 for the Kobo Wireless eReader and rising to £109.99 for the newer touchscreen Kobo eReader Touch.
Given the choice, we'd pay the extra 20 quid – the Kobo eReader Touch makes its sibling look rather old-fashioned, and while it isn't quite a Kindle killer, it comes very close indeed. If you don't like Amazon's power, can't wait for the Kindle Touch to be offered over here or just think the redesigned Kindle mings, the Kobo eReader Touch is a genuine alternative to Amazon's offering.
It's an alternative that in some respects beats Amazon's device at its own game. It looks better, has a nicer user interface and has a better range of typefaces, and unlike Amazon's touch-screen device you can actually buy one in British shops.
Ebook readers aren't just about technology, of course – they're about content too, because nobody's going to shell out for an ebook reader they can't get any books for. Kobo's got that covered, too: while we found a few gaps in the catalogue, the big hitters were present, correct and no more expensive than Amazon.
Specifications and performance
The Kobo eReader Touch has a lot in common with the latest generation of Amazon Kindles. Like the Kindle Touch, the Kobo eReader Touch is built around a six-inch e-ink Pearl display offering month-long battery life. Like the Kindle Touch, there's a touchscreen instead of a physical keyboard and page forward/back buttons. And again like the Kindle Touch, its bezel is just thin enough to make it awkward to hold one-handed.
There are other similarities. Both the Kindle Touch and the Kobo eReader Touch have screens that don't fully refresh with each page turn. That speeds up the time between pages, but it can make the screen look grubby between full refreshes.
If that annoys you, the Kobo's settings enable you to increase the frequency of full page refreshes. The default is every sixth page turn, but you can make it happen with every page if you wish.
There are some important differences, however. The Kobo eReader Touch's 2GB of storage – of which around 1GB can be used for storing media – can be expanded via its microSD card slot, its user interface is much prettier than Amazon's rather functional effort, and you've got more control over the way text appears on the screen. There are seven fonts and 17 font sizes to choose from, although at smaller sizes some of the fonts are a little bit thin-looking to our eyes.
On the plus side, you can switch off text justification to keep the right margins ragged – something that makes reading less of a strain. You can also view PDFs without having to convert them first, although the zooming and panning you need to do inside PDFs may annoy some, and there's a fun sketchbook for scribbling and saving quick notes or drawings.
The Kobo eReader Touch looks and feels more expensive than it is, with a choice of black and white models boasting quilted backs in black, lilac, blue and silver.
The interface is much prettier than Amazon's more functional effort, and the screen in sleep mode displays the cover of the book you're currently reading, which is a nice touch. You can turn this off if you'd rather not broadcast your reading choices to all and sundry.
Where some ereaders are tied to single stores, the Kobo eReader Touch is more promiscuous. It supports ePub books, including Adobe DRMed ones, as well as TXT, HTML, RTF, MOBI, PDF and the comic book formats CBZ and CBR. That means you should be able to acquire books from most non-Amazon retailers (Amazon books are in its own proprietary format).
There's also a collection of apps for iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Palm that enable you to sync titles and bookmarks between devices, and the Android and iOS apps support Reading Life, Kobo's awards scheme for readers. Reading Life comes in two forms: a set of statistics so you can see how much time you've spent reading, how much of your library you've still got to read and so on, and a set of Xbox Live-style awards for completing tasks such as finishing your first book.
It's all very impressive, but of course with ereaders content really is king. Does Kobo have the books you want? The answer is largely yes: when we searched for current bestsellers – the new Ian Rankin, Chris Brookmyre and Mark Billingham thrillers, the Steve Jobs biography and so on – the Kobo store had them at the same prices as Amazon's Kindle store.
If your tastes are less mainstream, however, it's worth checking whether Kobo has your favourites: for example, books by US humourist PJ O'Rourke weren't available in the UK store, and some of our searches for less well-known fiction writers were unsuccessful.
The Kobo eReader Touch looks and feels more expensive than it is, and to our eyes it's cooler than the new Amazon Kindles. The online catalogue isn't quite as big as Amazon's, but it's still big. For mainstream fiction and non-fiction reading, the Kobo is well worth a look.
We liked
The Kobo eReader Touch is impressive on multiple fronts: it looks good, it's easy to get the display just-so and there are Kobo editions of pretty much any book you'd expect to find in WHSmith.
We disliked
Maybe we're just fat fingered, but we found the bezel too thin for comfortable one-handed operation. Some of the display fonts are rather insubstantial, and the lack of 3G may be a deal-breaker for some.
Final verdict
The Kobo eReader Touch is an interesting and desirable alternative to the Kindle Touch – and unlike Amazon's touchscreen ereader, you can buy one in Britain. It's much more desirable than the entry-level Kindle, and if you're considering an ereader it should definitely be on your shortlist.