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NEW Gossamer Gear sale
Just got a pack for my wife and/or kid.
RE:"Help me plan a hike please!?!" in New Zeland
First part is to add the in New Zeland part as I have seen quite a few BPL members from New Zeland post. This should get you started. Next let people know what your experience is and what you hav...
RE: "Boy Scouts and Lightweight Backpacking"
Last year I held a training session for the new boys and their parents and introduced them to my lightweight pack and showed them alternatives. I provided a list of my gear (I am cheap), what I pa...
"Windshirt preference poll - hooded or not" - Not
I use my tarp as a scarf with my beanie or rain hat when I need the wind protection. I cross it in front and tuck it into the straps or my jacket if dry. It dries it out if a little damp in the...
"AT Speed Record Attempt"
I to didn't realize the Olympics started Yesterday. We haven't had regular TV or Cable for more than 6 years now. To throw my two cents in here I think these attempts are going to put...
"Type II diabetes (non-insulin) menu?"
Stick with meals that have at least 5 grams of fiber. Eat more freeze dried vegtables/soups. Not so much on the noodles. At least not for every meal. I like to buy Nile Spice's Black Be...
"Choosing Bivy Bag Color"
One of the reasons I chose UL is so my gear could go with me wherever I went. It is light and so subdued colors are prefered. I don't camp far enough away from people to not be seen if I want...
Re: Hydrating other starches without cooking.
Sarah - From what I have seen you could write a book with all of your ideas. The pictures help too. Maybe BPL should hire you for a column or we should have a recipe page with a rating system jus...
Hydrating ramen without cooking: Use Fungus!
I found the Fungus Among Us gormet mushroom maker. They have the following soups that you can use small amounts with your ramen or other noodles and the flavor is to die for!!! I love it. I usua...
"Ditch Your Stakes: A Guide To Alternative Shelter Anchors"
Wow. One of the best articles yet. The descriptions were superb. Thank you!!!
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Appy Trails Mark 5
Mark V – Appy Trails – Can't beat the price! First of all, the price on this tarp tent is dead on. At $120.00 it is a fantastic deal. Manufacturer's Specs: Sleeping capacity: 5 Average minimum we...
End2End Trail Supply GramWeenie
There is a lot of information in the other reviews so I will keep this simple. I bought both the Gram Weenie and it's big brother the Pro. Here is what I found. I used the small one first wit...
Light My Fire Spork
***Update MRE Spoon, Titanium Spork, Lexan Fork, knife, spoon, and spork... The Light My Fire Spork looks cool, works great! I agree that the only down side is the length... But then again I...
Evernew .9 Liter pot
No big deal if the insualtion burns off for me. That is what the bandana is for... or one of the things. Great volume for up to three people.
GoLite GoLite customer service
I agree. I sent them a couple of questions and a fix for their Web Site. I never new customer service reps could be so rude in their reply and they didn't even acknowledge they made a mistake an...
Golite Pinnacle Pack
Down from a 5 to a 4... But still a 5 to me. Want to know why? Read on... A few weeks ago I received the Golite Pinnacle Pack in the mail. I wanted the pack because I love the Jam Pack I purch...
Petzl e+LITE
This is a great light. I bought it for hiking but I took it with me on a 4 day camping trip the other day. What I liked most it gave us plenty of light late into the night. My wife used it for hour...
Keen Arroyo 2
I have had a pair or Newport closed tow keen sandals for about 3 years now. I absolutely love them! So I talked my wife into purchasing the Arroyo 2 for the both of us - let's call it a hybrid ru...


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Garman's Cemetery is located on Haldeman's Island, Reed Township, Dauphin Co., PA.
The island is to the north of the Clark's Ferry Bridge in the Susquehanna River. There is a bridge to access the island, but it is private and trespassing is prohibited. Having Garman relatives in my family line, the Bates family, I wanted to see who might be buried there. I made contact with someone in the state government and set up an appointment to see the cemetery. My dad, sister and myself visited this cemetery on June 19, 2002. We were escorted by several men to the site and then back off the island. Never have figured out what is so secretive about what the game commission is doing on the island! Hopefully these pictures will be beneficial to someone doing Garman research. I wanted to share them on line since the cemetery is not easily accessible.


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Employers can finally exhale a small sigh of relief.
On February 7, the California Supreme Court decided the issue of whether the "mixed-motive" defense applies to employment discrimination claims under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA).
In a case that has been on the watch-list of many in the California employment law arena, Harris v. City of Santa Monica, the state's high court held that where an employee demonstrates that unlawful discrimination was a substantial motivating factor in a challenged adverse employment action, and the employer proves that it would have made the same decision absent such discrimination, a court may not award damages, back pay, or reinstatement.
The Supreme Court's decision is a welcome development, providing clarity and guidance in mixed-motive cases. While liability may yet be imposed on behalf of plaintiffs, at the very least, the universe of potential damages is much smaller. Employers are now armed with the authority to defeat claims for damages, back pay, and reinstatement.
For an in-depth article on the Harris v. City of Santa Monica case, click here.
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1. House Passes Troop Pay Raise; Rejects Tricare Reform and BRAC
The House passed legislation Thursday that tacitly approves a 1.8 percent pay raise for military service members next year, and includes a number of other pay, benefits and workforce provisions.
The chamber approved the fiscal 2015 National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 325-98 before the start of the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The 1.8 percent pay bump for troops is in line with the automatic fiscal 2015 cost-of-living adjustment scheduled for the military; there is not an explicit provision regarding a pay raise in the legislation, but by staying silent, lawmakers are supporting the amount that would automatically take place under the law.
The Defense authorization bill rejected the administration's proposed reductions to TRICARE, the Defense Department's health care program. Obama's fiscal 2015 budget would implement annual enrollment fees for the Medicare-eligible retirees in the TRICARE for Life program, phased in over a four-year period. Current participants would be grandfathered in, and not subject to the fees. The White House also wants to increase pharmacy prescription co-payments for all active-duty and military retirees to "incentivize" the use of mail order and generic drugs, which cost less.
The bill also jettisoned the administration's proposal to execute another round of base closures. "The committee is concerned that efficiencies associated with the BRAC process are offset with the inability to quickly dispose of excess property and the potential lack of overall savings to the federal government," the committee report said. "For example, there are numerous instances where the Department of Defense conveyed excess properties to other federal agencies and the overall government may not have saved money." The legislation directs the Defense secretary to submit a report by March 1, 2015, onBRAC's effectiveness.
Overall, the fiscal 2015 Defense bill in its current form would authorize $521.3 billion in spending for national defense in fiscal 2015, and an additional $79.4 billion for overseas contingency operations, which is $30.8 billion less and $1.3 billion less respectively than enacted for fiscal 2014. Still, the House bill includes $45 billion more in fiscal 2015 than President Obama's proposal.
The Senate Armed Services Committee began marking up its fiscal 2015 Defense authorization bill on Wednesday and expected to finish on Thursday.
2. Iran's Looming Nuclear Threat
This week the national security division staff attending a meeting hosted by the Heritage Foundation regarding Iran's nuclear weapons capabilities and what actions the United States should considers to deal with this threat.
Iran's advanced nuclear program may be the world's most important emerging international security challenge. If not stopped, a nuclear-capable Iran will mean an even more crisis-prone Middle East, a potential nuclear-arms race in the region and around the world, and an increased risk of nuclear war against Israel and the United States, among many other imminent global threats.
Dr. Matthew Kroenig, an internationally recognized authority on Iran's nuclear program, spoke at the event, Dr. Kroenig explained why we need to take immediate steps to a diplomatic and, if necessary, a military solution – now – before Iran makes any further nuclear advances. In A Time to Attack, he provides an authoritative account of the history of Iran's nuclear program and the international community's attempts to stop it. Dr. Kroenig then explains and assesses the options available to policymakers and reflects on what the resolution of the Iranian nuclear challenge can mean for the future of international order.
View the full event at this link:
http://www.heritage.org/events/2014/05/a-time-to-attack [2]
3. Hearings
Resourcing the Pivot to Asia: East Asia and Pacific FY 2015 Budget Priorities
This week, the national security division staff attended a House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific hearing regarding fiscal year 2015 budget requests. This is in response to the President's robust Fiscal Year 2015 budget request of $810.7 million for Department of State and USAID assistance in East Asia and the Pacific enables USAID to continue helping to lay the foundations for lasting progress in the region. Asia has become a key driver of global politics and economics and is closely tied to America's security and prosperity.
Over the past three decades, the East Asia-Pacific region has experienced an unprecedented period of prosperity, propelling roughly 845 million people out of extreme poverty. Home to nearly one-third of the world's population, the region in 2013 contributed well over 40 percent of global growth and accounted for nearly 40 percent of global exports growth higher than any other region in the world, according to the World Bank. Growth in East Asia and the Pacific is creating new trade partners for the United States, which drives growth here at home. For example, between 2008 and 2012, U.S. exports to this region grew by more than 30 percent. A core component of President Obama's Asia-Pacific Rebalance strategy is ensuring the region continues on this path and contributes to greater stability and prosperity throughout East Asia and the Pacific and beyond.
View the full hearing at this link:
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-resourcing-... [3]
The Development of Energy Resources in Central Asia
The national security division staff also attended a House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats. The hearing discussed the future of the United States winding down its decade-plus of military operations in Afghanistan, and the need to place its engagement with the states of Central Asia on a new basis. Focusing on creating a more favorable economic environment can help bring more foreign investment to the region, which in the longer term will be the major factor determining the extent to which the United States and its allies believe they have a stake in Central Asia's development and prosperity.
View the full hearing at this link:
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-development... [4]
4. Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission
- The MCRMC continues to hold meetings throughout the country. Below is a list of upcoming hearings:
June 25-26, 2014 - Fort Bragg, NC
July 23-24, 2014 - Executive Session, Arlington, VA
The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission was established to conduct a review of military compensation and retirement systems and to make recommendations to modernize such systems. The Commission is tasked to submit a report, containing a comprehensive study and recommendations, by May 1, 2014 to the President of the United States and Congress. The report will contain detailed findings and conclusions of the Commission, together with its recommendations for such legislation and administrative actions it may consider appropriate in light of the results of the study.
5. POW/MIA Update
Air Force Capt. Douglas D. Ferguson, 24, of Tacoma, Wash., was buried on May 2, in Lakewood, Wash. On Dec. 30, 1969, Ferguson was on an armed reconnaissance mission when his F-4D Phantom II aircraft crashed in Houaphan Province, Laos. A U.S. forward air controller saw an explosion on the ground and interpreted it to be that of Ferguson's aircraft. He reported seeing no survivors. Ferguson was carried as missing in action until a military review board later amended his status to presumed killed in action.
Between 1994 and 1997, joint U.S./Lao People's Democratic Republic (L.P.D.R.) teams conducted investigations of the crash site. U.S. aircraft wreckage and personal effects were found that confirmed this as the crash site of Ferguson's F-4D.
From October 2009 to April 2013, joint U.S./L.P.D.R. teams excavated the site three times and recovered human remains.
In the identification of Ferguson, scientists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) used circumstantial evidence and forensic identification tools, such as dental comparisons, which matched his records, and mitochondrial DNA, which matched Ferguson's maternal line sister and nephew.
Today there are 1,642 American servicemembers that are still unaccounted for from the Vietnam War.
[1] http://www.legion.org/print/222728
[2] http://www.heritage.org/events/2014/05/a-time-to-attack
[3] http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-resourcing-pivot-asia-east-asia-and-pacific-fy-2015-budget-priorities
[4] http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-development-energy-resources-central-asia


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Please welcome Beat Gaetzi to the Ports Management team
We are pleased to announce the addition of Beat Gaetzi (beat@) to the team. Beat, like many others was a long time contributor prior to receiving his commit bit in 2009. Beat is well know for his work with the Gecko and Vbox teams, in addition to his hosting of test/development repositories for many of our community members.
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When World War II began, Fechteler was operations officer for Destroyer Command. From 1941 to 1943, he served as assistant director of the navy's personnel bureau, and from 1943 to 1944 he commanded the battleship Indiana in the Pacific. In January 1944, Fechteler won promotion to rear admiral and took command of Amphibious Group 8 of the Seventh Fleet Amphibious Force. During the New Guinea Campaign, he directed amphibious operations in Biak (May 1944) and Sansapar (July 1944), and he directed the landings on Luzon and Palawan during the Philippines Campaign.
Promoted to vice admiral after the war, Fechteler served from 1946 to 1947 as commander of battleships and cruisers in the Atlantic Fleet. He then spent three years in Washington as deputy chief of naval operations for personnel. Appointed commander in chief of the Atlantic Fleet in 1950, the following year he unexpectedly became chief of naval operations (CNO) and a full admiral when the incumbent CNO, Admiral Forrest Sherman, suddenly suffered a fatal heart attack. From 1953 until he retired in July 1956, Fechteler was commander in chief of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Forces Southern Europe. He died at Bethesda, Maryland, on 4 July 1967.
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Further Reading
Barbey, Daniel E. MacArthur's Amphibious Navy: Seventh Amphibious Force Operations, 1943–45. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1969.; Hoyt, Edwin P. How They Won the War in the Pacific: Nimitz and His Admirals. New York: Weybright and Talley, 1970.; Kennedy, Gerald. "William Morrow Fechteler 16 August 1951–17 August 1953." In Robert William Love Jr., ed., The Chiefs of Naval Operations, 235–241. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1980.; Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 5, The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942–February 1943. Boston: Little, Brown, 1949.; Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 13, The Liberation of the Philippines: Luzon, Minadanao, the Visayas, 1944–1945. Boston: Little, Brown, 1953.; Truscott, Lucian K., Jr. The Twilight of the U.S. Cavalry: Life in the Old Army, 1917–1942. Edited and with Preface by Lucian K. Truscott III and Foreword by Edward M. Coffman. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1989.


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Thursday, October 08th
Join Miss Diane at the County Library on Thursday, November 15 at 6:30 pm for a Thanksgiving Family Story Time. Children of all ages will enjoy "turkey-type" crafts and stories. If you'd like to help those less fortunate, please bring a jar of peanut butter to donate to Luke's Backpack Program, which provides food to elementary and middle-school students on the weekends.


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This Pocket Guide takes the Health Care Professional on a cross-cultural journey to increase awareness, knowledge, attitude, and skills while working with disadvantaged and racial/ethnic patients and families. These families are encountered in a variety of primary care settings including community health centers, outpatient clinics, private medical offices, and hospitals.
Before starting this Journey, it may mean unpacking and selecting two different suitcases (personal culture and the culture of medicine).
On this journey, the Health Care Professional must strive to learn more about a specific culture and how this culture views health, illness, and cancer while utilizing health care systems. This stop includes taking the time to explore the culture, literature, and history of racial/ethnic and disadvantaged groups, while focusing on how group values of each culture influences the health behaviors of patients and their families. Understanding health practices and beliefs are most significant during clinical visits.
This stop introduces you to the issues that different minority and medically underserved populations in the US encounter. These populations include African Americans/Blacks; Latinos/Hispanics; Native Americans: American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs); Asians and Asian Americans; Native Hawaiian and other Pacific island populations; and Appalachians: rural Americans. The issues that this resource addresses are access to cancer care; tobacco use and its impact; the impact of the disease of cancer on the population; cultural and language barriers; and cross-cultural barriers.
Critical stops on this cultural journey were to encourage you to develop assessment skills that will assist you in ensuring that the cancer care you are providing is relevant to the needs of racial/ethnic patients in your practice. These include acquiring new language skills, using translation services and trained interpreters, taking effective histories, including traditional healers in the therapeutic process, and when appropriate, learning new negotiation strategies, conducting home visits, and becoming knowledgeable of community referrals.
Upon returning home from this cross-cultural journey, the Health Care Professional may wish to consider changes to the clinic environment that may make the surroundings more comfortable for patients from different cultural/ethnic backgrounds.
About the Authors . . .
Pat Matthews-Juarez, PhD, is the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development, Associate Director HRSA/HBCU, Center of Excellence, and Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, in the School of Medicine at Meharry College of Medicine. She was the Administrator for the Drew-Meharry-Morehouse Consortium Cancer Center and the National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer (NBLIC) headquartered at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Drew) from January 1988- October 1996.
Armin D.Weinberg, PhD, is Director of the Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Research Center and Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Weinberg is co-founding Chair of the Intercultural Cancer Council. This national consortium was an outgrowth of the Biennial Symposia on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer, which Dr. Weinberg has co-directed since 1991. Dr. Weinberg serves on various national committees for cancer prevention and control activities that focus on health disparities among racial/ethnic and disadvantaged groups.
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Document Number: 11305Performance Funding at MSIs: Considerations and Possible Measures for Public Minority-Serving Institutions - More than half of all students of color enrolled in public institutions of higher education are attending public Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). This report addresses ways in which state-level decisions on performance funding can differentially impact MSIs. Recommendations: include MSI leaders in policy development, reconsider the utility of commonly used metrics, make sure metrics are responsive to input factors (like low-income minority students), address data capacity before implementing policy, and use performance funding policies to address racial and ethnic equity. (Tiffany Jones, Southern Education Foundation, June 2014) ...
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Article 10: Nondiscrimination [1]
The University of Colorado does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, political affiliation, or political philosophy in admission and access to, and treatment and employment in, its educational programs and activities. The university takes action to increase ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity, to employ qualified disabled individuals, and to provide equal opportunity to all students and employees.
Qualification for the position and institutional need shall be the sole bases for hiring employees, and the criteria for retaining employees shall be related to performance evaluation, assessment of institutional need, fiscal constraints, and/or, in the case of exempt professionals, the rational exercise of administrative prerogative.
All students shall have the same fundamental rights to equal respect, due process, and judgment of them based solely on factors demonstrably related to performance and expectations as students. All students share equally the obligations to perform their duties and exercise judgments of others in accordance with the basic standards of fairness, equity, and inquiry that should always guide education.
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Minnesota Vikings: 7 Round Mock Draft 1.0
After a disapointing season in 2013, the Minnesota Vikings look to bounce back with a new look to the team. A new coach and staff should shed some light on an organization some deem to be "cursed". With the frenzy of free agent signings done and the dust starting to settle, it is becoming much more clear on where each team will be focusing on in the Draft.
The Vikings did indeed address those issues by signing defensive tackle Linval Joseph and feisty cornerback, Captain Munnerlyn. The Vikings also spent heavily to bring back some of their own free agents as well. Now that the dust has settled, let's take a look at the Draft and see where the Vikings can fill the rest of the team's needs.
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Federal Superfund and Construction
Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex
Virtual Tour
Seepage just below the tailings impoundment.
Beartrap Creek and mine waste looking north from the base of the tailings impoundment.
UBMC Repository.
Please click on the tabs below for more information on the UBMC. Included are links to other agency websites that provide information related to the UBMC.
Project Overview
The Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex (UBMC) is a state superfund facility located about 15 miles east of Lincoln. Seeps from the tailings and waste rock dumps along with acid mine drainage from old adits have contaminated surface water, sediments, soils and groundwater. Additional contamination exists due to the 1975 dam failure that washed metals-laden tailings down the Beartrap Creek drainage and into the upper Blackfoot River.
DEQ will lead cleanup efforts in coordination with the United States Forest Service (USFS) and Montana Natural Resource Damage Program (NRDP) over the next few years. The primary goal of the cleanup is to remove approximately 1 million cubic yards of tailings and mine waste to protect human health and the environment. This protection will be accomplished by minimizing direct contact with contaminants and limiting migration and mobility of contaminants within the environment.
The UBMC, also known as the Heddleston district, is an inactive mining district which was mined intermittently from 1889 to the 1950s and explored intermittently up to the present. The UBMC is located in the headwaters of the Blackfoot River in a fairly remote location on and near national forest land, which is used by hunters and other recreationists. The town of Lincoln is about 15 miles downstream.
The main mine workings at the UBMC are the Mike Horse, Anaconda, Carbonate, Edith, Mary P and Paymaster mines and a tailings impoundment on Beartrap Creek. Tailings are the materials created during the processing of the ore rock. They are generally fine-grained and may contain elevated levels of metals. The historic mining and exploration activities in this area have resulted in numerous tailings and waste rock dumps. Erosion from the tailings and waste rock dumps along with acidic seeps and mine drainage from old adits have contaminated surface water, sediments, soils and groundwater. Additional contamination exists due to the 1975 tailings impoundment failure that washed metal-laden tailings down the Beartrap Creek drainage and into the upper Blackfoot River.
Click map above for larger view of area descriptions.
The State of Montana and the USFS successfully reached a settlement with ARCO and Asarco for environmental damages at the UBMC. Claims and interest paid amounted to approximately $39 million. More detail on the settlement can be found at the NRDP website. DEQ will lead cleanup efforts in coordination with the USFS and NRDP.
Blackfoot Valley Dispatch (Article): "Mike Horse clean-up remains a challenge, but on schedule"
Blackfoot Valley Dispatch (Article): "Clean up work resumes at UBMC"
KPAX (Article): "Work at Mike Horse Mine site resuming this week"
KPAX (Video/Article): "Agencies pleased with first year progress on Mike Horse Mine cleanup"
KPAX (Article): "Winter closes work season at Mike Horse Mine reclamation"
Blackfoot Valley Dispatch (Article): "Partial area closure remains in place for Mike horse area"
Blackfoot Valley Dispatch (Article): "Meadow Creek Road re-opened as Mike Horse cleanup ends for season"
Blackfoot Valley Dispatch (Article): "Mike Horse tour gives students, area residents chance to learn about waste removal, see progress of clean up"
Blackfoot Valley Dispatch (Article): "Cleanup of Mike Horse mine wast underway"
Helena IR (Article): "Weather, breakdowns push Mike Horse Dam behind schedule"
Great Falls Tribune (Video): "Saving the source of the Blackfoot River"
Great Falls Tribune (Article): "Waste polluting Blackfoot River hits the road"
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DEQ, in coordination with the USFS and NRDP, puts out the Mike Horse Messenger, the newsletter for the Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex. It is generally published twice a year, before and after the field season, to keep interested parties informed of progress at the UBMC.
If you would like to receive the Mike Horse Messenger or any other mailings on the UBMC from DEQ, you have two choices: 1.) To receive the information electronically, please use this ListServ option to enter your email information, or 2.) use this link to enter your address information and the mailings will be put in the mail to you.
Water Treatment Plant
The water treatment plant (WTP) is now meeting final discharge limits (final limits) for all metals at UBMC. Construction modifications to meet final limits began at the WTP in the spring of 2011 so that the WTP could effectively treat the millions of gallons of metals-laden water seeping from the historic mines. Meeting final limits protects fish and aquatic life, as well as human health. The crew at the WTP has worked to modify the WTP in order to successfully meet the final limits. In addition, the WTP sludge generation process has been modified so that the material extracted from the water do not require additional treatment prior to being sent to a landfill. Even with the success of modifying the WTP to treat the mine discharges, the crew is continually working to improve plant operations, maximize effectiveness, and save money. On average, the WTP collects and processes half a million gallons of water each week. The WTP will likely operate for many decades to treat acidic mine water that will continually run from the mine adits. Acid mine drainage is an unfortunate, though fairly common remnant of mining to be addressed well into the future throughout Montana.
The UBMC cleanup will begin again on May 4, 2015. Helena Sand and Gravel will remove the remainder of the tailings impoundment and dam this year. By the end of 2015, Beartrap Creek will be in its original channel at the bottom of the valley instead of perched in a ditch on the side of the mountain, as it has been for the majority of the last 75 years.
They will continue hauling mine waste from the tailings impoundment at the headwaters of the Blackfoot River to the UBMC Repository located on Highway 279 as long as the weather permits. Trucks will be pulling onto Highway 200 from Meadow Creek Road at the bottom of Rogers Pass. The agencies remind motorists to watch for work crews and equipment as well as signs indicating reduced speed limits.
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|Proposed Plan
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|The Feasibility Study was prepared to develop, screen, and evaluate remedial action alternatives for the UBMC.
|Final Human Health Risk Assessment
|Presents the findings of the baseline human health risk assessment conducted on the UBMC.
|Final Eco-Risk Assessment
|Explains how the UBMC contamination in soil, stream sediment, and surface water affects the environment
|Final Remedial Investigation Report
|Soil, sediment, surface water, groundwater, and biological data collected in 2007, 2008, and 2011 to determine the extent of contamination in the UBMC
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|Comparative study of locations for a repository for the Mike Horse waste
2010 Section 35 Initial Investigation
2010 Section 35 Initial Investigation Tables
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|2012 Section 35 Monitoring Report
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|2011 Mining Area Monitoring Report
|Data collected from surface water, groundwater, and stream sediments to establish existing condition before cleanup
|2011 Section 35 Monitoring Report
|Data collected from surface and groundwater to establish existing condition before the repository is built
|2010 Mining Area Monitoring Report
|Data collected from surface water, groundwater, and stream sediments to establish existing condition before cleanup
2009 Mining Area Monitoring Report
2009 Mining Area Monitoring Report Maps
|Data collected from surface water, groundwater, and stream sediments to establish existing condition before cleanup
|Construction Investigation and Documents
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2012 Floodplain Design-Level Investigation
|Data collected to determine extent of removal of mine waste from the mining area and ensure proper placement in the repository
|2012 Repository Design-Level Investigation
|Data collected to determine proper design of the repository
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Posted 11 November 2010 - 02:17 PM
Is that two short of time frame?
I dont really know my budget.. i'm trying to figure that out.. but italian families mean lots of people.
I have a couple places in mind going to see one soon.
Any advice for a book or a time line? ( i just bought a book called bridal bargains but i'm still feel so lost!)
Posted 11 November 2010 - 02:38 PM
it's a good time to start planning, especially with choosing your venue, as dates can book up quickly... but if you are flexible about your date (August/September sounds very flexible!) you'll definitely be able to find a place with an open date.
congrats and enjoy the planning!!
Posted 11 November 2010 - 05:01 PM
if sticking to a budget is important to you (and i think it should be, for anyone really) concentrate on figuring out the budget first, and nail down your guest list. determine what is most important to you, research to figure out how much those items will cost, and keep your budget in mind when making all wedding related decisions. it's easy to go overboard - stay away from wedding planning sites like The Knot unless you have a large budget. wedding industry craziness abounds on those sites and you might find yourself suddenly paying extra for monogrammed this and matching that, when your location would provide that stuff free of charge otherwise at the very least, save those sorts of splurges for after you've got the location, officiant, photog, music and dress bought and paid for and see that you still have some money to play with. then decide.
google 'wedding planning timeline' and you'll find plenty of those. don't let them scare you though...it's possible to pull a beautiful wedding together no matter what your time frame...the timeline is just to help you prioritize what to do first, second, etc. if the timeline doesn't begin with 'figure out budget and guest list' i would overlook it though.
try to nail down the things that are really important to you as soon as you're able. you'll have more options that way, especially if you live in a bigger city or densely populated area.
once you have your budget and know how many people you need to plan for, decide approx how much you want to spend on your dress, his tux or suit or whatever he'll wear and your other accessories (you can find a great dress in ANY price range, despite what the magazines would have you believe), your rings, the honeymoon, your photographer, florist, musicians or dj and any other flat rate purchases. if you have talented friends or family who can help with any of that, it can really effect your budget, too, so ask them to commit early, know what if anything they'll ask for in the way of compensation or other accommodations, and keep them in the loop as you select dates and times and whatnot.
so, what you have left after subtracting all of those one time expenses is basically your budget for the venue/food/drink/rentals - usually the biggest cost of a wedding. you'll need to divide by the number of guests you're expecting to figure out what you can afford to spend per head. since most venues charge by the head, that's a good way to get started, and the way i'd do it myself.
or you can start by choosing the venue and menu and bar (if you'll have an open bar or wine and beer) first and subtracting that total cost from your budget, knowing whatever you have left, you can make work somehow. it really depends on your priorities though. some people have very firmly set expectations when it comes to wedding venue, day of week, time, etc. or they want an expensive photographer, or outrageous flowers. or the band that they saw on their first date.
if a Friday or Sunday is a possibility, you'll save money. and when you hear the per-person asking price of some venues, it can be tempting to 'do it yourself', but keep in mind all the rental fees you will incur if you decide to go that route. chairs, tables, linens, silverware, glassware, etc. it all adds up, which is why so many people use the standard wedding venues that already have all that stuff. you can do it on a budget either way, but be flexible.
all of that is sort of assuming that you want a traditional (big) wedding though. otherwise, same timeline and priorities, but you'll have fewer choices to make you crazy. using an ipod play list and decent sound system instead of a dj or band can save you money, and a lot of couples are going that route these days. asking a talented friend to take photos can save you thousands, too. buying a dress second hand or online or at a department store during an end of season sale, you can save HUGE, depending on what you have in mind. if you have a dependable farmers market or even wholesale club with a good floral selection, consider doing your own flowers or asking someone you trust to handle that for you.
most of that is probably in the book you bought. but i hope it's helpful anyway. good luck! wedding planning should be fun...don't let yourself get sucked into caring about things you never thought you'd care about in a million years (aka 'Bridezilla') because what's most important is a beautiful marriage, not an expensive and picture-perfect wedding
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Let you know how it goes!!!
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can i suggest http://www.oncewed.com/ if you aren't opposed to wearing a previously owned gown? some of the dresses on this website were never worn- but purchased and then the bride found a different dress but couldn't return the first one, etc...
it's all so exciting!
Posted 11 November 2010 - 07:50 PM
out of my price range, but if you can find a once-used wai ching dress.... i feel like it's the perfect balance between classy & hippie
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I don't think you are working with too short of a time frame. We picked our date at the beginning of February 2010, and got married in September 2010!
Congrats again, lady!
Posted 23 November 2010 - 07:04 PM
start your lists to get basic numbers unless you know how big of a wedding you want - my italian family made our list a lot bigger than i expected so that was the hardest thing - deciding who to invite.
and ling and i were engaged for 9 months but planned from april 2010 and got married in sept 2010
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I will be at a wedding that day! One of my bf's!!!
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Welcome, cher public, to the first night of our Ring-watching experience on PBS at 9 pm. La Cieca (not pictured) wishes you bon voyage as we begin with Das Rheingold.
Welcome, cher public, to the first night of our Ring-watching experience on PBS at 9 pm. La Cieca (not pictured) wishes you bon voyage as we begin with Das Rheingold.
I enjoyed it despite its faults.
Voigt only thinks about herself, not Wagner, not Wagnerian style, not Wagnerian vocal history or tradition. Just herself, trying her damndest to make her career last as long as possible in spite of the fact that her voice is shot..
Well, luckily for her then, she's succeeding.
Next time you see her for one of your many chats, during which time you undoubtedly learned all of these personal things about her, tell her I said 'hi.'
So you think she's a capable Brünnhilde?
Jesus, all this AGAIN and we haven't even got to Brunnhilde's entrance yet.
Yes, Mme E, bosah likes Voigt's Brunnhilde. Others don't. The subject has- well, let's say it's been rather extensively covered.
Thank you, AJ.
Tell me, what is it like living in Ms Voigt's brain all the time?
In particular, in what parallel universe are you living where Voigt, regardless of her current vocal condition considered a generous and knowledgeable colleague, is so dismissive of Wagnerian style, vocal history or tradition (whatever that may be)?
If you are so good at reading other people's minds, tell me, what do I think of your comment? I'll give you a hint: not great.
Oh my god, this Australian whore is still haunting this site? Let me see, were you in the house for this Ring, carissima? Well, I was. I had to sit through 2 of the Walkueres with Debbie Void and her frog-croaking through the role. Atrocious doesn't even begin to describe her "singing." I was rewarded for my saintly patience when Skelton and Westbroek delivered tremendous performances (and Jonas in the first one).
Can you guess what I think of your post too?
"this Australian whore"
Dear, dear.
Please come home La C your blog needs some moderation in every sense of the word.
Insulting people is de bonne guerre, but using their nationality is racist.
I'm not really a whore, more of a hobbyist.
Not for the first time, you've misunderstood my post. I don't think Voigt was a distinguished Brunnhilde. I do think anyone claiming to know her inner-most thoughts about her singing and Wagnerian knowledge is an idiot.
Since you are being reasonable, rather than your usual snarky self, I will apologize for calling you a puttana. I was reacting to your past abundant snark in attacking and mocking people for their preferences in singers.
As for you papopera, you can suck my lemons.
"I'm not really a whore, more of a hobbyist."
Some time ago, I adopted the motto of poet Fiona Pitt-Kethley, "I'm not cheap, I'm free."
Had to? Were you being held at knife point?
I see the snarky queens still haunt this site. I guess they never left.
Yes, CK, I had to. The first Walkuere was a ticket given to me by a friend who couldn't go. Besides, I love the Ring and unfort. the Met's casting department is as smart and competent as George W. Bush's intelligence services. So if we want to see the Ring, we have to put up with some old grandma croaking her way through it. Whenever we can, we go to the performances without her, with the "cover" who is a much better singer and still has most of her registers intact (Dalayman). The second one I lucked out, as I noted, Skelton and Westbroek gave tremendous performances that evening. Also, some of Lepage's projections were wonderful. And finally, the Windows logo briefly projected on the machine was the joke of the decade at the Met that evening, priceless.
I saw the HD live transmission of Siegfried and Gotterdammerung and rather enjoyed them, except for Voigt's consistently flat singing in Siegfried. Maybe it's the small screen at Colinwood, but this Rheingold made me furious.
I'll start with Terfel. I was never too keen on Morris, but am now. Terfel shouted his way through and his attempt at acting is to smirk arrogantly throughout. He annoyed me thoroughly.
Richard Croft's Loge was insipid and underpowered.
Eric Owens was fantastic and should have been singing Wotan instead of Alberich.
Blythe was better, not in the class of Owens, but at least she sounded like a Wagnerian singer.
I kept wishing Chereau would have shown up to direct the actors. It seemed to me that all the money went on that set while the blocking and direction of the singers was an afterthought or non existent. Or maybe I should have had Dr. Hoffman clone Waltraud Meier in both male and female form and force her mime all the parts to a recording in the pit. As it is, we must wait for Gotterdammerung to see a real singing actress.
And the silly props??? The Rheingold in Scene 1 and Scene 4 looked like something from a community theater or high school production. No. They would have done even better.
I must admit some of the effects were quite effective. I liked the initial appearance of the Rheinmaidens and the descent to Niebelheim. Even the gay mushroom cloud that symbolized the rainbow bridge to Valhalla was nice. But there's so much more to Wagner than that. All that money, all those missed opportunities. LePage should have been restricted to the set design and they should have brought in a real director.
Early Levine I used to love. His Tannhauser on DVD is great. But then he fell into lethargy in his conducting of Wagner. He seemed much more chipper in this Rheingold, however. And the orchestra was fantastic, even in the aggressive, over the top miking of it. It always sounds better in the house.
Back to Voigt. So sad. Such a great voice she used to have. I still root for her, and will make allowances, this being her first Ring. I remember her being better in Gotterdammerung, not as flat as in Siegfried. I shall see tomorrow in Walkure, the only one of the new production I have yet to see.
But at this point, I must agree with some comment, made I think by Mostly Opera. The Met would have been far better off by borrowing the production from Valencia by Fura del Baus, than wasting money on this thing. Either do a good, thought-provoking Regie piece, or stick with the already-paid for Shenk version.
Now I have vented and must seek out a certain smirking bass-baritone or Canadian director to bite in the neck for my nightly allowance.
In spite of my better judgement, I watched last night. I still hate this production and agree with the post that says it seemed it had no director or direction .
I must say the whole thing is not as offensive on TV as it was on the house for several reasons. The close ups make you forget you are in front of the annoying monster machine. The close ups, mike ups?, allow you to hear singers that some might not have heard well in the house, like Croft. Sound engineering and the mikes have been successful in covering up and even sometimes eliminating machine noise. This is all good for the TV viewer, but it makes me hate the production even more as I like going to the house for live music. Why should the opera house audience be treated as just a crowd watching the making of a film? That does not seem like Wagner's dream, rather the composer's never imagined nightmare.
For the older crowd who enjoy La Cieca's Parterre Box as much as I do, try to imagine if the Brunhilde was going to be Birgit Nilsson, after a few beers, and entering the first stage rehearsal just seeing that machine for the first time and being told where to climb.
Oh dear. I'd managed to avoid this production until last night, I managed 3 bursts of about 5-10 mins each. TCM was showing 'Monkey Business' which was much more my speed
So, what was the cast of 'Flash Gordon' doing on the roof of IKEA? Horrible horrible costumes (from the party store?) -- stranded unfocused singers -- a very occasional engineering/visual coup. Unwatchable in my book.
Anyone unused to opera coming across this would turn straight off and never go near the art form again. And, you know what, you couldn't blame them.
Flash Gordon? Guess it must be time to bring in the Bore Wurms.
Ach, schatzi, I feel ein Boerwurmslied coming on………
'So, what was the cast of 'Flash Gordon' doing on the roof of IKEA?'
The most amusing and accurate summary I have yet read of this Ring production, thank you Belfagor.
Cocky, Belfagor is one of the most eloquent and perspicacious critics you could ever hope to find.
In spite of all the sarcasm and bitching about this production since its première, I really enjoyed what we saw on PBS last night. The machine is not all as bad as writers have led us to believe in here. The special effects, singing and acting were genial. Damn good opera entertainment. Looking forward to the sequels.
Papopera, are you off your meds? Your two previous posts in this thread were incredibly rude, and that's the only "garbage" on this thread.
blue -- more evidence :
comment #19
Not sure what you intend here, dear manou. Proof of what?
These are the comments I am referring to by papopera:
"what's that screaming sow doing in here, we discuss opera not Broadway trash."
…in response to Shirey Bassey's classic rendition of GOLDFINGER, apt as the photo at the top of this thread is from that film.
"you are taking a lot of space on our computers for your inept garbage woman !"
…to Camille for her Rheingold beer commercial offerings from Youtube.
This vitriol seems quite misplaced.
manou is offering more evidence that papopera is off his meds by referring you to another disgraceful and uncalled for rude comment of his to Camille.
Please don't let it bother you Camille.
this is the exchange I am referring to :
" Camille says:
Is it possible his paruke?
I cannot believe what they made those poor Rheinmaidens.
Oh good, now Hans-Peter has his shit fit! Good for him.
Camille says:
Sorry, too distracted by this thing.
What the Rheinmaidens DO!
papopera says:
It would be a perruque. It seems that he suffers from hypotrichosis. Hypotrichosis, like, is the opposite of you who, I'm told, has to shave your moustache once a week and even sport spider nests under your armpits.
I missed that one, yikes. How weird to post this kind of crap toward dear Camille.
I second Blue, Grim and Manou. Shame on that person from Montreal.
Having seen the first three operas live and Gotterdammerung only in HD I thought I'd check out this broadcast. How dull this was — fresh from a week at Bayreuth I missed the clarity of sound as well as the energy of the conducting I've heard more recently (though I'm VERY grateful to have this late record of Levine conducting). The personenregie was minimal at best, as has been noted before, but the constant close-ups deprived us of the compensating grand scale of the machine (complaint after a reception: "the food was terrible, and so little of it"). Worst of all, I missed the rainbow bridge ending — because I fell asleep. That's pretty damning.
It's only fair to note, though, that the HD broadcasts are the equivalent of a dress rehearsal, as the numerous tweaks took place after these early performances were filmed. This of course is particularly unfair to discerning viewers who are familiar with the Ring.
Very intersting to read all the comments — just goes to show each of us "hears" music in a different way. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole show, both the singing & orchestra --it's great to have surtitles for the dialog & watching from home, I heard many wonderful special effects in the music that I never noticed before while listening in a theater. Can't see what all the fuss was about with the production — it was mostly dark the first hour & I was expecting more visual effects. The singers were confined to a small space & couldn't move around much & I think they could have achieved the same effect without that giant machinery — just using visual special effects. And in the documentary, what's with the statement that Gelb wouldn't change the entrance where Debbie had previously slipped? Is Debbie's divadom slipping a bit? Compare that to Angela G. & Anna N. & their ridiculous demands & cancellations. Gelb couldn't accommodate a singer who was worried about slipping & hurting herself?
Does anyone want to hear something absolutely gorgeous?
Quite beautiful much better than Shirley Bassey.
Auger always looked so incredibly relaxed when she was singing. Exquisite artist.
This is, indeed, lovely.
Auger is a singer I'm getting 're-acquainted' with through her live work currently sipping through unofficially. Her studio work was always correct but more often than not blank and reserved (apart from her sensational Nictoris for Pinnock) but live shw could be really wonderful, and apparently a great recitalist.
There's also this :
"her sensational Nictoris for Pinnock"
I saw her in a concert of Belshazzar at the Proms in 1990, conducted by Pinnock:
It was indeed sensational, glorious, and I have often remembered the look she shot at Anthony Rolfe-Johnson playing her reprobate son the King after one of her arias. It conveyed indignation, motherly disapproval and disappointment, despair, and hope that he would come to his senses and reform. Quite amazing to see that which created such a real moment of "acting" on a concert platform. I saw her a number of times live, she was always wonderful, sad that both she and Rolfe-Johnson were taken from us too soon.
The opening accompagnato for Nictoris is a masterpiece in itself. One of the great Handel roles and I guess something carried from the concerts into the studio. It is a wonderful recording all around.
More Arleen Auger, both she and Edda Moser are in top shape here:
I just ordered the new Met Ring via Prestoclassical. On Blu-ray.
Can anybody please tell me WHY I did this?
Just to set things straight : I've listened to all of the broadcasts, never saw anything just watched the trailer so I know nothing about the production per se. However a few thoughts just concerning the musical side of things :
I wish Luisi had conducted all the cycle, or at least Rheingold instead of Levine.
I thought Terfel and Voigt were not up to international standard in their respective roles, whatever their 'star' status might be. Voigt was much better in Gotterdammerung but she doesn't even begin to scratch Stemme's left foot regarding attention to text, mastery of style and general musicianship, and the voice is what it is, or what's left of it.
Bltyhe, apparently much lauded here, is utterly miscast in Wagner. She can't carry the style or even hint at the complexity of her character. This is singing on the epidermis, a very good sight reading of the music.
Owens sounded fantastic, Hunter Morris was acceptable and that makes him great in 2012, Croft OK but I've heard more interesting Loges, Westbroek and Kaufmann not the blast I thought they should have been.
CF, I saw two perf. of Walkuere, one in the first year of the Ring (2010?), with Kaufmann and Westbroek. She was sick that first run, she had to cancel a performance or two. I think the HD was from that first year. Last season, she was in much better form, and that evening, we also had a great, fantastic performance by Skelton, the great revelation of the evening.
Hunter Morris I saw once, in GD. He got noticeably tired and his tone deteriorated badly by the time he got to the scene with the three Rhinemaidens. A valiant effort but I don't think he's cut for this role. Gould was a better GD Siegfried in the other performance I attended, but he doesn't look good on stage. Dalayman was the very able and moving Brunnhilde in those 2 GDs.
I heard Dalayman as the GD Brunni w Rattle from Aix and have her on audio with Elder. She is also the Brunni on a complete Ring from Stockholm, generally available unofficially on video on the net. She is a good performer and roughly around 2007-2009 was good in this music but the voice deteriorates as we speak.
Gould I saw and heard here and there and I like him very very much. Skelton is yet an unknown singer to me so I have to catch up. I liked John Keyes 10-12 years ago, he had the appearance and was musically convincing (despite a tendency to go flat or be vague about the pitch) but is he any good now?
Bianchissima Baby!!!!!!
WHERE have you BEEN??
On tour?
It is so bizarre you suddenly reappear as, had there been an Intermission
Feature I would have put out an APB on you! You have not appeared for months and have a lot of 'splaining to do.
And leave Ian alone! He is now going through a transition in his new home—Sydney. He is one of the few truly witty and bery informed commenters here, so -- lascia perdere!
Luv U 4 Evah & well come bäck!
Camillissima, dolcissima!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How are you, carina?????? Yes, the Captain and I went on a long trip by ship around the world, it was wonderful, although he insists on bringing that little Belgian boy, you know our entourage keeps growing, not only Irma, Igor, Thomson and Thompson, now the Belgian boy goes with the Captain everywhere he goes, and he brings that little dog along… Well, of course, everywhere we went, people asked me to sing, specially that lovely aria from Faust, and there was so much acclaim and applause, they wouldn't let us stop… Ah, just like in old Milano…
I have not been around because it's a vipers' nest in here, but you know, it's not worth rehashing all these old fights and enmities. As you know, I am all for love and friendship. Hope your summer is going well, did you go see Podles in Ciro this summer? Tootles a te!!!!!!
I too only heard the broadcast but the one I don't get all the praise for is Owens. I distinctly remember that he cracked on all his high notes including the crucial "curse" passage. I am not remembering that wrong, am I?
Richard Paul Fink was stunning as Alberich when I saw him in SF in 2007 I think with the magnificent Stefan Margita as Loge, Mark Delevan Wotan, sang very beautifully if not very "deep" interpretatively, Jennifer Larmore an excellent Fricka, much better cast than this Met one.
I'm not sure about the curse but I think he has what I consider a classic "Alberich" voice, this Schwarz bass-baritonisch silky timbre with easy top (Habich, Neidlinger, Nimsgern, Kelemen, Wlaschiha, Becht and now Oleg Bryjak carries the mantle). I love the role very very much and I 'need' this kind of silky voice in the role -- not the kind of booming sound provided for, by example, von Kannen. I liked Owens because I thought he had the style and the voice I associate with the role, and was convincing in his frustration and his despair.
Johannes Martin Kranzle, a stupendous Beckmesser recently on the Glyndebourne Meistersinger, might become a great Alberich in his own right.
The Fricka 'aria' and exchange with Wotan in Walkure act 2 is one of my favourite passages in the Ring and IMO many emminent mezzos fail to project all that is happening there and content themself with being miserable, obssessive and indignant. Not enough. Even Ludwig and the estimable Veasy get lost on record, the former probably hampered by her two conductors. Blythe doesn't even scratch the surface of what should be happening there, IMO. I thought Lipovsek on the Sawallisch video is close to perfection in everything she does, a great singer and a fantastic stage performer, there isn't a single hand drop or turn of the head which is wasted.
I prefer Ludwig and Schwarz to Blythe's loud, uninteresting Fricka. She is in no way a singing actress, which is what is needed for Fricka IMO--and I am sorry to say--she looked like a big, ole green cabbage with a sourpuss face!
I think the best Fricka for Walkure, on video at least, is Hanna Schwartz in the Boulez/Chereau cycle. Not only is her singing good, but her acting is tops. Another testament to Chereau's directorial skills. In Scene 2 of Rheingold, Schwarz casts a dismissive glance at Loge. Fast and subtle, but priceless.
Schwarz is very good but the singing is not really subtle in her Walkure act 2 scene. Have you seen Lipovsek (the Munich Ring, not the La Scala / Muti)?
Gentlemen and ladies, may I put in a word for the great Frickas (Frickae?) of yesteryears?
I thought this too -- he did crack, and I heard it again last night. I'm mystified by all of the intense Owens worship.
an irresistible urge to throw your money away.
OK C/F, this ended up down here. It is in response to your question why you bought the MET DVD.
I uploaded the Sawallisch Walkure
Part 1
Fricka starts at about 1:06
Part 2
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Chinese Witch Hazel at Quarry Bank - February
Latin Name: Hamamelis mollis
Common Name: Chinese Witch Hazel
Size: 2.5 – 4 meters in both height and width
Planting: Grow in either Full Sun or Partial Shade, preferably in a sheltered area. It requires fertile soil, moist but well-drained in a neutral to acidic pH.
Care: Generally trouble-free. Remove any misplaced or diseased/damaged branches in early spring. Adding a good mulch of leaf mold around the base helps feed the plant and keep the roots cool in summer.
Introduction: Introduced by Charles Maries, a British plant explorer who was employed by James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, London, in 1879.
Chinese Witch Hazel is a sizeable shrub with a branching habit and will require some space to grow. Our plants are young and recently planted but you can see them either in the borders around the Tennis Lawn (near the bench) or near the steps leading up to the cliff. It makes an ideal woodland shrub, perhaps the star of an open glade or as part a partially shaded garden border.
Chinese Witch Hazel is just a mass of greenery throughout the summer, but as the seasons turn and autumn approaches it begins to shed its ovate leaves, turning them into a range of colours; yellows, reds and oranges. However, it is in the depths of winter that the Chinese Witch Hazel shows its worth. From bare branches, small delicate flowers are borne. Sulphur yellow petals curl back like wood shavings and the flower releases a strong spicy scent into the cold air.
Chinese Witch Hazel is one of the parents of a range of cross-breeds (the other parent being Hamamelis japonica). These hybrids have been developed into a range of colours for the winter gardener, some to try are Hamamelis x intermedia 'Pallida' with bright yellow flowers; Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena' with copper orange flowers or Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane' with luxurious red flowers. There are others, but it is important to note when looking that some of the showier flowers, colours come at a loss of scent.


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The Mayfair Set
|The Mayfair Set
Title screen of The Mayfair Set
|Written by
|Adam Curtis
|Directed by
|Adam Curtis
|Theme music composer
|John Barry (theme from Vendetta, BBC 1966–68)
|Country of origin
|United Kingdom
|Original language(s)
|No. of episodes
|Adam Curtis
|Running time
|180 min (in four parts)
|Original channel
|BBC Two
|Original release
|18 July 199918 July 1999
|Followed by
|The Century of the Self
The Mayfair Set is a series of programmes produced by Adam Curtis for the BBC, first broadcast in four parts from 18 July 1999.
The programme looked at how buccaneer capitalists of hot money were allowed to shape the climate of the Thatcher years, focusing on the rise of Colonel David Stirling, Jim Slater, James Goldsmith, and Tiny Rowland, all members of London's Clermont Club in the 1960s. It received the BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series or Strand in 2000.[1]
Part 1: Who Pays Wins[edit]
The opening episode, Who Pays Wins, focuses on Colonel David Stirling.
Part 2: Entrepreneur Spelt S.P.I.V.[edit]
The rise of Jim Slater who became famous for writing an investment column in The Sunday Telegraph under the nom de plume of The Capitalist.
Part 3: Destroy the Technostructure[edit]
This episode recounts the story of how James Goldsmith became one of the richest men in the world.
Part 4: Twilight of the Dogs[edit]
By the 1980s, the day of the buccaneering tycoons was over. Tiny Rowland, James Goldsmith, and Mohamed Al-Fayed were the only ones who were not finished.
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Electrical Supply Good for the Summer
New York, NY —
The warm temperatures yesterday may have prompted you to turn on your air conditioner. Rest assured, New York State is expected to be okay when it comes to electrical supply this summer, but there could be problems in the future.
The not for profit New York Independent System Operator issued its annual report card of the massive electrical grid system. It notes five years of improvement.
Yet lessons learned from the blackout of 2003 and new data suggest that New York City and Long Island will face electricity shortfalls starting in 2008.
With increased demand more generation and transmission sites are needed as is dealing with the decrease in reserves of natural gas. For now, some new generating plants and the operation of the cable that runs across Long Island Sound will provide enough power.
The system operator is also urging Congress to pass legislation that will require mandatory standards for grid systems throughout the country making a widespread blackout, similar to 2003, less likely.