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Comments: Viola Mae Oaks (Nee: ) | Pittsburg ks | 1851-1900 | Comments: Found! 1/10/2005 #s 409,410,411 & 412 //Joseph writes *This is a photo of my grandmother (the oldest child). Her name was Viola Mae Oaks, born May 9, 1899 in Pittsburg Kansas. The other child is her sister, Mable Cecil Oaks, born March 2, 1901 in Pittsburg, KS and died Jan. 9, 1913. The man is Perry Oaks, father of the children, born Sept, 14, 1876 in Howard, KS. The woman is the mother of the children and wife of Perry, her name is Mary Myrtle Mant(a)onya, born Jan 6, 1876, probably in Pittsburg, KS. The name H.H. Talley written on back referes to my grandfather, Henry Harvey Talley (he went by H.H.) and he was the husband of Viola Mae Oaks, my grandmother.the name of the town was not tuscon, but Texon. It was an oil camp where my grandparents lived for more than 20 years and my grandfather (HH) worked until he retired. It is in Texas.//
the town was not tuscon, but Texon. It was an oil camp where my grandparents lived for more than 20 years and my grandfather (HH) worked until he retired. It is Texas.
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Character generation
by, 06-26-2009 at 12:28 PM (3361 Views)
i use the method of 3 columns of 6 rows of 4d6 drop the lowest. in order to do this, roll 4d6 six times. each time drop the lowest die of the four, keeping the highest three. this will result in one column of six rolls, like so:
repeat this process two more times, resulting in three columns of six rolls, like so:
12 10 15
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13 11 16
10 12 14
12 16 11
pick one column to be your stats. after, and only after the column has been picked, may you change the position of the rolls. this is the process for basic stat generation. stats will be generated within a penandpapergames forum thread, or via some sort of realtime meeting to roll the dice live, be that in person, or online.
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Navigat, a power plant developer in Southeast Asia, has promoted Arno Hendriks to CEO and Willi Goldschmidt to the newly created position of executive chairman. Also, Navigat will rebrand as MAXpower Group. The name change becomes effective May 15. The firm's backers include Mahanusa Capital, Standard Chartered Private Equity and Gunung Sewu Group.
SINGAPORE and JAKARTA, INDONESIA–(Marketwired – May 14, 2014) – Navigat Group ("Navigat" or "the Group"), the South East Asian gas-to-power specialist, today announces the promotions of Arno Hendriks to Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and of Willi Goldschmidt to Executive Chairman, a newly created role. These appointments take effect immediately, broadening the board of directors. Arno and Willi will lead the Group into the next phase in its development. As CEO, Arno will head the entire Group, with a focus on building it into a leading distributed power company in the region. Willi, as Executive Chairman, will continue to drive the high-level development of Navigat and ensure its businesses in Indonesia achieve their long-term potential.
With effect from 15 May 2014, the Group will also change its name to MAXpower Group Pte Ltd. ("MAXpower Group") to better reflect its future potential as an increasingly important distributed power plant developer in the South East Asian electricity market.
Arno Hendriks is currently Chief Financial Officer of the Group, a role he has held since joining in May 2010. During this time he led transformational financing deals and secured USD104 million equity investment from high profile investors, including Standard Chartered Bank ('SCB')* and seasoned Indonesian investors**. He raised USD270 million in debt finance in 2013, from co-lead arrangers SCB and OCBC. In addition to financing the Group's expansion and leading a 45 strong accounting and analyst team, Arno has also played a key role in the international development of the Group into Myanmar and Thailand and the build-out of MAXpower's distributed power business across the region.
Willi Goldschmidt, co-founder and CEO of the Group and subsidiaries MAXpower and Navigat Energy since their formation, will become Executive Chairman. Under his leadership, Navigat Energy installed its first GE Jenbacher ('GEJ') engine in Indonesia in 2004 and rapidly grew to become the leading distributor of GEJ engines in the region. In 2012 Navigat Energy was named GEJ's largest customer worldwide. MAXpower was launched in 2009 as a developer, owner and operator of gas-fired power plants in South East Asia, enabling the Group to build on its existing relationship with GEJ while dramatically increasing revenues and profit margins. To date, MAXpower has delivered 335MW of clean, scalable and affordable gas-fired power to some of the most remote and undersupplied parts of Indonesia and Myanmar. Led by Willi, the Group's revenue grew to c.US$ 200 million in 2013, demonstrating its fast ascension in the South East Asia distributed power industry.
Arno Hendriks said: "As CEO, my plan is to set the bar even higher and to grow MAXpower Group into the leading gas-fired distributed power provider in South East Asia. My objective is to deliver 1,000MW of clean, scalable and affordable gas-fired power to our core markets of Indonesia and Myanmar by 2016, to seek new markets for expansion, and to develop large gas fired projects in the region.
"I have every confidence that we will achieve our ambitious targets thanks to the strong support of our financing partners, General Electric, our customers and our exceptionally skilled and hardworking staff which will grow from 650 today to 1,000 by 2015.
"The success of our business model and approach has been clearly proven. We build scalable power solutions for undersupplied areas in record times. By bringing electricity to the most remote communities of South East Asia MAXpower Group also makes a considerable contribution to the region's economic and social development. Now all our efforts are focused on expanding our reach and scale."
Willi Goldschmidt commented: "I am extremely proud of what we have achieved over the past ten years, having begun as an engine distributor and evolved into an international integrated power company that services multiple markets across South East Asia.
"I am passionate about this business, and about the impact it has made on some of the most remote communities of Indonesia where we have supported PLN's efforts to bring the electrification rate to national levels."
Commenting on Arno's promotion to CEO, he added: "It is in full confidence that I cede the CEO role to Arno. He has been an exceptionally dynamic and result-focused executive over the past three years, and he is the right man to lead the Group into its next development phase."
*USD25 million investment from Standard Chartered Private Equity in December 2013, and USD58 million investment from Standard Chartered IL&FS Asia Infrastructure Growth Fund ("SCI Asia") in January 2012
** Mahanusa Capital and Gunung Sewu Group invested US$21 million on 5 May 2014
About Arno Hendriks
Arno Hendriks, CEO, is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Arno served as the Group's CFO for 4 years. Before joining the Group in May 2010, Arno served as a Managing partner of Asia Green Capital, a corporate finance company in Singapore. Prior to that, he spent four years as Managing Partner of a renewable energy/carbon company which he founded in 2004 with activities in Europe and South East Asia and four years as a Managing Director of a subsidiary of Petroplus International, a midstream oil and energy company. Arno started his career as an energy consultant and has over 20 years of international energy business experience, of which eight were in South East Asia. Arno holds a MBA degree from the Rotterdam School of management and a Master in Science degree from the University of Technology in Delft, The Netherlands.
About The Navigat Group
The Navigat Group (or the "Company") is SE Asia's leading distributed power plant developer, owner and operator, with 335MW of installed capacity and operations in Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand. It is also the second largest global distributor of General Electric ("GE") Jenbacher power equipment, having sold over 1,000MW of units through its distribution licenses in Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. Navigat's top holding company is incorporated in Singapore, and the Company is headquartered in Jakarta.
The Group's main focus is the distributed gas to power market in SE Asia, and it typically pursues power projects of 5 – 100MW in size. Through its two major divisions, Navigat Energy (GE Jenbacher gas engine equipment sales and service) and MAXPower (IPP, BOOT and Rental projects), Navigat has the ability to pursue all distributed power opportunities along the value chain from equipment sales, to services, construction management, project development and asset ownership.
For more information: please visit Navigat /MAXPOWER website at www.maxpowergroup.com


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Forgot to mention last week, but I heard from another cousin through my blog - this one is on the Sisson side. I love meeting new cousins!
I'm continuing, bit by bit, to input information on the gargantuan Norman family. However, to break things up a bit, during the last week I:
Posted some more tombstone photos on The Graveyard Rabbit Afield, posted same to Findagrave (it's so much fun - why didn't I do this earlier?). I'm already getting the itch to get out there and take more pictures. Spring must be coming!
Created some new Pages in Footnote.
I was so happy with the new Blogger template on Greta's Genealogy Bog that I switched templates on my other two blogs, The Graveyard Rabbit of Northern Virginia (I'm especially happy with that one) and The Graveyard Rabbit Afield.
Created a "Best Of" page for this blog (will add links soon).
I'll try posting Follow Friday in a separate post for a while. With Follow Friday, Family and Friends Newsletter Friday, and Friend of Friends Friday, Friday is becoming very crowded. So, when I want to put a family group out there (aka "cousin bait"), I'll go with the flow and do it for Surname Saturday.
This weekend I plan to collect all of the genealogy blogging prompts (Amy's 52 and Lisa's prompts for Women's History Month, among others) in a single place for reference. I'm not able to keep up with a lot of them from day to day but there are some very good ideas there, so I'll do some of them at my leisure (which means I may be celebrating Women's History Month all year long – nuthin' wrong with that!)
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And one (sort of) casualty of the snow – my poor boxwood, a former beauty:
Friday, March 19, 2010
Family and Friends Newsletter Friday 19 March 2010
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Greta, beautiful flowers! Are they in your yard? My yard is bare this year, been spending too much time 'cultivating' family/ancestry than cultivating my flower bed.ReplyDelete
Yup, Mary, I just took the pictures today. They all came back, and was I happy to see them!ReplyDelete
I love your new template, too, Greta! It's great. And your Newsletter idea is fantastic! Where DO you find the time?porReplyDelete
Oh, Judy, I don't really have any time, but I have such a good time online ... can't help myself - I just write down notes for the end of week as I go along.ReplyDelete
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Complete Story
Top Cable Tech Trends Of 2009
Top Cable Tech Trends Of 2009
Out with the analog: Cable operators this year advanced their digital agendas to make room for more DOCSIS 3.0 and HD.
MSOs also pushed ahead on the wireless front, and it was the year interactive TV (finally) began to bloom for cable, even though Canoe's initial crack at advanced advertising was a bust. Looking to the future, operators pondered the potential of IPTV, and at the tail end of 2009 we saw the first glimpses TV Everywhere--cable's bid to extend the video-subscription model to the Internet.
Here's a recap of the year's biggest technology trends, with representative stories from the pages of Multichannel News:
Migrating toward all-digital:
- Comcast: 50% 'All-Digital' in 2009
- Comcast To Hit 100-Mbps In Augusta, Ga., After Going 100% Digital
- Cablevision Seeks To Encrypt Broadcast Basic Channels
- FCC Vacates MSO Fines Over Switched Digital Video
- Insight Completes Digital Simulcast Upgrade, Adds HD Channels
DOCSIS 3.0 rollouts:
- Time Warner Cable Queues Up DOCSIS 3.0 In NYC
- Comcast Expands DOCSIS 3.0 Reach In Northern California
- Comcast Ups DOCSIS 3.0 Target To 40 Million Premises In 2009
- Cisco To Take DOCSIS 3.0 Modems Over 300 Mbps
- Mediacom: The Fastest By A Smidge
- Cablevision To Blast Out 101-Mbps Internet Service
- BendBroadband Adopts DOCSIS 3.0 To Drive 60 Mbps
- Suddenlink Takes DOCSIS 3.0 To Texas
Interactive TV & advanced advertising:
- Cablevision's Interactive Ads Click With Four Marketers
- Comcast Hits 8 Million EBIF-Enabled Homes
- Canoe Scraps Initial Zone-Ad Plans
- Starz, Showtime Get Interactive TV Bugs
- Cablevision Launches 'Quick View' Channel Mosaics
IPTV for cable:
- Assessing Cable's IPTV Future
- Cisco Debuts 'Blue' IPTV Guide For Cable
- IPTV for Cable: Arris Is Totally Into Bondage
- Motorola To Acquire IPTV Vendor BitBand
- Bullish on IPTV Over Cable
TV Everywhere:
- Comcast Counts To 'Xfinity'
- Comcast, Time Warner Inc. Try To Blend Online TV Models
- CableLabs Seeks Common Approach For 'TV Everywhere'
- Dish Files To Trademark 'TV Everywhere'
- Satellite, Telcos In 'TV Everywhere' Camp
- Rogers Bows 'TV Everywhere' Service With 1,000 Hours Of Video
- Nielsen Targets TV-Plus-PC Ratings By August 2010
- CIMM Founders: We're Not Nielsen's Enemy
- Comcast: Mobile Voice, Video In The Cards
- Cox Kicks Off Test Of Mobile Phone, Data In Three Markets
- WiMax Blooms In Chicago, Seattle, Dallas
- BendBroadband Touts U.S.'s Fastest Wireless Service
- Cablevision Lights Up Wi-Fi On Long Island
- Clearwire Outages Hit Six Markets Overnight
Source: http://www.multichannel.com/article/441832-Top_Cable_Tech_Trends_Of_2009.php?rssid=20077


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'The East': Alternate Ending Two
The film and eco-thriller "The East," starring Brit Marling, Ellen Page and Alexander Skarsgard as an anarchist collective that targets corporate executives, will be released on Blu-ray/DVD on Sept. 17. Watch an alternate ending to the film, from the Blu-ray (exclusive). Courtesy: Fox Home Entertainment.
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WASHINGTON – Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the House are proposing to step up sanctions against North Korea by punishing companies, banks and governments that do prohibited business with it.
The bill crafted by leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and introduced Friday is modeled on sanctions in force against Iran.
Congressional staffers say it's intended not only to improve enforcement of existing sanctions, but also to expand them.
The measure reflects growing concern over North Korea's nuclear weapon and missile development, and frustration over the failure of U.S. policy to stop it. While North Korea has been quiet recently after issuing a series of threats, many legislators believe the danger is still real.
The bill was introduced by Reps. Ed Royce, R-Calif., and Eliot Engel, D-N.Y. Its prospects for becoming law are uncertain.
The draft bill does not name any particular entities but potentially could impact companies and banks in China through which the North conducts most of its business.
The draft gives the president authority to sanction governments for illicit dealings with North Korea but also authority to waive the bill's provisions on a case-by-case basis on national security grounds.
The legislation could irk Beijing at a time when the Obama administration seeks greater Chinese cooperation in pressuring Pyongyang to end war threats and honor past commitments on denuclearization.
Beijing signed up for the toughest U.N. sanctions yet on North Korea in response to a nuclear test in February.
But Royce has called for tougher unilateral steps, as the U.S. government did in 2005 against a Macau-based bank because it held about $25 million in North Korean funds.
That measure had a significant impact, but proved complicated to undo when nuclear negotiations with North Korea finally got back on track.
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Are you endangering your business by being overly accommodating to clients and members of your team?
So asks Kevin Bishopp, director of advisor growth strategies for Private Client Services at Russell Investments, in a May 24 "Helping Advisors" blog post—while admitting that he himself has a hard time saying no. Being an excessively accommodating people-pleaser is a weakness he's working to correct by saying no more often, and Bishopp believes other advisors might want to brush up on their naysaying skills.
"I see this same weakness in advisors," Bishopp writes. "The real challenge is that advisors view an inability to say 'no' as a strength; one that results in good decision making or positive brand attribution. But I would ask you to look at this another way, because while it feels good to be accommodating to clients and team members, excessive accommodation can be detrimental to the business."
Here are five tips to advisors from Bishopp on how to just say no:
1) Drop clients who don't take your advice: Keeping these types of clients in your book for additional revenue is bad for both parties, Bishopp writes. "Both parties are better off by finding an alternate advisor (whose advice they will take) or by transitioning to a direct, low-cost solution. Just say no."
2) Don't tolerate clients who treat you or your staff poorly: Building a strong and valuable team takes time, so remember that your team members are more valuable than any single client relationship, Bishopp advises. "If you want to empower your staff, let them decide which clients need to go. The goodwill and loyalty it generates will more than compensate for the financial loss, if any."
3) Avoid accepting clients below your minimum: Time is precious and needs to be utilized efficiently; low-revenue clients take capacity that could be filled with high-revenue clients, according to Bishopp. "If you are working to build a high-end wealth management shop then it is inconsistent with that brand to keep and/or accept low revenue clients."
4) Say "no thanks" to wholesaler lunches: "The last thing you need is another product," Bishopp says. "Find a select group of providers whose process is right for your clients and whose story you can communicate. Focus on this group and forget the rest."
5) Get rid of team members who are not on board: Disgruntled or disruptive team members can become an obstacle and the situation should be resolved as soon as possible, Bishopp writes. "Regardless of performance, if someone on your team is not on board with the vision for your practice, this person needs to be 'off the bus.'"
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After seeing the tanks, for the first I'm absolutely not interested in obtaining reward tanks.
Both are just way too ugly for my liking. Teir7 is already ca*cer and these 2 will make it even worse, imo. I'm not saying these are op or anything like that. Just these things are too ugly.
How about others? How many of you are exited for these tanks?
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Hover over me Suitable for chill area
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The following essay is adapted from the book Enough Is Enough by Rob Dietz and Dan O'Neill.
Given how deeply consumerism has become embedded in everyday life (despite the way it coaxes people to chase fulfillment in ineffective ways), it's going to take a revolutionary change in values to overcome the prevailing orthodoxy.
The change is unlikely to happen quickly or easily because of the anxieties that will inevitably arise in response to such a transformation. In addition, plenty of powerful forces benefit from consumer spending, and they won't give up their positions of power without a fight. Advertisers, credit card companies, soft drink makers, banks, car companies, computer manufacturers, and government stimulus programs are but a few of the institutions aligned with consumerism.
Successfully fighting these forces will require a sustained and coordinated effort to curtail the power of large corporations and the media, both of which exercise substantial influence over people's lives. It is important not to underestimate these entities and the often subtle methods they use to influence consumers. But bankers, advertisers, and manufacturers are simply responding to consumer demand (although they're complicit in creating some of that demand). So perhaps the shift needs to originate from people's personal values, and a grassroots rejection of the "mass infantilization" program that promotes mindless consumption.
Here are some ideas for getting the transition under way:
Markets have been honing their techniques for many years. These techniques could be used to "sell" sound cultural values instead of copious quantities of consumer goods. Imagine if Victor Lebow had said, "We need to make well-being our way of life." Now imagine if the full force of the Coca-Cola and McDonald's marketing teams went to work on this change instead of selling more fizzy drinks.
The arts, from music to dance to visual media, can feed the soul far more effectively than shopping trips and excessive consumption. Art inspires people and helps them imagine a better world than the one we live in today. By participating in the creative and often collaborative processes that produce art, people can play a direct role in bringing about that better world.
Individuals who understand the downsides of consumerism can reject unnecessary consumer items and set a positive example by "living their values." They can participate in local initiatives and develop alternatives to mass consumption by buying less, producing locally, and boycotting mass consumer outlets. Much of the self-serving behavior inherent in consumerism derives from a trend away from community-based values and toward individualistic ones. People who set a nonmaterialistic example can help reverse this trend.
Influential individuals occupy pivotal positions in social networks and are key figures in the processes by which new social norms emerge. Such individuals, if they understood the downsides of consumerism and the upsides of less materialistic lifestyles, could be potent agents of change toward sustainability.
A materialistic lifestyle can be shallow, boring, and deadening. A nonmaterialistic, sustainable lifestyle, on the other hand, can be dynamic and refreshing, but people must be able to visualize it. The Transition Towns movement has captured many people's imaginations and begun the daunting process of demonstrating ways to live simpler and more purposeful lives. If politicians see Transition Towns and similar movements emerging on a sufficient scale, they will feel pressure to get on board.
Planned obsolescence has become a widespread strategy in products ranging from sweaters to semiconductors, and some marketing practitioners (who probably haven't been keeping up with certain environmental and social trends) even praise it as a positive development. But in a world with 7 billion people, finite resources, and serious environmental problems, "durable" needs to become the watchword of consumers, not "disposable." Refusal to buy short-lived products is a sure way to influence companies to stop designing for the dump.
Lawmakers have restricted advertising that promotes unhealthy behavior (e.g. tobacco and alcohol use), so there is a precedent for tempering the excesses of marketing departments. A ban on advertising aimed at children took effect in the Canadian province of Quebec in 1980, and it has helped children maintain healthier consumption habits. When it comes to stigma-based advertising, Dan and Chip Heath suggest that the marketing community has a responsibility to self-regulate. Whether through self-regulation or other means, it would be healthy to put a stop to stigma-based advertising and other toxic marketing practices.
Government and communities can play an important role by creating and empowering organizations that de-emphasize consumerism. Such organizations would focus on meeting needs rather than selling stuff. They would manage assets for the purpose of delivering long-term well-being to asset owners, rather than delivering short-term financial returns to managers. Example include cooperatives, land trusts, and even community workshops.
The ideas described above offer some intriguing ways to abate the flood of materialism, but a true turning of the cultural tide will require people to accept a basic truth: the spoils of shopping provide little support for a long life of fulfillment. Some people easily grasp this wisdom; they seem naturally immune to the onslaught of markets. Others take time to develop such immunity—they have to experience the emptiness of consumer culture, sometimes over the course of decades.
It has become a cliché, at least in American consumer society, for people to turn over a new leaf after suffering through a midlife crisis. Following a fruitless attempt to quell such a crisis through conspicuous consumption (think of a forty-five-year-old man buying a bright red Ferrari of some other gas-guzzling sports car), they end up finding peace by refocusing their lives on relationships, well-being, and the search for deeper meaning. It's inspiring that pockets of people, no matter at what stage of life, are acting on their nonconsumerist instincts. Transition Towns, voluntary simplicity, economic localiziation, and ecovillages are all positive signs that people are striving to live happy, but less materially intensive lives.
People from all walks of life are establishing creative models of living well, but for such models to diffuse more broadly throughout society, communities will have to oppose the corporate forces that promote the consumer culture. These forces, which exert an undue influence on politicians and the media, ignore the finite nature of resources, entice people into chasing fulfillment in ineffective ways, and drive inequality. Through concerted and persistent action, we can overcome them. Then we can replace the culture of consumerism and the value of more with the culture of sustainability and the value of enough.
This excerpt was adapted from Enough Is Enough: Building A Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources by Rob Dietz and Dan O'Neill. In the book, Dietz and O'Neill lay out a visionary but realistic alternative to the perpetual pursuit of economic growth—an economy where the goal is enough, not more. Learn more here.


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Actress Jessica Alba was recently caught by paparazzi in Santa Monica exiting her grey Audi Q7. As a mom of two, the car is probably a very good choice and Jessica's not new to Audi, as we've spotted her before at events like the 2010 Audi Super Bowl party (see photo above).
The shots were posted at JustJared.com and we've linked that below. If you're against paparazzi shots then just trust us on the Q7. We like to provide an alternative link for these sorts of posts and since we're not readily finding an official JessicaAlba website (plenty of fan sites though), we have found the actress is quite open at posting about her personal life on her Twitter and Facebook pages. You can also find more about her at these sites and we've also linked them below.
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New York, NY —
OPERA America
, the national service organization for opera, will present a panel discussion on
Fundraising for Independent Artists
, part of its
Making Connections
series, on Wednesday, March 24 at 6:00 p.m.
Making Connections
is OPERA America's professional development program for opera artists, including singers, composers, librettists, designers and directors.
Making Connections
offerings include panel discussions, artist spotlights or master classes, followed by informal receptions where attendees have an exceptional opportunity to network with their colleagues and the presenters.
During their careers, most independent artists will have to raise funds, whether to produce a piece, attend a training program or simply to continue study. Attendees at
Fundraising for Independent Artists
will learn tips and strategies for cultivating donor relationships and raising funds from panelists
Beryl B. Byles
, executive coach;
Dianne Debicella
of Fractured Atlas;
Eve Gigliotti
, mezzo-soprano; and
Anne Ricci
of Opera on Tap.
"We are delighted to provide developing opera artists with the opportunity to learn from this stellar array of industry professionals," stated Marc A. Scorca, president and CEO of OPERA America. "What particularly makes these evenings so rewarding is the interactive aspect. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions during the discussions and network with colleagues and presenters at the reception. Several attendees have embarked upon collaboraive projects after having met at our
Making Connections
Making Connections
is held in the OPERA America offices on the 16th floor of 330 Seventh Avenue (29th Street). A reception follows each panel discussion. Admission for OPERA America members is $5 in advance or $10 at the door. Admission for non-members is $10 in advance or $15 at the door.
Podcasts of
Making Connections
sessions are available following the event to OPERA America members at
for more information or to register.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
With over 18 years in her own practice,
Beryl B. Byles
serves corporate executives, private company CEOs and nonprofit leaders. She applies her over 40 years experience to facilitate change and growth toward greater effectiveness with individual leaders and with leadership teams. Her mission is to challenge and support leaders struggling with growth-oriented choices. Client organizations have included global corporations such as AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Cigna and Lockheed Martin, and arts organizations such as Opera Company of Philadelphia and The Philadelphia Orchestra. Her previous experience included organizational consulting, management training and executive outplacement. She also taught for 20 years (nine as adjunct at University of Pennsylvania and the University of Dallas). Given her special interest in opera, in addition to being an active patron, she has especially enjoyed her roles as supernumerary in several operas. She is a member of the Forum of Executive Women, Business Volunteers for the Arts, Community Committee of The Crossing and the Board of Directors of Victory Bank. Her B.A. is from Southeastern LA University and her M.B.A. is from the University of Dallas.
Dianne Debicella
joined Fractured Atlas as an administrative assistant in December 2006. Within months, she was promoted to program associate and began helping to support and grow the fiscal sponsorship program. Since March 2008, Debicalla has served as Fractured Atlas's program director for fiscal sponsorship. Debicalla helps over 1,400 sponsored artists and emerging organizations, representing all artistic disciplines, to find funding and other resources to support their work. She has given presentations on arts management, fundraising and fiscal sponsorship at the Foundation Center, Queens Council on the Arts, Columbia University, Pratt Institute, Cooper Union, New York University, Emerson College, Boston University and Massachusetts College of Art. Debicalla previously worked as a project coordinator for a restoration painting studio and as a manager of site development for Planet Aid. She received her B.F.A. in photography from Massachusetts College of Art and is an alumna of The Woodhull Institute. Debicalla completed her Master's of professional studies with distinction from Pratt Institute's Arts and Cultural Management program.
Eve Gigliotti
is a classical vocal artist who performed in both the traditional and modern operatic mediums. Roles performed include Flora in
La traviata
, Carmen, Mother Marie in
Dialogues of the Carmelites
, The Mother in
Amahl and the Night Visitors
, the Commere in
Four Saints in Three Acts
and Vera Boronel in
The Consul
. Gigliotti has performed with companies throughout the U.S., including Glimmerglass Opera, Central City Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Seattle Opera and Encompass New Opera Theater. In her commitment to performing new work, Gigliotti has premiered pieces by Daniel Felsenfeld, Christian McLeer, Glen Cortese, Elena Ruehr, Martin Hennessy, Conrad Cummings and Joseph Summer, and has recorded selections of Summer's work on "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day," released on Albany Records. As a singing actress, she received critical acclaim for her turn as Angelina Rinucci, the ghost of opera-divas-past in world premiere of
The Second Tosca
, a play written by Tom Rowan and directed by Kevin Newbury at the 45th Street Theater in New York City. Gigliotti is the founder and director of "Eve Gigliotti's The Opera Project," a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a nonprofit arts service organization.
Lyric soprano
Anne Ricci
has performed with various opera companies in and around New York City. In 2005, she made her Avery Fisher Hall debut with the National Chorale, singing the soprano solo in Aaron Copland's
An Immorality
. She has sung with American Opera Projects, The Remarkable Theatre Brigade, The Chicago Humanities Festival, the International Fringe Festival, Making Books Sing and The Blue Man Group. Ricci is the general director and a founding member of Opera on Tap (OOT), a nonprofit organization that offers regular affordable operatic performances to New York City and New Orleans residents, while at the same time provides opportunity and support to young singers caught between the educational world and the professional world. Founded in 2005, OOT continues to garner great press and has developed into a multi-tiered organization encompassing over 45 singers, 25 instrumentalists, five staff members nationwide and an active and engaged board of directors.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Fundraising for Independent Artists
Panelists: Beryl B. Byles, executive coach; Dianne Debicella, program director, fiscal sponsorship, Fractured Atlas; Eve Gigliotti, mezzo-soprano;
Anne Ricci, general managing diva, Opera on Tap
Presentation: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Reception: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
An Evening with Martina Arroyo on Role Preparation
Participants: Martina Arroyo, soprano; Marc A. Scorca, president and CEO, OPERA America
Discussion: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Reception: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Building and Managing Your Network
Panelists: Charles Jarden, executive director, American Opera Projects; Laura Brooks Rice, Westminster Choir College and
CoOPERAtive Program
Presentation: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Reception: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
OPERA America leads and serves the entire opera community, supporting the creation, presentation and enjoyment of opera.
Artistic services help opera companies and creative and performing artists to improve the quality of productions and increase the creation and presentation of North American works.
Information, technical, and administrative services to opera companies reflect the need for strengthened leadership among staff, trustees and volunteers.
Education, audience development and community services are designed to enhance all forms of opera appreciation.
Founded in 1970, OPERA America's worldwide membership network includes nearly 200 Company Members, 300 Associate and Business Members, 2,000 Individual Members and more than 16,000 subscribers to the association's electronic news service. In 2005, OPERA America relocated from Washington, D.C. to New York as the first step in creating the first-ever National Opera Center. With a wide range of artistic and administrative services in a purpose-built facility, the Opera Center is dedicated to increasing the level of excellence, creativity and effectiveness across the field.
OPERA America's long tradition of supporting and nurturing the creation and development of new works led to the formation of
The Opera Fund
, a growing endowment which allows OPERA America to make a direct impact on the ongoing creation and presentation of new opera and music-theater works. Since its inception, OPERA America has made grants of nearly $11 million to assist companies with the expenses associated with the creation and development of new works.


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electroempire.com/index.php?at…c4c137ae2086f6487bac83d63 Hello Empire. I'm happy to introduce my latest mix series "Blips & Bleeps" where we will be playing various blips & bleeps & bites from every corner of ELECTRO! Episode 2 is now up. Home base is at this Soundcloud Page but i'll be posting archive.org links for downloads in this thread in hopes to avoid the fate the NuBreed Radio thread suffered which was pages & pages of dead links. ... Long Live Electro! https://soundcloud.com/skeme
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Really great release as always. Robot Invader is SyFy Electro at its best imo.
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Good Wives
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Though often classified a children's book, Good Wives, with its lifelike characters and situations, has entertained millions of adults. The delightful adventures of the March children still possess great power to inspire listeners.
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- Joseph R
- 04/10/2009
Poor Jo, Couldn't Even Lose Her Heart Decorously
This is a fun book packed with all the trials and tribulations of newlyweds. The narrator C. M. Hebert made it a pleasure. In one instant, poor Meg had struggled all day trying to put up some jelly. Well the darn stuff wouldn't jell. She burnt it; she spilled it; she boiled it over; everything went wrong. The house was a wreck, the kitchen would have qualified for federal disaster aid; nothing was cooked for dinner. Then, would you know it, that husband of hers brought home an unexpected guest for dinner. Yes, it was funny in succeeding years but right then, not so much.
That Mrs. March was a wise woman, no one would dispute. It turns out that she was an even wiser mother-in-law. She kept aloof from her married daughters' troubles unless asked and then horrors of horrors didn't always take the daughter's side; didn't always give the advice the daughter wanted to hear. Oh, if there were more in-laws of her stamp today, there would be fewer divorces. Momma's little Johnny and little Mary all grown up and married aren't always right.
In many ways, this is a how-to book written lightly and humorously but tackling real issues facing couples that are as real today as then. Among the many fine suggestions are that spouses should take care themselves; to recharge themselves, give themselves a break. Take care of the children of course, but not to the exclusion of taking care of one's spouse's needs. Balance is the advice. Your spouse is your partner: 1880 advice which doesn't seem dated to my 2009 ears.
Oh yes, Jo falls in love; more like stumbles in it; plops in it; does an indecorous belly busting flop. It was a delicious romance that only Jo March could have. Like Jane Austen wrote of Marianne Dashwood, "She could never love by halves." Neither could Jo.
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good story
This is a great book to follow Little Women as it is the sequel. It is an easy listen and fun to listen to.
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GEORGETOWN, Colo. (AP) – Five snowboarders were killed Saturday afternoon after apparently triggering a backcountry avalanche on Colorado's Loveland Pass, authorities said.
Search and rescue crews recovered the bodies several hours after the slide, which was 600 yards wide and eight feet deep, said Clear Creek County Sheriff Don Krueger.
A sixth snowboarder caught in the avalanche was rescued. That person's condition wasn't immediately known.
Searchers from Clear Creek County, Summit County, an Alpine search and rescue team and Loveland ski resort located the bodies, Krueger said.
The Colorado Department of Transportation closed U.S. Route 6, which crosses the Continental Divide near the scene of the avalanche, to facilitate the search. The pass is heavily traveled by skiers visiting nearby Arapahoe Basin ski resort.
The bodies were taken to the Clear Creek coroner's office. The victims' identities weren't immediately known.
Krueger said authorities were "pretty sure" the snowboarders triggered the avalanche, which he said traveled about 1,000 feet some 100 yards off Route 6.
The avalanche occurred on a busy winter weekend as many skiers and snowboarders took advantage of late season snowfall in the Rocky Mountains. Several area ski resorts opened for the weekend after a snowstorm earlier in the week.
Loveland Pass, at an elevation of 11,990 feet, is popular among backcountry skiers and snowboarders.
Treacherous winter weather is not unusual on the pass, which is about 60 miles west of Denver. Skiers and snowboarders in search of fresh snow often hitchhike from lower elevations to the rocky summit above tree line. The area also is popular among photographers and tourists seeking some of the most expansive views in Colorado.
Colorado Avalanche Information Center forecaster Spencer Logan said there have been weak layers in Colorado's snowpack since early January.
"Our last series of storms made them more active again," he said. "Over the last week and a half, that area got over 18 inches of snow, so if you melted that that would be 2 inches of water, so that is a heavy load."
Lisa Clarke Devore, who was headed back to Denver from the resort, told The Associated Press she saw a fire truck and ambulance on the pass, as well two search dogs headed into the area of the slide. She said she saw several ambulances, including one towing snowmobiles, driving toward the pass.
On Thursday, a 38-year-old snowboarder died in an avalanche south of Colorado's Vail Pass. Eagle County sheriff's officials said the man and another snowboarder likely triggered the slide after a friend on a snowmobile dropped them off at the top of Avalanche Bowl.
U.S. avalanche deaths climbed steeply after 1990, averaging 24 a year, as new gear became available for backcountry travel. Until then, avalanches rarely claimed more than a handful of lives each season in records going back to 1950.
LINK: Colorado Avalanche Information Center
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 15 (UPI) -- Military spending worldwide fell to $1.75 trillion in 2012 despite increase in military spending in Russia and China, a Swedish research institute said Monday.
A reduction in war spending and austerity programs were the main reasons the 2012 military expenditure total was 0.5 percent less than 2011, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a release.
The decrease was the first reported since 1998, the institute said.
China was the second largest spender in 2012, increasing its expenditure by 7.8 percent, or $11.5 billion. Russia, the third largest spender, increasing its expenditure by $12.3 billion or 16 percent.
The United States, with a 6 percent reduction to $682 billion, remained the top military spender, but the institute said the U.S. share of world military spending was less than 40 percent in 2012 for the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union.
"We are seeing what may be the beginning of a shift in the balance of world military spending from the rich Western countries to emerging regions, as austerity policies and the drawdown in Afghanistan reduce spending in the former while economic growth funds continuing increases elsewhere," said Sam Perlo-Freeman, director of SIPRI's Military Expenditure and Arms Production Program. "However, the USA and its allies are still responsible for the great majority of world military spending. The NATO members together spent a trillion dollars."
The institute attributed most of the reduction in military spending to reduced war spending in the United States and to austerity policies in most of Europe in 2012, the institute said.
"All the indications are that world military spending is likely to keep falling for the next two to three years -- at least until NATO completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan at the end of 2014," Perlo-Freeman said. "However, spending in emerging regions will probably go on rising, so the world total will probably bottom out after that."


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Microsoft Hints at Battery Add-On for Surface Pro
Microsoft doesn't see any problems with the nearly four hours of battery life offered by its new Surface Pro tablet. But for those that do, the company may have a solution in the works.
During an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit Wednesday, Surface GM Panos Panay and his team spoke to the perceived battery-life problem with the Surface Pro, and hinted that Microsoft may have already developed a means of addressing it.
First off, Panay et al don't seem much concerned that the Surface Pro offers three hours less battery life than its Surface RT sibling, and less than half the stamina of the iPad. Microsoft wanted strong performance out of the Pro, and that required some trade-offs.
"The product was designed to take full advantage of Windows 8, coupled with the Ivy Bridge core processor from Intel," Panay explained. "We created a product that did not compromise speed, performance in any way. With that, we wanted to be the best notebook/laptop product in its class, but still deliver you the tablet form factor. This product is optimized in every way to take advantage of the full third-generation Core i5 it runs, yet give the best battery life. If you compare it to say a MacBook Air, you will quickly see that pound for pound in battery size versus battery life, you will find optimizations that puts Surface best in its class. That said, we picked a smaller battery to be sure we were able to give you the same performance and to keep it thin."
So, yes, it appears that Microsoft did compromise on Surface Pro battery life. Speed, performance and form factor all took precedence over stamina. But perhaps that's because the company knew it could address the battery longevity issue in the future with a peripheral. Asked about the mysterious connectors on the Surface Pro that aren't built into the Surface RT, Panay hinted that they were capable of carrying more current than other connectors, and designed with an eye toward supporting peripherals.
"We haven't announced what [those connectors] are for but they aren't an accident," Panay said. "At launch we talked about the 'accessory spine' and hinted at future peripherals that can click in and do more. Those connectors look like [they] can carry more current than the pogo pins, don't they?"
An interesting remark. More interesting still when you consider Panay's reply to a question about the company's plans for an external battery. Here's the exchange:
Q: Does Microsoft have any plans for an external battery or for a thicker keyboard cover that has an extra battery? Or, if I want an external battery brick, is there a third party one I can buy that can be used with the surface.
A: That would require extending the design of the accessory spine to include some way to transfer higher current between the peripheral and the main battery. Which we did…
Now, that's far from hard confirmation that Microsoft has some sort of battery-equipped Surface Pro cover in the pipeline. But it seems pretty clear that the company has at least considered the possibility. At the very least, it's planning for some sort of accessory that requires more current than the RT's connectors can provide, and, given criticism of the Pro's stamina, an external battery would be a good one to have.


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WPO seeks to educate Africa in the science and technology of packaging
The World Packaging Organisation (WPO), has successfully completed a three-day residential traning programme (RTP) in Nigeria. This is part of the organisation's efforts to educate Africa in the science and technology of packaging. They also held an RTP in Nairobi Kenya. The WPO also targets to educate Asian countries, where a training course was held in Indonesia earlier this year.Weiter lesen30.08.2017 read more
ProAmpac Completes Acquisition of ClondalkinFlexiblePackaging Orlando
ProAmpac, one of the nation's largest flexible packaging manufacturers, today announced that is has acquired Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Orlando from Holland's Clondalkin Group. Specializing in converting, printing, die-cutting and slitting packaging materials, Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Orlando is an established market leader in lidding foils and films. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Weiter lesen24.08.2017 read more


text: River Nore, Kilkenny Kilkenny is famous for many things: its majestic creeper-clad castle; a bustling crafts industry; cobbled lanes and secret passages; 1,000 years of history and cracking festivals. This magical combination of culture and entertainment that attracts so many people to this captivating heritage city, right in the centre of Ireland's Ancient East and just 90 minutes south of Dublin. Kilkenny Castle At the heart and soul of medieval Ireland, Kilkenny is famed for its electric atmosphere played out in its maze of narrow Norman alleyways. Twisting and turning around abbeys, cathedrals and crumbling city walls, there's even an early 12th century castle dropped in the middle of it all. It's surrounded by beautiful gardens that attract artistic locals, giddy kids and chilled-out tourists on sunny days. Kilkenny might be small, but it's certainly big on architectural magnificence. Wander around and you'll come across the 6th-century St Canice's Round Tower; the 16th-century Shea Alms House; and the 18th-century Thosel, which now serves as Kilkenny's City Hall. Kilkenny Arts Festival With a bustling crafts scene, arts and comedy festivals, GAA hurling specialists (shout "Go the Cats" and the locals will love you), and cracking old pubs such as Matt The Millers and Cleere's, it's pretty much got the whole city break thing covered. As Michael Conway, owner of the 16th-century tavern The Hole in the Wall, puts it: "The essence of the city is the living antiquity and historical lifeblood that has been preserved so magically…all mixed in with people contributing to a vibrant scene".


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It seems the features will never cease. The CR48's got a ambient light sensor in it as well, located just to the right of the webcam's eye.
If your display brightness isn't cranked all the way up, and you come into an area of increased light (or presumably walk outside) the display will brighten up for you.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that they have created a team to compete in the Premier Development League starting in 2014. The Earthquakes are the fourth MLS club to establish a PDL squad.
The PDL has over 60 teams from the United States and Canada split amongst four conferences. The rosters are comprised of amateur players in the U-23 age group. The Earthquakes' squad will feature players who have competed for the club's Academy and other locally-based talent.
Other MLS teams to field teams directly in the PDL include the Chicago Fire, Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the Portland Timbers, while Seattle Sounders FC, the New England Revolution and the Philadelphia Union also hold affiliations with the PDL's Sounders FC U-23, Real Boston Rams and Reading United AC, respectively.
The Earthquakes will announce their PDL affiliate's home location and coaching staff at a later date. For more information about the club's Academy system, please visit www.sjearthquakes.com/academy.


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"Coastal Highway is eerily quiet, devoid of the cacophony of engines that had been running rampant into all hours of the night, not twelve hours earlier. The pavement looks like a battle field; gouges in the slightest elevation changes, oil stains following every manhole cover before turning into a side street. Evidence of the lost challenge between a lowered car and pavement. H2O International in Ocean City, Maryland was once again coming to a close, and as I drove north out of the beach town still stuck in its 1980's heyday, I smile..."
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Nike will release two premium versions of its classic Blazer Mid 77 this week. The high top sneaker comes with a soft vintage treatment, reminding us of the OG days, when the sneaker initially came out. While keeping the upper very true to the original with off-white leather and suede, color accents have been placed on the heel and the added snakeskin Swoosh gives the sneaker a premium appeal.
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Cards cut magic number to 1, now hold top NL record
Miller leads rookie arms to secure 15th win of season
ST. LOUIS -- No team in baseball has better maximized its young talent this year than the Cardinals, who have employed a Major League-most 20 rookies in a season that won't end until sometime in October.
These haven't been mere placeholders, auditioning for a place on the roster next season. Rather, they are a critical reason why the Cardinals sit on the precipice of capturing their first division title since 2009, needing only one more win -- or one Pirates loss -- to take that crown.
A day after rookie Michael Wacha tossed 8 2/3 no-hit innings, five rookie pitchers combined to hold the Nationals scoreless for the final eight innings on Wednesday. Shelby Miller built the momentum, pitching the Cardinals to a 4-1, series-sweeping win over the Nationals in front of 40,597 at Busch Stadium.
The victory, coupled with Cincinnati's shutout loss, eliminated the Reds from contention in the National League Central. Pittsburgh lost later in the afternoon, too, thereby shredding the Cardinals' magic number to one. The Cardinals can now finish in no worse than a first-place division tie.
The Cardinals also moved a half-game up on the Braves, who fell to the Brewers, 4-0, for home-field advantage.
"Guilty again," manager Mike Matheny said, when asked if he peeked at the scoreboard in-game. There were audible cheers coming from the clubhouse, too, when the Cubs jumped in front of the Pirates on a sixth-inning home run by Darnell McDonald.
"I think there's definitely some excitement," said Trevor Rosenthal, who saved all three games in the series. "We're playing well right now, and that always gives us good energy."
Thirty-six of the Cardinals' 94 wins this season have been secured by rookie pitchers. Miller owns 15 of them, more than any other rookie in baseball. He joins Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter as the only pitchers to win at least 10 games at Busch Stadium III in one season.
In his final regular-season start, the 22-year-old right-hander showed the Nationals just how much he has evolved since he faced them twice during Spring Training and again in April. Pulling back from his reliance on the high fastball and mixing his pitches in order to compensate for less-than-ideal crispness, Miller was able to rebound from a laborious 27-pitch first inning.
A leadoff walk stung him in that opening frame. After he closed it, Miller did not allow another a runner to reach scoring position. He covered his last five innings with 63 pitches.
"I know efficiency has been a big thing for me lately," Miller said. "I'm just trying to get deep into the games to help the bullpen. Just being more of a starting pitcher -- mixing it up, locating pitches and doing a better job of getting hitters out quickly."
In the bigger picture, Miller's quality start was more of the same from the Cardinals' rejuvenated rotation. After trudging through August with a 4.30 ERA, the starters have a 2.60 ERA in 24 September games. The group has 15 quality starts.
The Cardinals' offense erased that Washington lead in the third, when Daniel Descalso doubled and scored on Matt Carpenter's groundout. Yadier Molina's two-run single in the fourth put St. Louis in front. That lead was then padded with a solo homer from rookie Matt Adams, who is batting .338 with eight home runs since Allen Craig went down injured.
"I think it starts out when we get in the system, knowing the Cardinal Way," Adams said. "When you come into the Minor Leagues, you're expected to win. It's the same here."
Then there is the bullpen, saturated with young talent. Three of the four Cardinals relievers to pitch on Wednesday made their Major League debut this year. The other (Rosenthal) is 23 years old and still maintains rookie status.
Seth Maness entered in the seventh and induced a double play to erase Miller's leadoff walk.
"It's not something I'm trying to do," Maness said. "I'm just trying to come in and hit a spot. [I] can't control where it goes after it leaves my hand."
Intentional or not, Maness has become the go-to double-play guy. He leads all NL relievers with 15.
"He's like a robot out there pitching," Miller said. "I told him he's going to have to show me that pitch next year in Spring Training because I'm going to need it to get some quicker outs."
Matheny lined up Kevin Siegrist -- who extended his scoreless appearance streak to 26 -- and Carlos Martinez -- who retired Ryan Zimmerman and Jayson Werth for the second time in this series -- to pitch the eighth. Rosenthal, though he hasn't been given the title, took the closer duties for a third straight day.
The bullpen pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings in this series. Five of those innings were covered by rookies.
"They have good starters, but I think what sets them apart is their bullpen," Werth said. "Even last year in the playoffs, when you look at Game 5 [of the NL Division Series], for example, we chased the starter and for five or six innings, they bring in guys that throw 96-plus [mph]. The bullpen is good. They have a lot of velocity and they have a lot of depth."
"You give them opportunities and you just can't help deny the talent," Matheny said. "We saw some young guys with really good talent, and they're letting it shine."
The Cardinals won all six of their games against the Nationals this season, marking just the third time in history that the Cardinals went 6-0 or better against one team.
"I'll tell you: They kicked our butt in just about every aspect of the game," said Washington manager Davey Johnson. "I tip my hat to them. Matheny has done a good over there, I wish them luck. They had their way with us."


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The executive branch's density has swung into full action. We've heard nothing of a new nominee. Does anyone see the underlying religious issues in Syria? Iran? Afghanistan? Pakistan? Saudi Arabia? Religious freedom, or the lack of it, is not only for kids in Sunday School. It's for everyone — atheists and "nones" included, especially since many of the "nones" rush to churches, synagogues, and mosques after they check off the little box in the survey forms.
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GDS Architects are in the early planning stage of building what will be known as the world's first invisible tower. Some may ask "how can this be possible?" Well, with the help of an optical technology and a crystalline tower this could all be accomplished. The key to making the tower invisible is the architects use of optical technology, with this ingenious development, the crystalline tower is expected to be completely see-through, which makes this project very impressive.
But not only will the tower be invisible, but there will be a number of extensive programs, such as sports and cultural, along with ecological activities inside the Eco Prism. The new project is expected to span above 145,500 square meters and stand as tall as 450 meters, but we'll have to wait until 2014 for the finish project.
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Apartment Mirjana 2
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Mali Losinj - zone Centre, The island of Losinj, Croatia
- Beds in rooms: 2
- Additional beds: 0
- Sleeping rooms: 1
- Number of persons: 1-2
- Air-conditioned
- Near the centre and popular beaches
- Free Wi-Fi Internet
- Destination: Mali Losinj
- Zone: Centre
- Region: The island of Losinj
Basic informationVerified owner
- Private house
- Accommodation: Apartment
- Studio apartment
- Floor: 1st floor
- Quality: Standard
Room arrangement
- 1 sleeping room with matrimonial bed
- Kitchen with dining room
- 1 bathroom with a shower and toilet
- 1 terrace with table and chairs
- A studio apartment consists of two rooms, one furnished as a living room and intended for eating, cooking and sleeping, and the other as a bathroom.
- View of green area
- View of quiet street
- Smoking is allowed
Accommodation includes the following services
- Satellite-TV
- All rooms have air conditioning
- Heating
- Fridge without deep freezer
- Microwave
- Toaster
- Wi-Fi Internet
- Dining and cooking utensils
- Bed linen and towels available in the facility free of any extra charge
Exterior of the premises
- Private parking for the guests
- Distance to the parking: 550 m
- No adequate access for disabled persons
- Yard not enclosed by a fence
- The accommodation does not include meals
Pets on the premises
- Small pets allowed with additional payment, but with prior announcement
Equippedness of accommodation unit includes the following services that are not additionally charged
- Basic equippedness of kitchen with dishes for preparing and serving food and drinks, cutlery for all guests, cleaning agents, refrigerator and cooking stove
- Table and chairs for all guests in the dining room and the terrace/balcony
- Tools and cleaning agents for the rooms
- Linen for all beds upon arrival, change of linen every 7 days
- Large and small towels for all guests upon arrival, changing them every 3 days
- Toilet paper (only upon arrival)
- Bed linen and towels available in the facility free of any extra charge
- Consumption of water and power, and other specified utilities
- Cleaning of the accommodation unit before the guest's arrival and after his or her departure
Information on the owner
- The owner lives in the house which is rented
- Knowledge of the language: English, Deutsch,
Air-line distance to
- Sea: 60 m
- Nearest beach: 700 m
- Naturist beach (FKK): 1500 m
- Town centre: 50 m
- Sport facilities: 150 m
- Grocery store: 150 m
- Restaurant: 100 m
- Heavy traffic road: 100 m
- Ambulance: 400 m
- Bus station: 700 m
- Ferry port: 800 m
- Closest sport airport: 9 km
- Closest airport: 90 km
- Airport: Rijeka
Daily rent (unit per day) with sojourn tax included for season 2021
|338,00 Kn
~ 45,13 €
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~ 50,07 €
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~ 55,14 €
|480,00 Kn
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|413,00 Kn
~ 55,14 €
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~ 45,13 €
- NO = Overnight
- ND = Bed and breakfast
28.10.2020: 1 € = 7,49 kn
Payments are made according to the price list in kuna currency which is fixed. Calculations in foreign currencies are valid on the present day and subject to change due to exchange rate fluctuations in relation to kuna.
- Supplements for staying less than 3 nights: +30 %
- Use of air-conditioner included in the price
- Sojourn tax included in the price of rent
- Final cleaning is free of charge
- Children under 2 sleeping in the parents' bed or in own child's bed: free of charge
- Small pets: 37,50 Kn (~ 5,01 €) per day
- Registration: 7,00 Kn (~ 0,93 €) per person once-only
28.10.2020: 1 € = 7,49 kn
Payments are made according to the price list in kuna currency which is fixed. Calculations in foreign currencies are valid on the present day and subject to change due to exchange rate fluctuations in relation to kuna.
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Ministers meet to take forward the European Space Policy (5th Space Council)
ESA PR 40-2008. Ministers in charge of space activities within ESA and EU Member States met in Brussels today for the fifth Space Council(*).
Today's Space Council was jointly chaired by French Minister of Higher Education and Research Valérie Pécresse, on behalf of the EU Competitiveness Council, and Maria Van Der Hoeven, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs and current Chair of the ESA Council at Ministerial Level. Günter Verheugen, Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry, and Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, also took part.
Commenting on the outcome, Maria Van Der Hoeven said: "The Space Council has welcomed the progress made in the implementation of the European Space Policy over the last 16 months, and has identified further priority areas for its implementation. It is important that we maintain momentum.
"In particular, Europe needs to ensure that it delivers the flagship satellite applications programmes Galileo and Kopernikus. The Council has set out the requirements for an action plan on Kopernikus implementation, which should include sustainable funding, operational service delivery mechanisms, an approach for the overall governance of the system and of all its components and a comprehensive data policy. We will then address new priorities from a position of strength.
"Europe now has a stable foundation for its space activities, supported as they are by the three legs of the European Space Agency, the European Union and their respective Member States. This will be reinforced not only by today's meeting but also by the ESA Council at Ministerial Level, which is due to take place on 25-26 November in The Hague."
The Space Council adopted a Resolution which highlights the significant advances in the two initial priorities and flagship space programmes of the European Space Policy, Galileo and Kopernikus(**).
The Space Council identified the need to draw up a plan that provides for sustainable operational funding for Kopernikus and welcomed the proposal by the European Commission to start this with a new preparatory action in the preliminary budgets for 2009. As to the R&D phases of the programme, the Council welcomed the ESA Director General's intention to submit to the Ministers of its Member States, gathering in Council in The Hague in November of this year, a proposal for the subscription of the second segment of the Kopernikus Space Component that will make it possible to complete the development of most of the initial series of Sentinel satellites.
Regarding horizontal, cross-cutting aspects of the European Space Policy, the Space Council identified the need to further promote international cooperation in such domains as Solar System exploration, Earth environment and sustainable development. The Resolution also addressed the need to strengthen existing mechanisms for coordinating European expertise and investments in space as well as to set up mechanisms to improve synergies between civil and defence space programmes, respecting the specific requirements of both sectors, including their decision-making competences and finance schemes.
This Space Council meeting has also moved to widen the scope of and establish new priorities for the European Space Policy. Four additional priority areas have been identified: space and climate change, contributions of space to the Lisbon Strategy, space and security and space exploration.
The Space Council welcomed in particular the joint preparation by ESA and Eumetsat of an innovative programme proposal for Meteosat Third Generation, which will also contribute to Kopernikus, to the monitoring of climate and thus to the detection of global climate change.
The Space Council recognised the substantial contribution of space, as a high-tech R&D domain and through the economic exploitation of its results, to attaining the Lisbon goals and fulfilling the economic, educational, social and environmental ambitions of Europe and the expectations of its citizens. The development of services that seamlessly integrate navigation, observation and communication satellite systems and combine them with terrestrial networks will be promoted and accelerated.
On space and security, the Space Council highlighted the need to define ways and means to improve the coordination between civil and defence programmes through a structured dialogue among European institutional actors, including ESA. It also noted the intention of ESA's Director General to submit a proposal for a programme on Space Situational Awareness, for subscription at the ESA Council at ministerial level in November. This programme will set the basis towards the development of a European capability for the monitoring and surveillance of the space infrastructure of Europe and of space debris.
On space exploration, in the wake of ESA's successful Columbus and Automated Transfer Vehicle missions to the International Space Station, the Space Council affirmed that Europe is committed to playing a significant role in the international enterprise to explore the Solar System and to develop a deep understanding of the conditions required for life to prosper beyond our planet. It welcomed the European Commission proposal to organise a high level political conference, opening a public debate on the role that Europe ought to play in the pursuit of the long-term global vision for space exploration.
At the end of the 5th Space Council, ESA's Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain said: "Europe's Ministers have renewed the momentum behind the European Space Policy. The European Commission and ESA are committed to delivering the flagship application programmes Galileo and GMES, now known as Kopernikus, which are crucial to the economic and environmental well-being of Europe and elsewhere.
"Beyond these first priorities, Ministers have given us clear orientations as to their next priorities. It is particularly significant that they have stressed their wish for ESA to be involved in the structured dialogue on space and security and for the Commission to address the political debate on Europe's vision for its role in the exploration of space."
Note for editors
(*) The Space Council is the joint and concomitant meeting of the EU Council and of the ESA Council at Ministerial Level, as defined in the Framework Agreement between the European Community and ESA, which entered into force in May 2004. The Space Council first met in November 2004, followed by two meetings in 2005 and one in 2007, at which the European Space Policy was adopted.
Jointly drafted by the European Commission and ESA's Director General and adopted in May 2007, the European Space Policy outlines the strategic guidelines for Europe's future activities in space. The policy calls for a strengthening of Europe's strategic approach to space and increased coordination in activities between the EU, ESA and their Member States and is supported by the European Space Programme, as a planning and strategic tool comprising all of Europe's major space activities.
(**) The role of ESA in Galileo is well known: ESA acts as the European Commission's procurement and design agent tasked with the deployment, by 2013, of a global navigation system composed of 30 dedicated satellites, a ground infrastructure with the main control centres in Europe and a network of dedicated stations deployed around the world.
Within Kopernikus, formerly known as GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security), ESA plays the role of development and procurement agency for the space component through the Sentinel family of satellites and for the related ground segment. ESA is also the coordinator for all data access to the Sentinels and other missions, essentially those run by its Member States and Eumetsat.
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