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Consumer preferences are changing, and they need a convenient way to connect their smartwatches or connected vehicles right at the shop or car showroom. Using Gemalto's
eSIM and
On-Demand Connectivity (ODC) solutions, service providers can enable connectivity out-of-the-box. ODC offers complete lifecycle management of subscriptions for industrial and consumer IoT devices.
Industrial devices and consumer electronic devices come in many shapes and sizes, from ECU (engine control unit) in a car to smart apparel. While eSIMs offer OEMs the ability to achieve their miniaturization goals without compromising functionality, industrial IoT communications have different needs, such as SIM ruggedness and longevity. Gemalto offers a range of Cinterion?
modules & terminals and
MIMs, to ensure reliable connectivity even in the most ruggedized environments.
While network infrastructures like base stations are addressable by MNO support engineers, the growing amount of geographically dispersed connected objects are more difficult to address. IoT connectivity services offering remote preventive maintenance and device management are thus key to ensure optimized connectivity performance and
IoT Quality of Service. The Gemalto Cinterion Module Services enable service providers to monitor their smart objects in real-time. Detected hardware or connectivity issues can be addressed Over The Air, both preempting service failure and eliminating costly maintenance service trips. Gemalto also offers data plans monitoring to optimize connectivity subscriptions and significantly reduce the final bill.
Once a service provider or OEM has deployed a device in the field, or a consumer is already using a consumer electronic device, it is difficult to switch subscriptions from one network to the other because it's difficult to either take the device physically to the customer care centre, or to replace the SIM card for a device in the field. Gemalto's
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With the Christmas period upon us, we look back on some of our favorite IoT devices this year, and how to keep them safe from hack threats
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Who: Stacie of Stars for Streetlights
What: Vintage lace-up boots
How much: "Nine dollars. Seriously!"
When I wear them: "They are a go-to pair during the cooler months."
Shopping Tips: "Whenever you are thrift shopping, I've always found that the smaller towns have the greatest treasures. Around the cities and college towns, everyone is searching for that perfect vintage dress or leather satchel and the stores have been picked over."

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While the amount of phlegm I have been producing makes me wonder if there is any room for a brain in my stuffed-up cranium, I have been thinking the odd thought. Like how everyone I tell about this awful cold seems to know someone who has had it, "and then it turned into pneumonia". I am not being afflicted by a unique situation. If this bug is so prevalent, and nasty, why isn't there some kind of alert in the media? Perhaps face masks should be issued?
And there must be some kind of economic impact. As I enter the thirty-fourth day of coughing up a lung, I wonder what a person who had an actual job would do. I mean, I can barely sit up for half an hour. Who can afford to take that much time off work? Surely this has affected the GNP. I would alert a CBC reporter, if they had any.


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Fair Registration Fees include fair attendance, a student interpreter, fair promotion and advertising, access to our venue and facilities during the fair, tea and coffee breaks during the fair, the AAE local school tour, post-conference dinner and recap with AAE Vietnam staff. Domestic flights, hotels, and all other associated costs are the responsibility of the attendee.
- Ho Chi Minh City – $1,650 per fair table per city
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- All four cities cost only $5,900 (includes the 5% discount already)
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Main Material : oxidised silver |
Other Materials : cold enamel paint |
Fitting Type : fixed bar |
Dimensions (mm) : 10 x 15 x 10 |
One of a Kind : No |
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Stylish black and white enamel cufflinks. These cufflinks are made from oxidised silver with the inside surfaces coated with white cold enamel.
Perfect for that special occasion.
Designed and handmade by designer jeweller Stacey Bentley.
Wipe the surface with a damp cloth to keep these cufflinks clean. When not being worn, store in a separate box with acid free tissue paper (box and tissue paper are provided).


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Celebrating Women's History Month – Featuring Local Artist Deb Francisco-Ferrell's "Frida" in the Fearless Women Collection
We are excited and honored to be able to have on display in our client waiting area a piece from the "Fearless Women's" collection titled "Frida" by local artist Deb Francisco-Ferrell. This piece is a pastel on tinted paper and is utterly breathtaking in person. "Soy del tipo de[...]
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I'm super excited to share with you a make that makes me really happy to look at. It makes me happy because not only is it such an amazing print, but the husbeast chose it himself and he looks really awesome in it ??
And… IT HAS DINOSAURS.
This dino shirt just happens to correspond with my outing to the Royal Albert Hall to see Jurassic Park In Concert. (Not sure what that is? Basically they play the film on the screen, without the score, and a real-life orchestra plays the music). Jurassic Park has got to be one of John Williams' finer moments… the score is *so* amazing, and for me the main theme is up there with his other classics like Home Alone, Harry Potter, and ET. I get all emosh whenever I hear it, which I guess is the sign of a good piece of music. Well done Mr Williams, well done.
Recently they erected a 25 ft 'Jurassic Jeff' by Tower Bridge in London – inspired by his shirtless scene in the movie. I mixed up my lunchtime run route to swing by that way and go see it, because it's not everyday that you get to see ol' Jeffers in such large-scale. As I dodged all the tourists along Tower Bridge – and tried not to get a selfie stick jabbed in my eye (a genuine danger) – to get to the area where he was, I began to think I had got the wrong place. But I know the area well, and I knew where it was they'd put him… now I don't run in my glasses, and don't bother putting in contacts for short runs, but I'm pretty sure I should have been seeing a 25ft statue by this point – even with my eyesight. I'm not *that* blind. But Jeff was nowhere to be seen. I googled it when I got back to my desk at work, only to find that THEY HAD TAKEN HIM DOWN THE DAY BEFORE. I was gutted ?
But anyway… back to this super cool shirt I made ?
I know a lot of sewists get pretty excited when THINGS HAVE POCKETS but I'm loving the fact that THIS HAS DINOSAURS. Dinosaurs over pockets any day, FO SHO. (The shirt doesn't have pockets, in case you're interested, but then I've never understood the obsession with Things Having Pockets anyway. I mean, you're just gonna fill 'em and give yourself weird lumps and bumps, so I'd rather use a bag ??♀)
So no pockets here, but did I mention that IT HAS DINOSAURS? I'm not sure that I did ??
It's my usual go-to shirt pattern of Vogue 8759 but this time, I've strayed from my usual Liberty lawn and have instead gone for an Art Gallery poplin. I mean, usually I wouldn't abandon my trusty Liberty unless it was for a VERY good reason, but I'd been eyeing up this dino print for a while on the Minerva website. As at the last time I was eyeballing it though, it was only available in canvas, and I didn't really want it in canvas, because I didn't particularly have a desire to make something with such a heavy weight fabric. Thennnn I spotted that there was a whole new range of Art Gallery poplins available, and the dinosaur print was one! Whooooop! ??
If you're not familiar with the difference between lawn and poplin, lawn is a smoother, lightweight cotton fabric – but not sheer (or at least, it shouldn't be). Poplin is a slightly crisper, slightly heavier fabric. It's got a bit more body to it than lawn, but not *too* much that it's stiff – you can still make a nice shirt or dress with it.
As this was a summer shirt, I made the short sleeve view. Now it's getting chillier, I'll be moving on to making long sleeves but I have some work to do first on finding the right pattern as the sleeve construction on this one leaves raw edges. Which I am not cool with.
Pattern matching was a bit of a challenge – the print is VERY large-scale and I actually cut out one half of the front and then realised that the bit of pattern I wanted for the other half was – on the only two other occasions it featured on my almost-two-metres of fabric – either too close to the selvedge, or too close to the top. Bugger. I'm clearly not used to working with such gigantic patterns, because I didn't even think to check before cutting. Lesson learned. I only have one front piece traced – which I flip over in order to get the other side – but tracing a second front piece seems to be a good shout because then I could position them both on the fabric *before* cutting, to make sure I can match the patterns. (note to self – DO THIS)
I had to recut that front piece in a different place on the fabric, because I couldn't bear not to pattern match. Once you start pattern matching, you develop an eagle eye for it – even if you don't want to. We were watching Lost In Translation last weekend (anyone else love that film? The husband just doesn't 'get it' ??) and there's a talk show host that has a really cool, really loud stripy suit on. But when he turned his back to the camera, all I could see was the offset-by-like-a-couple centimetres pattern matching. It's like, either get it spot on, or go completely out there and don't even try matching – don't make it look like you tried but failed ??♀
I'm loving the hot pink binding on the hem and sleeves – which I thought the husband would never go for but I'm so happy that he did. I also considered pink buttons and pink topstitching but thought that might be a bit much… so instead I settled for sewing the buttons on with pink thread.
I wasn't able to pattern match the back – because I'd have needed at least another metre of fabric to be able to do that – but the busy-ish print kind of hides the panelling so it doesn't look too bad. One area I struggle with on shirts (STILL – even after making like a zillion) is getting the collar central on the collar stand, and also getting it to meet exactly in the middle above the top button. I feel like I'm winning it more of the time than I used to, so I must be getting better, but it feels like a bit of a roulette… like sometimes, despite me trying REALLY REALLY HARD to get it right, it all just goes to pot. You win some, you lose some I guess ??♀
I'm actually really pleased with the quality of the print, and the fabric – I'll definitely use Art Gallery poplin again, and I think I might even try some voile in the summer. There's some really cool prints available – I like this one for the husband, I'd make him a shirt (probably a long-sleeved one, as it's a wintery design) and have the print coming up from the hem and the bottom of the sleeves:
And I like this one for me, although I'm not sure if it's too white:
And then of course the logical thing to do would be to move onto their jersey fabrics, and make ALL THE KIELOS…
(I keep eyeballing that floral knit fabric, but can't make up my mind whether or not it's my style. I feel like I really love the colours, and the bold print, and hope that it would give me a sort-of boho vibe… but I feel there's equal chance that it will look absolutely horrific on me)
I feel like the husband's really working the 'model' vibes in these pictures… and I actually have hair envy a little bit. Not sure whether it's the Regent's Park surroundings, or the fact that the sun was shining and we had the afternoon off work, or if it was the breeze blowing through his hair, but there's a little somethin'-somethin' going on with these photos!
This was my September Minerva Crafts Blogger Network make, so you can head over to my post on their blog here to see more of the Handsome Husbeast and also get links to all the supplies used ✂
In other news – for anyone that was following my hip injury, I'm pleased to report that normal service has *almost* resumed. The conclusion is that it was a hip flexor strain, and believe me it took its sweet time to heal. I couldn't run for five weeks. FIVE WEEKS, man. And it wasn't even triggered by a trip, or a fall, or a wrong twist – it was just plain old overuse. Which basically means I was too much of a keen bean and although my brain was saying YAS my body was saying:
So race day – the Greenway Half Marathon in New York City – is in T-minus two weeks. I'm gonna have to blag those 13 miles with a combo of jog-walk-jog-run-walk-die, because I don't want to trigger another injury (espesh as I have another half marathon in March, in London) but I absolutely 100% need to come home with that race medal and t-shirt. My ass has GOT to get over that finish line, even if I have to limp. Which I have done, before. Those finisher medals are like crack – once you get a hit, you need to get more. (And yes, I totally decide whether I want to enter a race on the basis of the coolness of the medal).
I managed to run about a mile and a half last weekend, without pain (yay!) but it was a bit achey for a couple of days after that. So instead of running during the week, I took a 'grit cardio' class at the gym which is every bit as horrific as it sounds. EVERYTHING hurts now. By the time you read this, I hopefully will have gone another couple of miles, with less achey-ness afterwards… fingers crossed.
Another reason (sewing-related!) for not wanting to miss race day is that I've sewn myself (and the husband) a super cool kit bag – which I'll be photographing on the NYC trip ready to share on the blog with all you lovely people when I get back! His features zombies, and mine features latex-clad busty ladies with guns.
So now Autumn has officially begun here in the UK, are you guys in full winter-sewing mode? I totally am! Over the next couple of weeks I'm gonna be sitting down and planning out my winter sewing… I've even started thinking about my Make Nine for 2019 (despite the fact that I haven't actually made all nine from this year yet ?).
And in case you weren't aware… Christmas is less than three months away now people. Ohhhh yes. ??
Coming up next week on the Wanderstitch blog… I cut into that gorrrrgeous Gucci panther head silk to make a Grainline Scout tee ✂ Subscribe below to make sure you don't miss out!??


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NFPA President Jim Shannon was joined by representatives of every major fire service organization in Massachusetts at a home fire sprinkler rally in Quincy, MA, on November 3, 2011.
The Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards (BBRS) promulgated a building code for the Commonwealth and omitted the provision to require home fire sprinklers in new construction. The new code became effective August 4, 2011.
The BBRS is holding a public hearing on December 13, 2011, at 12:00 pm in the Gardner Auditorium of the Massachusetts State House (Beacon Street at Park Street). Public testimony will be accepted. If you are able to attend, please ask the BBRS to add back the provision for fire sprinklers in new one and two family homes, or at a minimum, push out the implementation date to ensure future generations will be better protected from fire.
If you are unable to attend, you can also contact the members of the BBRS by phone or e-mail. We've even drafted language you can use for your letter, e-mail, or phone call.
Join NFPA and the Massachusetts State Fire Marshals Office, Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts, Fire Prevention Association of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Call/Volunteer Firefighters Association and Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts -- all of whom support the requirement for fire sprinklers in new one- and two-family homes.
Don't allow substandard homes to be built in Massachusetts.
- Jim Shannon
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Cellbots is a collection of hobbyists who want to free your cell phone from your pocket and let it connect and move with the real word by integrating it with a robot.
Now Anthony Francis, a member of Google's Cloud Robotics team and a volunteer at Cellbots.com, has been given the green light to contribute the sensory integration code he wrote to Cellbots's codebase. The code was originally developed as part of a cooperative project between Google and Hasbro to make robot phone docks.
Anthony writes:
The Perception Manager is a Java class that abstracts the raw Android Sensor API into higher-level 'percepts,' effectively translating hundreds of samples a second from the accelerometer and gyroscope into binary features like "shaking" or "upside down".
Yes, you could write these yourself – but why should you have to? Furthermore, the PerceptionManager has support for higher-level sensors like "movement in space" or "vertical motion" which you can use to build up your own percepts, or math functions for Verlet integration and vector math you can use to develop your own sensory processing.


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A tribute to Palestinian resistance
Was there any equivalence between the aborigine and African spears and the guns of the white settlers and slavers who wrought their destruction and enslavement?
The answer is unequivocally no.
How, then, could there ever be a moral equivalence between the rockets and tunnels of an oppressed people in Gaza today, in 2014, and the F16 fighter jets, Apache helicopters, tanks, and navy battleships of their oppressor?
Prisoner of Love is the title of a memoir by the celebrated French novelist and playwright, Jean Genet, the enfant terrible of French literature and literary society from the postwar period through to the 1960s.
The book is a memoir of the time Genet spent with Palestinian refugees and resistance fighters in Jordan in 1970 and later in Lebanon. Indeed, it was upon witnessing the carnage wrought by Israel-backed Phalangists in Shatila refugee camp in 1982 that Genet was inspired to write the book, which was published in 1986. For those who haven't had the pleasure of reading it, Prisoner of Love offers a wonderfully poetic tribute to the oppressed and marginalized people whose resistance to their oppression is used to justify that oppression.
In this Genet, who in the book combines his experience of living among the Palestinian resistance with the time he spent with the Black Panthers in the United States, could also be speaking for the Native Americans, the Australian aborigines, the Algerians – in other words, every people throughout history whose resistance against colonialism, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing stands as a testament to the power of the human spirit and a rejection of the received truths of those who assert the right to oppress and murder in the name of civilization and democracy. Humanizing those whose dehumanization is the sine qua non of their extinction is the very meaning of solidarity, a refutation of the notion that resistance is the cause rather than the symptom of oppression.
Palestinian resistance in Gaza to Israel's decades-long program of ethnic cleansing, siege, apartheid, occupation, and land theft has proved that the very worst of humanity, embodied in the cowardly and murderous violence visited on women and children by the laughably named Israel Defense Forces, has sat in contrast to the very best of it with the heroism and courage of this Palestinian resistance. Drawing on an arsenal mostly comprising homemade rockets and small arms, they have resisted an onslaught by a military superpower in a struggle to retain the one thing which lies between a bruised and battered people and their final destruction – human dignity.
The constant refrain that Palestinian resistance equates to terrorism continues the ignoble tradition of liberal apologia for the murder of children. In the midst of Israel's barbarous assault, involving schools, hospitals, and entire residential areas targeted in a war against morality and decency itself, the attempt to minimize the slaughter by equating the violence of this murderous state with the desperate resistance of a people all but condemned to subjugation and degradation, can only be the product of depravity.
Solidarity with those suffering the depredations of a brutal apartheid, settler colonial state such as the State of Israel requires the rejection of the narrative employed to accord said state the legitimacy employed to carry out war crimes and crimes against humanity. The moral high ground from which Western governments and their apologists lecture the world on democracy and human rights is in truth a stinking, smoldering dung heap of hypocrisy and double standards. This has never been more apparent than when it comes to the ability of Israel to continue to repeatedly flout and defy international law.
Hamas' refusal to acknowledge the right of a state to exist which has slaughtered, subjugated, and condemned its people to immiseration over decades does not describe their evil, it reflects their intelligence. Only the most grotesque and twisted logic could attempt to assert otherwise. In the last analysis, as Malcolm X reminds us, truth is on the side of the oppressed. This is why when the history of these past few weeks is written in years to come, the heroism of those who refused to remain on their knees against the crushing power of a state committed to their destruction will rightly be acknowledged.
In the meantime, and without equivocation, those of us who refuse to confound solidarity with paternalism acknowledge it now.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.


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5 Sexy Stars From Your Childhood (and How They Look Now)
If your childhood shapes who you are as an adult, then it's really no wonder we're all perverts after having these lovely ladies splashed over our TVs when we were kids.
Here are 5 sexy stars you'll no doubt remember from your younger years – but do they still look as attractive now?
Kelly Kapowski
Saved By The Bell's Kelly Kapowski left us oddly jealous of Zack Morris back in the early 90s, and now that we're all grown up we understand why: Kelly Kapowski was a fox. Even though actress Tiffani Thiessen was just 15 when she first began portraying Bayside High School's head cheerleader, instantly turning this whole paragraph into something that may later reflect negatively on me when asked about it in court, Tiffani continued with the role until '93, making her 19 and therefore a perfectly viable subject for my thoroughly wholesome fantasies.
Now starring in US crime drama White Collar, time has clearly been kind to Tiffani. Although she no longer sports the big hair and tight denim jeans we all loved her for, at least there's no chance of us going to jail for admitting we fancy her now.
Ginger Spice
Geri Halliwell a.k.a. Ginger Spice fought for girl power wearing a Union Jack dress that failed to cover her knickers, but even though her faux-feminist message failed to inspire female fans into doing anything beyond dancing around in their living rooms wearing red wigs, she certainly made a lasting impression with male admirers.
Arguably looking better than she did in her Spice Girls heyday, Geri Halliwell is now looking so good that Russell Brand's penis has deemed her a worthy successor to Katy Perry.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Although not geared towards a male audience, Sabrina the Teenage Witch appealed to many of us when we were but pubescent boys, largely on account of the downright adorable Melissa Joan Hart. That, and it had a talking cat in it.
Melissa Joan Hart has had two kids with a third one on the way, and yet still looks the same as she did when she was letting that creepy kid with a ladder climb through her bedroom window on Clarissa Explains It All. This could only mean one thing; Melissa Joan Hart really is a witch, and she has been using an immortality spell to ensure she forever has the skin of a 20-year-old. We know your dirty little secret now, Melissa!
Kimberly Hart (Pink Power Ranger)
Kimberly Hart from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers kept us distracted from the mundane narrative and silly special effects of the show, luring us in with her kick-arse ninja skills and eye-blisteringly bright wardrobe. Hart, played by Amy Jo Johnson, was every young lad's dream: hot, older, and way out of our league.
Starring in Canadian police drama Flashpoint, Amy Jo Johnson may have swapped that fetching pink bike helmet for a bulletproof vest, but she still looks like she could kung-fu kick our heartstrings.
This may say more about the show than Danielle Fishel's attractiveness, but I can't remember anything about Boy Meets World aside from Topanga. Despite having a name that wouldn't look out of place between oregano and coriander on a spice rack, Topanga thrust many a lad into puberty as they watched her, ahem, develop from series to series.
The same Cheshire cat smile, the same oversized Japanese anime eyes; yep, it's Topanga, err, I mean, Danielle alright.
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Spooky Happenings, Magic and Misadventure at Dudmaston Hall
18th October 2013The National Trust's Dudmaston Hall will be hosting a whole range of family fun for the half-term holidays beginning Sunday, 27 October 2013.
Currently open Sunday to Thursday until 31 October (when the property will move to weekend only opening), the property has for the first time, taken the opportunity to really get into the Hallowe'en spirit with lots for visitors to enjoy.
The fun kicks off with the property's Autumn Colours and Halloween Fun Day on 27 October where spooky stories will be being told; magic trails can be taken; and Hallowe'en treats can be tried in the tea-room. Children will also have the opportunity to make their own spooky lanterns, which will be needed in the Dingle at the end of the day, as visitors join the staff on their annual lantern walk to help them put a stop to the ghoulish happenings.
Also on Monday, 28 and Wednesday, 30 October the property will be running children's activity days when the Apothecary Magic trail can be taken giving children all the skills they need to keep Hallowe'en creatures at bay.
Visitor Experience and Conservation Manager, Tessa Lovell said "the property is looking fantastic at the moment with all the autumn colours starting to arrive and we have been working hard to make Hallowe'en a fantastic experience for all our visitors."
To find out more please call the property on (01746) 780866 or take a look at the property's website www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dudmaston.


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News Release
The Poultry Industry Council (PIC) re-elected Edward Verkley as the chair to lead the organization at the October 26th Board meeting. Mr. Verkley has served as the chair for the last three years. Charlie Elliott, from Masterfeeds was also elected as Vice Chair of the organization.
"I see the tremendous value that PIC plays within our industry", stated Ed Verkley. "as the factors impacting the entire agri-food landscape continue to change, cooperation and collaboration have never been more important."
PIC is lead through a twelve-person volunteer Board representing both producers and the poultry industry. The board consists of four feather board appointees: Brian Miller from Egg Farmers of Ontario, Greg Lansink from Turkey Farmers of Ontario, Brian Lewis from Chicken Farmers of Ontario and Bill Van Heeswyk from the Ontario Broiler Hatching Egg and Chick Commission. In addition, Colin Siren from Kyntec Canada; Mike Terpstra, Association of Ontario Chicken Processors; Prasanna Ranganathan from Poultry Services Association; Gary Fread from Fread and Associates; and Trish Botter from Farm Credit Canada
The Poultry Industry Council (PIC) is a non-profit corporation recognized by Revenue Canada as
having charitable status. PIC was officially formed in 1997, the result of a merger between the Ontario Poultry Council and the Poultry Industry Centre. The Poultry Industry Council will effectively deliver poultry extension services, event coordination, and project and program management while supporting research capacity for the betterment of the Ontario industry.


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Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the Seattle Symphony's first artist in residence, dazzled on Sunday afternoon in a challenging piano recital of Schumann and Ravel. Next stop for his program: Carnegie Hall.
One of the nicest things Ludovic Morlot has ever done for Seattle is his appointment of pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet as the Seattle Symphony Orchestra's first-ever artist in residence this season.
That new role has brought the French-born Thibaudet here for some important events, from judging the symphony's first piano competition to appearing with Morlot and the orchestra in the September opening-night gala. On Sunday afternoon, Thibaudet produced one of his most remarkable works thus far — a dazzling piano recital that he'll repeat at Carnegie Hall in New York on Nov. 11.
The program, half Schumann and half Ravel, asks just about everything of a pianist, including poetry, intelligence, artistic flexibility and high-level technical chops. And it asks even more: the ability to take some deceptively easy pieces, ones that every amateur pianist plays at home, and polish them into little miracles of subtlety that guarantee you'll never see or hear "Träumerei" or "Pavane for a Dead Princess" in quite the same way again.
Thibaudet takes the familiar and molds it into something so exquisitely nuanced that you finally realize the true worth of these often-butchered little gems. He has the rare ability to make listeners reconsider repertoire and hear the music in a new way — a gift indeed.
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The 54-year-old pianist, an established star, is long past the point where he needs to prove himself, but this recital may well have surpassed even his fans' expectations. The opening work, Schumann's "Kinderszenen" ("Scenes from Childhood"), emerged in a dreamy reverie in which the keys were not so much struck as coaxed into sound. The little "scenes" were minor miracles of subtlety, deftly characterized, clearly elucidated and artfully pedaled.
Thibaudet was more powerfully dramatic in Schumann's Piano Sonata No. 1. Here, he alternated a headlong urgency with more reflective sections, which emerged with the mysteriously veiled touch that Thibaudet does so well.
The second half was all Ravel, with the deceptively simple "Pavane for a Dead Princess" and the glittering "Miroirs," which consists of five brilliantly colored virtuoso pieces that require not only technical finesse, but the ability to paint a musical picture: mournful birdsong, a gently rocking boat, the castanets and strumming guitar of a serenade. Thibaudet excels in creating these descriptive nuances. You could practically smell the salt air and feel the waves during "Une barque sur l'océan."
The finale, "Alborada del Gracioso," brought the audience to its feet with a well-earned ovation. Thibaudet met the resounding applause with three encores — and a kiss for the Steinway grand piano, one the artist obviously loves. He played three beautiful miniatures: Brahms' eloquent Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2; Chopin's F Major Etude, Op. 25. No. 3; and the elegantly simple Schubert/Strauss "Kupelwieser" Waltz in G-Flat Major.


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Researchers say high seas fisheries play limited role in feeding the world
According to a recent study undertaken by a team of fisheries and social scientists from Dalhousie University, New York University, and National Geographic, fishing fleets operating outside of national waters contribute less than 3% to the world's seafood supply. This finding goes against the common assertion that high seas fisheries are important for food security.
The study paired a global database of marine catches developed by researchers at the University of British Columbia with a seafood trade database maintained by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization for the analysis and considered the amount of fish and marine invertebrates produced by marine capture fisheries, as well as freshwater fisheries, and aquaculture.
In addition to the low volume, researchers also found that most of the high seas catch is destined for upscale markets in the EU, the US, and Asia. "I think many people have the misconception that because the area is so large, the high seas must be contributing a massive supply of food to the world, but that's just not the case", said lead author Laurenne Schiller, Interdisciplinary Studies Ph.D. student at Dalhousie University. "Only a handful of countries are fishing in the high seas and the fish they catch are not feeding those most in need".
In particular, the study found that China and Taiwan together account for one-third of the total high seas catch and that less than 40 species are targeted by the fisheries in this part of the ocean. Only one species, Antarctic toothfish, is caught exclusively in the high seas. This species is commonly marketed as Chilean sea bass and can easily sell for over $50 per kilogram. Seven species of tuna constitute 60% of the high seas catch and these fish—as well as other species such as swordfish, squid, and krill—are caught in both national waters and the high seas.
The researchers do acknowledge that some less expensive products derived from high seas species—such as canned skipjack tuna—may play a role in addressing localized food insecurity in countries that are considered food secure at the national level, such as the US. However, the cost of most high seas species such as toothfish and bluefin tuna (which regularly sells for more than $30 per kilogram) suggests they are unattainable for low-income citizens struggling to meet their caloric and nutritional needs.
The study also notes that smaller fish such as jack mackerel and blue whiting caught by high seas fisheries are likely destined for the fishmeal industry, where they become feed for more valuable species such as farmed salmon, which is primarily consumed in the US. Krill is also caught to supply the feed industry as well as the increasingly valuable Omega supplement market.
"Food security is an issue of access, not just volume" said co-author Megan Bailey, assistant professor in the Marine Affairs Program at Dalhousie. "We produce more than enough food to feed everyone on the planet, yet for a variety of social, cultural, and economic reasons, 800 million people remain severely food insecure today. These are not people who can access fish from the high seas."
This research is part of a special edition in the academic journal Science Advances, focused on high seas ecosystems and fisheries. "Much of the fishing in the high seas would not be economically rational without massive government subsidies either, so regardless of how you look at it, it doesn't make much sense" said Enric Sala, co-author and National Geographic explorer-in-residence. Additional work by Dr. Sala published last month showed that more than half of the fishing occurring on the high seas would be unprofitable without financial aid from national governments.
These findings will also likely be valuable for the ongoing United Nations negotiations discussing an international treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas. In light of concerns over the overexploitation of marine life and the need to protect genetic biodiversity in the future, the UN General Assembly has convened to explicitly discuss how the high seas should be accessed and protected in the future. A full closure to fishing is one idea that has been presented, although the authors note that any time countries look to protect marine space they must consider a multitude of ecological and social impacts.
"International governance decisions are never straightforward and should not be viewed as such," said Schiller. "Still, we hope the results of our work will enable policy makers to focus on the real issues that present challenges to high seas management, as our study concludes that concerns over food security are unfounded."
This research, titled "High seas fisheries play a negligible role in addressing global food security" was published today in the journal Science Advances.
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A Couple of Fundraising Ideas for Teams
Putting together a team such as a sports team can be an expensive but rewarding endeavor. Providing uniforms and equipment for teams can be beyond your monetary means. Some fundraising ideas for teams can create the needed revenue.
Their uniforms easily distinguish teams. They are often in bold, bright colors that catch the eye. That makes uniforms the perfect opportunity for advertisements. Local businesses often love to support local organizations, especially ones for kids. They also love getting their names out there. Everyone wins even if your team doesn't win.
An organization such as a local restaurant, coffee shop, or law firm invests its money to buy uniforms or hats for a team. In exchange, the team puts the company's logo on the uniforms. This creates a symbiotic relationship with the team and the business.
A carnival, though a lucrative idea, requires much more planning than something like a sponsorship does. For a carnival or similar event, the team must organize a venue and pay for attractions. Often, venues such as school or library parking lots can serve as the site of the event. Many companies offer carnival attractions for rent at a price.
To recoup the price of the events and the venue space, the team charges patrons admission to their carnival. In other circumstances, the team can offer free admission to the carnival and charge for the different attractions.
Popular attractions are classic carnival games such as a dunk tank, throwing washers into bottles, guessing someone's weight, and fortune telling. Some of these attractions are fairly low cost and require very little expertise. Members of the team can even run events such as fortune telling or guessing the weight.
How Many In That Jar?
The how many in the jar game is a classic and also very simple. The team fills up a jar or multiple jars with an item like jelly beans, pretzels, or pennies. Participants then pay money to guess how many of the items are in the jar. Often, organizations will charge a small amount for each guest and participants to guess one time for the price.
The person who is closest to the actual number of jelly beans wins. A separate prize can be offered to the winner. To lower the cost of implementing one of these simple fundraising ideas for teams, you can offer the jar of jelly beans as the prize itself.
Karaoke Night
Karaoke night is exactly what it sounds like. A team rents a karaoke machine or goes to a venue that has karaoke. The patrons are charged to enter the event or the organization just opens itself to accepting donations while the team members sing. Some karaoke nights charge the patrons a small fee to request a song for the team members to sing.


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Instrumental Concertos
by Dall'Abaco, Porpora, Marcello, Tartini & Telemann
The English Concert, Harry Bicket
Signum Classics SIGCD549. 68'43
Dall'Abaco (1675-1742) Concerto a piu instrumenti in D major Op.5 No.5
Porpora (1686-1768) Cello Concerto in G major
Marcello (1673-1747) Oboe Concerto in D minor
Tartini (1692-1770) Violin Concerto in B minor D.125
Telemann (1681-1767) Viola Concerto in G major TWV 51.69.
At first sight, this appears to be a blatant promotional effort on behalf of The English Concert (who are celebrating their 45th birthday), one clue being calling it after themselves, rather than the composers or music it contains. I think that image is unfortunate, as the music and the instrumental soloists are of the highest order. It is based on the composers and performers connected with the many early 18th-century European court orchestras, several of which proved to be pioneering musical hothouses, albeit depending on the whims of the current princely ruler. The featured soloists are Nadja Zwiener (violin), Tuomo Suni (violin), Joseph Crouch (cello), Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe), Alfonso Leal del Ojo (viola), all regular members of The English Concert rather than bought-in soloists. Continue reading


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The painter first:
Soraida Martinez, born in New York and of Puerto Rican background, she studied art and psychology at Rowan University, specialising in design. In 1996, she was appointed by the governor to a seat on the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. She developed a thought-provoking art style come to be known as Verdadism, addressing sexism, racism, and stereotyping, with the aim of promoting tolerance and social change. (Verdad in Spanish = truth). The style is defined by juxtaposition of figurative abstract paintings with written social commentaries.
Socially conscious, social commentary...which astrological factors are likely to show up?
I thought first (wrongly as it happens) of Aquarius, then its ruler, Uranus. Nothing in the chart emphasises Aquarius (apart from Chiron), unless Aquarius were rising as she came into the world, we cannot know this without a time of birth. But look at rebel planet Uranus sitting just 5 degrees from natal Leo Sun! Venus (art) in Gemini is in close harmonious trine to Neptune (imagination, creativity), and in helpful sextile to powerhouse Pluto in Leo - all at 27 degrees of their signs. Sun conjunct Uranus best represents this artist though.
Here are just a few examples of Soraida's work, more can be seen in the Gallery section of her website
The Terror Of Demasking Oneself
"In this society, we have been conditioned to be what people want us to be. We - as individuals - are afraid to be individuals. That's because American society, which is based on democracy, is actually not so open-minded when it comes to new ideas or different races. And, as human beings, we all know that; therefore, many of us have the terror of demasking ourselves. Most of us would rather die than let someone really know us...perhaps, because of the fear of rejection or a lack of awareness. So we live a 'so-so' life: never being ourselves; sleeping and wearing our daily masks; always afraid of being awaken."
Rage: It's My Body
"At a point in my life, I kept hearing politicians making decisions about abortion, sexual harassment and other issues about women. Most of them were men. Men telling women what to do with their bodies and men making decisions for women. What I felt was anger. How dare they not even include women in these choices. The tear in the female mask of Rage shows the pain and anger of living in a male dominated society that keeps women from making their own choices. The band across the neck is a man's red necktie which holds the woman in place and stifles her being. The red color represents a woman's blood as it is sucked out of her soul. The blocked hands depict the obstacles that are put before women. Rage: It's My Body is a painting about the violation of the female human spirit."
Guitar Player: A Symbol Of Hope
"When I was nine years old, I visited family who lived along the Puerto Rican Mountainside where I remember seeing the "cuatro" being played by many Puerto Ricans and I thought to myself that music was played everywhere to symbolize hope. Guitar Player: A Symbol Of Hope depicts the hope that we are all born with. Even though by the age of forty most of us have already lost that hope, Guitar Player is the embodiment of that desire to regain lost hope. The whites of the eyes of Guitar Player are able to penetrate deep into your soul to make a connection with your lost hope. The guitar itself is reminiscent of the everlasting, ringing sound that soothes us when there is hope and haunts us when there's no hope."
Second subject born on 30 July is Christopher Nolan, Anglo-American movie director whose recently released film The Dark Knight Rises became a tragic backdrop for multiple murders and injuries in an Aurora, Colorado cinema just a week ago. The movie is last of a Batman trilogy, and reportedly portrays a decidedly dark and violent version of the vintage comic book superhero. I haven't seen even one Batman film, ever, so am unqualified to comment on content. I saw another of Nolan's movies some months ago, Inception - found the plot difficult to follow.
No birth time is known, so 12 noon version of the chart is used. Rising sign and exact Moon degree will not be as shown.
In Nolan's case Leo Sun is conjunct Mars indicating energy, confidence and potential for an occasionally confrontational attitude. In Ms Martinez' case her Leo Sun was conjunct Uranus, so here's one important difference, another is that her Neptune was in Libra, Nolan's in Scorpio.
Unless born between midnight and 1:00 AM Nolan's natal Moon would have been in early Cancer - the sign ruled by the Moon. Cancerian sensitivity and intuition will play an important part in his nature, though will likely conflict at times with that poweful Sun/Mars in Leo.
Neptune is the planet astrologers link to film, photography and movies. Here Neptune is at 28 degrees of Scorpio, a sign known for darkness and even sometimes representing death. There's a chain of linked aspects leading from Neptune: Jupiter (publication, excess) at 28 Libra is in semi-sextile to Neptune; Pluto (Scorpio's ruler) is at 25 Virgo and conjunct Venus (planet of the arts at 20 Virgo)both sextile to Neptune; then Mercury (communication and mental orientation)is at 28 Leo squaring Neptune; Saturn at 21 Taurus opposes Neptune........So that "chain" links by one kind of aspect or another planets representing film, darkness, art, communication, publication - an apt "chain" for a movie creator, especially a movie creator able to produce films such as the Batman trilogy - "chick-flicks" are certainly not, and will likely never be, part of Mr. Nolan's reperetoire.


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| 8.4°C Belfast
Mike Brown has thrown his weight behind Dylan Hartley's candidacy to captain the British and Irish Lions in New Zealand next summer.
Harlequins full-back Brown has tipped his England skipper to lead the Lions in the Test series against the All Blacks, in a squad he feels could boast a number of Eddie Jones' men.
Former Japan coach Jones led England to a debut Test series win in Australia in June, with Hartley since installed as the early bookies' favourite for the Lions armband next summer.
"Of course I'd back Dylan to lead the Lions," Brown told Press Association Sport.
"I'd back any of our squad, every player in that squad to represent anyone.
"We've got a special group of players, so I'd back anyone in that squad to go on and achieve things.
"Dylan's been great so far but there's still a lot of hard work to get done.
"It may be in the back of people's minds but for us it's about starting off for our club, playing well to get selected there.
"And then once we're selected it's about the next job, to achieve our main goal which is to prepare well and then aim to beat South Africa in November."
Head coach Jones' England have the chance to equal Sir Clive Woodward's record of 14 consecutive Test wins this autumn.
England set that mark in 2003, but the current crop of players are refusing to pinpoint any targets beyond the opening November clash with the Springboks at Twickenham.
Wales captain Sam Warburton will doubtless be among the front-runners to lead the Lions next summer, but Brown believes Hartley's stewardship of England merits close consideration.
Hartley missed the 2013 Lions tour after being hit with a ban for his red card for abusing referee Wayne Barnes in that year's Aviva Premiership final.
The combative Northampton hooker was then dropped from England's 2015 World Cup squad following a four-week ban for headbutting Saracens' Jamie George.
Hartley has spent more than a year of his career sidelined through suspensions, but has turned his Test situation on its head since being appointed captain under Jones.
Brown believes Hartley's fuss-free approach proved pivotal to England's Test series whitewash victory over Australia, and backed the 30-year-old to keep on growing into the role.
"Dylan's a great bloke, I've known him since my under-21s days," said Brown.
"I played alongside him in that team, so I've played with him all the way through, with and against him.
"And he's a good leader in his actions and also in his words.
"He's brought this group of players together really well.
"He seems to work well with Eddie as well, so it's going well.
"And I think he's got a great core of experienced players around him to help. I'm sure he'd be the first to say that.
"We put pressure on ourselves as the older players in the squad to help our captain as much as possible.
"It's not just him talking, it's people like Dan Cole, Danny Care, Owen Farrell, who are all leaders in their own right.
"And everyone's stepping up in that department to help our skipper."
:: Mike Brown was appearing alongside his England team-mates at the launch of the new England Rugby shirt from Canterbury #CommittedToTheGame. Visit Canterbury.com.


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IFCA has been awarded by FT for recording a 45% revenue growth from 2013-2016. Our innovation and growth has been recognised as one of the driving force of Asian-Pacific economies in the 21st century.
IFCA has been in the property business for 30 years and we are in a good position to help businesses succeed in this industry. IFCA Academy offers capability-building programmes curated to preserve business knowledge in industries where we are specialised in. Sign up at academy.ifca.asia Click here to go to IFCA Academy
IFCA continues its geographic expansion strategy, by establishing presence in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The region has good potential as it is a developing economic zone within the greater ASEAN region.
The grand event was held at JW Marriott, and approximately 400 clients, business associates and colleagues attended! We presented cheques to Kiwanis Job Training Centre (KJTC), National Stroke Association of Malaysia (NASAM) and Beautiful Gate - caps for Long-Service Award There were also awards for Long-Term Business Partnership Award, IFCA Integrated Solutions Award and IFCA Long-Service Award. Click here to view the photos.
We launched IAP in Google Singapore. IAP is a collaboration with Google Cloud, and we aim to nurture and develop local prop-tech companies by providing fundraising, business networking and mentorship. If you have a prop-tech start-up, submit your application to email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
IFCA posted 9M17 net profit of RM5.9mil vs.RM4.4mil loss in 9M16, and has been in the black the previous five quarters. For 3Q17, the revenue was up 11.7% on-quarter.
The 30th Anniversary celebration started with a roadshow – KL, Penang, JB and Kuching. Many keywords were shared - AI, BI, Machine Learning, Data-Driven Marketing, Programmatic Ads, Cloud - and if you are keen on finding out more about them, get in touch with us. Anish Malhotra and Dennis Ser from Google Cloud also spoke at our event.
We generated leads that exceeded the projected numbers for a project with balance units in Penang. Previously, we generated more than 4,417 leads within 4.5 months for a project in KL. Get in touch with us if you are interested in a data-driven campaign for your project.
IFCA MSC Berhad embarked on a transformational programme known as IFCA 2.0, which aims to strengthen positive growth rates for the next few years. Find out more about it here.
The Edge Markets | 25 Oct 2017
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 25): IFCA MSC Bhd is expanding its prop-tech offerings to help its customers in the property sector accelerate their digital and mobile technology adoptions to boost sales.
In a statement today, the group said it is embarking on a transformational programme known as IFCA 2.0 to strengthen positive growth rates for the next few years.
"The company is taking a new and determined step in the digital side by delivering solutions that make sense and add value to its customers, as well as enable them to be more competitive and successful, by creating new products such as data-driven marketing which helps to more accurately reach the potential customers that property developers are targeting," it said.
The group said IFCA 2.0 will allow companies in the property industry to realign their operations and explore new business models, adding that upcoming initiatives include an accelerator programme specifically for the Malaysian property market, to spur digital innovation for prop-tech companies.
"IFCA has come a long way since its inception 30 years ago. We have grown to be the market leader in property solutions covering construction, property development, property management and human resources.
"As we move fast and aggressive into the future, we will continue to create new innovations and technology that the market has never seen before. Prop-tech will redefine the property industry, and IFCA will lead the way," said the group's chief executive officer Michael Cho.
At 3.15pm, IFCA's shares were unchanged at 38.5 sen, for a market capitalisation of RM234.2 million


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Pam Lins
Rachel Uffner Gallery
Three years ago, Pam Lins exhibited a series of sculptures made after photos of sculptures, including a group of ceramics based on late-1920s images of spatial models by students at the Vkhutemas (Higher State Artistic and Technical Studios) in Moscow. It was a conceptual conceit well suited to her rigorous explorations of the ways in which reproduction tends to dominate our experience of objects. More specifically, those works addressed how we often perceive sculptures as flat and frontal, even when we know full well they are dimensional, and how we prioritize their contours at the expense of their tactility. For the thirteen new sculptures in "she swipes shallow space by the slide drawer," the artist has chosen a new source of imageryearly-twentieth-century photos of Renaissance sculptures by the art historian and photographer Clarence Kennedythat productively
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Working in the USA
If you're looking for opportunities to work in the USA you'll need to do your homework first. The USA is very strict about who they let in to work, and the visa laws and requirements are also quite stringent. You need either a green card (almost impossible unless you've been living and working in the USA for a while), or a Legal Sponsor for the visa.
The most popular visa for students and young people is the J1 Visa. There are a few companies that will work on your behalf for a fee, and some will help you to find a placement too. You CAN'T get a J1 Visa without going through one of these organisations.
Working at summer camp
The most popular kind of work for gappers in the USA is spending a summer at a kid's camp, as this is open to anyone between the ages of 18 and 30. There are plenty of companies that will help you find a camp placement and provide the necessary sponsorship for you to go and work at a summer camp. In return they get some cold hard cash, while you get a small amount of spending money and an awesome summer in the States.
Top gapper Rebecca Root reveals what really happens at summer camp, and check out Secret Diary of a Camp Counselor for loads of tips and advice on life working in the USA.
Random, epic jobs
If you are a university (or equivalent) student then you can also look at casual summer jobs. Companies like IST Plus and Real Gap offer opportunities to experience a whole range of epic jobs in America via sponsorship. Current favourites include working at the Maryland Zoo or at a beach club in Orange County.
You can also look into working in the USA as a
- Barback
- Golf range attendant
- Grounds work
- Ranch hand
- And hundreds of others
If you are looking for an internship during or after your degree, then you can also apply for the J1 Intern or Trainee. This allows you to work for up to 12 or 18 months in a job related to your field of study. Having a sponsor for this programme makes it a lot simpler for US companies to take you on.


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Showing results for tags 'Charlotte Bronte'.
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Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre
Hilary posted a topic in Pre-1900 FictionThere only seems to be a thread about this in regard to its being post-colonial or otherwise. It surely needs a more general thread?! I've just started reading it these last few minutes. I have seen a play of it but am unsure whether I have actually read it before. I thought I had, but a few pages in and I'm still not sure. (really troubled by the 'its' in my first sentence. I'm having an apostrophe wobble and can't decide where it should go. Someone will know, I am sure...)
Charlotte Bronte On Jane Eyre being postcolonial
Cathy posted a topic in Pre-1900 FictionThis is really a response to a query on the 'Introduce yourself board, from Megustaleer Apparently , according to the postcolonialists Jane Eyre is all about anxiety over the loss of empire and the "degeneration" thought at the time to be caused by mixing with other races. There is a passage somewhere which suggests the woman in the attic is mixed race, and the whole thing with her being in the attic is sort of trying to repress the colonial thing. At least that's how I remember it from university. But as I say on the other board, I don't believe this interpretation at all, and it really nearly spoiled Jane Eyre for me. I mean, Jane Eyre is an amazing Romance with a capital R, and as you may be able to tell from my username this is right up my street! Thankfully, I am now coming to terms with the trauma and have been able to enjoy Jane Eyre again recently! Although I really, really wish I hadn't annotated my text (all be it very sarcastically) at uni.
Charlotte Bronte The Professor- Charlotte Bronte
megustaleer posted a topic in Pre-1900 FictionNearly missed this one! Radio4 (again) The Woman's Hour Serial. Started today, The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte, in 10 parts. Weekdays 10.45am, repeated the same day at 7.45pm And on 'Listen Again', thank goodness.
Charlotte Bronte Needing some encouragement with Villete
Cathy posted a topic in Pre-1900 FictionI'm 1/3 of the way through Vilette and really struggling to stay interested! Please tell me something is going to happen! (no spoilers please!) This novel (so far) seems to have no structure, and no reason for turning the page. Plus what is her problem with Catholics? Its like some in-joke for 19th century protestants and I just don't get it. Will reading it as 'trust the tale not the teller' make it better? How does that work exactly? I'm so disappointed, Wuthering Heights is one of my favourites but this is just not doing it for me.


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Unlock Windows Vista Super Administrator Account
Inside Windows Vista, there's a secret Administrator account, and it's different from the normal administrator account you most likely have set up on your PC. This Administrator account is not part of the Administrator group. It's a kind of superadministrator, akin to the root account in Unix, and by default it's turned off and hidden. (In describing this hack, we'll always use the capital "A" for the secret Administrator account, and a lowercase "a" for a normal administrator account.)
In versions of Windows before Windows Vista, the Administrator account wasn't hidden, and many people used it as their main or only account. This Administrator account had full rights over the computer.
In Windows Vista, Microsoft changed that. In Vista, the Administrator account is not subject to UAC, but normal administrator accounts are. So the Administrator can make any changes to the system and will see no UAC prompts.
Turning on the Administrator account is straightforward. First, open an elevated command prompt by typing cmd into the Search box on the Start menu, right-clicking the command prompt icon that appears at the top of the Start menu, then selecting Run as administrator — or just use the shortcut you created in the previous hack.
Then enter this command and press Enter
Net user administrator /active:yesFrom now on, the Administrator account will appear as an option on the Welcome screen, along with any user accounts you may have set up. Use it like any other account. Be aware that it won't have a password yet, so it's a good idea to set a password for it.
If you want to disable the account and hide it, enter this command at an elevated command prompt and press Enter:
Net user administrator /active:no
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There's a way to reset Administrator password and it doesn't involve reformatting and reinstalling Windows. The solution is called Windows Password Reset 7.0. It can reset almost all Windows passwords in seconds. you can log in again just in one second. It also support windows 7 password reset.
Forgot or lost Administrator Password? Have been locked out of computer? Would you like to choose to reinstall the OS or reset admin password? There are some commen Windows password recovery solutions for you to bypass Windows password without data loss or reinstalling!
1.Download Windows Password Unlocker from Password Unlocker Official site
2.Decompress the Windows password unlocker and note that there is an .ISO image file. Burn the image file onto an blank CD with the burner freely supported by Password Unlocker.
3.Insert the newly created CD into the locked computer and re-boot it from the CD drive.
4.After launched the CD, a window pop up with all your account names(if you have several accounts) select one of the accounts that you have forgotten its password to reset it. Just one press, you have removed the password.
Usually, we can recover Windows admin password in two traditional ways. The first is to change Screen password with another admin account, ; the second is to recover the previous password with the windows password reset disk that had been created before you forgot the password. Take Windows XP for example,
1 At the Windows XP login prompt when the password is entered incorrectly click the reset button in the login failed window.
2 Insert the password reset diskette into the computer and click Next.
3 If the correct diskette Windows XP will open a window prompting for the new password you wish to use.
However, we offen ignore the important of security until we have been locked out of computer. Fortunately, there is still the last way that can unlock your computer without reinstalling – erase Windows password with Windows password reset CD, which can recover admin password for Windows 7/XP/Vista/NT/2000/2003…. Take Windows Password unlocker for example, followings are the steps to create the reset CD
1.Download Windows Password Unlocker from Password Unlocker Official site
2.Decompress the Windows password unlocker and note that there is an .ISO image file. Burn the image file onto an blank CD with the burner freely supported by Password Unlocker.
3.Insert the newly created CD into the locked computer and re-boot it from the CD drive.
4.After launched the CD, a window pop up with all your account names(if you have several accounts) select one of the accounts that you have forgotten its password to reset it. Just one press, this software can remove screen password instantly.
I followed this previous post, but as I'm now in WINDOW 7, it does not have the same sequence. Ideally, I'm looking to create a UAC 'Whitelist' rather than turn it off. In Vista I used the Norton UAC tool that lets certain programs run and not others. I'm not nagged by many programs, but Sibelius 4 does nag each time I load it.
I have an easier, or more familiar, way that dosn't involve the command prompt.
accept any UAC dialog boxes that appear, there might be quite a few of them so get ready
1. Click 'start'
2. Right click computer, then click manage
3. In The Left hand pane double click system tools, followed by local users and groups and then users
4. Right click 'Administrator' and click properties
5. Uncheck 'Account is disabled' to enable the account, and click OK
you can also use this process to turn the account off
by the way you can use this on windows 7 as well too.
Hi Keyboard was faulty or somethin I had disabled the account lockout period obviously not properly. Locked out of Windows XP on home PC any faster way than using SAM or password changer. I also disabled Guest as someone at old home I think logged onto my PC to snop around. Thanks
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The goal of the present paper is to propose an integrated model that assessing the relative impact of "overall service quality" and "transaction specific service quality" on customer (dis)satisfaction, complaint behavior, word of mouth and repurchase intention independently. A model is proposed that integrates the overall service quality and transaction specific service quality under a single framework. The paper uses confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling to analyze and confirm the conceptual model proposed in this research. According to findings, consumers feel dissatisfaction and complaint if they perceive transaction specific service quality low. However, overall service quality significantly effects loyalty and word of mouth behavior of hotel visitors
Keywords: Behavioral Consequences, Overall service quality, Transaction specific service quality, hotel industry
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Fight this darkness!
We must not assume that everyone knows the serious sexual assault and rape epidemic that plagues our society. Because it is the most under reported crime the criminals are very comfortable and confident in continuing to commit this crime. We all know that the rapes and sexual assaults will continue if no one stands up and speaks out.
Many survivors stand up in meetings, in safe places and tell their story. Telling their story not only helps the healing process but it also empowers the survivor. But we must go farther. We must go beyond the survivor to the perpetrator, the root of this crime. We need to do more. Our voices must be heard beyond the walls of these meetings, beyond conversations in corners, beyond family and friend circles. We must go beyond speaking in meetings, in safe places, writing books and telling our story to mobilizing into more community inclusive actions. Our voices must be heard throughout the entire community because the entire community is not only affected but infected with this epidemic.
Stop sacrificing our babies, our sons and daughters. The perpetrators are in our community. They are part of the community. They are not strangers coming in the area to rape. They are people we know! They are family members, neighbors, community servants, church leaders. Perpetrators are in every walk of life, on every financial level, in every culture, every religion, etc. They are everywhere in our community.
Rapes in the community affect the entire community. Time out for walking on eggshells. Time out for being afraid to call it what it is, rape! Time out for doing nothing and allowing these evils, these criminals to fester in our community and steal the souls of our children, our love ones. There's no more time for silence.Rapists and sex perpetrators are everywhere and must be stopped.
This is a Call for Change – This is a call to Mobilize the community to end the infestation of rapes,sexual assaults, human trafficking in our community. Change is demanded! Every person, every corporation, every church, every school, every hospital, every store, every gym, every club, every sports team, every ……. can take the COMMUNITY STRONG PLEDGE. FIGHT THE DARKNESS!
There are five tenets to the pledge. Commit to at least one tenet and be a force in Community Strong.
1.STAND – Stand up in your community. What can you do to help your community be a safe community? Stand with the community. Stand in place of a victim who can no longer stand.
2.SPEAK – Speak up in your community. Be the voice of a victim that has been silenced. Be the voice of the survivor who cannot speak. Speak up in conversations. When you see something of question speak up, speak out. You may save a life. Tell your own story, speak your conviction, speak your truth. It is very empowering and liberating.
3.SUPPORT – Support the survivor by listening, not blaming nor judging them. Support by speaking out. Support by getting involved with advocate organizations. Support by having presentations at your business, place of worship on sex crimes.Support by financially giving to agencies that help survivors of sex crimes. Support bills presented before congress that make our community safe against sex crimes.
4.SERVE – Volunteer your time, talents, expertise. Help us be the voice of the voiceless. Stay in the fight. Stay alert to this crime in our community. Stay abreast of the local news.
5.STOP – Stop the infestation, stop the silence, stop ignoring, stop avoiding, and stop doing nothing. When we stand together, speak as one, support survivors and serve we will destroy the infestation in our community and minimize this crime.Whether you stand, speak, support or serve you are doing something to destroy the power of sex crimes in our community. Rapists, predators, traffickers must be stopped and held accountable for their crime(s).
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A man was found stabbed in his parked car Saturday morning in Montreal
Published Saturday, September 19, 2020 8:18AM EDT
Montreal police car. (Daniel J. Rowe/CTV News Montreal)
MONTREAL -- A 33-year-old man is in the hospital recovering after being stabbed early Saturday morning in Montreal.
According to Montreal police (SPVM) spokesperson Véronique Comtois, 911 calls came in around 5:45, and officers responded to find a man with a lower-body stab wound in his car in a private parking spot on Bossuet St. near Notre-Dame St. East.
The man was transported to the hospital in stable condition.
There are no suspects, and investigators are analyzing the scene.


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Do you like taking medicines when you are ill? We know the answer to this is No. Similarly, if your dog isn't feeling fine and you have been prescribed to give meds to him, it could turn out to be a difficult job for you. Hence, to make it easier, we are here with few tactics, which will make it much more simplified for you to give medicine to your little furball.
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One thing that works very well is hiding or mixing the medicine in food, which has a strong pungent smell. The canned salmon is quite effective. The "fishy" smell will take away your dog's attention from medicine and he will gobble it down with ease. Make sure you don't use this food often; otherwise, it won't work well on medicine days!
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This technique works best if you have more than one dog. Have lots of soft treats on your hand and hide the pill in them. Keep on feeding your dogs with treats and pop the pill into your pooch's mouth that needs medicine. And there you go! According to certain surveys, dogs eat in a much quicker way in the presence of other dogs.
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If you turn giving medicine into a game, your pooch will love it. Just toss few treats and guide him to catch them into his mouth. After throwing a couple of treats, toss in the med too. Usually, the dog is much more into the game than into treats, hence you could give him the required pills with ease. Remember to maintain a quick speed or else he might sense that a "not so good treat" is coming his way.You can buy the yummiest treats here.
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For bitter tasting pills such as tramadol and metronisazole, put them inside the gel capsules. These capsules tend to get sticky when wet, therefore insert it into the wet food or meatballs before giving it to your mutt.
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Generally your dog is much distracted when he is on car ride with you, or the regular evening walk. Carry some treats mixed with the med during that time. The more distracted your pooch is, the lesser he would bother what's inside the treat.
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If the med is liquid or powdered, the best way to feed it to your furball is by mixing it with peanut butter or regular butter and spread it on their front paws. It's a doggy instinct. He would lick that right off at that very moment.
None of us would want to see their dogs sick and ill. We hope these tricks help you to give your pooch meds and make him get well soon quickly! Woof!


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PICTURE in your mind an image of the average litter-bug and you'll probably see a city smoker carelessly discarding a cigarette end or a cigarette box; a motorist emptying the litter from his car on to the road at traffic lights; some schoolkids tossing their lunchtime drinks bottles by the wayside.
Squinter never tagged outdoorsmen as littering types. On the contrary, those who spend a lot of time away from the rat race do so surely because they prize Mother Nature's pristine serenity.
You'd think that, wouldn't you?
Sunday afternoon and Squinter's walking the dog around Stoneyford reservoir, the vast expanse of water shimmering in the heat, undisturbed by even a hint of a breeze. Dotted around the banks are scores of anglers, all male, ranging in age from perhaps to 10 to 70; some are solitary, some are fishing in groups. None, it appears, gives a tinker's curse about the state of the place.
Pan loaf wrappers and cigarette boxes are everywhere, food packaging and bottles abound. The bread thing is particularly galling because, according to the Stoneyford rules, only spinning and worm fishing is allowed, but it's clear that the anglers here are doing their bit to keep our bakeries in business. Whether they're using the bread as bait on the hook, or whether they're throwing it on the water as groundbait to attract the rainbow and brown trout, isn't entirely clear, although given the amount of loaf wrappers we can only assume that they are using it for anything and everything – except, of course, sandwiches.
After an hour or so of this, Squinter had had enough and was longing for the ordered cleanliness of the Andytown Road. So man and dog headed into the village and struck left along the Moss Road, returning to the car by way of a meandering circuit involving the Sheepwalk and White Mountain roads.
And as he walked the thought occurred that while the bailiffs are busy at Stoneyford, ever on the prowl for those fishing without a licence, perhaps NI Water should start employing a litter warden or two.


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Bro. Israel has been in the ministry for 20 years. He has served in college, discipleship, missions and pastoral ministries. He is a graduate of the University of Memphis and the New Orleans Baptist Theogically Seminary. He is married to Denise and they have two sons, Asher and Barrett, and a dog Spencer. They enjoy sports, outdoors, animals and family time.
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ReRAM: Resistive random access memory.
A form of non-volatile memory in which a pulse voltage is applied to a metal oxide thin film, creating massive changes in resistance to record ones and zeros.
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Minister Humphreys announces Arts Council's ambitious commissions 'to inspire the nation' as part of Ireland 2016
The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, T.D., joined the Chair of the Arts Council Sheila Pratschke and Director Orlaith McBride today to announce nine major arts projects to commemorate 1916. The commissions, which range across traditional music, poetry, dance and visual arts, form a key part of the Government's Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme and will be presented to the public next year.
The projects were selected by an international jury after the Arts Council issued an 'open call' to the Irish imagination, and promised to invest a total of €1 million in ambitious ideas by artists across the country.
Announcing the successful projects today, the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys said: "The arts and culture were an essential element of the movement that led to the events of the 1916 Rising, with the Gaelic and Literary revivals helping to inspire a new generation. It is vital, therefore, that the arts are central to the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme. These commissions will help us to not only reflect on the events of a century ago, but also to look forward to the next 100 years.
Arts Council Chair Sheila Pratschke said: "Almost one hundred years on, these proposals represent a key response to 1916. It will be very exciting to watch over the months ahead as they are transformed from idea to reality. I am already confident that these artists, with such vision and ambition, will inspire the nation."
Arts Council Director Orlaith McBride said: "We in the Arts Council were overwhelmed – and delighted – by the response to our 'open call', even if it made the international jury's task of choosing just nine applications from 258 all the more challenging. The successful projects will be at the heart of the commemoration programme, and we want as many people as possible to experience the work when it is presented next year."
Also as part of the Government's Ireland 2016 centenary programme, the Arts Council will offer 16 special bursaries for a new generation of emerging artists; additional touring support to bring arts events to communities across Ireland; and will gather dozens of the country's best choirs for a free, televised concert featuring a specially-commissioned piece by Shaun Davey and Paul Muldoon.
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In the Shadow of the State
In the Shadow of the State is a collaboration between visual artists Sarah Browne and Jesse Jones, exploring statehood from the perspective of the female body. In the context of the centenary, the project investigates the resonances of the birth of the state, and what it means for women today. Through a series of participatory live events in historically resonant spaces in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Britain, the project includes collaborating experts from medicine, law, material culture and music. The 1916 Rising – originally a socialist and feminist movement as well as a nationalist project – remains unfinished for women in Ireland. In the Shadow of the State is co-commissioned by Create (Ireland) and Artangel (UK), with additional production support from Heart of Glass (UK).
Sarah Browne and Jesse Jones
Sarah Browne and Jesse Jones are both based in Dublin and studied at the National College of Art and Design. Their collaboration, as a feminist practice, brings together mutual concerns. They have each made numerous works within and outside gallery spaces, and have extensive experience working in collaborative contexts and through public art commissions. Their exhibitions, films and public projects have been produced on a national and an international level, for institutions such as Project Arts Centre, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Istanbul Biennale, Artsonje Seoul, the Daimler Art Collection and the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
A Poet's Rising
The Irish Writers Centre has commissioned six poems, one for each day of the Rising. These poems will be written and performed by our most influential contemporary poets who will reflect on a significant figure, location or event around the Rising. The poems will be filmed and released during the week of the anniversary. The poets include Jessica Traynor, Thomas McCarthy, Paul Muldoon, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Theo Dorgan. An original score will be composed by Colm Mac Con Iomaire. The films will be made available as an app for download which will take the user to each location where they can watch the video of the poem performed by the poet. It is confirmed that the poems will also be broadcast on terrestrial TV.
Irish Writers Centre
The Irish Writers Centre is a flagship resource organisation for writers. It offers professional supports to meet the needs of writers at all stages of their development through training, information, networking opportunities and programmed events. A key part of their role is to offer a comprehensive and innovative toolkit/service to support the professional development of writers. The centre is also committed to fostering connections between writers across Ireland as well as celebrating their writing by creating audiences for their work at home and abroad. These goals are achieved through their physical hub in Parnell Square, their national and international outreach programmes and specialised online presence.
Future Histories
Niamh Murphy and Áine Phillips will curate a dawn-to-dusk live art and video event with 16 acclaimed Irish artists at Kilmainham Gaol to respond to its iconic historical associations with the 1916 Rising. The invited artists, from north and south of the border, who work in performance, live art and video will respond to the 1916 centenary, creating contemporary perspectives on our shared past, conflicts, crises and passions in relation to the Rising and its greatest monument, Kilmainham Gaol.
The artists are Amanda Coogan, Danny McCarthy, Brian Connolly, Debbie Guinnane, Helena Walsh, Sandra Johnson, Fergus Byrne, Francis Fay, Katherine Nolan, Pauline Cummins, Ciara McKeon, Dominic Thorpe, Maeve Redmond, Dr. Laura McAtackney, Michelle Browne, Alastair McLennan and Sinéad O'Donnell.
Performance Art Live Foundation
Performance Art Live Foundation (P. A. Live) is an artist-led initiative in Ireland, dedicated to and invested in live, durational performance and live art made by artist-performers. Supporting Irish artists in developing and presenting live performance in collaborative ways, P.A. Live promotes Irish performance as a strong and vibrant practice with important historical lineage.
Áine Phillips and Niamh Murphy
The curators of Future Histories are Áine Phillips and Niamh Murphy. Áine Phillips makes live performance art and video in Ireland and internationally. She is involved in artist-led projects and curates live art events in Ireland. She has just published Performance Art in Ireland: A History, the first survey of the artform on the island. Niamh Murphy is a live performance artist and curator and has been director of the Dublin Live Art Festival since 2012.
HEED is a public sound work, which will be made by artist Garrett Phelan in collaboration with groups of Dublin-based young people (aged 18 to 25) and with the support of social services providers. HEED will focus on, and give voice to, the disaffected and increasingly disenfranchised. It aims to highlight the concerns and issues facing young people, in a positive and constructive manner, through the creation of a significant sound project. HEED calls ambitions of the past into the present; namely an Ireland that consistently questions the integrity of its governance, the manifestation of its cultural identity and the ministration of civic society.
Garrett Phelan
Garrett Phelan makes site-specific projects that include independent FM radio broadcasts, sculptural installations, photography, film, animation and drawing. He has exhibited widely in Ireland and internationally, with recent solo shows at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 2015; IMMA, Dublin 2012; and group exhibitions at EVA International 2014; Palais des Beau-Arts de Bruxelles 2013; ICA, London 2012; 11th Lyon Biennial, 2011.
The Souvenir Shop
The Souvenir Shop will examine the shifting meanings and commoditization of gestures and symbols associated with the revolution, examining how the images, objects and themes of the 1916 Easter Rising and conflict more generally become 'souvenirs'. The work also explores how ordinary people and everyday heroes cope with conflict and resolution. Referencing the city centre shops once owned by Proclamation signatory Tom Clarke, Duffy will create a shop in Dublin city centre filled with foodstuffs, goods, medicines, with images of the rising and its heroes, woven into everyday things. The artist will transform the historical and everyday into the magical, and will fundamentally question public attitudes towards violence, commemoration and national identity.
Rita Duffy
Rita Duffy was born and grew up in Belfast. Duffy works in the figurative/narrative tradition, and her enquiries into questions of Irish identity, history and politics often stem from autobiographical experience. Her work involves an exquisite crafting of materials and generally takes the form of painting, drawing and mixed media installation. Duffy's work is often humorous, drawing on absurdist traditions in art, and referencing Surrealism and Magic Realism. Her work is held in national and international collections, and Duffy exhibits widely. She has undertaken many public commissions and has worked with local and community groups in her projects.
Helen Carey
Helen Carey is a Dublin-based independent curator, whose practice is focused on memory, history and cultural identity. Carey curated a series of exhibitions for the Lockout 1913/2013 centenary and has worked most recently with Ewa Partum, Michael Warren, and Mark Curran on the ongoing project THE MARKET. She is currently Director of Fire Station Artists' Studios, and was previously Director/Curator, Limerick City Gallery of Art and inaugural Director, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris.
The Casement Project
The Casement Project is a choreography of bodies and ideas that takes place across multiple platforms and national borders. It dances with the queer body of British peer, Irish rebel and international humanitarian, Roger Casement. It asks: Who gets to be in the national body? How could the national body move? An award-winning creative team, a cast of internationally-acclaimed performers and contributors from beyond the arts, join choreographer Fearghus Ó Conchúir to create five interconnected ways for people to be involved in the project: a stage performance, a celebratory festival of dance, a dance-film, an academic symposium and a series of engagement opportunities that welcome participation by a diversity of people.
Fearghus Ó Conchúir
Brought up in the Ring Gaeltacht, Fearghus completed degrees in English and European Literature at Magdalen College Oxford, before beginning a career as a choreographer. Frequently collaborating with artists and experts from other disciplines, he is a champion for what dance can help us understand about how we live in the world. His film and live performances, presented around the world, create frameworks for audiences and artists to build communities together. In the past year, he toured his dance work Cure, most recently to Hong Kong; he collaborated with visual artist, Sarah Browne and he created The Rhythm of Fierce for Croí Glan Integrated Dance, as well as beginning research on The Casement Project.
A creative collaboration between ANU and CoisCéim Dance Theatre, THESE ROOMS is an immersive, live performance and film installation that cross pollinates contemporary dance, theatre and visual art. The work is based on a historical incident, which took place on North King Street, Dublin in April 1916 and involved the killing of fifteen civilian men. With reference to eyewitness accounts, THESE ROOMS will take the form of an embodied, physical testimony drawing attention to the effects of conflict on ordinary people's lives and reaffirming the role of art in negotiating history.
ANU is devoted to an interdisciplinary approach to live performance that cross-pollinates visual art, dance and theatre in an intensely collaborative way while placing audiences central to their work. ANU is comprised of artistic directors Louise Lowe and Owen Boss, and is produced by Lynnette Moran and Matt Smyth. Works include: Pals,The Irish at Gallipoli (Collins Barracks); Glorious Madness (Failte Ireland and DCC); Beautiful Dreamers (Limerick City of Culture), Vardo (DTF2014), Angel Meadow (HOME Manchester), Thirteen (DFF), Dublin Tenement Experience; The Boys of Foley Street (DTF2012); Laundry (DTF2011), World's End Lane (DTF2010), Memory Deleted and Basin (DFF).
CoisCéim Dance Theatre
Founded in 1995, CoisCéim's style of performance is contemporary and vibrant, with a knowing regard for the everyday. Artistic Director, David Bolger embraces a selection of dance styles to articulate stories and emotions that are relevant to the landscapes in which we live. The company has presented work to audiences large and small, onstage and on film throughout Ireland and overseas. International highlights include Ballads (Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, USA & Ten Days on the Island Festival, Australia); Knots and Swimming with my Mother (Peak Performances, USA); Knots (Venice Biennale) and most recently in 2014, Missing at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
1916 – Visionaries and their Words
100 years on from a revolution, 1916 – Visionaries and their Words will explore the writings and ideals of the Easter Rising's leaders in a concert programme inspired by their work to take place at the 2016 Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann and Temple Bar Trad Fest. Drawing from their writings, Lorcán Mac Mathúna will attempt to interpret the vision of the revolutionaries and to explore their legacy and contemporary resonance. The concert will present male, female, and children's voices, and a narrator who will read from source writings, alongside images and footage, both modern and archival.
Lorcán Mac Mathúna
Lorcán Mac Mathúna is a singer, writer, and arranger whose work defies categorisation. Working extensively in the realm of improvised music, stylistically informed by sean-nós vocal techniques and philosophy, his music is tonally rich, nuanced, and dynamic. He is an innovator in the presentation of traditional song and historical texts. To date his work has included four commissioned song cycles, the ground-breaking exploration of medieval Gaelic meters Preab Meadar, collaborations connecting Norse and Irish music, improvisational and electronic music, and compositional theory development.
New commission by Willie Doherty
Irish artist, Willie Doherty proposes to make a new video work which examines the legacy of the 1916 Easter Rising. The work will build on Doherty's interest in the relationship between landscape and memory, and will be shot in sites of contested history in Donegal and Dublin. The video will premiere in the Regional Cultural Centre in Letterkenny in July 2016 as part of the Earagail Arts Festival, and will be exhibited in Kerlin Gallery, Dublin and Matt's Gallery, London in late 2016, early 2017.
Willie Doherty
Willie Doherty has exhibited in many of the world's leading museums including SMK Statens Museum for Kunst; Copenhagen, Dallas Museum of Art; Kunstverin in Hamburg; Salzburger Kunstverin; Salzburg, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade; De Appel, Amsterdam; IMMA, Dublin; amongst others, and has work in many public collections. He has been twice nominated for the Turner Prize and participated in major international exhibitions including Documenta, Manifesta and the Venice, São Paulo and Istanbul biennales.