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This has nothing to do with atheism, but I have become fond and familiar with the community here and I would like your collective opinion on a sensitive matter with which I am faced. I know a little girl at a chinese restaurant I frequent; she is the owners' daughter and she eats with me when I come in. Recently she mentioned that one of her parent's employees creeps her out, so I asked her why. She said "he tickles me," which immediately sent up red flags to me. I asked her if she had told him to stop, and she said yes, so I told her she should tell her mom about it and she said she did but that her mom didn't do anything. I can't really talk to her mom because she barely speaks english and I don't know any mandarin. I think the guy "tickling" her speaks some english so I could talk to him, but I'm reticent because I don't have anything other than her statement and I could be misconstruing it. What can I ask her to find out what he's doing without making her too shy to answer? She's like 9 years old. And if he's doing something inappropriate, what should I do? I won't be able to prove it, so I don't know if it would be helpful to tell the police. If he's doing anything wrong, he would surely deny it. Suggestions please.
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Thank you all for the comments. I have gleaned some valuable ideas from all of you and I am thinking on it. I haven't been back in there since I wrote this. I want to try getting her to share more information before I act on it because all I have right now is a vague suspicion and a protective instinct. Carolyn, I very much agree with the need for children's rights to be respected. I often see a stark lack of this in the world. Children are treated like second-class citizens and it galls me that many adults think themselves superior for their years on this earth. Age does not make a man wise, nor trial give him rights. I will be cautious not to tread on her privacy even as I excersize my concern. I like your description of bullying as play with one-sided enjoyment. That seems apt to me.
Glen, you know I want to as well, but I will hold it for another thread. Plenty of chances, my friend :-)
I was going to comment, but after reading the comments, Carolyn already said what I was thinking, and probably much more succinctly than I would have. So just consider my comment a +1 to Carolyn R's comments below.
I will mention also that actual molesters and all manner of bullies tend to sort of hunt around for victims this way, figuring out who they can bully, intimidate, and get away with annoying, then the simple annoyance escalates into worse and worse behaviors. For the perpetrator is is a sort of game, eroding the self-hood of the victim. It does not matter one bit if he has not yet broken the law in touching her, the situation where HE gets to decide what is ok and what is not, and HER opinion is ignored is wrong and dangerous for them both already. Help your friend.
Here's another thing, as a parent I will say kids, like adults have a right not to be touched by people who creep them out. Even if the tickling is not actual sexual molestation, if she dislikes it, she has the right to not be touched. I wish people would take my child's feelings into consideration more often, not tell her what she is supposed to like - this is part of how kids get a sense of self, of boundaries, of autonomy & self-esteem, that when they tell grown-ups they trust that they don't like something, that the grown-ups take the child's feelings, preferences, and right to self-determination seriously.
You asking her for more information itself can be a kind of invasion of her privacy - you mention that you realize this could embarrass her. She should not need to convince you that the touching is illegally inappropriate for you to do something. She sees you as a friend, stand up for your friend just as you would for a shy adult that was not necessarily being molested but just harassed by a boss - even a well-intentioned non-criminal boss.
I agree - err on the side of protecting the child. All you have to do is say to the employee - "You need to stop tickling the child, it makes her feel shy, she doesn't like it, she told you to stop, you need to stop. If it was me I would pretend I overheard rather than "out" her for "telling on" him, don't let it turn into a "he said / she said" which is also awkward for the child.
Maybe you could say something like: "Some kids do not like to be tickled, I know I didn't! and she doesn't either!"
If she doesn't like it, it DOES NOT MATTER what his intentions are, she has the right for it to stop. Play that one side enjoys and the other side does not is bullying.
I like to take an approach like 'I am saying this in good humor, but will increase the intensity of my mood if met with any resistance.' give him room to back down, to accept that to continue would be a mistake, but no room to do anything else. Calm but firm, alpha dog style.
Err on the side of protecting this child!!!
In this hysterical modern U.S., there is a very good chance you are reading more into this than is actually happening. However, given this particular situation, her mom may truly not be worried about her daughter being molested. I know Asian values can be significantly different than what we are used to, especially regarding sex. However, if nothing is happening, it is also possible that mere accusations can ruin reputations and lives. And whether something is happening or not, recent research also suggests that in many cases, the true harm comes from the labeling of children as victims, treating them as "abused," and exposing them to the legal and mental health systems. We may have good intentions, but we often do more harm than good by making things into a bigger deal than they are.
I would recommend further investigation yourself. Make sure she knows she can trust you, that you care about her, and that if this employee (or anyone) has touched her inappropriately or ever does, you want her to tell you right away and you'll do what you can to stop it and make him go away. I would also recommend not sounding too gravely serious like people tend to when talking about this subject with kids, although still make it clear that you aren't joking. If you make it seem like too big of a deal, she might actually feel too ashamed to tell you.
The answers aren't always so clear when dealing with kids you are personally involved with, where the goal is actually minimizing harm more than adhering to accepted norms.
Report it, John.
If nothing is wrong, you will be embarrassed and maybe unwelcome in that restaurant. If something bad eventually happens, you will never forgive yourself for your silence. Most likely you will never know either way, and will always wonder. There is no way you can hurt the girl by reporting it.
Don't get involved any further yourself unless you want to be accused falsely at the moment of truth.
John, I will refrain from reopening the moral relativism argument. Pat is probably correct. Although even if you make the "hypothetical" call you will probably be told to report it.
Report it. Period! No disrespect, but unless you are specifically trained in child sex abuse investigation, making your own inquiries and taking matters into your own hands - no matter how well meaning - will do more harm than good. I have some experience in this, working in the criminal justice area of this field. You're best bet is reporting it to the police and the child welfare agency in your state. Since this is in a restaurant, it's not beyond imagination that the "tickler" is a family member, and someone who may have authority or control over the child's mother - boss, owner, manager, etc., which is why mom may be ignoring it.
The child obviously trusts you. That's the best thing you and she have going. If she wants to talk about it, let her. But don't try to pry information out of her. Let her tell you, in her own way, then report it.
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Trout takes contract-extension buzz in stride
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Mike Trout is 22 years old. He has slightly more than two years of big league service time.
He is the player that most feel will become the face of baseball in light of the retirement plans of Derek Jeter.
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Mike Trout is 22 years old. He has slightly more than two years of big league service time.
He is the player that most feel will become the face of baseball in light of the retirement plans of Derek Jeter.
So when the reports surfaced during the weekend that the Angels were working on a multiyear deal with Trout's agent, there was a bit of the buzz in the media -- but not much conversation at all among the folks in the Angels' Spring Training clubhouse.
His teammates get it.
Trout is what baseball needs.
He is the best player in the game.
And he enjoys that.
"I think it is cool," he said. "As a kid, growing up, watching Major League Baseball games, I always wanted to be in those guys' shoes."
Trout paused and smiled.
"If people are not recognizing you," he explained, "you are not doing something right."
Trout has definitely made himself recognizable in the world of Major League Baseball.
That's why figures like $150 million for a six-year contract -- which would only cover his first two years of free agency and would allow him to become a free agent at the age of 28 -- seem so logical.
The Angels have never shied away from signing free agents, dating back to their original class in 1977, when they brought in the trio of Don Baylor, Bobby Grich and Joe Rudi, to the more recent signings of Albert Pujols two years ago and Josh Hamilton prior to last season.
It only makes sense for the Angels to make sure they don't run the risk of seeing Trout, in his prime, walk away.
"He is the best all-round player I have seen play baseball," Angels catcher Chris Iannetta said. "There might be some who are better in one area or another, like [Miguel] Cabrera as a hitter, but Mike has all the components in one package.
"He combines speed and power and defense, and a feel for the game. I know on the East Coast there's a lot of hype for [Nationals outfielder Bryce] Harper, and no offense to him, but nobody can do all the things that [Trout] does."
Check out that resume. He was a unanimous choice as the American League Rookie of the Year in 2012, despite spending the first month of the season in the Minor Leagues, and he finished second to Cabrera in AL MVP voting the past two years. He's been an All-Star in both of his full big league seasons.
In 336 big league games -- including a 40-game cameo in 2011 -- Trout has hit .314 with 62 home runs, 196 RBIs, 86 stolen bases and a .948 OPS. He led the AL in WAR both seasons and has won back-to-back Silver Slugger Awards.
He already is arguably the most valuable homegrown asset in the history of a franchise born out of baseball's first expansion in 1961.
The two most prominent names in Angels history are Jim Fregosi and Nolan Ryan. Neither started nor ended their career with the Angels, however. Fregosi was an expansion draftee from the Red Sox in December 1960. Ryan was acquired from the Mets in a multiplayer trade in December 1971 that was built around Fregosi going to the Mets.
Trout? He was an Angels first-round Draft choice when he came out of Millville (N.J.) Senior High School, the 25th player taken in 2009. Yes, the Angels also had the 24th pick, and used it on another high school outfielder, Randal Grichuk, but that, explained former Angels scouting director Eddie Bane, was a bargaining ploy.
"We had Mike as the best player in the Draft, bar none," said Bane, now a special assistant with the Red Sox.
Baseball-Reference.com lists players who have had similar success at the age of 21. Of the top nine comparisons for Trout, only two aren't in the Hall of Fame -- Vada Pinson and Ken Griffey Jr. Griffey hasn't become eligible for enshrinement yet.
The list? In order? Frank Robinson, Mickey Mantle, Orlando Cepeda, Al Kaline, Jimmie Foxx, Pinson, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron and Griffey.
"I know how tough it is, to not only get to the big leagues but to make a footprint," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia, who caught 13 seasons in the big leagues. "The footprint he has made is pretty big. There has been no drop-off at all."
The biggest impression Trout has made is with how well he has handled the attention.
"There's no doubt about potential distraction, but that's not happening with him," Scioscia said. "He has not fluctuated."
And he doesn't plan to.
This, after all, is what Trout has been focused on doing with his life as long as he can remember.
"I was always confident I'd be able to do it," he said. "As far as playing the game of baseball, I have always come ready to compete. I get an adrenaline rush. I'm in the big leagues. It's one step at a time. I can't look ahead. I have to take care of business today."
For the Angels' ownership and front-office members, however, they always have to look ahead, and when they look into the future, they want to see Trout in the lineup and the outfield for the Angels.
It's why they are willing to make a major commitment at such an early stage in Trout's career.
He's not only their present. He is the Angels' future.
Tracy Ringolsby is a columnist for MLB.com.


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This course offers a working knowledge of art history that is an invaluable resource for a practicing artist. Research in a chosen area of art history will enhance every student's artistic vocabulary. Students will select a topic or topics and, under the guidance of a mentor, will do individual research culminating in a paper or papers. This course is to be taken incrementally over first three semesters.
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Intense independent studio investigations bring the student toward a professional level of artistic maturation. Production of a significant body of work is mandatory. The course requires weekly critiques with faculty. Prerequisite: successful completion of ART 521.
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This course exposes students to professional artists working in studios and offers a hands-on experience in studio techniques. Students will intern in an appropriate professional studio for hands-on experience. This course is not mandatory for teaching assistants.
|ART 581 Individual Introductory Graduate Studio in Related Area
Expansion of areas of expertise leads to creative cross-fertilization between the students' work and in their relationships with others. A secondary area of emphasis will increase the students' artistic resources. Each student will be required to investigate a studio area parallel to his or her area of concentration. The course requires weekly critiques by faculty in chosen area.
|ART 590 Thesis Exhibition
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The Formula One race slated for Hudson County appears to be hanging by a thread once again — if not scrapped altogether for a second time — after new public comments by the top executive of the international racing circuit.
In a story posted today, F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone told CNN the highly touted race is "not on the cards for next year" because organizers "haven't got any money" — the same problem that reportedly derailed the inaugural event this year. The report said the governing body for auto racing will approve the final F1 calendar in December, but new races need to have secured financing by now to ensure their spot on schedule.
Alex Howe, a spokesman for the local organizers, said in a statement the group doesn't comment on financial matters, "but we are on track for 2014." He said the Grand Prix of America would have a comment after the release of the F1 schedule, echoing a statement from last month, when an Ecclestone confidante also cast doubts on the race.
The public sparring is reminiscent of last year, when months of speculation about funding woes clashed with claims of being on track, leading to the postponement of this summer's race. In October, organizers cited "ongoing construction issues on the unique riverfront street course" when they pushed the event to 2014.
The Grand Prix of America at Port Imperial was set to take place over 10 years in Weehawken and West New York, with the Hudson waterfront and Manhattan as a backdrop, following a high-profile announcement nearly two years ago by Gov. Chris Christie. The governor has been adamant that the race would receive no public subsidies.
In June, organizers here appointed investment bank UBS to raise $100 million for the race, according to today's CNN report.


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The Visionary Award honored Titan for its creativity and leadership in obtaining private equity financing for the acquisition and construction of new Gold's Gyms, as well as the conversion of existing independent gyms to the Gold's Gym brand.
In January, Jeff Skeen, president and CEO of Titan Fitness, and his partners, A.J. Mushtaq, chief financial officer; Dal Clayton, chief operating officer; Aaron Lieberman, chief development officer; and Josh Harwood, senior vice president of operations, secured the backing of a $200 million private equity fund to purchase and develop Gold's Gyms nationwide. As a result, Titan Fitness became one of the largest Gold's Gym franchisees in the United States and is using the private equity funding to grow its Gold's Gym portfolio to more than 60 open locations nationwide during the next five years.
The Bravo Award honors the most significant contribution to the Gold's Gym brand and its franchisees. Known as the Franchisee of the Year Award, the Bravo award honors Skeen and his partners for routinely advising franchisees on operations and other business matters.


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Need some advice really...
I have a property I bought in 2006 - Ground rent was paid by the builder, barratts for the first year.
Since then It was my duty to pay the ground rent, this never happened due to it being taken over by simarc,
and them demanding that I pay the first years ground rent
- this dispute went on for many many years
- up until August 2011 when they admitted that the payment was made by barratts
(supposedly now it wasn't paid but they decided that they would let it go as they wouldn't get the money from barretts).
I have today offered to pay the outstanding balance of ground rent over a 12 month period as this is what I can afford,
the issue is that the ground rent owed (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2010) comes to £1080 in total. (yeah an extortionate amount but thats another issue).
What they have done is added on Interest in the region of £164.74,
plus arrears file prep at £110,
arrears letter £15,
obtaining office copy entries in relation to arrears £25
plus vat on top £30
so a grand total of 1432.87 (which I can't afford at the moment)
They are wanting to add this to my mortgage, but not something I really want to do,
I have offered to pay £1100 over a 12 month period but they will not budge and keep saying contact your mortgage lender.
Not sure where I stand legally, I've contacted the Leasehold Valuations Tribunal, not sure they can help but I do hope they can.
Any guidance at all would be great.


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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Westcore Properties reports that with the closing of California's largest real estate transaction in 2012, the company has capped a record $1 billion year in transaction volume and more than doubled the size of its office and industrial portfolio to 24 million square feet.
"We sold $246 million of property both locally and abroad," said Marc Brutten, Westcore Properties' chairman and founder. "2012 was our biggest year ever as we continued our strategy of acquiring quality assets in core California markets, particularly in the Bay Area and the Central Valley. Properties that were not strategic and part of our long-term operating plan have been systematically sold off."
Westcore Properties made headlines recently with its recent $700 million purchase of the 12-million-square-foot John Benvenuti industrial portfolio. The transaction was the not only the largest in the state in 2012, but was the second largest in the U.S., according to Jones Lang LaSalle. It also was the largest acquisition in Sacramento history with most of the 110 buildings involved located in and around the greater Sacramento area.
The Sacramento portfolio purchase occurred immediately on the heels of Westcore's $110 million acquisition of the 1221 Broadway Class A high-rise in downtown Oakland's City Center that has been the Clorox Company's headquarters since 1988.
According to Don Ankeny, president and CEO of Westcore Properties, "The size and scale of these institutional-grade acquisitions underscores our commitment to become a regional powerhouse known for producing solid returns to our investors.
"We manage our properties to provide aesthetically desirable and productive work places that attract quality tenants. Our established presence in the Bay Area and Sacramento will allow us to implement strong hands-on leasing and management strategies to ensure these assets achieve their full potential. This potential ultimately is reflected in the value we deliver to our investors," Ankeny said.
Other Westcore acquisition highlights in 2012 include the company's $45.6 million purchase of Kato Industrial Park in Fremont, Calif., a 605,000-square-foot industrial park set on 42 acres with room to expand. Westcore is already under way on a number of capital improvements at the project, which is positioned for significant upside as full occupancy is achieved.
The company's acquisition spree also included Central Plaza in Union City, a 170,000-square-foot mixed-use project acquired for $13 million, and the $6.8 million purchase of Westlake, a 37,000-square-foot office building in the Encinitas area of San Diego.
Domestic properties sold by Westcore this year include a commercial building in Coronado for $3.8 million; two industrial buildings in Commerce/Buena Park for $80 million; an industrial park in San Diego for $18 million; and an R&D park in Fremont for $46 million. In London, Westcore Properties also sold an office building for $98 million.
The success of Westcore's repositioning strategies is reflected by new and renewing leases totaling 1.74 million square feet and $52.5 million in total consideration.
About Westcore Properties
Westcore Properties (www.westcore.net) is a private, entrepreneurial commercial real estate investment firm with a specialized focus in the western United States and key European markets. Since its founding in 2000, Westcore Properties and its affiliates have acquired and managed more than $3.9 billion in industrial and office assets comprised of 550 buildings totaling over 25 million square feet. In addition to its U.S. headquarters in San Diego, Westcore Properties has regional offices in San Francisco and Denver. The firm's European offices are located in London, England and Geneva, Switzerland.
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I thought about responding to Bob Ross's thread on "Screwcaps vs Corks", but I think this topic probably deserves its own thread.
One of the limiting factors for a home winemaker is the type of bottle available. Friends and neighbors save their empty bottles for me, which I laborously de-label clean and sterilize. Almost non of these are screwcaps. In fact, currently, if someone does give me a screwcapped bottle I throw it out. I notice three types of screwcapped bottles: the first is the old standard 750 ml bottle with a 28mm (?) screwcap, the second is the standard gallon bottle closure 38mm (?) and the third is the type that is on a "Dr. Loosen" bottle (is this Stelvin?). Years ago I put up some of my wine in gallon jugs. My only question about these is "Is the Stelvin types significantly better than the first two, and why?"
Regarding standard cork type bottles, the choice of closure are real corks, composite corks, synthetic corks and apparently Zorks. I've only used the first two for the past 30 years and have good luck, and could count the number of "corked" bottles on one hand. I've considered synthetic corks, but just haven't made the jump yet. I need to study what synthetic corks are available and which are better. Also, although a Zork looks cool, is it really any better than a synthetic cork? One of the factors in making a decision is the type of wine being bottled. I'be be reluctant to put up a Cab or Merlot (or any wine I wished to age for a long time : >3years) in a screwcap or synthetic cork, but wouldn't have a problem with most whites and Roses.


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So, all Orthodox priests (Byzantine - even the Arabic abba) are called "pope".
The word Pope is just a title, one that many priests and bishops in the early Church held.
H.H. Pope Shenouda III was consecrated as Pope of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark after a process in which he was selected by the Holy Spirit, and not by election
While we are discussing the Pope, could someone explain the following: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Shenouda_III_of_AlexandriaJust wondering how the Roman Catholic process differs from the Coptic procedure.Ras Markos Yohannis Binyam
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Seven Deaths Confirmed in Arkansas
Authorities have now confirmed seven deaths in Arkansas after a severe storm
Category: Religious News
Grammy Awards - Christian
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matt Redman has won two Grammy Awards for his song "10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)."
At the awards ceremony in Los Angeles, the Christian singer said he's been blessed to hear the song he co-wrote in "a little chapel in England" spread around the world. It was named Best Contemporary Christian Music Song in a tie with Israel Houghton's (HOH'-tunz) "Your Presence is Heaven."
Matt Redman's recording of "10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)" also won the Grammy for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance.
TobyMac's "Eye On It" received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album, LeCrae's "Gravity" was named the Best Gospel Album, and "Go Get It" by Mary Mary took the Grammy for Best Gospel Song.


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Camelia la Tejana-Only the Truth
(¡Únicamente La Verdad!)
by Gabriela Ortiz
Sung in Spanish with English Supertitles
Outlaws. Love. Deceit. Camelia la Tejana - Only the Truth (¡Únicamente La Verdad!) is based on a popular Mexican ballad, "Contrabando y Traicion" (Smuggling and Betrayal). This docu-opera, lifted from the headlines, follows Camelia la Tejana and her lover as they smuggle drugs across the border to Los Angeles. The payoff becomes a deadly showdown! Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz creates a pulsing score that fuses classical and Mexican influences.
Eleazar Pacheco Moreno got his head chopped off on the train tracks in Ciudad Juarez after partying with Camelia la Tejana according to Alarma! magazine. Was she there? Did she become an evangelist preacher? Come and find out! A Brechtian deconstructivist use of experimental video in a documentary/opera/corrido... Camelia's path in public perception from make believe to corporeality and to myth, to larger-than-life status.
The opera explores the creation of a popular myth through media and is also a painful analytic narration of the harsh reality of drug trafficking and migration in northern Mexico.
The libretto holds power and poetry. The music, ranging stylistically from exotic avant-garde to lyrical, fits the subject marvelously. The visual elements called for provide an atmosphere at once real and surreal. ( Peter Jacobi, Bloomington Herald Times)
Gabriela ortiz
"A long time ago, I received a commission from the Organization of American States to write a chamber opera. When I discussed this with my brother, Rubén, he suggested that we look at Alarma (a tabloid magazine that claims to print 'only the truth!') as a point of departure for ideas about popular stories in the news media that had a particular social impact. We found a piece of news with shocking visual images about a man who committed suicide because of a woman, Camelia la Tejana. From that story, we started to conceive the entire opera. Fact and fiction get mixed up and fuel popular retelling and mythology. The opera weaves together these truths and legends, their facts and fictions, ever seeking and transforming the truth.
Gabriela Ortiz is one of the foremost composers in Mexico today, and one of the most vibrant musicians emerging in the international scene. Her musical language achieves an extraordinary and expressive synthesis of tradition and the avant-garde; combining high art, folk music, and jazz in novel, frequently refined, and always personal ways. Her compositions are credited for being both entertaining and immediate as well as profound and sophisticated; she achieves a balance between highly organized structure and improvisatory spontaneity. Although based in Mexico, her music is commissioned and performed all over the world.
Recent commissions and premieres include her new videopera Únicamente la Verdad! with The Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble under Carmen Helena Téllez, Altar de Piedra for three percussion players, timpani and orchestra for Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra with Esa-Pekka Salonen and Kroumata percussion ensemble; Zócalo-Bastilla, for violin, percussion and orchestra premiered by violinist Pierre Amoyal, percussionist Ricardo Gallardo and OFUNAM Philharmonic; Altar de Muertos, a string quartet commissioned by Kronos Quartet; Zócalo Tropical for flute, percussion and orchestra premiered by flutist Luis Julio Toro, and percussionist Ricardo Gallardo and Orquesta Simon Bolivar;100 Watts commissioned by Trio Neos; Seis piezas a Violeta for string quartet and piano premiered by The Cuarteto Latinoamericano and pianist Arturo Nieto and Baalkah a new work for Kronos Quartet and soprano Dawn Upshaw.
Ortiz has been honored with the Civitella Ranieri Artistic Residency; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship; the Fulbright Fellowship; the Distinción Universidad Nacional; the First prize of the Silvestre Revueltas National Chamber Music Competition with her piece Altar de muertos; the First Prize at the Alicia Urreta Composition Competition; the Composers Award and the National Artists System Fellowship from the Mexican Council for the Arts and Culture; Banff Center for the Arts Residency; the Inroads Commission, a Program of Arts International with funds from the Ford Foundation; the Rockefeller Foundation; the Mozart Medal Award for Mexican Theatre and Music as the best composer of 1997 and The Fundación Cultural Bancomer Award.
Born in Mexico City, her parents were musicians in the famous folk music ensemble Los Folkloristas, which was founded in 1966 to preserve and record the traditional music of Mexico and Latin America. She trained with the eminent composer Mario Lavista at the National Conservartory of Music and with Federico Ibarra at the National University of Mexico. In 1990 she was awarded the British Council Fellowship to study in London with Robert Saxton at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1992 she received the University of Mexico Scholarship to complete Ph.D. studies in electroacoustic music composition with Simon Emmerson at The City University in London. She currently teaches composition at the Mexican University of Mexico City, and at The Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University.
Ruben ortiz torres
Ruben Ortiz Torres was born in Mexico City in 1964. Educated within the utopian models of republican Spanish anarchism, he soon confronted the tragedies and cultural clashes of a post colonial third world. After giving up the dream of playing baseball in the major leagues he decided to study art. He went first to the oldest and one of the most academic art schools of the Americas (the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City) and later to one of the newest and more experimental (Calarts in Valencia, CA). After enduring Mexico City's earthquakes and pollution he moved to LA with a Fullbright grant to survive riots, fires, floods, more earthquakes, and proposition 187. During all this he has been able to produce artwork in the form of paintings, photographs, objects, installations, videos, and films. He is part of the permanent Faculty of the University of California in San Diego. He has participated in several international exhibitions and film festivals. His work is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid Spain and others.
About the Opera
The opera had its professional premiere in a production of the Festival de México and Compañía Nacional de Opera on March 11, 2010 at Teatro Julio Castillo in Mexico City. Indiana University Jacobs School of Music presented the first collegiate production on Aug. 8, 2008.
This videopera, a hybrid genre better described as a contemporary video-opera-documentary, is based on published journalism; particularly a real case published in La Alarma, a Mexico city tabloid weekly magazine. This 'news' exposed the real Camelia "La Tejana" (Camelia, the Texan), the mythical character in the narco-corrido contrabando y traición (smuggling and betrayal) made popular by the norteño music band Los Tigres del Norte.
One of the principal functions of the corrido is to synthesize and disseminate the myths that are embedded in popular consciousness. Consider, for example, the case of narco-traffic, which has tremendous impact on our community. Our popular composers, recreating our society and its problems, have taken note of this criminal activity and have made it a theme for their compositions. Why would they make an admirable brave and respected figure out of the drug dealer? What induces an audience to listen with implicit approval to the stories of individuals who are prototypes for armed violence?
Drawing on the narco-corrido contrabando y traición as a point of departure, our video-opera reconstructs the "true story" of Camelia La Tejana, a trafficker in marijuana between Tijuana and Los Angeles, and a murderer for love. We approximate this narrative because clearly, it resembles the classic tragedies and plots historically employed in opera. Moreover, both genres of narco-corrido and opera share such archetypical concepts as love, treason, a weapon, and death. Then again, our mythical portrait of Camelia not only recreates situations that are identifiable in reality, it also makes fiction out of reality and invents new characters in this story.
Our point of departure is material generated by the mass media, which play such a fundamental role in the popular culture of Latin America. They present the tragedies of daily life with such dramatic flair so as to compete with the tragedies in opera. For instance, tabloids like La Alarma relate violent stories in the crudest and most melodramatic fashion exhibiting harrowing photographs of urban conflict and crimes of passion under the pretense of revealing the "whole truth".
Our idea is to use these press materials as a resource to show how a legendary figure such as Camelia La Tejana becomes an integral part of the formation of identity, and of the construction and decoding of a collective imaginary of certain social groups. To realize this concept, we have created an opera closer to a post-modern multimedia work than to the conventional nineteenth-century versions of the genre. We use video and film to support the narrative of the libretto and to reinforce the emotional content of the music. We reject traditional theatrical sets in favor of projections of the actual locations where the events in the story took place. At the same time, a video captures the singers in real time, and the resulting images are mixed with the preexisting film to create a scenic discourse that mixes the present with the past; the real and the imaginary; the locale of the audience and the frontier world of the smugglers. In this manner we aim to construct and deconstruct a representation of reality through the employment of mass media devices and languages placed ultimately at the service of artistic expression.
Finally, we want the opera's music to manifest the strong syncretic impulse that exists in the popular genres of the communities of the frontier. In other words, we embrace our multicultural condition, and with it, the richness of our double historical past, both European and Indian, and our ultimately complex continental present. Using the most sophisticated technical resources, we remain connected to the undeniable power of both local and international musical streams, accepting our place as artists who are immersed in a specific place time and cultural circumstances.
Gabriela Ortiz (composer), Ruben Ortiz Torres (visual artist)
The corrido is a popular narrative song and poetry form: a ballad. The songs are often about oppression, history, the daily life of peasants, and other socially important information. It is still a popular form today, and was widely popular during the Nicaraguan Revolutions of the twentieth-century. It derives largely from the romance, and in its most known form consists of a salutation from the singer and prologue to the story, the story itself and a moral and farewell from the singer.
Various themes are featured in Mexican corridos, and corrido lyrics often feature old legends and ballads about a famed criminal or hero in the rural frontier areas of Mexico although there are also corridos that feature women and couples (La Venganza de Maria, Laurita Garza, and La Tragedia de Rosita.) Contemporary corridos also feature such contemporary themes as drug trafficking (narcocorridos), immigration, migrant labor, and even the Chupacabra.
From the day that it was created, the corrido has been a male-dominated form of expression. Not only were they written about and by men, but they were also performed primarily by men for men. Any women in corridos were traditionally relegated to passive roles, generally the weeping mother, the mourning widow, or the traitor.
In the 1960s, amongst an environment of changing gender roles, the first woman protagonist in a corrido emerged. She was known as Camelia la Tejana and she was brought to life by author Angel Gonzáles and conjunto Los Tigres del Norte in the smash-hit "Contrabando y Traición." The response to Camelia la Tejana and her exploits was humongous. There was much clamor for more corridos involving tough Camelia.
At this point author Angel Gonzáles claims that he refused to write another corrido about Camelia la Tejana. In his mind these type of corridos were not worth while; however, a sequel, "Ya Encontraron a Camelia" was released by Los Tigres del Norte. The credit for this song was given to none other than Angel Gonzáles. To this day he claims that he did not write this corrido or the one that came out after it "El Hijo de Camelia." Some say that Los Tigres del Norte got another author to write these corridos and then gave the credit to Gonzáles. We may never know the truth.
Despite all the controversy over who penned these corridos, one thing is certain. Women protagonists in corridos are extremely popular. After Camelia la Tejana first appeared on the scene, numerous corridos were released featuring women in controlling roles. History was changed with "Contrabando y Traición." The world of corridos will never be the same.
Norteño music and Los tigres del norte
Norteño is a genre of Mexican popular music, also popular in the United States. Though originating in rural areas, norteño is popular in urban areas as well.
The norteno band Los Tigres del Norte was started by Jorge Hernández, his brothers, and his cousins. They began recording after moving to San Jose, California in the late 1960s, when all the members were still in their teens. They were sponsored by a local record company, Discos Fama, owned by an Englishman named Art Walker, who took them under his wing and helped them find jobs and material, as well as recording all of their early albums.
The Tigres were at first only locally popular, but took off after Jorge and Art Walker heard a Los Angeles mariachi singer perform a song in the early 1971 about a couple of drug runners, Emilio Varela and Camelia la Tejana. There had been occasional ballads (corridos, in Mexican terminology) about the cross-border drug trade ever since Prohibition in the 1920s, but never a song as cinematic as this, featuring a woman smuggler who shoots the man and takes off with the money. After getting permission to record this song, Los Tigres del Norte released Contrabando y Traición ("Contraband and Betrayal") in 1974. The song quickly hit on both sides of the border, inspired a series of movies, and kicked off one of the most remarkable careers in Spanish-language pop music.
In norteño/conjunto form (a style featuring accordion that originated along the Texas border region), Los Tigres del Norte have been able to portray "real life" in a manner that strikes a chord with people across the Americas. Many of their most popular songs consist of tales or corridos about life, love, and the struggle to survive in an imperfect world. They regularly touch on the subject of narcotics and illegal immigration, but they have also shared stories of love and betrayal between a man and a woman. Together, the band and its public has turned norteño music into an international genre. The band has modernized the music, infusing it with bolero, cumbia, rock rhythms, waltzes, as well as effects of machine guns and sirens integrated with the music.
The band has won five Latin Grammy Awards and sold 32 million records.
On January 9, 2007, Los Tigres del Norte was honored as a BMI Icon at the 14th annual BMI Latin Awards. Los Tigres, who were saluted that evening with an all-star musical tribute, were being honored as BMI Icons for their "unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers." They joined an elite list that includes such Latin music giants as Juan Luis Guerra and Carlos Santana.
They have performed before the United States Armed Forces in Japan and South Korea.
In 2010, the band made headlines by joining in a massive international boycott of the US State of Arizona, in response to the state's Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act.
Learn more about Los Tigres del Norte
Contrabando y Traicion/Smuggling and Betrayal
Salieron de San Isidro / They left from San Isidro
Procedente desde Tijuana / Proceeding from Tijuana
Traían las llantas del carro / With the tires of their car
Repletas de hierva mala / Replete with Marijuana
Eran Emilio Barela... / They were Emilio Varela
Y Camelia la Tejana... / And Camelia la Tejana
Pasaron por San Clemente / The passed by San Clemente
Los paro la imigración /Where immigration stopped them
Les pidio sus documentos / Requesting their documents
Les dijo ¿de dónde son? / And asking "Where are you from?"
Ella era de San Antonio... / She was from San Antonio
Una hembra de corazón.. / A very passionate woman
Una hembra si quiere a un hombre... / When a woman loves a man
por el puede dar la vida / She can give her life for him
pero hay que tener cuidado si esa embra se siente herida / But one must be really careful
Si esa hembra se siente herida / When that woman feels betrayed
la traición y el contrabando / For betrayal and smuggling
son cosas incompartidas / Are not things to be shared
A Los Angeles llegaron / They arrived in Los Angeles
A Hollywood se pasaron / And went on to Hollywood
En un callejon oscuro / And in a dark alley
Las cuatro llantas cambiaron / They exchanged the four car tires
Ahí entregaron la hierva / There they delivered the weed
Y ahí tambien les pagaron / And there they got paid
Emilio dice a Camelia / Emilio said to Camelia
Hoy te das por despedida / Today, I am terminating your services
Con la parte que te toca / With the share of the money you've earned
Tu puedes rehacer tu vida / You can restart your life
Yo me voy pa' San Francisco / I am going to San Francisco
Con la dueña de mi vida / With the woman who owns my life
Sonaron siete balasos / Seven shots blasted out
Camelia a Emilio mataba / When Camelia killed Emilio
La policia solo hayo / The police only found
Una pistola tirada / A discarded pistol
Del dinero y de Camelia / About the money and Camelia
Nunca más se supo nada. / Nothing more was ever known.
Sung in Spanish with English Supertitles
For many years now Mexicans everywhere have known about Camelia "La Tejana," who was the subject of three corridos popularized by the famous band "Los Tigres del Norte." Unlike women in other corridos, Camelia had dared to kill one Emilio Varela, the lover who betrayed her after they smuggled some weed over the border together. Many years later, another man commits suicide by lying on the train tracks in the Mexican town Ciudad Juarez. As soon as this takes place, the tabloid "El Alarma," claiming to report "only the truth" reveals that Camelia is not a myth and that she may have something to do with the man's death. While the media, the public, and many men revel in their ties to Camelia, her myth and her reality; a journalist is intent on findig the truth behind it all.
Scene 1: Prologue - The Alarma!
Ciudad Juarez, capital of drug dealing and illegal migration. The chorus tells
the story of the suicide Eleazar Pacheco Moreno, quoting the sensationalist
tabloid Alarm! Spiteful, poor and drunk; Eleazar placed his head on the
railroad tracks and was beheaded. A citizen of El Paso remembers a Camelia
La Tejana ("The Texan"), who seemed to be tied to him ... Just a junkie
prostitute. His mythical image appears, singing only sighs, as he will
throughout the work.
Scene 2: TV Azteca - Agustina Ramirez Corrido
A journalistic investigation of TV Azteca's news department has discovered a
woman (Agustina Ramirez) who claims to be the legendary Camelia from the
corrido, despite she denies the veracity of the song. In the glamorous and
seedy television interview, she tells her story: after being raped in her
childhood, she spent time in drug trafficking and had many men under her
command, but now preaches God's Word.
Scene 3: Camelia's Father - El Tigre "The Tiger"
In a fictitious scenic meeting, Camelia's three putative fathers present their
versions: Elijah Wald, historian, researcher at the University of Californa,
discusses the impact of the corrido "Contrabando y Traicion". The composer
of that corrido Angel Gonzalez recalls how he wrote it, and assures everything
is fiction. The lead singer of "Los Tigres del Norte", Jorge Hernandez, lectures
on the artistic creation, fame and the corrido that made them famous.
Scene 4:The Blogger
The anonymous author of a blog publishes his hallucinating personal theories
about the reality (undeniable for him) of the existence of the Camelia from the
corrido. His opinions range between morals, cheap philosophy and rude
statements about the character's nature and drug trafficking.
Scene 5: Camelia Maria
The journalist from La Jornada Cesar Guemes has found, after arduous
investigation, another mysterious woman that seems to be the historic
Camelia, who acquiesces to give an interview in a car with tinted windows
demanding absolute discretion. She answers his questions in an elusive way,
denies being a killer and blames the media about this stories, allowing to see
somehow that she (possibly) was the real Camelia.
Scene 6: Eleazar's Suicide - Funerary
After witnessing Eleazar's rail decapitation in video, followed by
electroacoustic music, some witnesses complete their testimonies and finish
their analysis of the suicide in the very particular style of the tabloid '" [Alarma!"]
Giiemes the journalist states: "And from Camelia nothing was ever known
again" The mythic Camelia sings a cappella the corrido "Contrabando y Traicion"
electronically intervened.
Nannette Brodie (Choreography)
This is Nannette's third season with LBO having choreographed Akhnaten, Maria de Buenos Aires, Ainadamar and Paper Nautilus. In 1986, she started her own modern dance company, the Nannette Brodie Dance Theatre. Her choreography has been performed in more than 300 venues throughout California and in New York, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Chicago, Mexico City, Helsinki, Prague, and Paris. She is an alumnus of the Nikolais-Louis Dance Lab in NY. She was named Artist of the Year for the city of Long Beach in 2007.
Nannette Brodie Dance Theatre, a modern dance company of drama, wit, joy and invention capable of moving everyone in their audience, presented their first performance in 1986. The company is celebrating their 25th season this year and continues to produce a rich palette of movement and theatre providing a unique and provocative experience. NBDT has performed throughout Europe, Mexico and the United States for over 275,000 people. Follow them to the Ford Amphitheater on August 31st for their production of the L.A. So-Cal Dance Invitational.-->


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<pink>"... and as she approached the great serpent, it raised itself from the floor and struck at her neck. The attack was brief and deadly - two puncture marks silently wept blood onto her collar. Yet even with the liquid anathema flowing through her veins, she raised her hammer and shattered the vile creature's skull, all the while praying to divines who may or may not have existed.
The creature perished, and her body felt a sudden pureness again..."</pink>
|North - Cursed Oasis
|Level 6 snake guarding a Fortitude Tonic and some gold
|This sign is old and weathered, but the script is neat and precise.
"The experience has changed me. I got what I wanted, but now I forget why I wanted it. I can sweep aside any foe, but which one was the enemy I wanted to destroy?
I dream of a figure in a hood, but no more than that."
|East - Eastern Tundra
|three Goat Horns and some gold
|Fighting continues in the South. To end this madness, the Dragons will be sending our champion as an envoy.
|West - Havendale Bridge
|~6 gold piles
|The sign here is old and faded. You make out only a few words.
"... speaks of a lost and ruined tower, known in ancient texts as "Gaan-Telet". The secret of its location is protected by powerful magical wards, and the Tower floors themselves regularly shift in and out of existence, ensuring that each new intruder meets a unique and terrifying challenge. No two Tower experiences are ever the same..."
|South - Venture Cave
|3 spoons, 4 gold piles
|From the Book of Namtar:
<red>"... and then came his greatest achievement. He discovered true immortality, and rendered himself untouchable by the divines. It came at a great cost: whatever he'd discovered in the Pit had broken him, too."</red>
|East - Creeplight Ruins
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FreeCandy44 wrote:Huge fan here....the criticism he recieves is unwarranted.
Gaucho wrote:I think people are looking too much for the big hits. Brooks is a pretty sound and solid Top 4 dman.
Agreed. The way the Pens played earlier this season also made every member of the defense look bad. He doesn't hit like he used to, but he does a lot of good things on the ice. We tend not to see the chances he takes away, only his mistakes.
Crosby and Malkin may be the big names, but IMO, this is Brooks' team.


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All property will be offered and sold by DuMouchelle Art Galleries as agent for the Consignor subject to the following terms and conditions: -ALL LOTS ARE SOLD 'AS IS'. A Condition Report of a given lot, if available, may be found on eBay. Condition reports are provided as a courtesy and are based solely on opinion and observation and are not a guarantee of an item's quality, as well as reflect expectations subject to the given age of the given lot. Condition reports carry no guarantee, implied or otherwise, of their correctness. Existence of a condition report for a given lot does not presume that all aspects of a particular lot have been analyzed. While every reasonable effort is made to respond to all requests for condition, due to the volume of requests, DuMouchelles cannot guarantee that all requests will receive a response. - Additional photos for a given lot may become available and will be uploaded to eBay - at DuMouchelles discretion - on the eBay page that corresponds with that lot. - Credit Approval: Internet bidders are REQUIRED to provide valid name, address, phone number and email address as well bank references or credit card number (with corresponding expiration date and pin number) to eBay to be approved for bidding. Potential bidders not meeting these criteria will be approved on a case-by-case basis and ONLY after contacting DuMouchelles regarding the status of their pending application. -Payment: eBay generated invoices will be sent out via email following each session of DuMouchelles auction or early the following day. Payment is expected within ten (10) business days from the end of the auction. Accepted forms of payment are PayPal, bank wire transfer, money order, personal check and certified check. Purchased items paid for by personal check may be removed from the premises once the check has cleared the bank. -Shipment of Purchased Lots: DuMouchelles is not responsible for the shipment of items. All shipping and related costs are the responsibility of the purchaser. If you are the successful bidder and require an item(s) to be shipped, DuMouchelles can provide you with a list of shipping and moving companies that have no affiliation with our gallery. If hiring a company other than one of those listed below, please advise them that the gallery is not open on Monday. -Packing/Shipment Quotes: Prospective bidders are encouraged to contact their shippers for packing and transport quotes prior to bidding, and should be aware that these costs may include fees for pick-up, materials, packing, insurance and transport. For your convenience, we have listed those companies below. Movers (FOR VERY LARGE ITEMS, FURNITURE) J. Noseda and Son, Inc. 586.563.2273 voice 586.776.0570 fax Art Pack Services, Inc. 248.478.9588 fax 248.478.8946 voice Shipping Companies (large or small items) The UPS Store - Keenan 248.559.1690 voice 248.559.5884 fax email@example.com The UPS Store – Vince 313.392.6000 voice 313.392.0422 fax email@example.com Packaging Store - Andrew 248.680.0993 voice 248-680-0994 fax email@example.com Pakmail - Jim 248.393.3277 voice email@example.com Pack and Ship – Bill Frederick 734.281.0224 voice 734.281.9020 fax 800.551.9820 firstname.lastname@example.com **DuMouchelles does not endorse or recommend any particular business above. Please interview and hire at your own risk. 1. DuMouchelles Art Galleries Co., and the Consignor assume no risk, liability or responsibility for the authenticity of the authorship of any property identified in the catalog. All property is sold 'AS IS' and neither DuMouchelles nor the Consignor make any warranties or representations of any kind or nature with respect to the property, and no statement in the catalog or made at the sale, or in the bill of sale or invoice or elsewhere shall be deemed an assumption of liability or a warrant or representation as to the description, genuineness, attribution, provenance or condition of the property. DuMouchelles and the Consignor make no representation or warranty as to whether the successful bidder acquires any reproduction rights in the property. Prospective bidders should inspect or request the condition of the property before bidding to determine its condition, size and whether or not it has been repaired or restored. 2. A premium of 22% of the successful bid price will be added thereto and is payable by the purchaser as part of the total purchase price on lots in sale. 3. DuMouchelles reserves the right to withdraw all or part of any lot prior to the sale of that lot. 4. Unless otherwise announced by the auctioneer, all bids are per lot as numbered in the catalog. 5. Notwithstanding the preceding conditions, if within twenty-one days of the sale of any lot, the purchaser gives notice in writing to DuMouchelles that the lot so sold is a counterfeit and, if within ten days of such notice the purchaser returns the lot to DuMouchelles in the same condition as when sold, and proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the returned lot is in fact a counterfeit and that this was not indicated by a fair reading of the catalog, the sale will be rescinded and the purchase price refunded. Consignor agrees to refund DuMouchelles any payments made to Consignor for any counterfeit property returned DuMouchelles. 6. Unless the sale is advertised and announced as a sale without reserves, each lot is offered subject to reserve and the DuMouchelles may implement such reserves by bidding through its representatives on behalf of the Consignor. 7. DuMouchelles reserves the right to reject a bid from any bidder. The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer shall be the purchaser. In the event of any dispute between bidders, the auctioneer shall have sole and final discretion either to determine the purchaser or to re-offer and resell the article in dispute. If any dispute arises after the sale, the sale record of DuMouchelles shall be conclusive in all respects. DuMouchelles will not be responsible for errors or failure to execute bids. 8. If the auctioneer determines that any opening bid is not commensurate with the value of the article offered, he may reject the same and withdraw the article from the sale; and, if having acknowledged an opening bid, he decides that any advance thereafter is not of sufficient amount, he may reject the advance. 9. On the fall of the auctioneer's hammer, title to the offered lot will pass from Consignor to the purchaser, subject to all the conditions set forth herein, and purchaser thereupon a) assumes full risk and responsibility therefore, b) will sign a confirmation of purchase thereof, and c) will thereupon pay the full purchase price therefore or such part as we may require. We reserve the right to impose a late charge of 1 1/2% per month on the total purchase price if payment is not made in accordance with all of the conditions set forth herein. All property must be removed from our premises by the purchaser at their expense not later than 10 business days following its sale and, if it is not so removed, a handling charge of 1% of the purchase price will be payable by the purchaser per month until its removal, with a minimum of 5% for any property not so removed within 60 days after the sale. If any applicable conditions herein are not compiled with by the purchaser in addition to other remedies available to us and the Consignor by law, including without limitation the right to a) hold the purchaser liable for the total purchase price, we at our option may either cancel the sale, retaining as liquidated damages all payments made by the purchaser or b) resell the property at public auction, and the purchaser shall be liable for any deficiency, costs, including handling charges, the expenses of both sales, or commission on both sales at option, payment will not be deemed to have been made in full until we have collected funds represented by checks, or, in the case of bank or cashier's checks, we have confirmed their authenticity. As between DuMouchelles and Consignor, if the successful bidder does not pay for the property, collection procedures shall be the responsibility of Consignor and not DuMouchelles. 10. Unless exempted by law from the payment thereof, the purchaser will be required to pay Michigan state retail sales taxes at a rate of 6%, or any taxes that are applicable at this date. Unless exemption from such taxes is established to the satisfaction of DuMouchelles, any purchaser claiming an exemption will be required to pay the tax to DuMouchelles and seek a refund. Purchasers not intending to take possession or use the property purchased by them at the sale within the State of Michigan must make arrangements with a shipping company for shipment outside the State of Michigan at the purchaser's risk and expense prior to the bidding. Otherwise, Michigan state taxes of 6% will be added to the bill.
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Apo Island is in the province of Negros Oriental, in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines.
Get in
Malatapay, Zamboanguita - Apo Island Boat rental (2 way)it doesn't matter if you stay in the island for a day or a week. The rates are the same. 2000 pesos - small boat max 5 pax 3000 pesos - big boat max 10 pax Solo travellers may also join other boats for 300 pesos.
You must arrange for transport from one of the local boats to come and retrieve you for a fee. It is a several mile trip in an outrigger canoe with outboard motor over open water, swells can be large and you can expect to be sprayed with saltwater throughout the trip (wear sunglasses). The boats will generally meet you at Zamboanguita where the Malatapay Wednesday market is held. Take a jeepny from Dumagete, just ask the driver or the guy who collects fees off the back of the jeepny to warn you when it is your stop. It can also be arranged through Apo Island Resort to go from Dumagete to Malatapay-Dauin, and from there directly to the island.
If you want to stay near the pier in Dumagete, the Coco Grande Hotel [1]is only 1 minute away.
Get around
The island is only 3 km around and 120 m high at the top of the hill, walking will get you anywhere you need to go on the island, including to the top of the hill.
One of the Philippines' famous diving sites, Apo Island has one of the world's best known community-organized marine sanctuaries. It is home to over 650 documented species of fish and estimated to have over 400 species of corals.
Diving and snorkeling are the main activities around the island. Resorts on and off the island typically hold diving programs for different skill levels. Instructors are commonly PADI-certified. The diving is excellent, plenty of reefs, tons of fish and turtles-amazing visibility. Keep an eye out for the Giant Trevally which is known in these waters.
There are 2 dive shops in Apo Island: 1. Apo Island resort - USD 25 inclusive of complete gear, boat and divemaste; USD 20 exclusive of gear, inclusive of tank & weights, boat and divemaster. Less USD 2 for shore dives.
2. Paul's diveshop - Php 1150 for one dive, P2200 for 2 dives exclusive of gear. For complete gear, add Php 280 per dive.
Conservation tax of P300 is charged if diving within the sanctuary and P200 if diving outside of the sanctuary
These rates are as of June 2009
There isn't much in the way of retail on Apo Island. It is advisable to bring anything that you may need with you because it is a long trip back to Dumagete. The local women will try to sell you t-shirts and kitsch when you arrive and when you leave.
Both hotels have restaurants, Liberty's has particularly good chocolate/banana shakes. Menus are limited but what is available is pretty good. At Liberty's, the dive master will go table to table during dinner and help you arrange the next day's dives.
Several beach resorts at nearby towns regularly offer trips to the island, and it is more common among divers and tourists to get accommodations off Apo Island. Examples of hotels and resorts outside Apo Island are Liquid Dive Resort [2], Playa de Malatapay Resort and Restaurant (www.playademalatapay.com) and Thalatta Beach & Dive Resort in Maluay Zamboangita ( www.thalattaresort.com ), Bahura Resort & Spa [3] in Dauin and Wellbeach Dive Resort in Maluay [4] . Rates span from budget to splurge, with some hotels usually offering a range of activities that explore the mountains, water falls, sulfur springs and other beaches of Negros Oriental.
There are only two resorts on the island, Liberty Community lodge and Apo Island Beach Resort.
Liberty Community Lodge [5] is the larger of the two, it has a very nice restaurant and both private and dorm type rooms. The private rooms are situated in what appears to be a large expensive private house, the showers use barely desalinated water and the island is always on restricted water use.
Apo Island Beach Resort [6]is on the opposite side of the boulder from Liberty Community Lodge.
Get out
Apo island is generally the place to get out too, Dumagete is the city to get to Apo from. Here [7] is a good write up on the island.


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We sell, rent and custom build multitouch solutions for businesses, brands and events. Imagine a large bar, table, floor or wall that has a completely interactive screen on the surface that interacts similar to an iphone. This can be customized to have any type of animated interaction with objects, bodies and/or fingers
for a great example of this technology, watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP5y7yp06n0
We are based in the US, and will be operating on a national level.
Market to major brands to advertise on these units - a few targeted industries; beverage, fashion, automotive, travel, entertainment, ect...
Market to venues including nightclubs, lounges, restaurants, bars, hotels, ect...
We are currently building a flash based website from the following template:
We are looking for a logo/business card design that is creative and matches the website theme. We like the following name formating: spinTOUCH, SpinTouch, SPIN TOUCH.
Also please add this slogan to the logo: "Interactive Solutions", however if you have something more clever, feel free to use.
Feel free to use any style, font or colors. Please include at least one design using the site as a background (http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/…ground.jpg) and place logo on top left hand side, other variations are welcome, to be used on other mediums.
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I was talking today to a preacher friend of mine, affiliated with a Pentecostal Christian denomination. He preaches on the side part-time. His full time job is working for a public service company in New Jersey.
The guy is of North European and Italian descent.
Anyhow we were talking about food - ethnic cuisine - which is best.
And I mentioned Arabic food.
So this preacher said ... Best food in the world.
He says whenever he is sent to Paterson, New Jersey, he is in heaven. Walking up and down that street, and the smells. These people, he says, still have the old family recipes, and he loves it. He always stops in for a meal at a Lebanese place.
He is of part-Italian extraction - a very popular cuisine style world wide - but he has come to the conclusion that Arab food is the best in the world.
Just thought you would find that interesting.
I found it fascinating. I never expected him to love Lebanese food so much.


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Congressman Brian Higgins is writing to the United States Chair of the International Joint Commission (IJC) calling for an investigation into what led to an ice jam build up and flooding along the Niagara River during the blizzard which recently hit the Western New York area. Higgins' request is aimed at preventing potential tragedies in the future.
"The threat of flooding of neighborhoods on both sides of the river is of great concern," wrote Higgins. "Additionally, I am reluctant to contemplate the dire scenario which would ensue if hydroelectric generation were disrupted by an ice jam; if this disruption happened concurrently with a 10-year blizzard like the one which visited our region yesterday, the result may be nothing short of a major humanitarian disaster."
An ice jam during a severe winter storm on January 7, 2014 led to a flash flood warning from the National Weather Service for the upper Niagara River, threatening neighborhoods in Grand Island and Niagara Falls.
In his letter, Higgins asks the IJC to specifically address the following questions:
- Did the human-made infrastructure which regulates the river (including the ice boom and the control structures) perform as designed?
- Is a reconfiguration of some of this infrastructure, or new infrastructure, warranted?
- Are adequate procedures in place to manage the threat of an ice jam in this location?
- Did the authorities involved discharge their responsibilities effectively? The Congressman noted that he had no reason to suspect that there was a lapse in this regard.
- Do NYPA and the Canadian authorities need more ice-breaking capacity, i.e., more and/or bigger ice-breaking vessels?
The International Joint Commission is a bi-national organization formed in the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty composed of six Commissioners including one Chair from each country. The IJC's two main responsibilities include "regulating shared water uses and investigating transboundary issues and recommending solutions."


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WATERMAN, Ill. — The harsh winter led to heavy honeybee losses in northern Illinois, leaving farmers scrambling to replenish hives in time to produce enough pollinators for crops such as apples, pumpkins and raspberries.
Keepers of honeybees in DeKalb County lost more than 70 percent of their bees, The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle reported Tuesday. Producers in the area say they typically lose 40 percent.
While some beekeepers say it's business as usual except for the extra costs of buying new bees, others are worried their hives are going to be late getting up to pollinating and honey-producing strength.
"Normally this time of year you would be able to hear the buzz from the driveway and it would be a solid sheet of brown from the bees," said Steve Bock, owner of Honey Hill Orchard in the village of Waterman. Instead, the lines of bees moving about his farm are light.
He keeps bees to pollinate the 3,000 apple trees on his orchard and produce honey. He spent $800 to buy 100,000 new bees, but they've yet to mature.
Besides the bad winter, a mite infestation also contributed to the higher-than-normal losses.
Carolyn Huden lost more than 2 million honeybees on her farm in Genoa. She bought new ones from California, but they won't be up to strength until midsummer. She estimates the farm's honey production will drop from 500 gallons to 250 gallons.
"Right now I should be making honey by the gallon, but I'm not," she said. "I'll be lucky if I have any honey to harvest by July 1."
Information from: The Daily Chronicle, http://www.daily-chronicle.com


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'Skins volleyball served straight-set loss by Anna
The Redskins were served a straight-set loss by the Anna Rockets Monday, but things weren't always so bleak.
Wapakoneta was up by double digit points in the first set, looking to put it away when something happened.
Something clicked for Anna, whether it be a strategy change of an attitude adjustment, Anna stormed back in that first set and never looked back.
"I can't think of any one particular thing that led to the collapse of the lead," said varsity head coach Keith Rambin.
The 'Skins lost the first set in extra points, 28-26, and then were out-played the rest of the match.
"I know for a fact that one point in the first set they took us out of our offense by serving short to where the setter was," Rambin said. "We couldn't quite handle the short serve and get the pass to the setter."
Rambin said Anna played a great match to overcome that adversity, Wapakoneta was not doing themselves any favors in the ordeal.
"We finished the night with 23 hitting errors, you're not going to win too many matches giving up 23 hitting errors, that's a direct point ot the other team," Rambin said.
At this point in the season, with five matches left, Rambin said it's time to start winning.
"Other than the O-G match, every game has been close, we're definitely going to look to take some of our frustrations out on St. Marys tonight," Rambin said.
Wapakoneta hosts rival St. Marys at 7:30 in the high school gym.
"I don't think anybody is going to be satisfied with anything less than a 3-0 victory tonight," Rambin said.
St. Marys comes into tonight's match struggling, but anything can happen in a rivalry match.
"I know St. Marys is not only a rival, it's also a league match, and right now we're 2-3 in the league," Rambin said.
He said many of the matches they've already had have been the toughest opponents in the league, and he's looking forward to the weaker part of the schedule to propel them to the tournament.
"Everybody we've played so far has been in the upper half of the league. We've toed the hard schedule thus far, and hopefully we can finish off the next four or five games or whatever we have left as a good springboard into the tournament," Rambin said.
The Redskins host St. Marys tonight, then travel to Van Wert on Thursday.


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Gifted young pianist
Recently, I came across some music videos that feature Wil Houchens, a young man who grew up a few miles down the road from us. He's a friend of Isaac, my son, and they graduated from high school together, last year. Wil's about the same age as Isaac -- almost 19.
If your internet connection allows you to view YouTube, I think you'll enjoy the videos he's posted. I believe they were all filmed at Hillcrest Baptist Church, in Hopkinsville.
Wil started taking piano lessons when he was five. I remember one time when the kids came home from Vacation Bible School talking about Wil Houchens. He had played "Great Balls of Fire" on the piano in the church basement.
During high school, Wil was the pianist for the Hopkinsville High School Choir, so I got to hear him play regularly. By the time he was a senior, he had begun study with Austin Peay University's music department and was giving piano lessons himself at the Pennyrile Academy of Fine Arts in Hopkinsville. Now he's completing his first year of college at Austin Peay University in Clarksville, TN.
Wil is also an avid fisherman who likes to compete in tournaments (and he often does very well in them.) You'll notice that his YouTube id is PianistFishermanGuy.
Wil has a lot of natural musical talent but he has also worked tremendously hard to develop his skills. He has poured untold hours of his young life into daily practice. Our community is very proud of him, and we wouldn't be a bit surprised if he's famous someday.