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"This is a pretty big step forward," said Edner Boucicault, Housing Works' Haiti country director.
New Orleans -- A top UN official working in Haiti admitted today that HIV-positive and LGBT Haitians are being left out of the nation's post-quake reconstruction process.
Speaking to hundreds of AIDS policy experts at the North American Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit, Nigel Fisher, humanitarian coordinator for the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, pledged to help elevate the voices of members of these groups so their demands are met in the rebuilding process.
"People living with or affected by HIV and AIDS, or gay and transgender minorities, they are still left out in the cold," said Fisher.
"So I can say to the summit organizers: You've already done two things in bringing me here. One, you've raised my awareness by inviting me. But, two, you've allowed me to meet with ... Haitian advocates here. And we've already come up with some ideas about how we can work together once we return to Haiti."
His announcement marks a victory for the delegation of Haitian AIDS activists attending the summit, all of whom have spent the 20 months since the quake trying to convince policymakers to recognize the needs of HIV-positive people in the country.
Many Haitians have struggled since the quake, but HIV-positive and LGBT individuals have had a particularly difficult time getting back on their feet, since stigma remains a barrier to acquiring health care, jobs and homes.
The Haitian AIDS activists, all members of the AIDS group PHAP+, praised Fisher's willingness to tackle HIV and LGBT issues.
"The fact that [Fisher] has decided to come to the summit is a tremendous opportunity for us," said Edner Boucicault, Housing Works' Haiti country director. "This is a pretty big step forward."
In the decade before the quake, Haiti had made strides in preventing and treating HIV; and the nation's HIV prevalence rate dropped significantly, from 6 percent in 2001 to about 2 percent in 2007. The disruption caused by the quake; however, has many worried about a rising HIV prevalence rate.
Food insecurity is fueling transactional sex; gender-based violence is common in the hundreds of camps that still dot the country; and condom use is low.
The next step? Fisher and Boucicault discussed planning a UN-supported two-day workshop where Caribbean AIDS and LGBT groups can share best practices. Boucicault hopes to hold the workshop in early 2012.
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Before Nipomo High's graduation gets under way Friday afternoon, the school will hold another ceremony for one of its departing seniors. Heather Hawes, who recently competed for the Titans at the CIF State Track and Field Championships in the girls discus, has accepted a partial scholarship from UC Santa Barbara and will sign a letter of intent with the Gauchos on Friday morning, just hours before receiving her diploma.
"I'm extremely happy," Hawes said Wednesday. "It's definitely a relief to have the decision off my shoulders."
Hawes' career bests are 145 feet, 9 inches in the discus and 40-5 in the shot put. UCSB is also planning to use her in the hammer throw, she said. That event isn't sanctioned at the high school level in California. Hawes came into the Southern Section Masters Meet at Cerritos College in Norwalk on May 27 seeded 12th in the discus, but jumped eight spots in the standings with a 132-7 performance, finishing in the all-important top five to move on to the state championships.
At the state meet held this past weekend at Buchanan High's Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis, she posted a 126-1 effort in the prelims, finishing 18th. Hawes' specialist coach, former Long Beach State thrower Kellen Boaz, said Hawes' talent was evident at the start of this year.
"Even before the season started, I knew she was going to go to state," said Boaz, an older brother of current Cal Poly track and field standout and football lineman Korben Boaz. "I knew she had that potential."
Arizona had offered Hawes a recruited walk-on spot, and UNLV was also in contact with her, she said. UCSB originally offered her several months ago. Ultimately, the Gauchos' team camaraderie, the school's proximity to home and Santa Barbara's overall environment won out.
"I'm looking forward to it," Hawes said.
Kellen Boaz called Hawes one of the Titans' hardest workers. He said that the experience she gained at such crowded postseason meets recently could be key to her confidence and development at the next level. "She should do really well," Boaz said. "I know she'll be one of the best throwers at UCSB."


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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Best Wishes
So I have a card ready to send her. I'm a little slow in sending it to her as well, that's me. I haven't actually mailed this card out yet as I'm on my way home today from a business trip. But I hope the little gift on the inside will make up for my tardiness.
Big Blooms - Chrysanthemums. I wanted to create a "link" between the white and aqua color so I stamped 1/2 the flower in aqua on the white and 1/2 the flower in white on the aqua. I think it's a fun effect but maybe it's just me. :) The sentiment comes from Fancy Phrases.
In case she's reading this, congrats on joining the Mrs. club! ;-)
Thanks for stopping by!
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- Carrie said...
I like the reverse colors - what a cool idea :) And,mmm bling! haha :)
- Wednesday, December 15, 2010 8:20:00 AM
- Ines said...
Hui! How beautiful! Like the colours and the bling! Thanks for sharing...
- Wednesday, December 15, 2010 11:05:00 AM
- Jessica Wekenman said...
Oh, I love the effect between the two! It's classy and elegant! Gorgeous card! I am the same way, always late with my cards! It's ironic, being a card maker, and always late with the cards! I say everytime, 'this time it will be early'. Well, you know how that goes! Safe travels home, my friend!
- Wednesday, December 15, 2010 11:38:00 AM
- BabyBokChoy said...
Gorgeous card, she'll be so pleased to receive it!!
- Wednesday, December 15, 2010 3:21:00 PM
- alexandra s.m. said...
So elegant Belinda! Bravo ~
- Wednesday, December 15, 2010 9:27:00 PM
- Lyn S said...
Very elegant card Belinda! I love the colours!
- Wednesday, December 15, 2010 10:24:00 PM
Beautiful! I'm sure your friend will love it!
- Thursday, December 16, 2010 7:41:00 AM
- Lindsay said...
Oh I love this Belinda! Those colors are so calming and the flowers are fun!
- Thursday, December 16, 2010 7:59:00 AM
- Glenda said...
Love, love, love.. this is amazing!
- Thursday, December 16, 2010 3:14:00 PM
- Antje said...
Very nice - I like how the blue turns into white below the black stripe - great effect!! and the Rhinstones make it wonderful for a Christmas card!
- Friday, December 17, 2010 9:21:00 AM
- Mara... said...
I love the stamping and the black with the soft aqua color is great together!
- Friday, December 17, 2010 9:59:00 PM
- Alice Wertz said...
simply elegant. gorgeous card, Belinda!
- Sunday, December 19, 2010 3:33:00 AM
Belinda, a fabulous card! I'm sure she'll be thrilled to get it. Love the idea of the reverse colours, just beautiful!
- Monday, December 20, 2010 1:57:00 AM
- Susan said...
Oh this is so elegant! I love those colors together. Perfect for a wedding card!
- Tuesday, December 21, 2010 3:03:00 PM
- Ren-Yi said...
absolutely lovely. the color scheme and the card is perfect for a wedding. love the transition of half blue half white flower too!
- Sunday, December 26, 2010 6:51:00 AM
- Kathi said...
It's not just you. It's a great effect and adds to the elegance of the card.
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Maybe this could be avoided with a big SPOILER warning on the section,
I don't know if going into a huge amount of detail on every fight is such a great idea. Mainly because with the amount of fighting in the series and the amount of people who check out the encyclopedia without having read the later volumes. It would be a big task and might possibly ruin the effect of reading them for the first time for people new to the series. I still think it's a cool idea if you document each fight and when it took place in the series, but leave out the spoilers if possible. That's my opinion whether it matters or not.
I'm all for the creation of new content but... after some thinking, why not just read the manga?
I'm all for the creation of new content but... after some thinking, why not just read the manga? I mean, the fights are pretty self-explanatory. What function do these serve?Are we going to have a braille version for people that can't read or look at the manga? Now THAT has a function.
Yeah well, why list characters? If you read the manga you'll also know who they are. And as Borgoff had mentioned earlier, it might be nice to see the battles' effects on character development and to kill off some noob questions by doing so, if possible.
Those two are hardly comparable. A list of characters and locations hardly acts a narrative device.I'm not trying to tell you "you wasted your time" or anything.And I basically said earlier, there is more going on in these fights. An expansion or elaboration on the significance of these fights would be a lot more worthy of recording in the encyclopedia than a retelling of what has been illustrated in the manga.
I just didn't want to shatter your dreams right off the bat. I'll leave that to the mods.
I was wondering walter, is skullknight.net more of a message board or is it more of a website... I think I'm trying to convince you into turning it into a website... I'm sorry, I just realized that. But you guys have done a good job, having it more like a message board has made it much more interactive resulting in regular users and more.
I would like to with the help of others. This is a project that a full time college student and worker can't handle alone.
If SkullKnight.net isn't going to publish them, you can always put a page up on geocities.


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It's loud. It's fast. It's real and it's just the way we like it: a genuine '68 Mustang California Special that's at home on the 'strip and the street
Foot flat to the floor with the big-inch Windsor bouncing off the two-step, owner Luis Garcia dumps the clutch and keeps the go-pedal mashed to the carpet—if it was a modern econobox, the pedal would've dented the floorpan. In a flurry of intake howl and tire hook, the '68 GT/CS unweights the nose as a hint of daylight peaks from under the left front tire. Sixty feet out and the coupe is loaded up and ready for Second gear—bam! No lapse in progression here; Garcia power shifts like he means it and a few seconds later he crosses the stripe with a 7.55 at 94 mph in the eighth-mile.
Onlookers shake their heads in disbelief, some good and some disapproving. The younger crowd digs the vintage iron, but the folks old enough to realize the rarity of a California Special mutter, "There's no way that thing is real and if it is, that guy is crazy." But the long faces couldn't be more wrong, in fact, Garcia knows exactly what he's got and has cherished it from day one.
"I'll never sell this car, I've owned many Mustangs, but I'll never sell this one—my mom bought it for me as my first car and it means a lot," Garcia said. When Garcia says he's owned many Mustangs, it's a severe understatement, as the Blue Oval fanatic has owned nearly 20 Ponies ranging from other California Specials, '68 coupes, a '66 coupe, as well as a '65 convertible and a fastback just to name a few.
"I didn't come from a Ford family, but I fell in love with the GT/CS as a 16-year-old and it was all over. Before long, I had several Mustangs and I even convinced my brothers to each buy one as well," he said.
Although the coupe before you is virtually flawless, it certainly didn't start that way.
"I've owned three GT/CS cars and this one was the worst, but it's got sentimental value," Garcia laughingly admits. "It was a rough rolling shell with lots of missing parts, but the majority of the pieces were there and I spent the next six years tracking down the missing parts at swap meets and junkyards," he added.
Back then, if you dug deep enough, there were still spare pieces hidden in the local junkyards and Garcia spent the better part of a decade hunting, searching, and unearthing all of the missing pieces to his prized Pony. His perseverance paid off and eventually the coupe was back on the road. In true gearhead fashion, Garcia never intended to build a garage queen or a showroom stocker, but rather a grudge-night racer.
"I always knew how rare the car was, but I also wanted to race it since these cars were built to be driven," Garcia said. And race he did, as the first iteration of this GT/CS received a high-compression 306 that routinely saw 7,200 rpm at the strip. Garcia didn't have a lot of money and what little he did went into go-fast parts, not look-good mods.
"I couldn't afford paint because I dumped my money into the motor, rollcage, and the Draglites, so I drove it in primer black for several years," Garcia said with a big smile on his face. As speed junkies we can all laugh at the days when our cars were rough and we couldn't afford nice paint. Instead, it was all about going fast.
In those days, a nice set of wheels went a long way with street cred, not a $10,000 paintjob. Coming from the school of hard knocks, Garcia, like many of us, smiles today when he sees a young hot rodder rolling the streets with a primered Mustang on big and little's. Why, because like most of us, we've all been there. And even though we all would have killed for the coin to paint our cars and make them faster, looking back, those were some of the best times—when you're young, dumb, and broke, but you're having fun.
"I had a lot of fun with it before the paint and bodywork, I worried less because it wasn't that nice. I didn't care about anything other than drag racing and keeping the car in one piece," Garcia said.
If some is good, well more is better: Garcia took that notion when it came to displacement and power. When the 306 just wasn't enough, he stepped up to a 347 stroker with a bigger cam and carb. The stroker pacified Garcia long enough that he could finally focus on the paint and interior. He found all the correct fiberglass bits and started the exterior treatment with an R-model lower valance complemented by a three-inch cowl hood that uses the factory hoodpins. Lets also not forget the ultrarare Lucas driving lights, the FIA Cobra side mirrors and the kill switch cleanly hidden in the reverse-light. Other than super sano paint and bodywork from All State Autobody in San Fernando, California, the outside is unmolested.
Life inside the cockpit is more of the same, just clean and simple perfection.
"I wanted the interior to remain clean and nearly stock, so I added a Moto-Lita steering wheel, Auto Meter gauges and DJ safety harnesses—that's it," Garcia said. A closer look inside reveals an Auto Meter oversized tachometer and shift light combo, an oil pressure with low-pressure light, water temperature, and fuel pressure gauges along with a Hurst shifter and line lock. Tucked neatly against the doors and headliner is an eight-point 'cage from Overkill Fabrication that's also tied into a set of full-length subframe connectors.
Continuing the mantra that more is better, when the 347 just wasn't enough, Garcia decided that a 351 Windsor block was the next step. The meatier casting allowed for more cubes; in this case, a healthy 393 of them. The stroker bottom end was topped with World Products 200cc cast-iron heads and a healthy hydraulic roller cam. This combo served Garcia well and was the bullet in place during the 7.55 eighth-mile pass we watched some months prior. But like all good things, it eventually came to an end.
"It was a stout motor that would regularly see 6,700 rpm, but I encountered a lean condition during a pass that scorched a cylinder, block, and the head, and even holed a piston," Garcia said.
Which brings us to its current state, just several hundred miles after a total rebuild. Another 393 was constructed, except this time, Garcia was set on kill mode. A Scat stroker crank swings matching H-beam rods and Probe 11:1 high-comp pistons. Up top, the iron heads were swapped for a set of ported AFR 205s with Jesel Sportsman shaft rockers, PSI springs and titanium retainers that tickle the Isky solid-roller cam. The big bump stick measures a massive 256/260, 650/650 on a tight 108 LSA.
A port-matched Edelbrock Victor Jr. intake manifold supports a Pro Systems 980-cfm carb that Garcia swears by.
"Pro Systems carbs are awesome. The car makes huge power and the partial-throttle response is amazing—they're the best I've ever used," he said.
"I made a poor-man's evac setup out of a Mr. Gasket unit and it works well. I wish I had the money for a proper one, but this works fine for now," Garcia said.
All the horsepower in the world is nothing without a way of putting it to use and a Centerforce clutch and PAW lightweight flywheel inside a Lakewood scatter-shield spin the wide-ratio Top Loader four-speed. Power is then fed through a Drive Shaft Specialist driveshaft and into a Ford 9-inch rearend from a '70s-era F-350. Inside the massive pumpkin you'll find a Detroit locker and 4.57 gears that spin Currie axles.
Suspension action is amazing, as the GT/CS transfers weight with the best of them. But forget the high-buck giddyup; this is a proven budget combo. Caltracs and six-cylinder springs takes care of the front suspension, while the mono-leaf rear setup is outfitted with Rancho 9000 adjustable shocks, Caltracs units, and solid bushings.
The slammed stance is further accentuated by the Weld Pro Magnum 2.0 wheels that look beyond badass—post photo shoot, Garcia upgraded to bead-locks out back. The combo of old and new comes together in one glorious fashion. A GT/CS drag car is a site to be seen and if one were to explain this car to someone site-unseen, it just wouldn't make sense. Instead, this is one of those cars you need to see to believe.
"Some people think I'm crazy for drag racing a real California Special, but I take really good care of the thing and even though I don't hold back during a pass, I never try to be a hero and power out of stuff. I just back out and wait for the next run," Garcia said.
Speaking of backing out of it, Garcia has no such plans. In fact, he's not stopping until the car is fast enough that it needs a chute.
"People really dig the four-speed since it's different, but I'm thinking about building a big Dart-based motor with a 150-shot of nitrous that's backed by a TH400 with a 3,800 stall and a trans brake. I want it to run low 10s and be fast enough for a chute," he said.
Call him crazy for doing such a thing, but you certainly can't call him apathetic because one only needs a glimpse of this unique Mustang to know this guy bleeds blue. Oh yeah, and for all the skeptics: It's fast, it's real, and Garcia isn't afraid to prove it.
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Luis Garcia's '68 Mustang GT/CS
Ford small-block Windsor 351, 393ci, home-built
4.030-inch bore
3.850-inch stroke
AFR 205 72cc aluminum cylinder heads, ported, 2.080-inch intake/1.600-inch exhaust valves, PSI springs, titanium retainers
Jesel Sportsman shaft rockers, 1.6 ratio
Scat H-beam rods
Probe Industries forged pistons
11:1 compression ratio
Scat stroker crankshaft
Isky solid-roller cam, 256/260-degrees duration at 0.050-inch lift, 0.650/0.650- inch lift, 108 LSA
Edelbrock Victor Jr. aluminum intake, port-matched
Pro Systems 980-cfm carburetor
Crane ignition
Edelbrock Victor Jr. water pump
Griffin aluminum radiator
SPAL electric fan
MSD billet distributor and plug wires
Aeromotive A1000 fuel system with pump, lines, regulator, and sumped tank
Custom crankcase evacuation setup with Mr. Gasket valve and Earl's AN fittings
Ford Top Loader four-speed manual, wide ratio
Lakewood scatter-shield
Centerforce clutch
PAW steel flywheel
Hurst shifter and knob with line-lock
Ford 9-inch housing
4.57:1 Motive gears
31-spline Currie axles
Detroit Locker differential
Hooker Super Comp ceramic-coated headers, 13⁄4-inch primary, 3-inch collectors
3-inch tubing
Dynomax 3-inch mufflers
Front: Ford six-cylinder springs, Calvert racing shocks, MPG strut-tower brace
Rear: Caltracs with Ford mono-leafs, Rancho adjustable 9000 shocks, solid bushings
Front: Stock Ford disc
Rear: Ford Galaxie drum
Wilwood master cylinder
Front: Weld Pro Magnum 2.0, 15x3.5, 1.25-inch back spacing
Rear: Weld Pro Magnum 2.0, 15x8, 3-inch back spacing
Front: Mickey Thompson Sportsman, P27x7.50x15
Rear: Mickey Thompson ET Radial, P275/60R15
Overkill Fabrication eight-point rollcage and subframe connectors; DJ safety harnesses; Moto-Lita steering wheel; Auto Meter Phantom tachometer, shift light, oil pressure, voltage, fuel pressure, and battery voltage gauges
Paint and bodywork by All State Autobody, San Fernando, California; R-model front lower valance; 3-inch fiberglass cowl hood with stock pins; FIA Cobra mirrors; Lucas driving lights; kill switch mounted in reverse light


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A year ago, we knocked out 30 recently-published baseball books in 30 days during the month of April as a way to get in shape for the major league baseball season (the whole list, linked here).
A lot of them are still available if you're looking for a good read. And a lot of the books coming out this year may look like spin-offs of what's been successful.
For example, our favorite book from a year ago, "101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out" (linked here) has a rival for best baseball book of '09 — a series called "100 Things (fill in the name of the team) Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die." The one based on the Dodgers, by Jon Weisman, comes out later in April (go to this link for more information and ordering).
It's far from just rehashing things that have already been written about people, places and things. Weisman, who started the blog DodgerThoughts.com and was a former sports writer at the L.A. Daily News, includes fresh interviews, thoughtful essays, plenty of exploration of events and teams and plays and stadiums that you probably hadn't even known about. We'll circle back to this and get more into it later in the month after we've had more time to digest it.
Starting tomorrow, with reviews popping up about noontime, we'll attack the month with a stack of books we've already started and hopefully can fill out as April eases on.
If you've come across some baseball books that have come out in recently — we're looking at 2009 publication dates — gives us a heads up and we'll cover it. Until then, relax and smell the fresh-cut printed pages of baseball.


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Police Tell Courts Non-Disclosure Agreement Prevents Them From Getting A Warrant For Cell Phone Tower Spoofers
from the NDAs,-the-new-4th-amendment-workaround dept
As we've noted before, several law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have been deploying "stingray" devices (devices that mimic cell towers) for years, using them to collect data on thousands of cell phone owners. Almost every single "stingray" device has been put into use without informing the public. That opacity is standard operating procedure for everyone, from local law enforcement all the way up through the DOJ.
This opacity is to be expected. The public is rarely notified in advance of deployment. It's only after the use is discovered that an effort is made (and usually a weak one at that) to address the public's concerns. Officials tend to claim the "danger" presented by being transparent far outweighs whatever collateral damage to privacy or civil liberties the public suffers.
That these devices are routinely used without a warrant is also, sadly, unsurprising. As far as the law has been interpreted, US citizens have very little expectation of privacy in the so-called "business records" generated by their cell phones' connection to each and every cell tower. This is why "cell tower dumps" have become a go-to tool for warrantless data hauls.
So far, so routine. But as Kim Zetter at Wired reports, there's yet another reason law enforcement agencies aren't seeking warrants before deploying stingray devices.
Police in Florida have offered a startling excuse for having used a controversial "stingray" cell phone tracking gadget 200 times without ever telling a judge: the device's manufacturer made them sign a non-disclosure agreement that they say prevented them from telling the courts.This is a new dodge. Law enforcement has usually avoided obtaining warrants by using the third party doctrine and, in most states, this has been deemed perfectly legal. However, it seems unlikely that judges will be sympathetic to claims that a private contractor's NDA supersedes stipulations meant to keep law enforcement in adherence with the Fourth Amendment.
The shocking revelation, uncovered by the American Civil Liberties Union, came during an appeal over a 2008 sexual battery case in Tallahassee in which the suspect also stole the victim's cell phone. Using the stingray — which simulates a cell phone tower in order to trick nearby mobile devices into connecting to it and revealing their location — police were able to track him to an apartment.
During proceedings in the case, authorities revealed that they had used the equipment at least 200 additional times since 2010 without disclosing this to courts and obtaining a warrant.
This surprising admission by the Tallahassee Police Dept. is part of a sealed court record. This was inadvertently exposed during the appeal. Courtroom video shows just how irritated two of the presiding judges were at the PD's violation of warranty requirements.
When the government attorney tried to argue in court that the police had planned to obtain a warrant to enter the apartment, one of the judges interrupted.This appears at about the 18:00 mark on the video of the oral arguments. The government attorney's explanation (beginning around 16 minutes in) is also informative and entertaining as she dances around the illegality of the entire situation, which also included a warrantless search of an apartment. Apparently, the government's argument is that it intended to get a warrant for the apartment search, which is supposedly as legitimate as actually obtaining one. (The questions about consent for the search are far from settled, something a Tallahassee police officer made even cloudier by blocking the door from being shut with his foot.)
"No, no, no, no, no," he said. "I think this record makes it very clear they were not going to get a search warrant because they had never gotten a search warrant for this technology."
His fellow judge then interjected loudly, "Two-hundred times they have not."
So, two hundred times the Tallahassee police department deployed a stingray device and never bothered getting a warrant (and that's just since 2010). When finally pressed on the issue, it deferred to the manufacturer's NDA. The manufacturer (Harris) has itself deferred any questions to the police department.
Unfortunately, this case will not be dealing with the warranty requirements for stingray devices, nor the PD's insistence that a manufacturer's NDA should allow it to skirt any potential privacy issues and withhold information in court cases.
This should put the spotlight on manufacturers of "stingray" devices. If they're using NDAs to keep the public uninformed and prevent the discussion of usage even in court, that's a huge problem. If these agreements are common across manufacturers, then there can be no doubt that law enforcement agencies across the nation have falsified reports and generated alternate narratives to cover up the origins of obtained evidence.
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You appeared to your flock as a rule of faith, an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence. Because of your lowliness, Heaven was opened to you. Because of your poverty, riches were granted to you. O holy bishop, Meletius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
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This is the updated 2007 activity calender, if you aren't living in Anchorage, maybe these activities will give you ideas about what may be available in your own community--or maybe you should just move to Anchorage.
1. Go ice fishing. The 20th Annual Ice Fishing Jamboree out at Jewel Lake will be Saturday and Sunday December 15th and 16th from 10am-3pm. It's free, with poles, warm-up tents and all equipment provided--perfect for kids and adults alike. My own children love it. For more details see this page here or contact the event's sponsor: the Alaska Sportfishing Association at (907) 562-4141 for more details.
2. Go snow tubing at Alyeska Resort. The new Glacier Tubing Park offers sledding on Mt. Alyeska, $15 for adults and $10 for kids, in 1 1/2 hour sessions starting at 10:00am. Beware that children must be 42" to ride. Inner tubes are provided.
3. Ice skate at Westchester Lagoon. One the ice is declared thick enough it will be maintained for skating all winter and on Friday nights there are fire-barrels for added fun. This picture is from the Sydney Herald--as in Sydney, Australia--I thought it was funny that our little outdoor rink made it to the other side of the world. Also, the Town Square ice rink in front of the Performing Arts Center opens January 19th for free skating fun.
4. Tour Williams Reindeer Farm in Palmer (907) 745-4000 125 Bodenburg Road Palmer, Alaska. They're open for regular tours in the summer but will do tours by appointment only during the winter if you call and schedule one. Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for children over 3 and that includes a cup of feed for the animals. You can also drive to the farm and watch the reindeer for free. Oh, and please note that when in the wild they are called caribou, the domesticated version is the reindeer. For an account of one of our visits read my post: Rudolph with Your Nose So Bright.
5. Tour the Musk Ox farm (907) 745-4151. Also in Palmer, the farm offers a view of musk ox, an Alaskan animal that looks like a long-haired bison with the horns of a yak whose soft under wool (qiviut) is valued for its warmth. Winter tours are by appointment and run 11am-3pm October 1, 2007-May 10, 2008. Admission prices are rather detailed so go to their website for more information.
6. Go Sledding. Here's a link that describes the best sledding hills in Anchorage--but for the hardy sledder you can't beat the old Arctic Valley road's winding 1-mile course where my little brother lost his glasses (if you find them give him a call). To get there go up Arctic Valley Road and just past the power house on the left is a turnoff where you can park at the end of the trail and wait for sledders to come down. It's the best sledding hill on the planet guaranteed.
7. See the Town Square Tree Lighting. Friday November 23rd 5:30-7:30. There'll be cookies, music, stories, a visit from Santa and his reindeer and (of course) the tree lighting itself.
8. Celebrate New Year's Eve at town square. With free events for families and children all evening long it's a great way to ring in the new year. Likewise, at Alyeska they'll be holding a "torchlight parade and fireworks display" starting at 8pm.
3-4 p.m. - Toddler Ice Party (children 2-6)
4-5 p.m. - Children's Ice Party (children 6-10)
5:15-5:45 p.m. - Ice Dancing Performance
6-8 p.m. - Fire & Ice Celebration
8-8:10 p.m. - Fireworks
9. Swimming at H2Oasis. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays when school is in session the water park opens at 11am-2pm for preschool children and their parents for $6 a child (adults are free). The large slides, wave machine, and river walk are not available though some days you can get lucky and they'll be running for special occasions.
10. See the Christmas lights. Every year during the week before Christmas the Anchorage Daily News publishes their list of best house lights accompanied by a map. You can't beat free.
11. Snowshoe at Campbell Creek Science Center. (907) 267-1247. Tucked away on the west end of Dowling Road is the city's best place to see wildlife (I've seen eagles and rabbits and even eagles eating rabbits). Get away from it all without getting out of the city. Bring your snow shoes, cross country skis or sleds and enjoy a hike to the beaver dam or break your own snow shoe trail. The trails are free but they also have educational programs listed at their site. Do remember that it's in a cold spot where the temperature is usually a few degrees colder than the rest of the surrounding area.
12. See the ice carvings and children's carnival of ice. The blocks of ice get delivered to town square on January 4th with the carving process going through until the carnival's grand opening celebration on January 19th. The sculptures are beautiful and the kids like sliding down ice slides and skating at the town square ice rink.
13. Catch a sleigh ride. The Horse Drawn Carriage Co. offers sleigh rides through Birchwood, just outside of Anchorage for small groups of 2-4 or for large groups of up to 20. My own family did this several years ago and had a great time riding through the forests and enjoying a bonfire and cocoa at the end. They charge $130/hour for a 20-person sleigh ride with extra for the bonfire at the end but for an afternoon of sleighing it's a great deal.
Also, every Friday and Saturday night 8pm-midnight in front of the Captain Cook Hotel this same company offers carriage rides through downtown, $35 for two people for 15 minutes, $5 for each extra person which is a little more but for a special event it would be fun.
14. Visit Stargate Observatory in Wasilla. Burchell High School's 26-inch Newtonian telescope is the largest in the state and the third largest telescope owned by a an American high school. Just north of Wasilla at 1775 West Parks Hwy it will be open Saturday February 24th and Saturday March 10th 7-11pm for $5 per person. Call (907) 355-9055 for more details.
15. Visit the Port of Anchorage. Not exciting? Oh just find a day when a ship is in and they're unloading or loading and it's something any child would enjoy. Inside is the biggest pile of sand in the Free World, used for winter road maintenance and lots of fun to climb.
16. Join a bookstore reading club. Most bookstores in town have a reading hour for kids, some with crafts and other things. Barnes and Noble has Storytime for preschoolers at 1pm on Saturdays and 11 am Wednesday and an American Girl club that meets Tuesdays at 6:30pm. Borders has Storytime with Gracie at 11am on Saturdays, repeating at 11 am and 1pm on Tuesdays. Go to the stores' home pages, search for a store nearest you and view their calendar of events.
17. Visit the Alaska Zoo. Though summer viewing is more popular, the animals are more active in the winter and the Zoo has educational programs scheduled regularly throughout the winter. Visit their web page for details, admission is $10/adult, children 3 and over $6--the Storytime At the Zoo program costs $2 after regular admission.
18. Check out the Home Depot and Lowe's kid clubs. They're free and children are provided aprons, tools and kits to build various projects. Home Depot on Abbott's is the first Saturday of every month 9am-12pm while supplies last (I've never had supplies not last). Lowe's on Old Seward and O'Malley is the second Saturday 10am.
19. Attend Fur Rendezvous. Two week's worth of winter celebrations including snow sculpture competitions, a blanket toss, art exhibits, amusement park rides, an antique car show, a Native crafts bazaar and so many other things--some free and some not. Dates are February 22-March 2, 2008. For more about this annual festival read my post: Fur Rendezvous 2007.
20. Go to the theater. With many small theater companies in town performing all winter, what's not to like? I won't be able to not take the boys to The Count of Monte Cristo.
Training Better Artists Theatre Company
This new theater company's ticket prices and productions are perfect for families with small children and are a great introduction to the dramatic arts.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Oct 26-31
That Christmasy Feeling: A Holiday Musical Review Dec 14-16
America Tales: Songs and Stories of America Feb 15-17, 22-24
The Count of Monte Cristo Mar 21-23 & 28-30
Hansel and Gretel, a new musical May 9-11 & 16-18
Showtimes: Fri & Sat at 7pm, Sat & Sun at 3pm.
Special Halloween Performance 7pm and 10pm
Location: APU's Grant Hall
Tickets: $7 general $5 kids
Anchorage Theater of Youth
Ramona Quimby Oct 18-28
A Christmas Story Dec 6-16
Guys and Dolls Jr. Feb 21-Mar 2
Julius Caesar Apr 24-May 4
Location: Sydney Lawrence Theater, Anchorage Center for the Performing Arts
Showtimes: Thursday-Saturday 7pm, Saturday & Sunday 3pm
Tickets: $18.75 general admission, $16.25 (including all taxes) 18 and under
Alaska Junior Theater
Aesop Bops Oct 22-26
The Snow Dragon Dec 3-7
Jabali African Acrobats Feb 26-28
Frindle Apr 23-25, 28-29
Location: Discovery Theater, Anchorage Center for the Performing Arts
Showtimes: 10 am and noon for childrens' performances, 7:30 pm for public performance
Tickets: $14-16
Anchorage Community Theater
The Wizard of Oz Oct 12-Nov 11
Showtimes: Wednesday-Saturday 7pm, Sundays 3pm
Tickets: $12 adult, $8 children 12 and under
Alaska Theater of Young People
The Elephant's Child Dec 6-16
Ashlad and the Good Helpers Apr 17-27
Location: Wendy Williamson Auditorium, UAA campus
Showtimes: Friday & Saturday 7pm, Saturday & Sunday 3pm
Tickets: $13 general admission Friday & Saturday, $10 general admission Sunday
21. Go dog sledding. We've taken rides with the Lucky Husky Sled Dog Kennel near Willow and had a wonderful time charging through the snowy wilderness with only our Trusty Guide and eight animal friends but they appear to be out of business. Susitna Dog Tours is another operation in Willow that offers dog sled tours, and though they can be expensive at $85/person the experience is certainly something that you'll remember. Here is another site that lists other companies that offer dog tours in Anchorage, Willow or Girdwood. And speaking of sled dogs, don't miss opening day of the Iditarod on Saturday March 1, 2007 at 10am on 4th and D Street in downtown Anchorage. Pray for snow and take the kids, they'll be almost as excited as the dogs.
22. Go to the Anchorage Museum of Art. (907) 343-4326 Check their web page for exhibits and concerts such as "Wonderland of Toys" runs November 24-December 31. Concerts are held on each afternoon Sunday in December performing holidays favorites. Admission is $8 adults, $5 kids unless you have a membership.
23. See the gingerbread village at the Captain Cook Hotel. Every year the chefs at Anchorage's finest hotel create a gingerbread village--complete with an electric toy train--that is guaranteed to delight.
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Monday, October 22, 2007
Winter Activities for Kids in Anchorage, Alaska 2007
This is the updated 2007 activity calender, if you aren't living in Anchorage, maybe these activities will give you ideas about what may be available in your own community--or maybe you should just move to Anchorage.
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21 comments:
- Veronica said...
They all sound like great fun! Remind me why I live in Australia again?
- Mary Alice said...
Those all sound like fun. Now you have got me looking forward to winter activities with my family in my own neck of the woods. Thanks for getting me thinking!
- Milehimama said...
Great. Now I'm homesick! What's a Colorado native to do when she's stuck in the South and it's 87 degrees outside?
I bet the observatory up there is awesome.
- Mrs Mecomber said...
When does Alaska usually get snow? New York State varies. I spent my childhood living near between a Great Lake and an interior lake, and snow always came in early November with a flourish (average 10 feet a year). Where I live now, we usually get snow in mid-December, and average about 5 feet of snow a year. I'd heard that Alaska is not much different than New York (save the permafrost). Is this true?
- Marie N. said...
I want to send a thank you for having such an inspiring blog and especially one that is safe to leave up on the family computer when I need to step away. I very much appreciate your child-safe content.
- Simply A Musing Blog said...
Now I'm really homesick...I miss my old house in my old neighborhood (Turnagain area) and I really miss the snow, as well as the winter activities for the kids. I left before my eldest daughter turned 3 months, so she never got to experience a winter there. Just not the same here in Texas.
- My Ice Cream Diary said...
Lucky! All the winter activities for kids in Seattle include being indoors and out of the rain. I miss playing in snow.
- Cocoa said...
I would love to visit the Stargate Observatory with my kids. They love looking at the stars!
- Steve King said...
Thank you for mentioning www.SledRiding.com It is much appreciated!
- Macoosh said...
this post made me want to live in anchorage SO BAD.
- Tastes Like Home said...
Great list! Cross country skiing is another good choice for kids. There are many good groomed and lighted ski trails in Anchorage. There are also Junior Nordic ski lessons for kids 6-14, with the first session of lessons starting in November this year, and the second session in January. See http://www.juniornordic.org/
- Jen@BigBinder said...
Wonderful!! Winter hasn't quite hit here yet but when it does I will treat my readers to a list of things to do in our area. Thanks for the inspiration.
- crazy working mom said...
Oh wow! What fun. :)
- Daisy said...
Musk Ox Farm? Oh, I want one of those! The closest I can find would be beef/buffalo. If we ever get snow, we can sled, though.
- Anonymous said...
I have considered moving to Seward many times, but I never thought my kids would like it. Just maybe they might.
teeth bleaching
- Mo Mommy said...
I don't think I have ever realized how homesick I am until this moment. Some of that stuff showed up after I left and I STILL feel like I miss it.
Artic Valley sledding is the best, but we also used to hit Centennial Park off of Muldoon a lot. How could I have forgotten about Westchester Lagoon?
I don't remember ice slides and town square rink when I was there, but man do I miss Fur Rondy!! And the frosbite footrace, and the huge library where you can get lost for hours, and the local bands that jam at coffee houses, and of course La Mex. *sigh* Thanks for reminding me about all the things I love.
- Geo said...
Wowee! I want to come to Anchorage to do all those things, and I don't even have children.
- Lei said...
Sheesh, we non-Alaskans are really missing out! ;)
Love the new look... I've missed visiting you!
- Eve said...
This is fun for me because I've been wondering what you all do up there for your long winters!
- Damselfly said...
So are you giving personal tours of Anchorage? ;)
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for the list! I live in the bush and will be bringing my kids to town for a week. I wanted to know what to do besides Beartooth and Wal-mart.


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How should I wear head-to-toe white this season?
A: We're seeing the head-to-toe white look everywhere and are happy to report that the trend is much easier to execute than you might think. We have two simple formulas to make this monochromatic ensemble feel refreshingly cool, so cleanse your palette and listen up!
Styling Tip #1: Pure and Simple
Mixing in soft creams and camel pieces with your otherwise white outfit will keep your look light and airy in a very South Hampton kind of way. To ensure your outfit doesn't feel one-note, play with texture; mixing cashmeres, silks, and lightweight leathers will make your white look feel luxe and lovely.
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?Break up your crisp white look with black accents. A cool black tee or blouse against a white blazer and white skinny jeans is undeniably chic. If you prefer to keep a majority of your outfit white--perhaps with a white tee and trouser--you can add an edgy black shoe and handbag instead. Accessory buffs should try integrating some black necklaces, bracelets, or rings for extra intrigue. Leather, dark metals, or onyx stones can achieve the perfect amount of contrast.


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Integrating Azure AD into an AngularJS single page app
This sample demonstrates the use of ADAL for JavaScript for securing an AngularJS based single page app, implemented with an ASP.NET Web API backend.
ADAL for Javascript is an open source library. For distribution options, source code, and contributions, check out the ADAL JS repo at https://github.com/AzureAD/azure-activedirectory-library-for-js.
For more information about how the protocols work in this scenario and other scenarios, see Authentication Scenarios for Azure AD.
How To Run This Sample
Getting started is simple! To run this sample you will need: - Visual Studio 2013 - An Internet connection - An Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant. For more information on how to get an Azure AD tenant, please see How to get an Azure AD tenant - A user account in your Azure AD tenant. This sample will not work with a Microsoft account, so if you signed in to the Azure portal with a Microsoft account and have never created a user account in your directory before, you need to do that now.
Step 1: Clone or download this repository
From your shell or command line:
git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/active-directory-angularjs-singlepageapp.git
Step 2: Register the sample with your Azure Active Directory tenant
- Sign in to the Azure portal.
- On the top bar, click on your account and under the Directory list, choose the Active Directory tenant where you wish to register your application.
- Click on More Services in the left hand nav, and choose Azure Active Directory.
- Click on App registrations and choose Add.
- Enter a friendly name for the application, for example "SinglePageApp-DotNet" and select "Web Application and/or Web API" as the Application Type. For the sign-on URL, enter the base URL for the sample, which is by default
https://localhost:44326/. Click on Create to create the application.
- While still in the Azure portal, choose your application, click on Settings and choose Properties.
- Find the Application ID value and copy it to the clipboard.
- For the App ID URI, enter
https://<your_tenant_name>/SinglePageApp-DotNet, replacing
<your_tenant_name>with the name of your Azure AD tenant.
- Grant permissions across your tenant for your application. Go to Settings -> Required Permissions, and click on the Grant Permissions button in the top bar. Click Yes to confirm.
Step 3: Enable the OAuth2 implicit grant for your application
By default, applications provisioned in Azure AD are not enabled to use the OAuth2 implicit grant. In order to run this sample, you need to explicitly opt in.
- From the previous steps, your browser should still be on the Azure portal.
- From your application page, choose Manifest to open the inline manifest editor.
- Search for the
oauth2AllowImplicitFlowproperty. You will find that it is set to
false; change it to
trueand click on Save to save the manifest.
Step 4: Configure the sample to use your Azure Active Directory tenant
- Open the solution in Visual Studio 2013.
- Open the
- Find the app key
ida:Tenantand replace the value with your AAD tenant name.
- Find the app key
ida:Audienceand replace the value with the Application ID from the Azure portal.
- Open the file
App/Scripts/App.jsand locate the line
- Replace the value of
tenantwith your AAD tenant name.
- Replace the value of
clientIdwith the Application ID from the Azure portal.
Step 5: Run the sample
Clean the solution, rebuild the solution, and run it.
You can trigger the sign in experience by either clicking on the sign in link on the top right corner, or by clicking directly on the Todo List tab. Explore the sample by signing in, adding items to the To Do list, removing the user account, and starting again. Notice that you can close and reopen the browser without losing your session. ADAL JS saves tokens in localStorage and keeps them there until you sign out.
How To Deploy This Sample to Azure
Coming soon.
About the Code
The key files containing authentication logic are the following:
App.js - injects the ADAL module dependency, provides the app configuration values used by ADAL for driving protocol interactions with AAD and indicates whihc routes should not be accessed without previous authentication.
index.html - contains a reference to adal.js
HomeController.js- shows how to take advantage of the login() and logOut() methods in ADAL.
UserDataController.js - shows how to extract user information from the cached id_token.
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More than 55,000 Came Out to Help Eat. Drink. End Hunger. at #NYCWFF.
The 2013 Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by FOOD & WINE raised over $1 million this year for Food Bank For New York City and Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry® campaign. More than 55,000 guests attended the Festival's 100-plus events October 17 – 20 to sip, swirl and savor world-class wines, spirits and cuisine served up by the industry's finest. New headquarter hotel Hudson served as the ideal backdrop for a variety of Festival events, complementing the move of the Festival's central hub to Midtown West for 2013.
"This year's program was truly a reflection of what I like most about the Festival," noted Festival Founder and Director Lee Brian Schrager, who also serves as the Vice President of Corporate Communications & National Events for Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc. "From the marquee events at our new culinary compound at Piers 92 & 94 hosted by Food Network stars, to the intimate dinners hosted by world-renowned chefs and events featuring the best of the Southern Wine & Spirits of New York portfolio, there really was something to fit everyone's personal taste."
Festival highlights began on Friday, October 18, when hostess Rachael Ray announced the first-ever dual win for the Blue Moon People's Choice Award between previous three-time champion Josh Capon and Food Network's Guy Fieri at the Blue Moon Burger Bash presented by Pat LaFrieda Meats. Judges Joe Bastianich, Adam Richman, Geoffrey Zakarian and Andrew Zimmern also crowned Paul Denamiel of Le Rivage Pat LaFrieda's 2013 NYCWFF Burger Bash® Champion, and attendees at the event selected Florida International University Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management student Tirza Diaz De Villegas as the winner of Red Robin's Savory Scholar Gourmet Dipping Sauce contest.
Also on Friday evening, pastry Chef Laszlo Bollok of Le Cirque was crowned the winner at GODIVA's Truffle Showdown hosted by Duff Goldman, and host Whoopi Goldberg chose dishes from Ben Grossman and Craig Samuel of Peaches HotHouse and Clayton Miller of Yardbird Southern Table & Bar as the best at Time Warner Cable presents Chicken Coupe.
Chef Michael Ferraro of Delicatessen was selected as the Martin's Famous Potato Roll's People Choice Award winner at Hidden Valley's Soup'er Sandwich hosted by Jeff Mauro on Saturday, October 19. Closing out the Festival on Sunday, October 20, mixologist Kristin Alfandre of Mason's Grill became ABSOLUT® VODKA's Best Bloody Mary in America Champion at the ABSOLUT Best Bloody Mary Brunch hosted by the Cast of Chopped, and Luzzo's was awarded the Time Out New York People's Choice Award for Best Pizza at Ronzoni presents La Sagra Sunday Slices hosted by Anne Burrell & Adam Richman.
Throughout the weekend, attendees enjoyed intimate dinner experiences as part of the Bank of America Dinner Series with renowned international talent like Matt Abergel of RŌNIN and Yardbird HK, Alex Atala of D.O.M. and Yotam Ottolenghi of Ottolenghi, in addition to unique tastings during the Celebrity Cruises® Wine and Pairing Seminars hosted by FOOD & WINE and Wine Spectator Educational Seminars led by celebrated chefs and wine and spirits experts. Signature Festival events like the Grand Tasting presented by ShopRite featuring KitchenAid® Culinary Demonstrations presented by MasterCard® and Olmeca Altos presents Tacos & Tequila hosted by Bobby Flay took place in new spaces at Piers 92 & 94, as did new event highlights like Jets + Chefs: The Ultimate Tailgate presented by diet pepsi hosted by Joe Namath & Mario Batali.
The more than $1 million raised at this year's Festival will support Food Bank For New York City's and Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign's efforts to end hunger in this country by connecting families in need with healthy food. Since its inception in 2008, the Festival has raised more than $7 million for the fight to end hunger in America.
Mark your calendar: next year's gourmet gathering will take place October 16 – 19, 2014. 100% of the net proceeds from the Festival benefit Food Bank For New York City and Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry® campaign. Stay up to date with the excitement by following the Festival at www.Facebook.com/NYCWFF or Founder and Director Lee Brian Schrager at www.twitter.com/Lee_Schrager.
About the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by FOOD & WINE
The Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival is hosted by and benefits the Food Bank For New York City and Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry® campaign, 100% of the Festival's net proceeds go toward helping these community based organizations fight hunger. Southern Wine & Spirits of New York is the exclusive provider of wine and spirits at the Festival. More information about the Festival can be found at www.nycwff.org.
About the Food Bank For New York City
Food Bank For New York City recognizes 30 years as the city's major hunger-relief organization working to end food poverty throughout the five boroughs. As the city's hub for integrated food poverty assistance, Food Bank tackles the hunger issue on three fronts — food distribution, income support and nutrition education — all strategically guided by its research. Through its network of community-based member programs citywide, Food Bank helps provide 400,000 free meals a day for New Yorkers in need. Food Bank's hands-on nutrition education program in the public schools reaches thousands of children, teens and adults. Income support services including food stamps, free tax assistance for the working poor and the Earned Income Tax Credit put millions of dollars back in the pockets of low-income New Yorkers, helping them to achieve greater dignity and independence. Learn how you can help at foodbanknyc.org.
About SHARE OUR STRENGTH'S NO KID HUNGRY CAMPAIGN
No child should grow up hungry in America, but one in five children struggles with hunger. Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry® campaign is ending childhood hunger in America by ensuring all children get the healthy food they need, every day. The No Kid Hungry campaign connects kids in need to effective nutrition programs like school breakfast and summer meals and teaches low-income families to cook healthy, affordable meals through its Cooking Matters program. This work is accomplished through the No Kid Hungry network, made up of private citizens, public officials, nonprofits, business leaders and others providing innovative hunger solutions in their communities. Join us at NoKidHungry.org.


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Opera composers have long been fascinated by political situations – both of their own time and from history – for the simple reason that political tensions make great drama. With several operas in which politics loom large coming up at Covent Garden - in the first of a new series of features - we look at some explicitly 'political' operas:
Verdi:Don Carlo (1867, revised 1884 and 1886)
Politics and religion are two of the principal themes of Verdi's towering masterpiece Don Carlo, which explores the conflict between ideals, romantic desires and political choices. Elizabeth of Valois is forced to renounce her betrothed Don Carlos and marry his father in order to bring peace between France and Spain. Don Carlos is torn between his love for Elizabeth and his desire to heal the troubled Netherlands, held under a Spanish 'reign of terror'. His friend Rodrigo, the Marquis of Posa, has fostered Carlos's political ambitions and hopes to influence King Philip II to end the persecution in the Netherlands, and to encourage Philip to become a more merciful ruler. King Philip is moved by Posa's idealism and courage, but he himself is not a free man – as Act IV of the opera shows, Philip is very much under the thumb of the dreaded Grand Inquisitor (Duet: 'Il Grande Inquisitor!'). It is the Inquisitor who has the final say in this opera, forcing Philip to submit to his will and destroy Carlos and Posa. In Don Carlo, the characters' ideals are no match for the power of Church and State.
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (1857, revised 1881)
Verdi was always keen to show that his politicians were also human beings. The personal and the public clash to devastating effect in Simon Boccanegra when the eponymous Doge of Genoa is reunited with his long-lost daughter Amelia after 25 years. Their happiness is threatened by Simon's political opponents – the aristocrats of Genoa (among them Amelia's lover Gabriele Adorno) and the Doge's own confidant Paolo. Paolo got Simon into power, and expects favours from the Doge in return – including the hand of Amelia. When Boccanegra refuses, Paolo tries to kidnap Amelia. The plot fails, and Boccanegra pronounces a curse on Amelia's kidnapper. In revenge, Paolo poisons Boccanegra and organizes a rebellion against him. The rebellion is unsuccessful, largely due to the heroism of Adorno, who becomes the Doge's ally when he learns that he is Amelia's father. But Paolo's poisoning plot works; the Doge dies at the hands of the wily man who got him into power in the first place. Simon proves himself a successful politician to the last, however, and with his dying breath brings peace to his city by naming Gabriele Adorno as the new Doge (Final ensemble: 'Gran Dio, li benedici').
Britten: Gloriana (1953)
Britten chose to explore the final days of an iconic British monarch in this commission to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth I is drawn to the dashing and impulsive Earl of Essex, who becomes one of her 'favourites'. Although she knows Essex is impetuous and overly ambitious, she allows him to persuade her to appoint him as military commander in Ireland. When he fails to conquer the rebels there and returns full of excuses and anger, Elizabeth (with some unease) is forced to listen to her advisors and place him under house arrest. Essex, enraged, leads an ill-fated rebellion, and the Queen has no option but to condemn him to death for treason. In a pensive epilogue, the Queen meditates on her reign and her approaching death; snatches of music in the orchestra telling us that her thoughts are still very much with Essex.
Don Carlo runs 4 - 25 May, Simon Boccanegra from 27 June - 16 July and Gloriana from 20 June - 6 July. Tickets are still available for Simon Boccanegra and Gloriana but Don Carlo is limited to Day Tickets and returns only.


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President Barack Obama met with his national security team to discuss potential military options in Syria Saturday, as an international relief group said Syrian hospitals reportedly treated 3,600 patients displaying symptoms of chemical weapons exposure after an attack that killed scores of civilians.
Obama convened the Saturday summit at the White House amid pressure for the administration to respond to the attack in Syria, which if confirmed, would be Syrian President Bashar Assad's most flagrant violation yet of Obama's "red line" warning against the use of chemical warfare.
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters Saturday that Obama had asked the Defense Department for "options" in a situation that Obama described on Friday as a "big event of grave concern." Obama also sought backing from a key US ally, speaking Saturday with British Prime Minister David Cameron and agreeing to consult on "possible responses by the international community to the use of chemical weapons." Cameron issued a stern warning too on the lethal consequences.
A White House official said Saturday Obama had directed U.S. intelligence agencies to pull together facts and evidence to determine what happened and that "once we ascertain the facts, the president will make an informed decision about how to respond."
The official said the U.S. has a "range of options available" and that Obama would "act very deliberately so that we're making decisions consistent with our national interest as well as our assessment of what can advance our objectives in Syria."
The Syrian regime, which has denied the use of chemical weapons and sought to put the blame on the opposition, reportedly will allow UN inspectors to visit the site of last week's attack.
Press TV, Iran's state-run satellite news channel quoted Iran's foreign minister as saying he had spoken with his Syrian counterpart who told him the government would cooperate with a UN team in the country. Syria's Information Minister warned that a U.S. strike would backfire, telling Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen TV that the "repercussion would be a ball of fire that would burn not only Syria but the whole Middle East," the Associated Press reported.
Doctors Without Borders said Saturday that three hospitals in Syria it supports are reporting that they received approximately 3,600 patients displaying symptoms of exposure to toxic chemicals on the day of the attack last week in eastern Damascus. Of those patients, 355 reportedly died.
Doctors Without Borders has not been able to access the facilities due to "significant security risks," the international medical group said, adding that it has a "strong and reliable collaboration" with medical networks and hospitals in the area.
Medical staff working in the Syrian facilities provided detailed information to the group's doctors regarding "large numbers of patients arriving with symptoms including convulsions, excess saliva, pinpoint pupils, blurred vision and respiratory distress," said Dr. Bart Janssens, Doctors Without Borders' director of operations.
Patients were treated using atropine, a drug used to treat neurotoxic symptoms, which the aid group said it's now trying to replenish.
Janssens said his group "can neither scientifically confirm the cause of these symptoms nor establish who is responsible for the attack." But he added, "the reported symptoms of the patients, in addition to the epidemiological pattern of the events - characterized by the massive influx of patients in a short period of time, the origin of the patients, and the contamination of medical and first aid workers - strongly indicate mass exposure to a neurotoxic agent."
He said the use would "constitute a violation of international humanitarian law, which absolutely prohibits the use of chemical and biological weapons."
The number of dead from last week's attack is still undetermined. The Britian-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, generally considered the most authoritative chronicler of casualties in the war-torn country, said it had confirmed that at least 322 people had died in the attacks, including at least 90 rebel fighters, 86 women and 54 children. Director Rami Abdurrahman said he was still reviewing hundreds of names and expected the final tally to be much higher.
In Syria, Abu Ahmed, a pharmacist who has been volunteering as a medic for the rebels for two years, said he arrived on the scene at 5 a.m., two hours after the attack, and that he and others treating the injured became sick.
"The people helping did get sick with symptoms like headache, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea," he said Saturday via Skype. "I had headache only, and diarrhea."
He said the medical staff of 72, includes five doctors who had gloves and masks and suffered fewer problems.
He said the staff treated about 600 people and about 150 of them died, the majority of them children who had been sleeping in basements for protection from the shelling.
"'There has been very bad fighting the last two days," he said.
The administration has expressed caution about intervening in what Obama has called a "sectarian, complex" conflict, but the use of chemical weapons would be the second transgression since Obama a year ago warned Damascus that the use of chemical weapons was a "red line" for the U.S., and critics say the administration risks American credibility if it does not respond more aggressively.
Obama, however, expressed caution in a CNN interview that aired Friday, warning against "very expensive, difficult, costly interventions that actually breed more resentment in the region."
And although Obama underscored that the use of chemical weapons "starts getting to some core national interests," he made it clear he's concerned about taking military action without a U.N. Security Council resolution.
With Assad's ally, Russia, likely to use its veto to block such a resolution, one option would be for Obama to follow the precedent set by former President Bill Clinton with the 1999 U.S.-led air campaign to halt Serbia's bloody onslaught against Kosovo's independence-seeking Albanian majority.
Denied Russian support for a U.N. resolution, Clinton used the backing of NATO and the justification of stopping the slaughter and ethnic cleansing of Albanian civilians to launch the air campaign.
In the case of Syria, Obama could look to build international support for U.S. military strikes against Syria from the Arab League, which suspended Damascus from its membership in 2011, and from NATO. Defense Secretary Hagel did not rule out the possibility of unilateral U.S. action, but said the U.S. is "working in close consultation with our international partners on this."
The White House says Obama has all but ruled out U.S. military on the ground in Syria. Hagel noted that the U.S. has a battery of F-16 fighter jets in Jordan, and Patriot surface-to-air missiles in Turkey. A fourth Tomahawk cruise missile naval destroyer has been moved closer to Syria to supplement three warships already deployed in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has warned of the risks of U.S. military intervention in Syria, telling Congress in July that "should the regime's institutions collapse in the absence of a viable opposition, we could inadvertently empower extremists or unleash the very chemical weapons we seek to control."
Hagel, warning of the possibility of a follow-up chemical weapons attack in Syria, said a decision on a response by the United States and its international partners "should be made swiftly."
Prothero, a McClatchy special correspondent, reported from Beirut. Clark reported from Washington. McClatchy reporters Jonathan Landay and James Rosen also contributed to this report.


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You can now vote for your favourite online videos in Vimeo's Festival + Awards 2012.
Submissions for the second Vimeo Festival + Awards opened in December and 14,538 videos were submitted, with 1,485 - a little over 10 percent - coming from the UK. Nearly a third of the total - 4,775 entries - came from Europe.
Entries have been whittled down into 12 semi-finalists per category, with 31 of the semi-finalists coming from the UK.
There are 13 categories including the Animation, Captured, Documentary, Experimental, Motion Graphics, Music Video, Narrative, Remix and Series awards. In addition there are new awards for the Action Sports, Advertising, Fashion and Lyrical categories.
"We wanted to shake things up this year," said Jeremy Boxer, Director of the Vimeo Festival + Awards. "We felt it was important for anyone and everyone around the world to be a part of this process— especially since we saw amazingly creative work across five continents."
To vote, you'll need to be a member of the Vimeo community. It's free to sign up, and voting will close on 30 April. The winner of each category will receive a $5,000 (around £3,140) grant and there is a $25,000 (£15,690) grant for the overall Grand Prize winner.
The last Vimeo Festival + Awards took place in 2010 and the overall prize was won by Eliot Rausch for Last Minutes with Oden. Rausch is among the judges for the 2012 awards. A panel of industry experts will judge each category, as well as the winner of the specific category in 2010, and public votes will be given special consideration too.
The Vimeo Festival + Awards ceremony will be held on 7 June in New York. The festival takes place from 8 to 9 June, with a range of workshops, screenings and other events on offer.
Attendees can choose from a two-day ticket package (including access to the Closing Night Party) for $60 (£37.50), a one-day package for $40 (£25), or a screening pass for $20 (£12.50). A limited number of tickets to the Awards show are available for $25 (£15.70) each from the Vimeo website.


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Event : Krodikali Supreme Initiation (Wangchhen)
Date: Novemeber 22th, 2012
Event : Krodikali Retreat 2012
Date: Novemeber23th ~ Novemeber 25th, 2012
Venue: Puli Retreat Center, Taichung, Taiwan
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'This Krodikali Supreme Initiation (Wangchhen) and retreat are not open to public. You are allowed to attend only after receiving approval from Rinpoche.If you wish to participate, kindly contact with Lama Phunsto(M:+886-935503989) and Lama Sengge(M:+886-988-556518) for permission. For further more details,pls contact with Dudjom Dharma House Taichung(Tel:+886-4-24969688/Fax:+886-4-24969699 e-mail:email@example.com)
Everyone who will attend this retreat should assemble before 10:00am on Thursday,November 22th at Dudjom Dharma House Taichung. Tent is requirement and manufactured for a specific purpose, everyone should have one ,if you don't have ,kindly contact with us to book in advance.'
Krodikali Four Foundations with Four Feasts in the mountain retreat center at Puli, Nantou County,
Taiwan, October 24-27, 2011
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Dungsey Garab Rinpoche's Autumn program in Taichung, Taiwan
黑忿怒空行母旺千大灌頂 11/22(四) 暨 秋季黑忿怒空行母閉關 11/23(五)~11/25(日) 台灣 台中敦珠新岩傳學佛會之埔里閉關中心
此旺千大灌頂法會與閉關非對外開放一般大眾,需先取得噶拉多傑仁波切允許同意.欲參加者請先與 Phuntsho lama[Tel:+886-935503989, 及 Sengge lama Tel:+886-988-556518洽詢取得連繫或更多之相關訊息Tel:+886-4-24969688~9,Fax+886-4-24969699. 參加者需在11/22(四)早上10:00以前集合,參加閉關閉關帳篷為必備,請先預定。
Places of Interest in Puli
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Getting to and from Puli
Unless you have your own car or scooter, you'll have to take the bus to get to
Puli. There is no train station in the city. The main bus terminal is downtown,
on the corner of Jhongjheng and Donghua Rd. It looks like a giant, grey water
tank. Other bus companies have smaller offices close to the main bus station on
Jhongjheng Rd.
Taichung: The Taichung Bus Company has frequent buses; NT$150; 1hour. The bus
stop is in front of Taichung Train Station.
Taipei: Green Transit buses leave hourly from Zhongxiao Fuxing MRT station (exit
4 - south side of Zhongxiao Rd). NT$350, 4hrs. In Puli, their bus stop is across
from the main station.
Sun Moon Lake:Nantou Bus Company (342 Jhongjheng Rd, by the KFC) has hourly
buses for NT$50; 45 minutes.To Wushe, Chingjing Farm, Mt. Hehuan,
Lishan: Nantou Bus Company has some buses to these four places. The
office is 100m north of the main bus station, past the KFC.Kuo Kuang
Hao Bus Company (at the main bus station) also has buses to Taipei,
Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung and Pingdong. They offer the cheapest
Travel Map of Puli
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According to IRCC service requirement, clients who wish to receive Settlement Services will be required to bring proof of their Permanent Residency.
The document may be a photocopy of both sides of the PR Card or Immigration document. The client's birth date and legal name will also be required.
Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to serving you under the new Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Settlement Program.
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S.U.C.C.E.S.S., a non-partisan and non-profit charitable organization, was founded in 1973 and incorporated in 1974 for the purpose of promoting the well-being of Canadians and immigrants.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. began as a new immigrant settlement service organization which has developed into a multi-service, multicultural agency. There are over 20 service locations in Metro Vancouver of British Columbia and 3 overseas offices. Programs are delivered in culturally sensitive ways to meet the needs of the clients.
Through innovative programming, we assist new immigrants with settlement; provide counselling and support to families and individuals with personal issues; promote personal development of children and youth; facilitate social participation of parents and seniors in the community; help the unemployed in job and career development; facilitate entrepreneurs in business development; deliver education and employment related training; and promote social change through community development and advocacy.
Approximately 70% of the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. annual operating fund comes from the three levels of government. The remaining funding is raised through donations, membership dues, cost recovery programs, corporate sponsorships and contributions from the S.U.C.C.E.S.S Foundation. Annually, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation holds three major fundraising events: Bridge to S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Gala, Walk with the Dragon and Charity Golf Tournament.
In 1979, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. became a member of the United Way of the Lower Mainland. In 1994, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. received the Citation for Citizenship Award for its contribution to new immigrants' settlement and integration. Since 2004, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. has been accredited by the Council on Accreditation for its best practices in Board governance, operations management and standards of service excellence.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation
Established in 2001, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation is a charitable foundation governed by a volunteer board composed of prominent business and professional leaders. The mission of S.U.C.C.S.S.S Foundation is to raise funds for S.U.C.C.E.S.S. and its affiliated organizations to support their mandate for the betterment of the community through provision of social, employment, training and health services. In order to create a more stable funding base, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation manages fundraising activities and long term financial planning of S.U.C.C.E.S.S. and the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Multi-Level Care Society.
Each year, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation holds three major fundraising events: Bridge to S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Gala, Walk with the Dragon and the Charity Golf Tournament. Funds raised through these events provide much needed subsidy for programs which are inadequately funded by governments. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.successfoundation.ca.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Multi-Level Care Society
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Multi-Level Care Society was incorporated in 1995 with the purposes of providing a continuum of integrated, linguistically and culturally appropriate health services including, but not limited to, complex residential care, adult day care as well as assisted living for the seniors. Since 2004, the Society have been accredited by Accreditation Canada for three consecutive three year terms, obtaining the highest designation level possible – "Accredited with Exemplary Standing" in 2012.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Housing Society
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Housing Society, incorporated in 2011, aims to provide and operate non-profit residential accommodation and incidental services and facilities exclusively for adult persons and families primarily of low income, senior citizens primarily of low or modest income and disabled adult persons primarily of low or modest income.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Affordable Housing Society, a non-profit organization that was incorporated in 2013 with the goal to provide and operate affordable and low rental housing for low and moderate income individuals and families.