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There's a dead cat on the line. I was first acquainted with this old adage in the early 90's while living in Augusta, Georgia. Apparently it is an old expression referring to the likelihood that something, somewhere is wrong. Very wrong. I thought about this expression after Chrysler (soon followed by General Motors) announced they would be closing down many of their dealerships. Since these are "franchise" operations that do not represent significant, if any, expenses for the company, but instead represent streams of revenue, it seemed mighty strange that they would have a desire to close any of them. To the contrary, they should be encouraging as many of these businesses as possible to stay open since they represent the public face of the company during this economic downturn that has created such a malaise for the auto industry. Instead of putting the best face they can to the public, they have curiously chosen to do exactly the opposite and essentially lower their public profile. There certainly seems to be a dead cat on the line…and there is.
There are just too many things that don't make sense. It isn't just the unjustifiable business decision to cut operations that don't affect the costs of the company's business. It is also the process of selecting the dealerships to be closed. It is particularly suspicious that many of the dealerships selected for elimination are among the most successful operations within the Chrysler network. Many of them have been Chrysler and Dodge dealers for decades. What possible justification could they have for closing down successful dealerships that represent the very lifeblood of their company's existence? Not only are they choosing to reduce the flow of cash into their company, they are doing so in the midst of a recession that has been particularly disastrous to the auto industry. Is somebody missing a cat?
Some of the dealerships that got the axe are telling stories that raise considerable doubt that there were ever any economic reasons for this process and that there was, instead, a political motivation. One dealership slated for closing in Alvin, Texas, increased its new car sales 50% in the first four months of 2009! How can you rationalize closing a dealer who is increasing sales while in the throes of the worst recession since the 1970's? As it turns out, this story is not unique. Successful and highly profitable dealerships have all too often been the ones selected for elimination. Smell a dead cat?
As you dig into this you find that there is evidence to suggest that dealers selected for elimination tended to be ones who are affiliated with, or donated money to, the Republican party and its candidates. Coincidence? When the the list of 789 closing franchises is compared to the list of political donors making contributions in the November 2008 election, less than 10 percent gave to Democrats while 90 percent gave substantial sums to Republican candidates. The franchise owners selected for dealership elimination contributed over $450,000 to Republican presidential candidates and the GOP, while $7,970 was donated to Hillary Clinton's campaign and $2,200 was given to John Edwards' campaign. By comparison, Barack Obama received a mere $450 in donations! Dead cat found.
Some of the dealers on the hit list jump right out at you:
"Vern Buchanan is a Republican Congressman from the Tampa Bay area. Robert Archer is the son of former Republican Congressman Bill Archer. John Culberson, a libertarian-leaning Conservative, is now the Congressman for that West Houston District. He was heavily supported in his election efforts by the Archers Family. Additionally, James Crowley, owner of a Chrysler Dealership in Escondido, California is on the list to be closed. Crowley is a big backer of libertarian-leaning Republican Cong. John Campbell of Orange County."
The list is heavy with influential Republicans and libertarians. Another name on the list is Ray Huffines, who owns a large dealership in the Metro-Dallas/Ft. Worth area. The Huffines family have been major contributors to Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) over the years…– American Thinker
Republican candidates – and Other GOP contributors include Michael Maroone, a dealer in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He gave $20,000 to the Florida Republican Party, $12,700 to the Republican National Committee and $2,300 to presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Likewise, Menomonee Falls, Wis., dealer Russ Darrow and his family gave $19,000 to the Republican National Committee, $6,029 to the Wisconsin Republican Party, $2,300 to John McCain and $1,000 to Rudy Giuliani. Bedford, Texas, dealer Eric Grubbs gifted $11,500 to Mike Huckabee, $4,600 to Rudy Giuliani, $6,500 to Texas Republican Congressional Committee, $1,085 to the RNC and $500 to National Republican Congressional Committee. Midlothian, Va., dealer Max Pearson donated $18,000 to National Republican Senatorial Committee, $6,900 to the RNC, $6,900 to John McCain, $3,600 to Virginia Republican Party and $1,000 to National Republican Congressional Committee.
The list continues with more than 60 political donors who are scheduled to lose their franchises – many of whom gave thousands of dollars to only seven dealers who contributed a total of less than $12,000 to the Democratic Party and its candidates. -World Net Daily
Another blogger, Doug Ross, also reviewed patterns on the closure list and noticed the trend.
"I took all dealer owners whose names appeared more than once on the list," he wrote. "And, of those who contributed to political campaigns, every single one had donated almost exclusively to GOP candidates."
Jim Anderer, another of the disposed dealers, told Fox News' Neil Cavuto that he doesn't understand why Chrysler is shutting down his Long Island dealership because, he claims, it is quite profitable with sales volume ranking in the top 2 percent of the company.
"They won't tell us. They seem to be running for cover right now because they won't give us a solid explanation. They come up with all these reasons, but none of them seem to make sense. This is insanity. The government is stealing my business. And they're telling me there's nothing I can do about it."
Anderer also said Chrysler told him they want to combine their stores and that dealers cost the manufacturer money to stay in business.
"In the dealers that they cut, there seems to be no cohesive way that they did it. There was no process that you could put your finger on and say, 'Hey, we cut 25 percent of the lowest performing dealers.' They didn't do that. Nobody will give us a real clear explanation of the formula that they came up with."
George C. Joseph, a Dodge dealer for over 35 years who employs over 50 people in his Melbourne, Florida franchise claims his operation is financially profitable, yet he too was selected for closing. Likewise he is not happy about it:
"On Thursday, May 14, 2009 I was notified that my Dodge franchise, that we purchased, will be taken away from my family on June 9, 2009 without compensation and given to another dealer at no cost to them. My new vehicle inventory consists of 125 vehicles with a financed balance of 3 million dollars. This inventory becomes impossible to sell with no factory incentives beyond June 9, 2009."
He later went on to say that without his franchise, his facility can no longer perform any service warranty work. This even includes vehicles sold by his establishment while still a licensed franchise operator! This he says has the effect of rendering his $300,000 parts inventory worthless. Also, Chrysler is not required to buy back tools, parts or…vehicles from from the dealers it has terminated under these negotiated bankruptcy rules. The Obama administration, without any constitutional authority, has intervened and negotiated these terms in typical Chicago gangland fashion. The dealers have been made an offer they can't refuse.
"This is a private business, not a government entity. This is beyond imagination! My business is being stolen from me through no fault of our own. We did nothing wrong." – George C. Joseph
Chrysler was forced into bankruptcy by the Obama administration who took it upon themselves, with no legal authority, to manage the distribution of assets. He forced a deal that bypassed the bondholders, who actually invested money in the company, and gave a preferential deal to the United Auto Workers that made them the majority owners of the company. This, in and of itself, was nothing less than a political payoff to a union that generously supported him in the election. The decision making process that is closing down these dealerships appears to be a blatant political hit against the president's enemies. No democrat ever need raise the spectre of Richard Nixon and his enemies list ever again!
"It became clear to us that Chrysler does not see the wisdom of terminating 25 percent of its dealers. It really wasn't Chrysler's decision. They are under enormous pressure from the President's automotive task force." – Leonard Bellavia, of Bellavia Gentile & Associates,
who represents some of the terminated dealers
According to one of the discarded dealers Chrysler is already shopping for dealers to open franchises left by the eliminated dealers. Now why would you do that? This is just a political massacre designed to clear the landscape of political "undesirables" and replace them with dealers that meet with this administration's approval. We have seen this particular brand of socialism before in 1930's Germany. All of these actions are being done out in the open and all of them are totally illegal. Where is the media? Now we are starting to hear stories about how THEY are scared to offend this administration for fear of reprisals against them. Divine Justice, perhaps, but it does not bode well for our future.
"So we are acting as reluctant shareholders, because that is the only way to help GM succeed. What we are not doing, what I have no interest in doing, is running GM." -President Barack Obama
Hot on the heels of the great Chrysler swindle, our president has yet again authored a bankruptcy to his own political advantage. Unlike the Chrysler deal, this time he has chosen to give the United States government 60% ownership of the restructured GM. And why not? GM is a considerably more valuable asset than Chrysler so why not keep that one for himself. Like the Chrysler deal, the secured bondholders were illegally placed behind the government and the UAW in the division of assets and ownership. Of course GM has been ordered to close hundreds of dealerships as well. Does anyone believe the GM closings are any less politically motivated than the Chrysler ones? He claims he does not want to run GM even as he is doing exactly that. He's getting away with it too! What are we going to do about it?
This is a totally illegal nationalization of a private industry. However it sits well next to his ever growing collection of banks and insurance companies and is soon to be joined by the health care system and, perhaps, California. Is it any wonder such luminaries of leftist evangelical socialism are turning green with envy? Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday that he and Cuban ally Fidel Castro may soon find themselves to be more conservative than President Obama!
"Hey, Obama has just nationalized nothing more and nothing less than General Motors. Comrade Obama! Fidel, careful or we are going to end up to his right." – Hugo Chavez
There's a dead cat on the line alright…


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happy End of the year!
Frog life cycle!
Yesterday we learned all about the Frog LIfe Cycle. Frog life cycle is unique because they go through a metamorphosis! We made some pretty awesome hats to help us remember!
Spaghetti buildings!
We made spaghetti/marshmallow buildings! We went to the Aux gym and broke up into teams of 3. Each team had 20 spaghetti noodles, one large marshmallow and tape. The teams had 15 minutes to build the highest tower they could that supported a marshmallow a the top. The winning team----19 inches! Impressive. Here are some photos of our brains in action.
Dirt Pudding and earth day!
What better way to celebrate earth day than recycled art and dirt pudding! We made dirt pudding with puddin, oreos, whipped cream- and of course, gummy worms! Miss. Kelly probably should have given out the treat at the END of the day, rather than during morning snack, but live and learn! We ended the day with some recycled art sculptures. They turned out great! Here are some pics from the fun day.
The fun didn't stop there- because later that day, we asked a girl to Prom!!! Really! We did. Teagan's brother needed a little moral support with the big question. Here are some pics of us helping him out- roses and all!
We love first grade!
We made a lever!
We've been learning all about Simple Machines. These small machines help build much more complex machines and they are too cool! Did you know that a catapult is a form of lever? We made catapults with spoons and marshmallows! The best part, shooting them out on the playground.
All about bell
This week we're learning all about Alexander Graham Bell and his invention of the telephone. Here are some fun resources for our week!
Review party!
We had so much fun at our Review Party today! Thank you for taking the time to come read all our reviews. For this unit, we wrote movie, book, restaurant and game reviews! We learned how to give helpful tips, ratings and recommendations. We also were really good at "talking back" (obviously.) That means we tell you that some people may think another book, restaurant or movie is better than ours, but we disagree. We learned that ratings don'ta always have to be good. You can also convince someone that something is really bad...BUT we just love so many things, so that was hard to do!
Have a great weekend and we'll see you in our fun filled classroom again soon!
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Ski day!!
What a fun day it was! Filled with sunshine, snow and good company! Thanks to all the parents that helped make it happen. We couldn't have done it without you...literally! Thanks for helping us make fun memories!
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When a Man Questioned My Son's Need for a Service Dog
In an attempt to escape the witching hour, I had the hair-brained idea to pack up the kids in the car and spoil dinner with a sweet treat. My husband was working late and I was desperate to win some smiles with ice cream. When we arrived at our favorite ice cream joint, I unbuckled the baby and helped the older two out of the car, then attached Bruce, my son's service dog, to my belt. We opened the old door and were welcomed by a ding of a bell and a never ending list of ice cream flavors scrolled out in chalk. As I lifted child after child to peek into the glass and pick their flavor, I was startled by a man's voice behind me.
"Unless that's a service dog, you need to get it out of here."
I was taken back. All three children spun around to look at the man, then darted their eyes to me. I looked at Bruce, who was wearing a vest indicating he was a service animal, as well as a patch that read, "STOP! Do not distract. Do not pet."
"He is a service dog," I said quietly and confused.
"Oh, yeah? For what? What disability do we have today?" he responded gruffly.
My cheeks flushed. He legally cannot ask you that, I thought to myself. You don't have to answer him.
"He's a diabetic alert dog for my son."
"Sure he is…" His tone was overwhelmingly skeptical. That's when it hit me: He doesn't believe me. He thinks I'm lying. He sees this beautiful 5-year-old boy standing in front of him and he's calling bullsh*t.
I spun back around to look back at the display case of ice cream, ignoring him and holding back tears. I felt judged. A stranger was attempting to invalidate my son's need for a service animal, and I could barely breathe.
The man walked back to the corner of the shop, sat down and watched us. We ordered, gathered our cones, and found a table. I commanded Bruce "under" and he quietly tucked himself under the table and at his boy's feet.
When my husband and I made the decision to invest in a service dog, we knew it would draw more attention to our family and to our son's disease. We are stared at in restaurants and pointed at in grocery stores. People approach us out of curiosity and we almost always use these moments to connect, educate and spread awareness about type 1 diabetes and service dogs.
This was different. This was disease-blindness coupled with intolerance. This man did not see the need for a service animal for healthy-looking 5-year-old boy. But that's not all he didn't see…
We almost lost our son last summer when his blood sugar dropped dangerously low. It crashed so fast that the pricey piece of technology we bought failed to alert of a low. He did not see my son seize in the back of our car as I lunged over the backseat to stab him with a needle full of life-saving sugar.
He doesn't see the bruises on little arms and legs from insulin pumps and glucose monitors.
He doesn't see my 5-year-old patiently waiting while we weigh his food and count carbohydrates.
He doesn't see the tears he cries when he feels different from his siblings and friends.
He also doesn't see the relief in our faces or the tangible love we have for this animal. This dog saves my son's life every single day.
Please. Look harder. We need you to see us. This is not a pet — this is a lifeline.
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Daron Aric Hagen American composer and pianist
Born: Milwaukee, 04.11.1961
Hagen began the study of
piano, music theory, conducting and composition when he was fourteen at
the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. He continued his studies at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Curtis Institute of Music and the
Juilliard School, working with teachers as diverse as Leonard Bernstein,
David Diamond, Witold Lutoslawski, Ned
Rorem, and Joseph Schwantner.
Seven Last Words
(Concerto for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra)
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Claverton, Stoke Bishop, near Bristol, 21.11.1876 - Rake, Liss. near Petersfield, Hampshire, 12.01.1960.
He was out of a well-to-do-family and the boy grew up dreaming of
independent means concentrating on the music. He had developed a
special interest for
English poems and orchestration of English folk-song in the manner of
Vaughan Williams and Percy Granger which were his keen interest and he was able to
devote all his time to this living idyllically in his house near Petersfield,
For the Left Hand Alone; tree pieces op. 95 (1952) (Goodwin & Tubb)
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Frederich Hall
Born: ?
Prelude in F major (a gavotte) 1926 (Allan & Co.)
Marc-André Hamelin
piano virtuoso and composer
Born: Montreal, 05.09.1961
Writing about Hamelin is
certainly no easy task since he has established himself throughout the world
as a virtuoso extraordinaire. Many pianists have been described as
virtuosos - and they certainly are, but with Hamelin you have to hear
it to believe it. As one piano virtuoso - I know - said: he is a pianist-killer.
And yet his unbelievable abilities are not an end in itself - but a mere tool
for making music, and this he does. Even compared with virtuoso legends like
Barere in the famous Blumenfeld
étude Hamelin's playing stands out and leaves you with the feeling that he
is nowhere close to his limits - in fact his playing makes you forget the
difficulties involved.
He does play the standard repertory but has specialized in and recorded music by less frequently heard composers like Alkan, Blanchet, Bolcom, Busoni, Vladimir Dechevov, Eckhardt-Gramatté, Samuel Feinberg, Radamés Gnattali, Adolf Henselt, Kapustin, Korngold, Arthur Vincent Lourie, Joseph Marx, Shchedrin, Georgi Lvovich Catoire, Godowsky, Michaiłowski, Leo Ornstein, Nikolai Roslavets, Frederic Rzewski, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Karol Szymanowski, Pancho Vladigerov and Edna Bentz Woods.
Étude no. 7 (Based on Tchaikovsky: Lullaby
op. 16 no. 1)
Photos taken at the 20th Festival: Raritäten der Klaviermusik,
Johan Hammerth Swedish
Born: Kalmar, 27.02.1953
Hammerth got his final education at the Royal Musical High School in Stockholm where he studied from 1982 to 1990 receiving his final exam with his first piano concerto (1989-1990) which was dedicated to Sven-David Sandström who had been one of his major teachers alongside with Pär Lindgren, Daniel Börtz and Lars-Erik Rosell and this concerto proved to be his breakthrough as a composer.
The piano is his chosen instrument and as such he is deeply inspired by the Russian piano tradition marked by a broad virtuosic and expressive style which has been interpreted by e.g. Bengt-Åke Lundin who premiered his second piano concerto (1993-1995). He sees the strings as the string section as the lungs of the orchestra with the wind and brass for his orchestral culminations as a characteristic typical of his orchestral compositional style.
His output cover almost every style from film music to chamber music but among his work should also be mentioned the Stockholm's Cantata (1995-1997) for large orchestra, two soloists and reciter - composed for the celebration of Stockholm as Cultural Capital in 1998.
From 1992 to 1996 Hammerth was a member of Royal Swedish Philharmonic Orchestra's Program Counsel, but now he works as a whole-time composer.
Préludes no. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 30, 31 and 32 for piano, left hand (2008) (Swedish Music, Stockholm)
All these préludes were composed for the great Swedish poet and left hand pianist Tomas Tranströmer.
Foto: © Mona Björklund
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Audrey Kooper Hammann American pianist and composer
Born: Hartford, Connecticut, (presumable in the mid 1920s)
Audrey Kooper and her mother were students of the concert pianist and
teacher Raymond Augustus Lawson of the Howard
University (and honorary member of Pi Kappa Lambda at Howard
University, Washington D.C.) and Audrey made her debut as a pianist at the age of 11
in a concert at the Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall in Hartford, Connecticut.
returning to the United States she
has taught at Smith College, Webster University and the University
of Missouri at St. Louis. She married William Hammann and moved to St.
Louis where she continued
her career as a concert pianist and taught piano and composition. She also
studied composition herself with Robert Wykes at Washington University
and Bach under the supervision of Rosalyn Tureck during Tureck's one
semester stay at this university.
Suite: Reflections on Outer Space 1991
(ClarNan Editions)
Galaxy suite has been recorded on CD by the Joanna Lange September 21 2006 by ClarNan Edition
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Hans Hampel Czech composer and pianist.
Prague, 05.10.1822 - Prague, 30.03.1884
The work deals with study of
personality of Hans Hampel, forgotten viruoso and composer of nineteenth
century, who lived in the german-speking kulture sphere, and it deduces
reasons of Hans Hampel's oblivion in context of the music courses of
events in Praha. As a student of Tomašk's school, Hampel was
well-educated in both technical brilliancy and composition. Cultural
sphere of Praha's Davidovci, where also Hampel belonged, passed away and
in the second half of the ninteenth century other ideals reigned, which
Hampel did not adopt himself. In the work the biography, analysis of
part of Hampel's composition and full release of his wokrs occursin
Variations op. 26
Julius Handrock German pianist and composer
Naumberg, 1830 - Halle, 1894
Handrock was educated at the Leipzig Conservatory but was active as piano teacher in Halle. His oeuvre can be divided in two: salon pieces and instructive works. Among the first are many sonatines, waltzes, polonaises and character pieces.
Moderne Schule der Geläufigkeit (Modern School of Velocity) op. 99 Vol. II c.1883 (Kahnt)
Raigate, Surrey, England, 02.02.1917 - Brisbane, Australia, 23.05.1994
Hanmer was educated at Blackheath Conservatory
and began his professional career - like
so many other musicians of his generation - as a cinema organist and dance band
arranger. His skills for arranging and composing were fully employed from
the 1940s onwards, and his orchestrations of shows for amateur companies
are still in demand all over the world. The brass band world owes him a
lot since his works are very often used as test pieces.
(Two pieces) 1. Click Go
the Shears, 2. Waltzing Mathilde
Michael Hannan
composer, pianist and teacher
Born: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 19.11.1949
Hannan studied musicology at the University
of Sydney, gaining a Bachelor of Arts degree 1972, and a PhD. in 1978.
His B.Mus.(Hons.) and doctoral theses were on the music of Peter
Sculthorpe, and since then has been writing about Australian composers,
especially Peter Sculthorpe and Ross Edwards.
Modal Melodies for Single
Rising Emotions, Study
Shaky Ground, Study
Meander II, Study (All
three studies: "Australian piano music. Volume
4",edited by Sally Mays. Currency Press, Sydney, 2000) They are part of Seven
Studies for Single Hands
(1981): 1.
Chant for right hand, 2. Rising emotions for left hand,
3. Shaky Ground for left hand,
4. Tragic Song for right hand, 5. Meander I for right hand,
6. Meander II for left hand and
7. Strange Dialogue for right hand .
.They are available at the Australian Music Center.
Michael Hannan's web site.
Jürg Hanselmann
Liechtenstein-Swiss Pianist and composer
Born: Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland: 1960
Hanselmann received his first piano lessons at the
Music School in Vaduz, Liechtenstein when he was eight years old.
Later he studied with Albert Schneeberger and Kristina Steinegger at the Bern Conservatory, where he received his theachers' and solist diplomas with distinction. Further studies with Louis Kentner (London), and Irina Edelstein (Frankfurt) followed, composition and musical analysis with Sandor Veress as well as master classes with Mieczyslaw Horszowski and the Beaux Arts Trio.
Toccatina (Preludio), Danza Romantica & Arlecchino (from Jugendalbum) (1996) (MS)
Erinnerung, Poème & Ostinato (from
Cantique (no. 3 from Drei Konzertetuden) (2007) Verlag Müller & Schade AG, Bern
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (2008) Verlag Müller & Schade AG, Bern
Enjoy the Cantique on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igFMk27PQ2U
Jürg Hanselmann''s Web-site 1 Web-site 2
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G. Adolf Hardt
Born: ?
Capriccio 1882
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Cuthbert Harris English pianist and composer
1870 - 1932
Harris was organist of St Leonard's Church,
Streatham, South London from 1903.
Left Hand Studies: Five Easy Studies (for the Left or the Right hand) 1930 (Warren & Phillips)
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Rudolf Hasert German pianist
04.02.1826 - 1877
Hasert was himself for several years unable to play with his right hand due to muscular pains.
Fantasie de bravour on Casta diva from Bellini's Norma (c.1855 André)
Hans Leo Hassler German organist and composer
Nuremberg, 25.10.1564 - Frankfurt am Mein, 09.06.1612
Hassler was a pupil of his
father, Isaac Hassler and - according to the funeral sermon - was brought up
in the fear of God, in the free arts and especially in the praiseworthy
art of music.
(Hertzlich tut mir verlangen) (See Frédéric Meinders)
Jean Hasse
Born, Cleveland, Ohio, 20.08.1958
Jean Hasse graduated from Oberlin College Conservatory, Ohio,
specializing in piano, conducting and instrumental music education
followed by graduate work and teaching at Cleveland State University. Her
varied career has included working as a teacher, multi-instrumentalist,
concert producer, music copyist, editor and publisher, including forming
Visible Music in 1987. She has had composing residencies at U.S. artist
colonies and has received commissions from soloists and chamber ensembles
in the U.S. and U.K. She moved to England in December 1994 and works as a
composer, pianist and publisher. While living in Boston,
she was a member of the popular music ensemble The Composers in Red
Sneakers and she has received commissions from a number of solo performers and chamber ensembles in
USA and England to where she moved in December 1994 to live in London as a composer, pianist,
publisher and producer/composer of ringing tones.
Water 1992 Written for Leon
Fleisher, who gave the premier 12th October 1992.
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Frederic L. Hatch
Born: ?
Gustav Havemann German violinist, pianist, conductor and composer
Güstrow, Germany, 15.03.1882 - Schöneiche, 02.01.1960
Havemann studied the violin
with his father, and became a member of the court orchestra in Schwerin,
before he entered High School of Music in Berlin. While still in his youth
he was the concertmaster in several places f.ex. Hamburg and at the
Dresden State Opera from 1915 to 1920 After this and to the end of the war
he was a professor at the High School of Music in Berlin.
According to The New York Times of July 18, 1935 Havemann was
removed as the 'leader' of the Reichsmusikkammer (which he was
not) because of his
intervention on behalf of Jewish and other 'unwanted' composers:
täglichen Studien für die linke Hand allein (My
daily studies for the left hand alone) 1913
(Franz Jost)
Text extracted and pictures from Paul Havemann's genealogical homepage about the Havemann family
William (Richard) Hawkey New Zealand composer
Born: Timaru, New Zealand, 19.01.1932
Two Pieces for the Left Hand Alone: 1. Playmates, 2. Colours (Allan's Music Australia, ca. 1984)
(Franz) Joseph Haydn Austrian composer
Rohrau, Lower Austria, 31.03.1732 - Vienna, 31.05.1809
Haydn did not write any work for the left hand alone, but at least he must have toyed with the idea. In one of his piano trios there are twenty bars for the left hand alone. There is no musical or technical reason for this - even though another melodic line is introduced in the right hand at bar nr. 21. So we can only guess why Haydn did this. Maybe he went for the visual effect - and this should not be underestimated among musicians - though - of course, it does not give much meaning in these CD-days.
(Otto Strasser - former leader of the second violin group in The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra told in his memoirs, that Furtwängler wanted very long bowing from the violins in some special part of the funeral march from the Eroica symphony. Why? - this would have no acoustical effect. No - Furtwängler replied - but think of the visual impact on the audience.)
The twenty bars mentioned above are from Haydn's piano trio in B flat major Hob XV nr. 20. Solo con mano sinistra simply means: Solo with the left hand. composed in London in 1794 and first published in the same year by Longman & Broderip, London.
Then - again - perhaps Haydn was only applying this effect to give himself time to play the twenty bars and stroke his chin with a most pensive air. Many things in musical scores have very non musical reasons - you would be surprised - see Fumagalli!
See also Paul Wittgenstein in the catalogue and appendix
O. L. Hayes
Born: ?
One Hand Waltz (Century)
David Matthew Haynes Australian composer and pianist
Born: Sydney, Australia, 30.04.1960
self-taught, Haynes did not receive formal musical instruction until the age
of eighteen. At the age of nineteen he entered the Sydney Conservatorium
of Music and studied piano under Professor Igor Hmelnitsky, himself a
pupil of Alexander Hmelnitsky (father) and Ignaz
Friedman. It was during this period that Haynes developed an interest in
the more arcane byways of the keyboard repertoire.
Original compositions (for piano left hand):
Concerto No. 1 for
Left Hand and
orchestra (MS) (1999)
3 Paganini Studies (Caprices No. 9, 14 & 24) (MS) (1998)
Gavotte and Gigue from Bach's Cello Suite No.6 (MS) (2001)
2 Schubert Songs (Litanei & Das Wandern) (MS) (2003)
2 Scarlatti Sonatas (K. 347 & K. 425) (MS) (2004)
These arrangements and copies of the thesis are available from the author at firstname.lastname@example.com
Clara Koehler Heberlein
Born: ?
Polka Mignonne (duet for two left hands) (Presser)
Lennart Hedwall Swedish composer and pianist
Born: Gothenburg, Sweden 16.09.1932 -
During his time in school he
received instruction in piano from Carl Tillius and learned musical theory
Torsten Sörenson. He studied at the KMH 1951-59 (piano) with Olof Wibergh
and Gottfrid Boon and in conducting from the conductor Tor Mann.
Preludio e
pastorale per pianoforte mano sinistra (for piano left hand) (2001) (SMIC)
Stephen [István] Heller Hungarian-French piano virtuoso and composer
Pest, 15.05.1813 - Paris, 14.01.1888
Heller showed extraordinary
talent as a boy and after having had some lessons in piano playing and
harmony from local teachers, his father was convinced that he might make a career
as pianist. So the boy was sent to Vienna with the intension to study with
Czerny. However he turned out to be too expensive a teacher so one Anton
Halm was chosen instead.
(Étude op. 127
no.2 (No. 2 des Quatre études sur Le
Freischütz de Weber) (Paris: Hamelle)
(Il Penseroso op. 45 nr. 16) Arranged by C. C. Dean
Robert Helps American Composer and pianist
Passiac, New Jersey, 23.09.1929 - Tampa, Florida, 01.12.2001
Robert Helps got his education
as a pianist primarily with Abby Whiteside and as a composer with Roger
Sessions after which he toured extensively with famous performers as Bethany
Beardslee, Isidore Cohen, Rudolf Kolisch, Phyllis Curtin, soprano, and Aaron
Copland, and for many years he gave a lot of works their world premières
for internationally known chamber music and contemporary music organizations
in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Minneapolis,
and elsewhere.
Three Etudes
(for the Left Hand) for Piano (1956)
Music for the
Left Hand 1975 (Associated)
Oscar van Hemel Dutch pianist, viola player and composer
Antwerp, Holland, 03.08.1892 - Hilversum, 09.07.1981
got his education as a composer at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp
where his teachers were August de Boeck and Lodowijk Mortelmans. After
leaving the conservatory - having won the Royal Medal - he studied for three
years from 1930 with Willem Pijper.
Sonatina 1959 (Donemus)
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Swan Hennessy American pianist and composer of Irish descent
Rockford, Illinois, 1866 - Paris 1929
Some of Hennessy's works became
very popular as typical lighter music: the Suite Opus 46 of 1913, with its
riotous finale very much in the manner of Percy Grainger, the Serenade in G,
opus 65 both for string quartet and the Petit Trio Celtic Opus 52 for
violin, viola and cello.
2 Etudes (J. Hamelle)
Twelve Variations and a Fugue 1910
(E. Demets)
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Marcella A. Henry
Born: ?
Gem from Flotow's opera Martha 1913
Shepherd's Lullaby 1911
Annie Laurie 1915
Robin Adair 1915
Home, Sweet Home 1916
Hans Werner Henze German composer
Gütersloh, Westfalen, 01.07.1926
Henze started his musical
training at the music school in Brunswick but this was interrupted when he
was conscripted in 1944 to the German armed forces which were now on retreat and on
the point of surrender.
La mano sinistra
(The Left Hand); Piece for Leon 1990
Paul Silva Herard
1883 - 1961
Etude op. 103
nr. 12 from 12 Etudes pianisticques pour la main gauche
1910 (Alphonse Leduc)
Fred Hersch American jazz pianist and composer
Born: Cincinnati, Ohio, 21.10.1955
Fred Hersch has become a consistent and highly demanded
performer on the international jazz scene. He began playing piano at a very
young age, growing up in Cincinnati and attending Walnut Hills
High School. He also had an early interest in mandolin. By age 12, Fred
had written his first symphony. In the mid 1970s he studied at Grinnell
College while beginning to play in jazz clubs in his home town. He then
graduated from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. His
teachers included creator of Abby Whiteside Foundation, Sophia
Rosoff (born 1921). He later moved to New York City in where he soon found a place
playing with artists including Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Lee Konitz, Art
Farmer, and Charlie Haden.
Josef Herz
Intermezzo für
die linke Hand
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Marjorie Hicks Canadian organist, pianist and composer
Born: London, 1915 -
indispositions: nr. 1. Indisposed Right Hand; Lamentoso, slow
1969 (BMI Canada)
Jennifer Higdon American composer, flute player and pianist
Born: Brooklyn, New York, 31.12.1962
Miss Higdon spent her first 10
years in Atlanta, Georgia and Seymour, Tennessee and she studied the flute
at the Bowling Green State University, where she also attended a
conducting course of Robert Spano, and the University of Pennsylvania.
As far as composition she studied with teachers as David Loeb and George
Scenes from
the Poet's Dreams (piano left hand, string quartet) 1999
(Lawdon Press)
Photo of Jennifer Higdon: Candace di Carlo
Gary Higginson British pianist, singer, teacher and composer
Born 29.12.1952
Higginson is today a Director
of Music at a public school in Cumbria. He was trained at the Guildhall
School of Music and Drama and the same time a private pupil of Edmund
Rubbra (composition) and of Patric Standford (orchestration), whilst
studying modern techniques with Buxton Orr and analysis with Alfred Nieman.
Later, when a student at Birmingham University, he continued his
composition studies under John Joubert.
The Forgotten
Temple 2004
(Fand Music)
Dance of the
Intervals 2004 (Fand
Paul Hindemith German composer, teacher, conductor and viola player
Hanau, 16.11.1895 - Frankfurt, 28.12.1963
Hindemith was born into a
musical family - but not one that considered it proper to make a living out of
music even though the children - Toni, Paul and Rudolf had formed the Frankfurt
Children's Trio. So -
due to this opposition - Paul left his home at the age of eleven firmly decided upon
a musical career. After making his living in cafés and different dance
bands he entered Dr. Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt where he became a pupil
of Arnold Mendelssohn (a half cousin to Felix 1855-1933) and Bernhard Sekles
(1872-1934) - the latter also became teacher
for Paul's 5 year younger brother Rudolf, who played the cello.
In 1931 he left the quartet to join a trio with Szymon Goldberg, violin and Emanuel Feuermann, cello but already in 1927 he had been called to Berlin as professor of composition at the High School of Music - a post he held until 1935.
During the Nazi Regime his music was banned after which he left his country
- first for Switzerland, and in 1938 he settled in USA as teacher of the Yale
and Harvard Universities before returning to Europe in 1953.
On 8th July 2003 the Chicago Tribune
could tell a great piece of news: Hindemith's piano concerto - written for
Wittgenstein - had been found: Here is the story - as told by the Chicago
Tribune - and with my comments.
Klaviermusik (Piano
Music) op. 29;
(Four movements - without
Dmitry Hintze Finnish composer
St. Petersburg, 06.02.1914 - Jyväskyla, 15.11.1997
Hintze studied at the Viipuri Music
Institute with Eleonore Friskin and Sergej Kulanko (piano) and at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki
with Ernst Linko (piano).
Two preludes for left hand (1952) (FIMIC)
Information: Finnish Music Information Centre (FIMIC)
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A. L. Hirst
Born: ?
Toujours prêt
(Always ready) op. 23 nr. 5 1913 (Phillips & Page)
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Neil Hobson English pianist and composer
Born: Liverpool, 23.09.1933
For the following biography I am indebted to Neil Hobson's daughter Emma Cantons (herself an accomplished jazz musician) who found my all too sparse information on this site and was able to supply me with the following - sharing with me and my readers the great story of a man determined to fight his handicap:
Neil Hobson came down to
London in his early twenties, already an accomplished jazz pianist. He
worked as a scene painter and quickly progressed to becoming a stage
designer. By the age of 26 he had five shows in the west end running
concurrently. He married my mother, Mary Lush, herself a gold-medallist
pianist from the Royal Academy of Music, London but tragically one year
later he suffered a major brain infection and was left paralyzed down his
right side, unable to speak and in need of constant care.
Emma Canton's website www.myspace.com/emmacantons
Seven Jazz Improvisations on Songs of the 30's arranged for one hand: 1. Foggy Dew, 2. Georgia, 3. Manhattan, 4. Miss Otis Regrets, 5. Skylark, 6. The Folks Who Live on the Hill, 7. They can't take that away from me 1978 (Disabled Living Foundation)
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Caesar Hochstetter German critic and editor
Born: ?
Apparently not much is known about Hochstetter except for the fact that he was a music critic who admired Max Reger and that Reger's Aquarellen op. 25 are dedicated to him. Hochstetter published the article: "Noch einmal Max Reger" in Die Redenden Künste 5 (1898/99) nr. 49, s. 943 f.
Album für
einhändige Klavierspiel: 8 Stücke von Bach, Chopin, Schumann, Reger und
Zichy (for right or left hand) 1915
(Breitkopf & Härtel)
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Paul Höffer German Composer and pianist
Barmen, Wuppertal, 21.12.1895 - Berlin 31.08.1949
Höffer was pupil of
Kölner and with Walter
Georgii (piano) and after WW I he became a pupil of composition of Franz
Bölche. In 1920 he entered the High School of Music in Berlin where his
teachers in composition were Ernst Krenek, Alois Hába, Karl Rathaus and
Franz Schreker and of Hermann Abendroth in conducting at Cologne.
2 Etüden from 12 Etüden: 1. Largo, 2. Allegro vivace 1942
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Richard Hoffman English-American pianist
Manchester, 24.05.1831 - Mt. Kisco, NY, 17.08.1909
In his early youth Hoffmann studied with almost every famous piano teacher in Europe: Ignaz Moscheles, Marie Pleyel, Leopold de Meyer, Nicolas Rubinstein, Theodor Döhler and Liszt.
At the age
of sixteen he went to New York where he made his début with the
Philharmonic Society on 27th November 1847 with Mendelssohn's piano
concerto in G minor (nr.1) and in 1854 he played the American premiere of
Chopin's piano concerto in E minor. In the years between he had been accompanist
to Jenny
Lind and he later became an important figure and a highly regarded figure
in the New York musical scene.
Venetian Serenade 1907 (Presser)
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August W. Hoffmann
(1876 - 1957)
(Op. 100: 28 melodious and
instructive left hand etudes for the pianoforte)
(after Bertini's Passages from op29 and 32), carefully fingered and
phrased, together with original melodies for the right hand, op100. Book I
(Etudes 1-12) (Cincinnati:
Church; Karlsruhe: Kuntz)
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Heinz-Juhani Hofmann Finnish
Hofmann studied trumpet, singing, music theory and composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (Masterof Music 2003) and privately with Mikko Kervinen (1994-1995), Olli Kortekenas, Erkki Jokinen, Tapani Länsiö and Veli-Matti Puumala during the years 1995-2003. Hofmann has also attended masterclasses with Magnus Lindberg, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kaija Saariaho and Jouni Kaipainen and has received several Finnish grants. He is specialized in finding new ways of cultivating traditional techniques and forms using modern technology in the context of Western classical music. His Works have been performed in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and France and since 2006 he is a member of The Society of Finnish Composers.
Eruptio (Eruption
for the left hand) (2001)
Josef Hofmann Polish-American super virtuoso, composer and inventor
Crakow, Poland, 20.01.1876 - Los Angeles, 16.02.1957
Hofmann was one of the most remarkable prodigies among pianists. He grew up in a musical home with his father Casimir - being pianist, conductor and composer himself. Young Josef made his public debut at the tender age of six and at nine he played Beethoven's first piano concerto in Berlin with Hans von Bülow conducting. On the 29th. November 1887 he made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House where all the great critics were amazed by the boy's phenomenal technique. In ten weeks he played 52 concerts: Solo recitals, duos with his father and even conducting his own orchestral work "Polonaise Americaine".
He must also have
had one of the most accurate perfect pitches in the history of music. The
tuning fork at the Metropolitan (accepted by all to be precise) was
dismissed by the boy as being "sharp". Nonsense! - he was told -
but a physical analysis told that the fork was in fact - sharp!
Etude in C major op. 37 (c.1905) (C. Dieckmann) - A marvelous piece and both published under his own name and recorded by him.
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Wilfrid Holland Australian composer
Born 1920
A little study
for the left hand ca. 1994
(Canberra : Wilfrid Holland)
Alexis Holländer German pianist, conductor and composer
Ratibor, Silesia, 25.02.1840 - Berlin, 05.02.1924
was educated in Breslau from 1856 to 1861 as pupil of Joseph Ignaz Schnabel
and Adolf Hesse simultaneous with studies at the Royal Academy in Berlin
under Eduard August Grell and A. W. Bach and as a private pupil of K. Böhmer. After
this he was in 1861 appointed teacher at Theodore Kullak's Institute, at
the same time conducting the Cäcilienverein and being nominated professor
in 1888. His compositions are mostly chamber music and piano works and he
edited a volume of the piano music of Robert Schumann, who was a great inspiration
in his own work as a composer.
6 Klavierstücke op. 31: 1. Abendbild (Evening Picture), 2. Etude, 3. Melodie, 4. Walzer, 5. Perpetuum Mobile, 6. Jagdlied (Hunting Song after Schumann's from Album für die Jugend). 1884 (Schlesinger)
6. Klavierstücke op. 52: 1. Lied, 2. Scherzino, 3. Studie, 4. Menuetto, 5. Romanze, 6. Canon. 1897 (Schlesinger)
6 Fantasiestücke op. 66: 1. Gavotte, 2. Pilgerzug (Pilgrimage), 3. Nachtliches Ritt (Nightly Ride), 4. Schlummerlied (Lullaby), 5. Das Bächlein (The Brooklet), 6. Ländler. c.1916 (Schlesinger)
Tondichtungen für die linke Hand allein (Two tone poems for the left hand
alone) op. 69 (Schlesinger)
Mit fliegenden Fahnen; Marsch (With flying colours; march) (Universal)
Camillo [Kamillo] (Andreas) Horn Austrian composer and pianist
Reichenberg, Bohemia, 29.12.1860 - Vienna, 03.09.1941
Pupil of Bruckner
(Two pieces): Albumblatt op. 33 nr. 1 (Langsam), Fantasia op. 33 nr. 2 (1908) (Kahnt)
Albumblätter op. 37 No. 1
Photo: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Bildarchiv http://www.bildarchiv.at
Rudolf Horn
pianist and composer
Siegen, 21.6.1898 - ???
This Rudolf Horn is a rather elusive
character of which very little is known. He was son of Karl Horn (1852 in -
before 1944) and and Leonore Seelbach (1856 - before 1944).
(Andante Cantabile from Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata)
István Horváth-Thomas Hungarian pianist and composer
Born: Pesc, 1948
Horváth-Thomas studied piano
and organ in his home town Pesc and later composition in Budapest. From 1972
to 1976 he gave concerts alone and with the Gruber Trio from Wiesbaden.
Album for Piano Left Hand: 1. Orion-Nebel (Orion Fog), 2. Madrigal, 3.Metamorphosen über ein Thema von Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Metamorphoses on a theme by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy), and 4. Shalóm alejchém über einen althebräische Melodie" (Shalóm alejchém over an old Hebrew song) (Verlag Neue Musik GmbH Berlin)
The Chameleon (Spiritual) (Verlag Neue Musik GmbH Berlin)
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Christina Hovemann
Born: ?
Twilight Shadows 1946 (Flammer)
Hans Huber Swiss composer, pianist and teacher
Eppenberg, Solothurn, Switzerland, 28.06.1852 - Locarno, 25.12.1921
After having his first lessons
from his father - an accomplished amateur musician, Huber was allowed at the
age of seven to follow a musicians career with the first systematical
training at a religious institute in Solothurn, where they soon realized,
that they could not teach him anything. Finally in 1870 he entered the Leipzig
Conservatory as pupil of Carl Reinecke, Alfred Richter, Wenzel and Oscar Paul. After
some years of teaching in Alsace Huber took up residence in Basel where he
was appointed director of the Conservatory - a post he held until his
retirement in 1918.
After having been neglected for almost a century his symphonies are now beginning to appear on CDs.
Die Schulung der linken Hand (The Schooling of the Left Hand)
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Charles Huerter American organist and composer of religious works
(1885 -1974)
Born in Brooklyn, ?
Six Compositions: 1. Spring's Magic, 2. The White Butterfly, 3. from the Southland, 4. Restless Moments, 5. Summer Moon, 6. Bridlepaths. 1926 (Wood)
Dancing in the Sunlight 1927 (Schirmer)
Mask Dance 1927 (Schirmer)
Tango 1927 (Schirmer)
Marching 1927 (Schirmer)
By the Firelight 1928 (Schirmer)
Ferdinand Hummel German harp player, pianist, conductor and composer
Berlin, 06.09.1855 - Berlin, 24.04.1928
Ferdinand Hummel started as a child prodigy
and his father, who was a flute player in the Royal Orchestra in Berlin,
took care of his son's first musical training instructing him in both the piano and the
harp from the age of four (some say seven) gaining a King Wilhelm von
Preussen Stipendium so he could study with Antonio Zamara at the Gesellschaft
der Musikfreunde in Vienna.
5 Klavierstücke op. 43: 1. Frühlingsgrass (Grass in Spring), 2. Etude, 3. Walzer, 4. Lied (Song), 5. March (Leipzig: Siegel)
Miriam Hyde Australian pianist and composer
Born: Adelaide, 15.01.1913 - Sydney, 11. 01. 2005.
Mrs. Hyde first studied music
with her mother and later at the Elder Conservatorium (Adelaide
University). Here she received two diplomas and at the age of 18 she
graduated as Mus.bac. With a scholarship she spent three years studying at
the Royal College of Music in London, where she also was soloist in two of her
own piano concertos with the major London orchestras.
Concert waltz 1999 ("Composer's autograph", Grosvenor Place, N.S.W. : Reproduced and distributed by Australian Music Centre)
Intermezzo op. 6
Rhapsodic study 1999 ("Composer's autograph", Grosvenor Place, N.S.W. : Reproduced and distributed by Australian Music Centre)
Susan Bray's
Album A set of 10 small pieces
for the left hand alone.
Source: National Library of Australia


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Curriculum Vitae
Angelo Bucci
Angelo Bucci is Co-founder and Principal of spbr arquitetos based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Founded in 2003, spbr arquitetos works simultaneously on two complementary fronts: professional and academic. The office's projects reflect a critical thinking on aspects of modern architecture that affirm the importance of structural design, constructive solutions, economic viability and, above all, the understanding of the city as a field of dialogue of the works of architecture are valued.
Angelo Bucci is also a Lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture & Urbanism (FAU) at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil (2001-).
He has held visiting professorships at: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA (2008, 2016 & 2017); Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland (2013-14); Yale University, USA (2013); Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT), Argentina (2006 & 2010); University of Texas at Austin, USA (2010); Università Iuav di Venezia (IUAV), Italy (2008 & 2009); Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA (2008); University of Cuenca, Ecuador (2005 & 2007); University of California Berkeley, USA (2006); Arizona State University, USA (2005); and Andres Bello University, Chile (2005).
He qualified as an architect after graduating in 1987, and obtained a Masters in 1998, and PhD from USP in 2005.
Angelo Bucci was recognized with honorary fellowship of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 2011 for his contribution to the profession.
He received a Holcim Awards Silver in Latin America in 2008 for his project Low-energy university mediatheque in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Angelo Bucci was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for Latin America (2011 & 2014); head of the Holcim Awards jury for Latin America (2017); and a member of the Global Holcim Awards jury (2021).


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Κοινωνικό δίκτυο της Πάρου και Αντιπάρου
Time: September 22, 2018 at 10am to September 25, 2018 at 5pm
Location: Tao's Center Ambelas (Naoussa)
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Preventing school bullying of children with Special Educational Needs or Disability
The Minister for Education and Skills tasked the Anti-Bullying Working Group with developing a plan to clarify the priorities to be addressed to combat bullying in schools. The National Disability Authority (NDA) contributed to this work by investigating anti-bullying supports for children with Special Educational Needs and/or disability (SEND) to support the dissemination of good practice across the school system. To do this the NDA undertook the following:
- A literature review on bullying and anti-bullying interventions in schools, in particular for children with SEND
- Visits to primary, post primary and special schools that were suggested by contacts in the Education Sector as possibly demonstrating good practice
- Discussions with experts on how to tackle school bullying, including the bullying of children with SEND
- Post primary data analysis on bullying and disability from the Growing up in Ireland Survey
Based on the research evidence, the following key messages are emphasised in the report:
Bullying is a child protection issue. Schools are obliged to ensure that children are safe and treat each other with respect. Understanding the group and social aspects to school bullying can help establish effective anti-bullying practices for children, including addressing the needs of children with SEND. Leadership from the school principal is crucial in involving all stakeholders in the school.
Five guiding principles are proposed to underpin a framework for schools to ensure that their school becomes a place where staff and children are happy and safe.
- Principle 1: A rights-based approach to protect children from bullying to govern and underpin principles and practices
- Principle 2: Systemic interventions
- Principle 3: Inclusive processes
- Principle 4: Education and training
- Principle 5: Leadership training and communication


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Coding for kids
TheCoderSchool, a franchise aimed at children ages 7 to 18, opened Sept. 9 in Irvine.
The for-profit school at 14200 Culver Drive, Suite 200, is owned by Will Tungpagasit, who also owns theCoderSchool in Pleasanton. Tungpagasit has a background as a software engineer and plans to open 10-13 additional coding schools throughout California over the next three years.
"theCoderSchool's goal will be to show both parents and children in Irvine that learning to code does more than just open career doors," said Tungpagasit in a statement.
The school teaches a variety of coding languages, such as HTML, CSS, Python, Javascript and more.
The company was founded in 2014 with franchising launching in 2016. It has 15 schools operating in six states. For more information, visit thecoderschool.com/
Cyber degree
While we're on the subject of computer programming, Webster University in Irvine is offering a classroom-based master's degree in cybersecurity. The program, which was launched in Colorado Springs in 2014 at the request of the U.S. military, is offered through the George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology.
Cybersecurity is a growing field as hackers continue to steal data from companies and databases worldwide. Irvine is home to Cylance and Crowdstrike which all specialize in preemptive software systems. A startup, Obsidian Security, was launched by two former Cylance employees this year and raised $9.5 million in seed money.
The master's program at the Irvine campus will start with the university's Fall 2 term Oct. 23. Webster, a nonprofit university with campuses across the globe, has five six-week terms that make up the academic year. Its graduate courses are traditionally taught in the evening, to better accommodate the schedules of adults who currently are working regular jobs.
To request more information about the program, or learn more about how to apply, go to webster.edu/irvine/ or webster.edu/masters/cybersecurity.html.
People on the move
Kathy Caswell has been elected president of the Orange County Chapter of the Society of Marketing Professional Services. The local chapter, in its 10th year, is part of a nonprofit that provides members with resources and opportunities to get more involved in the architecture, engineering, and construction community. Caswell is the marketing manager for civil engineering firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam in Orange. She will oversee the chapter's affairs and officers.
Tiffany Alva has joined The Children and Families Commission of Orange County as the new early learning director. Alva is responsible for the implementation of school readiness, early literacy and math programs.
New ventures
Joe Brenneman of Ladera Ranch has launched The Growth Coach of South Orange County. The firm provides group coaching workshops and one-on-one coaching for sales professionals, managers, management teams, self-employed professionals and more.
U-Haul Company of California has a new dealer in Huntington Beach. A-1 Mail Stop, owned by Mark Correll, at 9114 Adams Ave. will offer U-Haul trucks, moving supplies and in-store pick-up for boxes. Normal business hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday.
Good works
Grocery Outlet's seventh annual Independence from Hunger campaign has raised more than $1 million to provide over 500,000 meals to families in need. Throughout the month of July, the discount grocer's customers, employees and independent owner-operators in Orange County and across six states contributed food and monetary donations. The chain raised $1,075,583 and local food banks will receive 100 percent of the proceeds as no administration or collateral fees will be deducted from the funds.
Irvine-based Tillys is sending three, 26-foot trucks loaded with aid and recovery supplies to the Houston area in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The apparel company originally planned on loading and driving one truck with goods to Texas, but donations multiplied. The trucks include Tillys merchandise, cleaning products, hygiene products, nonperishable food, baby supplies from the Purist Group, car enthusiasts who help members of the community when in need. The third truck contained apparel from Nitro Circus, an action sports entertainment collective led by pro motorsports icon Travis Pastrana.
Coming up
The Orange County Asian Business expo will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12 at the Great Wolf Lodge in Garden Grove, 12861 Harbor Blvd. The expo is an opportunity to meet businesses leaders in the Asian community. For a booth reservation, email firstname.lastname@example.com. The event and parking is free.
The 28th annual Southern California Alzheimer's Disease Research Conference will be held from 7:30-4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22 at the Irvine Marriott Hotel. Registration for professionals seeking continuing education units is $175 and general admission is $75 prior to Sept. 8, 2017. Conference fee includes breakfast, lunch, parking and materials. Discounted rates and scholarships are available for those who qualify. For more information or to register, go to alzoc.org/events/2017-research-conference or call 949-757-3721.
The Orange County Small Business Development Center, an economic development program of Rancho Santiago Community College District, will host several business-oriented workshops in September:
Sept. 13: "Small Business Jump-Start," 6-8:30 p.m., Garden Grove Community Meeting Center 11300 Stanford Ave. B Room, Garden Grove. Cost: $10.
Sept. 19: "Human Resource Laws You're Not Complying With," 6-8:30 p.m., Cielo – Golden West College – Student Services Annex, Room 125, 15744 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach. Free.
Sept. 27: "The Art and Science of Creating a Successful Business Plan," 6-8:30 p.m., Garden Grove Community Meeting Center 11300 Stanford Ave. Constitution Room, Garden Grove. Cost: $25.
Place reservations for any of the workshops at 714-564-5200 or ocsbdc.org.
The Small Business Administration will host its fourth annual West Coast SBA Export Lender Roundtable on Tuesday, Sept. 12 in Garden Grove. The roundtable will provide small business lenders, business development officers, credit officers, and other banking professionals with the skills needed to help small businesses use SBA exporting loans to start or increase their international trade activities. The program will feature Peter Cazamias, the new associate administrator of SBA's Office of International Trade. Other federal agencies participating include Export Import Bank of the U.S., and the U.S. Commercial Service. The event is free, includes lunch, and space is very limited. Register at eventbrite.com (search Garden Grove events).
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Wolcott Takemoto
The ladies from Wolcott Takemoto, Joy Wolcott and Natasha Takemoto, have created such a beautiful collection for spring! Some notable aspects from the collection that I'm really into: linen, silk, combed cotton, big gingham, chartreuse charmeuse, skirts and dresses with pockets, culottes, and cropped sailor pants. Also, there are so many pieces that would be good for when it gets really hot out. I think my favorite pieces are the linen Joni Tank, the Black Gingham Trumpet Pant, the Black Cotton Trumpet Pant, the Pink Joni Dress (and the Mesquite Linen one!), the Penny Vashon Dress, the silk Diane Blouse, the silky Lime Kepu Dress, the Jane Skirt Pant, the Black Linen Knavish Culotte, the Carol Jumpsuit, the Black Shibata Jumpsuit, and all the Shadow Skirts. More HERE.
♥ Portland friends! Find Wolcott Takemoto at Shop Boswell — at 729 SE Morrison St. ♥


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Waypoints The Help Panel
Waypoints The Help Panel
Waypoints and the World Panel
Wraeclast is pretty big, and is full of places you'll want to visit and revisit. To help you get around, the land is dotted with 'Waypoints' which let you quickly travel to destinations you have previously visited. To use a waypoint, activate it and select where you would like to travel. You can only travel to waypoints you've activated previously, so it is always worth activating new waypoints when you come across them.
The World Panel:
When you click on a waypoint, the panel that pops up is called the World Panel. It doesn't just show your waypoints, however; It also displays every area you have previously visited, as well as some connected areas you haven't been to yet. Your quests are listed below the map, and by selecting one you can highlight the path that you need to follow to complete it. Because areas in Path of Exile have varying degrees of random generation, you may not always recognize the layout of an area, even if you've been there several times. The minimap or map overlay may also be different and will need to be revealed again. This may take some getting used to, but it means no two playthroughs are exactly the same.
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I am not going repeat what I already wrote here. A quick synopsis, starting August 1st, 2010 I will publish a picture I take that day everyday for a year (well to be exact I will do this everyday until July 31st, 2011). This is the 19th of those photographs. Also, there is a Flickr collection called "The Awesome Leftovers" where I put the daily shots that didn't make the cut.
Naba and our shadows hanging out on a roof in Brooklyn…shooting the shit.
Here are the extras, Day 19 – On the Roof.
This mac and cheese is so good. The way you cook it makes it crusty on top. I switch the cheeses around to experiment.
What You Need
3 tablespoon organic butter
12 oz organic Gruyere cheese, coarsely grated
12 oz organic extra-sharp cheddar cheese, coarsely grated
1 pound organic elbow pasta, boiled in salted water, until just tender, drained and rinsed under cold water
1/8 teaspoon organic cayenne
sea salt
2/3 cup organic whole milk
What to Do
1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. Use 1 tablespoon butter to thickly grease a 9 by 13 inch backing dish. Combine the grated cheeses and set aside 2 heaping cups for topping.
2. In a large bowl, mix the pasta, cheeses, cayenne and salt to taste. Place in prepared pan and evenly pour milk over surface. Sprinkle reserved cheese on top, dot with remaining butter and bake, uncovered, 45 minutes. Next raise the oven's temperature to 400 degrees and bake an additional 15 to 20 minutes, until it looks crusty on top and bottom.
Good summer fun.
It's summer, which means it's Mojitos on the beach time. This recipe is the bomb!
What You Need
2 teaspoons of organic powdered sugar
2 ounces of organic lime juice
4 organic mint leaves
1 sprig of organic mint
2 ounces of organic white Rum
2 ounces of club soda [This is why the recipe is almost organic. I found that there is no such thing as organic club soda. If you can prove me wrong, do it!]
What You Need To Do
Place the mint leaves into a long "collins" glass, if you have one, if not a tumbler works just as well.
Next pour the the juice from the limes over it, add the powdered sugar, then gently smash the mint into the lime juice and sugar with a muddler (you can also use the back of a spoon if one isn't available). Add ice (preferably crushed), then add the rum and stir. Top it off with the club soda and garnish with a mint sprig.
Live it.
Yesterday's blog entry was all about air conditioners. In it I wrote ten tips to fight the heat, number 9 was, "Wear a wide-brimmed, vented hat or use an umbrella because your head absorbs the heat, fast and easy." This is what will be covered in today's shopping entry.
This is the women's Solar Roller Hat. According to Altrec, its SolarShield fabric provides a protection rating of UPF 30+ for bright days on the trail. A broad foam-stiffened brim creates shade, while a Coolmax® mesh headband manages moisture. An external drawcord adjustment and a removable chin cord keep the Solar Roller secure through sunset's gusts.
I also think it looks cute. :)
The Beanie Hat is 100% cotton with two eyeholes in the brim to pull off your Dumb Donald (He was the kid who wore a pink stocking cap with eye holes on Fat Albert, and was prone to poor judgment.) look. The hat is available at youmustcreate.com in both camel and a darker mushroom color for £35…more in American money…I loved Fat Albert growing up.
The Safari Solar Hat's solar and battery-powered fan keeps you chilled. Cool hat for a hot day, on a safari, picnic, watching a game played outside, at the beach, whatever it may be.
A weatherproof hat of natural linen straw uses a built-in solar cell or 2 "AA" batteries to power a small fan that directs a constant cooling breeze to your forehead. It then works in or out of the sun. May I suggest using rechargeable batteries.
Keep it real.
I don't know where you are from, but it is getting super hot in NYC. Along with the heat of summer comes the seasonal struggle of, do I turn on the air conditioner or don't I? With me it is not just my decision, but also the decision of my girlfriend Marine, who is what you would call a "delicate flower" when it comes to heat. What I mean by delicate flower is, if she senses heat might be anywhere in the vicinity, it is time to shut all the windows, turn on all the a.c.'s and fans and to cease all movement. Without the air conditioner things get dangerous around here.
What I thought I would do after already experiencing round one of our seasonal fight is write an entry on why a.c. is not cool and some helpful tips besides using a.c. to cool down. Fell free to comment with any additional tips you know.
First it is important to learn how an air conditioner works.
Air conditioning is not about adding cool air to the room, but more about drawing the heat out. The end result is a space without that menacing and sweltering air. Air conditioning is in effect just the result of evaporation. A swab of alcohol rubbed on your skin makes you feel cooler as the liquid evaporates. In reality the alcohol does not lower your body temperature, but rather draws heat away from the air as it turns to a gas.
Air conditioning units contain refrigerant, a chemical which has the unique ability to change from a gas to a liquid in a short amount of time. Air conditioning units form a closed system which consist of a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion valve. Motorized fans within the unit aide in circulating conditioned air, while the thin metal fins on the back of your air conditioner allow heat to dissipate quickly.
Air conditioning starts with the refrigerant entering the compressor. The state of the refrigerant is a cool gas at this stage. Next, the gas enters the compressor's inner chamber, the compressor squeezes the refrigerant and the gas becomes a very hot liquid under high pressure. This hot liquid goes through a series of condensing coils placed outside of the room being cooled. The heat dissipates into the outside air. Once the refrigerant reaches the end of these coils, it is significantly cooler and in liquid form.
The liquid in a high pressure state, at this juncture the liquid refrigerant is forced through the expansion valve. This valve has an extremely small opening, which forces the liquid refrigerant out of the other end of the expansion valve as a very fine mist. Because refrigerant evaporates at a much lower temperature than water, it begins to evaporate while traveling through another set of coils, which are located in the room being cooled. It is this evaporation action that draws heat out of the air, which includes the air in the room being processed. The air conditioning unit's fan then blows across the metal fins over these coils, blowing cool air into the room and eliminating heat. Lastly, the liquid refrigerant becomes a cold gas again and re-enters the compressor, where the entire process begins again.
Essentially, air conditioning takes indoor heat and pushes it outdoors. To do this, it uses energy, which increases production of greenhouse gases (a little side note on global warming, check out this article on DeSmog Blog) which warm the atmosphere. From a cooling standpoint, the first transaction is illogical, and the second just proves this. We are cooking the earth to refrigerate the diminishing part that's still habitable. That's crazy and that's why a.c. is not cool
Here are ten tips to fight the heat.
- Cover all your windows with curtains and during the day. Then at night open your windows and use fans or cross-ventilation to circulate cooler air.
- Drink plenty of cold, non-carbonated liquids like water or electrolyte-enriched liquids to replace your fluids even if you don't feel thirsty or are like me have a hard time drinking water, because you dislike it. No alcohol, coffee or tea!!! :( I curse you heat!
- Light meals, like salads, fruit, cold soup, cheese and bread! Avoid hot, heavy meals and don't use the oven.
- Lay a cool, moistened towel over your forehead or back of the neck and replace often.
- Wear loose-fitting, lightweight, natural, breathable, organic when possible, light-colored clothing.
- Go hang out in your pool, ocean, lake, rock quarry or for people like me the local public pool!
- If you go out in this heat stay in the shade.
- Stay in air-conditioned areas such as libraries, bookstores, movie theaters, coffee shops (you can drink water there), pottery classes, theater, lectures, and community centers, etc. Even a few hours can cool your body's temperature.
- Wear a wide-brimmed, vented hat or use an umbrella because your head absorbs the heat, fast and easy.
- Limit all that physical activity to morning and evening hours people. Avoid physical activity or exercise between 10AM and 3PM usually the hottest part of the day.
I learned a lot writing this entry. My house which only had 2 curtains up that were never closed, now has five curtains in all the main windows. Two we already had, Marine made two others herself, one we found in an unopened package last week after a neighbor moved out across the hall. We have two more windows that need curtains to be made for and then that's a wrap.
Keep cool.
The big Memorial Day weekend is finally here. That means summer is just around the corner (June 20th). Nothing goes better in the summer than guacamole, some chips and a fantastical margarita. Enjoying it on the beach would be nice as well.
This guacamole is no everyday type of guacamole, it is an awesome guacamole. The flavor combination is super fresh. I have yet to make any since last year and am drooling just thinking about it.
What You Need
2 tablespoons julienned organic sun-dried tomatoes
1 ripe organic avocado
1/4 cup finely diced organic ripe papaya
2 tablespoons organic lemon juice (from an actual lemon, not a plastic one!)
1 teaspoon organic honey (to make this a vegan recipe you can replace honey with organic rice syrup)
1 clove minced organic garlic
1/2 teaspoon minced organic fresh cilantro
1/8 teaspoon organic sea salt
What You Need To Do
Soak the sun-dried tomatoes in warm water for at least 15 minutes and no more than 20 minutes, then drain and put them off to the side. Peal the avocado, remove the pit, then mash it into a paste. You want to have about 1/2 cup of avocado. Then in a mixing bowl, combine the tomatoes, avocado, papaya, lemon juice, honey, garlic, cilantro and salt and mix well. Cover and refrigerate. You can leave it at the least in the refrigerator for an hour, but I leave it overnight so the flavors really develop. Serve cold and with some plain corn chips and be ready for the best guac ever!
¡Buen provecho!
Reason 99 from, 101 Reasons Why I Am Vegetarian:
Agriculture science inexhaustibly works to eke out every last bit of commodity wealth from farmed animals via genetic selection. Wild jungle fowl lay 2 dozen eggs per year; today's maligned descendants lay an egg nearly every day. Sows in nature give birth to 5 piglets; today's factory-raised litters yield 12 young. A hundred years ago a steer took 4 to 5 years to grow to market weight; today the process takes only 14 months. Just 50 years ago cows gave 645 gallons of milk per year; on dairies today, cows give over three times this amount.


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#ProudlyPrinted – The Pride Edition
Welcome to the extra special Pride Edition of #ProudlyPrinted!
In honour of pride month and the upcoming Pride celebrations in London, this week our #ProudlyPrinted series is celebrating all things LBGT and everything in between.
Whether you'll be joining the parade or celebrating from home, these gorgeous creations from our very own customers are sure to help you get in the spirit!
Want to see your designs here too? Tag us on social using #ProudlyPrinted!
You Me Oui
Possibly the most iconic gay wedding of all time, You Me Oui has used Elton & David's nuptials as the inspiration for her unique spinning wedding invites. We don't want to give too much away here though as we'll be talking to Victoria about these fabulous bespoke creations really soon, so watch this space!
Penny & Me
It's rainbow central over at Penny & Me HQ. Whilst they haven't been designed specifically for Pride, these gorgeous designs celebrate love, happiness and of course, the all-important rainbow, making them a perfect pride tribute.
We love this statement print from Penny & Me too. Not only is it rainbow themed, it's also empowering and a design statement masterpiece itself too.
Through The Looking-Glass
We adore these soft watercolour designs that celebrate a new Mrs and Mrs! Subtle shades, combined with gorgeous calligraphy brings an alluring romance to these pretty Invites.
Frankie's Doodles
We're back to the rainbow theme with this Wizard of Oz creation from Frankie's Doodles. Full of texture and colour, it's the perfect way to share the Pride sentiment.
Cairn and Grace
Rainbows everywhere – but not as we know 'em! These quirky prints are courtesy of Cairn and Grace and we reckon they're the perfect way to celebrate Pride!
Ceira Crainer
If there's one thing that Pride isn't short of, it's love. And we LOVE these cute Postcard designs by Ceira Crainer. In two bold and beautiful colourways, they're the perfect way to share a sentiment.
We hope you enjoyed our #ProudlyPrinted – The Pride Edition
Remember, if you fancy a slice of the action, just tag us in your printed creations on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and use the hashtag:
While you're here, why not check out some other #ProudlyPrinted creations with our Monochrome and Motivation edition?


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An authentic story Just like our foodAn authentic story
Just like our food
The secret is in the sauce
The brand
It all started with the idea of offering a real Italian tomato sauce in grocery stores. Authentic, simple and good.
A sauce like our mothers. We started with 4 classic flavors. Prepared in Quebec with Italian tomatoes from the Striano region, near Naples, Italy. Made with real ingredients without any preservatives or added sugar. Our sauces quickly won the hearts of Canadians. Other sauces and products have emerged, including pasta, frozen pizzas, Italian sausages, meatballs and much more. All of our products share the same attention to detail with simple and real ingredients.
The founders
In 2013, we started our journey in the restaurant business.
We are a perfect match and there is no better way to attest to it than the fact that we opened 4 successful restaurants in only 5 years: Impasto, Pizzeria Gema, Chez Tousignant and Vesta! Let's also not forget our latest, and not the last, project: our products!
Stefano Faita
In my family, cooking is a big part of our lives. It isn't an obligation or a hobby but a way of life. At the heart of our day-to-day, cooking is celebrated in the most traditional way: eating together.
I had my first cooking experiences as a young boy alongside my mother and grandmothers.
In 2013, my partner and friend Michele Forgione and I started our great journey in the restaurant business.
Michele Forgione
In 2011, I met Michele when he was the chef at Osteria Venti in Old Montréal. He was often praised by many for his great talent in Italian cuisine… and rightly so. I became an immediate fan of his cooking, but, most of all, of him as a person. We quickly developed a great friendship.
We also shared a mutual dream: to have our own restaurant.
In 2013, we took the big leap and started our first restaurant, Impasto, in Little Italy.
Our restaurants
A taste of real italian cuisine
48 Dante street, Montréal
At Impasto, we celebrate Italian cuisine in an easy-going yet refined way, using the freshest local ingredients. The timeless design of the restaurant, with its use of natural elements ressemble a modern-day Italy.impastomtl.ca
6827 St-Dominique street, Montréal
It's the neighbourhood pizza joint with a warm and friendly atmosphere! Gema offers a selection of seasonal starters, pizza, frozen custard… all made in-house.pizzeriagema.com
6956 Drolet street, Montréal
What is Chez Tousignant's mission? Bring back the respect the old-school snack bar had in its glory days! From the bread to the hot dog, everything is homemade and prepared with local products. Tous Chez Tousignant!cheztousignant.com
206 Jarry E. street, Montréal
It's a neighborhood pizzeria. A place to enjoy Italian american food, made from local and homemade ingredients accompanied by a carefully selected wine list. Vesta is the Roman goddess of home and family. Make yourself at home.vestamtl.com
La régie
Who says Italian meal, says family and friends.
We are lucky to have several close by to equip us, share our passion and quench our thirst!
The Régie is our wine agency that represents products from winemakers who practice wine making on a human scale, respecting the environment and the soil from which grow their grapes.laregie.ca
It is in the heart of Little Italy in Montreal that you will find our family business established since 1956. Back then loyal customers were able to purchase everything from nails, hammers and paint. Today Dante hardware store is a place where any amateur or professional cook will come to find anything they need to be happy in their kitchen. Elena Faita and her brother Rudy Vendittelli are still behind the counter of this Montreal instituition.quicailleriedante.com
In the early 90s, my sister Cristina convinced my mother to share her expertise beyond the counter of the family hardware store. In the apartment adjacent to Dante they founded the Mezzaluna cooking school. For more than 25 years night after night Elena teaches thousands of students her knowledge and love of Italian cuisine.ecolemezzaluna.ca


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In this Issue
JMEWS is the official journal of the Association for Middle East Women's Studies. It advances the fields of Middle East gender, sexuality, and women's studies by publishing research in the interpretive social sciences and humanities. JMEWS offers area-specific research informed by transnational feminist, sexuality, masculinity, and cultural theories and scholarship, particularly work that employs historical, ethnographic, literary, textual, and visual analyses and methodologies.
published byIndiana University Press
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Earlier this month, two conservative business groups filed a motion in federal court challenging President Obama's recent recess appointments on the grounds that the Senate can block such appointments by having a single senator hold a sham session every few days. Yesterday, however, this legal argument received a skeptical response from an unexpected audience: Fox News.
In a segment discussing the case (which features a constitutional attorney very familiar to the readers of this blog), Fox host Shep Smith described the lawsuit as a "real long shot." Fox legal analyst Stacy Schneider said that she thinks "the president is going to win in this case," and another Fox legal analyst, Randy Zelin, launched into an rant about the Senate Republicans' tactic of pretending the Senate is not in recess because it occasionally holds a sham session:
If you watched coverage of the [Senate] floor, there was nobody there! It was ridiculous. So I think this is the president's way of saying "you ain't going to play nice in my sandbox? I ain't going to play nice in yours." And it's this kind of thing — because at the end of the day, how does it help us, the citizens? It doesn't.
Fox's unexpected defense of President Obama is just another sign of the weakness of the case against Obama's actions. As two of the Bush Administration's top constitutional attorneys explained in a 2010 op-ed, the Senate is in recess when it is "not capable of acting on the president's nominations." Moreover, when the president announced his recess appointments, the Senate was adjourned under an order stating that there will be "no business conducted" for weeks. So the Senate was in no shape to confirm a nominee until it returned to Washington, and the president acted entirely within his legal rights in making recess appointments.
Hopefully, the fact that the case against these recess appointments is so weak that even Fox is skeptical of it will deter any of the more ideologically rigid members of the federal bench from ignoring the law and blocking these appointments.


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Kendrick joined Dowling & Yahnke in 1998 having previously worked on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He is responsible for daily trading implementation and ongoing management of portfolios. Kendrick is a member of the Firm's Investment Committee.
Kendrick is originally from Delaware and moved to San Diego in 1991. He graduated from the University of San Diego with a Master of Business Administration degree. He currently lives in Rancho Peñasquitos with his wife and two children. Kendrick is involved in his two children's extra-curricular activities, such as softball, lacrosse, and music. He enjoys woodworking, fishing, and cheering for the Philadelphia Eagles.
What inspired you to work in the financial industry?
The excitement of trading on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange.
Why did you join Dowling & Yahnke?
I wanted to work with a small independent advisor in San Diego. At the time, Dowling & Yahnke had only five people, and you could sense their passion and desire to put their clients first. I wanted to be part of that.
What is your favorite spot in San Diego?
Torrey Pines State Beach because I can surf, fish, and hike all in one place.
What's the best gift you've ever received?
Kamado Joe Grill. It's perfect for grilling and smoking meats.
What is the best concert you ever attended?
Red Hot Chili Peppers because I went with my son. To see his excitement and emotions was priceless.


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After seven weeks of near-total shutdown in New York state, the nation's epicenter for COVID-19 infections, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday some regions will be allowed to begin reopening by the end of this week. "It's an exciting new phase," Cuomo said at his daily briefing. "We're all anxious to get back to work. We want to do it smartly." The reopening will begin on a region-by-region basis, starting in rural parts of Western and Upstate New York--the Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley and Southern Tier--where the rate of infection can be managed, according to a checklist of metrics that the state has asked regions to monitor daily. Businesses that will head back to work first include construction, manufacturing, all retail where curbside pickup is possible as well as agriculture, forestry and fishing. "We start with businesses that are more essential and pose a lower risk," Cuomo said, adding that it will be up to businesses to abide by rules governing workplace order and for regions to enforce them. Workers have to be able to stay six feet apart and have access to personal protective equipment, such as face masks. Employers will also have to keep staff from gathering, potentially including keeping cafeterias closed, the governor indicated. The next phase in infection mitigation will be left up to what the governor is calling regional control rooms, a collection of local leaders and lawmakers who will monitor on a daily basis, "if not an hour-to-hour basis" how many people are walking into hospitals," Cuomo said. Still, Cuomo advised New Yorkers to keep wearing their masks, adding that "people need to understand this is not the floodgates are open." - Beckie Strum
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