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Lorenzo Palomo's cantata, Dulcinea, is based on Miguel de Cervantes' magnificent and influential literary masterpiece "Don Quijote de la Mancha". The novel has been adapted countless times into a ballet, a symphonic poem and many others genres: You name it and you will almost certainly find it! So, do we really need one more adaptation? I must say that at first, even before listening to the CD, I thought that we did not. Add to this the fact that I am not a great fan of contemporary music - I continue to prefer the great classics - and I dislike the Spanish language, which I find generally harsh and unpleasant to the ear. I convinced myself that I was in for a couple of hours of disappointment. Well, I was wrong!
Dulcinea, a "Cantata-Fantasy for a Knight in Love", as the composer calls it, was indeed a pleasant surprise right from the beginning. Even before track three finished, I had been completely won over. The work is divided into ten scenes and although based on Cervantes' novel, it differs slightly from it. Palomo's music is rather visual; he uses the orchestra and choir to give us the images that emerge from Murciano's rich poetry. For example, the first scene of the Cantata, Los molinos de viento, effectively evokes the windmills through whistling whispers of the chorus to resemble the noise of the wind on the sails. For the scene where Don Quijote attacks the windmills, Palomo cleverly uses only the orchestra. He gives a very powerful depiction of the scene, inviting the listener to use the imagination and become creative too. The score is full of originality though deeply rooted in Spanish musical tradition, with all its vibrant colour, rhythm and passion. Imaginative though Palomo's music is, to my mind, the cantata becomes a truly great piece due to Carlos Murciano's exquisitely beautiful poems. Though based on the original Cervantes' novel, they exist as independent texts in their own right. Murciano keeps to the source but gives it a new, fresh dimension not only by the sheer beauty and rhythmic flow of his words but also by daring to deviate from the novel and go his own path. He nearly silences Teresa Panza - who talks too much in the original - and gives a voice to Dulcinea; in the novel, she only exists in Don Quijote's imagination. Murciano thus creates what I think is the jewel in his elegant poetry for this piece: the Canto de Dulcinea (Ballad of Dulcinea). If you understand Spanish, ignore the translations; good though they are, the full glory of Murciano's poems can only be truly appreciated if one reads them in the language in which he wrote them.
This Naxos CD is a live recording of the world premiere, which took place at the Konzerthaus Berlin, Germany, on 15 May 2006. The performance was led by distinguished conductor Miguel Angel Gómez Martínez with the excellent orchestra and chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and a quartet of outstanding singers. I was a little doubtful about the casting of Armenian bass Arutjun Kotchinian as Don Quijote, purely because I think that Kotchinian is a stage "animal". I saw him as Count Rodolfo in Bellini's La Sonnambula, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, in 2006, and he was magnificent. He stole every scene he was in even when superstar tenor Juan Diego Flórez was present. Kotchinian is an exceptional singer with an incredibly charismatic presence on stage and a superb actor. Although live on stage, he would be the perfect Don Quijote, I wondered if he could bring the same kind of charisma in a purely audio recording. As I truly admire his artistry, I am rather happy to say that I was completely wrong. His performance as Don Quijote is totally captivating. His delicate phrasing, the poignant singing and the dramatic power, which he gives every word, make Don Quijote's lament very real and completely expresses the tragic, pathetic characteristics of the Knight. Kotchinian is outstanding and must have been magnificent on stage.
In Cervantes' novel Dulcinea is an ideal of perfection, a vision in Don Quijote's dream. In this cantata she is accorded a voice which is unusual but rather enriching for the harmony of the piece as a whole. It is sung by the lovely Spanish soprano Ainhoa Arteta. Her voice is beautifully sweet and delicate and her diction is very clear. Possibly because she is a native Spanish speaker, the intonation of the words is better than most and she also demonstrates a deep feeling for the text in the way she sings her ballad, Canto de Dulcinea. This gives the listener the impression that Dulcinea is an ethereal being - Don Quijote's unattainable love ideal.
Mezzo Cheri Rose Katz, as Teresa Panza, and German tenor Burkhard Ulrich, as Sancho Panza, though assigned minor roles, play them very effectively, perfectly fitting in with the lead singers, choir and orchestra.
I liked Miguel Angel Gómez Martínez's direction of the orchestra. He truly understands the characteristics of Spanish music; its strong rhythms and vivid sounds. Palomo uses many orchestral colours to depict core scenes such as La llamada del Caballero (The Knight's Fanfare) or Batalla de los molinos de viento (The Battle of the Windmills). In the hands of a lesser conductor, the vibrant musical images could easily have been lost but Gómez Martínez gives them life and injects passion, making these scenes highly effective. At the same time, he is able perfectly to sustain the singers, without interfering with the voices, in the sensitive lines of the beautiful Canto de Dulcinea and the poignant Canto de Don Quijote. The orchestra follows his lead with gusto and deliver a satsifying performance. The chorus is simply outstanding and their three major pieces – Canción del alba (Dawn Song), Seguidilla and Abracadabra! – were to me the best, most effective parts of the score.
Overall, I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed this recording. Lorenzo Palomo's Dulcinea is indeed a rare piece: A beautiful work and an exquisite merger of text and music.
A live recording of the 2006 premiere of a work its composer describes as a 'Cantata-Fantasy for a Knight in Love'; it is based on poems by Carlos Murciano derived—of course—from Don Quixote. Ainhoa Arteta is an entrancing Dulcinea and Arutjun Kotchinian an heroically bewildered Don Quixote. Humorous, profound and beautiful by turns (and frequently more than one of these at any one moment).
For a stimulating, alternative musical take on the Don Quixote legend, I highly recommend Spanish composer Lorenzo Palomo's Dulcinea, subtitled "Cantata-Fantasy for a Knight in Love," which Palomo (b. 1938) created from eight poems by Carlos Murciano. Skilled at pastiche, Palomo infuses his orchestral textures with snappy Spanish rhythms, in the tradition de Falla and Revueltas, then adds to the mix John Barry-style cinematic sweep and Carmina Burana-influenced choral incantations. For the most part, it's a winning combination; Palomo has enough dramatic flair and originality to weave it all into something successful and enjoyable.
Starting the disc with sixty seconds of a whispering chorus imitating the sound of wind was an unwise decision, but the orchestral and choral build that follows is characteristically kinetic and gripping, and this level of engagement rarely flags. Bass Arutjun Kotchinian introduces the famous knight-errant with "Canto de Don Quijote," a haunting, exotically tinged ballad, which he delivers with depth and quiet yearning. This unflashy but wholly absorbing number unfolds deliberately over the course of ten minutes yet never overstays its welcome. The subsequent orchestral interlude, "The Battle of the Windmills," kicks the proceedings back into high gear with its driving rhythm and orchestral swagger. The choral "Seguidilla" features another breathless, relentlessly building crescendo, and it's hard to resist getting caught up in the excitement.
Kotchinian's richly-timbred bass, which he deploys with delicacy and ease, implies that this Quijote contains multitudes; in this quality, he is well-matched by the Sancho of smooth-voiced tenor Burkhard Ulrich, who reveals a similar level of natural expressivity and subtle characterization. Sancho's scene with Quijote is underlaid with hints of humor but allows Ulrich remarkable stretches of lyricism. Soprano Ainhoa Arteta, as the title character, doesn't appear until Part Nine (out of ten). This section alternates dance-like instrumental passages with Dulcinea's floating, lyrical melodies, in which she describes her origins in "sun-drenched castles, in the chambers of dreams," and welcomes the love-besotted Quijote—who only wants to hear her speak his name—into her realm. Arteta's gentle vocal shimmer is perfectly suited to the iridescent textures and otherworldly harmonies in the orchestra. Cherie Rose Katz makes a brief but effective appearance as Teresa Panza, Sancho's wife.
Conductor Miguel Angel Gómez, leading the Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin, emphasizes the contrasts decisively and drives the proceedings with panache. The Deutsche Oper chorus sounds hazy and thus does not make as much of a dramatic impact as it might. That's a forgivable flaw, however; Palomo's Dulcinea is colorful, fun, accessible but unexpected, and generally quite gratifying to listen to.
This imaginative and spirited cantata-fantasy in ten scenes is a setting of poems by Carlos Murciano based on the Don Quixote story. The work opens with a whispering chorus suggesting the sound of windmills that builds dramatically with pulsating rhythms as Don Quixote is rebuked for being a defeated dreamer, whose enemies are merely windmills. Don Quixote and Sancho Panza each sing of their love, the Don for his Dulcinea and Sancho for his Teresa. Dulcinea appears as the chorus in a movement called 'Abracadabra!' conjures her. As the notes describe it, she "appears in a vision as a princess filled with love and tenderness for Don Quixote. She tells us her name is dulcet and comes from deep in the mirror where he saw her image, transformed into a lady fit for a noble knight. She goes on to say that her name is warm and tender because it comes from sun-drenched castles and the chambers of dreams. She is the princess of his desires, mistress of his thoughts. Dulcinea ends her ballad by bidding him welcome to her realm." The work ends with the chorus singing a hymn to love and freedom and with Dulcinea repeating, "May he be welcome in my realm."
Lorenzo Palomo's musical language is in the tradition of Rodrigo and Turina, with vivid orchestral colors and rhythms. This performance is both enlivening and enchanting. The singers are all excellent; Arteta in particular brings a serene spiritual quality to her solo. The chorus and orchestra are up to the challenge, and the recorded sound is first-rate. Each hearing brought new delights. The liner notes supply the composer's description of the work, but texts must be obtained online from Naxos.
Born in Córdoba, Palomo now lives in Berlin, having been a member of the music staff of the Deutscher Oper Berlin between 1981 and 2004. For all his residence in Germany, his music never forgets its Spanish or, more specifically, its Andalusian roots.
In Cervantes' great, and profoundly influential work, Don Quixote, Dulcinea - whose 'real' name was Aldonza Lorenzo del Toboso - is an all-pervading, but unspeaking and invisible presence. She is the 'muse' of all Don Quixote's activities, his creative transformation of an ordinary peasant girl (it seems), into an inspiring figure of beauty and goodness. The reader never meets her, and she has no voice of her own. Like so much else in Quixote's life she is the product of his reading and yet transcends all that has been previously written. In Chapter Thirteen of Volume One, Quixote affirms that "all the impossible and fanciful attributes of beauty which the poets apply to their ladies are verified in her; for her hairs are gold, her forehead Elysian fields, her eyebrows rainbows, her eyes suns, her cheeks roses, her lips coral, her teeth pearls, her neck alabaster, her bosom marble, her hands ivory, her fairness snow, and what modesty conceals from sight such, I think and imagine, as rational reflection can only extol, not compare". She is a hopelessly unattainable ideal who inspires all of Quixote's hope.
In many of the almost numberless reworkings of Cervantes' text - as novel, play, musical, symphonic poem, opera, poem and much else - Dulcinea has been given visible body and audible voice. That is the case in this intriguing and rewarding piece, built upon poems by Carlos Murciano (b.1931). From the CD's documentation it isn't clear whether Murciano's texts were specifically written for what the composer describes as a 'Cantata-Fantasy for a Knight in Love', or whether they were previously published. Either way there is a clear unanimity of vision between composer and poet.
Dulcinea is in ten sections, two of which are purely orchestral. Music and text seek to represent many conflicting points of view, contrasting judgements of this strangest of knights errant. In the first section (Los molinos de viento / The Windmills), the chorus - at this stage no more than commonsense observers, as it were - judge Quixote to be merely a self-deluded dreamer with a limping nag, a "defeated fighter, leader of none", a man of "valour overblown" (quotations are from Susannah Howe's translations of Murciano's poems). In the third section (Cancíon del alba / Dawn Song) that same chorus at least recognises Quixote as "fearless", as a knight with "His buckler held close, his lance secure", who "hears a lark sing a song of hope"; now the chorus can recognise some value in the way "his gaze travels across the wide plain / his captive heart yearns for Dulcinea". It is in the fourth section (Canto de Don Quijote / Ballad of Don Quixote) that we first hear the knight's voice itself, as he dedicates himself and his life to Dulcinea ("I travel with my squire, / travel for you, my lady, / my hope and my destiny") and seeks her blessing upon his soul, his helmet and his sword. In the sixth section the Chorus comes to a realisation of the necessary mutuality between Alonso Quijano (the 'real' name of that reader of romances who now imagines himself Don Quixote) and 'Dulcinea'. Only she can truly give him his new name, and conversely, it is he who has given her her fame: "Alonso Quijano wishes / Aldonza to speak his name, / that is, he wishes Dulcinea / to recognise Don Quixote / as the valiant knight / who has made her fair and noble". In the seventh section a dialogue between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza contrasts their feelings about their two 'ladies', Sancho praising his wife Teresa: "when I've a raging thirst, / she's my jug and my water". In the next section the Chorus has come to sympathise with Don Quixote and to admire him, to have wishes for him: "Let the word / of such a fair princess / be his abracadabra / […] / May the Knight / never open his eyes / and may he continue to follow / the path of his dreams". In the ninth, penultimate section, Dulcinea (un-Cervantes like) has her say. She has, it seems, become that Dulcinea Quixote imagined her to be ("Aldonza is but a memory now, / I come from sun-drenched castles, / from the chamber of dreams"), now she is, indeed, Dulcinea ("My name is musical and sweet / as honey, as lavender"). She gives him her blessing, confirms his name: "All honour to Don Quixote. / May he be welcome in my realm". Dulcinea closes with all the soloists, and the chorus, speculating on the nature of reality itself, of its relationship to dream, and of its embodiment, for men, in women.
I have summarised Murciano's text at such length partly because of its own intrinsic interest but primarily because it is a prerequisite to any understanding of what Palomo's work is about - this is no mere programme piece, no creation of incidental, pseudo-film music as it were, for Cervantes' great novel. Murciano's texts, though dependent on Don Quixote for their very existence, are no mere paraphrases either; they are adventurous 'translations' and Palomo's music needs to follow their lead not that of Cervantes himself.
Still, as my summary will have indicated, some of the most famous episodes of the original novel remain, even if their significance has been somewhat transformed. The first section's representation of the famous windmills begins with a wordless whispering from the chorus, evoking the wind, succeeded by an oboe solo which suggests the plains of La Mancha, before fiercely energetic rhythms from the orchestra build to a climax and the chorus enters. This is music which has its quasi-pictorial elements, but which also articulates the many conflicts (psychological, emotional, social) implicit in Murciano's poems, and in the originating novel, conflicts which are often overlooked in more sentimental or merely humorous versions of the story of Don Quixote. Palomo's use of orchestral colour, and the blending of choral voices with those orchestral colours, is particularly impressive in this first section. There is much else to admire too. The 'Ballad of Don Quixote', with its earnest plea that Dulcinea should utter his name just once, so that "all will become finer, / and all will be more pure", is touching and grave, both in its vocal lines and the woodwind commentary on them. Palomo finds musical language to respond to the profundity of Murciano's text, notably in Alonso Quijano's / Don Quixote's plea to Dulcinea to "Speak the name I have put / letter by letter above my own, / and I shall become Don Quixote, / the highest-born of men, / the noblest of knights / that ever did live". The orchestral and choral Seguidilla contains some crisply rhythmic writing for both instruments and voices and in the dialogue which forms 'Don Quijote y Sancho', Palomo's love lyric for Sancho Panza, in praise of his wife Teresa, is exquisite, the music in creative tension with the down-to-earth nature of the words in which Sancho expresses his feelings. The 'Canto of Dulcinea' is remarkable, a sustainedly lyrical traversal of a range of past and present experiences and emotions, moving towards Dulcinea's ecstatic recognition that she is "princess of his desires / and mistress of his thoughts", the point at which she can declare "all honour to Don Quixote" and affirm that he is "welcome in [her] realm". Palomo's music rises to almost mystical heights here and becomes a powerful expression of the power of beauty and imagination. The 'Canto final' which closes the work brings together all the soloists, with chorus and orchestra. In Don Quixote it is Dulcinea who has no voice; in Dulcinea it is, ironically, Teresa Panza who has no voice until this final scene, a final scene which, after some well-structured interplay of ideas, fades away, musically speaking, into "a dream / of love and freedom".
Dulcinea is the best single work by Palomo that I have so far heard. The interest and quality of Carlos Murciano's poems has clearly brought out the very best in Palomo. This recording was made at the world premiere of the work and the performance is consistently excellent. Ainhoa Arteta makes a captivating Dulcinea and Arutjun Kotchinian gives a memorable performance as Don Quixote; in their relatively minor roles Burkhard Ulrich and Cheri Rose Katz do all that is required of them, and do it with assurance and conviction. The work of chorus and orchestra is exemplary and conductor Miguel Angel Gómez Martínez draws from them all a committed and utterly convincing performance.
The cantata-fantasy by the Spanish-born composer, Lorenzo Palomo, views the Don Quixote story through the response of people to the gorgeous, Dulcinea, the beautiful woman of Quixote's imagination. Palomo's musical language continues, more or less, where Rodrigo left off, and is shaped around an unusual rhythmic content and his fresh and ingenious orchestral colours. Though originally active in Spain, Palomo now lives and works in Berlin, where this performance took place. He uses the poems by Carlos Murciano, for a score completed in 2006, and calls for four soloists each taking one of the protagonists, while the chorus comment on the action. The long orchestral opening sets the scene in Castilla-La Mancha, the chorus then relating the common belief that this supposed Knight is nothing but a dreamer riding a lame horse. Having made his initial appearance, Palomo then gives Quixote the most substantial ballad in the score, the Armenian bass, Arutjun Kotchinian, singing the woeful love song with warmth and affection as he looks forward to Dulcinea greeting him, if only he can find her. That is his problem, but first Quixote's battle with the windmill comes in an orchestral interlude, the chorus again taking up the story, leading to a short duet for Quixote and Sancho Panza. Fact and fiction become merged as Dulcinea appears in the final scene welcoming Quixote to her realm. The sweet and beautiful voice of Ainhoa Arteta is ideal for Dulcinea in her ballad, and joins the remaining singers when 'reality' is questioned by all. Taken from a concert performance in 2006, and excellently recorded by German radio, the orchestral playing, under the Spanish conductor, Miguel Angel Gomez Martinez, is outstanding.


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Taurus Case Study
Christopher Columbus was probably the first European to handle rubber. Rubber has been used by the Haitian for centuries. In 1819 Thomas Hancock discovered that latex rubber can be masticated, but unfortunately mastication deprived rubber of its elastic qualities.
Charles Goodyear has discovered vulcanization in 1839, which solved the problem and also kept rubber products from becoming tacky. Hence the commercial uses of rubber multiplied greatly. Shortly thereafter, the rise of the automobile industry at the century's turn resulted in a tremendous increase in the demand for rubber and its principal application in the manufacture of automobile and truck tires. The production of natural rubber entails collecting the juice of the 60-80 foot high Hevea brasiliensis tree, which is now plantation grown in such tropical countries as Brazil, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Taurus Hungarian Rubber Works has been Hungary's most important rubber producer. The first Hungarian rubber factory was established in 1882, and in 1890 it became a public company under the name Magyar Ruggyantaarugyar Rt. Because Hungary lacked a domestic producer of automobiles at the turn of the century, the company supported the creation of an automobile plant, which was ultimately located in Arad, and the formation of the Autotaxi Company in Budapest. During the interwar period, the Hungarian rubber sector declined dramatically. After the nationalization of all rubber firms after the World War II, the Hungarian government pursued a policy of extensive growth for a number of years. In 1963, Budapest's five rubber manufacturers-PALMA, Heureka, Tauril, Emerge, and Cordatic were merged into one company called the National Rubber Company. Purchasing, cash management, and investment were centralized, and a central trade and research and development apparatus was created.
In 1973, the company changed its name to the Taurus Hungarian Rubber Works. Taurus operates four separate divisions while engaging in a number of joint ventures. The four divisions were tire division, trade division, technical rubber division and, machines and modes division. It was obvious that at least the rubber industry's tire segment had passed into its mature stage. In response to this situation, many major rubber companies had diversified away from the heavy competition within the industry as well as attempting to find growth markets for their rubber production capacity. Within the domestic market, various other Hungarian rubber manufacturers had surpassed Taurus in their growth rates as they jettisoned their low-profit lines and adopted newer ones with higher growth rates. Taurus's market share of the Hungarian rubber goods industry had slowly eroded since 1970, and this erosion increased greatly in the decade of the 1980s due to the creation of a number of smaller start-up rubber companies encouraged by Hungary's new private laws. With the aid of a major consulting firm, Taurus had recently conducted the in-depth analysis of its business portfolio. It was concluded that the company operated in a number of highly attractive markets but that the firm's competitive position needed to be improved for most product lines.
In 1991 Taurus was to implement two types of projects; software projects dealing with quality assurance programs, management development, staff training efforts, and the implementation of a management information system and hardware projects dealing with upgrading the agricultural tire compounding process as well as upgrades in the infrastructures of various plants.
Taurus Hungarian Rubber Works face the problem when Hungarian government passed the Corporation Law and want to reprivatize and recapitalize the state-owned company. When prepare for the privatization, Taurus found out the positioning is different within the product line. It is hard for the company to group the product line. Moreover, the international level...
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White supremacists aren't the only group of people who oppose mixed-race relationships. Writing for the Univision-owned feminist website Jezebel, Aditi Natasha Kini says she's "tired of watching brown men fall in love with white women onscreen."
Angered by the appearance of non-white men who get into on-screen romances with white women in TV shows and movies, the Jezebel writer says that she was upset at how brown women in the new film, "The Big Sick," played second string to their white counterparts.
"I also found myself exhausted, yet again, by the onscreen depiction of a brown man wanting to date a white woman, while brown women are portrayed alternately as caricatures, stereotypes, inconsequential, and/or the butts of a joke," writes Kini.
The Jezebel writer's complaints are only half-correct, in that Asian men have regularly been depicted as loveless men who struggle to earn the attention of women, but rarely attain their romantic goals with white women — or anyone else, for that matter.
There is a long history in Hollywood movies and TV shows depicting Asian men, like Kumail Nanjiani, as sexually unappealing or unable to "get the girl."
Movies like "Fast and Furious 6" broke racial barriers with the on-screen romance of characters played by Israeli actress Gal Gadot and Korean actor Sung Kang. Likewise, the TV show "The Walking Dead" featured a romance between Lauren Cohan and Steven Yeun, which lasted several seasons. "Homeland" is filled with interracial relationships between Arabic men and white women — one of whom radicalizes her partner in a twist of expectations, eventually causing his death.
The Jezebel writer argues that while it's progress to see Asian men getting the girl for once, and for Asian men to finally be cast in leading roles instead of supporting ones, she claims that the medium centers "white women as the love interest – a concept which, in the complex hierarchy of power and race in America, pays lip-service to the one notion that has shaped the history of South Asian and American culture alike: Whiteness as the ultimate desire, the highest goal in defining oneself as American."
The argument is an ahistorical view that erases the existence of non-white female leads in movies like the 2002 James Bond movie "Die Another Day," featuring Halle Berry; the 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger film "Eraser," starring Vanessa Williams; and "The Bodyguard" in 1992, which starred Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston.
The comedy-drama series "Ugly Betty," which starred America Ferrera, had a successful four-year run in the late 2000s. More recently, The Office's Mindy Kaling, who is of South Asian descent, has her own highly successful comedy TV series called "The Mindy Project."
The Jezebel writer concludes her argument by saying that interracial relationships depicted on-screen are "classic white liberal nonsense" because these transgressive depictions are fashioned as a "gold standard" for "progress."


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"Tabby what are you doing on the table on the porch?"
"What does it look like Mrs. Human, I am, or was sleeping until you disturbed my aura of peace and comfort with your loud human voice. Do you have a problem?"
"Defintely Tabby, tables are meant for food for humans and it is not very healthy if a feline is laying on the table before dinner."
"Stay cool Mrs. Human and that is exactly what I am doing. It is one of those hot days today and the sun has warmed up the concrete making it too hot for my delicate body. The table is cooler and much more comfortable. You can eat inside in the kitchen if I am in your way."
"We prefer to eat outside in summer Tabby, if it does not bother you of course."
"No rush, the sun is now slowly going down and the ground will soon be cool enough for my body. On the other hand I noticed Mr. Human is searching for me, so I will have to retire to a place where he cannot find me. I saw he has that small capsure containig the anti-tic liquid which he wants to put on the back of my neck. As if I have tics. I am a clean Tabby. If I have a tic they just take what they want and drop off afterwards, so what's the problem."
"The problem is that I might tread on one and that is not so good, wiping away the mess afterwards. The medicine is for your own good Tabby and it really does not hurt. Just a few drops on the fur at the back of your neck, you cannot even reach that part of your fur with your tongue."
"That is the problem Mrs. Human, I cannot remove it. I have decided to ignore Mr. Human and refuse to let him give me a fur tickle as a punishement. Meowwwww – what was that?"
"That was human cunning Tabby. As I engaged you in conversation Mr. Human sneaked up on you and emptied the medicine on your neck. Now you will be tic-free for the summer, isn't that great?"
"Hisss, no that is not great, I will report you to the Society for prevention of applying anti-tic potions on the back of the feline neck."
"But every human owned by a feline is now protecting their felines from tic attacks."
"Tics do not attack, they live in sybiosis with felines since the olden days in Egypt. Even Bastet had tics, it is part of our life."
"But not part of mine Tabby. And now you can leave the table, your delicate paws will no longer be burnt by the groud, the sun has gone down and you can descend and I want to serve tea."
"Meow, meow, hiss, but I will be back Mrs. Human and I am not meowing with Mr. Human, he will be ignored."


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8 Lygon Street Welcomes First Residents
Designed by award-winning architect, CHT Architects, 8 LYGON has completed construction and welcomed its first residents.
We're pleased to present a comparison of Scharp's 3D images from 2015 to today's completed project:
Scharp created the 8 LYGON name, brand mark, branding, website and design for the display suite. Working closely with CHT director David Carrabot to bring his vision for the project to life, Scharp created a series of 3D images and animations which also featured in a 8 LYGON marketing movie.
8 LYGON Brochure Cover
Only 3.5 kilometers from the CBD and on the border of Carlton and Brunswick, 8 LYGON's proximity to several desirable amenities such as Lygon St trams, Melbourne and RMIT Universities.
8 LYGON Brochure Spread
Featuring a café and retail space at its base, residents will enjoy a secure lobby, garden courtyard, communal vegetable garden and rooftop entertaining space with stunning views of the Melbourne skyline.
Scharp Artists Impression
Scharp played a crucial creating a desirable brand, marketing campaign and 3D visualisations for the project from its inception to final which sales saw a 75% sales result in the first 2 months.
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This study aims to estimate the prevalence of renal anomalies in Down syndrome patients, as well as to evaluate their outcome.
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This study aims to evaluate the relation between heart disease and androgenic alopecia or alopecia areata.
This sytudy aims to analyse polyps identified in gallbladders removed by laparoscopy over a 14-year period, and to assess the ability of conventional ultrasound to differentiate GBPs from stones.
The present study aims to describe prevalence, histologic patterns, and risk factors of NAFLD in morbidly obese patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy.
This study describes a series of Porphyria Cutanea Tarda patients presenting to a tertiary center over 35-year period from the 1980s to December 2015.
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Despite the drastic increase in precipitation from the previous year, town fire officials are still urging the public to be cautious with fireworks in Taos this …
Despite the drastic increase in precipitation from the previous year, town fire officials are still urging the public to be cautious with fireworks in Taos this year.
The Fourth of July is always a time for celebration, especially in years where rain and snow have been sufficient enough to move Taos out of severe drought classification. Taos Fire Marshal Erik Oiesen-Vreeke is hoping that members of the community will remain safe and conscious of fire dangers this year even with fire danger levels lower than in 2018.
"Please be careful," Oiesen-Vreeke said. "It was an excellent winter, with a large runoff. Due to that, the grasses and brush have grown tall and thick but are now beginning to dry out. There has been a recent uptick in brush fires, so we ask everyone to be mindful."
A recent wildfire along the side of State Road 68 near the turnoff to The Stakeout restaurant is a sign of how the landscape can rapidly dry out and become a fire risk.
There are currently no restrictions on fireworks in the town of Taos, but fire officials still warn of the dangers of even simple fireworks like sparklers. According to Oiesen-Vreeke, sparklers can burn at over 2,000 degrees which could easily set items on fire.
Fines and restrictions in 2018 were seen as unfair by some in the community as the town still held their annual fireworks display near Civic Plaza Drive. Town officials said the displays are best left up to the experts in dry years and are also encouraging the public to witness the free town-provided display this year on Thursday (July 4) following the War concert at Kit Carson Park.
"Grab a blanket and a patch of lawn, kick back and let the experts handle the fireworks show," said Oiesen-Vreeke.
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South Coast autumn meeting
Saturday 27th October 2018
Joan Bingley
The last day before the clocks went back started with the first frosts of the season. This reminder of the onset of winter did not deter the regular attendees nor outside visitors at the joint QMC/PMS meeting in the Village Hall at Langton Matravers on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset.
The hall was decked with bunting – though not in honour of the microscopists.
An unexpected recruit for the day was Bob, spending the half-term holidays with Klaus and Sheila Kemp. Bob entertained everyone with his trick of catching biscuits.
Bob the dog
Klaus Kemp had brought along photographs of some of his arrangements of diatoms and butterfly scales, and some recently-made slides of arranged butterfly scales representing birds for viewing through his Leitz Orthoplan II compound instrument. These were his personal property and not for sale.
Klaus Kemp
Klaus Kemp's exhibit
At the next table, Sam Christofi was using a very similar Leitz Orthoplan II compound microscope to display the finer points of Rhynie chert with a polished thin section prepared by Quekett member Bob Chapman. From an Aberdeenshire village, this is an early Devonian sedimentary deposit exhibiting extraordinary fossil detail and completeness. The bulk of the fossil bed consists of primitive plants which had water-conducting cells and sporangia, but no true leaves, along with arthropods, lichens, algae and fungi. Laid down some 410 million years ago, this was at an early stage in the colonisation of the land and before the development of flowering plants.
Kit Brownlee and Sam Christofi
Kit Brownlee also displayed geological samples, providing a stereomicroscope for closer study of sartorite and realgar. The 4.2 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm specimen showed sartorite in association with abundant realgar on a matrix comprising the sugary dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) characteristic of the Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. One corner of the specimen showed a tightly-packed crystalline aggregate of bright red realgar measuring 1.3 × 0.5 cm. Closely associated with the realgar were two small aggregates of lead grey sartorite showing a nice metallic lustre. There were also a variety of pyrite crystals present.
Sartorite with realgar
Mervyn Bown always provides a beautifully-presented exhibit with models, microscopes and some of his excellent drawings. Although he is not a fisherman, Mervyn enjoys tying flies and showed a range of completed flies for different purposes, a selection of feathers and relevant books. He brought a trinocular stereo made by Ceti, Belgium for visitors to enjoy the details of both the tied flies and of the feathers.
Drawers of tied flies
Salmon flies
Feathers used for tied flies
Notes on Ephemeroptera
David and Maddy Spears brought along an entire box of Victorian slides, including several Dancer microphotographs and a wide range of subjects including some from the Challenger expedition. Being David, he came equipped with a range of cameras including a Sony α7 full frame and a Sony 6000 APS-C. These could be attached by a 2× adaptor bought on eBay to his Beck compound microscope fitted with modern Chinese objectives and displayed on a large screen.
David Spears
David Spears' Victorian slides
Grenham Ireland had collected some marine copepods locally the previous day – though not as many as he had hoped as his collecting gear had disintegrated after the first sweep! We were able to view these on screen at various magnifications as Grenham provided a stereo with an AmScope camera in the trinocular head linked to a laptop and a Zeiss Standard compound microscope where the trinocular head was fitted with a Chinese inspection camera with an HDMI connection to a large TV screen. No wonder it took Grenham longer than anyone else to pack up at the end of the afternoon.
Grenham Ireland's exhibit
Grenham Ireland's exhibit
Jeremy Poole displayed (of course) spiders as his subjects. The main message of his exhibit was "Don't overlook the sheer beauty of images through the stereo". He showed his specimens using a Microtec and Vickers stereomicroscopes and contrasted these with the monitor screen displays produced using a Chinese inspection camera.
Jeremy Poole's exhibit
Jeremy Poole's slides
Tim Hayward and Jeremy Poole (right)
Brian Darnton provided a large table display of various photographs, books, pictures and maps relating to foraminifera for browsing.
Visitor with Brian Darnton
His exhibit included a large collection of his own slides, but the key item was the LED lighting system that he had devised for his aged compound microscope. He explained the circuit diagram to those interested.
Grenham Ireland and Brian Darnton
Joan Bingley reprised the display of alpaca fibres she had shown at Quekex earlier in the month. She also set up some of the photographs that had formed part of the Barnard display at that event and the Quekett shop. This proved popular and PMS member Michael Chambers was interested to find references to his great uncles in Brian Bracegirdle's book on Mounts and Mounters. His grandmother was a member of the Gurr family.
Derek and Rosemary Stevens and Brian Darnton have run two meetings a year at Langton Matravers for well over 20 years and this was acknowledged during the day with presentations of books on the history of the QMC to Derek and Brian and flowers to Rosemary. The Stevens' devotion to these events was such that they opened up the hall and stocked the kitchen before setting off to an urgent hospital appointment. Those present were pleased to have confirmed that these meetings will continue at this venue, in future organised by Pam Hamer, with the next meeting already booked for Saturday 13th April 2019.
In Rosemary's absence, Sheila Kemp kindly kept us all supplied with tea, coffee and biscuits throughout the day (though Bob probably got more than his fair share of the biscuits).
Sheila Kemp
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Homebrew Equipment Swap Meet
February 24, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Brewers Anonymous and Orlando Homebrew Supplies will be hosting our first Homebrew Equipment Swap Meet at RockPit Brewing on Sunday February 24th.
Bring out any equipment that you are no longer using and see what you can get for it! Feel free to bring a table and setup a small booth, or just come out and see what others have on offer. This is great chance to get something new, or get rid of some stuff that you are no longer using.
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All in all, they are very well designed devices, except for a vent in the case intended to allow for changes in pressure due to elevation or temperature changes. The vent also lets water in, with no provision to let it back out. This kills the majority of IDM's, and also means that a large percentage of the cores which we get back are simply not rebuildable, which in turns pushes up the price of an IDM so we can cover these losses. International used an almost identical IDM in the T444E two-box (separate PCM and IDM) trucks, but they did not have a vent in the case. T444E IH IDM's cannot be interchanged with 7.3 Power Stroke IDM's due do differences in the connector pinout.
There are 4 main models of IDM's; in chronological order they are EDU-100A used in 1994-1995 vehicles, IDM-100 used in 1996-1997, IDM-110 used in early-99 and IDM-120 used in late-99 and newer vehicles. Within these 4 IDM models, are three very different circuit board designs, and several more minor revisions. As far as their functionality, all IDM's are 100% swappable / interchangeable between all model years of trucks, vans and Excursions.
The 7.3L Power Stroke
The 7.3L Power Stroke engine was released in the summer of 1994. It was considered to be the successor to the 7.3L Indirect Injection, although the only thing the two engines have in common is their displacement. Other than being 7.3 liters, not one single part is the same.
It's biggest distinction at the time is that it was the first computer controlled diesel engine sold in the United States.
A computer controlled diesel is the norm now; then it was revolutionary. Before then, the injection timing on a diesel was essentially fixed. You set it at 12* BTDC at idle, and it was still 12* BTDC at 3,000 RPM. It was 12* at -20*F below zero, and it was 12* at 250*F engine coolant temperature. It was 12* at zero PSI of boost, and it was 12* at 25 PSI of boost.
With the Power Stroke, the injection timing became infinitely variable: there were timing maps (lookup tables) that adjusted the injection timing for any altitude from sea level to 10,000', for any oil temperature from -10* to +290*, for any boost from zero to 21 PSI, and any injected fuel quantity from zero to 100 mg/cyl, and more...on the fly, updating the value every engine revolution.
The other new technology it pioneered was electronically controlled, independent injectors. Prior to this, most diesels used either an injection pump that metered fuel to each injector, often called a Pump-Line-Nozzle system (PLN), or a Mechanical Unit Injector (MUI) where each cylinder had its own injector, but the injectors were activated by a camshaft or rocker arm system the activated a plunger in the injector to pressurize the fuel. In other words, in a PLN system, the plungers are mechanically activated by a cam in the pump, and in a MUI system the plungers are activated by a cam on the injectors.
In the Hydraulic Electronic Unit Injector (HEUI) system on the Power Stroke, the force for activating the plungers in the injector came from engine oil pressurized by a High Pressure Oil Pump (HPOP), while when the injectors actually fired, how long they fired for, and at what pressure they injected the fuel, was all controlled by the Powertrain Control Module (PCM).
We break the 7.3 down into 4 generations:
First is the 1994.5-1997 F-Series trucks and 1994.5-1996 E-Series vans, which use a DPC-20x PCM.
Second is 1997 California F-Series and 1997 Vans, which use a DPC-31x PCM. Everything from 1994 through 1997 got a ZF 5-Speed manual transmission or an E4OD automatic transmission.
Third is the Early-99 F-Series trucks and Vans, both Federal/49-State and California Emissions, which use a DPC-40x or 41x PCM. Everything from Early-99 on got a ZF 6-Speed manual transmission or a 4R100 automatic.
Fourth is the Late-99 through early-2003, the end of production of the 7.3 in the US, which use DPC-42x through 49x PCM's.
Although Ford made trucks in 1998, there wasn't really a 1998 model year. In our view, if the truck has the old (square) body style, it's a 1997, and if it has the newer rounded-hood and fenders and an intercooler, it's an Early-99 / Super Duty, regardless of what the build date is.
If the build date is after 12-06-1998, then it is a Late-99 or 2000 model.
The Early-99 was a complete redesign of the entire cab, chassis and drivetrain, and some significant changes to the injectors, turbo, fuel system, etc on the engine. Then, after barely 6 months of production, for some reason Ford did another redesign, changing all sorts of other things, most of it for no apparent reason. (Why change the front wheel bearing unit hub flange from 3/8" thick to 10mm thick? It just meant that if you got the wrong unit bearing, your brake calipers wouldn't line up with the mounting bracket or brake rotor.)


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Reaching retirement age is an exciting time. You are finally able to use the benefits you have worked so hard for, for many years. Two of these benefits are Social Security and Medicare. For many, when they first start contributing, retirement is decades away and the thought of how to sign up or start using your benefits seems like forever away. It may not be anything to worry about now, but time flies, and these are things you should be looking into as you near your retirement age.
Both fortunately and unfortunately, when it comes to Medicare there is no one answer or system for everyone, in fact there are several different plans and even more drug plans. This means you can find the perfect plan for you but deciding what each plan entails can be a little tricky.
No need to fret, if you have questions there are resources in the local area that can help. One resource for Medicare is SHIP, or Senior Health Insurance Information Program. This is a volunteer health program where qualified, trained seniors who have already been through the Medicare process assist others who are trying to get signed up for the program.
In this podcast George Gillespie, a Volunteer Counselor speaks of what to look for when signing up for Medicare and how you can make the process easier on yourself. Click here to listen to the podcast. If you have more questions you can reach out to George at (712) 328-2540 or visit the SHIP website.
George will also be hosting two Welcome to Medicare sessions this year at the Council Bluffs Public Library on Aug. 30, 2018 and Nov. 29, 2018 at 6 p.m. For a full listing of other sessions in the state click here.
Social Security
Right now, 9 out of 10 Americans over the age of 65 have signed up for Social Security. Social Security is not meant to be a sole retirement fund, so if you haven't started saving this is something you must start doing right away. If you are late to the game, even a little can help.
If you have questions or need to sign up for Social Security it is recommended you reach out to your local Social Security Office. If you call and set up an appointment it will be much quicker than walking in and taking a number! You can also find more information at www.ssa.gov.
This is just some of the information discussed at this month's Wellness Wednesday. Want to know more? Listen to the full podcast here.
Are you or someone you know still needing to save or plan for retirement? TS Prosperity Group can help! Visit tsprosperity.com. Do you need to set up an IRA? Visit tsbank.com/IRA.
Do you have more questions pertaining to the article? Reach out to us at tsbank.com or (712) 487-3000 we will be happy to answer any questions!


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"I figure God puts me here and he can take me back anytime he wants, And that's why I believe in God, God doesn't make grown ups- He makes babies - they are smaller and easier to make, God told him he didn't have to go out on the road anymore, God's second most important job is listening to prayer.
A Child's View of God
Danny, a 3rd grader), thinks it makes sense to see God this way:
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"One of God's main jobs is making people. He makes these to put in the place of the ones that die, so there will be enough people to take care of things here on earth. He doesn't make grownups, just babies. I think because they are smaller and easier to make. That way, he doesn't take up his time teaching them to talk and walk. He can just leave that up to the mothers and fathers. I think it works out pretty good.
"God's second most important job is listening to prayers. An awful lot of this goes on, as some people, like preachers and things, pray other times beside bedtime. God doesn't have time to listen to the radio or TV on account of this. As he hears everything, not only prayers, there must be a terrible lot of noise going into his ears, unless he has thought of a way to turn it off.
"God sees everything and hears everything and is everywhere. Which keeps him pretty busy. So you shouldn't go wasting his time by going over your parents and ask for something they said you couldn't have.
"Atheists are people who don't believe in God. I don't think there are any in Chula Vista. At least there aren't any who come to our church.
"Jesus is God's son. He used to do all the hard work like walking on water and doing miracles and trying to teach people about God who didn't want to learn. They finally got tired of him preaching to them, and they crucified him. But he was good and kind like his Father told his Father that they didn't know what they were doing and to forgive them and God said OK.
"His Dad (God) appreciated everything he had done and all his hard work on earth, so he told him he didn't have to go out on the road anymore. He could stay in heaven. So he did. And now he helps his Dad out listening to prayers and seeing what things are important for God to take care of and which ones he can take care of himself without having to bother God with. Like a secretary, only more important, of course. You can pray anytime you want and they are sure to hear you because they've got it worked out so one of them is on duty all the time.
"You should always go to Sunday School because it makes God happy, and if there's anybody you want to make happy, it's God. Don't skip Sunday School to do something you think will be more fun like going to the beach. This is wrong! And besides, the sun doesn't come out at the beach until noon, anyway.
"If you don't believe in God, beside being an atheist, you will be very lonely, because your parents can't go everywhere with you, like to camp, but God can. It's good to know he's around when you're scared of the dark or when you can't swim very good and you get thrown in real deep water by big kids. But you shouldn't just always think of what God can do for you. I figure God put me here and he can take me back anytime he pleases.
"And that's why I believe in God."
(Note: from bible.org/illustration/childs-perspective-god)


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Capital punishment probably is known as the death penalty which is given by the government of a country to the people who does a crime which is very serious and which is against the rules and laws of our country. And when this crime is being punished by the death penalty, it is called the capital crime.
This death penalty is usually used by most of the countries, but it has been rarely used in recent centuries as there are only about one-third of the countries in the world who allowed this law of death penalty to the criminals.
The countries mostly use the death penalty the country like Japan China Iran United States and some of the countries use this method of the death penalty, and some of the countries like Canada Australia Mexico have been not using this punishment of death penalty to the criminals.
History Of Capital Punishment
The punishment of this death penalty is being given to the criminals as this has been started from the ancient times as the people who do crimes are given this cruel method for death penalty such as the breaking wheel punishment is given to the people who do a major crime.
But from the ancient times in this today's world, there are also many people who do crimes, and this is when it is being given to them for the major crimes like terrorism war crimes murder rape and many of the sexual crimes that are given this types of penalty.
The people at that time when a crime is done they usually form an apology or instead of that they start to kill the people on their own. So to stop people by killing one another this death penalty system has been introduced for the punishment.
This death penalty is used in many of the countries such as Europe. The death penalty is traveling from ages to ages, and the form of giving punishment is also changing as from the ancient times then in the medieval ages the punishments of this death penalty is changed and the punishment is becoming very harsh for the criminals as more the major crime is being done the penalty is major to the criminal.
Death Penalty In The Present World
In this 20th century the use of the death penalty is very less used as there are many legal rights and rules that are made by every country's Government and the crimes are very less because of the rules, so there is no mostly used of this death penalty but in some of the countries there are many cases of women harassment rapes and many things that are being done so because of this the criminals are given these types of death penalty by their country's Government.
But there are also many countries who have abolished this capital punishment in this modern era. But in the most of the Asian countries like India and Pakistan this capital punishment is been used as there are many war crimes terrorism and the rape cases that are seen in this Nations so because of this the Government of these countries has taken this capital punishment and as a great initiative for the people to stop crime.
For any other queries about Capital punishment, you can leave your queries below in the comment box.


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Emmie is a nine month old Shetland sheepdog. She was just seven weeks when we brought her home. Although she is very loveable, we had trouble understanding each other at first. Having little experience with training dogs we were grateful to find Beyond the Dog. At first Emmie was very shy when attending Puppy Kindergarten and playtime was definitely not her favorite. With Sean and Kristyn's excellent guidance we were able to successfully socialize her and work on good behaviors. She now loves to play with other dogs.
Recently, we were very proud to see her graduate from Beyond the Dog's Basic Obedience class in which she has learned multiple commands. The experiences have been great for us and we now feel more confident in our dog handling skills as well as being able to speak the same language.
Sean and Kristyn made training so fun, that Emmie loved going to classes each week. We greatly appreciated how knowledgeable they are on all dog behaviors and coaching us as we learned to train Emmie. We highly recommend these classes to all dog owners.


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Mothering; Are you caring for yourself as much as you are for your child? I am sure that is the last thing you want to hear, especially from someone who has no human babies and only dogs for her 'children'. But in my last several years of treating many moms, I want to talk about … Continue reading Mothering; Are you caring for yourself as much as you are for your child?
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How Physical Therapy Changed my Life Forever
I grew up playing every sport that I could get involved in—dance, track, weightlifting, cheerleading, gymnastics, and other intramural sports. I tried them all. I was always active, sometimes going to multiple practices each night. I just loved being active in all forms, and I hated sitting still for too long. Starting in 1999, my … Continue reading How Physical Therapy Changed my Life Forever
Pee during your workout?
by: Bri McCormick PT, DPT Pelvic Health Specialist There is a fix for that! I think every girl grows up hearing about this happening. Or thinks of what I endearingly call the 'little old lady syndrome.' You know, the vision you have of your grandmother or mother needing to go to use the restroom every … Continue reading Pee during your workout?


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Snow on Mount Canobolas attracts tourists and locals to winter wonderland | Photos
Tourists and Orange residents have been heading to Mount Canobolas this week to enjoy the winter wonderland created by last weekend's big snow falls.
While the road to the top of the mountain remains closed due to the large amount of snow on the bitumen and the verges people have stepped out of their cars to head up the mountain to enjoy the sights.
Some are walking their dogs, others are snowboarding while snowmen, snow angels and snowball fights continue to be made in John Williams Park below the snow gates and up the mountain.
Interstate tourists have been visiting during the day while locals are heading to the snow after work.
The Cornish family from Morayfield in Queensland where among visitors on site on Thursday to see snow for the first time.
Others are heading to the Pinnacle lookout which is also covered in snow but was inaccessible to visitors until Pinnacle Road was re-opened on Wednesday afternoon.
Cabonne Council workers are monitoring the mountainside roads which are expected to remain closed for some time.
Snow is heaped up from the snow gates.
Orange360 general manager Caddie Marshall said the snow attracted tourists to the region.
"Every moment we have snow we go gaga," she said.
"Snow just brings out the inner child in people who want to pick up a snowball and throw it at the nearest person."
Ms Marshall said as soon as the snow was evident on Saturday morning the Orange360 team began posting pictures and content on social media to promote the region.
She said Orange360 had about 12,500 followers on Facebook and nearly 8000 on Instagram who were quickly informed about the snow.
Snow just brings out the inner child in people who want to pick up a snowball and throw it at the nearest person.Caddie Marshall, Orange360 general manager
Ms Marshall was 'lucky' to be in a snowfall area and it was important to promote it.
She said it was unclear what the upcoming weekend would bring in tourist numbers if the snow remained on the mountain.
"I think it depends on people's intent to travel and what they are prepared to travel for," she said.
About 15.4 millimetres of snow, sleet and rain fell on Orange last weekend with a record low August temperature of 2.1 degrees recorded on Saturday afternoon.
It led to road closures near the mountain as people headed out to play in the snow.
In stark contrast the Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting this weekend will be warm with temperatures up to 17 degrees.
Rain is forecast to return on Sunday night.
A top temperature of only six degrees is forecast for next Tuesday.
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Welcome to your Introduction to Reported Speech lesson! In this topic we talk about:
• What is Reported Speech?
• Forming Reported Speech sentences
• Changing Direct Speech in the Past Simple to Reported Speech
Take the quizzes when you're ready! If you're having problems, use the comment box to contact our English Teachers.
What is Reported Speech?
Imagine this morning you saw your friend James, and he said:
"I feel hungry."
Now, you want to tell someone else what James said. You can do this two ways. You can simply quote James using direct speech:
"James said 'I feel hungry.'"
Or you can use reported speech:
"James said that he felt hungry."
Forming Reported Speech sentences
When you want to form reported speech sentence, you usually start with the Past Simple: ("James said that… ") Then continue in the past for the rest: ("…he felt hungry.") Here are a few more examples:
"I told you that I didn't want any more to drink!"
"She explained that she was angry with me."
You can often leave "that" out completely:
"I told you I didn't want any more to drink!"
"She explained she was leaving me."
Generally speaking, the present in direct speech changes to the past when you want to report that sentence:
"is" → "was"
"do" → "did"
"have" → "had"
Have a look at a few direct speech sentences changed to reported speech sentences:
"I'm going out tonight." → "She said she was going out tonight."
"I need a new job." → "He said that she needed a new job."
"My girlfriend is from London." → "He said his girlfriend was from London."
"I don't go out at night." → "She said that she didn't go out at night."
"I live near you." → "She said she lived near me."
Changing Direct Speech in the Past Simple to Reported Speech
You have two choices when reporting a past simple sentence; either you can leave it in the past simple, or you can use the Past Perfect:
Direct speech
"I visited Mauritius last year."
Reported speech – Past Simple
"He said he visited Mauritius last year."
Reported speech – Past Perfect
"He said he had visited Mauritius last year."
Direct speech
"I played the piano when I was younger."
Reported speech – Past Simple
"She said she played the piano when she was younger."
Reported speech – Past Perfect
"She said she had played the piano when she was younger."


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Saturday, 11 June 2016
Census: Dawn Of The Bottom Inspectors
Pink News.
What business is it of the state who anyone's shagging?
George Orwell must be spinning in his urn.
PS The only journalist to find this sheet-sniffing state snoopery sinister was Andrew Pierce at the Daily Mail.
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Here you will find details on current and recently completed projects and events that I have been fortunate enough to have either produced, directed, choreographed, collaborated on, and/or been involved with both on and off skates.
Summer Sk8 Camp
Returning for its fourth instalment since 2012, the 2015 Summer Sk8 Camp is a series of workshops conducted by Italian trainer Cristina Moretti and Australia's Jayson Sutcliffe. This year, the seminars will be held in Melbourne Brisbane during the month of January in an effort to benefit the development and technical skills of athletes and coaches within Australia.
Victorian State Schools Spectacular
The 2014 VSSS will be held in September at Hi Sense Arena and broadcast on the 7 Network with up to 3,000 school students performing. I will be undertaking the role of Choreographer for the skating group. Auditions for the coming season have recently been completed.
Info: The Performing Arts Unit runs the Victorian State School Spectacular and the Victorian State Schools Performance Ensembles which include Dancers, Solo Vocalists, Choirs, Skaters and a Stage Band.
LIVE - SK8 OFF - Reality style live show
Produced/Directed & Hosted by J.Sutcliffe
Caribbean Rollerama.
Working closely with the skate company 'Skatetrader' I was asked to shoot a campaign for them to assist in not only creating awareness of their brand in Australia, but also to assist with the support and future of an up an coming athlete in sport. Sarah Butler was the skater in question and we did a series of shots to create promotional postcards, ultimately resulting in a feature in the current issue of DOLLY magazine (Jan 2014).
Victorian State Schools Spectacular 2013
In 2013 I was priveleged to have been an assistant choreographer in the 'skate' section of the State Schools Spectacular held at Hi Sense Arena in front of a capactiy audience of thousands. The five minute segment was performed by 50 skaters to the music of 'TRON' (performed live by an 80 piece orchestra).
Info: The Performing Arts Unit runs the Victorian State School Spectacular and the Victorian State Schools Performance Ensembles which include Dancers, Solo Vocalists, Choirs, Skaters and a Stage Band.
The 2012 'Roll-Line' Sk8 Off was a unique and challenging event I Produced, Directed and hosted with a production crew of 30. With more than 160 skaters forming 10 teams to compete in a 'So You Think You Can Dance' style live event on December 3rd, the Sk8 Off became one of the most successful events of the year with celebrity judges and sms live voting to determine the 'Ultimate Sk8 Crew' of 2012.
Sk8rAid is a Facebook page for all skaters, trainers, officials and supporters of Roller Figure Skating. A page where technicians, athletes and officials from all over the world can communicate and share ideas, discuss methods and techniques and assist with development in areas that are at a disadvantage in our small world of roller skating.


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Former Kanab resident bowled over
Former Kanab resident Shannon (DeVooght) Brown didn't reinvent the wheel, but she did use her creativity to make a common kitchen product better.
Introducing, the 'Better Batter Bowl!'
Brown's design is unique in that it's the first mixing bowl that grips on to you, so you don't lose your grip! A space designed into the bowl itself, allows you to slide the palm of your hand underneath. That lets you control the bowl while you mix the ingredients.
Necessity was the impetus for Brown's invention – she needed a way to hold the bowl while mixing! After two decades of doing fingernails, Brown had developed carpel tunnel syndrome and subsequent arthritis.
"It was especially frustrating because the nerves would just let go when I'd pick up something and I began dropping things," said Brown. "One day I was mixing a large bowl of brownies and just dropped it. It went all over the floor – what a mess!"
Brown searched high and low for a bowl that would address her weak hand issue, but to no avail. Having been born with a creative gene, she set about building a better mousetrap ... I mean, mixing bowl!
One might have been skeptical of Brown's sanity in those initial days of inventing the Better Batter Bowl! The busy married mother of two said her first step was blowing up a balloon and setting it upside down in a large bowl. She then sat the bowl on a base she had shaped that included a space above for her hand to fit through. She then paper mache'd the whole thing, and let it dry.
"I was able to slip my hand right in above the base and under the bowl portion," explained Brown. The bowl just rested on the palm of her hand, without needing to rely on a grip that might let go.
But while Brown's creation was inspired, the many steps to bring her design to fruition was a challenge. "I needed to find a company to design the prototype." She eventually found one in Ogden. "The company, Design-Tek, put it on the computer screen and created a Cad file."
Her next step was to find a company that could make a 3-D print from the file. Brown found one in Las Vegas and she said it was thrilling to see a computer rendering become an actual object. "My bowl appeared before me, it was very exciting!"
From there, she needed to find a plastic injection and mold making company. She called all over the U.S., and basically came up empty-handed. "I was told that a lot of the people who knew that trade had retired."
While Brown may have gotten discouraged, she never gave up!
She eventually found a company in Leeds, Utah. "The owner said he had a connection in China that made good molds," related Brown. "It ended up taking a couple of months, but once we got it back, the Utah company began making my bowls this past October."
Brown has been bowled over with success! "Word of mouth and our website have both been very effective in product promotion."
As a result of a large promotional press release for the product, Brown got some really exciting exposure. Kevin Harrington, an original Shark Tank TV show entrepreneur and pioneer of the infomercial, has become interested in the Better Batter Bowl product to be part of a houseware media campaign he's kicking off. In that capacity, Brown will be flying to Florida next month to make an ad that will go nationwide.
The Better Batter Bowl (patent pending) can be ordered for $29.95 on the company's Better Creations website (www.betterbatterbowl.com). They are available in white, teal, red and yellow, with a beautiful matching non-slip base ring. They are impact and shatter resistant, as well as dishwasher safe. The Better Batter Bowls are also available on Amazon, or at Hurst Ace Hardware in Hurricane.
Her first venture into invention and entrepreneurship will definitely not be her last. "I've got many ideas," said an enthusiastic Brown. "There's so much stuff going on in my brain! This has been exciting and quite the adventure."