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Eleven day car trip verifies beauty of our country
Last updated 10/26/2011 at Noon
It was something we had talked about doing for a long time but had never gotten around to it. We thought it would be a great adventure to jump into the car and head West-- without any kids or grandkids.
Now we did plan our 11-day, 3,200 mile trip well enough to earmark our destination each day, but nothing was written in stone. We had plenty of flexibility in our planning in case we decided to take a little side trip, or stay a bit longer at a point of interest.
Wife Susan was the navigator and after receiving a GPS for Christmas two years ago, she finally got to put it to good use on this excursion. It not only gives specific directions, but also informs one of the elevation and the distance to the next point of reference.
We embarked from Orange with a cloudless sky Monday morning—Oct. 10—and headed west on IH 10 to Fort Stockton. After passing San Antonio the speed limit on the Interstate jumped to 80 mph. It felt strange to be going that fast and still be legal. But that area was pretty desolate—no houses, people, animals or birds.
The next point of reference was to reach Santa Fe, N.M. by going northwest, but before we started traveling, we visited the fort. The reason the government selected that middle-of-nowhere site was because of the artesian springs located there that were capable of producing 60 million gallons of water each day.
There were five barracks that each housed 50 soldiers and three stables that each accommodated 100 horses. Because of the segregation that existed in the U.S. Cavalry after the Civil War, former slaves who wanted to serve their country during the Reconstruction Era were sent to Ft. Stockton and were called "buffalo soldiers."
En route to Santa Fe we went through Pecos, Carlsbad and Roswell. It's no wonder there were reports of outer space aliens landing in the Roswell area-- the outskirts of the city look just like pictures of Mars and the moon, making those aliens feel right at home.
Santa Fe is a beautiful old city at an elevation of around 7,000 feet. And to think that would be our lowest point that day as we headed for our targeted destination of Vail, Colo. which is nearly 12,000. The snow near the top of the mountains that we had seen earlier in the day was right on the side of the road at Leadville where we stopped to eat lunch. It had snowed a couple of days earlier and hadn't melted much. The temperature there was only 39 degrees at 1 p.m.
We continued to Vail and found our hotel—the Arrabelle—and saw our elegant room which commands between $800-900 per day during the ski season. But in October, the cost was just a fraction of that. The suite was huge with a fireplace and even had heated ceramic tiles in the bathroom.
We learned quickly that if you don't ski, but enjoy the beauty of the mountains, October is the time to visit Vail. All of the many shops had reduced their merchandise at to 50% off and the elegant restaurants had their entrees at 50% off.
We left Vail Friday morning to begin the second leg of our journey—to see the newest member of the huge McGraw Clan of which Susan is a member. Susan's father was one of 13 children with the descendants still living in Central Missouri.
Brody Bult is the newest member. The nine-week old boy now weighs 14 pounds, three ounces and is 25 inches long. This places him in the upper 90th percentile for babies' height and weight. We are sure he is going to make his dad proud whenever he's able to put a football helmet on.
His mom Glenna is an assistant high school principal and his dad Brock is an assistant football coach at Fort Osage High School, the alma mater of World Series star Albert Pujols. The football team made it to the state finals last year and is 8-1 and perhaps even better this fall.
Another of Susan's cousins, Mike and Sandy McGraw, are proud of their football-playing son Owen, who is a senior two-way performer at Blue Springs South High School, a Class 6-A school in the Kansas City suburbs. Owen is a cornerback and a wide receiver on the team that boasts an 8-1 record and also is headed to the state playoffs.
We also visited another of her cousins, Patty McGraw, who has Orange connections because her brother Russell Long lived in Orange and worked for Gulf/Chevron Chemical.
We traveled East down IH 70 to Susan's hometown of Marshall, Mo. to visit her only living uncle of the McGraw Clan, 89-year old Charlie McGraw. I call him Uncle Chuckie, but am the only one who calls him that. We met him and four of his five kids—Danny, John Paul, Charla and Janie plus grand-daughter Glenna-- for dinner. Mike McGraw wasn't there.
I had hoped to sneak in a round of golf on Tuesday, our final day in Missouri, but saw a bunch of young people eating breakfast at our motel. They said they were members of a college golf team from Indiana that was playing against Missouri Valley College in Marshall. That killed my golf plans because the course would be tied up.
So Susan suggested that we go to near-by Waverly where she used to go with her parents to get apples. She insists that the Jonathan apples from Waverly are THE BEST for making apple pie. And after eating her apple pie last weekend, I agree.
We drove Southwest through Missouri and Oklahoma and spent the final night of our trip in Paris, TX. We both were happy Thursday afternoon to see the sign saying "Orange County Line".
Eight of our 11 days were cloudless, blue-bird days. We encountered a short rain shower the Monday night we were in Marshall, but never had to drive through any rain the entire trip. And we never saw a mosquito until we returned home Thursday where they seem to be swarming.
KWICKIES…Congrats to the West Orange-Stark Mustangs for edging out football victories against cross-county rivals Orangefield and Bridge City and leading District 21-3A with a 3-0 loop mark. However Friday's game at Silsbee will probably be their toughest district contest so far and should determine their playoff status.
The word in Missouri is that the Mizzou Tigers want out of the Big 12 and after leaning toward the Big 10 will probably accept an invitation from the SEC. However, their reason for leaving, unlike the Texas Aggies—is not out of jealousy of the Texas Longhorns Network, but just to play in a tougher conference. Of course it must be pointed out that Mizzou—just like the Aggies-- didn't exactly tear up the Big 12 during their tenure in it.
The Dallas Cowboys finally had to utilize their talented rookie running back from Oklahoma, DeMarcus Murray, Sunday and on his first carry of the game he broke loose on a 91-yard touchdown gallop and finished with 253 yards on 25 carries. This surpassed NFL rushing leader Emmitt Smith and Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett to the top of the franchise's single-game rushing chart. The Pokes (3-3) ripped the winless (0-6) St. Louis Rams 34-7 by scoring in every quarter.
The Houston Texans were piqued that they were a three-point underdog Sunday at Nashville against the Tennessee Titans and that so many NFL experts picked them to lose the game for first place in the AFC South Division. They took their wrath out on the Titans, obliterating them 41-7 with their most impressive performance of this season—and any season for that matter. Now they are sitting atop the AFC South with games coming up against Jacksonville (1-5) Sunday, then Cleveland (3-3) and Tampa Bay (4-3) before having a bye week.
JUST BETWEEN US…With the sale of the Houston Astros still up in the air, look for Major League Baseball to dangle a carrot in the form of possible compensation to prospective new owner Jim Crane to move the team to the American League. This would be a very unpopular move for the Houston Astros' fans and probably even the players, but a possible $50 million compensation package for Crane and his group of investors might do the trick. MLB has been trying to even the two leagues with 15 teams each, but every National League team asked by Commissioner Bud Selig has flatly turned down the suggestion.


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On Sunday 27th May 2018, a large Marlins contingent attended the Vanessa Knight Memorial open meet, in Bognor, with high expectations of a good day. We had always expected a warm day poolside, as this had been the case over the last two years, and we were not disappointed!
So, despite the hot and humid conditions, we took a fantastic 60 medals by 27 individual Marlins' swimmers, from the 32 that attended, all of whom swam brilliantly. Our medal winners were:
Kirsten Abrams, Molly Atkinson, Ellie Barnes, Caitlin Bugler, Charlie Carr, Amelia Clark, Harry Forcier, Jacob Golby, Gertie Griffin, Jude Hawkins-Hall, Eliza Hutchison, Caitlin Maguire, Emie McGeough, Anna Metcalfe, Matthew Metcalfe, Lewis Murray, Ross Murray, Katie Olliver, Adam Parvin, Charlotte Parvin, Todd Peart, Bridget Priest, Amy Rutherford, Alys Short, Heath Thompson, Michal Urban and Eva Valovin.
To finish the day off in style, with a great haul of team points, Marlins secured Top Club, winning the trophy over second place Shiverers and third place Chichester.
A big thank you goes out to those that volunteered to officiate on the day and also the our poolside support who helped the day run like clockwork from start to finish. Many thanks too, to the parents who cheered the swimmers throughout despite the heat – this made a great day for all associated with the Club.
Report by Nic Piper
Some of our swimmers with the Top Club Trophy

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Bling it up in 2019…
You are styling and profiling, so why leave your snapback unadorned? Bling it out!!! Just because the Voices of Earth Men's Brooch, by Chop Zuey, is for guys, don't mean we girls can't wear it! Get your swag on! Be creative, be different, and have fun with your outfits….bling it up in 2019! I wish everyone an amazing, healthy, and prosperous 2019!!!
What I am wearing:
Chop Zuey Voices of Earth Men's Brooch
Giz Seorn Nixie Puffer Jacket
BTTB Ledsen Scarf
TRUTH Austen Hair
Reach for a cause…
Instead of reaching for another stale holiday cookie, which will only weigh you down, why not reach instead for something that will give weight to the care of animals! Part of the Chop Zuey's 2018 WWF Campaign that Belle Roussel has designed, for this year, is It's a Dog's Life Charm Bracelet.
The bracelet is a quirky, stylish, doggie themed, adorned bracelet. It is a collection of gold trimmed dog portrait caricatures and dog lover related charms that have been dispersed around a shimmering gold bracelet chain.
100% of the proceeds from the sale of this charm bracelet is donated to WWF Animal Campaign 2018 (World Wildlife Fund). Available for only a limited time, this bracelet will make a wonderful and thoughtful gift for the dog lover in your life, which they or yourself, will be proud to wear and show your love for and support of animals.
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During her Golden Globes speech, Oprah Winfrey famously declared "'a new day is on the horizon" for women and girls. As this powerful message and the sexual harassment legal defense fund Time's Up gain traction, the Workplaces Respond to Domestic and Sexual Violence initiative of the DC-based non-profit Futures Without Violence is tackling sexual harassment at its core—company culture.
If 2017 showed us anything, it's that a company's standard reaction of firing a harasser as soon as a news outlet discloses allegations doesn't address that organization's systemic problem. Yes, the harasser needs to be accountable; so does the employer.
An Advocate for Employees
Esta Soler, president and founder of Futures Without Violence says #MeToo was the moment and the movement to end sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.
" We have been working on this issue for decades, so it is exciting to have the national conversation coalesce around ending sexual harassment and violence and promoting equity and respect in the workplace. We know the solutions that can prevent and address violence, harassment and abuse in the workplace, and now our opportunity is to ensure people know those solutions exist."
Linda A. Seabrook, Futures Without Violence general counsel, says the solution for ending sexual harassment in companies is "creating a culture of prevention, support, respect and equity." This all comes down to education, accountability and policy—not workplaces becoming the sex police.
"This isn't all that much about sex, frankly," she said during a recent meeting she had on the Hill. "It's about power, and institutionalized, structural sexism and oppression. There is a reason sexual harassment is included in Title VII – the statute that covers workplace discrimination – because experiencing sexual harassment and violence negatively impacts the terms, conditions, and opportunities for women in the workplace."
Seabrook says that Futures Without Violence has learned there are women who have gone to human resources and women who haven't for valid reasons.
"Human resources are there to be a resource for the company—not a resource for humans," says Seabrook. "They're there to protect the employer, which is fine. That's a legal role that the department has. But there's no advocate for an employee within the workplace. So we have to figure how to create supportive environments and engage the whole workplace. A lot of it has to do with bystander training and promoting best practices."
A Working Model - Worker Driven Social Responsibility (WSR)
Pilot sites of the Workplaces Respond to Domestic and Sexual Violence program have been centered around the most vulnerable of workers in agriculture and the janitorial industry.
Seabrook says the work of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a worker-based human rights organization, and the Fair Food Program is an exemplary model of what can be accomplished when workers themselves lead the way in organizational culture. Through this collaborative effort, farm workers in the tomato fields of Immokalee, FL went from reporting rampant sexual harassment to zero incidents. Futures Without Violence helped with education and workplace policies and procedures.
"It's a worker led and survivor led model and it's revolutionary," says Seabrook.
In addition to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers model, Seabrook has a number of other recommendations for organizations aiming to create a harassment-free company culture.
Here they are.
Climate Survey
Institute a climate survey that can assess the culture of a workplace and where the gaps are. In developing this, the employer should be engaging employees on what types of questions need to be asked, as employees are the ones who know where the abuse happens and who's doing it.
Confidential Complaint Procedure
Provide a confidential complaint and reporting procedure that allows victims and bystanders to be heard and feel empowered to report without fear of retaliation in any form.
Ongoing Education
Create an ongoing education program that goes beyond the mandatory liability prevention training, outlining the expected climate and behavior of the workplace with real-life scenarios informed by employees. The program should employ adult learning methodology, and be interactive and engaging so that participants' beliefs can be examined, tested, and then integrated with new ideas and approaches.
Prevention Strategy
The education program should be part of an overall strategy and program to prevent sexual harassment and discrimination, and promote respect, civility, and equity in the workplace. Again, employees have the unique knowledge and experience about how, where, and when abuse occurs, so they should be included in the creation of standards and practices intended to protect them.
Prevention is only successful when those who may harass or assault an employee or coworker know that if they do, they will be caught and there will be consequences. The consequences should be proportional, but informed by the victim. Every workplace should have a policy that addresses sexual harassment and all forms of gender-based violence with clear definitions and expectations of conduct. This policy should be reviewed, updated, and trained on regularly.
Linda has written on the consequences of speaking out about workplace sexual harassment and the various factors that might keep women from coming forward.
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Stuffed animals and finger puppets are hand knit in a remote area of the Andes Mountains by women from the artisan group El Mercurio. They are expert knitters, passing the skill from mother to daughter, sometimes using bicycle spokes as extra needles. Knitting these products has not only given the artisans a significant increase in their incomes, it has also provided them with a support group, and given them more say in their families and community.


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McCloy Clinches Super Series Title
Aspen, CO, Feb. 3 -- U.S. Ski Team member Hilary McCloy of Bethel, Maine wrapped up the overall Chevy Truck Super Series title as Park City Ski Team member Lauren Van Ness won her first super G at the at the Super Series Finals in Aspen.
OLN will broadcast coverage of the Aspen Chevy Truck Super Series event on March 7, at 8 p.m. (EST). The women wrap up the Super Series season Monday with the second of two super G races starting at 10 a.m.
McCloy finished tied for 10th and gained 21 points to wrap up the title and win the $10,000 overall prize. McCloy has 240 points and a 35-point lead over Canada?s Sophie Splawinski and Gail Kelly.
"This was really something I didn?t have my sights set on at the beginning of the year, but it just kind of slowly built up" McCloy said of the Super Series title. "I?m really happy to have it over with today and not have to stress about it tomorrow. So I?m really excited."
Van Ness won her first Super Series race with a time of 1:22.46 under brilliant Colorado blue skies on a hard, fast course down Aspen?s Ruthies Run. Splawinski was second at 1:22.62, followed by U.S. Development Team member Bryna McCarty in third at 1:22.79. Following her victory, Van Ness praised the course, which was set by women?s U.S. C Team coach Jeff Pickering.
"It was an awesome course, very turny and just what I like." said Van Ness, who finished sixth in Friday?s downhill and 11th in Saturday?s downhill. "I didn?t have a very good day yesterday so I knew that I had to nail my line and really know where I was going,"
Meanwhile, McCarty, who finished third for the second-straight day wasn?t quite as pleased with the course set.
"It was OK," McCarty said. "It was a really nice course, but just a bit too turny for me. I knew that I had to make the turns on the pitch well and I go for it a little on the way down, but it was OK. I just let is run."
Rachel Roosevelt of Storrs, Conn. and Libby Ludlow of Bellevue, Wash. tied for fourth at 1:22.98.
The Chevy Truck Super Series is the U.S. portion of the FIS Nor Am Cup, one of five International Ski Federation Continental Cup series worldwide (others: Europa Cup, South America Cup, Australia/New Zealand Cup and Far East Cup). The top two overall athletes in the NorAm standings in each of the four disciplines (slalom, giant slalom, super-G and downhill) earn World Cup starting positions for the following season.
Aspen, C0, Feb. 3, 2002
Women?s Super G #1
1. Lauren Van Ness, Park City, Utah, 1:22.46
2. Sophie Splawinski, Canada, 1:22.46
3. Bryna McCarty, Concord, Vt., 1:22.98
4. Rachel Roosevelt, Storrs, Conn., 1:22.98
4. Libby Ludlow, Bellevue, Wash., 1:22.98
6. Christin Lathrop, Conway, N.H., 1:23.33
7. Keely Blair Kelleher, Gallatin Gateway, Mont., 1:23.40
8. Crystal Wright, Wilson, Wyo., 1:23.88
9. Gail Kelly, Canada, 1:24.11
10. Hillary McCloy, Bethel, Maine, 1:24.27
10. Kelly Vanderbeek, Canada, 1:24.27
12. Alexandra Munteanu, Rumania, 1:24.28
13. Christina Risler, Canada, 1:24.37
14. Sherry Lawrence, Canada, 1:24.39
15. Kristen Bybee, Wilson, Wyo., 1:24.79
Overall Standings
1. Hillary McCloy, Bethel, Maine, 240 points
2. Sophie Splawinski, Canada, 205
3. Gail Kelly, Canada, 190
4. Kelly Vanderbeek, Canada, 146
5. Courtney Calise, Littleton, N.H., 143
6. Christin Lathrop, Conway, N.H., 138
7. Resi Stiegler, Jackson, Wyo., 137
8. Christina Risler, Canada, 135
9. Jessica Kelley, Starksboro, Vt., 130
10. Jamie Kingsbury, Moretown, Vt., 118
11. Ashley Spina, Guildhall, Vt., 116
12. Alexandra Munteanu, Rumania, 115
13. Rachel Roosevelt, Storrs, Conn., 111
14. Kaylin Richardson, Edina, Minn., 88
15. Keely Blair Kelleher, Gallatin Gateway, Mont., 84
Super G Standings
1. Van Ness, 30 points
2. Sophie Splawinski, Canada, 29
3. Bryna McCarty, Concord, Vt., 28
4. Rachel Rooseveltt, Storrs, Conn., 27
4. Libby Ludlow, Bellevue, Wash., 27
6. Christin Lathrop, Conway, N.H., 25
7. Keely Blair Kelleher, Gallatin Gateway, Mont., 24
8. Crystal Wright, Wilson, Wyo., 23
9. Jessica Kelley, Starksboro, Vt., 22
10. Hillary McCloy, Bethel, Maine, 21
10. Kelly Vanderbeek, Canada, 21
12. Alexandra Munteanu, Rumania, 19
13. Christina Risler, Canada, 18
14. Sherry Lawrence, Canada, 17
15. Kristen Bybee, Wilson, Wyo., 16


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From July 1 to August 31, beside trying the itineraries of the Dolomiti Natural Wellness, it is possible to try the fitness activities of the program "Vacanza in salute" in Pinzolo, S. Antonio di Mavignola and Madonna di Campiglio, together with professional instructors.
Today experience the muscle warm up from 9.00 am to 10.00 am.
Meeting point: in front of the tennis club (Pineta Pinzolo).
The activity is free, reservation is not required, just go to the meeting point at the scheduled time.
In case of bad weather the activity will take place indoor.


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Decanter December edition Cabernet Franc
It has been misidentified, misunderstood and misused for years, but finally the 'other Cabernet' is set to take its place in the spotlight. Ian D'Agata charts its resurgence and, with three other experts, recommends 30 of the best examples from France, Italy, New Zealand and South America.
I LOVE CABERNET Franc. It's a variety long overshadowed by Cabernet Sauvignon, but the best wines are far more aromatic and perfumed than their more famous relative, displaying raspberry, blackcurrant leaf, violet and cocoa notes, and showcasing a unique sultry sweetness and velvety mouthfeel. Unfortunately, for most of the 20th century, Cabernet Franc was anything but beguiling: the wines thin, tart, green and generally unexciting.
'It took my vineyard manager six weeks to get the courage to tell me I'd bought a parcel with 80% Cabernet Franc: not exactly a hot grape in 1996!' Jonathan Maltus
Depending on the vintage, Le Dôme is made with 80% to 85% Cabernet Franc – the highest percentage of any Bordeaux wine (Château Trottevieille's Vieilles Vignes is 100% Cabernet Franc, but is not on sale to the public).
In 1990 its owner Jonathan Maltus arrived in Bordeaux in search of a new life from his petro-chemical industry days: 'The Left Bank required buying huge hectarage and was unaffordable, but 5ha on the plains of St-Emilion was doable.' But he soon realised that life as a winemaker was going to be tough with that plot. 'The garagiste movement was just revving up. A few hectares next to Château Angélus became available and I took the plunge. That parcel is now Le Dôme, but buying it meant selling a house in Chelsea!'
Believe it or not, Maltus thought he was buying mostly Merlot vines – the required grape for making a garage wine in those days. 'It took my vineyard manager six weeks to get the courage to tell me I'd bought a parcel with 80% Cabernet Franc: not exactly a hot grape in 1996!' But Maltus figured if his neighbour Angélus was planted to 55% Cab Franc, he had landed something special anyway.
He chose Gilles Pauquet as his consultant oenologist, who holds the same post at Cheval Blanc – another estate where Cab Franc is king. 'He helped us change our approach: in 2008, we moved from 100% new oak to 80%, started picking a bit earlier and taking the wine off the skins sooner. Viticulturally, we have moved to a slightly higher planting density – 8,333 vines per hectare rather than the 5,500/ha of the original vineyards.'
Le Dôme's Cabernet Franc is mainly clone 326, but Maltus is looking to perform massal selections given his very old (planted in 1961) and surprisingly healthy vines. The old vines are grafted onto a rootstock called SO4, known to be a big producer, but are cropped low (four bunches to the vine) and are perfectly adapted to Le Dôme's sandy soil and famous crasse de fer subsoil – an iron-rich stony clay. It's a magical marriage.
Please follow this link to read the full article: http://www.maltus.com/#/teyssier-chateaux-teyssier-st-emillion-grand-cru-our-press


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Jazz Joy Spring Festival 2015 already this week
Minsk hosted a Latvian-Belarusian business forum within the framework of the visit to the Republic of Belarus of the Latvian delegation headed by the Chairman of the Riga Duma Nils Usakovs. The event was organized by the Minsk branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry conjointly with the Minsk City Executive Committee, the Riga Duma, and the Embassy of the Latvian Republic in the Republic of Belarus.
Over 200 representatives of business community, state authorities, and mass media of the two countries participated in the B2B meeting, 'Rizhsky Dvorik' trade mark presentation and working meeting on tourism within the business forum.
The representatives of 100 Belarusian enterprises and organizations held negotiations with Latvian colleagues, discussed cooperation prospects and reached specific agreements in the areas of renewable energy sources implementation, development of eco-friendly waste treatment technologies, water supply, transport, construction, real estate, landscape and outdoor design, consulting and tourism.
Also famous artists from Latvia – singer Diana Pirags,saxophone player -Ivars Bajaruns, actress – Mirdza Martinsone were participating & performing at official dinner.
Hello my dear friends!
I hope that one day you will visit one of the most beautiful town in the world – Riga!
Melody for this beautiful song were composed by Artem Sarvi & me.
Lyrics were written by very famous latvian author Tatjana Bojcenko.
We both were born in Riga,we love music and we love our town!!!
El Cariño – Spainish version for song "Nezhnost" by Diana Pirags & Gipsymania
El Cariño – Latino version of the song Nezhnost.(Russian spelling: Нежность, English translation: Tenderness).
The song was composed in 1965. The music was written by Aleksandra Pakhmutova, with lyrics by Nikolay Dobronravov and Sergey Grebennikov.
Nezhnost' was performed in 1967 by Tatiana Doronina (as Nyura) in Tatiana Lioznova's film Tri topolya na Plyushchikhe (Three Poplars at Plyuschikha Street). Originally it was recorded by Maya Kristalinskaya in 1966 and was covered many times by many artists in Soviet Union and Russia, including versions made by Yuri Gulyayev, Joseph Kobzon, Tamara Sinyavskaya, Lyudmila Zykina, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Maria Codrianu, Latvian singer Olga Pīrāgs. Also, the song was recorded in 1967 by French singer Frida Boccara in Russian (Soviet album «Поёт Фрида Боккара» / Frida Boccara sings, Melodiya), in 1969 by Cuban singer Lourdes Gil and Francis Goya (as Tenderness — CD album A Tribute To Alexandra Pakhmutova, 2002). The song has been live performed in 1999 by Alla Bayanova in French, accompanied by Mikhail Pletnev.
Several Western arrangements of the tune are known under the title Tenderness. In particular, Marc Almond's version is known for his live performance at the Manege of the First Cadet Corps (Saint Petersburg) on October 1, 2008 [2] and Thomas Anders' version is known for his live performance at the Kremlin Palace on April 23, 2009.
In 2014 we are glad to announce brand new spanish – rumba flamenco version of the song "Nezhnost" written by Aleksandra Pakhmutova,with lyrics by Valentin Kalugin.
A Star fell on Vikna …
Photo: Cristine Næsvold Kveinsjø"
In november, Latvian and Norwegian have in common a "very" short daylight. Hence … they both dream to travel as soon as possible to some exotic sunny spots.
When it comes to jazz, the brazilian notes are naturally the ones nordic and baltic musicians prefer to get warmed with.
Thus, the vocalist, Diana Pirags is by education a jazz interpret, and by heart a lover of the latin jazz melodies and tempo. Stunning are her scat, improvisation, and octave amplitude.
Two years ago, when travelling to Riga, the Norwegian pianist, Thor Helge Moe discovered the Diana Pirags. Listening to her rumba flamenco version of "Girl of Ipanema", he immediately wanted her to display her vast repertoire and skills to the Norwegian audience.
Their friendship, love for music, and respective professionalism made that dream come true.
That's the way, this saturday, 16th of november 2014, 6PM, took place in the library of Rorvik the utmost dense, skillful, and … inconceivable concert .
The majestic Diana Pirags revealed for the first time to Norway, her capacity to sing a large jazz repertoire. Witty, her duet "The Lady is a tramp" with the singer Jorid Ramfjord ; emotionnal her "Stars Fell On Alabama", with the saxophonist Toralf Devik, melodious "Autumn Leaves" in french and english, with the impecaple intro of Thor Helge ; and impressively touching with "Insensitive", sang in portuguese and english.
"But how have you been able to bring her here ?" , "that was the best concert of the county, ever", are the two sentences that the 6000 islands, islets and skerries of Vikna keep on saying to Thor Helge Moe. Educated, captivated, the audience was as reactive, as attentive to such brio.
Diana's voice, TradJazz passion, and the audience fascination were that evening far too large for the walls of the library hall.
All promised each other new further concerts and collaboration, in Rorvik, Riga, Trondheim… and beyond.
Let's be patient, and hope that those jazz lovers will soon enlight our evenings, cheer up our winters, and the three other months of the year … with their so proficient generosity.


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|Display Connectors
|DisplayPort 1.2
|DisplayPort with Audio
|DVI-D Single-Link Connector
|Via included adapters
|VGA Support
|Via included adapter
|Number of Displays Supported
|Maximum DP 1.2 Resolution
|4096 x 2160 at 60Hz (directly attached)
|Maximum DVI-I DL Resolution
|2560 x 1600 at 60Hz
|Maximum DVI-I SL Resolution
|1920 x 1200 at 60Hz
|Maximum VGA Resolution
|2048 x 1536 at 85Hz
|HDCP Support
|Professional 3D Support
|Yes, via included stereo connector bracket
|Quadro Sync Compatible
|HD SDI Capture/Output Compatible
|NVIDIA GPU Direct Compatible
|Graphics APIs
|Shader Model 5.0, OpenGL 4.4, DirectX 11
|Compute APIs
|CUDA, DirectCompute, OpenCL
|NVIDIA Mosaic
|Yes (Windows 8.1, 8, 7, and Linux)
|NVIDIA 3D Vision and 3D Vision Pro
|3 Years
|PNY Part Number
Minimum System Requirements
- Microsoft Windows® 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, Linux®, or Solaris®
- PCIe x16 expansion slot
- 2GB or more of system memory, 8GB recommended
- 200MB of available disk space for full driver installation
- Blu-ray or DVD-ROM drive
- Internet connection (if preferred for driver installation)
- DisplayPort, DVI, or VGA compatible display(s)
Package Contains
- NVIDIA Quadro K5200 professional graphics board
- 6-pin auxiliary power cable
- Stereo connector bracket
- Two DisplayPort to DVI-D SL adapters
- DVI-I to VGA adapter
- Driver DVD for Windows 8.1, 8, 7, and Vista (32- and 64-bit)
- Printed QuickStart Guide
Features & Benefits
3D Graphics Architecture
- Scalable geometry architecture
- Hardware tessellation engine
- NVIDIA GigaThread engine with dual copy engines
- Shader Model 5.0 (OpenGL 4.4 and DirectX 11)
- Up to 16K x 16K texture and render processing
- Transparent multisampling and super sampling
- 16x angle independent anisotropic filtering
- 128-bit floating point performance
- 32-bit per component floating point texture filtering and blending
- 64X full scene antialiasing
- FXAA and TXAA full scene antialiasing
- Decode acceleration for MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile, H.264, MVC, VC1, DivX (version 3.11 and later), and Flash (10.1 and later)
- Dedicated H.264 encoder
- Blu-ray dual-stream hardware accelerating (supporting HD picture-in-picture playback)
- Quadro Boost automatically adjusts the GPU engine throughput to maximize application performance.
Parallel Computing Capabilities
- SMX architecture (streaming multi-processor design that delivers greater processing and efficiency)
- HyperQ (allows multiple CPU cores to simultaneously utilize a single K5200 GPU to execute independent compute kernels)
- Dynamic Parallelism (GPU dynamically spans new threads without going back to the CPU)
- API support including: CUDA C, CUDA C++, DirectCompute 5.0, OpenCL, Java, Python, and Fortran
- NVIDIA Parallel Data Cache hierarchy (configurable L1 and unified L2 caches)
- Error-Correction Code (ECC) memory
- 64KB of RAM (configurable partitioning of shared memory and L1 cache)
Advanced Display Features
- 30-bit color (10-bit per each red, green and blue channel)
- Support for any combination of four connected displays
- DisplayPort 1.2 (up to 4096 x 2160 at 60Hz and 2560 x 1600 at 120Hz)
- DVI-I Dual-Link output (up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz and 1920 x 1200 at 120Hz)
- DVI-D Dual-Link output (up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz and 1920 x 1200 at 120Hz)
- Internal 400MHz DAC DVI-I output (analog display up to 2048 x 1536 at 85Hz)
- DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 1.4, and HDCP support (HDMI requires 3rd party adapter)
- 10-bit internal display processing
- NVIDIA 3D Vision™ technology, 3D DLP, interleaved, and other 3D stereo format support
- Full OpenGL quad buffered stereo support
- Underscan/overscan compensation and hardware scaling
- Support for NVIDIA Quadro Mosaic, NVIDIA NVIEW multi-display technology, NVIDIA Enterprise Management Tools
- Support for large-scale, ultra-high resolution visualization using the NVIDIA SVS platform which includes NVIDIA Mosaic, NVIDIA Sync and NVIDIA Warp/Blend technologies
DisplayPort and HDMI Digital Audio
- Dolby Digital (AC3), DTS 5.1, multi-channel (7.1) LPCM, Dolby Digital Plus (DD+), and MPEG-2/MPEG-4 AAC
- Data rates of 44.1KHz, 48KHz, 88.2KHz, 96KHz, 176KHz, and 192KHz
- Word sizes of 16-bit, 20-bit, and 24-bit
GPU Features
NVIDIA CUDA Architecture
Parallel-computing architecture that tightly integrates advanced visualization and compute features to significantly accelerate professional workflows.
NVIDIA Scalable Geometry Engine
Dramatically improves geometry performance across a broad range of CAD, DCC and medical applications, enabling you to work interactively with models and scenes that are an order of magnitude more complex than ever before.
Large Framebuffers with Ultra-Fast Bandwidth
Large GPU memory with fast bandwidth for display of complex models and scenes, as well as computation of large datasets.
Hyper Q
Slashes CPU idle time by allowing multiple CPU cores to simultaneously utilize a single Kepler GPU, dramatically advancing programmability and efficiency.
NVIDIA Parallel DataCache™
Supports a true cache hierarchy combined with on-chip shared memory. L1 and L2 caches drive exception throughput, accelerating features such as real-time ray tracing, physics, and texture filtering.
Dynamic Parallelism
Simplifies GPU programming by allowing programmers to easily accelerate all parallel nested loops – resulting in a GPU dynamically spawning new threads on its own without going back to the CPU.
Dual Copy Engines
Enables the highest rates of parallel data processing and concurrent throughput between the GPU and host, accelerating techniques such as ray tracing, color grading and physical simulation.
Bindless Textures
Dramatically increases the number of unique textures available to shaders at run-time, enabling vastly more different materials and richer texture detail in scenes.
NVIDIA Streaming Multiprocessor
Delivers more processing performance and efficiency through this new, innovative streaming multiprocessor design that allows a greater percentage of space to be applied to processing cores versus control logic.
H.264 encoder
Dedicated H.264 encode engine that independent of 3D/compute pipeline and delivers faster than real-time performance for transcoding, video editing, and other encoding applications (requires application support).
PCI Express 2.0 Compliance
Supports data transfer rate up to 5 GT/sec per lane for an aggregate bandwidth of 16GB/sec bi-directional (32 GB/s bi-directional and 16GB/s in each direction.)
Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
Guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers, simplifying upgrading to a new Quadro solution whenever you're ready.
Ultra-Quiet Design
Silent cooling design enables lower acoustics for an ultra-quiet desktop environment.
NVIDIA GPU Boost
Maximum application performance through automatic adjustment of the GPU clock to take maximum advantage of the power and thermal headroom of the card in real-time.
Image Quality
Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA)
Up to 64X FSAA for dramatically reducing visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies," resulting in unparalled image quality and highly realistic scenes.
NVIDIA FXAA and TXAA
Reduces visible aliasing and delivers higher image quality without the performance hit by harnessing the power of the GPU's CUDA cores and new film-style AA techniques.
GPU Tessellation
Quadro Tessellation Engines automatically generate finely detailed geometry for cinematic quality environments and scenes, without sacrificing performance.
16K Texture and Render Processing
Provides the ability to texture from and render to 16K x 16K surfaces. Beneficial for applications that demand the highest resolution and quality image processing.
Display Features
NVIDIA Quadro Mosaic Technology
Enables transparent scaling of the desktop and applications across up to 16 displays from 4 GPUs from a single workstation while delivering full performance and image quality.
Multi-Display Support
All-new display engine drives up to four displays simultaneously and fully supports the next generation Display Port 1.2 standard capable of resolutions such as 3840 x 2160 at 60Hz, making it easy to deploy multiple displays across a desktop, build an expansive digital signage wall, or create a sophisticated stereoscopic 3D CAVE environment.
NVIDIA NVIEW Advanced Desktop Software
This software delivers maximum flexibility for single large display or multi-display options, providing unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience for increased productivity.
DisplayPort 1.2 Support (with Audio)
Compact and secure DisplayPort 1.2 connectors support multi-stream technology, stream cloning and ultra-high-resolution panels (up to 3840 x 2160 at 60Hz ). This enables maximum range, resolution, refresh rate, and color depth designed to support the latest display technologies.
HD SDI Capture and Output
Industry's only GPU-accelerated solution for real-time acquisition, processing, and delivery of high-resolution SDI video, across traditional and now 3D video broadcast, environments. Supports uncompressed 8-, 10-, 12-bit SDI via available Quadro SDI Capture and Quadro SDI Output cards.
Quadro Sync
Synchronizes the display and image output from one system or across a cluster of multiple systems. The Quadro Sync board manages up to 16 displays from 4 GPUs in one system, reducing the number of machines needed to power a video wall or multi-projector visualization environment, and supports image and frame synchronization between up to four GPUs when running Quadro Mosaic or independent GPUs in cluster. Quadro Sync also allows synchronization to an external timing source (also known as genlock or house sync). Quadro Sync enables advanced visualization systems to scale the resolution of the display surface with multiple projectors or displays with standard applications or applications designed for clusters.
NVIDIA 3D Vision and 3D Vision Pro
Advanced active shutter glasses that deliver crystal-clear stereoscopic 3D visualization for the most immersive experience. Infrared (3D Vision) or RF (3D Vision Pro) technology enable a range of immersive environments from your desktop workstation to collaborative work spaces. 3D Vision and 3D Vision Pro are sold separately.
OpenGL Quad Buffered Stereo Support
Provides a smooth and immersive 3D Stereo experience for professional applications.
Professional 3D Stereo Synchronization
Enables robust control of stereo effect through a dedicated three-pin mini-din connection to directly synchronize 3D stereo hardware to Quadro graphics card.
Deep Color Processing and Display
Preserve color detail and precision throughout the processing and display pipeline for smooth gradients transitions, even on high dynamic range imagery. Each color component can be processed at up to 32-bit floating point precision and displayed at up to 12-bit precision with supported DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 1.4 displays.
Software Support
NVIDIA CUDA Parallel Computing Architecture
Quadro solutions leverage general-purpose GPU computing using standard programming languages like C/C++ and Fortran, and emerging APIs such as OpenCL and Direct Compute. This broad adoption of CUDA accelerates techniques like ray tracing, video and image processing, and computation fluid dynamics.
NVIDIA GPUDirect
NVIDIA GPUDirect capability increases compute performance when data throughput or latency reduction are key considerations by allowing direct access to GPU memory by 3rd-party devices such as SDI video adapters, NICs and SSDs.
NVIDIA GPUDirect for Video
NVIDIA GPUDirect for Video technology allows 3rd party hardware to communicate directly with NVIDIA GPUs. By taking advantage of this new API the historical issues of introducing too much delay or latency are gone. With NVIDIA GPUDirect for Video, devices are fully synchronized and the CPU doesn't waste cycles copying data between device drivers.
Multi-GPU Technology
NVIDIA Multi-GPU Technology
NVIDIA Multi-GPU powered workstations combine the visualization and interactive design capability of multiple GPUs, by leveraging any combination of Quadro and Tesla GPUs to intelligently scale the performance of your application and dramatically speed up your production workflow.


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Thursday, October 4, 2012
Election 2012: A failure and a disappointment
President Obama is a failure as a president, and Gov. Romney has been a disappointing candidate.
When he took office, Mr. Obama told the press that if he couldn't cure the economic mess he inherited from President George W. Bush in four years, he wouldn't deserve a second term. I guess he didn't anticipate making the mess worse.
When he took office, the federal government owed $11 trillion to its creditors; today it owes $16 trillion. When he took office, gasoline was running about $1.85 a gallon; today it costs about $3.85 a gallon. This is price inflation that he directly caused by flooding the markets with cash, and that directly harms the middle class and the poor. Unemployment has remained north of 8 percent throughout his presidency for those still looking for a job, and about 16 percent if you count all able-bodied out-of-work adults, half of whom have stopped looking for work on his watch.
He supported radical fanatics in their takeovers of the governments of Libya and Egypt, even going so far as to help them kill Col. Gadhafi, the former Libyan strongman who was once our ally. In the process, they opened jails in Libya, and out came some of the same folks the U.S. government has been fighting against in the Middle East since 2001. Mr. Obama pushed from power Hosni Mubarak, the strongman in Cairo, and he was replaced by the head of a criminal organization that Mr. Obama's own State Department has prohibited Americans from engaging with. (Query: If the government derives its powers from the consent of the governed, how can the government help a foreign group and at the same time prohibit Americans from doing the same?)
In his lust to build a new world order in the Middle East, a goal for which he roundly criticized President George W. Bush, Mr. Obama has unilaterally, unconstitutionally and unlawfully killed Americans there. He killed Osama bin Laden when he could have captured him, and he let a mob kill our ambassador to Libya when he could have protected him — all to justify a value-free foreign policy that has no lasting friends or enemies, just fleeting interests. He has killed thousands in foreign lands in secret, using drones that will soon find their way here and come back to haunt him.
Perhaps the next month will prove me wrong on Mr. Romney, but so far he is putting the electorate to sleep. I believe him when he claims to favor free market approaches to the nation's economic ills, but I don't believe him when he rails against big government and central economic planning, because his record belies his words. He is, of course, the father of the individual mandate — a totalitarian giant leap forward for the welfare state. He has stated that if elected and re-elected, he will borrow money every year he is in office until the last.
Full article: http://www.washingto … nd-a-disappointment/


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Waves, surf, Hawaiian flowers and live music at the beach. All these factors were essential during the summer dinner of the Energy team.
We have enjoyed an unforgettable night, welcoming the good weather, surrounded by all colleagues at work, who were eager to show the most "surfer" side. We moved for a few hours to a beach party with loads of laughs, presents, emotions and –of course- a lot of fun. We have even had Californian blondes, sharks and even a Viking!
We had a lot of surprises… As for example, we started the night dancing to the rhythm of the drums! We had our own radio program called Energy Radio Surf, each of us could dedicate songs and, at the end, we were surprised by the musical talent of some of our colleagues.
A night plenty of good moments that we want to share with you all; because, we are Energy!
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We just got home from a visit to Italy. We spent two weeks in Turin, studying Italian and enjoying the good life. While there, we had the great good fortune to see the Shroud of Turin, which is only on display a few times each century.
It's an ancient relic, much studied and much disputed. Some say that it's the image of Christ, that it was wrapped around his body after he was crucified. Others say that it dates from the 12th or 13th century, and was probably from the last head of the Templars who was tortured and crucified as an example to the others. Still others say that it's a total fake.
Here's what's known: it's a piece of linen, 4.4 meters long and 1.13 meters wide. It's woven in an old manner, in a way that has been used continuously since the time of the Romans. On the cloth is the front and back image of a man who was beaten, scourged, crowned with something that pierced his scalp in many places, nailed to something through the wrists and feet in such a way that his arms were above his head, and stabbed in the side after death. His nose and eye sockets have been broken.
According to the Museum of the Shroud in Turin, this particular piece of linen has been documented continuously since around 1350. In 1453 it was given to the House of Savoy, the rulers of this part of the world. It stayed in the possession of the Savoy family until it was given to the Vatican in 1983, on condition that it remain in Turin.
What is not known is who the man in the image was. It's not known definitively when the image was made. It's not known at all HOW the image was made. It's not a photograph, it's not a painting, and no technology known today can reproduce this image exactly. The stains on the cloth are from human blood and serum, from someone with blood type AB.
Carbon 14 tests date the linen from between 1260 and 1390. The tests were done by three separate independent laboratories. Nevertheless, there are questions about the validity of those tests. Polen samples were found from plants that grow only in Palestine and Turkey.
When the face in the shroud is compared to early Christian icons painted in the 6th century, a remarkable resemblance can be seen, hinting that the image in the Shroud might have been the model for the icons. Enhanced photos of the face show an object that looks like a Roman coin dating from the 1st century on one of the closed eyes.
That's it. That's what we know, and what we don't know. The rest is speculation. And faith. I think that every single person who views the Shroud does so with faith. Some put their faith in the belief that this is the image of Christ, miraculously left on the linen between the time he was taken from the cross and the time his empty tomb was discovered.
Others put their faith in the science that says that this cloth is about 800 years old, and was produced somehow after someone was tortured and crucified in the same way as Christ. Maybe to martyr him. Maybe as a warning to others.
I like it that we don't really know, that we have to decide, to invest something of ourselves when we look at it, that we understand ourselves a little better after having seen it.
Kate McNally
Born and raised in Atlanta, with degrees from UGA and UT Knoxville, Kate never lived above the Mason-Dixon line. That is, until she moved to Belgium. She now lives in the Belgian Ardennes, near Germany and The Netherlands, in an area where three cultures clash and co-exist. She used to have a stress-filled life, living in Washington DC and working as a management consultant all over the US and Canada. About 9 years ago, Kate and her husband Dan quit their jobs and moved to Europe. Now they teach English as a second language to business people there. They went there for two or three years. They're still here. Kate loves to cook, to travel, to paint and to write. She tries to do all of those as often as she can, and she shares tales of her life there in her blog. Kate says, "My blog is called 'Serendipity'. That pretty much sums up our life here in Belgium: serene with a little 'dipity' added. You'll find here tales of our life as we sometimes struggle with other languages and other ways. You'll also find some paintings. And more than a few recipes, because I love to cook. My husband loves to eat. Perfect!" You can find her blog at http://serendipity-kate.blogspot.com/
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Canary Pox viruses can infect many species of birds, and each species of bird may have its own unique species of the pox virus
Most commonly, spread by mosquitoes and mites who transmit the virus from an infected bird to a non-infected bird. Canaries that are housed outdoors are more susceptible than those kept inside.
The virus however can also be transmitted after eating infected scabs or inhalation of aerosols.
Canaries that have survived Pox Virus can become carriers and spread the disease when introduced into a Bird Room or Aviary.
There are several distinct symptoms seen in Canaries infected with pox virus.
In the dry or skin forms of the disease, nodular or crusted areas of the non-feathered skin are seen. These lesions often occur around the face and beak and on the legs and feet. Beginning as white or yellow areas they rapidly progress to form crusts.
In the wet or throat form of pox virus, thickened plaques occur in the mouth, throat, or sinuses.
Wet and Dry lesions may occur together.
Other symptoms are weight loss, rapid breathing,listlessness, fluffed up feathers.
Canary pox may present as sudden death or the sudden onset of difficult breathing.
There is no cure for Canary Pox which is fatal about 80% of the time, however if you've kept your birds healthy and if you provide warmth, low stress, and plenty of healthy food during the illness the bird/s just might pull through.
Control of mosquitoes and mites is critical if birds are housed outdoors. Many birds will recover with treatment. Treatment of the crusts using an antibacterial solution is used if a secondary infection is present. Healthy birds can be vaccinated, although this is most typically done for birds living in a flock rather than an isolated household pet. It has been suggested that the use of a probiotic might help. Probiotics are designed to FLOOD your canary's system, with GOOD bacteria or microbes which enables your canary to get the most out of the foods he eats and helps build a strong immune system.
There is a vaccine that will prevent your canary from getting the Pox Virus
Canary Pox Vaccine, Modified Live Virus
Poximune C contains modified live canary pox virus. The vaccine is freeze-dried and is accompanied with the sterile diluent for rehydration and wing-web applicators.
Poximune C is recommended for the vaccination of canaries as an aid in the prevention of canary pox. Poximune C is administered by the wing web method to healthy, susceptible canaries at least four weeks old. The vaccine is rehydrated with the accompanying sterile diluent. Using the provided wing-web applicator, each canary receives the dose of 0.01 ml.
Published Joseph Gallea 15th July 2005


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GLS acquires Canadian parcel delivery company
The GLS Group has acquired the parcel delivery company Dicom Canada and is thus entering the Canadian market.
Dicom Canada mainly provides business-to-business parcel services, as well as freight and logistics services. The company offers high quality services across Canada, focusing on the eastern Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec – where 57 percent of the country's GDP is generated.
Focused growth
GLS acquires Dicom Canada for a total price of C$ 360 million (about €238 million). The acquisition does not include Dicom's US business. It is in line with GLS' strategy to grow through targeted and focused acquisitions to capture higher growth segments outside Europe. In the US, the GLS Group is present in eight states.
Dicom Canada operates a network of 28 depots and works with partner carriers across Canada to provide pan-Canadian logistics services. The company employs around 1,400 people directly. It will continue to be led by Rick Barnes, President, together with Dicom Canada's existing management team.


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October 28, 1999, Section E, Page 5Buy Reprints
Spain's most interesting composers, Isaac Albeniz among them, did themselves few favors, writing piano music so difficult to perform that the few who understand its sensuality are unable to play the notes; the few who play the notes can do little more. Ambidextrous in this respect is Alicia de Larrocha, who has managed to make the Albeniz-Granados repertory both deeply personal and technically complete. Claudio Arrau played ''Iberia'' to great effect earlier in his career. Arthur Rubinstein loved this music but furtively left out a lot.
Grateful as we are for Ms. de Larrocha, we have come to identify these pieces almost solely with her personality, and this being music that encourages flexibility -- a certain interpretive give -- it has always been troubling not to have other personalities gifted enough to argue their own ideas at her level of completeness and confidence.
A persuasive candidate came to Weill Recital Hall on Tuesday night, the young Spanish pianist Miguel Baselga. Mr. Baselga's almost-all-Spanish program had style, sweep and yes, the notes. Two Soler sonatas began the evening: brief, binary in form after Scarlatti and just as vivid. Most of the music was Albeniz: ''La Vega'' before intermission and three pieces from ''Iberia'' afterward. Falla's tortuously difficult ''Fantasia Betica'' was played, and at the end Mr. Baselga laid on a souped-up piano version of ''La Valse'' by Ravel, with flashy glissandos careering up and down the keyboard.
If the Falla was negotiated rather than commanded, it is a piece that need not be as hard as it is and indeed might say more were it easier. The ''Iberia'' excerpts -- ''El Puerto,'' ''Almeria'' and ''Rondena'' -- were beautifully done. The last is a monster of complication, but I can't remember its ambiguous, syncopated rhythms expressed as clearly. ''Almeria'' represents everything worthwhile in Spanish musical culture: languid, hypnotic, filled with exquisite harmonic pressure points. Mr. Baselga loves this piece as it deserves to be loved.
The Ravel did not add anything relevant to the proceedings, its main link to everything around it being difficulty. Mr. Baselga seemed to be presenting his credentials as a virtuoso when a little more of Spain would have been welcome. He does very well by his own culture. He is young, in his early 30's; he will grow, but he has credibility already. Spanish music needs voices like this.


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This nourishing tortilla or wrap substitute is high in protein and low in carbohydrates. One of these wraps makes a mean quesadilla! Recipe courtesy of Lauren Benning of healthyindulgences.net
Homemade kamaboko appetizers - Easier than you would ever think to make and so many fun variations to try.
If Prime Rib was prepared for Hawaiian Royalty, I would imagine it being prepared with Alaea Salt and mashed taro in place of mashed potatoes and perhaps a shake or two of Hawaiian chili pepper water. This is my twist on this classic dish.
Real Almond Joy bars contain two types of sugar (corn syrup and white sugar) and two different transfats (partially hydrogenated soybean oil and partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil)! Just one candy bar has a whopping 25 grams net carbs. These homemade gluten-free, low carb candy bars will boost your immune system and fuel your cells as opposed...
Although this cake is all about being over the top, I doubt a little slice of diabetic-friendly, sugar-free, gluten-free, low carb red velvet cake will ruin your diet. In fact, its actually good for you so kick up your heels and have some nourishing cake!
Even if you're not a "cheesecake person," you should definitely give this recipe a try. It takes minutes to whip up, and is diabetic friendly, sugar free and gluten free. The blueberries burst in your mouth as you bite through the silky base and nontraditional but oh-so-delicious gluten-free shortbread crust (check oats for gf label!).
I can't promise you that this diabetic friendly, low carb, sugar-free, and gluten-free version of Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake will put you into a sugar coma like the original recipe, which includes a package of storebought cake mix and a whole pound of the white stuff. It is still, however, a stick-to-your-ribs endin...
This delicious Ahi Poke Opihi recipe is prepared from green onions, ahi, opihis and Hawaiian salt.
Chocolate Lava Cake needs no introduction. It's an explosion of ooey gooey chocolate that taunts you with how sinful and decadent it is. Fortunately, you can have your diabetic friendly, sugar-free, gluten-free, low carb molten cake and eat it, too.
This recipe was graciously provided by Lauren who is a student and foodie.


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Captain Dual Time
Let us leave the ocean for a moment to explore navigation in the air. Watches equipped with the GMT function are the direct descendants of the conquest of the skies. In 1955, ZENITH presented a multi-time-zone watch intended for air pilots; this model was inspired by ZENITH'S aerial navigation instruments that had been integrated into the dashboard of cockpits since 1920. The Captain Dual Time model is equipped with a GMT hand with a different design with a blue pointer that ensures optimal readability. This hand is set using a push-piece at 10 o'clock. This mechanism makes it possible to adjust the second time zone with a simple gesture, without risking disturbing the time on the watch.


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Salmons and other fishes
Norwegian smoked salmon, 2 and 4 slices
Ref: P0424
Either he is caught in the sea or from the mouths of rivers, this high-quality wild salmon has a varied diet rich in shrimps and shellfish. It is smoked traditionally to deliver the taste of the original product and then hand sliced.
Packaging: vacuum packed
Ingredients: Salmo salar, salt
Use by: 21 days
Conservation: 0 to 4°C
Qty advised/person: 1 slice per person minimum


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The Retail Franchise: Notes and Numbers on Why It Works
They are a retail strategy that has been described by some as the single most successful retail marketing strategy there is. According to the International Franchise Association (IFA), franchising as a whole has a 92 percent success rate for business owners. For franchisees who own multiple units, the rate goes up to 97 percent. Statistics like that would seem to back up the aforementioned "single most successful marketing strategy" claim.
The IFA has also reported that franchising is responsible for 760,000 businesses, 18 million jobs, 14 percent of the private sector employment, and over $500 billion in payroll. They also reported:
n 93 percent of the franchisees say that a franchise gives them an advantage.
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This 3 bedroom home is set on a 455.2 sqm parcel of land and is situated in a peaceful cul-de-sac just minutes walk to Cardiff CBD and Cardiff Train Station. A short drive away you have the stunning foreshore of Lake Macquarie with great cafes and restaurants along the Warner's Bay Esplanade. Features of this home include:
- 455.2 sqm parcel of land
- 3 Bedrooms all with built in robes
- Kitchen includes a walk in pantry
- Main bathroom with a separate w/c
- Enclosed verandah at the rear
- Walking distance to Cardiff CBD & Cardiff Train Station
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Insulated Wine Clutch- Jaguar Safari
Fashion meets function with this smart and stylish insulated Wine Clutch. Furnished with a thermally insulated interior, it is an ideal tote for your favorite bottle of wine or lunch on-the-go. This attractive, lightweight clutch is the perfect marriage of convenience and style and comes with its very own stainless steel corkscrew. Available in 8 irresistible colors: Stripe Sassy, Black Croc, Giraffe Safari, Jaguar Safari, Black Gold, Brown Serpentes, Red Croc and Burgundy Serpentes.


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Middle School Ministry
Middle School students (7th & 8th) can grow in their faith by participating in Middle School Youth Group (MSYG) and Confirmation Classes.
Middle School Youth Group
Meets throughout the school year generally two times per month for bible study, games, fellowship and more! To access 2019-2020 MSYG calendar please click below for more information.
Confirmation Classes
Meets on Wednesdays throughout the school year during Refuel, from 6:00-7:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall.
*2019-2020 Confirmation classes begin on Wednesday, September 4th, 2019. Please register online by completing the Refuel Registration form.


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Jared, Inside Technical Sales
Jared works on technical sales as part of our inside sales team. He has been working at Automation, Inc. for just over a year and provides application and technical support to our outside sales representatives and customers as needed. Jared also assists the inside sales team with quoting and order entry.
Jared, how has your background helped you at Automation, Inc.?
"My customer service background from retail as well as my Automation and Robotics training at Hennepin Tech allows me to switch between assisting customers and applications depending on the day. My interest in electronics has also helped tackling computer related applications."
What is your favorite thing about working at Automation, Inc.?
"The wide range of customers and product line I get to work with. I enjoy getting to work with different industries and style of technologies. Some days it is vision systems others it is pneumatics, it always keeps it fresh."
What are some of your hobbies?
"I enjoy reading science fiction/fantasy, cooking, binging Netflix with my wife, cuddling my dog, and playing video games."
What is one thing people may find suprising about you?
"I was a line cook prior to going back to school. I have an English Bulldog named Pearl and a ragdoll cat named Lili, they're our babies."


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Sierra Foothills News
At our February 2017 meeting, Sierra Foothills Chapter NSDAR presented the DAR Good Citizens Award to three local high school seniors. The students were selected by their high school and nominated for the award, for their citizenship. All three young people had amazing biographies and received certificates from the DAR. The overall winner read the essay he wrote and received the DAR Good Citizens Medal. His paper was forwarded to the California State Society of the DAR for review at the next level. This was the third year we have awarded the DAR Good Citizens Award to a local high school senior. This is always a special day and an honor for the senior chosen by their schools, and for the members of our chapter, who are blessed to meet these fine young people, who have the potential to be the future leaders of our community. Preparations for the next year's DAR Good Citizens Award will begin again in the fall.
Earlier this year, Sierra Foothills Chapter NSDAR participated in the Veterans Stand Down in Oakhurst. Five chapter members and one pending member worked the booth. We handed out gently used clothing and various types of hygiene items. Twenty-two tubs of items were reduced to four tubs. We received many thanks from the veterans. We are already starting to gather items for the next Stand Down. There were about 200 veterans in attendance at this event. This was our fourth year of participation at this event.
The Veterans Memorial dedication in Ahwanee was on June 14, 2017. Nine of our Sierra Foothills Chapter members attended and two, representing our chapter, presented a patriotic wreath to help honor the many veterans from our mountain area. The day was warm but there was shade. "Thank You, Veterans" cards were passed out prior to the ceremony. The memorial dedication was very moving for all who attended.
Patriot Day was held on September 11, 2017, at the local high school. It was attended by three chapter members. Pocket Constitutions and small flags were handed out to attendees. Our chapter is involved with the high school and provides pocket Constitutions to the civics teacher for use as part of his/her curriculum.
Eight members and two pending members attended the Coarsegold Veterans Memorial Dedication on September 11, 2017. Other members attended Veterans Day events in their own communities. Our chapter is very focused on our area veterans and active duty military.


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Editor's note: In this article's body and headline, we have chosen to use both the terms "disabled people" and "people with disabilities" as a reference for people who are living with a disability. We understand that there is no universal concensus on identity-first or people-first language, and have chosen to use both as a representation of the diversity of opinions within the community.
In the criminally underrated series "Extras," Kate Winslet—playing herself—dropped this pearl of wisdom:
Sunday night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences proved Winslet right when it awarded the Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars to Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore, respectively. Redmayne played world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking in the biopic "The Theory of Everything," and Moore portrayed a woman battling early onset Alzheimer's in "Still Alice." Both actors used their acceptance speeches as an opportunity to raise awareness about the diseases their characters face.
Redmayne: "This belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS."
Moore: "I'm thrilled, actually, that we were able to hopefully shine a light on Alzheimer's disease. So many people with this disease feel isolated and marginalized, and one of the wonderful things about movies is it makes us feel seen and not alone. And people with Alzheimer's deserve to be seen so we can find a cure."
To be clear, ALS and Alzheimer's are diseases, not disabilities. But their effects on the body and brain create physical and intellectual disabilities that are recognized under US federal law.
At this point, jokes about actors playing a person with a disability to get an Oscar nod are more than just "inside baseball" Hollywood humor. They're funny because they're true. Since 1989, 14 of the 27 Best Actor winners have played a character with a disability. And since the very first Academy Awards in 1927, 16 percent of the Best Actor and Best Actress winners have won by portraying a person with a disability.
Moore's right: Movies are a great (albeit historically imperfect) way to validate the existence and experiences of people with disabilities. But there's a big difference between able-bodied actors playing a part and people with disabilities being truly visible in Hollywood.
Marlee Matlin is the only woman with a disability who has won the Academy's highest acting honor; she won Best Actress for the role of Sarah Norman in "Children of a Lesser God" in 1986. On the men's side, Oscar-winning actors Lionel Barrymore and Robert Donat had severe arthritis and asthma, respectively. While most people don't immediately associate arthritis and chronic asthma with disability—people with these conditions don't always "look the part" (pun intended)—they impacted how these actors were able to live and work: Donat's asthma limited the number of roles he could take, and Barrymore's reported complications from arthritis led him to play the role of Gramps in the 1939 film "On Borrowed Time" in a wheelchair.
The Oscar for Best Actor and Best Actress has been awarded 176 times, and it has only been given to a person with a disability three times.
Much has been made this awards season about how old, white and male Academy members are; but it's harder to get a clear picture of how many Academy members have disabilities because people would have to willingly disclose that information. What we do know is the predominantly old, white and male Academy members have very strict rules for joining their club.
According to the Academy's website, "a candidate for membership must be sponsored by two members of the branch for which the individual qualifies," and existing members can only sponsor one candidate per year. History and demographics show that Academy members are more likely to welcome newcomers who look like them; since the current crop of more than 7,000 members is fairly monolithic, it's hard to imagine people with disabilities having a place in that group any time soon.
This year, the films nominated for Academy Awards made more than $3 billion at the box office. Between the critical acclaim and the sheer mass of cash, there's obviously a demand from consumers for dynamic, interesting characters with disabilities. Shouldn't that then translate to a consumer demand for dynamic, interesting actors with disabilities playing such characters?
The television industry has done a better job of addressing this demand. Shows like "Breaking Bad," "Switched at Birth" and "Glee" have all prominently featured actors and actresses with disabilities, and they've all had successful runs.
The issue of visibility for people with disabilities doesn't require consumer activism as much as it does a corporate reality check. Obviously, moviegoers can and should still use the power of their purse to support diverse, compelling roles for all actors and actresses. But $3 billion is as strong of a show of support as I can imagine. The ball is now in Hollywood's court to respond by including more actors and actresses with disabilities in film.
On the superficial level, it could help everyone's bottom line—and that's a big deal for Hollywood film crews.
But to a person with a disability finally seeing himself or herself represented on the silver screen in a true light, the impact could be nothing short of magical—and isn't that what the movies are all about anyway?
Stephanie Levy is a writer, editor, and web producer living in the D.C. area. A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, she has covered everything from education policy to dumpster-diving for beer (seriously).


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The fact that lenders put so much weight on the appraisal process should give you more reason to do your initial research market more carefully and thoroughly – looking at comps (comparable sales) in the area is a must in any real estate transaction.


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Case of Prohibitions [1607] EWHC J23 (KB) is a historical English court decision by Sir Edward Coke. Before the Glorious Revolution of 1688, when the sovereignty of Parliament was confirmed, this case wrested supremacy from the King in favour of the courts.
King James I placed himself in the position of judge for a dispute, a "controversy of land between parties was heard by the King, and sentence given".
When the case went before Edward Coke, the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, he overturned the decision of the King, and held that cases may be tried only by those with legal training and subject to the rule of law. Coke stated that common law cases were "not to be decided by natural reason but by artificial reason and judgment of law, which law is an art which requires long study and experience":
A controversy of land between parties was heard by the King, and sentence given, which was repealed for this, that it did not belong to the common law: then the King said, that he thought the law was founded upon reason, and that he and others had reason, as well as the Judges: to which it was answered by me, that true it was, that God had endowed His Majesty with excellent science, and great endowments of nature; but His Majesty was not learned in the laws of his realm of England, and causes which concern the life, or inheritance, or goods, or fortunes of his subjects, are not to be decided by natural reason but by the artificial reason and judgment of law, which law is an act which requires long study and experience, before that a man can attain to the cognizance of it: that the law was the golden met-wand and measure to try the causes of the subjects; and which protected His Majesty in safety and peace: with which the King was greatly offended, and said, that then he should be under the law, which was treason to affirm, as he said; to which I said, that Bracton saith, quod Rex non debed esse sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege [That the King ought not to be under any man but under God and the law.].
In another report, Coke is quoted as saying all causes were "to be measured by the golden and straight met-wand of the law, and not to the incertain and crooked cord of discretion".


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Adobe Creative Suite 6 Launch
Attended Adobe Creative Suite 6 launch yesterday at The Luxe Art Museum. Adobe has joined in the "more focus" bandwagon by only having 4 suites instead of 5 (for CS5) and 6 (for CS4). Creative Suite 6 will consists of 4 suites ranging from 14 different products.
Theme For CS 6 Is: Create Now
What's New In CS6?
If I have to pick my favourite thing in CS6, it got to be the Mercury Engine. It speeds everything up so much faster. Whenever you press "Save", it does a background save, allowing you to continuing working on your PSD file.
For Mac, Adobe has dropped 32bit support for lots of product. Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Adobe Premiere Pro and SpeedGrade are now available only on 64bit for Mac. For Windows, because most government agencies has a 5-8 years timeframe before they change their computers, Adobe still has support for 32bit version of their products on the Windows platform.
4 Suites, 14 Products
2 new products to the CS6 suite and they are SpeedGrade and Prelude. Technically SpeedGrade is not a new product, it was used to be sold separately for US$30,000, but now it is being bundled as part of CS6.
Adobe SpeedGrade CS6 color grading software brings the Lumetri Deep Color Engine to your production workflow. Open the full dynamic range of your footage through a sleek new interface. A new component of Adobe Creative Suite software, SpeedGrade gives you the power to push your stories further.
Adobe Prelude CS6 software streamlines your production tasks. Ingest nearly any file-based format and begin logging immediately, creating searchable markers and other temporal metadata that flow through post-production, so you can work faster and stay organized.
4 Main Pillars Of CS6
Prices (Excluding Taxes)
CS6 Master Collection: S$3,924
- Photoshop CS6 Extended
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If you are confused with all the text and products in each suite, check out the more visually pleasant, Buying guide – Product comparison from Adobe.
As you might heard in the US and some other parts of the world, CS6 was launched with Adobe Creative Cloud, but unfortunately, Adobe Creative Cloud will not be available in Singapore yet as Adobe is still trying to figure out the business model.
Adobe Creative Cloud is the digital hub that lets you download and install every Adobe Creative Suite 6 application; access online services for file sharing, collaboration, and publishing; and benefit from new apps and features as soon as they're released – giving you the freedom to create anything you can imagine.
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The performance and workflow enhancements in Adobe Photoshop CS6, InDesign CS6 and Illustrator CS6 will result in significant time savings for print, web and mobile projects.
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- Illustrator CS6 debuts a revamped modern interface and features include a new Image Tracing Engine, Pattern Creation and Gradient Strokes. The Mercury performance system delivers speed and stability, including 64-bit support for Mac OS and Windows.
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Redesigned by and for video editors, with major performance enhancements, the tools included in Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium set a new standard in professional video.
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Every other Friday, we'll put the spotlight on a featured neighborhood to provide home sellers and home buyers information about that particular neighborhood. We hope you find this week's information on La Jolla in California helpful.
About La Jolla
La Jolla, commonly known as the "The Jewel" of San Diego, is located along the beautiful California coast. Here in La Jolla, there is an average of 263 sunny days that locals commonly spend at the beautiful beaches, on scenic hikes, at world-class golf courses, or simply enjoying the natural beauty this neighborhood offers. It is no surprise that La Jolla has been voted one of the top beach destinations in the world. La Jolla houses the famous Torrey Pines Golf Course, the Birch Aquarium, La Jolla Playhouse, and the Museum of Contemporary Art.
La Jolla's community produces a healthy and refreshing environment which makes living in La Jolla incredibly enjoyable for all its residents, young and old. La Jolla has also been ranked as one of the best places to live in California, with its: charming residential streets, unique and diverse neighborhoods, low crime rates, and five public and twelve private schools that are highly ranked. Buying a house in La Jolla will provide you with a wide variety of resources, activities, and opportunities to explore you and your family's passions.
The La Jolla area is about 9 square miles, with a population of about 34,000 with about 18,000 homes. Within La Jolla, you will find 16 eclectic neighborhoods with exquisite cottages, Craftsmen homes, Contemporary homes, Spanish homes, custom architectural homes, condominiums, and apartments.
In this community, you will find a wide variety of restaurants, shopping centers, museums, boutiques, golf courses, clubs, and a plethora of outdoor activities. Nearly year-round in La Jolla you will see families barbequing, hosting get-togethers, or attending community events such as concerts, festivals, and holiday celebrations.
La Jolla Zip Codes
La Jolla Zip Codes: 92037, 92038, 92039, 92092, 92093
The Top Neighborhoods to Buy a House in La Jolla:
- Bird Rock
- La Jolla Shores
- Village
- Beach Barber Tract
- La Jolla Heights
Reasons You'll Love Living in La Jolla:
- Great access to several highways and main roads
- Extremely diverse community
- A family-friendly community that encourages outdoor activities
- Highly ranked elementary, middle, and high schools (both public and private)
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- Downtown La Jolla (commonly known as "The Village") offers numerous restaurants, shopping, and outdoor activities.
- Downtown San Diego and the San Diego Zoo are 20 minutes away.
- The Torrey Pines Golf Course, Lodge, and Reserve are only a 15-minute drive away.
- The University of California, San Diego is less than a 15-minute drive


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My Thumb Clicks (and Hurts) When I Bend It. Could I Have Trigger Finger?
Wondering why you might experience a painful click when you bend a finger or thumb? Find the answers to questions that pique your curiosity in our series, The Short Answer. Rheumatologist Chad Deal, MD, answers this one.