I'd expected most of the 503 entries to be made from native and hybrid grape varieties accustomed to the challenging growing conditions along the East Coast, which in contrast to California, include withering humidity, intense thunderstorms, killer freezes and even hurricanes.
Virginia was no place for esteemed if relatively fragile European vitis-vinifera grape varieties such as cabernet sauvignon, sauvignon blanc and the like, Thomas Jefferson reluctantly concluded, and I bought into that history.
"Was," however, is the operative term. Today, vitis-vinifera strains are thriving throughout Virginia, with some – cabernet franc, petit verdot, viognier – doing better than others. As in California, chardonnay yields the most tonnage, but also as in California, quality is wildly inconsistent. Though extensively planted, cabernet sauvignon remains a struggle in Virginia, while pinot noir virtually can't be found.
After the competition, I lingered for a couple of days in Virginia to ask growers and vintners why they are succeeding when Jefferson failed so miserably. I kept hearing the same answers. For one, farmers now have American rootstock for grafting, in contrast to relying on French cuttings that Jefferson tried to transplant. Also, farmers have sprays to better deal with the persistent threat of mildew and mold during the summer growing season.
"He didn't have the right tools at his disposal, mostly," says Ben Jordan, winemaker at Early Mountain Vineyards just north of Charlottesville.
Growers and vintners began to take advantage of these developments mostly over the past two decades, leading to a surge in plantings and construction of wineries. Today, Virginia ranks fifth among the states in terms of vineyard acreage and number of wineries.
But despite technological and scientific developments in vineyard and cellar, winemaking in Virginia remains a study in determination and patience. Vineyards typically stretch up against dense woodlands that harbor squirrels, bears, deer, birds and other critters with an appetite for juicy grapes. Deer fences around Virginia vineyards look to be the tallest and sturdiest on the continent, and crews routinely string nets over vines as grapes near their prime ripeness.
And there's no avoiding the brutal hand that weather can deal. Name a kind of rot – noble, sour, black – and Virginia grape growers know it. Emily Pelton, winemaker for her family's Veritas Vineyard & Winery west of Charlottesville, rues the vintage of 2011, when three hurricanes soaked her vineyard. "I lost 32 tons of grapes to rot," she recalls.
And then there are cold snaps; during a fierce freeze two winters ago, winemaker Luca Paschina of Barboursville Vineyards northeast of Charlottesville lost some 20,000 young vines.
For wine enthusiasts, such wide swings in vintage echo the sort of variability in wines common to Europe but not as frequent or as extreme as in California, where consistency in quality and style are expected. Thus, the Virginia wine pilgrim is in for a treat if he is adventurous, or in for confusion and frustration if he expects a given varietal or style to be the same vintage to vintage.
Nonetheless, in my tastings in Virginia I found some varietals and styles to be consistently rewarding, despite variations from year to year. At the top of that list is petit verdot, a black grape typically used to add color and structure to Bordeaux blends. In Virginia, on the other hand, petit verdot is yielding stand-alone varietal wines fragrant, focused and quietly complex, with sturdy spines, a splash of spice and relatively relaxed tannins.
Blended wines based on Bordeaux grape varieties such as cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and merlot also were appealing for their freshness, elegance, layering and equilibrium.
The varietal wine most closely identified with Virginia is viognier, and here again the wines were spirited, pointed and fruity, their builds leaner and their acidity crisper than what commonly is found in viognier from California.
To experience Virginia wine basically requires a special trip or at least a detour from Washington, D.C. An amazing 95 percent of Virginia's wines are sold in the state, says Annette Ringwood Boyd, director of the Virginia Wine Board Marketing Office. With fall here, the forests alight with color and the harvest under way, now seems as good a time as any.


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Secret Files reveal how UN Climate Advisers 'greenwashed' for BP
Open Democracy 12/28/2022
By Lucas Amin and Ben Webster | –
( OpenDemocracy.net) – The PR firm advising the UN on climate change campaigns has been accused by US lawmakers of helping BP "greenwash" its fossil fuel investments, openDemocracy can reveal.
Exclusive: US Inquiry unearths pro-Gas PR Strategy produced by Firm "At Core of global Climate Effort"
Internal BP documents released to the US House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee and published last week show Brunswick created a strategy in 2017 or 2018 to help "reframe the conversation on gas", "protect BP's 'advantaged gas position'" and "secure support for gas as a natural low carbon fuel".
The news has sparked fresh concerns over Brunswick's work for both Big Oil and the UN, which openDemocracy revealed this month.
Duncan Meisel, executive director of the Clean Creatives campaign calling for PR companies to boycott the fossil fuel industry, told openDemocracy: "The campaigns revealed in these documents are precisely the kind of activity that the UN climate champions should be working to stop."
Anatomy of a greenwash
Lawmakers in the US have published a new report and a tranche of documents "showing how the fossil fuel industry engages in 'greenwashing' to obscure its massive long-term investments in fossil fuels".
The ongoing inquiry into the "climate disinformation crisis" by the House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee has used subpoenas to obtain and publish internal documents from BP.
These documents reveal that Brunswick partner Phil Drew masterminded Brunswick's campaign to publicly portray BP as a responsible environmental leader while the company developed its natural gas assets.
Drew now leads Brunswick's work for the UN and has become a special adviser to the "UN Climate Change High-Level Champions" and "various multilateral initiatives".
Drew did not advise the UN at the time he devised this plan for BP – but Brunswick continues to advise the oil company and would not confirm or deny whether Drew still works on BP's account.
A PowerPoint presentation prepared by Drew in 2017 outlines the campaign, and was presented to Bob Stout, BP's vice president and head of regulatory affairs, and other executives.
The aim of the multi-year campaign was to "advance and protect the role of gas – and BP – in the future of energy conversation".
Drew noted that "renewables dominate the debate on the future of energy" and stated that BP needed to "reframe the conversation on gas" because, although it was "lower carbon than coal", it was "still a fossil fuel".
The presentation advised BP to focus its message on "key national governments" in the US, UK and Germany, while also targeting think tanks, academics, and "top tier media".
Princeton University, the Financial Times and the Economist were among the "influencers on gas and methane" that Brunswick recommended targeting.
A key tactic of the campaign was to position BP as a leader in tackling leaks of methane from extraction wells, which are a potent source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Brunswick said the leaks were the "Achilles' heel" of the argument for gas, and proposed BP take a "leading role on methane" to "authenticate [its] low carbon seriousness".
The House of Representatives committee's report concluded that Brunswick was suggesting that "advocating for methane regulation" would help to "advance BP's self interest in continuing to produce and sell natural gas".
BP appeared to accept Brunswick's advice and in 2018 held an event in London to promote methane leak reductions, which enabled the company to claim it was doing "good for the environment" while developing six major gas projects.
Professors from the prestigious US university Princeton who were part-funded by BP joined the event and, later that year, the company announced it was "supporting" Princeton's work "to improve scientific understanding of methane".
BP continued to publicise its work on methane leaks and during COP27 earlier this year the company claimed its work on cutting emissions evidenced its "net zero ambition".
Climate disinformation
In a promotional video, Drew says Brunswick's work for the UN places the firm at "the very core of the global climate effort".
Critics say this is not a place Brunswick should be.
Kathy Mulvey of campaign group the Union of Concerned Scientists told openDemocracy: "The UN and UN-affiliated bodies have globally recognised authority to set the bar for ambitious climate action. They can and should work with PR firms that share that goal – and have refused to be complicit in fossil fuel industry climate disinformation.
"The UN High-Level Climate Champions should insist that, if Brunswick wants to keep working with them, it must drop fossil fuel clients."
openDemocracy previously revealed that Brunswick also works for Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company, and Harbour Energy, the biggest producer of North Sea oil and gas, alongside other fossil fuel giants.
A Brunswick spokesperson said: "The point of this campaign was to draw attention to the urgency of tackling methane emissions in 2017, as a prerequisite for natural gas playing a role in the energy transition.
"It was focused on real outcomes that set a new standard for the industry: setting the first quantified methane reduction target for a major energy company, the first deployment of continuous methane monitoring across its oil and gas projects, and partnerships with universities and NGOs to accelerate methane detection technologies. BP was recognised for its efforts to measure and reduce methane by the UN Environmental Programme."
A spokesperson for BP told openDemocracy: "We have long recognised methane emissions from the oil and gas industry as an important issue and have a track record of promoting reductions and taking action, working with others across the industry and beyond – of which that proposed campaign was part.
"We actively and transparently advocate for effective regulation of methane emissions, including the federal regulation of methane in the US
Via OpenDemocracy.net
Filed Under: Climate Crisis, Corporations, Denialism, Natural Gas, Plutocracy
Open Democracy is an independent global media platform covering world affairs, ideas and culture which seeks to challenge power and encourage democratic debate across the world. It receives some 8 million views a year. It is supported by many foundations and universities, as well as individual donations. The editor-in-chief is Mary Fitzgerald.

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MONUMENTS OF LEGEND
Discover the hidden artistic treasures behind the construction of iconic monuments. How they fit into art history and have been preserved until today. With: the Castle of Fontainebleau, the Chauvet cave, Wagner's Opera in Bayre...
ART - CULTURE New
MAYRHOFER (Philipp), COGITORE (Romain)
ARTE GEIE, SEPPIA FILM
Discover the hidden artistic treasures behind the construction of iconic monuments. How they fit into art history and have been preserved until today. With: the Castle of Fontainebleau, the Chauvet cave, Wagner's Opera in Bayreuth... and many others.
In each episode, you discover little known aspects of the greatest European monuments and the secrets behind their outstanding architecture.
Visit places that are inaccessible and parts of the building that are restricted to the public.
Architects, archeologists, artists, landscapers, curators or art restorers will guide your visit. Their insight will help you learn the intricacies of each site and the links they hold to art history.
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CITIZEN LOEWY - HOW A FRENCHMAN DESIGNED THE AMERICAN DREAM
Who was Raymond Loewy? A designer with the golden touch - such a genius that he could cross the US by air, rail, or road, stylishly seated in a plane, train, or automobile he'd designed himself!
DE MISSOLZ (JEROME)
FILMS DU TAMBOUR DE SOIE (LES)
French designer Raymond Loewy was a star when the American Way of Life was at its flamboyant capitalist peak. He styled his own destiny as a Hollywood thriller. After all, he was a tycoon, a New York celebrity. Yet by the end of his life, he'd been forgotten. He took the mystery of his iconic Coca-Cola bottle to the grave with him. The bigger they are, the harder they fall: One day, megalomania got the better of Loewy, and he came to a tragic end. Suspense, drama, twists of fate: Loewy invented the medium as the message.
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02 - CHURCHES OF LIGHT
How does light structure religious architecture, how does it help the viewer to navigate or perceive space? What does it mean for the building? Focus on : - Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene in Vézelay - Chapel of Notre Dame du ...
MAYRHOFER (Philipp)
How does light structure religious architecture, how does it help the viewer to navigate or perceive space? What does it mean for the building? Focus on : - Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene in Vézelay - Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp - Metz Gothic Cathedral
From the solar mysticism of Vézelay to Le Corbusier's contemporary version, we discover how light allowed us to conceive and build space in these three examples.
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03 - THEATRES THROUGH THE AGES
Between the popular and erudite Elizabethan theatre and the aristocratic and monumental pomp of Bayreuth: how did the architects, playwrights, authors think of the architecture of the stage, the place of the spectator, the acto...
Between the popular and erudite Elizabethan theatre and the aristocratic and monumental pomp of Bayreuth: how did the architects, playwrights, authors think of the architecture of the stage, the place of the spectator, the actor, during the course of history?
Dimensions, proportions, acoustics - two thousand years of theatre are being tested here in the Globe Theatre in London and in the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth.
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05 - FRESCO SECRETS
Painting on stone: the first artistic gesture of a human being to have survived. From the fragile traces of Lascaux to the ecstatic and dazzling visions of Michelangelo and the elegance of ancient Rome, we are offered millennia...
ARTE GEIE, SEPPIA FILM, HISTOIRE
Painting on stone: the first artistic gesture of a human being to have survived. From the fragile traces of Lascaux to the ecstatic and dazzling visions of Michelangelo and the elegance of ancient Rome, we are offered millennia of technology and artistic sensibility.
The Villa Poppaea of Oplontis - The Pauline Chapel in the Vatican City
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MARVELS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
The Mediterranean is home to the world's highest number of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Its stunning wealth means that veritable gems get left in the shade – the forgotten treasures of the Mediterranean.
AUFFRET (JEROME-CECIL)
BONS CLIENTS (LES), ARTE FRANCE, ASSOCIATION DES MUSEES DE LA MEDITERRANEE
Each film is like a fantastic story that takes viewers on a tremendous journey to discover a forgotten treasure, country, history, know-how of men and women.
The NATIONAL MUSEUM OF UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY OF CARTAGENA is already available in English!
Episode 7: THE ISRAEL MUSEUM (JERUSALEM)
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Placing the art of design in its sociological and technological context, the DESIGN collection tells the story of the 20th century through the industrial objects that have made their mark on it. The objects reflect their time, ...
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Placing the art of design in its sociological and technological context, the DESIGN collection tells the story of the 20th century through the industrial objects that have made their mark on it. The objects reflect their time, while at the same time anticipating the future.
Just like a piece of art, an industrial object is a mirror of its era, though in a more direct and explicit manner than a painting or a sculpture. The industrial object obeys two fundamental criteria: It needs to be functional, perform its task in daily life - and after all must be sold. Therefore, it has to be technically innovative and esthetically pleasant.
The series, rather than explaining last century's objects, uses them to zoom on different periods. Which invites the audience not so much on a tour through museums, but on a journey in time. Archive images illustrate the political, social and cultural situation of a defined chapter from our past, via film extracts, cultural presentations, popular music etc. The history of the object itself, its conception, creators, fabrication and a contemporary frame story join in to build a bridge between the past and the present.
2004 : International Festival of Art Film, Montreal - Best "essai" of the Emile-Nelligan Foundation for the AKARI LAMPS.
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The most remarkable achievements in modern architecture, from the works that heralded the birth of the modern style at the end of the 19th century to the latest designs by today's top architects.
ARTE FRANCE, FILMS D'ICI (LES), CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, MUSEE D'ORSAY, DIRECTION DE L'ARCHITECTURE
An ongoing series of films devoted to the most remarkable achievements in modern architecture, from the works that heralded the birth of the modern style at the end of the 19th century to the latest designs by today's top architects. Each film examines the structure of the building, the architectural techniques as well as its cultural and historical influences. By examining a key building in detail the series brings light to its rôle in the evolution of architecture.
2002 : Festival International Du Film Sur L'Art FIFA - Prix Du Meilleur Film Educatif Du Ministère des Affaires Municipales et de la Métropole for The Johnson Building. 2001 : Rencontres Internationales Du Patrimoine Architectural MIPA, Prix de la Meilleure Réalisation for The Siza School. 2000 : Festival Du Film Ferroviaire - Cinérail de Bronze for Lyon Satolas-TGV.
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AN OPERA FOR AN EMPIRE
Famous for its ghost, the Garnier Opera House is above all the product of a titanic building site and the window of a time, the Second Empire. From 1852 to 1870, eighteen years of flamboyance made Paris the capital of modernity...
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Famous for its ghost, the Garnier Opera House is above all the product of a titanic building site and the window of a time, the Second Empire. From 1852 to 1870, eighteen years of flamboyance made Paris the capital of modernity and the seat of "the civilization of opera".
This 90-minute documentary aims to tell the story of the great Paris construction of the Garnier Opera House, which lasted 14 years (from 1861 to 1875). While plunging into the backstage, its wheels and its legends, it will explain the special place it occupied in what Nietzsche called the "civilization of opera", the golden age of the bourgeoisie based on the appearance and the spectacular, which was then put in place. By the admission of Charles Garnier, the Opera as a whole was to serve as stage for the new elite of the time. From the story of its construction and architectural details, we will open windows on historical, social, political and artistic themes that will be treated to the image by paintings, period photos, film clips, animations in 3D and historical evocations (fiction). We will also call on specialized speakers on these different themes. Interviewed in studio and in situ, they will guide us, step by step, in this building still alive and full of anecdotes. Throughout the story, we will also follow the myth of the ghost, invented from scratch by the novelist Gaston Leroux, and so well integrated into the monument that it remains today THE symbol and an important key to understanding. Finally, music and ballet will be present in this film, in the form of musical excerpts and lyrical performances.
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FUTURE BY STARCK
A fascinating journey into the future with designer Philippe Starck, to meet visionaries who imagine and are inventing the world of tomorrow.
LEIBLANG (GAEL)
ARTE FRANCE, ELEPHANT DOC
Yet Man and our world, as we know them today, are only half way through their history, given that it will be another four billion years before the sun is extinguished. So what does our future hold in store? What will Man be like in the future? What state will the planet be in, twenty years from now?
Using concrete present-day experiences, French creator and designer Philippe Starck makes projections for the future, as he heads towards more distant visions. He depicts an outline of the world of tomorrow, taking us on an original planetary journey to meet visionaries - those who, like Starck himself, know man must mutate.
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EIFFEL TOWER: A BUILDING WONDER
For the Eiffel Tower's 130th birthday, this film recounts the incredible epic of its construction. It was erected in record time at the end of the 19th century – it was the largest and craziest building ever built at the time. ...
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For the Eiffel Tower's 130th birthday, this film recounts the incredible epic of its construction. It was erected in record time at the end of the 19th century – it was the largest and craziest building ever built at the time. Delve into the Eiffel Tower's breathtaking history, from its construction to the present day – thanks to spectacular images and an original 3D vision that retraces the main stages of its construction step by step.
Pascal Ory has dedicated his life to the Eiffel Tower. This historian has spent several decades understanding and deciphering the construction of the iconic tower. Two years ago he embarked on an incredible project: with one of the greatest specialists in 3D animation, he has been recreating the erection of the Iron Lady in moving images – step by step. The history of its construction has been anything but an easy task. Gustave Eiffel, its brilliant inventor, had numerous and powerful opponents. But against the odds, the first foundation holes were dug in 1887. In just two years, what was certainly one of humankind's most beautiful creations had been completed. Its inauguration took place during the 1889 Universal Exhibition.
Gustave Eiffel then fought tooth and nail to save it, because it was to be destroyed after twenty years! Discover the amazing tale behind the emblematic monument. We will also discover the Eiffel Tower of today – the French symbol that attracts nearly 10 million visitors each year.
We will witness its stripping to find the Tower's original color pigment – it has been repainted every seven years since its construction, in accordance with Gustave Eiffel's wishes.
And enjoy a grandiose privilege: we will be behind the scenes alongside the lovers of the Tower for the preparation of a fabulous show for its 130th anniversary. This 52-minute film is a great opportunity to admire the beautiful Iron Lady in a way you have never seen it before.
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VILLA MEDICI, 350 YEARS OF LOVE FOR THE ARTS
Balthus, Fragonard or Berlioz stayed there. Up until now, little has been said about the Villa Medici, but the veil is lifting. The Villa, which houses the French Academy in Rome founded 350 years ago, reveals its history along...
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Balthus, Fragonard or Berlioz stayed there. Up until now, little has been said about the Villa Medici, but the veil is lifting. The Villa, which houses the French Academy in Rome founded 350 years ago, reveals its history alongside that of its residents.
Our guides are art historians, restorers, current and former residents, and directors and curators. The documentary takes a unique plunge into the intimate history of the place that is admired by many and criticized by some, but considered universally to be a "Dolce Villa".
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Sony hasn't officially revealed if or when some of its newer flagship smartphones, including the Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra, will get the latest Android 4.4 KitKat operating system. However, new rumors suggest that both of the aforementioned devices will skip Android 4.3 Jelly Bean entirely.
According to SonyViet.vn, the Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra will "leapfrog" from Android 4.2.2 to Android 4.4 KitKat. Meanwhile, Sony's other devices, including the Xperia Z, Xperia ZR and Xperia ZL, will move to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. While some manufacturers, such as HTC, have provided time-frames as to when to expect the updates, Sony has so far been mum on a release date.
On Nov. 1, however, Sony tweeted that it's excited for KitKat and that it will provide news on Android 4.3 and Android 4.4 KitKat in the coming week. We're closing in on a full week since Nov. 1, so we should hear some sort of confirmation soon.


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Chad, globally known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country located in the north-central region of Africa. By virtue of its size, Chad is the fifth largest country in Africa. Chad is bordered by Libya in the north, the Central African Republic in the south, Sudan in the east, has Niger in the ..
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Manipur filmmaker to return Padma Shri in protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill
Renowned Filmmaker from Manipur Aribam Syam Sharma has decided to return his 2006 Padma Shri award in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016. Why the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 has become controversial? The citizenship amendment bill 2016 aims to amend the Citizenship Act of 1955. The controversial features of the bill are The bill ..
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Lucknow Pact of 1916
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A New Direction For Heavy Vehicles
Within the next four weeks, all heavy vehicles weighing more than 26 tonnes will be required to bypass the designated three River Torrens bridges within the City of Adelaide.
City of Adelaide has confirmed these vehicles will need to use the City Ring Route following discussions with specialist engineers, the National Heavy Vehicles Regulator, and Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure.
Director Place Klinton Devenish said the move was about maximising the life of all the bridges that the City of Adelaide owns and maintains.
"All of the city's bridges require proactive management and carefully calculated weight restrictions to ensure they are maintained and function well into the future," said Mr Devenish.
Mr Devenish said the restriction would also have the added benefit of shortening travel times for all other vehicles travelling through King William Road between the CBD and North Adelaide.
North Adelaide residents will also benefit from a significant reduction in through-traffic.
"From a traffic movement and safety perspective, it is preferred that heavy vehicles no longer use King William Street and O'Connell Street as a 'through route' when the bypass route is available.
"The city ring route provides the best overall balance in maximising the design life of the bridges, improving road safety and minimising the impact of very heavy vehicles on transport infrastructure.
"However, at a time when many important projects in the city are underway including our own, it's important to note that heavy vehicles can still access all construction and demolition sites in the CBD and North Adelaide."
This is not a unique occurrence with permanent bypass routes previously put in place in Port Adelaide and Murray Bridge.
The city's three bridges are Albert Bridge on Frome Road which is over 140 years old, Adelaide Bridge on King William Road, nearing 100 years of age, and Victoria Bridge on Morphett Street which is now over 50 years old. The Albert Bridge and Adelaide Bridge are heritage-listed.
The National Heavy Vehicles Regulator will continue to work with City of Adelaide to ensure operators comply with the new restriction.
Large buses, fire appliances and other emergency vehicles can continue to cross the city's bridges.
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OCT 10, 2018 | Announcing the 2018 Nominees!
Congratulations to all 85 Nominees!
The Global Fine Art Awards (GFAA) celebrates art and culture by honoring this year's 85 Nominees and crowning the 15 Award Winners today.
The 4th Annual GFAA Award Ceremony was held on March 8, 2018 at the historic 583 Park Ave, preceded by a series of educational panels in the morning and a hosted after-party where guests danced the night away at the National Arts Club.
The ceremony was presided over by the GFAA Advisory Board and Judges – Founder and President, Judy Holm; Advisory Board Chair Lawrence Shindell; and Honorary Chair Hedva Ser, Paris-based UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and Special Envoy for cultural diplomacy, promoting cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and a culture of peace through art. The master of ceremonies was Peter Trippi, member of the GFAA Executive Committee, and Judge Emeritus. Trippi is editor-in-chief of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine.
GFAA Judges selected 13 Winners – one in each of the following award categories: Contemporary and Post-War- solo artist; Contemporary and Post-War- group or theme; Impressionist and Modern- solo artist; Impressionist and Modern- group or theme; Renaissance, Baroque, Old Masters and Dynasties- solo artist; Renaissance, Baroque, Old Masters and Dynasties- group or theme; Ancient Art; Photography; Design; Fringe; Public Art, and the new awards that premiered – Global Planet and Global Humanity. Youniversal, and YOU-2 are the two final awards, are given to the most popular nominees, and are selected by public voting on the GFAA website and social media.
The GFAA program highlights the link between artists and their creations, the galleries that represent them, curated shows from the gallery, public art and museum worlds. Eleven galleries exhibiting at the Armory Show, a cultural collaborator of GFAA, represented more than fifteen 2017 GFAA Nominees including: Yayoi Kusama, Kerry James Marshall, Andy Goldsworthy, Jaume Plensa, Ana Mendieta, Wifredo Lam, Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso, Irving Penn, Ai Weiwei and William Eggleston.
The events were attended by over 200 guests, including fifty VIPs, representing more than thirty Nominees included Shirin Neshat, Winner of the premier Global Humanity Award, accompanied by her family and Miciah Hussey and Caroline Luce, representatives from the Gladstone Gallery; Galerie Lelong & Co. Director Mary Sabbatino, proxy for three nominated artists represented by the gallery – Winner Andy Goldsworthy for the first Global Planet Award; past GFAA Winner for Public Art (2015) and 2017 Global Humanity Award Nominee Jaume Plensa, and the late Ana Mendieta, also nominated for Global Humanity for her lifetime of work. Sabbatino was accompanied by Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, niece and film archivist of Ana Mendieta.
Melissa Chiu, director of the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, accepted the Award for Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors.
Slater B. Bradley, Nominated for Best Public Art Award for his Venice Biennale collateral installation Slater B. Bradley: Sundoor at World's End, attended with Chloe Sevigny. Bradley has been featured in solo exhibitions at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York (2000), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York (2005), among many others.
Farideh Lashai: When I Count, There Are Only You… But When I Look, There Is Only a Shadow, from the Museo Nacional Del Prado, in collaboration with the British Museum, received Honorable Mention for GFAA's Fringe Award. Traveling from Madrid to receive the Award, was curator Ana Martínez de Aguilar. The late artist's daughter, Maneli Keykavoussi, head of the Farideh Lashai Foundation, Edward Tyler Nahem gallerists Paloma Martin Llopis and Gallerist Leila Heller were also in attendance, honoring Lashai's last work.
Additional Nominees at the event included Museum Director and curator Erlend Hoyersten and curator Jacob Vengberg Sevel, Winners of Best Public Art Award for the Triennial THE GARDEN – End of Times; Beginning of Times, at ARos Aarhus Kunstmuseum; The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Winners Dr. Maxwell (Mike) K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Chairman of Asian Art, and Dr. Jason Sun, Brooke Russell Astor Curator of Chinese Art- for Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C-A.D 220) ; Getty Museum Winners, Co-Curators Dr. Kristen Collins and Dr. Kenneth Lapatin for their exhibition Remembering Antiquity: The Ancient World through Medieval Eyes ; April Moorhouse, Head of Membership & Programmes, Royal Academy America accepted two awards on behalf of the Museum – Revolution: Russian Art 1917-1932 and Abstract Expressionism.
Many other Nominees and Award Winners attended the ceremony including Lisa Ziviello, Director of Marketing from the International Center of Photography (ICP), whose Perpetual Revolution: The Image and Social Change exhibition won for Best Photography Award; Asia Society's Shayne Doty, Managing Director for Philanthropy, Nominated for Secrets of the Sea: A Tang Shipwreck and Early Trade in Asia; Winner Dr. Catherine Whistler, Curator from the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University for Raphael: The Drawings; Diane Tuft, Nominated photographer for the show Arctic Melt, with gallerists from Marlborough Gallery in New York; Tamara Chalabi and Paolo Columbo, Ruya Foundation's Directors and Co-Curators of the Iraq Pavilion from the Venice Biennale which was a Finalist for the Best Public Art Award; London-based Global Humanity Nominee Baiqu Gonkar, Director and Curator of Art Represent, who was also a Panelist earlier in the morning.
Kris Callens, Director of the Fries Museum (Netherlands), which organized the Lawrence Alma-Tadema exhibition seen at three museums across Europe- which received Honorable Mention for the Youniversal Award, and Winner of YOU-2, the two public Awards. Amalia Cosmetatou, Executive Director and Director of Cultural Affairs and Roberta Casagrande-Kim, Assistant Manager of Exhibitions and Publications of the Onassis Foundation USA, representing nominated exhibition A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC – 200 AD , were honored by the presence of a number of colleagues. Their exhibition was crowned the Youniversal Award winner, after receiving the highest number of votes in the four-year history of the Award.
Susie Guzman, Director at Hauser & Wirth for Nominees Philip Guston, Lygia Pape and Hans Arp, and representatives from David Zwirner and Levy Gorvy also attended in support of their artists.
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Q: How to get predictions from multiple fitted models I have a data frame with calibration curves for multiple samples (signal s as a function of concentration c):
cal <- data.frame(sample = c(rep("A", 8), rep("B", 8), rep("C", 8)),
                  c_std = rep(c(0, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200), 3),
                  s_std = c(40341, 24196, 13403,  6956,  3000,  1507, 312, 12,
                            40261, 24250, 13537,  6977,  2940,  1465, 304, 12,
                            40075, 24469, 13696,  7060,  2972,  1487, 307, 12))

Additionally, I have a dataframe with observations made on the same samples:
obs <- data.frame(sample = c("A", "B", "C"),
                  s_sample = c(1364, 4726, 521))

First, I fit models for each calibration curve using drm from the library drc.
model <- function(df) drc::drm(c_std ~ s_std, fct = LL2.3(), data = df)

library(dplyr)

cal_models <- cal %>%
  group_by(sample) %>%
  nest() %>%
  mutate(model = map(data, model)) %>%
  unnest(sample) %>%
  distinct(sample, model)

From the obtained models I want to get predictions for the observations I made on my samples. This is where I'm stuck. My idea was to merge the two objects containing the models and the observations by the sample ID and then apply predict from the stats package in a similar way as I used to fit the models with map. I don't know how to do this, though. This is how I merge the data frames:
dat <- merge(cal_models, obs)

And this is my approach to get predictions from the models, just that I would like to do this in one step for all samples:
cal_A <- subset(cal, sample == "A")
model_A <- drc::drm(c_std ~ s_std, data = cal_A, fct = LL2.3()
predicted <- stats::predict(model_A, data.frame(obs$s_sample[1]))
predicted

A: cal <- data.frame(sample = c(rep("A", 8), rep("B", 8), rep("C", 8)),
                  c_std = rep(c(0, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200), 3),
                  s_std = c(40341, 24196, 13403,  6956,  3000,  1507, 312, 12,
                            40261, 24250, 13537,  6977,  2940,  1465, 304, 12,
                            40075, 24469, 13696,  7060,  2972,  1487, 307, 12))
obs <- data.frame(sample = c("A", "B", "C"),
                  s_std = c(1364, 4726, 521))
library(purrr)
library(dplyr)
#>
#> Attaching package: 'dplyr'
#> The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
#>
#>     filter, lag
#> The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
#>
#>     intersect, setdiff, setequal, union
library(tidyr)
setNames(predict(drc::drm(c_std ~ s_std, fct = drc::LL2.3(), data = cal), obs), obs$sample)
#>        A        B        C
#> 44.78515 18.20520 79.81111
cal %>%
    group_by(sample) %>%
    nest() %>%
    mutate(
        model = map(data, ~drc::drm(c_std ~ s_std, fct = drc::LL2.3(), data = .x)),
        pred = map2(model, sample, ~predict(.x, filter(obs, sample == .y)))
    ) %>%
    unnest(pred)
#> # A tibble: 3 x 4
#> # Groups:   sample [3]
#>   sample data             model   pred
#>   <chr>  <list>           <list> <dbl>
#> 1 A      <tibble [8 x 2]> <drc>   45.1
#> 2 B      <tibble [8 x 2]> <drc>   18.1
#> 3 C      <tibble [8 x 2]> <drc>   79.8

Created on 2022-03-07 by the reprex package (v2.0.0)

A: It's probably easiest to make a list of models using your calibration data like this:
models <- by( cal , INDICES = cal$sample , FUN = model )

Then mapplying predict over your obs data as follows:
mapply( FUN = function(x, y) { predict(models[[x]], data.frame(y)) },
   x=obs$sample ,
   y=obs$s_sample)

A.Prediction B.Prediction C.Prediction
    45.09688     18.07154     79.75994

If instead you want to add this to the existing data frame:
cbind(obs, prediction=mapply( FUN = function(x, y) { predict(models[[x]], data.frame(y)) },
        x=obs$sample ,
        y=obs$s_sample))

             sample s_sample prediction
A.Prediction      A     1364   45.09688
B.Prediction      B     4726   18.07154
C.Prediction      C      521   79.75994

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You need to reduce your L&D budget without compromising employee engagement. Rewards and game mechanics may be your best bet. In this article, I'll highlight 9 unexpected benefits of compliance online training gamification.
You've probably already read about how gamification surges in popularity and how countless organizations are now using it in their L&D programs. However, you're still undecided about whether it's the right approach for your compliance online training course. After all, you're working with limited resources and tight deadlines. Plus, you don't want to diminish the value of your online training by putting entertainment above education. Here are 9 convincing reasons why you should gamify compliance online training.
Gamification isn't just about incentives. In fact, it gives you the ability to incorporate more organic feedback into your compliance online training. Employees receive immediate feedback regarding their performance so that they quickly identify gaps. For example, they don't receive the maximum number of points for the online training module, but the system automatically tells them why and what they can do to improve.
Mistakes can be valuable teachers, and gamification allows employees to make errors minus the risks. For example, an employee is working toward their health and safety training badge. However, they don't receive a passing grade during the final simulation assessment. The system highlights skills or knowledge gaps they need to fill in order to earn the coveted badge, as well as a list of online training resources that can help them explore a related subject matter on their own.
Employees who rise to the top get recognition in the form of gamification rewards. For instance, they get the number one spot on the leaderboard or collect more badges than their co-workers. This prompts them to do even better to maintain the momentum and stay in the spotlight. Thus, they are more likely to continue building vital skills and compliance knowledge moving forward. Giving credit where credit is due goes a long way in mandatory online training.
Gamification doesn't simply reward the top performers. It also gives underperformers the incentive they need to raise the bar. They see that others are one-upping them, which prompts them to do better and achieve their true potential. For example, an employee who typically lacks motivation and drive ends up on the bottom of the leaderboard. They may not be publicly judged by their peers, but they're likely to be disappointed in their own performance. This triggers them to participate more actively and access the microlearning online training library more frequently.
Emotions aren't usually synonymous with compliance online training. However, you still need to foster that emotional connection to achieve the desired results. Gamification encourages employees to invest themselves in the online training process. They feel more driven to succeed in order to be rewarded for their efforts. Instead of merely watching videos or reading case studies, employees actively engage with the online training content.
An effective gamification compliance online training strategy is based on positive reinforcement. The incentives and mechanics align with the learning objectives and desired behaviors. As such, you should gamify compliance online training to emphasize the real world benefits. For example, to make it to the next level an employee must demonstrate their knowledge in a practical context. For example, they must deal with a customer according to company policy during an online training simulation. This enables them to see how their knowledge base not only helps them move to the next level but also ties into real world applications.
Gamification provides immediate feedback to employees, which allows them to identify areas for improvement. But it also helps you identify strengths and weaknesses regarding your compliance online training strategy. This comes in the form of gamification Big Data obtained through built-in reports and analytics. For instance, a low percentage of employees receive their company dress code badge, which indicates that the related online training modules and resources may need some work. Likewise, if a high percentage of employees are breezing through the level-based safety gear course, you may need to up the ante by integrating more challenging online training activities.
Everybody gets something out of a gamified online training course. Employees with different learning preferences can access online training activities and resources that cater to their needs. Likewise, corporate learners get to choose which rewards they'd like to strive for and how they'll acquire the information. To accomplish this, you must implement a personalized gamification strategy that is flexible. As an example, employees who are more competitive and crave public recognition can participate in leaderboards, while those who are more introverted have the option to earn badges or points instead.
Investing more money to gamify compliance online training may not seem cost-effective. However, gamification gives you the ability to improve your ROI and retain your top talent. Employees are more satisfied with their online training because it acknowledges their accomplishments. It also motivates them to delve into the process and get the full benefit rather than sitting on the sidelines. All this reduces the risk of compliance violations and helps prepare your employees for every eventuality. Thereby, getting you a better return on your compliance L&D investment.
As you can see, there are a variety of gamification benefits that can improve your bottom line and increase employee satisfaction. But you need the right tools for the job in order to achieve the best results. Namely, eLearning authoring software and an LMS that features gamification support. A training needs analysis is also essential to determine how rewards can reinforce behaviors and help bridge gaps.
Usage of Gamification for corporate training, particularly for serious learning that is meeting specific learning outcomes, is more than a buzz today. Download the free eBook How Gamification Is Reshaping Corporate Training – Featuring 10 examples to learn how you can use gamification to engage your employees and boost performance, the impact of gamification vis-à-vis traditional eLearning strategies, as well as examples that show the evolution or maturity of usage of Gamification for corporate training.


GST is a single tax on the supply of goods and services, right from the manufacturer to the consumer. Credits of input taxes paid at each stage will be available in the subsequent stage of value addition, which makes GST essentially a tax only on value addition at each stage. The final consumer will thus bear only the GST charged by the last dealer in the supply chain, with setoff benefits at all the previous stages.
Removal of cascading: A system of seamless taxcredits throughout the valuechain, and across boundaries of States, would ensure that there is minimal cascading of taxes. This would reduce hidden costs of doing business.
Gain to manufacturers and exporters: The subsuming of major Central and State taxes in GST, complete and comprehensive setoff of input goods and services and phasing out of Central Sales Tax (CST) would reduce the cost of locally manufactured goods and services. This will increase the competitiveness of Indian goods and services in the international market and give boost to Indian exports. The uniformity in tax rates and procedures across the country will also go a long way in reducing the compliance cost.
Simple and easy to administer: Multiple indirect taxes at the Central and State levels are being replaced by GST. Backed with a robust endtoend IT system, GST would be simpler and easier to administer than all other indirect taxes of the Centre and State levied so far.
Better controls on leakage: GST will result in better tax compliance due to a robust IT infrastructure. Due to the seamless transfer of input tax credit from one stage to another in the chain of value addition, there is an inbuilt mechanism in the design of GST that would incentivize tax compliance by traders.
A proposal to introduce a National level Goods and Services Tax (GST) by April 1, 2010 was first mooted in the Budget Speech for the financial year 200607.
The 115th Constitutional (Amendment) Bill, 2011, for the introduction of GST introduced in the Lok Sabha inMarch 2011 lapsed with the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha.
Answer: Cross utilization of credit of CGST between goods and services would be allowed. Similarly, the facility of cross utilization of credit will be available in case of SGST. However, the cross utilization of CGST and SGST would not be allowed except in the case of interState supply of goods and services under the IGST model which is explained in answer to the next question.
Question 8. How will be InterState Transactions of Goods and Services be taxed under GST in terms of IGST method?
Answer: In case of interState transactions, the Centre would levy and collect the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) on all interState supplies of goods and services under Article 269A (1) of the Constitution. The IGST would roughly be equal to CGST plus SGST. The IGST mechanism has been designed to ensure seamless flow of input tax credit from one State to another. The interState seller would pay IGST on the sale of his goods to the Central Government after adjusting credit of IGST, CGST and SGST on his purchases (in that order). The exporting State will transfer to the Centre the credit of SGST used in payment of IGST. The importing dealer will claim credit of IGST while discharging his output tax liability (both CGST and SGST) in his own State. The Centre will transfer to the importing State the credit of IGST used in payment of SGST.Since GST is a destinationbased tax, all SGST on the final product will ordinarily accrue to the consuming State.
A diagrammatic representation of the working of the IGST model for interState transactions is shown in Figure 2 below.
Answer: For the implementation of GST in the country, the Central and State Governments have jointly registered Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) as a notforprofit, nonGovernment Company to provide shared IT infrastructure and services to Central and State Governments, tax payers and other stakeholders. The key objectives of GSTN are to provide a standard and uniform interface to the taxpayers, and shared infrastructure and services to Central and State/UT governments.
GSTN is working on developing a stateoftheart comprehensive IT infrastructure including the common GST portal providing frontend services of registration, returns and payments to all taxpayers, as well as the backend IT modules for certain States that include processing of returns, registrations, audits, assessments, appeals, etc. All States, accounting authorities, RBI and banks, are also preparing their IT infrastructure for the administration of GST.
There would no manual filing of returns. All taxes can also be paid online. All mismatched returns would be autogenerated, and there would be no need for manual interventions. Most returns would be selfassessed.


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So, I won the Kleban.
About a month ago, I was picking up stuff for salad at the co-op for our family Chanukah party when I got a call from Elliot Brown, the legendary lawyer. Naturally I was nervous. I went to the front of the store where there's reception - he had Richard Maltby, Jr. on the phone - and Richard told me that I had won the Kleban Prize for Most Promising Librettist for 2016. To say that I was gobsmacked is an understatement. I had to lean against the microbrews to stay standing. The Kleban has the best application of all awards - you send them your work and that's it - no essays, no interviews, no multiple rounds - you either get it or you don't. So I had mostly put it out of my mind, thinking that there was no way it was going to me.
But this year, it did. So I bought my lettuce, went home and made latkes.
I was already so proud of what UNKNOWN SOLDIER has become - but this is icing on an already tasty cake and pushes me to continue doing what I've already been loving doing - writing musicals, currently with Dawn Landes on ROW, a NY Voices commission from Joe's Pub and The Public Theater (and one more very exciting project to be announced soon.)
Bookwriting is the most collaborative of theatrical sports - and I have so many people to thank.
Obviously, my wife, Melissa Lee and my daughter Gracie for supporting me, while I did all the workshops and readings and the production this summer. Every bit of all of it is for you two.
Nicholas Martin, may he (eat potato chips) in peace - who asked Michael and me to write something, while he was at the Huntington Theater Company - and gave some money to do it - a Calderwood Commission - and more importantly, a deadline - simply because he believed in us as young artists.
Every actor who ever did a reading of the show - and there have been a LOT of readings. (I was never sad for a reading - every time we work on the show it gets better - always seems like there's more to work on - more to explore and change and mess with). So many questions or thoughts that actors have had have led to big and small changes in the show and really amazing revelations. So I thank you - especially my pal (and housemate and badminton partner this summer) Erik Lochtefeld.
Laura Eason and Allison Horsley - who served as Director and Dramaturg when we worked on the show under Paulette Haupt at The National Musical Theater Conference at The O'Neill, and whose insights shaped the show immensely.
Mandy Greenfield and Annie MacRae - who found the show, fell in love with it, and championed it first at MTC and then Mandy who did the incredible thing of saying she was going to program it her first year at Williamstown and then actually did. And Elliott Masie and Hunter Arnold for supporting that production.
Trip Cullman - who has been our not so secret weapon for the past few years - and has brought is razor sharp eye to the play, and taught me things about writing (and directing) that I'm forever grateful for.
Most of all, Michael Friedman, who is my partner in all ways on this play, and without whom, there simply wouldn't be a musical. His incredible intelligence, sense of humor, style and wit, mixed with a passion for the material and a loathing of the inauthentic has shaped every word of UNKNOWN SOLDIER, and I am so truly grateful to him for everything.
Check out the photos from Trip's stunning production on the main page of the website.
Unknown Soldier - Williamstown Theater Festival 2015
It is with enormous pride and a little bit of genuine terror that I announce that my musical, UNKNOWN SOLDIER will be produced at The Williamstown Theater Festival during the summer of 2015.
I wrote this musical with the remarkable Michael Friedman and it will be directed by Trip Cullman. Given that we all met at Williamstown during the magical summers of 1998, 1999 & 2000, there is no better place for the World Premiere.
This musical was commissioned by the late Nicholas Martin during his tenure as Artistic Director of The Huntington Theater. Michael and I were in the middle of our IRNE Award winning production of Falsettos when Nicky decided that it would be a good idea if we wrote a musical together. No constraints, no specifics, just the inaugural Norma Jean Calderwood Commission and his trust. What more could to young(ish) artists ask for.
Many years later and after development at The Huntington, The National Musical Theater Conference at The O'Neill Theater Center, The McCarter Theater's Sallie B. Goodman Artists Retreat, Manhattan Theater Club, with the support of more actors, directors, dramaturgs than I can list here, there will be an actual production with actual people saying the things that we wrote WITHOUT SCRIPTS IN FRONT OF THEM. They're going to MEMORIZE THEIR LINES!!! And they might even dance.
There will be more news here as we announce the actors and creative team. So keep checking in. And come visit us up in Williamstown. I think you will really like the show. We can have a drink afterwards at the Purple Pub or Mezze or whatever place hasn't burned down yet.
RENT at Trumbull High School
I had the privilege of seeing RENT at Trumbull High School last night.
As you may know, the production was cancelled when school administrators and the Board of Education decided that the subject matter of the show was too "sensitive" and "controversial."
Well, we all know how well that sat with the theater community. With 7,600 likes on their Facebook page and under the pressure of the national attention, administrators decided to reverse their decision and let the students present the show as planned.
I joined the Goodspeed Musicals folks last night to lend my support to the gang, figuring they'd be facing a somewhat apprehensive audience. BOY was I wrong. There was a crowd of over 1,000 people ready on a Thursday night to stand and cheer the show.
It was a little bit surreal watching the show and realizing that when I saw RENT for the first time - with Randy Meyer after waiting on the rush line and seeing Gwen Stewart's first show as Joanne (and thinking HOW COOL we were) - THESE KIDS WEREN'T BORN.
But more than that, I was struck by the fact that on the stage of a high school in suburban Connecticut there was a kid in Santa drag singing "with a thousand sweet kisses...i'll cover you..." to another boy and no one seemed to think it was odd. Two girls belted their faces off (all the kids did, really) singing "Take Me or Leave Me" with more real vigor than I've seen many pros give it in auditions. These kids were not singing about finding a mansion in New Rochelle or if they were stranded at the drive in, these kids were singing about times that formed a generation, and they were braver than we ever were at their age. And I fell in love with RENT all over again - because, through their eyes, it felt all new again.
Of course, the parts of RENT that make me go ugh are still there. The "poo poo it" rhyme, the singing junkies (got any x any boogie woogie blah blah blah), and (kind of) the whole second act, especially when Mimi wakes up. I mean, I love that she sees Angel and she looks good, but really? And within this production it did strike me that a) there were almost no students of color and b) that Mimi and Roger actually kissed at the end of Act 1 right before Viva La Vie Boheme! but that Collins (white) and Angel (white) just hugged, as did Maureen and Joanne. But when that kid sang the I'll Cover You reprise so beautifully (besides thinking of Michael Kayne and Truman late at night attempting to sleep) it was not only for his love he was singing for - it was for a whole new generation of kids who might find themselves in a world where bigotry and hatred have lost their footing. And, fool that I am, it gave me hope.
Mayor De Blasio - Inner Circle
I didn't recognize the number when the call came in. I didn't answer the phone because I was with Gracie - and there was no message left. I called the number back and it said it was the Mayor's office. I was intrigued and a little scared. But then I got a text from my friend Rob Bennett - "Got a second to talk? Got a project to discuss." It all made sense. He had just started a great new gig as the head of photography for Mayor De Blasio.
It turned out that Mayor De Blasio and his team were busy at work on their rebuttal show for the Inner Circle, the annual roast that the NYC Press does (and has for 92 years) skewering the Mayor. Remember Giuliani in a dress? For years Mayor Bloomberg hired Broadway shows and their teams with his own money. Well, this amazing mayor (for whom I voted in the primaries and for whom Melissa worked as an intern in the Public Advocate's office) needed some help putting it all together.
So with 2 1/2 weeks I teamed up with writers Jon Macks and Dave Boone in LA and Rebecca Katz, my new pal in the Mayor's office and got down to work making a cohesive show that introduced the Inner Circle to the new sheriff in town. It was fast, it was furious, and it was top secret. We already had Steve Buscemi and Cynthia Nixon on board to perform with the Mayor. Rev. Al Sharpton came along for the ride to play Jeopardy with the Mayor (that was an incredibly fun rehearsal). I recruited Adam Wachter and Parker Esse to help make an opening number. The First Lady of NYC (or #flonyc - pronounced Flow-nice) joined in for a great bit. Chris Rock, Rosie Perez & Al Roker joined us for some video footage. And of course, no event is complete without Julie Halston as a rich Upper East Side doyenne.
But the star of the show was Mayor De Blasio. He's just incredible. He has such a natural grace and ease and sense of humor. He's self effacing and goofy in the best way, able to take what is naturally funny about himself and exaggerate it. His timing is amazing and he's collaborative in the writing. He knows what he likes and what he doesn't - and knows why he feels that way. Watching him and Rev. Al bat around ideas for their sketch was one of the greatest things I've ever seen. I was so honored to have his ear and his trust.
For the last week before the event I drove back and forth from City Hall to Goodspeed about 4 times, doing double duty with Damn Yankees. MANY thanks to the team at Goodspeed for lending us some props and costumes and for working with my crazy schedule to make it work.
This past Saturday, after a way too quick dress rehearsal during the day, Melissa and I put on our formal best (tux from my brother's wedding) and made our way to The Hilton for the big night. The room was full of Senators and former Mayors and fancy people (Jenny Gersten) and all the newspeople in New York. It was so fancy, and such a thrill. And we got to sit with Julie Reiber (wife of Rob Bennett, and the whole reason that I was there in the first place! Thanks Julie!) which was nice for Melissa when I had to run backstage for last minute prep. I was more nervous for this one than I was for most things I've ever done. But once the laughs started, they didn't stop. Couldn't have gone much better. Getting to make theater and serve my liberal agenda - dream come true.
Here are some pics of the event. All photos by Rob Bennett, of course. (Nod to the 52nd St. Project with the props). I'll post the fancy pics of Melissa and me with the first couple when they come in.
I'm back at my Connecticut home away from home for the 3rd time in a calendar year. (Thanks Goodspeed!) First Hello, Dolly! (an experience not soon to be replicated), then Snapshots with my new friend David Stern and my old friend Stephen Schwartz.
This time, it's DAMN YANKEES.
Two Lost Souls rehearsal.
Joe DiPietro has taken the show and brilliantly revised it, changing the Washington Senators to the Boston Red Sox. His revisions are brilliant, and it's been so much fun working with him in the very room where I first met him, as the Associate Director on All Shook Up!
The cast is incredible. Stephen Mark Lukas is a perfect Joe, Angel Reda is as Lola as Lola can get and David Beach is the funniest Applegate I have ever seen. And the boys on the team are a thoroughly motley crew - in the absolute best way. They look and act like real life 1952 ball players.
This show is also reuniting me with some incredible pals from Dolly. Kelli Barclay, who has graduated from moving 6 waiters around the mini Goodspeed stage to a full baseball team of 9 guys, the tallest of whom is a whopping 6' 6". Also joining me on this are Adrian Jones who designed Dolly, and my dear old friend (and dining partner) David Woolard, who is outdoing himself here, and is a now officially an expert on period baseball uniforms.
Goodspeed is directly between Yanks and Sox territory. Check out the graphic below.
You can see where my allegiance lies below.
We start previews on April 11th and open on April 30th.
CLICK HERE for more information. See you at the Goodspeed! (I'll be eating HERE or HERE before the show. You should too.)
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I have finally joined the modern age and created a website (with some incredible and serious assistance from Jaki Bradley). I admit that I did it kicking and screaming. After all, I thought, how can you see what a director does through a website? But as I've assembled these photos and looked back at the kind of work I've done, I've been surprised to see how much these photos actually do show what I made. And they are exactly the kind of shows that I want to see.
More than anything, it has been a real joy to look through all the photographs and remember my collaborators, the incredible actors, designers and craftspeople who made these dreams come to life. They are the reason that this website exists and it is to them that I dedicate it.
I'll be posting each new show as they open, and will use this space to update you on new projects, thoughts about current work and musings about creating art while raising a family.
I thank you for visiting and hope that you'll come back soon.


MARBURY, MD. — Charles County Sheriff Troy Berry reports that sometime between 10 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on October 24, a 2004 maroon Dodge Neon was parked and unattended in the area of Chicamuxen Road near Bicknell Road in Marbury when it was struck on the driver's side by an unknown vehicle. The victim's vehicle sustained severe damage to the driver's side, and the striking vehicle should have damage to its front passenger side. Anyone with information should contact M/Cpl. R. Cadrette at (301) 932-2222.
WALDORF, MD. — Who robbed the pizza driver? Sheriff Troy Berry reports that on October 20 at 9:37 p.m., officers responded to the 6200 block of Seal Place in Waldorf for the report of an armed robbery. The victim, who was delivering pizza, approached a suspect in the parking lot behind the residence to deliver the food. After they spoke briefly, a second suspect approached, pointed a gun at the victim and asked where the money was. The victim gave the suspect the cash, after which the suspects took the food and told the victim to leave. Cpl. Selkirk is investigating.
NANJEMOY, MD. – While residents work, criminals decide to go to work. Sometime between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on October 20, officers responded to the 10900 block of Rising Sun Place in Nanjemoy for the report of a burglary. The victim reported that unknown suspect(s) entered the home by kicking in a side door. Once inside, they stole several items to include electronics, credit cards and jewelry. M/Cpl. Cadrette is investigating.


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Jan Siewko (ur.  w guberni grodzieńskiej, zm. 18 lutego 1969 w Rostowie nad Donem) – pułkownik ludowego Wojska Polskiego.

Życiorys
Jan Siewko urodził się na Ziemi Grodzieńskiej. Białorusin z pochodzenia. W stopniu szeregowego 3 pułku piechoty uczestniczył w rewolucji październikowej oraz wojnie domowej. Walczył w 1918 na froncie południowym, a w 1919 na froncie wschodnim. Szef kancelarii kwatermistrzostwa 35 Dywizji Piechoty. Jako pomocnik dowódcy pułku ds. gospodarczych w 1921 walczył w Mongolii. W 1929 był zastępcą dowódcy pułku w Mandżurii. Zastępca dowódcy 25 bsap w latach 1941–1942. Dowódca 221 i 306 pułku piechoty w latach 1943–1944.

Skierowany do ludowego Wojska Polskiego w drugiej połowie 1944. Od 26 września 1944 dowódcą 13 pułku piechoty 5 Dywizji Piechoty. W czasie działań bojowych w rejonie Köenigswartha został ranny w głowę i stracił prawe oko. Po zakończeniu wojny w czerwcu 1945 został zastępcą dowódcy ds. liniowych. Od 12 grudnia 1945 do 7 sierpnia 1946 był dowódcą 5 Saskiej Dywizji Piechoty.

Wyjechał do Związku Radzieckiego pod koniec lat czterdziestych.

Ordery i odznaczenia
 Order Lenina
 Order Czerwonego Sztandaru
 Order Aleksandra Newskiego
 Order Wojny Ojczyźnianej I klasy
 Order Czerwonej Gwiazdy

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Dowódcy 5 Saskiej Dywizji Piechoty
Dowódcy 13 Pułku Piechoty (LWP)
Odznaczeni Orderem Lenina
Odznaczeni Orderem Czerwonego Sztandaru
Odznaczeni Orderem Aleksandra Newskiego (Związek Radziecki)
Odznaczeni Orderem Wojny Ojczyźnianej I klasy
Odznaczeni Orderem Czerwonej Gwiazdy
Radzieccy oficerowie w ludowym Wojsku Polskim
Radzieccy żołnierze II wojny światowej
Żołnierze ludowego Wojska Polskiego – uczestnicy walk na froncie wschodnim
Urodzeni w 1900
Zmarli w 1969


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Die Hard 4.0 (15)
Directed by: Len Wiseman
It wasn't so long ago that Bruce Willis ruled out ever making another Die Hard film. "Good work Bruce", I thought, "just let it lie". And it wasn't very long after that, that Bruce decided that the best thing he could do for his career was, in fact, to make another Die Hard film. As news of the details started to leak out, things looked even worse. It was to be directed by Len "Underworld" Wiseman, who has never made a good film, and it was to be called one of a variety of weak titles (Die Hardest, Tears of the Sun, Live Free or Die Hard).
An explosion. Of which there are many
Despite it all though, Bruce has managed to pull off another credible performance as John McClane, the title has been trimmed to a respectable length and Len Wiseman can finally tuck a decent film accolade under his belt.
As per your classic Die Hard setup, John McClane is a NYPD cop who happens to find himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. While bringing in a computer hacker for routine questioning, they are both attacked by armed mercenaries and barely escape with their lives. At the same time, the FBI is staging a massive manhunt for whoever is behind the recent spate of online attacks. It seems that some laptop wielding maniac is trying to bring America to its knees. I know what you're thinking – cyber-crime is so lame! But in this case, it makes for a pretty exciting film, because there are still plenty of car crashes and explosions.
In fact, the explosions and car crashes are virtually non-stop, pausing only occasionally for some trademark series humour. Luckily, John McClane knows precisely how to stay alive in these situations – "stay down". Apparently, "staying down" will save you from bullets, bombs, explosions, car crashes and helicopter gunships. Also, if you are in a car yourself, you're pretty much invulnerable too.
Things get even sillier and more unrealistic towards the end of the film, but the fact is this movie is thoroughly enjoyable and action-packed throughout and is a better film than Die Hard With a Vengeance. I'm a little bit disappointed it's not set at Christmas time like the first two classic films, but then again, I am delighted it didn't turn out to be the enormous bucket of dross I initially feared. Good going Bruce.
Official Site: http://www.diehard4movie.com/
Release Date: 4th July 2007


Discussion in 'General Suggestions' started by Scorch, Oct 14, 2018.
When you get prop hunt ranks it will... because of course you will buy all of them like you try to do to smc.
I haven't played prop hunt in a very long time and I've wanted to get back into it for a while now. In the unlikely case SGM gets a prop hunt server I'd be more than willing to play on it.
Prophunt will go the same way deathrun did. A big boom for the first month or couple months and then die off. There isn't much demand for these smaller gamemodes sadly.
It has a better chance than DeathRun, DeathRun as it is right now, is rarely populated and all we would have to do is change the gamemode and name of the Deathrun server to Prophunt.
It wont hurt trying, and Prophunt is something that still is a popular gamemode, something that is fun to play for several hours just like TTT, you dont get bored as easily as you do with Deathrun.
How about a minigame server then? Instead of a mapvote at the end of the round, you get a gamemode vote where you choose if you want PropHunt, Deathrun, Extreme Football Throwdown(My favorite), and many more? Also multiple maps per gamemode which get picked randomly so we don't play simpson every time deathrun wins.
While I can see the good in it, I can also see that it wont work out too well, it will devide the server population especially with how the rank system works.
Im definitely up for Prop Hunt, I really love that gamemode, I'll never get bored of it! As long if it has Custom taunts!
This is what I want to see. Every few rounds the gamemode changes up. It would be a lot of fun!
I didn't say how the implementation would be done. Could be just the gamemode gets changed, or you get thrown into an entirely different server every few rounds.
Spoiler: Click Here to Win a Prize!
I mean not really at all. Just take the mapvote system and replace the icons and functions with gamemodes and maprestart with different gamemodes. I've done it easily before.
Odd question but if we do have a prop hunt server, what sort of perks/status/awards should donors get?


This sibling group of five is looking to be adopted together.
Described as outgoing, 12-year-old Diego is quick-witted with a great sense of humor. Diego appears to have a tough exterior but is sensitive with a kind heart. Diego enjoys hanging out with his friends, Legos, Fortnite, playing games on his tablet, and riding bikes.
Eight-year-old Antonio is kind-hearted and has a great sense of humor. Antonio can be generous and he enjoys sharing things with others. He loves to catch bugs, keep them for a bit and then set them free. He is smart, enjoys putting puzzles together and has a talent for drawing.
Seven-year-old Gabriella is easygoing and fun-loving. Gabby loves reading, math and playing with her Barbie dollhouse. She is artistic and enjoys writing letters, drawing pictures, singing and dancing. Gabby has participated in dance class and enjoys the structure that it provides.
Emma, also 7, can be quiet and shy. Emma loves to color, write, sing, dance and create art projects. Emma enjoys playing outside, riding and scooters, and playing with her Barbie doll house. Emma and Gabriella are fraternal twins.
Mario (Jaxson) is the youngest, at 3 years old. Jaxson has the sweetest giggle and enjoys being tickled. He loves to say hello to people. Jaxson loves trucks, cars, trains and tractors. He will play for hours on the floor, moving the vehicles back and forth. He thrives with structure and consistency.
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