Open for only 2 months: from the 21st of March 2019 till the 19th of Mai 2019 and then they get 1.4 million visitors. Ticket is € 18 p.p. + € 6 for parking the car. 32 hectares of flowers, canals, bridges, pavillions, gardens and trees. Really beautiful, a must see. Most people spend about 2 hours at the garden. Distance from Amsterdam is ± 35 km and 40 minutes by car.
You can combine this private trip with a visit to the flower auction at Aalsmeer and/or the mills at Zaanse Schans.
Private tour Mills, Cheese & Fishermen's Village.
A very popular daytrip, because it combines many Holland Highlights: fishermen's villages, cheese tasting at the cheese farm, the mills at Zaanse Schans and the beautiful countryside north of Amsterdam.
Private tour Delft & Delft Blue.
Delft is a pearl. The inner city is one big monument with the city hall, canals, the New Church, where the royals are buried, the medieval central place with all the restaurants and the statue of Hugo Grotius, a famous Dutch scientist. Johannes Vermeer, who painted "The Girl With The Pearl Earring" was born in Delft and there's the Vermeer Centre, in the city centre. And of course you're familiar with the famous Delft Blue Ceramics. Your private guide will show you one of the old factories. You walk with your private guide through the old centre and along some real old canals to the Old Church, where Vermeer is buried. Duration of this private daytrip: about 5-6 hours. Distance from Amsterdam is 65 km, and normally it takes 1 hour to drive to Delft, but it also depends on the traffic.
Amsterdam has everything. The whole inner city is one big monument. Everything is nearby and there's excellent public transportation. Amsterdam is one of the safest big cities in the world. Walk around with your private guide to visit hidden churches, coffee shops, the civil orphanage, the beguine courtyard, the red light disctrict (Your private guide has a license to guide you there), the floating flower market, the Jewish quarter and much more.
With your private guide you can visit the other parts of Amsterdam by car, like the South Axis, where all the international companies are situated, the old port of Amsterdam near the Y river and the quarter with special architecture of the Amsterdam School.
Rijksmuseum, the National Museum. With the famous painting of the Night Watch. The biggest Museum in a beautiful building.
Van Gogh Museum, close to the Rijksmuseum, with an important collection of Van Gogh paintings.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, also in the neighbourhood of the Rijksmuseum, with modern art.
Rembrandt House, where he lived 400 years ago, is now a museum, with some of his paintings.
Royal Palace, Dam Place, is the former city hall of Amsterdam.
Hermitage, a dependence of the famous Hermitage Museum in Petersburg, Russia.
Giethoorn, the "Venice of the North" is becoming more and more popular, especially by visitors from India and China. It takes 1,5 hour to get there with your private guide. Giethoorn is unique and very special. Small bridges, houses on small islands and the "main street" is a canal. Make a boat trip of 1 hour through the canals and over the surrounding lakes. On the way to Giethoorn your private guide walks around with you in Enkhuizen, an old Zuyderzee village, quiet, nice monuments, beautiful view over the former Zuyderzee. Your private guide drives over the Houtribdike (look at Google) with water on both sides.  Over the bottom of the former Zuyderzee you drive to Giethoorn.
Haarlem is only at a short distance from Amsterdam and it is só beautiful. It has a medieval centre with a cosy square surrounded with beautiful monuments.
And for the American guests: ask your private guide to bring you to the Corrie ten Boom Huis in the centre of Haarlem. In this house she hided Jewish people during the 2nd World War and she moved to the USA after WW II. There she became well known.
Haarlem also has some nice museums, like the Teylers Museum and the Frans Hals Museum, worth a visit.
Just in the neighbourhood of Volendam, but much less known. Edam has much more to offer than Volendam. With your private guide you walk along beautiful monuments in an old city centre, along the cheese market (every wednesday, in the season), a floating cellar, and Edam is not overcrowded with tourists. You can combine this private Edam tour with a private tour to the mills and/or the fishermen's village of Volendam.
Not too far from Amsterdam, just a 45 minutes drive. The Cheese Market is famous all over the world and surely worth a visit. In the season the cheese market takes place every friday morning from 10:00 AM till 12:00 AM. You see the carriers bring their cheese from the Wage to the buyers. You can get yourself some fresh cheese on the market and also in the Wage Building.
Rotterdam, with it's modern architecture, big port with huge ocean steamers and EuroTower.
Gouda, with a beautiful centre, big church with stained-glass 23 m high, gotic city hall and cheese market.
De Haar, with it's beautiful castle and gardens of the Rotschild family.
And do you have Dutch roots? Find out where your ancesters came from (your private guide can help you with that).


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Gökhan Gönül (* 4. Januar 1985 in Bafra, Provinz Samsun, Türkei) ist ein türkischer Fußballspieler. Er steht seit Juli 2021 beim Çaykur Rizespor unter Vertrag.

Karriere
Der Rechtsverteidiger Gönül ist bekannt für seine gefährlichen Flankenläufe "als aufrückender Außenverteidiger" mit "präzisen Flanken", die es ihm ermöglichen mit "mutigen Vorstößen über die Flügel" die Offensive anzutreiben, womit er zeigt, "dass er mehr kann als nur zu verteidigen".

Die Fußball-Legende Zico verglich ihn mit dem brasilianischen Nationalspieler Cafu.

Verein
Gönüls Profi-Karriere begann bei Gençlerbirliği Ankara im Jahr 2002. Zur Saison 2003/04 schob Gençlerbirliği Ankara den Verteidiger leihweise zum Partnerverein Gençlerbirliği ASAŞ bzw. OFTAŞ ab. Dort war er von der 3. Liga bis zum Aufstieg in die Süper Lig Stammspieler. Zur Saison 2007/08 verpflichtete Fenerbahçe Istanbul ihn für eine Ablösesumme in Höhe von 1,4 Millionen Euro. Der Transfer fand zwischen Fenerbahçe und Gençlerbirliği Ankara statt. Dort unterschrieb er einen Vierjahresvertrag.

Am 2. Oktober 2007 absolvierte Gökhan Gönül gegen ZSKA Moskau sein erstes Champions-League-Spiel und somit auch sein Europapokal-Debüt, als er in der 77. Minute für Diego Lugano eingewechselt wurde. Am Ende seiner ersten Saison beim türkischen Traditionsklub verpasste er mit Fenerbahçe die türkische Meisterschaft. Dennoch begnügte man sich mit dem türkischen Supercupsieg 2007 vor Beginn der Saison und er avancierte in der laufenden Saison zu den Schlüsselspielern der Mannschaft und erreichten im März 2008 den Viertelfinaleinzug der Champions League. Somit trug er als Stammspieler den bisher größten Erfolg in der UEFA Champions League der Fenerbahçe-Historie bei. Seinen Vertrag bei Fenerbahçe verlängerte er zur Saison 2009/10 vorzeitig bis zum 31. Mai 2014 und es beinhaltet eine festgeschriebene Ablösesumme von 15 Millionen Euro. Gökhan Gönül verlängerte erneut vorzeitig seinen Vertrag im Juni 2012, um weitere zwei Jahre bis Mai 2016 und plante bis zu seinem Karriereende bei den Gelb-Dunkelblauen zu spielen.

Zur Spielzeit 2016/17 wechselte der 31-jährige Rechtsverteidiger ablösefrei zu Beşiktaş Istanbul und unterzeichnete dort einen Vierjahresvertrag. Er bestritt in vier Spielzeiten für die Schwarz-Weißen 142 Pflichtspiele, aus Liga-, Pokal- und Europapokalspielen, und erzielte neun Tore. Er erreichte mit der Mannschaft u. a. den Gewinn der Liga, das Viertelfinale der UEFA Europa League und das Achtelfinale der UEFA Champions League, jedoch schied man gegen jeweils Olympique Lyon im Elfmeterschießen und dem FC Bayern München mit insgesamt 8:1 Toren aus den beiden Turnieren aus.

Nach dem Vertragsende bei Beşiktaş kehrte Gönül im August 2020 zur Saison 2020/21 zu seinem vorherigen Verein Fenerbahçe Istanbul zurück. Er unterschrieb einen für eine Saison gültigen Vertrag. Mit dem Verein konnte er keinen Titel gewinnen und in der Liga hat man hinter Beşiktaş und Galatasaray die Meisterschaft als Dritter beendet. Ende Mai 2021 ist sein Vertrag ausgelaufen und er wechselte mit 36 Jahren im Juli 2021 in seine türkische Geburtsregion der Schwarzmeerregion zum türkischen Erstligisten Çaykur Rizespor.

Nationalmannschaft
Gökhan Gönül wurde für die letzten beiden Qualifikationsspiele zur Europameisterschaft 2008 in die türkische Nationalmannschaft berufen. In seinem Debüt für die Türkei am 17. November 2007 gab er die Torvorlage für das Siegtor gegen Norwegen. Aufgrund eines Mittelfußbruchs war eine Teilnahme an der UEFA Euro 2008 bereits im Vorfeld zweifelhaft. Die Nominierung zum vorläufigen EM-Kader musste daher im Laufe der Vorbereitungsphase wieder aufgehoben werden.

Am 29. März 2011 im Şükrü-Saracoğlu-Stadion schoss Gökhan Gönül sein erstes Länderspieltor im Qualifikationsspiel zur Europameisterschaft 2012 gegen Österreich zum 2:0-Endstand. Bei der Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2016 in Frankreich wurde er in das türkische Aufgebot aufgenommen. Er gehörte zur Stammmannschaft und spielte alle drei Partien der Gruppenphase über die volle Spielzeit. Am Ende war das Team einer der beiden schlechtesten Gruppendritten und schied aus. Sein bisher letztes Länderspiel bestritt er im März 2019 beim 2:0-Auswärtssieg gegen Albanien in der Qualifikation zur Europameisterschaft 2021.

Erfolge und Auszeichnungen

Vereine
 Gençlerbirliği ASAŞ bzw. Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ
 Aufstieg in die 2. Lig B Kategorisi und Gruppensieger der Türkiye 3. Futbol Ligi: 2004
 Aufstieg in die Lig A und Vizemeister der 2. Lig B Kategorisi (Aufstiegsrunde): 2006
 Aufstieg in die Süper Lig und Meister der Lig A: 2007

 Fenerbahçe Istanbul
 3 × Türkischer Supercup-Sieger: 2007 (ohne Einsatz), 2009, 2014
 2 × Türkischer Meister: 2011, 2014
 2 × Türkischer Pokalsieger: 2012, 2013

 Beşiktaş Istanbul
 1 × Türkischer Meister: 2017

Persönliche Ehrungen
 Gewählt in das Team der Saison (Süper Lig) vom TSYD: 2014/15
 2 × Gewählt zum Spieler der Woche der UEFA Europa League: 3. Spieltag der Gruppenphase (2015/16), 6. Spieltag der Gruppenphase (2015/16)
 2 × Gewählt in das Team der Woche der UEFA Europa League: 3. Spieltag der Gruppenphase (2015/16), Komplette Gruppenphase (2015/16)
 Gewählt in die Super11 der Süper-Lig-Saison von der TFF / beIN Sports: 2018/19 als Defensivspieler

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Fußballnationalspieler (Türkei)
Teilnehmer an einer Fußball-Europameisterschaft (Türkei)
Fußballspieler (Gençlerbirliği Ankara)
Fußballspieler (Hacettepe SK)
Fußballspieler (Fenerbahçe Istanbul)
Fußballspieler (Beşiktaş Istanbul)
Türkischer Meister (Fußball)
Türkischer Fußballpokal-Sieger
Türkischer Fußball-Supercup-Sieger
Geboren 1985
Person (Bafra)
Türke
Mann

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La statue des Martyrs (en ) est un monument de Beyrouth situé sur la place des Martyrs et réalisé par Marino Mazzacurati. Inaugurée en 1960, elle a été endommagée pendant la guerre du Liban (1975-1990) et restaurée à partir de 1996.

Histoire

Notes et références

Culture à Beyrouth
Sculpture du XXe siècle


This high-rise condominium located in West Chelsea has a mixture of flats, penthouse and garden duplex units. The building is set back to provide a residential front yard buffer to the street, while the facade references adjacent warehouse buildings on West 19th Street. Most of the 70 units have private balconies or terraces, and a common roof terrace offers excellent views of Lower Manhattan. The development maximizes usable floor within the zoning envelope through careful planning, which allowed for competitive sales prices at a time when the market was saturated. Most of the units sold within two weeks of the opening.


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Phoenix Weight Loss - Medical Weight Loss Center is a board Certified in Obesity Medicine.
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Goody, goody! (like my friend Jenny would say), now I am ready to sew my little fingertips off. I've been meaning to have clothes available for your wee dollies for what seems to me like the longest time. I have some ideas, some things that *must* be done (like trying out those dresses I've had in my head forever), and some things that your dolls *require*.
I am not 100% sure how it is going to pan out. Ironing and prepping doll clothes for photos, editing, loading and listing, writing about it, shipping, it all takes so much time, and I much rather be actually sewing if you don't mind, therefore I want to come to some sort of agreement with *you* in which we both are happy and content. So, I thought to open some sort of "poll" to figure out what exactly would you like to see offered for your dolls. One thing is fore sure, the 8" dolls will go naked for now as I do not have the patience to sew wee dolly dresses, shirts or pants, perhaps at the very end of November. Please excuse the frankness but it's true.
For sure I am making overalls, in two and perhaps even three different styles. Overalls are so cute! And I have gotten a lot of emails about those, so there will be a nice selection in 12" and 16" sizes. Pajamas are always such a nice thing to give to your doll for Christmas. My girls always get a new set of nightgowns or pajamas to wear for Christmas morning, perhaps it would be a tradition your doll would love to follow. Also some underwear, as I seem to have sent some dolls out into the world without their proper drawers. Good heavens, the nerve! I will most likely make bloomers or culottes for the 12" size, and proper undies and boy briefs for the taller ones.
But, how about you? Do you want hats? what kind of hats? capes? coats? fancy elegant dresses? do you want full sets? meaning top, pants, a cover and a hat? do you want accessories? what is the best way to list all of this? Since shipping from Canada is a bit over the top, I think that offering sets is the best bang for your buck as you get all in one go. But maybe you don't want to get a big set when all you need is an extra pair of undies.
So, please, let me know so I can sit down and mumble to myself (a bit more than usual), and come up with some sort of plan. Also, scheduled updates? or random, list-as-I-finish kind of thing? See?, there are so many angles to this! I know a lot of you spend quite some intense time checking out stores and what not, especially with the holidays in mind, but some of you would rather have a set time that you can make sure to be there for some doll shopping. Some input would be very appreciated.
And as a last thing. I am working on some special treats for you, as a thank you for all your kindness, support and encouragement throughout this year. Also, I am preparing some Fig&Me merchandising that might be just what you were waiting for, plus during November and early December I plan on offering more tutorials so you can then create things for your dolls, and not just depend on some silly doll maker who is always chewing more than she can swallow. But who always gets so excited about creating things for dolls that she cannot, in all honesty, be blamed for her candidness.


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Almassora (Spanisch: Almazora) ist eine Gemeinde in der Provinz Castellón der Autonomen Gemeinschaft Valencia in Spanien. Der Gemeindekern liegt wenige Kilometer von der Mittelmeerküste entfernt. Sie liegt an der Bahnstrecke Tarragona–Valencia.

Geografie
Die Gemeinde befindet sich am Ufer des Flusses Mijares, wenige Kilometer von seiner Mündung entfernt, auf flachem, leicht gewelltem Gelände.

Geschichte
Der Gemeindename ist muslimischer Herkunft. 1234 wurde die Siedlung von König Jakob I. erobert, der ihr 1237 das erste Stadtrecht, eine Charta von Aragon, verlieh. Später, im Jahr 1312, wurde die Herrschaft an den Bischof von Tortosa übertragen.

Demografie

Wirtschaft
Die Hauptwirtschaftsaktivität bezieht sich auf die keramische Industrie von keramischen Boden- und Wandfliesen und eine breite Palette von Dienstleistungen für Keramik, gefolgt vom Bausektor und dem Anbau von Zitrusfrüchten.

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Ort in der Valencianischen Gemeinschaft


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Experience Stern | News & Events
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Professor Michael North is interviewed for a story on age discrimination in the workplace
Excerpt from CNN -- "By 2022, 25% of the American workforce is estimated to be comprised of workers age 55 and older, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But claims of age-based discrimination are already on the rise, says Michael North, assistant professor of management and organizations at New York University. Comparing the number of age discrimination complaints filed to the EEOC in 1999 to the number of claims now shows that the problem isn't going away."

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Death Stills the Brush by F. W. Gumley
August 28, 2018 August 28, 2018 Morgan A. Wallacecrime, F. W. Gumley, Mitre Press, murder2 Comments
I won't lie. The crudely-executed cover art drew me in… I've read many short stories and novels that deal with artist and murder, so expected not too much from this one.
Death Stills the Brush was written by F. W. Gumley (better known for his children's / juvenile stories) and published by the Mitre Press, 1946. It is a small side-stapled 32-page pamphlet, typical of the war and early postwar years. Mitre Press's fiction division flourished during the war years, but didn't last long.
The story is fairly simple. A young lady is modeling for an artist, whom is working on a sculpture. While he is using one lady for her body, he desires the other girl for her head and face. The former is jealous and we are led to believe that she later destroys the piece while it as yet not unveiled at a museum. The guard shits a brick when he sees the defacement, realizing his career is over.
The girl's father discovers her daughter is modeling for the artist. Turns out he despises the man, for some "past" reason. Angered, he orders the girl to desist. He personally visits the artist and threatens the man's life.
In typical fiction-fashion, the man is found dead, murdered. Witnesses heard the threat and of course, her father is investigated.
However, there is more wrongdoing occurring behind the scenes, as a man of mystery surfaces early, claiming to an once-popular artist whom was railroaded into prison. Having lost the ability to work with his hands, he wishes to exact his own vengeance.
So, who killed the artist? The jealous girl? The other girl's father? The imprisoned artist? Or, someone else???
Lucky for you, if you remotely care, I own a spare copy of this title….
Want to buy old newspapers
August 21, 2018 August 21, 2018 Morgan A. WallaceAntique Newspapers, Blade and Ledger, Chicago Ledger, Illustrated Story Weekly, Sunday Fiction Magazine, The Illustrated Companion, Toronto Star Weekly, Vintage Newspapers, Weekly LedgerLeave a comment
Tracks of the Turtle by Frederick C. Davis
August 4, 2018 Morgan A. WallaceFrederick C. Davis, Sharman Ellis Ltd.2 Comments
Once more I return to the 1930's with publisher Sharman Ellis Ltd. (Click on the publisher name in the TAGS section).
The cover art (cropped along the right edge in error by the printer) is simply signed as "S.E.C." The cover closely adheres to a closing scene in the story. One wonders if the artist read the story or if the editor supplied the artist with the idea.
Tracks of the Turtle is the 7th title in the "Mystery Thrillers" series, and spans exactly 64 pages. The story features Clay (Oke) Oakley and his assistant, Archibald (Archie) Brixey. Oakley operates Secrets, Incorporated, a Hollywood detective firm that often-times works outside the law in the best interest of their Hollywood clients.
In this particular case, Oakley has received a call from a mansion, indicating that a murder has been performed. On arrival, a gorgeous lady and man accept their call, but assure the duo that no murder been committed, and, no such call had been made from the premises.
To their astonishment, a man is murdered out back near a shed, and wet prints are found near the corpse. Oakley suspects foul play on multiple fronts, and he and his partner immediately depart the scene in favor of their home base, rather than confront the police, whom are not very favorable toward them.
The next morning, the lady phones Oakley to return to the mansion. She explains that her father lives in the "shed," which is more than it appears. She hires Oakley to unravel the case while protecting her father from a potential arrest and public humiliation. The family is afraid that the world would deem him insane.
The story becomes quite convoluted as we learn that she is an inept actress, that her father is rich and hell-bent on pushing all his monies towards her future in acting. The male that had opened the door earlier, with her, is her brother. Turns out that neither of them are actually the presumed insane man's children. He adopted them as children, and reared them as his own.
Why? Well…
The father suffers from a malady of the glands; they fail to sweat. He lives in the shed and copper pipes everywhere drip water and create an artificially damp environment. The shed is home to numerous turtles. The damp environment and pipes drip on the man even while he sleeps, to assist in his bodily functions. He fears that his malady is hereditary, so avoided having children of his own.
While investigating this shed, Brixey suffers from the dampness and contracts a cold, which while hardly noteworthy, introduces this somewhat bungling character as comic relief.
Further murders occur when the director of the girl's first-ever feature film is being produced. He is found dead, after a gun is discharged. Wet footprints are at the scene of the crime, indicating the father was present. All clues point to him as the murderer, only, Oakley sees it differently.
Each murdered candidate was already dead! The shot(s) fired and that were heard never were the killing shots. They merely indicated a gun had gone off, and to draw someone to the dead bodies. The actual killer, while brilliantly leading the cops astray, hadn't tricked Oakley one bit. The killer wanted the bodies to be found. But why? In all instances, wet footprints are present, and, each assassinated person had received a threatening note, signed with a turtle. Clearly the killer wanted the father to be accused of the crime.
But what was killer's motive?
In this case, it's simply MONEY.
The children each stood to inherit 50% of their father's net worth upon death. And he is (or, was) worth millions. However, he has been pumping all his money into the movie, and the movie is an over-budgeted whale of a doomed project. Turns out the son is the murderer, of course. In the final scenes, at home, he shoots his sister in the leg, she faints (see the girl on the desk on the front cover). The other girl, gagged and bound to a wall post, is Oakley's fiery red-headed secretary; she is given the author's lazy treatment of quantitatively ejaculating that he should stay away from blondes. Cliche!
Before Oakley arrives to save the day, the father has arrived, and he attempts to get the drop on his son. He drops into the room and levers a round into his old gun, fires, and click! The gun fails to discharge. The son knocks him down, but, in the interval, Oakley jumps in (with the aid of a policeman) and they take care of the son. The policeman has a history and grudge against Oakley for interfering in past cases, and still believes that he ought to be arrested for (earlier) assaulting an officer (himself) and that the father is ultimately still guilty of murder.
Oakley works fast to prove his case and free the father from the clutches of what is clearly a policeman whom should be suspended from duties or re-assigned to another district. However, right or wrong, Oakley should be brought in on assault charges, which Davis (our author) blissfully overlooks.
All in all, a pleasing crime tale, and I can't wait to tackle another Frederick C. Davis pulp story in the near future….


The tables below give September averages for the number of hours with sunshine at cities and towns throughout the United Kingdom. The monthly totals are based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.
The UK as a whole has an average 137 hours of sun in September.


Before beginning the design phase of any project, Mike Sun always makes sure to get a clear idea of what his client truly wants and needs. He recognizes that a solid base for design lies in open communication and continued discovery through the evolution of concepts and implementations. Combining function, form and sustainability, Mike looks for holistic solutions that communicate his clients' visions and demonstrate thoughtful architectural design. Mike marries a modest, hands-on, practical and reliable approach to his work, with the inspiration that he gathers from observing and reflecting on his experiences to give life to ideas.
Inspiration comes from looking, doing and thinking.
Involved in the planning, conceptual and architectural design of several public and residential projects of various scales and levels of complexity, he has abundant experience with concept and design development, through to the completion of working drawings. Through open collaboration and continuous communication, Mike brings his skills to the table to create exciting design that speaks to the multi-faceted needs of people and communities.


Salmon is a nutritious food that is high in protein and contains essential omega-3 fatty acids. This recipe for baked salmon is delicious and easy to prepare.
Place half of the onion rings on the bottom of a baking dish. Wash and dry the salmon fillets; place them on top of the onion rings. Squeeze the lemon over the fillets, and brush the olive oil on the fillets. Sprinkle the fish with paprika and salt. Place the remaining onion rings on top of the fillets. Bake in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily.
Serve with wild rice and steamed vegetables.


Osborne, Kansas, is a close-knit community of about 1,300 people. We are located in the rolling hills of north central Kansas along the south fork of the Solomon River. We also service many other areas, such as Alton, Downs, Portis, and Natoma. Sunflower Bank is a major supporter of USD 392 and we love how our customers support the ABC Program, which benefits Osborne Grade School and Osborne Jr-Senior High School. Our local teams mean a lot: we are a proud Osborne Sports Booster Club member and we provide popcorn bags for all sports activities. We also help out with the Booster Club Fall Kickoff.
Our employees do so much charitable work. They volunteer time and money to the following organizations: Osborne County Fair Association, Rotary Club, Osborne Chamber of Commerce, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, Alton Jubilee, North Central Kansas Youth Fair, Osborne Schools (Bunko, PTO, Homecoming Parade, Yearbook), Osborne County Leadership, Kansas Natural Resource Foundation, Waconda Lake Association, Osborne County Community Foundation, Osborne County 4-H Council, Osborne County KLA, Osborne County Soil Conservation, St. Aloysius Church, St. Boniface Church, Osborne Food Bank, and Solomon Valley Transporation. Our favorite annual activities include the Osborne County Soil Conservation Dinner and of course the Osborne County Fair! We'd love it if you came in and said hello!


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import org.apache.camel.Category;
import org.apache.camel.Component;
import org.apache.camel.Consumer;
import org.apache.camel.Processor;
import org.apache.camel.Producer;
import org.apache.camel.spi.Metadata;
import org.apache.camel.spi.UriEndpoint;
import org.apache.camel.spi.UriParam;
import org.apache.camel.spi.UriPath;
import org.apache.camel.support.DefaultEndpoint;
import org.apache.camel.util.ObjectHelper;
import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsBasicCredentials;
import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.StaticCredentialsProvider;
import software.amazon.awssdk.http.SdkHttpClient;
import software.amazon.awssdk.http.SdkHttpConfigurationOption;
import software.amazon.awssdk.http.apache.ApacheHttpClient;
import software.amazon.awssdk.http.apache.ProxyConfiguration;
import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.lambda.LambdaClient;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.lambda.LambdaClientBuilder;
import software.amazon.awssdk.utils.AttributeMap;

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Brazilian guitarist and composer
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Luiz Floriano Bonfá
(1922-10-17)17 October 1922
12 January 2001(2001-01-12) (aged 78)
Brazilian jazz, bossa nova
Musician, composer
1940s–2001
Verve, Dot, Cook, Philips, Epic
Luiz Floriano Bonfá (17 October 1922 – 12 January 2001) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He was best known for the music he composed for the film Black Orpheus.[1]
Biography[edit]
Luiz Floriano Bonfá was born on October 17, 1922, in Rio de Janeiro. He began studying with Uruguayan classical guitarist Isaías Sávio at the age of 11. These weekly lessons entailed a long, harsh commute (on foot, plus two and half hours on train) from his family home in Santa Cruz, in the western rural outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the teacher's home in the hills of Santa Teresa. Given Bonfá's extraordinary dedication and talent for the guitar, Sávio excused the youngster's inability to pay for his lessons.
Bonfá first gained widespread exposure in Brazil in 1947 when he was featured on Rio's Rádio Nacional, then an important showcase for up-and-coming talent. He was a member of the vocal group Quitandinha Serenaders in the late 1940s. Some of his first compositions such as "Ranchinho de Palha", "O Vento Não Sabe", were recorded and performed by Brazilian crooner Dick Farney in the 1950s. Bonfá's first hit song was "De Cigarro em Cigarro" recorded by Nora Ney in 1957. It was through Farney that Bonfá was introduced to Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, the leading songwriting team behind the worldwide explosion of the great Bossa Nova in the late 1950s to 1970s, becoming a fever in the US. Bonfá collaborated with them and with other prominent Brazilian musicians and artists in productions of de Moraes' anthological play Orfeu da Conceição, which several years later gave origin to Marcel Camus' film Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro in Portuguese). In the burgeoning days of Rio de Janeiro's thriving jazz scene, it was commonplace for musicians, artists, and dramatists to collaborate in such theatrical presentations. Bonfá wrote some of the original music featured in the film, including the numbers "Samba de Orfeu" and his most famous composition, "Manhã de Carnaval" (of which Carl Sigman later wrote a different set of English lyrics titled "A Day in the Life of a Fool"), which has been among the top ten standards played worldwide, according to The Guinness Book of World Records.
As a composer and performer, Bonfá was at heart an exponent of the bold, lyrical, lushly orchestrated, and emotionally charged samba-canção style that predated the arrival of João Gilberto's more refined and subdued bossa nova style. Jobim, João Donato, Dorival Caymmi, and other contemporaries were also essentially samba-canção musicians until the sudden, massive popularity of the young Gilberto's unique style of guitar playing and expressively muted vocals transformed the music of the day into the music of the future. Camus' film and Gilberto's and Jobim's collaborations with American jazzmen such as Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd did much to bring Brazilian popular music to the attention of the world, and Bonfá became a highly visible ambassador of Brazilian music in the United States beginning with the famous November 1962 Bossa Nova concert at New York's Carnegie Hall.
Bonfá worked with American musicians such as Quincy Jones, George Benson, Stan Getz, and Frank Sinatra, recording several albums while in U.S. Elvis Presley sang a Bonfá composition, "Almost in Love" with lyrics by Randy Starr in the 1968 MGM film Live a Little, Love a Little. Also of note is his "The Gentle Rain", with lyrics by Matt Dubey, ""Non-Stop To Brazil"" (recorded by Astrud Gilberto) and "Sambolero". From 1990 to 1999, Bonfá worked with singer Ithamara Koorax on several recordings and concerts, appearing live with her as special guest at several venues in Rio de Janeiro such as Teatro Rival, BNDES Auditorium and Funarte-Sidney Miller Hall. They also recorded together, in 1996, the album Almost In Love - Ithamara Koorax Sings The Luiz Bonfá Songbook, featuring Bonfá on acoustic guitar plus special guests Larry Coryell, Eumir Deodato, Ron Carter, Marcos Suzano, and Sadao Watanabe. The sessions, produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro, were filmed for a Japanese TV broadcast presented by Sadao Watanabe.
Bonfá wrote soundtracks for two dozens of movies, such as Black Orpheus, O Santo Módico, Os Cafajestes, The Gentle Rain, Pour Un Amour Lointain, Le Ore dell'Amore, Carnival Of Crime and Prisoner Of Rio (on which he collaborated with arranger Hans Zimmer), among many others. He died of prostate cancer at 78 in Rio de Janeiro on January 12, 2001. At the time of his death, he was working in the soundtracks for a movie produced and starred by Karen Black and for a Broadway show titled Brazilian Bombshell based in the life of Carmen Miranda and to be starred by Sonia Braga.
Legacy[edit]
In 2005, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings released an album of Bonfá's work, entitled Solo in Rio 1959, which included previously unreleased material from the original recording session.
In 2008, Universal Music France released a coffee table book containing two CDs which included previously unreleased material of the Black Orpheus soundtrack, and a DVD. Also in 2008, Universal Music released The Brazilian Scene, Braziliana and Black Orpheus celebrating the 50th anniversary of the bossa nova.
Bonfá's major legacy continues to be his compositions from the Black Orpheus soundtrack, most notably the instantly recognizable bossa nova classic "Manhã de Carnaval". But Bonfá's discography also attests to his uniquely inventive mastery of Brazilian jazz guitar. Bonfá's guitar style was brassier and more penetrating than that of his major contemporary, João Gilberto, and Bonfá was a frequent and adept soloist whereas Gilberto plays his own suave, intricate brand of rhythm guitar almost exclusively. Bonfá often played solo guitar in a polyphonic style, harmonizing melody lines in a manner similar to that made famous by Wes Montgomery in the US, or playing lead and rhythm parts simultaneously. As a composer and as a guitarist, Bonfá played a pivotal role in bridging the incumbent samba-canção style with the innovations of the bossa nova movement.
Bonfa's instrumental "Seville" from his 1967 LP Luiz Bonfa Plays Great Songs is the basis for the 2011 hit "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Belgian-Australian musician Gotye. Gotye's song charted No. 1 in 27 countries.
Many other Bonfa's songs have been heavily sampled by MCs, rappers and DJs of the hip-hop generation. "Bonfá Nova" was sampled by Brazilian rapper Marcelo D2 on the hit song "À Procura da Batida Perfeita," "Jacarandá" was sampled by the group Planet Hemp on "Se Liga", "Bahia Soul" was sampled by the British band Smoke City on their biggest hit "Underwater Love" and "Saudade Vem Correndo" became the hip-hero anthem "Runnin'" recorded by The Pharcyde.
1955 Luiz Bonfá (10", Continental LPP-21)
1956 De Cigarro em Cigarro (10", Continental LPP-53)
1956 Noite e Dia with Eduardo Lincoln (Continental LPP-3018)
1956 Meia-Noite em Copacabana (Polydor LPNG 4004)
1956 Edu N.2 (Rádio 0036-V)
1956 Orfeu da Conceição (Odeon MODB-3056)
1957 Alta Versatilidade (Odeon MOFB-3003)
1957 Violão Boêmio (Odeon MOFB-3014)
1958 Ritmo Continentais (Odeon MOFB-3020)
1958 Bonfafá with Fafá Lemos (Odeon MOFB-3047)
1958 Luiz Bonfá e Silvia Telles (Odeon BWB-1040)
1958 Meu Querido Violão (Odeon MOFB-3076)
1958 Toca Melodias das Américas (Imperial 30009)
1958 ¡Amor! The Fabulous Guitar of Luiz Bonfa (Atlantic SD 8028)
1959 Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) O.S.T., with Antônio Carlos Jobim (Epic LN3672; 10", Philips B76.470R; re-released also on Fontana and Verve)
1959 O Violão de Luiz Bonfá (Cook 1134)
1960 A Voz e o Violão with Norma Suely (Odeon MOFB-3144)
1960 Passeio no Rio (Odeon BWB-1151)
1961 Pery Ribeiro (Odeon 7BD-1011)
1961 Luiz Bonfá (Odeon 7BD-1017)
1961 Pery Ribeiro e Seu Mundo de Canções Românticas with Pery Ribeiro (Odeon MOFB-3272)
1961 Sócio de Alcova (RCA LCD-1007)
1962 O Violão e o Samba (Odeon MOFB 3295)
1962 Le Roi de la Bossa Nova (Fontana 680.228ML)
1962 Bossa Nova no Carnegie Hall (Audio Fidelity AFLP 2101)
1962 Luiz Bonfá Plays and Sings Bossa Nova (Verve V6-8522)
1962 Le Ore dell'amore (C.A.M. CEP.45-102)
1963 Caterina Valente e Luiz Bonfá (London LLN 7090)
1963 Jazz Samba Encore! with Stan Getz (Verve V6-8523)
1963 Recado Novo de Luiz Bonfá (Odeon MOFB 3310)
1963 Violão Boêmio Vol. 2 (Odeon SMOFB 3360)
1964 Rio with Paul Winter (Columbia CS 9115)
1965 The Gentle Rain O.S.T., with Eumir Deodato (Mercury SR 61016)
1965 Quincy Plays for Pussycats with Quincy Jones (Mercury SR 61050)
1965 The Shadow of Your Smile (Verve V6-8629)
1965 Braziliana with Maria Helena Toledo (Philips PHS 600-199)
1965 The New Sound of Brazil with João Donato (RCA LSP-3473)
1965 The Movie Song Album with Tony Bennett (Columbia CS 9272)
1965 The Brazilian Scene (Philips PHS 600-208)
1967 Pour un amour lointain (United Artists 36.123 UAE)
1967 Luiz Bonfá (Dot DLP 25804)
1967 Stevie & Eydie, Bonfá & Brazil with Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé (Columbia CS 9530)
1967 Luiz Bonfa Plays Great Songs (Dot DLP 25825)
1968 Black Orpheus Impressions (Dot DLP 25848)
1968 Bonfá (Dot DLP 25881)
1969 My Way with Frank Sinatra (Reprise FS 1029)
1969 I Got a Woman and Some Blues with George Benson (A&M SP-9-3025)
1970 The New Face of Bonfa (RCA LSP-4376)
1971 Sanctuary (RCA LSP-4591)
1972 Introspection (RCA FSP-297)
1973 Jacarandá (Ranwood R-8112)
1978 Bonfá Burrows Brazil (Cherry Pie CPF 1045)
1986 For A Distant Love with Yana Purim (Pausa Records PR 7203)
1989 Non-Stop to Brazil (Chesky JD29)
1992 The Bonfá Magic (Caju Music 511.404-2) re-released also on Milestone Records and JVC Victor
1992 The Brazil Project with Toots Thielemans (Private Music 82101)
1992 The Brazil Project 2 with Toots Thielemans (Private Music 82110)
1995 Rio Vermelho/Red River with Ithamara Koorax (Imagem 2012)
1996 Almost In Love - Ithamara Koorax Sings The Luiz Bonfá Songbook (Paddle Wheel KICP 503)
1997 Here In My Heart with Kenny Rankin (Private Music 0100582148-2)
2003 Love Dance with Ithamara Koorax (Milestone MCD 9327-2)
2005 Solo in Rio 1959 (Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40483)
2015 Strange Message
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Taylor Swift is going to war with fans on Etsy
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Taylor Swift is cracking down on fans who are using the craft website Etsy to sell products with Swift's trademarks, BuzzFeed reports.
The online marketplace allows users to sell their handcrafted goods — a kind of boutique eBay. It is popular with fan communities like Swift's, and numerous T-shirts, pictures, candles and other items on the site are emblazoned with the singer's image and lyrics.
But Swift has had enough, and she is issuing cease-and-desist letters to many sellers on the site.
It is important to note that Etsy doesn't produce these items. Anyone can sell products on the site without prior approval from the company. But the company does have a duty to respond to objections and potential legal issues if it doesn't want to be held responsible for potentially illegal content sold on its site. (It's the same reason YouTube deletes copyrighted material from its site.)
At this point, there's no indication that Swift is threatening to take legal action against Etsy.
One seller told BuzzFeed that fans saw themselves "as part of the artist's story, however small. They want to contribute and be creative and have fun." While fans acknowledge the artist's intellectual property rights, the seller said, the action left them "with a bitter taste in our mouths. It feels as though we don't matter, that our ideas and creations never belonged to us in the first place ... And for other fans who make art, I'm afraid this is going to be the future."
Some of the Taylor Swift-themed products still available for purchase on Etsy.
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Another seller said she was "shocked" by the crackdown. "We didn't feel as if it had become popular enough to cause harm to Taylor Swift's empire ... We didn't even make enough money for a lawyer and this seemed like a harmless and fun idea.
"We grew a little angry and felt targeted by her camp," she added.
It's rare for Taylor Swift to anger her fans, even inadvertently. The singer goes to great lengths to cultivate and support her following, including sending hand-wrapped Christmas gifts and helping one fan to pay off her student loans.
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Celebrities can also have "personality rights" to their image and unauthorized reproductions of it, but this varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In the UK for example, celebrities do not have a legal right to control the use of their image. But they can take legal action if a product is marketed in a way that suggests they have endorsed it. Rihanna, using this argument, won a long-running dispute with the retailer Topshop over a T-shirt with a photo of her on it.
Beyoncé had her own showdown with Etsy in January. The singer reportedly threatened to sue Etsy over mugs sold on the site with the word "Feyoncé" on them — a play on the words "Beyoncé" and "fiancé."
Etsy has issued the following statement:
Because of privacy and legal concerns, we can't verify specific information about who contacts us. However, I can share more information about our copyright and intellectual property policy:
When a seller opens a shop and lists an item on Etsy, they are agreeing to our terms of use, including trademark guidelines, and copyright and IP policy. We take intellectual property and copyright concerns very seriously, and we comply with the DMCA and remove items when we have proper notice. When we are notified about allegedly infringing material, we act swiftly and in compliance with our policy, which you can find here.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says more businesses will close in the province after gloomy projections of the spread of COVID-19.
Ford says the new closings will take effect at 11:59 p.m. Saturday and will include all industrial construction except essential projects such as hospitals.
The announcement comes after public health officials released figures showing that between 3,000 and 15,000 people could die in Ontario during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The same projections showed that the death toll could have reached 100,000 if no action had been taken.
Ford says the numbers show physical removal saves lives and that the Progressive Conservative government is ready to do whatever it takes to protect Ontarians.
To date, the province has recorded more than 3,200 cases of COVID-19, including 67 deaths.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on April 3, 2020.
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SSTL announces NovaSAR-1 data deal with the Philippines
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has signed an agreement with Republic of the Philippines' Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) to provide a share of the tasking and data acquisition services from NovaSAR-1, the innovative small S-Band radar satellite launched into a 580km sun synchronous orbit in September 2018.
The agreement gives DOST ASTI tasking priorities over the Philippines and the ability to access the raw data directly from the satellite, with a license to use and share the data with their partners over an initial 5 year period, extendable to the actual lifespan of the satellite. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) has the ability to image the Earth through cloud cover and at night, and DOST-ASTI will use data from NovaSAR-1 in support of a number of applications, including disaster monitoring, agricultural and forestry management, and coastal and maritime applications such as ship detection.
Andrew Cawthorne, Director of Earth Observation at SSTL said "I am delighted to welcome DOST-ASTI colleagues to the NovaSAR-1 data team. I anticipate that the Philippines will benefit greatly from NovaSAR-1 data, particularly as the country has a tropical climate with frequent cloud cover, and an extensive coastline and maritime territory."
"The SAR imaging capability of NovaSAR-1 is a timely and powerful resource as we continue to push scientific data, computing and space technology in support of evidence-based politics and decision-making in the country" according to Dr Joel Marciano, Jr, Acting Director of DOST-ASTI. "For one, NovaSAR-1's simultaneous acquisition of SAR and Automatic Identification System (AIS) data targets enhanced maritime domain awareness that is expected to lead to more effective interventions" adds Mr Alvin Retamar, Chief Science Research Specialist at DOST-ASTI.
Two sample SAR images of the Philippines acquired by NovaSAR-1 have been released.
The target area for the first image acquisition was Cebu city and the nearby Mactan-Cebu International Airport. The captured image shows sea-going vessels around the shipping port together with the rugged terrain of the interior of Cebu Island. Masbate Island in the Bicol region of the Philippines serves as the target area of the second image acquisition. The resulting image reveals a crater site hidden by forest canopy that is not visible in optical satellite images. Other features such as aquaculture sites along the coast and the rolling hills in the central region of the island were also captured in the image.
NovaSAR-1 was designed and manufactured at SSTL, with an S-Band payload developed by Airbus Defence and Space in Portsmouth UK, and an Automatic Identification Receiver supplied by Honeywell Aerospace. The SAR payload has a dedicated maritime mode designed with a very wide swath area of 400km to enable the monitoring of the marine environment and will provide direct radar ship detection information simultaneously with AIS ship tracking data to assist with the identification and tracking of sea-going vessels.
Mission partners already under contract for NovaSAR-1 data include the UK Space Agency, Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
NovaSAR-1 is owned and operated by SSTL.
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Anastasios
Hexaemeron
Creation Project
THE CREATION PROJECT
The Hexaemeron, written in Greek by Anastasios of Sinai in the second half of the seventh century, first appeared in print in 1579. This was a Latin translation by Gentian Hervet of Books I-XI. Book XII was not printed until 1682, when Pierre Allix published a Greek text that had been edited and translated into Latin by André Dacier. Then in 1865 Jacques-Paul Migne printed the Latin translation of Books I-XI by Hervet (with numerous changes) and the Greek and Latin of Book XII in volume 89 of his Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Series Graeca. The complete Greek text of Books I-XII did not appear in print until 2007. This edition, by Clement Kuehn and John Baggarly, S.J., was a collation of three important Greek manuscripts and was accompanied by an apparatus of variants and an apparatus of biblical sources. This editio princeps also included an English translation, an introduction to the Hexaemeron manuscripts, the history of its scholarship, and an index of important names appearing in the text.
More than two dozen manuscripts of the Hexaemeron have survived, in four distinct families and fragments of a fifth. Thus the 2007 editio princeps was only a first step toward a definitive edition. The Creation Project is endeavoring to provide a comprehensive critical apparatus, a more literal English translation, and a commentary. This is an enormous undertaking not only because of the numerous manuscripts but also because of the considerable length of the Anastasian text, the complexity of the Byzantine writing style, and the difficulty of the subject matter. The Hexaemeron also incorporates Classical Greek, Neoplatonic, and Roman philosophers on the subject of cosmogony; quotations and paraphrases from a wide variety of Church Fathers; Christology; Apologetics; Allegory; and biblical text analysis.
The 2007 edition of the Greek text arose from the collation of three manuscripts: M, N, and P, representing Families IV, I, and II (in that order). The Editio Maior includes variants from the same three manuscripts plus variants from the three branches of Family III, represented by F, m, and S. Variants found in the 1579 Latin translation by Hervet, which are closely related to m, are also included in the collation (Hv). Please note, however, that variants found in the Latin translation published in Migne, which includes changes to Hervet's, have not been included. For more information on the Greek manuscripts, please see the Manuscript page of this site and the Kuehn/Baggarly 2007 edition. The Editio Maior will be followed by a revised English translation, comprehensive commentary, and updated bibliography.
Editio Princeps
Clement Kuehn and John Baggarly, S.J., eds. and trans., Anastasius of Sinai: Hexaemeron (Orientalia Christiana Analecta 278), (Rome 2007). To order a copy of this edition or to do an on-line word search of its content, please see below.
To order a softcover copy of the complete first edition of the Greek text (OCA 278), with translation and introduction, submit an order here:
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To view the first edition of the Greek text on-line and/or to do a word search, please visit Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG). Search for Anastasius Sinaïta Theol. {2896}. Subscription is required.
Corrigenda to the Greek Text
To download a list of the corrigenda (compiled by Thesaurus Linguae Graecae) for the OCA 278 edition, please click on the link below. Many thanks for the addition to the corrigenda by Marie-Hélèn Congourdeau, Revue des Études Byzantines 68 (2010): 259-260.
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BALTIMORE — Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt tied Michael Strahan's NFL single-season sack record with 23 seconds left in the first half of Sunday's 16-13 overtime win against the Baltimore Ravens.
The win kept the Steelers' playoff hopes alive in Ben Roethlisberger's likely last regular-season game as the Steelers' quarterback. With the Jacksonville Jaguars' upset of the Indianapolis Colts, the Steelers would make the playoffs as the seven seed as long as the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers don't tie in the Sunday night finale.
Watt not only recorded the historic sack for a 22.5 total this season, he also had three quarterback hits, a tackle for loss, a batted pass and a forced fumble — all despite being doubled most of the game.
Watt got his lone sack of the afternoon with 23 seconds left in the first half, coming around the edge to beat tight end Eric Tomlinson and left tackle David Sharpe and bring down Huntley for a loss of three near the goal line.
He hugged and high-fived his teammates on the field before the next play. Before that official sack, Watt had two near-sack opportunities. On the first, he appeared to sack Huntley and force a fumble as Huntley scrambled to recover from a botched snap. But Baltimore Ravens' scorer officially listed the play as a forced fumble.
Then, late in the second quarter, Watt wrapped up Huntley and brought him down with Cam Heyward's help. But Heyward was whistled for unnecessary roughness and the half sack was negated.
Watt reached tied Strahan's 2001 milestone despite missing two complete games and nearly missing all of a third.
To get to this point, Watt played through multiple injuries, including a lingering groin injury and a hip and knee injury sustained on a sack of Jared Goff against the Detroit Lions.
Watt, voted the Steelers' MVP by his teammates for a third consecutive time, entered Sunday's regular season-finale just one sack from tying the record after bringing Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield down a career-high four times Monday night.
Just before the season, Watt, 27, signed a four-year, $112 million extension with the Steelers that made him the NFL's highest-paid defensive player, cementing his status as one of the premier players in the league. He's been a focal point of opponents' pass protection, and yet, he's still one of the league's most disruptive and dominant players.
Through Week 17, Watt generated a sack on 6.1% of his pass rushes, the highest single-season sack rate in the Next Gen Stats era. He also has the third-highest Pass Rush Win Rate in the NFL when lined up as an edge defender, defeating his block within 2.5 seconds 25% of the time. Only Myles Garrett (28%) and Josh Sweat (26%) have higher Pass Rush Win Rates on the edge this year. And he's more than just sacks — Watt also has four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.
Earlier in the season, Watt missed all week of practice after testing positive for COVID-19, but returned to record 3.5 sacks of Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson and affect his throw on a would-be game-winning 2-point conversion.
To prepare for that game while in isolation, Watt ran laps around the trees in his backyard. But it's not only his physical preparation that elevates him to one of the league's best. Watt meticulously studies film for hours, honing in on cadence and counts to get any extra advantage.
T.J. Watt
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For San Francisco: After promoting Chidozie Nzerem, Amanda Schull, and Pauli Magierek out of the corps and hiring Alexandra Ansanelli as a principal, I would schedule the following ballets: Program 1 is the company premiere of Makarova's full-length La Bayadere. (Kingdom of Shades is already in the rep.) Cast: Lorena Feijoo as Nikiya, Boada as Solor, and Yuan Yuan Tan as Gamzatti. Alternate cast: Ansanelli as Nikiya, Gonzalo Garcia as Solor, Sarah Van Patten as Gamzatti. Program 2 is a mixed bill with Dances at a Gathering, a world premiere by someone well-versed in ballet, and In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated. Cast for D@G: Pink--Ansanelli, Mauve--Yuan Yuan Tan, Yellow--Kristin Long, Green--Muriel Maffre, Blue--Sarah Van Patten; Brown--Gonzalo Garcia, Green--Ruben Martin, Purple--Chidozie Nzerem, Brick--Hansuke Yamamoto, Blue--Jaime Garcia Castilla Only saw a snippet of the Forsythe, so not sure how to cast it, and the world premiere is up to the choreographer Program 3 is a revival of Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardee, with 4 wonderful alternating casts: LeBlanc and Garcia; Ansanelli and Blanc; Zahorian and Nedviguine; Feijoo and Boada. Program 4 is all-Balanchine. Square Dance: Tina LeBlanc, Gonzalo Garcia Serenade: Tan, Frances Chung, Magierek, Stephen Legate, Nzerem Stars and Stripes: Other than Ansanelli as Liberty Bell, I'm not sure how I'd cast it, but I'd like to see SFB do the full ballet (They did the finale a couple of years ago). Program 5 is an all-Mark Morris bill: Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes, Maelstrom, and Sandpaper Ballet. Program 6 is an international Jewels extravaganza somewhat like what the Mariinsky did a couple of years ago, with guest artists in the leads. Emeralds: Ayupova, Kolb, Cojocaru, Kobborg. Rubies: Ansanelli (who isn't really a guest artist because I got her to join SFB ), Woetzel, Kowroski. Diamonds: Zakharova, Uvarov Wow, that was a lot harder than I thought it would be. Especially the rule about only six programs!
I think you've raised a number of important points about some of the issues with government funding of the arts. It seems to be a double-edged sword at times; on the one hand, "the arts" as we tend to define them can be a great source of cultural pride for this country, and helping to develop them can make the US a richer, more interesting place to live. On the other hand, government agreement or refusal to fund a specific project, particularly the more controversial ones, can be taken as either an endorsement of specific viewpoints or as discrimination against those who adhere to or oppose said viewpoints. As far as ballet is concerned, there are many questions related to this issue that merit further discussion. I'm especially interested to hear about how ballet companies go about obtaining government funding, and how much they depend on it, as well as how the situation regarding arts funding in the US compares with the situation in other countries. What are other people's thoughts on this?
A question for those with more personal experience than I have: If they don't do ballet in "toe" classes, what, pray tell, DO they do? Or shouldn't I ask?
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Thank you for the review, cygneblanc. If it was LeBlanc you saw, and Maffre as the Dryad Queen, they must have been rather interesting to see dancing next to each other in the dream scene, given the considerable height difference. It's too bad you didn't get to see it in a proper theatrical setting, without the time constraints, but thanks for keeping us updated.
What "bad ballets" do you really love?
I'll second Grand Pas Classique, especially with Sylvie Guillem. Guillem's rendition of the ballet, with Legris, is on one of the aforementioned execrable POB tapes with Schmucki ballets. One of them, with quasi-matador choreography, could be called "a bad ballet I sort of liked." Entertaining in the same way as a Dolly Dinkle recital, perhaps. My favorite "bad" ballet for now, however, would have to be La Fille Du Pharaon, the plot of which makes Le Corsaire look simple and profound. (Of course, the dancers in blackface were rather painful to watch). But seeing so many steps and so many variations crammed into one ballet, with ridiculously opulent sets and costumes, set to over-the-top "Drinkus" music (Pugni, actually)...it's like the ballet equivalent of a pint of Ben & Jerry's. A guilty pleasure if there ever was one, and one of the most politically incorrect I've ever seen. I don't even mind Zakharova's extensions here; they're somewhat fitting. Another one that deserves mentioning is the Barber's Adagio on the Mariinsky Ballet-Kirov Classics video, featuring Evteeva and Aliev in Vinogradov's attempt at fusion choreography, alternately rolling around on the floor and posing geometrically in sequined blue unitards. Vinogradov's avant-garde Petrushka, in the same compilation, is bad too, but just plain boring.
Any DVD recommendations for Romeo and Juliet?
On the ABT Now tape/DVD, Ferri dances the balcony scene with Bocca. Not the full length, and with minimal scenery, but it's better than nothing.
Which Dead Ballet Choreographer Are You?
Great quiz, Hans! I always wondered who wrote it.
As we enter the slow/silly season here on Ballet Talk, I thought this would be the perfect time to post a poll. This one involves a quiz from Quizilla: Which Dead Ballet Choreographer Are You? So, which choreographer did you turn out to be? Comments are encouraged, of course.
Is this picture online? What's the link? If it's not online, can you describe it?
Sounds like Stern Grove (minus the rain). They just can't win, can they? Thank you for the links, and I hope your ankle gets better!
From Links for July 10, a review by Jann Parry on SFB's all-premiere program: Paul, I couldn't agree more about LeBlanc in Square Dance!
Martin West has been named SFB's new music director. Article in the SF Chronicle.
I'm fond of the step shown in this photo, but I'm not sure of the exact name of it (some variant on the pas de chat, I think). It shows up in a lot of Balanchine's ballets.
When did ballet become an obsession for you?
This is a very complex topic, I think, and one which has the potential to become a bit heated in some circumstances. I'll try my best not to step on any toes here, but as far as attitudes toward "regional" companies go, there does seem to be a certain New York-centricness as far as American ballet companies are concerned, where NYCB and, to a slightly lesser extent ABT, are seen as the gold standards of American ballet. I find that a certain attitude comes up every so often in reviews of "regional" or "smaller" ballet companies in "national" publications, especially when said small/regional companies perform "bigger" ballets (such as Balanchine or Petipa), which may take different forms, depending on the quality of the performance: if the performance is well-received, some reviewers (not all) will express sentiments of "not bad for a regional company" among their appreciations of a praiseworthy performance. If it is poorly received, however, the review might say something to the effect of, "This company is taking on too much; they are just a regional company and not suited for the rigors of Balanchine/Petipa/whatever." In both cases, if the regional/smaller status of the company in question does not directly color the critic's--or viewers'--perception of its performances, it tends to get mentioned in published evaluations of it, though not all the time. This is not to generalize all reviews and critics reviewing "regional companies" for "larger" publications, or viewers in dance hubs like London or New York who like going to the ballet. In most cases, it's perfectly understandable to use one's "home company" (like ABT or NYCB) as a standard to evaluate companies from elsewhere. The issue lies in the creation of a hierarchy where "national" or "international" level companies are held to higher standards than "regional" companies, and regional companies are not expected to be capable of meeting those higher standards, which can sometimes lead to a patronizing approach to these companies and their endeavors. I hope my opinions on this issue weren't too confusing. What do other people think?
I like your first suggestion, about the multicompany Balanchine extravaganza. If it ever happens, they should tape LeBlanc in Square Dance. And ABT in Ballet Imperial, if they have that connection with DIA. Or Mozartiana. Serenade would be nice too, and Symphony In C. And I absolutely agree about Barocco. For non-Balanchine, how about Dances at a Gathering? Symphonic Variations? Am I greedy, or what?
While Tiit Helimets is indeed joining SFB, there is no indication that Molly Smolen will be dancing in San Francisco.
From www.sfballet.org, here are the latest roster updates for the following season: Promotions/Level Frances Chung, Soloist Moises Martin, Soloist Hansuke Yamamoto, Soloist New Company Members/Level Tiit Helimets, Principal Davit Karapetyan, Principal Andrea McGinnis, Corps de Ballet Shannon Roberts, Corps de Ballet Lily Rogers, Corps de Ballet Danielle Santos, Corps de Ballet New Apprentices/Training Daniel Deivison, San Francisco Ballet School Jennifer Stahl, San Francisco Ballet School Quinn Wharton, San Francisco Ballet School Congratulations to all, and best wishes for success in the season(s) to come!
Another link to another article on this topic, from June 14.
Thank you, carbro. drval01, since you've been redirected (I hope you find the answer to your question), and since I agree that this is a topic for BalletTalk for Dancers, I'm going to close this thread.
Maybe in Europe? (European DVD players are different than American ones, and there are compatibility issues.) I did see an ad for a DVD of this production due out in July, I believe, in this month's (June) Dance Magazine. Not sure I remember the label, I don't have a copy of the magazine where the ad was. I'm pretty sure it isn't Kultur, though.
Interesting topic. I'd like to think that, even in the event that downloading a person's entire mind were to become possible--not likely--people would not abandon ballet, choreography, or art as it exists today, because the creative process of experimentation, trial and error, and of watching one's own works take form in front of you surprising you along the way, is one of the great pleasures of art and choreography. Either that, or I'm a hopeless romantic. :nopity: I'm young enough that it is entirely possible that I'll be around in 50 years, and my prediction is that I'll be one of those old farts shaking their head and saying sadly, "I remember Zakharova, Lacarra, Herrera, and Volochkova. Those were the days. They just don't make them like they used to..."
Welcome to Ballet Talk, John. I think it's important to do some research on the art of ballet, and training and all those things which seem nitpicky to a lot of people but make a big difference as far as authenticity is concerned. The pointe shoe age thing is one example. I encourage you to look around our forums, including our sister site, Ballet Talk For Dancers, to find the information you need, as well as other websites. That being said, although your questions are legitimate, I think this topic has served its purpose. While many of us on Ballet Talk love to read and write, this site is intended for the discussion of the art of ballet; we are not set up to give general writing advice. I'm sure there are forums and websites (and real live human beings) out there that can help with that end of things, but Ballet Talk isn't the best place for that. Of course, if you want to learn more about the art of ballet, you are more than welcome to join in our discussions. I'm closing this thread.


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Александр Фёдорович Смирнов (1 июля 1906, Костенёво, Новгородская губерния — 24 августа 1985, Иркутск) — военнослужащий советской армии, командир батальона 1234-го стрелкового полка (370-я стрелковая дивизия, 69-я армия, 1-й Белорусский фронт). Майор. Герой Советского Союза.

Биография
После окончания в 1934 году лесотехнического факультета Всесоюзного учебного комбината в Ленинграде направлен на должность заместителя председателя Иркутского обллесхимпрома, позже заместитель начальника треста «Иркутсктранслес».

С 1928 по 1930 срочная служба в армии, затем в 1939 вновь призван в вооружённые силы. Участник боёв на реке Халхин-Гол. Служил в дальневосточных частях до 1943 года.

С 1943 переведён на советско-германский фронт в должности командира батальона. Воевал на Северо-Западном, Калининском, 1-м Белорусском фронтах

Отличился в боях в Польше. За умелые действия и храбрость 24 марта 1945 года было присвоено звание Героя Советского Союза (медаль «Золотая Звезда» № 5225).

После войны уволен в запас. Работал начальником треста «Иркутсклес», начальником управления лесного хозяйства Восточно-Сибирского совнархоза.

Проживал в Иркутске, где умер и был похоронен на .

Награды
 Медаль «Золотая Звезда» (№ 5225);
 орден Ленина;
 два ордена Красного Знамени;
 орден Александра Невского;
 два ордена Отечественной войны 1-й степени;
 орден Трудового Красного Знамени;
 медали.

Память
В Иркутске на доме, где жил Александр Смирнов, установлена мемориальная доска.

Примечания

Источники

Ссылки

 Вологжане — Герои СССР.
 Смирнов Александр Фёдорович. Сайт «Вологодская областная научная библиотека им. И. В. Бабушкина».

Члены КПСС
Участники боёв на Халхин-Голе (СССР)
Командиры батальонов в Великой Отечественной войне


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It feels like Barcelona have nearly come to compromise with Paris Saint-Germain. According to the deal, Neymar will get back to Barcelona already this summer.
The player aged 27 left Barcelona in favor of Paris Saint-Germain attracted by their €222million offer. However, having spent two years in France, the player decided to get back to the Spanish club.
While the representatives of both football clubs have recently met this week in Paris, Barca already know they don't have a lot of time to complete it because the European transfer window shuts down on September 2.
Following Tuesday's negotiations Javier Bordas, Barca director uncovered that despite an agreement was achieved but a final decision is yet to be made.
Guillermo Amor, Barca spokesman came up with a statement that no agreement had yet been made with Paris Saint-Germain but the football club will see how talks develop in the near future.
Meanwhile, Guillem Balag from BBC Radio 5 Live told that the two football clubs have come to a compromise and it only remains to get the other player's consent within the swap deal.
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