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1881313 - Friendship Lakefront Building Site Property for Sale for sale
00 Czech Ln, Friendship, 53934, WI, Town of Preston
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Close to town with medical facilities | Wooded Acreage | Lakefront Land | Wildlife Galore | Close to State Park | Close to Beach | In an area of Multiple Lakes | Building Site on this lakefront land! Absolutely beautiful wooded parcel that features...
Friendship Lakefront Property for Sale
Build on this lakefront land! Absolutely beautiful wooded parcel that features about 99' of shoreline frontage on the backwaters of Friendship Lake! Nestle your cabin or dream home into the terrain that may be suitable for a walk-out basement. Wildlife galore...both terrestrial and aquatic to be your neighbors! Located on a quiet country road that is just minutes to the ATV Route, snowmobile trails, State Park, beach, village park, shopping, dining and medical facilities. Fish, boat, swim or waterski! Lake Petenwell and Castle Rock Lakes are not far away for if you like action on bigger waters. They are the 2nd & 4th largest inland lakes in the State. About 35 minutes to Wisconsin Rapids or the Dells. Call for more information or to arrange a personal showing. But don't wait....call listing agent Billy Tyrcha directly on his cell phone at 608-474-2109 or call the office toll-free 1-888-696-8695.
Friendship Lake Building Site
Central Wisconsin land for sale in Adams County, WI.
Friendship Lake WI
Castle Rock Lake
Castle Rock County Park
Quincy Bluff Wetlands Natural Area
Castle Rock Horse Trails
Friendship Wisconsin
Little Roche-A-Cri Creek
Roche-A-Cri State Park
Lake Petenwell
Roche-A-Cri Mound
City of Adams
Preston Township
Wisconsin River
Friendship Lake is located in Adams County, Central Wisconsin of Adams Township. The lake is a flowage fed by Little Roche-A-Cri Creek on the east side of Hwy 13, and turns back into a trout stream on the West side of the Hwy after the Friendship Hydroelectric Dam. Friendship Lake has 1 large public boat launch on Hwy 13, right by the Public Beach. It's is just north of Adams - Friendship (sometimes called the twin cities, in the heart of Adams County) and offers a variety of recreation such as swimming, fishing, waterskiing, jet skiing, boating, canoeing and great ice fishing, all with a view of Friendship Mound. This lake has many types of fish including; Large Mouth Bass, Small Mouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Bluegills, Rock Bass and more. Adams-Friendship is also the County Seat. - Friendship Beach is the Public Access Point to the Lake!
The lake is formed by both Little Roche-A-Cri Creek and Fordham Creek which are controlled by the Friendship Dam right next to the public beach and boat launch. Below the dam is Friendship Park where the water turns into a trout stream called Little Roche-A-Cri Creek that flows all the way into Wisconsin's 4th largest body of water, Castle Rock Lake.
Friendship Lake WI - https://thelandman.net/friendship-lake-wi.html
Friendship Park is located on the edge of Friendship Village, Adams Township in Adams County, Central Wisconsin just below the Hydroelectric Dam that regulates the water levels for Friendship Lake. The Lake is fed by both Fordham Creek and Little Roche A Cri Creek class trout streams. Directly below the hydro dam is a small pool of water making great fish habitat just before the water turns back into Little Roche-A-Cri Creek which is still a trout stream. There's a newer arched walking bridge that suspends over the creek from the north side of Friendship Park to the south side giving access to the winter sledding hill. Also on the south side of the park you'll find a small wildlife pond used mostly by Birds, Frogs, Turtles and other Wisconsin Wildlife.
Friendship Park offers a nice genuine park like setting with a view of Friendship Mound (private). It features sand volleyball courts, barbecue grills, a large picnic pavilion for outdoor parties which you can get reserve and plenty of playground equipment for the kids like swings, slides and a merry-go-round. So, if you want to spend a nice quiet day enjoying the outdoors doing some trout fishing, picnicking, playing a little sand volleyball even pushing someone special on the merry go round then put Friendship Park on your agenda.
Little Roche-A-Cri Creek continues on flowing to the southwest and ending in Castle Rock Lake on Adams County's western border.
Friendship Park WI - https://thelandman.net/friendship-park.html
Castle Rock Lake is located in Central Wisconsin just north of Wisconsin Dells between Adams County and Juneau County WI. It's also known as Castle Rock Flowage which is considered Wisconsin's 4th largest inland lake with a surface area of about 13,955 acres and a max depth of 36 feet deep. Castle Rock Lake is part of the Wisconsin Flowage System and is just South of Lake Petenwell. This area is a well-known vacation / tourist area loaded with public hunting land, sandy beaches, trout streams, farmland, small towns and lots of Wisconsin Wildlife. The lake has a wide variety of fish including; Musky, Walleye, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Catfish, Carp, Panfish, Crappie, Bluegill and just below Castle Rock Dam are Sturgeon.
Castle Rock Lake - https://castle-rock-lake.com
Castle Rock County Park is located at 2397 County Road Z in Adams County, Town of Quincy of Central Wisconsin on the eastside of Castle Rock Lake also known as Castle Rock Flowage. It's about 141 acres with over 2,500 ft of lake frontage; 200+ campsites including individual, walk-in, lakefront and group sites. The park features a sandy swimming beach, playground equipment, game room, concession area, horseshoes, volleyball, visitor center with office, improved boat launch, boat docking in a small safe harbor, restrooms, heated showers, fish cleaning area, dump station plus lots of parking areas. Around 4th of July weekend the Castle Rock County Park does a Fireworks show which has become very popular over the years. Places & Activities close by consist of Quincy Bluff and Wetlands State Natural Area with Lone Rock, Castle Rock Horse Trails, Sohlberg Silver Lake State Natural Area, Wisconsin River, Wisconsin River Power Company Land (some areas open to the public), Little Roche-A-Cri Creek, Big Roche-A-Cri Creek, Northern Bay Golf Course and lots of public hunting land.
Castle Rock County Park Adams County WI - https://thelandman.net/castle-rock-county-park.html
Quincy Bluff and Wetlands State Natural Area are located in Quincy Township of Adams County, Central Wisconsin and is part of the Central Sands Plains. There is lots of wilderness here and attractions like Quincy Bluff, abundant Wisconsin Wildlife, Lone Rock and a view of Rattlesnake Mound. This public area allows hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing, edible foraging for mushrooms and berries. BUT NOT ALLOWED is camping, vehicles, campfires and non-edible collecting like rocks, fossils etc… It's not far from Castle Rock Lake, Castle Rock County Park, The Wisconsin River and Solberg Silver Lake SNA that is also public land open to hunting. Quincy Bluff is about 200 feet in height, but it seems that Lone Rock is more popular for hikers.
Quincy Bluff and Wetlands State Natural Area - https://thelandman.net/quincy-bluff-and-wetlands-state-natural-area.html
Castle Rock Horse Trails aren't just horseback riding trails. They are also a multi use trail system for NON-MOTORIZED vehicles like hiking, running, skiing and even wagons! The trail system is NOT open to ATVs & Snowmobiles. You can ride those on the back roads in this area because they are part of the routing systems.
The Castle Rock Lake Horse Trails are located south of Highway 21 and east of 20th Ave and go all way to the Wisconsin River where it opens up into Castle Rock Lake on the Adams County, WI. side. The trails are on about 2,500 acres of Wisconsin River Power Company Land that is open to the public for recreation including hunting. Because this land is open to public hunting, use of this trail system is discouraged during the Wisconsin deer gun hunt.
Castle Rock Horse Trails - https://castle-rock-lake.com/castle-rock-horse-trails
Friendship WI 53934
Friendship, Wisconsin is located near the Town of Adams in Adams County on State Highway 13 right between Wisconsin Rapids and The Wisconsin Dells. It's considered a village. It features the area hospital, airport, swimming beach, county seat and Friendship Mound that overlooks the village. Just north of town is Friendship Lake, the beach, Friendship Park, Friendship Mound and Roche-A-Cri State Park featuring Roche-A-Cri Mound, the steepest in the state that has 303 steps to the top. Once at the top, there is a platform that gives you a view of the whole surrounding area.
Friendship WI 53934 - https://thelandman.net/friendship-wi.html
Little Roche-A-Cri-Creek is about 22 miles long and is class 1, 2 & 3 trout stream waters with Brook, Brown and Rainbow Trout. For the most part, the creek starts at about Cottonville Lane & 3rd Ave in Town of Richfield in Adams County in Central Wisconsin and flows to the southwest towards Adams-Friendship. At the dead end of 7th Dr. the first area of Remnant Little Roche-A-Cri Creek begins and then ends at 8th Dr. Then a little farther downstream in the second part of REM-Little Roche-A-Cri Creek, Fordham Creek adds its class 1 trout water to the mix. Just after 10th Ave the water flows into Friendship Lake. Once the water enters the lake it's no longer considered a trout stream. Then the water flows through the Friendship Hydro Dam past Friendship Park and has more water added by Carter Creek which then flows all the way to Castle Rock Lake, Wisconsin's 4th largest inland body of water that is part of the Wisconsin River Flowages system. It flows all the way to the edge of Wisconsin where it ends at the Great Mississippi River.
Little Roche-A-Cri Creek - https://thelandman.net/little-roche-a-cri-creek-wi.html
Adams County Wisconsin
Adams County is Located in Central Wisconsin between Wisconsin Rapids and Wisconsin Dells. It consists of 17 Towns featuring fishing lakes, trout streams, lots of public land, ATV routes, Snowmobile Trails and rock formations. This county is known for 3 types of industries; recreation tourism, farming and small businesses. State Highway 21 is the main artery for the East & West travel and Stat e Highway13 is the main artery for North & South travel.
Adams County WI - https://thelandman.net/adams-county-wi.html
Welcome to the home of Turkey Vultures, Whitetail Deer, Squirrels and the Red Fox! Roche-A-Cri State Park was established in 1948 and consists of 605 acres of woods and prairie. It features Roche-A-Cri Mound. This unique State Park has many different recreational activities from sight-seeing to hiking 303 steps up the top of Roche A Cri Mound. Several rest areas offer different settings where you can enjoy a nice picnic. There are 41 rustic campsites available and the park even offers campfire wood for your convenience. If you wish to climb the hill, there is a 300 foot stairway that includes resting places along the way. During your journey through Roche-A-Cri State Park, you will find areas that tell the history of the hill. At the top is a platform that will allow you to see 10 different counties, many great Lakes, Friendship Mound, and plenty of other unique places for discovery.
Roche-A-Cri State Park - https://thelandman.net/roche-a-cri-state-park.html
Petenwell Lake
Lake Petenwell is located in Central Wisconsin just North of Wisconsin Dells and South of Wisconsin Rapids between Adams County and Juneau County WI at the northern end of the counties. It's also known as Petenwell Flowage and is considered Wisconsin's 2nd largest inand lake with a surface area of about 23,040 acres and a max depth of 44 feet deep. Lake Petenwell is part of the Wisconsin Flowage System and is just North of Castle Rock Lake. This area is a well-known vacation / tourist area loaded with public hunting land, sandy beaches, trout streams, farmland, small towns and lots of Wisconsin Wildlife. The lake has a wide variety of fish including; Musky, Walleye, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Catfish, Carp, Crappie, Bluegill and other Panfish.
Lake Petenwell - https://lake-petenwell.com
Roche-A-Cri Mound is part of Roche-A-Cri State Park and is the steepest hill in the State of Wisconsin according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI DNR). This Adams County Mound was formed by ice and water from the diminishing glaciers of Old Lake Wisconsin during the last Ice Age. Ancient Native American rock art known as glyphs, petroglyphs, pictographs and hieroglyphs of where found at the base of Roche-A-Cri Mound as early as the mid 1800's. Like any natural and man-made attraction both the natural elements (erosion, water and wind) and accidental damage from visitors takes its toll over time. Because of the concern of climbers' safety back in the 1970's the mound became off limits to visitors. So, to utilize this natural attraction the State of Wisconsin in the early to mid 1990's added a stairway of 303 steps from the basis of the mound all the way to the flat top on the north edge where an observation deck was placed offering a great view of the area. From this view point, you can see for miles and observe several other Wisconsin Rock Formations in the area including Rabbit Rock, Minnie Rock, Ship Rock, Cottonville Rock, Dorro Couche Mound (aka Dyracuse Mound), Necedah Mound and Petenwell Rock. There are large panoramic information plaques to help you identify what you are looking at in the Adams County area.
Roche-A-Cri Mound - https://thelandman.net/roche-a-cri-mound.html
Adams WI 53910
Adams Wisconsin is located in the Township of Adams in Adams County on State Highway 13 right between Wisconsin Rapids and Wisconsin Dells. It's considered a city and it has the area high school, middle little school, elementary school, banks, corporate sector, railroad, flea market, and farming infrastructure for the area. Along Main Street there are a variety of small businesses and also some larger chain stores plus local Shopping District, School Systems, Government Offices, DNR Post, Banks, shopping complex, and the Industrial Park for the whole area as well as some residential communities. Just south of the City of Adams is County Road F that leads to Castle Rock Lake, Wisconsin's 4th largest inland body of water. It is one of the major attractions for the Adams area.
City of Adams WI 53910 - https://thelandman.net/adams-wi-53910.html
Preston Township WI
The Town of Preston has the only State Park in Adams County, Wisconsin; Roche-A-Cri State Park. The park features Roche-A-Cri Mound which has 303 steps all the way to the top with a lookout platform facing the north with views also to both east and west where you can see the hills of Coloma and all the way to the Wisconsin River Valley. Little Roche-A-Cri Creek flows through the state park and eventually feeds into Castle Rock Lake, WI. You can see dozens of Turkey Vultures circling the mound on any given day. Directly to the South is Friendship Mound which overlooks both Friendship Lake and Friendship Park. Preston has been added to the Monroe Prairie ATV Route system and is also home to Big Roche-A-Cri Lake which is about 200 acres of ski able water formed by Big Roche-A-Cri Creek trout stream.
Town of Preston WI - https://thelandman.net/preston-township-wi.html
Wisconsin is home to the 430 mile long Wisconsin River that is known for its amazing historical background. Many years ago it was used throughout the state as a road for transportation from one location to another. The river begins at the Northeast corner of the state and ends at the Mississippi River. You get the best of both worlds when fishing in the river. Not only do you get to bask in the glory of prime Wisconsin fish, but you get to enjoy the uniqueness of the Mississippi creatures. The Wisconsin River flows through Adams County into Wisconsin Dells and is filled with fun attractions and historical landmarks. An interesting fact is that a long time ago, the ice that formed Lake Wisconsin melted away causing an overflow of water which cut a portion of the Wisconsin River out which in turn created the Wisconsin Dells.
Wisconsin River - https://thelandman.net/wisconsin-river.html
Friendship Pond Wisconsin
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Friendship Lakefront Lot for Sale
"Multiple Amenities may refer to the same thing depending on use and opinion"
Big Roche A Cri State Park State Park Lake Town of Preston Friendship WI Central Wisconsin Land for Sale Adams County Friendship Lake Lake Petenwell Wisconsin River Wildlife Castle Rock Lake Near ATV Route Near Snowmobile Trails waterfront Lakefront Building site
Eyefull Acres North Shore Blk 1
Close to a Lake
Snowmobile Trail nearby
ATV Route nearby
AREA - Friendship Lake & Roche-A-Cri State Park
Close to State Park
Close to Hospital & Clinics
Close to Shopping
Close to Creek
Close to a boat launch
Fully Wooded
Lake - All Sports Lake
Terrain - Level
Terrain - Sloping
Land possibly suitable for an exposed lower level
Super market 5 minutes by Car
Park 5 minutes by Car
Beach 5 minutes by Car
Airport 5 minutes by Car
Police station 5 minutes by Car
Hospital 5 minutes by Car
Town center 5 minutes by Car
Shopping center 5 minutes by Car
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James Gilchrist, tenor
March 22, 2019 The Cross-Eyed Pianist Interview Leave a comment
Who or what inspired you to and pursue a career in music?
Music has always been part of me. I grew up in a musical family, and music was always around me. I never ever dreamed that I might take it up as a career. In some ways, I still feel like that. Britain has a wonderful tradition of amateur music-making, but this comes at a cost: people don't really value taking music as a career. I couldn't begin to say how many times I've been asked after a performance what my real job is – what I actually do for a living. And easy as it is to poke fun at people who ask such things, I fear that their accusation that music isn't a proper thing to do at all infects me too. But influences? Well, many. I saw Paul Tortellier playing when I was a little boy, and went to meet him afterwards. I was speechless with awe, but I've never forgotten the event. Talking of speechless with awe, I remember sitting next to Janet Baker at a dinner once, when I was about sixteen. I was so dumb-struck with terror (she was, of course, anything but terrifying – charm itself) that I think I didn't say a word the whole evening. But when I was a chorister in New College, Oxford, I remember being deeply impressed with the singing of Rufus Müller when we were doing earlier music. We duetted in Tavener's Western Wynd mass on disc. That was a big , formative moment.
Who or what have been the most important influences on your musical life and career?
This is a very hard question to answer. St Endellion festival, the various choirmasters in the beginning of my musical life – Stephen Bell in Banbury parish church, Edward Higginbottom at New College, Stephen Cleobury in King's – all taught me so much. But perhaps if I were to single people out, it'd be two teachers at school, Julian Smith, who taught me singing, and my piano teacher Robert Bottone. These two men made me understand that music can be taken seriously, and that doing so makes it ever more important. They showed me, I think, that not to do it to the best you possibly can for every performance is somehow to misunderstand that reason why we're here at all, as well as being profoundly demeaning to the audience. It's a lesson I continue to learn and hopefully to make part of my life.
What have been the greatest challenges of your career so far?
Coming to terms with the fact that I'm not as good as I would like to me. That what I want to say is sometimes beyond me. There have, of course, been lots of terrifying performances, but this is definitely the greatest challenge. I remember doing Berlioz L'enfance in the proms, on the telly, with Gardiner conducting. It should have been my most terrifying performance ever. But if truth be told, I wasn't really "there" at all: my wife was ill in hospital just after the birth of our third child, and I think my mind and soul were with my family rather than on stage. Oddly, I think the performance from me was not at all bad. Perhaps I should be absent more often. Though hopefully not for that reason. Fortunately, everybody came out well from the experience. Gerontius in Gloucester cathedral, where I knew I was not doing well, and I just had to carry on.
Which performance/recordings are you most proud of?
Recordings, I think two Finzi ones: Anna's and my Finzi songs disc Oh Fair to see. It's really quite good, I think. And I still like the musical decisions we've made. And the Bournemouth SO's Dies Natalis with David Hill. Much more recently, Anna and I were doing a recital in Leicester and one of the works was about grief and bereavement. Afterwards, someone came up who was clearly moved: she'd recently lost her husband. She told us that our performance had helped her enormously. That makes everything worthwhile. Last year I performed Dichterliebe (amongst other things) in front of the queen of Denmark. She was very kind and didn't say too many critical things. I rather enjoyed telling her that I'd recently been performing some Clara Schumann songs that had been dedicated to one of her forbears. She was delighted, and knew exactly who that Queen must have been.
Which particular works do you think you perform best?
I'd like to think that I'm quite good at singing Bach. Ever since Gardiner's Cantata pilgrimage of the year 2000, where we had to perform so many Bach cantatas at lighting learning-speed, I think my understanding of the way his music works has increased and deepened. I remember learning as a child that Bach was an "instrumental" composer: his vocal lines were impossible. I seem always to find him quite the reverse: in Essence a vocal writer, who understood, loved and played with the voice in such a natural way that all we performers have to do it do what's on the page, and it's All There. It is hard, but so doable and practical. And Human. I'd love to make a claim that my Schubert isn't bad, but frankly I'm up against some pretty stiff competition. It all depends what you want. If you're after beautiful legato tone at every turn, look elsewhere. But if you want to know what the poem's about, I hope I have something to say. Purcell and twentieth-century English song. Dear me, the list is long. I fear I'm being all too immodest. See question 2 above!
Do you have a favourite concert venue to perform in and why?
I was tempted to say "my front room, because nobody's listening". It'd be tempting to say the Wigmore, because it is so good acoustically, but honestly I am always totally overwhelmed by the thought of who has stood there before me. Perhaps the Holywell music room in Oxford. It's such a friendly audience and a venue just perfect for chamber music.
Who are your favourite musicians?
Obviously ALL musicians are my favourite. I did the most extraordinary few concerts with jazz musicians recently. Alcyona Mick on the piano, I just can't think how she manages to be so brilliant. And talking of pianists, Anna Tilbrook, whom I've been working with for more the 20 years. She's simply the best. But I rather like slightly off-the-wall musicians. People who look beyond what's on the page and remember the audience.
What is your most memorable concert experience?
I remember a performance of the St John Passion in London where a lady in the front row – right in front of me – became unwell in the show. She sort of fell backwards a bit and looked awful. I must confess that I thought she'd died. She wasn't the youngest member of the audience. So I was relieved and delighted when she perked up a few seconds later. There was a bit of a kerfuffle – an ambulance had been called. But she looked OK to me. So I hopped off the stage to ask her what she would like us to do – stop or carry on. She was quite adamant: You carry on, dear, it's lovely. So I got back up, and on we went. I hadn't thought it through, with me having been medical once upon a time. But people thought I'd done something miraculous and saved the day! Not at all. But I'm never one to get in the way of a good story.
Or doing Haydn's Jahreszeiten in the Vienna Musikverein. An amazing experience only slightly marred by the conductor being too nervous to behave properly. But one thing he did do right was ask me to conduct for a bit while he checked the balance. I can see why it goes to their heads…
Or doing Zaide (which is a version of the abduction of the Seraglio) in the Arsenal in Istanbul.
What an INTERESTING question. I mean clearly, it's being asked to do all the big gigs and getting top billing and being generally the name of the moment. But it isn't at all, is it? Well, I hope not! Being able to say : I think I did that as well as I can, and I hope our performance moved people and made a difference. God, that sounds awfully worthy, but I think it's right. You've succeeded if people come away from the show a little taller, a little wholer, a little more aware that when they went in. If something happened to them.
To treat every performance as equally important. It's so easy to say the "big gigs" are the big ones. Of course they are. But the little ones matter just as much. Even more, perhaps. The one thing I can't bear to see in a performer is that they don't really care.
James Gilchrist appears with Guy Johnston (cello) and Tom Poster (piano) on Orchid Classics new release 'Themes and Variations' which includes music by Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Schubert, Martinu and Rachmaninov. Further information
Tenor James Gilchrist began his working life as a doctor, turning to a full-time career in music in 1996. His musical interest was fired at a young age, singing first as a chorister in the choir of New College, Oxford, and later as a choral scholar atKing's College, Cambridge.
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We're officially snowed in here at my home in New York. It's nice and cozy with a new movie, new slippers, and homemade hot cocoa though. It's also a good opportunity to start recapping my weekend getaway to Prague. It began on Saturday, December 15th following an hour and a half flight from Paris.
After taking the bus to the metro to the city on a pleasant 90-minute commute, we ascended the elevator to: Wenceslas Square in rain. A bit dreary? Yes, but it was magical. Christmas market stalls flanked the center selling hot mulled wine and other festive goodies. We soaked it all in on the walk towards our apartment.
Then we realized how very hungry we were and ducked in to a traditional restaurant on Palackého. I had a huge lunch plate with two pieces of pork, green beans sautéed in bacon, and roasted herb potatoes... paired with a beer, of course. Here I am with the smaller size. Yes, smaller; the alternative was half of a liter.
After digesting a bit, we continued on. It didn't take long to realize that the chilly weather not only encouraged hearty fare and heavy beer in large quantities, but cafés on every corner. Lucky us, we needed a coffee break. It was almost as delicious as the generous slice of Slovakian holiday cake.
Fast-forward three hours. We'd settled into our apartment and set out to wander our way to Old Town.
Did we know exactly what we were passing? No, but it almost made the experience more enchanting. The Prague Castle especially, even if we couldn't help but recognize it. The layers of wool socks, tights, jeans, thermals, sweaters, coats, hats, scarves, and gloves kept us from being distracted by the cold along the way.
Then we came upon Old Town Square and unarguably, the most stunning of all Christmas markets.
In the midst of friendly crowds and bright lights, we felt like we were in a fairy tale... maybe a pop-up book.
But soon it got colder. We ducked into a café for glasses of "grown-up" cider and planned the events of our first night on the town: a pub crawl. With the plethora of local beer in town, we wanted to make sure we tasted at least most of them. Restaurace U Vejvodů was our first stop for Pilsners and bowls of goulash.


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Funeral Singing
The Bel Canto Sopranos
bookings@gemmaturner.co.uk
Classical Crossover Artist Gemma Turner, originally from Hertfordshire has been using her unique soprano and contemporary sound to travel across the country and fulfil performances in some of the most prestigious theatres in the UK. Her wealth of knowledge and performance experience has led Gemma to be one of the most popular Soprano's in the Country.
Her strong Operatic voice mixed with the delicate blend of contemporary softness has given her the ability to perform a wide variety of music from Operatic Arias to Popular classics infused with feeling and emotion that she brings to every performance.
Gemma's professional career has included West End performances at The London Palladium and The Royal Albert Hall along with a Nationwide Theater Tour performing in some of the country's finest Theaters, Churches and Concert Halls
With singing styles including Classical & Opera Arias to Popular Love Ballads, her extensive repertoire list ranges from Schubert's beautiful 'Ave Maria' to Luciano Pavarotti's 'Nessun Dorma to timeless love classics such as Eva Cassidy's 'Songbird' to Ed Sheeran's latest hit.
Gemma regularly sings in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, London and the surrounding counties.
Gemma Turner
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KnightAge – Cuteness overdose
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In my over my 10 years of online gaming, I have seen my fair share of "cute" MMOs, the earliest 2 I can remember being Ragnarok Online (2002) and R.O.S.E Online (2005). Subsequently, there have been many, many anime styled online games released in the market, including the most recent Soul Captor Online. But KnightAge really caught my eyes at first glance. Also known as Carpe Diem 2, the sequel took a 360 degrees turn from its predecessor by using an awesome chibi style of design. The Japanese and world's first server for the game is currently hosted by Aeria Games Japan. KnightAge ended its first Closed Technical Test (CTT) last week, and let's take a look at it. All information are merged and translated from various different sources.
The storyline is about the Demon King and his 72 Demon Generals, where 4 heroes stood u against them and hence, the 4 basic classes – Knight, Magician, Huntress and Warrior. Do note that the classes are gender-locked.
There are not many options for customizing during the CTT phase, hopefully more will be added during Closed Beta Test (CBT). Only the skin color, hairstyle and hair color are changeable. Even though classes can use each other's weapons and learn different weapon skills, it is not advisable as the armor pieces are class specific. Imagine tanking using a magician class wearing thin robes but wielding a sword and using Knight skills!
In the beginning, there are a few starter and tutorial quests to get players familiarized with the controls, how to interact with NPCs and obtain/ complete quests.
The next feature to be introduced to new players will be the Pupa. This is the pet system for KnightAge, and the pets are known as… Pupas. The starting Pupa during CTT is apparently all the same, but players can get more varieties later on from quests, events and perhaps the bosses.
Next, the mount system. One of the core features which was the main star in Carpe Diem, players will be given a quest to slay a mini-boss mob before getting their first mount. And yes, it is a donkey… Looks oddly familiar to a certain animated movie's =__="' More mounts can be seen here in my previous post.
Riding into town, GMs are seen holding events giving out exclusive Pupas of various shapes and sizes. And many players are in town as well!
The starter mount does give players a minor movement speed boost, and there will be mounted combat as well. What is a Carpe Diem game without mounted battles anyway?
As stated in my previous post, there will be a 50 Vs 50 feature, but it is not available during CTT. Let me start first by re-explaining the party system. 5 players may form a training squad, while 10 training squads can form a legion. For both case, the leader will be issuing commands and different formations, just like a strategist. The leader can change formations as well, choosing form either assault, defensive or concentric mode (ranged strategy). These tactics can also be used during normal PvE.
While the Japanese server is on schedule for more test phases, I have not seen a Korean server or official website anywhere despite being developed by a Korean studio and having various screenshots and footages online. For overseas services, only the Taiwanese and Hong Kong servers are confirmed. Quite a number of features are missing during CTT, while others available are not really fascinating to the lazy writer posting this up. Will Aeria Games (North America) get this game? Well, let's hope they still have an empty slot in its already-packed 2011 release schedule.
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I haven't worn eye-makeup in a while, but while I was doing a little bit of Spring cleaning, I came across my Naked Palette and decided to try out some shadows. This is what I concocted. Pretty simple.
* On my face some tinted moisturizer and the PUR Minerals 4-in-1 pressed powder (sans concealer).
* On my cheeks Benefit Dallas as a contour (even though it's a blush, not a bronzer) and NARS Mata Hari.
* On my eyes from the Naked palette I have Buck all over the lid, Sin in the inner corner, and Hustle in the outer corner. I lined my eyes on top with a black pencil and the bottom with a gold pencil. Topped off with mascara.
* On my lips a thin layer of Revlon Temptress topped with a Brian Bailey Fresh Lip Gloss in Pink (the same one I received in my March Glossybox).
you're so pretty! i'm excited to get my hands on the naked palette, i think i need to have it - so easy to travel with and everything :) i think i'll go with the naked 2 though.
I love the gold liner on the bottom lash line! It really brightens up your eyes!
what a gorgeous look on you!!! i love that it looks so natural.


Caudipteryx, genus of small feathered theropod dinosaurs known from rock deposits of western Liaoning province, China, that date from about 125 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous (146 million to 100 million years ago). Caudipteryx was one of the first-known feathered dinosaurs; fossil specimens have impressions of long feathers on the forearms and tail. These feathers were symmetrical and similar to those of living flightless birds; however, they differed from those of living and fossil flying birds, such as Archaeopteryx. Furthermore, the forelimbs of Caudipteryx were too short to have functioned as wings, suggesting that complex feathers originally evolved in nonflying animals for purposes other than flight.
With its small head, long neck, compact body, and fan of tail feathers, Caudipteryx probably resembled a small pheasant or turkey, and it may have occupied a similar ecological niche. In members of this genus, teeth were present on the premaxillae (the bones at the front of the upper jaw); however, the maxillae and the lower jaws were toothless and presumably beaked. Furthermore, numerous gastroliths (stomach stones) were found in the rib cages of some specimens; these probably functioned as a gastric mill for grinding up tough forage, such as plant material and the chitinous exoskeletons of insects, as in the muscular gizzards of many birds.
Caudipteryx was a primitive member of Oviraptorosauria, a group of theropods that were closely related to birds. Oviraptorosaurs differed from most other theropods in having a deep belly and a short, stiff tail. In addition, many forms had few, if any, teeth. According to some authorities, the reduced dentition and deep abdomen may have been adaptations for herbivory. Some oviraptorosaurs, however, possessed significant numbers of teeth, and these forms may have been omnivorous or insectivorous.


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We've Made Nigeria's Economy Better Than It Was When We Took Over In 2015 – Buhari
Aug 31, 2021 Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that since he took over the administration of the country in 2015, the country is better economically than it was before.
The President revealed this on Tuesday while identifying factors that made the country's economy to record a 5 per cent growth in the second quarter, 2021. Recall that according to the second-quarter GDP report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) last Wednesday, the country's economy grew by 5.01 per cent, year-on-year, the strongest growth since the fourth quarter of 2014 when President Goodluck Jonathan was in charge. Speaking on how the feat was achieved, Buhari while speaking at the launch of the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme at the State House in Abuja identified key drivers of economic growth and diversification in the second quarter to include telecommunications, transportation, electricity, agriculture and manufacturing. President Buhari noted that the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme, is a fully paid post-NYSC work placement programme that would provide an opportunity for mentors who were already engaged in various industries, gained relevant experience and built capacity over the years to provide mentorship and support for young Nigerians. He also reiterated the commitment of his administration to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in ten years through the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) which includes the famous Npower scheme. The President's special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina quoted him in a statement as saying that: "Tuesday, 22nd June, 2021, I set-up the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) steering committee to coordinate our work to fulfil my promise to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in ten years. This is building on the positive results from the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan and the targeted response to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic with the Economic Sustainability Plan. "These efforts have yielded results with Nigeria recording its biggest economic growth in six years with a GDP growth of 5 per cent in the second quarter of 2021. The sectors that drove this growth are trade, telecommunications, transportation, electricity, agriculture and manufacturing. Each of these sectors showed significant improvement and thus created more jobs for our populace. "An important part of our policies and strategies is the focus on employment and creating opportunities for our people. When this government was elected in 2015, we committed to increasing job opportunities for Nigerians and as part of our social investments programme we recruited 500,000 graduates into our N-power programme,'' he noted. Speaking further on the achievements made through the Npower scheme, the President said more workers (both graduates and non-graduates) have been added to the nation's workforce and some have gone ahead to become employers of labour themselves. "These graduates are recruited to work in agricultural, health and education institutions across the country. The N-power programme also has a non-graduate component that provides skills to tens of thousands of Nigerians in areas such as technology, masonry, auto repairs, and carpentry. "We estimate that about 2 million people join our labour force annually. We continue to work with our partners to provide more opportunities to create jobs and the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme in partnership with the United Nation's Development Programme being one of such opportunities,'' he added. The President said the jubilee programme which is been launched will provide the platform for young Nigerian graduates in various sectors to gain work experience, skills and earn a living. He said: "The jubilee programme will provide a pathway for young Nigerians to gain work experience in top tier organisations, gaining relevant skills and building the right networks for the future in various sectors including information and communications technology, financial services, trade, manufacturing, agriculture and agro-processing. "Other sectors include mining, telecommunications, creative industries and technology, education, health, research and development, and public sector institutions. We believe that building the right skills and experiences across these sectors are important to sustain the economic growth we are experiencing.'' The President also identified other similar programmes in the past such as the N75 billion youth fund in the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to help young Nigerians and their businesses. "The Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) was our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have set up a survival fund which has helped many businesses stay afloat in the worst economic periods of the last 5 years, more than one million Nigerians have benefitted from the fund, with more than 500,000 benefitting from the MSMEs Payroll support track, approximately 270,000 beneficiaries of the artisan support track, and about 50,000 beneficiaries of the MSME grant scheme,'' the President added. On the jubilee programme itself, the President urged Nigerian youths and the private sector to key into the scheme and maximize the opportunity. "Beyond the skills and work experience, we will be building a new culture of mentorship and guidance that can chart a new course for skills development and work experience in our country. "We believe that as this programme creates new opportunities for 20,000 recent graduates annually, the beneficiaries will use the opportunities presented to them and maximize their 12 months of engagement,'' he said. "I would like to say thank you to the United Nations Development Programme and the European Union for their support on this vital initiative. And I hereby declare the program open,'' he added.
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Os macrofungos, entre os quais se incluem diversos grupos taxonómicos, caracterizam-se por produzirem estruturas reprodutoras (cogumelos) que são claramente visíveis a olho nu.

A designação cogumelos encontra-se geralmente associada aos corpos frutíferos constituídos por um chapéu e um pé, sob o qual se formam os esporos. Na realidade, uma grande parte dos cogumelos tem essa morfologia, porém nem  sempre assim é.

A maioria dos macrofungos pertence aos Basidiomycota e a algumas ordens de Ascomycota e incluem espécies parasitas, sapróbias (decompositoras) e micorrízicas (que se associam às raízes de espécies vegetais), desempenhando as duas últimas um papel crucial no ciclo mineral e do carbono, promovendo o crescimento das espécies vegetais, protegendo-as de agentes patogénicos e sustentando o funcionamento do ecossistema.

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UU A Way Of Life: Shall this too pass?
The ten thousand things emerge from the Tao and return to the Tao.
It seems, with distance, all like a dream.
The interdependent web waxes and wanes; like the tide of the ocean, it comes in and goes out.
We are here and then we are not.
Other people are here and then they are not.
The old in and out, the coming and going, the up and the down are all part of the same thing.
Unitarian Universalists affrim and promote the responsible search for truth and meaning.
With this search to find that Truth, we find it is not in the manifestation of the ten thouusand things.
Truth is to be found in the Ground Of Our Being, in the Energy which fuels the ten thousand things.
Wisdom is achieved in knowing, not the ten thousand things, but in the Tao which manifests them.
Unitarian Univeralists call this Tao "the interdependent web of all existence" which abides eternally.
Unitarain Univeralists find calm in knowing that with whatever is going on, whatever is happening, this too shall pass.


As promised, many things kick off today (ha). The Kickstarter campaign has begun, so make a pledge if you are so inclined.
$6 pledges and above grant access to the game so you can play all day on Mondays. If you really wanted to, you could pledge, try the game out, and cancel so you're not actually spending money. It is a beta after all. But if you think what we've got so far is fun to play, a contribution to fund the complete version would be an immense help.
The game's also up on Steam Greenlight, so vote yes after you've played the beta. Please leave any comments for us there. We love reading those.
Remember, we've got until August 10 to hit our goal. Since the game is open on Mondays, we'll be updating it between then so that it's improved each week. Don't forget to watch Theory's Q & A tonight at 6:30 PM EST. He'll also be streaming matches against Stephen, the host. Exciting!
That's plenty of rambling from me. Check out the Kickstarter so we can play!


The Canada Border Services Agency issued an advisory to travellers that the primary inspection lanes, at the St. Stephen Ferry Point port of entry, will be undergoing construction, for maintenance, the week of October 17, 2016.
Marianne Moore and Jim Porter present Certificates of Appreciation to area residents who each adopted a city garden to care for throughout the summer. (LEFT) Pictured L to R: Jim Porter, Mary Weston, Amy Dicenzo, Marlys Farn, Shari Doten, Anne Nixon, Patsy and David Beckett, Marianne Moore. (ABOVE) Taylor and Stacey LeBlanc.
Do you realize how lucky you are? Let me explain, if I hadn't received a phone call at 7 p.m. on Monday to check to see where my column was, you wouldn't be reading this exciting press coverage.
Congratulations to Eddie Cadett and Robyn Lindquist on their recent marriage. The couple was married on Friday, October 14th. I along with the rest of the community wish you years of happiness to come.
Anne C. Perry is a resident of Calais and a candidate for the Maine House of Representatives district that includes Baileyville, Calais, Charlotte, Passamaquoddy Indian Township, Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point, Pembroke, Perry, Robbinston and Baring Plantation.
Calais Volleyball Alum are coming together for a volleyball game on November 26 at 4pm to start a scholarship fund. (Photo Credit: Phil Beckett 2005).


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Main & Market: Sights and Sounds of the Queen City and Beyond
A digital local history project from the Poughkeepsie Public Library District
Tags: Hospitals
Rose, O.P.
Portrait of O.P. Rose.
Bowne Memorial Hospital
Located on the current site of Dutchess Community College.
Central Group of Buildings, Hudson River State Hospital
Color-tinted photograph of the Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
City Infirmary
Black & white photograph, text reads: "This building was erected by William W. Smith & given to the city of Poughkeepsie to be used as an infirmary for the sick of the city home A.D. 1907."
Tags: Hospitals, Public Buildings
Conservatory, Hudson River State Hospital
Color-tinted photograph of the Conservatory at the Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
Entrance, Vassar Hospital
Color-tinted photograph of a child with a bicycle standing at the gates of Vassar Hospital.
Hudson River State Hospital
Photo of the grounds & buildings of the Hudson River State Hospital.
Image of the Nurses' Hall at the Hudson River State Hospital.
Color illustration of Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
Black & white illustration of the Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
Black & white illustration of the Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie. Handwriting reads: "I hope you had a nice time at Kingston. It was to bad it rained. Did you see Uncle Mr. Teorse? Nettie"
Color photograph, aerial view of the Hudson River State Hospital campus in Poughkeepsie. From the reverse: "Cheney Memorial Medical Center houses admission & acute treatment, medical-surgical, infirmary & day hospital services. Ryon Hall in…
Hudson River State Hospital for the Insane
Color-tinted photograph of the Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie. Handwriting reads: "A Joyful Easter to You."
Color-tinted photograph of the Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie. Handwriting reads: "If it will be more convenient for you to stay over Wed. eve. I will be able to go, as I have changed one of my plans. Hopeing to see you soon. N.B.V."
Hudson River State Hospital, From Dancing Pavilion
Color-tinted photograph of the Hudson River State Hospital, as seen from the dancing pavilion, in Poughkeepsie.
Hudson River State Hospital, Reception Building
Color-tinted photograph of the reception building on the grounds of the Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
Infirmary, H. R. S. Hospital
Black & white photograph of the infirmary on the grounds of Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
Main Building, Hudson River State Hospital
Color-tinted photograph of the Main Building on the grounds of the Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie. From the reverse [handwritten]: "Institution opened in 1871, a part of the "Main Building." In June 1872, sixty patients were reported."
Color-tinted photograph of Main Building at the Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
Main Buildings, Hudson River State Hospital
Color-tinted photograph of the Hudson River State Hospital. From a collectible series, "Poughkeepsie & Vassar College Views." Reverse of 543a-1PC4.
Northern Dutchess Health Center
Black & white photograph of the Northern Dutchess Health Center in Rhinebeck.
Nurses' Cottage, Hudson River State Hospital
Color-tinted photograph of the nurses' housing on the grounds of Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
Poughkeepsie Bridge--Hudson River State Hospital--Columbia Institute
Triptych, black & white photographs of the Poughkeepsie RR Bridge, Hudson River State Hospital, & the Columbia Institute in Poughkeepsie.
Tags: Clubs, Hospitals, Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge
Railroad Station, Hudson River State Hospital
Color-tinted photograph of the Hudson River State Hospital's train station in Poughkeepsie, with three women & four men station outside the door.
Tags: Hospitals, Railroads
RR Station, H.R.S. Hospital
Black & white photograph of the Hudson River State Hospital's train station in Poughkeepsie.
St. Francis Hospital
Color photograph, aerial view of St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie. From the reverse: "St. Francis Hospital, grounded by the Sisters of St. Francis of the Third Order Conventuals, is located in Poughkeepsie, New York, just outside the City limits…
St. Francis Hospital, Main Building
Color-tinted photograph of the Main Building at St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie. From the reverse [handwritten]: "Hospital opened Feb 17, 1914."
St. Lukes Hospital
Color-tinted photograph of St. Luke's Hospital in Newburgh.
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Rue des Canettes, ParisThe Corn Field
Item Code: AG-hamp-ga-ss
Inkjet print
Stamped signature
Base price $649
We're delighted to present this new edition of Gross' rare Coronation print, bearing the Goldmark Atelier blind stamp and the Anthony Gross Estate stamped signature.
In 1952 a 'Coronation Series' to be launched to celebrate Elizabeth's coronation the following year was proposed, which was to comprise 40 lithographs printed at the Royal College of Art under the direction of Edwin la Dell, who took the opportunity to champion lithography at the college. In the end 36 artists contributed prints which were presented for sale in portfolios in an edition of 50. None of the portfolios were numbered and it remains unknown how many were printed – only that certain contributions, like Gross', are today fantastically scarce.
Gross' Hampstead Heath presented picnickers and fairground-goers in late summer festivities, transforming his original watercolour scene into a Coronation special with added 'Elizabeth Regina' and 'long live our queen' blazons on the children's balloons and a tiny Union Jack flag in the foreground.
The original painting now resides in the government art collection, allowing us to see the changes Gross made to enliven his lithograph. It is typical of his 'teeming' style, where land and cityscape ripple in a sea of inky activity. Here the trees explode into a constellatory shimmer of leaves, dancing like stars or firework squiggles reminiscent of Miró and mirrored in the scattered figures below. Gross' compositional generosity made for one of the more interesting, and enduring, images of the series – one the Goldmark Gallery are delighted to be reviving.


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Some hope proposed bill will muzzle nuisance pets, neighbors
NANCY FLAKE
Feb. 22, 2005 Updated: Oct. 5, 2016 10:51 a.m.
Texas legislators, including lawmakers from Montgomery County, are settling in for the "meat and potatoes" of the 79th regular session, including a multitude of committee meetings and hearings.
A recent bill filed by state Rep. Rob Eissler, R-The Woodlands, would allow officials from Montgomery County Animal Control and law enforcement agencies to write citations and levy fines to dog owners living in unincorporated parts of the county whose pets are deemed a "nuisance" because of their barking.
"It enables you to have that annoying dog declared a nuisance," Eissler said. "(Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace) Edie Connelly was a requestor of it."
Animal Control officials recorded 335 separate complaints of barking dogs during 2004, with 127 coming from The Woodlands, according to Animal Control Director Kelli Copeland.
"I would love it," Copeland said of the bill. "We used to handle nuisance calls. But last year, the county attorney (David Walker) said we didn't have that authority."
State law gives municipalities the authority to levy fines against barking dogs, she said.
Since Animal Control officials can't issue citations, the only remedy they have now is to issue what Copeland called "a really nice letter" to owners, encouraging them to handle the problem.
"However, there's no bite to it," she said.
The letter offers suggestions to owners to keep their dogs from barking, such as spending time with the dog so it doesn't get lonely, taking it to obedience training, using a "bark breaker" device that gives the dog a mild shock when it barks, or squirting it with a water hose.
"We now go out to educate the owner," Copeland said. "Most people want to fix the problem, but we've had some people say it could be the president (who their dog is bothering), and they wouldn't care."
If Eissler's bill passes, owners who are cited would be charged with a Class C misdemeanor and face a fine of anywhere from $50 to $200.
Copeland said Animal Control officials probably spend more time now handling problems with barking dogs than they will if they're able to go out once and write a citation.
"We're having to spend more time out there trying to placate people," she said. "(The bill) would put us back to where we were.
"I'm looking forward to that bill passing."


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Mueller Expands his Probe
Re: Mueller Expands his Probe
Meanwhile I see where Cohen has removed any Trump affiliation from his twitter and linkedin accounts. Me thinks he is getting ready to flip. Not good news for Trump!!
It's hard to explain logic to Trump Cult members, but let's give it a try.
If there was nothing there, as cult members claim (per the words of their hero in the White House), Mueller would be winding down or shutting down the investigation. However, he's expanding the investigation.
Since the investigtion's expanding in scope, logic (which automatically eliminates Trump Cult members) tells us the investigation is widening and becoming more complex. Hmmm... I wonder why?
Finally, the comment that Mueller is handing off portions of the investigations to the regular U.S. Attorneys (as in the Michael Cohen case) is a strategy to protect the investigation if Trump fires Rosenstein and Mueller.
CriticalThinking: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, includes investigating whether Trump or associates colluded with Russia and "any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation."
I think Mueller opened a really wicked Pandora's Box of criminal activity and thuggery with this investigation. The people who want the whole matter dropped to protect Trump are ethically and morally vacant and really ought to drop the pretense that they are patriotic Americans. They are not, they're cultists who threw the country under the bus to save Trump.
I think the following sends a message that Mueller's investigation is growing.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand.
As Mueller pursues his probe, he's making more use of career prosecutors from the offices of U.S. attorneys and from Justice Department headquarters, as well as FBI agents, a sign that he may be laying the groundwork to hand off parts of his investigation eventually, several current and former U.S. officials said.
Mueller and his team of 17 federal prosecutors are coping with a higher-than-expected volume of court challenges that has added complexity in recent months, but there's no political appetite at this time to increase the size of his staff, the officials said.
Mueller's probe has come under attack from President Donald Trump and his allies who say it's going on too long, expanding too far and costing too much. But the special counsel's charter, issued by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, includes investigating whether Trump or associates colluded with Russia and "any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/mueller-said-to-tap-more-career-prosecutors-as-tr...


I do love the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland and I found these super fun items on Etsy that can help any Haunted Mansion lover celebrate. Check out the tightrope walker outfit above from PerditasWardrobe. This reminiscent of the stretching portrait in the elevator right after the foyer. Is this room actually stretching?
Here are some fun lanterns from PracPerfCrafts.
I love those lanterns! I think I may be needing one...or two...or ten. I can only imagine the cool table setting I could create with these. Great post!


We hit 1080 weeks ago and then pulled back strongly only to blast back up and hit 1080 yet again today. We pulled off that again quite sharply intra day but saw the S&P 500 hold very well overall in to the close with a finish at 1076.
Grinding our way through the 1060 to 1080 gap day-by-day here with the bears able to hold the bulls off but not able to take the market down with any force. If the bears can't get the job done before the big earnings reports, which begin tomorrow, it'll probably only take a good report from Intel Corp (INTC) tomorrow night to get the job done.
However, there is a real problem here. We are in a rising wedge pattern across the board. Higher highs and higher lows, which on the surface seems great, except it's not if it's accompanied by massive negative divergences, which happens to be the case here. It's not if when this will play out with a larger correction in the market. At some point shortly, the market will snap but trying to know the exact moment is extremely tough here as the market has been riding this pattern for some time now.
The problem here is the length of time meaning the wedge is expanding and the divergences on each new high are actually worsening. The rubber band will snap. We may actually go to 100 or so first and that's why you can't short in anticipation of it. You have to see the reversal first or at least wait for the top of the wedge to be hit again near 10,100. Shorting at the top of the wedge should we get there makes total sense I'd have to admit with a very tight stop just above on a closing basis.
When the market does top here you should expect a pullback of greater magnitude than we have seen lately. For now, the market keeps grinding higher with the bears getting more and more nervous with each point we close closer to S&P 500 1080. We got very overbought intraday on the short term 60-minute charts thus the selling yet again at 1080 but that doesn't mean the bulls won't have what it takes to get this deed done.
There are a plethora of company's reporting their earnings that really matter to the street. Google, Inc. (GOOG), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), and Citigroup, Inc. (C), all on Thursday alone. Four giants.
Is the market waiting on that particular day? Or will it be enough to hear what INTC has to say tomorrow evening?
We'll know soon enough won't we. This week should tell the tale folks. With 1125 being roughly the 50% retrace off the March lows from the 1576 highs on the S&P 500, that's always possible and lines up near the top of the rising wedge. It may never get there for if the earnings aren't stellar, we'll see some intense selling without ever really clearing 1080 with any power. Breaching it is always possible. The key is taking it out and exploding.
You notice how tough it's been for the bulls to take out 1080 for the past month or so. It keeps getting near 1080 and falling back. The grind back up then ensues once again but there's no denying it is a grind and not a fluid push up. This is being caused by those awful negative divergences on the daily charts. It's keeping the big money on the sidelines. If you look at the Nasdaq, Dow and S&P 500 along with just about every other index chart, the nasty divergences are easy to see. Stocks like Apple Inc. (AAPL) and other big cap technology stocks have joined these index plays with poor divergence s on their daily charts.
Even these stocks are now grinding with tiny candle sticks. You can see them clearly over the past many weeks. A sign of topping not too far out there. No guarantee but definitely a red flag one should respect and pay close attention to. The bad divergences aren't only on the MACD's but that is being joined by its brother or sister oscillators in the RSI and Stochastics. When you get these three oscillators diverging negative together, you need to respect what's possible once that kicks in. With the market in a confirmed up trend, you only want to be long unless you get a high volume intraday reversal down or you get to the top of the wedges in place. Be aware of the trend established and pick the moment that's appropriate before playing reverse that trend. Below the wedge tops, which is where we are now and with no reversal sticks in place, you need to stay only long for now.
The Nasdaq has some interesting support here. The last gap up was 2116. We also have, on the 60-minute charts, the 50-day exponential moving average at 2118. Only two points separate some very powerful support for the Nasdaq. This of course will make the job that much more difficult for the bears. A gap alone is a pain in the neck for the bears but when you add a strong exponential moving average to the equation, the job just got that much tougher.
If we lose 2118/2116, the bears will have something to growl about. Not before! Even if the market sells off the wedge top or maybe even before, you can't celebrate if you're a bear unless you can take out the 2118/2116 double support area. The S&P 500 has key support as we know by now at 1060 or the gap bottom followed by the 20-day exponential moving average at 1052. Strong support only 8 points apart. Again, this makes the job more difficult for the bears.
Bottom line is we could obviously see a new high based on earnings this week but the risk in the market is getting more intense with every new high that is not confirmed by the oscillators. The easy money has clearly been made. There is more out there but not like before and the best plays may be too short soon although that is still unclear as I explained above.
Stay with the trend for now which is up but DO NOT GET AGGRESSIVE! Not the place, even if we're fortunate enough to get to 1100-1125. That's only 2-4% away. Nothing great and if we get there, we'll have some of the worst non-confirming oscillators we've ever seen.


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Q: Finding and replacing bad characters in pandas dataframe I'm getting stuck trying to get rid of bad characters in a pandas dataframe. This is an automated script that processes incoming data that needs to be saved in cp1252, and I want to be able to handle any problem characters on the fly by parsing the error. I don't care what they are replaced with. I've tried a million variations on this and can't get anywhere (this is python 3 pandas 25)
while True:
    try:
        print('saving')
        data.to_csv('total.csv', index=False, quoting=csv.QUOTE_ALL, encoding='cp1252')
        break
    except UnicodeEncodeError as e:
        print(e)
        badchar = re.search(r"character (.+?) in", str(e)).group(1)
        print('Found bad character, removing. . . ')
        uchar = u"{}".format(badchar)
        print(uchar)
        data = data.replace(uchar.encode('utf-8'), '')

Returns:
saving
'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u2264' in position 399: character maps to <undefined>
Found bad character, removing. . .
'\u2264'
saving
'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u2264' in position 399: character maps to <undefined>
Found bad character, removing. . .
'\u2264'
saving
'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u2264' in position 399: character maps to <undefined>
Found bad character, removing. . .
'\u2264'
saving

I've tried a ton of variations:
data = data.replace(uchar, '')
data = data.replace(uchar.encode('utf-8').decode('utf-8'), '')
etc. . .
I also tried u'\2264', u'u\2264'
I can't find this either in the dataframe. This returns nothing:
for col in data:
    if sum(data[col].astype(str).str.contains(u'\2264')) > 0:
        print(col)

Any help would be appreciated thanks!

A: You have to use replace function with regex:
https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame.replace.html
df.replace(to_replace=r'^ba.$', value='new', regex=True)

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Anonymous October 1, 2012 at 12:48 pm
I'd love to see a complete worldwide total for pharma penalties from governments, and big class actions, worldwide, rolled into one multibillion dollar figure. I want to know.
*Not that corporate pharma could ever in a hundred years destroy as many lives as biopsychiatry could with its DSM and generic drugs alone.
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It seems great that companies are fined, but for them it is just the cost of doing business. They will recover their losses by increasing the price of their drugs, so who pays in the end? Taxpayers and patients. Personal jail time would be the deterrent. One executive got 30 days because the pills were too big! Seems like with a bit of creativity it should be possible to get an executive for manslaughter.


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The number of people vaccinated with the Booster dose is 1113671
31155 people have been vaccinated against a new coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in Azerbaijan today, the Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers told Qazet.az.
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Hi everyone. I live in Christchurch New Zealand & have suffered the terrible earthquakes which have litterally flattened our beautiful city. The only thing we can be thankful for is that only two people were hurt & no-one was killed. Some of us have lost our homes depending on the type of ground our home was standing on. I was one of the lucky ones & only suffered minor damage - 2 holes in the walls where the TV set fell & broke, lost most of my lovely china, & several other items, but hey, I'm alive! I hate the nights when it's dark & the shaking of after-shocks rocks the house. So far we have had well over 150 after-shocks - some of them nearly as fierce as the enitial quake of 7.1 on the Richter scale. Most of all our old heritage buildings in town are now rubble & it will take years to replace or rebuild. The population is still reeling from it all & live in terror for the next shake. Just wish it was all over & back to whatever is normal.
So very sorry to hear of this. Love and Prayers sent your way. I haven't watched tv in days.. I did not know! I hope you are safe. I didn't know New zealand even had quakes..we do in California!
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Those of us here in Australia are very aware of what goes on in New Zealand, and have close ties with your country, and feel for you. Best wishes.
Thankyou everyone for your kind words of comfort. We are still suffering after-shocks - over 500 of them to date & it is only 12 days since the big one. Sleeping is not easy - being shaken awake frequently during the night. However, I still have my home standing - others have not, & their jobs are gone as well.
Lynette--I just saw your post and am so sorry about your difficulties and those of your townspeople. I am glad you and your family are well, tho shaken in more ways than one. My thots are with you.
Thankyou Lorelei, yes we have water, phone etc; back now. We are still having after-shocks though - about 400 so far in the 9 day period since the 7.1. I do have family - 2 sons & a daughter-in-law. They are still in their houses but one of them has a bit of damage, but I think it is fixable. The mayor, earthquake commision & insurance companies have a long task ahead of them.
Lynette: a 7.1 earthquake is huge. I can't imagine what that was like. I am glad to hear that you are well and that your house is still standing and liveable. Do you have other family nearby and did they get through safe, too? How about public services like water and electricity, are they functionning?
I am so glad that you are well, and there was only minor damage to your home. I hope the after shocks subside soon. I can't imagine how frightening this must be. You are in my thoughts, and I am certain, those of others on the list.