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Chevrolet Silverado, Malibu Rank In Top 10 Best Selling Cars For June 2012
by Manoli Katakis
— Jul 3, 2012
The final counts are in for the month of June 2012, and the Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck and Malibu sedan were the only vehicles representing General Motors in the top 10 selling vehicles in the United States. Predictably, the Silverado came in second well behind the Ford F Series, while the Malibu came in fourth behind the Toyota Camry — but just by roughly 700 units. However, the Cruze was nowhere in sight, as sales for the not-so-compact sedan have stalled 23.8 percent compared to a year ago. This may be due to the massive recall that was recently implemented, or it could be due to the lack of variety.
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Yabadabadoo says:
If I was not an auto enthusiast or a GM nut and I was considering a Cruze but someone told me about how they were recalled because of fires, I would be like oh heck no… This was the one vehicle they needed nail and yet here we are… There is to much competition out there to let such a rediculous product development Fail happen on such a critical vehicle… Most people just default to what they know, oh I know Honda, Toyota, Nissan and now Hyundai offer great compact vehicles, I can't go wrong with them and they don't burn to the ground…
Alex Luft says:
And VW as well. The new Jetta may have been cheapened in various ways, but it's still an excellent and classy compact.
GLI is a better choice then the regular jetta if you can afford it.
@Drew The GLI is absolutely the better choice. My fiancé was this close (demonstrates on fingers), this close to replacing her 2006 Volvo S40 with one. This close… but decided she wants to keep her S40 for a few more years.
But the SEL is pretty good as well. Of course, it doesn't have the 2.0T engine or the fancy-pants suspension setup, but are those really needed for a good compact vehicle that's, dare I say, on the more luxurious side of the class?
Or can be gas price
math says:
same question ….do you thing hyundai dont do recall,,is possible this company have no recall..
it was surprising that elantra sold less than the Cruze this month…
Why is that surprising? A Hyundai model has never outsold that of a Chevy… Perhaps with the slight exception of the new Sonata maybe once during its launch months of heavy promotions.
Between you and me, the Elantra is the worst of the new compact class of vehicles. So is the Sonata. Of course in my opinion.
really? Why?
But to be honest my sister was thinking about replacing her G6 to Elantra until she saw the new Verano
Math, all car companies have recalls, I recognize that… Not all companies have recalls on there star vehicle to prevent it from burning to the ground… To the consumer this is a major red flag, not just directed toward that exact vehicle but to the brand as well.. How many have steared away from Chevy all together because of this…
You are so right on this one. My sister is going to buy a car soon, and she will not even look at Toyota's because of the gas pedal/acceleration problem. Car enthusiasts understand that stuff happens, it goes with the territory. But the average buying public – no way!!! People could be turned off about Cruze for a decade!
Alex, absolutely the Jetta is a clear competitor to the Cruze, and to me very nice; my experience with VWs is less than favorable though, very expensive to maintain.
my brother has had good luck with his gti, I prefer the golf though. and really depends on a dealer, a few vw's around here are pretty good. only one gm car i might be looking at, would be the verano turbo.
Yeah very expensive to maintain and even worse with the horrible 1.4 TSFI ( twin charger).
You cant even get the 1.4 in the states.
We can't get the 1.4 here, the newer version of the 2.5 has been getting better scores.
One factor leading to weaker Cruze sales is the presence of Honda's new Civic. Sales have really ramped up there.
even though Civic hasn't changed much from last gen
Are you kidding?! The Elantra worst compact? Have you researched the Corolla lately?!
@Hunter "Between you and me, the Elantra is the worst of the new compact class of vehicles. So is the Sonata. Of course in my opinion."
Key word being "new" — as in the "NEW compact class of vehicles". The Corolla has been around for a good 6 years now and is about to get replaced… so it's not part of the "new" class of compacts 🙂
But yes, it's not as competitive as it could be, but it gets the job done… either way, it's still the volume leader of the class. Reputation seems to go a long way.
@Vic Why do I like the Elantra the least? Drive one, you'll be presented with cheap, cheap, and more cheap. Cheap materials inside and out, flimsy everything (doors, trunk, interior components). They do look good, though… but the worst part of the Elantra is the driving experience. It's flimsy, not connected, or engaging in the least. In two words — drive one 🙂
So then compare it to the Verano which do you think is more engaging?
thehofinater says:
Which Malibu, 2012 or 2013?
Is the 2012 Malibu being caried over for fleet sales…
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Improvement Plan For Chapter 1 Seen Needing Overhaul
By Julie A. Miller
enters its third year, many observers have concluded that the controversial program is not working as intended. Educators, researchers, and advocates familiar with Chapter 1 agree that lawmakers should retain the accountability concept when the Congress reassesses Chapter 1 next year, but that the improvement process needs a substantial overhaul.
"I'm not prepared to say it's a failure,'' said Cynthia Brown, the director of the resource center on educational equity at the Council of Chief State School Officers and a key member of a Chapter 1 study commission established by the council.
"The idea is right--we need accountability based on student outcomes,'' she said. "But there are big problems with how it's implemented and particularly with the assessment system.''
The program-improvement initiative, created when Chapter 1 was reauthorized in 1988, requires schools to enter into a formal improvement process if their Chapter 1 students do not meet minimum achievement standards. State officials are authorized to intervene if improvement does not occur after a year of improvement efforts.
Observers agree that the process has served as a catalyst for change in many schools, as educators have been forced to evaluate their Chapter 1 programs for the first time in the remedial program's more than quarter-century history.
The problem, observers say, is that the minimum standards are sufficiently low and the rules sufficiently lenient that many schools whose students do not perform at acceptable levels can slip through the process without making substantial changes.
"The tools in the law are potentially very powerful ones, but weaknesses in the process have undermined their effectiveness,'' a group of researchers studying the implementation of the 1988 Chapter 1 amendments for the Education Department recently concluded.
"Few districts are undertaking program-improvement activities of any magnitude,'' states the report by Abt Associates of Cambridge, Mass.
Increase in Participation
About 20 percent of Chapter 1 schools are currently engaged in some stage of the program-improvement process, according to new statistics gathered by the Education Department. That is more than twice as many schools as were involved in the first year, during the 1989-90 school year.
Observers attribute the boost in participation to increases in minimum standards and better monitoring by state and local officials as they become familiar with the system.
However, new statistics from schools identified in the first two years indicate that relatively few schools are undergoing program-improvement efforts for a long period of time.
The law requires schools to use a minimum national test-score standard and higher or additional standards set at the state and local levels to chart the performance of Chapter 1 students annually.
In schools that fail to meet the standards, educators must draft improvement plans, which can be implemented in the same year a school is targeted or in the following year. If a school fails to meet its goals after a year of improvement efforts, its staff, working in conjunction with state officials, must draft a new plan.
Of the 4,964 schools identified in the first year of the program, 2,016 remained in the system for a second year. Of the 6,931 schools newly identified in 1990-91, 3,530--again, about half--were retained for a second year.
But of the original group of targeted schools, only 644 are entering their third year of improvement efforts. Only about 1,400 schools are currently working on joint plans with state officials.
Observers say the relatively small number of schools involved in the second and third years of program improvement is the result not of successful reform initiatives, but of the fickleness of test scores, low minimum standards, weaknesses in the system, and sometimes pointed efforts by educators to remove their schools from it.
"I think many schools became immersed in the issue of identification, delayed implementation [of improvement plans], and saw [the improvement process] as something to get out of,'' said Mary Jean LeTendre, the director of compensatory-education programs for the Education Department. "They're more concerned with whether their kids test right than with seriously looking at how to do a better job.''
"I would conclude that program improvement has not reached the great potential it has for leveraging change,'' she said.
Standard Too Low?
Chapter 1 advocates have complained from the start that the minimum national standard to avoid being targeted for program improvement, set in the Education Department's regulations, is much too low. It targets schools where the aggregate achievement of Chapter 1 students has remained stagnant or actually declined, as measured in "normal curve equivalents.''
The N.C.E. scale, developed for Chapter 1, is designed to be applicable to results from a variety of standardized tests. It measures a student's progress relative to his peers, and gaining one N.C.E. is very roughly equivalent to gaining one percentile point on a typical 100-point scale. Theoretically, a student who maintains the same N.C.E. score has learned during the intervening year, but has not gained relative to other students.
The average gain for Chapter 1 students nationally is about 3 N.C.E.'s in reading and 4 in math, while successful programs boast average gains of 10 or more N.C.E.'s.
The minimum requirement for escaping program improvement is expressed as an N.C.E. average greater than zero. While federal officials have joined advocates in urging state and local officials to set higher standards--as well as establish additional standards, such as grades or promotion rates--the minimum test-score standard has remained the bottom line in many places.
Ms. LeTendre of the Education Department said she was "extremely pleased'' that 26 states set a higher standard than the minimum this year, compared with 11 in the first year of the process and 19 in the second.
But that means as many states and territories are still using the minimum mark. Only 2 states use a standard higher than 2 N.C.E..'s--Oregon and Wisconsin, which both set a 3-N.C.E.. standard.
In states using the minimum standard, Ms. LeTendre said, an average of 15 percent of Chapter 1 schools are targeted for improvement. Those with a 1-N.C.E. standard have an average of 21 percent, and it rises to 38 percent of schools in states where the standard is 2 N.C.E..'s or higher.
Higher Standards Sought
Ms. LeTendre said many state officials do not set higher standards because they fear they would not have the staff and resources to help the larger number of schools that would be targeted.
The Congress only provided $5.8 million for program improvement in the 1989-90 school year, and the Abt report found that the median size of a grant to a school district was only $1,000. In 1990-91, when $12.5 million was available, the median grant doubled to $2,000. Only 19 percent of districts receiving program-improvement grants received $10,000 or more.
Milton Matthews, the Chapter 1 coordinator for Mississippi and the president of the National Association of State Chapter 1 Coordinators, said he favors higher standards, but noted that state officials "face a lot of pressure'' from school districts.
"With a child that is below average to begin with,'' he said, "to say you must sustain N.C.E.. growth, high expectations aside, you're almost moving them into a cannot-do-it situation.''
But child advocates have little sympathy for such arguments.
"I think it's appalling that the highest standard is still 3 N.C.E..'s,'' said Paul Weckstein, a lawyer at the Center for Law and Education who represents the National Association of Title I/Chapter 1 Parents.
Not only is that standard too low in principle, critics say, but it also allows marginal schools to post high enough gains to "test out'' of program improvement when they have done little to change their programs.
"With that low a standard,'' Mr. Matthews acknowledged, "you could show enough [gain] to test out just due to flukes in testing.''
Observers cite anecdotal evidence that many schools leave program improvement without even implementing their plans, which they can do if their test scores improve enough during the planning year.
"Across the districts visited, over half of the schools identified as in need of improvement had tested out, yet very few had initiated any programmatic changes,'' states the Abt report, which relied on surveys and site visits to 27 districts and 9 state agencies.
Districts Respond
Of 25 districts where schools had been targeted for improvement, the Abt researchers found that about two-thirds "contained schools that took the planning process seriously.''
But they also found three districts that took no action at all and three others where energies were focused on getting schools out of the improvement process rather than on improving the content of the Chapter 1 program.
The report cites as an example a district where kindergarten classes did not meet their targets; in response, officials "removed Chapter 1 funding from that grade level and replaced it with more user-friendly state compensatory money.'' Other schools changed their tests, the researchers said, and one state's "strategy for program improvement was to align the Chapter 1 curriculum with the test.''
Many observers propose attacking these problems by raising minimum standards and requiring targeted schools to stay in program improvement for several years. The Abt report recommends a three-year period, and also suggests that statistical anomalies could be reduced by evaluating schools' progress over several years, rather than from one year to the next.
But the researchers, like other Chapter 1 experts, argue that the improvement process's heavy reliance on norm-referenced, standardized testing is a serious flaw in itself. They assert that it is unclear whether such tests are valid measures of improvement over time.
Problems With Targeting
The report also concludes that lukewarm response to program improvement is directly related to educators' belief that the targeting process is arbitrary.
In some districts, the report notes, "nationally recognized schools'' are identified for program improvement, while "schools that seemed prime candidates in the eyes of school and district people were bypassed.''
The researchers point out, as have many Chapter 1 educators, that a program can qualify for program improvement based on "a small number of test questions answered right or wrong by one student.'' Also, they note, because the Chapter 1 population tends to be highly mobile and the most successful students graduate from the program, the students taking tests in two consecutive years are not the same students.
In addition, a scale measuring only test-score gains does not discriminate between schools with widely disparate circumstances.
"A school can go from the 10th to the 13th percentile, which is clearly inadequate, and not be identified, while the school whose kids stay at the 50th percentile is identified,'' said Phyllis McClure, the director of education programs at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and a member of two Chapter 1 study committees.
In a recent article, Robert E. Slavin and Nancy A. Madden of the Center for Research on Effective Schooling for Disadvantaged Students at Johns Hopkins University show how the use of test-score gains effectively penalizes schools that pursue early-intervention strategies and rewards those with high grade-retention rates.
A school that identifies and helps low-achieving students at an early age can set an N.C.E..-gain benchmark that is difficult to exceed each year, they argue, while a school whose students have fallen further behind begins with lower pre-test scores.
Meanwhile, they write in the article, which was published in the latest issue of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, schools that retain low achievers have an advantage if those students take the same grade-level test two years in a row.
In another article in the same publication, Philadelphia's superintendent of schools, Constance E. Clayton, reports that schools in her district have been forced to divert resources to grade levels and subjects showing declines in test scores--even though both pre- and post-test scores for those programs exceeded those of programs that posted gains.
Observers also note that standardized tests do not measure higher-order thinking skills or students' progress in the regular school program--both concepts that were included in the 1988 amendments.
"What's needed is not simply to have everybody in program improvement,'' Mr. Weckstein of the Center for Law and Education said. "The standard must measure substantial progress toward the skills all kids need to learn, as the statute requires.''
Calls for New Design
Chapter 1 advocates are virtually unanimous in asserting that a new way to assess the program's impact must be found.
"We need to design a whole new assessment system for Chapter 1,'' Ms. Brown of the Council of Chief State School Officers said. "The whole system is basically fraudulent.''
"We have to look at using more than one sole measure,'' Ms. LeTendre of the Education Department said. "We have to look at achievement in the regular program, grade-level performance, and advanced skills. We have to find ways to measure those outcomes.''
Coordination between Chapter 1 and the regular program must also be assessed, she added.
"Where we really see program improvement working is where it serves as a catalyst for change in the whole program,'' Ms. LeTendre said.
However, observers unanimously agreed that the program-improvement concept should be refined, rather than scrapped, when the Congress reauthorizes Chapter 1 next year. They point out that the process has spurred many schools to examine their programs in a way they never did before.
"In that respect, it is a big success,'' Mr. Matthews of the National Association of State Chapter 1 Coordinators said. "It may not be what some people envisioned, but I think we are making a change. We're not batting 1.000, but we're not striking out, either.''
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Adriaan Strauss believes a relatively young and inexperienced Springbok side will overcome the pressure in the series decider against Ireland on Saturday. JON CARDINELLI reports from Port Elizabeth.
So much is at stake this weekend. The winner of the Test at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium this Saturday will clinch the series 2-1. Ireland could become the first home-nation side to win a series in South Africa. Allister Coetzee and Strauss's Boks could become the first South African team to lose a Test series at home in 19 years.
Forget the cliches of every Test being as important as the last. The third and decisive match of this particular series is a final. The pressure to perform will be huge.
For many of the players in the Bok match-day squad, it will be an entirely new experience. Indeed, as many as 10 of the 23 players have not played in a Super Rugby playoff, let alone won a high-stakes game. Another three have featured in Super Rugby playoffs, but have never finished on the winning side.
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'They will have another opportunity to stand up on the field this Saturday. When you have a young or new team you really need guys like that to help you.
'Personally, I enjoy the weak and challenging moments,' the Bok captain continued. 'I enjoy the pressure. We need to remain calm in those situations. I just try to keep the other guys in the moment. I get them to take it play by play, but also try to keep them believing that we will win the game in the end.'
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'Our tactical game is something that needs a bit of work. We will keep working on it in the coming months. It's no excuse, but we have only been together as a group for four weeks. It wouldn't be accurate to say we are a well-moulded side after such a short time together.
'There will be pressure in this next match, but it's something we need to embrace. To be honest, there's a bit more excitement than nerves ahead of this must-win game.'
Photo: Anne Laing/HSM Images
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Del. Barnes: 'Disappointed' by Black Agendas of Some Gubernatorial Candidates
by William J. Ford November 3, 2021 December 21, 2021
**FILE** Maryland Comptroller and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Peter Franchot (left) and Prince George's County Council member Monique Anderson-Walker, Franchot's running mate for lieutenant governor, take part in a meet-and-greet event in Oxon Hill on Oct. 30. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Del. Darryl Barnes asked for each Maryland gubernatorial candidate to post a Black agenda on their websites by Monday, Nov. 1.
Barnes, a Democratic lawmaker from Prince George's County, said the candidates who complied with a plan included state Comptroller Peter Franchot, Wes Moore, John King Jr. and Tom Perez, all of whom count as Democrats.
Barnes released a statement to express displeasure with the seven other candidates who didn't have a specific plan posted on Monday morning.
"I will urge Black Marylanders to look seriously at those bold and courageous candidates enough to have provided real agendas that address essential issues in our community like public education K-12, criminal justice, the environment and Black businesses," said Barnes, who chairs the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.
"For those who have dismissed the opportunity to address our community, this may be the time that Black Marylanders exercise their need to vote for a governor who is willing to be held accountable, rather than one who is already disappointing and disrespecting our families, neighborhoods and businesses."
Libertarian candidate David Lashar of Annapolis wasn't mentioned in Barnes' letter but he posted a "Libertarian Black Agenda" that includes expansion of school choice in the elementary and secondary schools, promoting affordable housing by working with local communities and potentially releasing non-violent offenders at state correctional facilities, especially those impacted by the "war on drugs."
Although the legislative Black caucus doesn't endorse candidates, the letter summarized how Franchot became the first candidate to present a cohesive plan with new ideas that considered the whole Black community."
Members of Franchot's campaign distributed the document Oct. 14 at a candidate's reception in Anne Arundel County. His plan calls for 40 percent participation by Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) in the cannabis industry. He chose Prince George's County Council member Monique Anderson-Walker, a Black woman, as his running mate.
Five days after the reception, Moore released his plan that calls for the state to evaluate how climate impacts transportation decisions that often harm low-income and Black and Latino communities, ensure community college orientations provide information on housing programs and remove barriers to state financial aid for individuals with criminal records.
In his plan, King, former U.S. education secretary, suggests investing $4 million annually for a historically Black college and university teacher recruitment and preparation program; creating a permanent task force to analyze racial disparities in the state's health care system; and requiring that landlords pay surcharges when filing for civil cases in eviction proceedings as a way to deter "unnecessary eviction action."
Perez, former chair of the Democratic National Committee, notes in his plan that the state should invest in school construction to alleviate overcrowding; leverage federal state and local and private sector resources to inspect, test and remediate lead paint in homes and schools; and connect the MARC train with the Virginia Railway Express to boost transportation in the Baltimore-Washington in a move that he says would triple MARC ridership.
At least two other Democratic candidates posted a Black agenda Monday – Jon Baron and former state Attorney General Doug Gansler.
Baron, a former nonprofit executive, has outlined a proposal to offer tutoring to struggling first- and second-grade students statewide. His plan recommends pairing barber shops with pharmacists to offer blood screening for Black men and offer drug treatment courts for those convicted of non-violent, drug-related offenses.
Gansler's plan, labeled "Sunlight of Opportunity," would require police officers to hold at least a community college degree and would bring every police shooting before a grand jury. Other parts of the plan indicate he would work with the state Commission for Civil Rights to assess the enforcement of fair housing laws.
Baltimore businessman Mike Rosenbaum released an economic plan Thursday, Oct. 28 that proposes creating a program called "Transform Maryland 2030 to help 100,000 Black residents. It focuses on careers in technology, health care, manufacturing and trade jobs, providing at least a $15 an hour wage when a person begins a skills development or apprenticeship program.
Former Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III said at last month's candidate's reception he would produce his plan in a few weeks but added one was unnecessary because of previous elected Black leaders' plans. Baker and his running mate, Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro, announced Oct. 29 the campaign will only accept grassroots contributions driven by local donors "and not take a dime from special interests, corporations, or PACs (Political Action Committees)."
The ninth Democratic candidate, Ashwani Jain, who works as program director for the National Kidney Foundation serving the DMV region, has said part of his campaign platform represents a Black agenda. Specifics include guaranteeing free public transit, eliminating the state income tax and removing school resource officers and replacing them with school psychologists and guidance counselors.
As of 8 p.m. Monday, a Black agenda had not been posted online from the three Republican candidates: Robin Ficker, Del. Daniel L. Cox, who represents parts of Carroll and Frederick counties, and Maryland Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz of Frederick County, the only woman in the race.
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MLB and Facebook in Talks to Extend Live-Streaming Service Agreement
Published on November 7th, 2018
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Last year Major League Baseball (MLB) and facebook agreed a one year deal worth $30 million which gave facebook an array into the American pastime sport.
The deal allowed Facebook to stream 25 live games in the US using its live streaming platform Watch, while selected few were broadcast worldwide on a non-exclusive basis.
The deal which MLB sees as an opportunity to reach younger audiences was announced as a success in its first year with a total of 123 million views during the 2018 season. An early season game between Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays saw an audience of 7.1 million tune via the Watch platform, the largest audience of the season for a single game.
And while TV remains the number one broadcasting medium for the MLB to showcase its games, the undisputed rise of live-streaming, accompanied with enhanced in-game experience, gives the professional sports a key opening to engage the younger audiences whose interest in live TV broadcast has been in decline over the past years. The reason behind the drop in interest among younger population is without a doubt attributed to the ever growing online entertainment content, which competes directly with live sporting events and that is why MLB seems keen to renew and extend its Facebook collaboration.
As the attention of youngsters is drawn to online entertainment another important aspect of the fan base is being eroded, and that is youth sports participation, which is at an all time low in US, with only 37% of kids playing team sports regularly in comparison to 45% in 2008. These numbers tend to translate into the audience statistics a few years down the line, which is why we see professional leagues across the states reaching out to communities and engaging with the young population. Having exposure on Facebook certainly helps, other media platforms will as well, but with a swathe of entertainment content online, it will not be an easy battle for the professional sports to keep its ratings and with it the commercial revenues that they generate.
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The Capriccio for Piano Left-Hand and Chamber Ensemble (sometimes titled Defiance, in Czech: Vzdor) is a composition by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. The work was written in the autumn of 1926 and is remarkable not just in the context of Janáček's output, but it also occupies an exceptional position in the literature written for piano played only by the left hand. The piece is scored for piano, flute, two trumpets, three trombones and tenor tuba.

Background
The work was apparently inspired by the request of the pianist Otakar Hollmann, who had lost the use of his right hand during World War I. During their first meeting Janáček refused to write such a work, declaring: "But, my dear boy, why do you want to play with one hand? It's hard to dance when you have only one leg." Janáček later changed his decision and began composing a piano piece for left hand, but didn't notify Hollman about the composition. Hollman contacted Janáček again after finding out about the existence of the work in the press. Janáček did not dedicate the work to him and did not give him the right to premiere the work, stating: "I cannot give any kind of rights to the first performance. Whoever manages to do it can play it." However, in May 1927 he sent the score to the pianist, and in the summer of the same year Hollmann started to study the new composition. The first private hearing of the work took place on February 6, 1928 at Janáček's apartment in Brno, to the composer's satisfaction. The preparations for the premiere of the Capriccio were led by the conductor Jaroslav Řídký. Janáček observed with humour that the trombonists of the renowned Czech Philharmonic were forced to practise their parts at home.

The premiere took place on March 2, 1928 in the Smetana Hall of the Municipal Cultural Center in Prague, with conductor Jaroslav Řídký and seven Czech Philharmonic members: Václav Máček (flute), Evžen Šerý and František Trnka (trumpets), Antonín Bok, Jaroslav Šimsa and Gustav Tyl (trombones) and with Antonín Koula (tenor tuba).

Janáček often called the piece "Vzdor" (Defiance) in his letters to Kamila Stösslová.

The first edition of the Capriccio was prepared by Jarmil Burghauser in 1953. Nowadays it is played regularly at concerts and on recordings.

Structure
The composition consists of four movements:

The work shows typical traits of Janáček's mature creative period. All parts are composed in a fairly free form, with the first and last movement having outlines of the sonata form. The elements of structure are divided among all of the instruments and, unlike other works (as in the case of his Concertino) the piano does not always have a leading role. The composer made all the instruments parts equally important.

In the work very unusual demands are placed on the individual instruments, with the brass parts in particular containing difficult passages.

Footnotes

References
Janáček, Leoš; Procházková, Jarmila (preface): Capriccio for piano (left hand) and wind ensemble. Full score and parts. Prague: Editio Bärenreiter, 2001. H 7826 (BA 6856). ISMN M-2601-0126-5

External links
Czech info

See also
List of works for piano left-hand and orchestra

Compositions by Leoš Janáček
1926 compositions
Compositions for piano left-hand and orchestra

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I was born in Rome where in 2007 I graduated in Oriental Languages and Civilizations, with a thesis on Tibetology which obtained the highest grade. I have participated to several Trainings for Translators from Tibetan organized by the Shang Shung Austria in Merigar and this is how I got here and started to follow Chögyal Namkhai Norbu's teachings. In 2012 I completed my PhD at the Universty Ca' Foscari in Venice, with a thesis on Chod in the nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, which included a translation and critical editing of a terma discovered by Sangye Lingpa. Part of the outcome of this work has been presented in 2013 at the XIII International Conference of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) in Ulan Bator, Mongolia and in 2017 at the founding conference of the Italian Association of Tibetan, Himalayan and Mongolian Studies (AISTHiM). Some results have also been published in the Revue des Etudes Tibetaines (RET) and in Sharro, Festschrift in honor of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.
Since 2012 I work for the Shang Shung Institute mainly reorganizing and cataloguing the Tibetan section of the Zikhang Library in Merigar, offering bibliographic assistance to researchers and readers online and onsite and guided tours of the library. I work on the preparation of articles and publications in the field of Tibetology, also collaborating with the editing department of Shang Shung Publications. Further I'm collaborating to the creation, organization and coordination of the School of Tibetan Language and Translation' courses.


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Beating a Dead Horse? The Future of Russian Protests
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Violence! Police brutality! Suppression of human rights! Arbitrary detention! Beatings!
Yet another opposition protest crushed in the center of Moscow.
It's Putin's own fault really. Strategic error, if you will. The vast majority of the nearly 20,000 protesters had exited long before, back to warmer dens after a quick drop-in after work. The hardcore, though, 500 strong and led by leader-celebrities, surrounded the fountain at the center of Pushkin Square in Moscow. They eagerly threw themselves into the pit of riot police lions, and the lions surely erred in their enthusiasm for the hunt. The order to move in with force was handed down, but it didn't need to be. After all, it was fifteen degrees outside and late on a Monday night. Granted, a passive response to recalcitrant protesters could be seen as weakness; fears of a tent city movement could not be discounted. Given the tendency of Western media to sensationalize clashes between a presumed police state and its opponents, all it takes is one misstep to lose another battle in the information war.
But can the opposition movement capitalize on another slew of viral images and videos documenting the (slightly) disproportionate use of force?
They had come out yet again to decry fraudulent, unfair elections, this time held the day before. The infrastructure of the event itself glistened with punchy graphic design and non-threatening (not live!) tunes. But no slogans or chants got anywhere near earworm territory. Speeches seemed perfectly structured to give each aspiring politico a few pandering sound bites to the crowd—without any crescendo to a culminating keynote. Most of those gathered—in large part either under 25 or over 55 years of age—peacefully and efficiently left the plaza even before the official rally permit expired. Those who remained were felled by the overwhelming police presence. In summary, to us outside observers, it appears that the movement is in danger of losing steam.
Returning to Moscow last week, just in time for election fanfare, we had expected tension to be hanging ominously in the air. Two days prior, thousands had literally encircled the city in a novel demonstration of the movement's growing strength. What we've found, however, is that the opposition, though creative and dynamic, still lacks the tools to successfully challenge the regime. After three months of media attention showers, opposition leaders simply have not derived an alternative platform, or for that matter any rallying cry besides "Russia without Putin." Too many egos compete for the top post, each contributing their own resolute group of adulators to the vibrant, but fragmented umbrella: liberal, communist, nationalist, radical left, libertarian, social democrat. Even the organizational capacity feels thin. We nerdy researchers went out of our way to collect pamphlets, manifestos, and souvenirs; the only literature we left with were dense manuals on fighting corruption, an unmarked white ribbon, and a Hari Krishna book in Russian.
So what's next for the months ahead? Alexei Navalny, spiritual leader of the movement, was promptly freed from detention along with the rest of the unfortunates. His attendance will be assured at the next round of demonstrations this Saturday, March 10; preliminary estimates have the crowd reaching up to 40,000. Some have spoken of such weekly protests for the foreseeable future or of Occupy Wall Street-style permanence once spring arrives. However, the fact that these elections appear to be relatively cleaner than last year's parliamentary elections (even many independents admit that Putin would have won handily regardless) could take the wind out of the protest movement's sails. Momentum is changing quickly and unless immediate actions are taken, Putin may consolidate his already strengthened upper hand.
David Szakonyi is a Ph.D. student in comparative politics at Columbia University. His research mainly focuses on the economic policies of dictators, though has been known to stretch into all things post-Soviet and quantitative. Currently, he is dividing his time between New York and Moscow with random sojourns into eccentric autocracies. He is learning to tweet here.


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Man City's De Bruyne wary of Man Utd after Champions League exit
Sacha Pisani
Kevin De Bruyne is wary of a Manchester United response as Manchester City seek to avoid more derby pain in the Premier League.
City make the trip to Old Trafford for Saturday's showdown against United, who were bundled out of the Champions League via the group stage on Tuesday.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and United are under pressure to bounce back, despite winning four consecutive Premier League matches to be seventh and a point clear of City, but five adrift of leaders Tottenham.
United are looking to beat City for the third consecutive match in the top flight for the first time since a run of four victories from 2008 to 2010, and De Bruyne is not underestimating the Red Devils.
"I don't think the game is more important for them," said City star De Bruyne.
"But we need to be careful because everything that has happened this week, it is a good game for them to change the switch.
"They will want to show a different side to what happened in Leipzig [3-2 loss to RB Leipzig] and we need to be aware of that."
"We have to try to punish them. They know we go to Old Trafford trying to win. We cannot deny they are an exceptional club and team…"
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— Manchester City (@ManCity) December 11, 2020
While United have struggled defensively at times in 2020-21, Solskjaer's side possess an attacking threat.
Bruno Fernandes headlines United's threat, having been involved in more Premier League goals (15 scored, 11 assists) than any other player since his debut in February.
"They have some new players and maybe they will play a bit more offensively but we will see," De Bruyne added, after City lost three games to United last season.
"After five minutes you are going to know what is happening in the game. They played defensively and on the counter last season and picked us off really well.
"I remember the home game when we lost 1-2 but we made a couple of mistakes and it was difficult to come back. They won three out of four last year so we need to try and make that right."
City have won seven Premier League away games at Old Trafford, more than any other visiting side, with six of their seven such victories away to United coming in the previous nine seasons.
Of all managers to have faced City boss Pep Guardiola at least four times in all competitions, Solskjaer has the highest win rate against the Spaniard, with the Norwegian winning three of their five meetings.
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"It's an ask for Man United, not for us or myself," Guardiola said. "The previous season is the previous season. In previous seasons we did it better, that's true. But why? That's a question for Man United.
"Every derby is interesting and nice. Being in front or not in front. It's always a little bit special, of course, but you have to be focused on the game."
Guardiola added: "Of course it's difficult [to defend against]. All big clubs have incredible players up front.
"We have to try to punish them. They know we got to Old Trafford trying to win. We cannot deny they are exceptional club and team.
"We knew it when I was at Barcelona and we faced them in the Champions League. Knew it when I arrived. I cannot say since I arrived they do not have a good squad, they have."
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Кабачковая икра — один из видов овощной икры.

Приготовление

Основные продукты для изготовления кабачковой икры: кабачки, морковь, лук, томатная паста. Добавляются также соль и специи. Кабачки для приготовления икры проходят через термическую обработку (в домашних условиях это может быть отваривание, запекание в жарочном шкафу или обжаривание).

Промышленный способ изготовления икры из кабачков несколько отличается от домашнего. Помимо массы из обжаренных свежих или замороженных кабачков могут использоваться так называемые «интенсивно обжаренные кабачки», — продукт, полученный после обработки бланшированной измельченной кабачковой массы на контактных паровых плитах, и представляющий собой карамелизованные коричневые частицы величиной 1—2мм, которые пропитаны маслом и обладают запахом и вкусом жареных кабачков.

Регламент качества
Органолептические показатели кабачковой икры регламентирует нормативный документ: ГОСТ Р 51926-2002 «Консервы. Икра овощная. Технические условия», где прописаны требования к консистенции и внешнему виду, вкусу, запаху и цвету продукта, изготовленному по ГОСТ. Что касается продукции, выпущенной по ТУ предприятий: данные требования не обязательны, но производители должны их учитывать, так как продукция, выпускаемая по собственным рецептурам предприятий, не должна уступать по качеству продукции, изготовленной по стандарту.

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Maurizio Sarri insists Chelsea must learn from Pep Guardiola, Mauricio Pochettino and Jurgen Klopp if they want his style of football to work at the Blues.
The Italian is only six months into his head coach role at the club but is already under some pressure after his side's awful 4-0 defeat to Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Wednesday night.
Chelsea are not a club that are known for having patience with their managers, with Andre Villas-Boas and Luiz Felipe Scolari both getting the sack just midway through their opening campaigns.
Meanwhile, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool have all stuck with their managers despite not setting the world on fire in the opening stages of their time at their respective clubs.
And Sarri has called on the Blues to learn from that an build a new empire with him at the helm.
"I am a dreamer. I want to play my football. But if I arrived here starting in a professional team, it's because I am a dreamer," Sarri said.
"I want to remember that, in the first season, Tottenham and Liverpool were in the middle of the table. The situation in England is very clear.
"There are three teams above the others. In one, the coach arrived five years ago, in one four years ago, and in the other three years ago. So the situation is very clear.
"The English football is in the hands of these teams. They had a plan and were really patient. So we need to change mentality and go on. The situation for me is really clear."


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Ashley S. Deeks
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The Transformation of International Tax
Ruth Mason
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The University of Virginia School of Law has long been one of the country's most distinguished institutions of teaching and research in international law.
The History of International Law at UVA
Faculty and graduates of the Law School played pivotal roles in the United States' engagement with international law and institutions. John Bassett Moore, an 1880 graduate, served as assistant U.S. secretary of state and was the first American judge to serve on the Permanent Court of International Justice. Dean Hardy Cross Dillard, also a graduate, later served as a judge on the International Court of Justice, and Monroe Leigh, a leading international law scholar, served as legal adviser to the U.S. Department of State and president of the American Society of International Law. The Virginia Journal of International Law is the oldest continuously published, student-edited law review in the United States, and remains one of the finest and most cited.
In more recent years, Professor Emeritus John Norton Moore served as a U.S. ambassador to the negotiations that produced the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, after which he established the world's leading research center in this area. Professor Richard Lillich, who served on the faculty from 1969 until his death in 1996, was a founder of the field of international human rights law. David Martin, now an emeritus professor, is the leading academic expert on immigration law in the United States and served as general counsel of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and as deputy general counsel of the Department of Homeland Security. Four members of the faculty have served as counselor for international law to the legal adviser of the State Department, twice as many as any other law school. One of them, Professor Paul Stephan, led a team of experts in producing the American Law Institute's Fourth Restatement of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States.
The Program Today
Today, Virginia Law continues this tradition with one of the strongest international law programs in the country. It offers a wide range of courses that cover all major areas, including international trade and finance, human rights and immigration, the law governing war and use of force, environmental law, international litigation and arbitration, and comparative constitutional law. Its faculty includes internationally renowned experts in these fields. In addition, foreign professors are regularly invited to teach seminars on topics such as European Union law and comparative law, and students may take select courses at the neighboring Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School. The Law School also offers short courses in Paris and Tel Aviv, as well as semester-long exchanges with several leading law faculties abroad and a dual-degree program with Sciences Po in Paris.
Experiencing International Law in Practice
Virginia Law offers multiple opportunities for students to experience international law in practice. Its curriculum includes the International Human Rights Law Clinic and the Human Rights Study Project, which yearly sends a student team to research and document human rights issues in a foreign country. Monroe Leigh Fellowships and Public Interest Law Association (PILA) grants allow students to pursue a public international law project during the summer. These have included internships with the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the U.N. World Food Program, the International Finance Corporation, the U.S. Department of Justice, the CDC's Global AIDS Project, and nongovernmental organizations such as EarthRights International, the International Center for Transitional Justice and Human Rights Now. The Law School also offers a yearly fellowship for a student to spend a year as a full-time trainee at the International Court of Justice after graduation.
Extracurricular Opportunities
The Law School is also home to dynamic student organizations devoted to international law. As noted above, the Virginia Journal of International Law is the finest and most authoritative student-run international law journal in the United States, while the John Bassett Moore Society of International Law organizes lectures and social events. The two organizations co-sponsor an annual symposium on an international law topic that brings distinguished academics and practitioners to the Law School. Virginia Law's teams also participate in several international law moots, and frequently advance to the international round of the Jessup International Law Moot Court competition.
The Law School hosts the National Security Law Center, which allows students to study the most pressing issues in national security law and to explore the wide range of career opportunities available in the field. The center is the hub for national security law activities at the Law School, and cooperates with student groups, faculty members, the Public Service Center and Career Development, and outside organizations to coordinate speakers, events, summer and postgraduate employment, and pro bono opportunities. A leader in national security law since 1981, the center takes advantage of the Law School's proximity to the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School and the wide range of national security practitioners in Washington, D.C., to enrich the Law School's course offerings with expert speakers from government and policy groups.
The Law School's Arthur Morris Law Library hosts extensive collections and offers online research resources on international law and foreign and comparative law.
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The Liberty Summer Band is an all-volunteer group of approximately 80 musicians who rehearse and perform on select evenings June. The repertoire is a variety of fun and exciting music ranging from concert overtures and marches to show tunes and light classics. All concerts are free and open to the general public. Bring your lawn chairs!
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All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. in front of the Rooney Justice Center, 11 S. Water St.
There are no auditions for musicians. Interested players should contact Director/Conductor Shane Fuller or Liberty Summer Band email. All musicians should be good sight-readers and have extensive band experience. High School students wishing to play in the group must have completed their freshmen year. Younger students who play at an advanced level will be accepted into the Liberty Summer Band upon the recommendation of their school band director. All adult musicians are welcome.
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TOWAMENCIN- Brandon McManus kicked a lot of field goals at North Penn High School. As a kicker, maybe he didn't always get the spotlight on Friday nights, but that spotlight certainly has found its way onto him plenty since then.
Out of the many of thousands of students who have roamed the halls of North Penn, only one has made the NFL. Brandon McManus has made a career for himself as the kicker of the Denver Broncos and in my opinion, we have not honored his accomplishments enough. I believe McManus' high school number, which was 18, should be retired by the North Penn Football team.
The football program, here at the high school, has produced some tremendous athletes that ended up playing division one football at the collegiate level. But, as I said before, only one has gone on play professional football. And McManus isn't just another kicker either, he is one of the better kickers in the NFL. He has yet to miss a field goal or extra point attempt this season. McManus' career field goal percentage currently sits at 82.4% but reached 83.2% at one point this year, which was the highest field goal percentage in Broncos' franchise history at the time. And not to mention he is also a Super Bowl champion.
When McManus reached the Super Bowl and eventually helped the Broncos win it, the North Penn community was impacted in a way that North Penn Athletic Director, William Bartle, has never seen before.
"We all remember, how many years was it, five years ago, four, whatever it is, how the community came together. I think to me, that was most impressive; it wasn't just North Penn High School, it was the North Penn community. Truthfully, I don't know if any other athletes had that impact on the North Penn Community…And I think that's something to be said for what you believe, in that his number maybe should be retired because (if) you talk to many of the faculty members here at the time and coaches at the time, it was certainly an exciting few weeks…I will say this, if we ever retire a number here at North Penn, Brandon's should be the first," Bartle reflected.
So McManus, at least in my opinion, is easily deserving of the honor. Other schools have retired numbers for their alumni athletes. Former running back, Matt Forte, attended Slidell High School in Louisiana. Slidell retired Forte's number back in June of 2016, while Forte was still a player. So, a number retirement is not out of the norm.
This obviously would be the first number retired in any North Penn sport, so it would be a fair question to ask, if North Penn would even consider doing a number retirement.
"I think that would have to be a discussion among the coaches as well the administration; I think it's a great idea in the sense of honoring Brandon for all his accomplishments," said Bartle.
This would be the best time to retire the number after this season because the player wearing the number 18 right now is Josh McHoul, who is a senior. That means, the number retirement would not force a player to pick a different number and give up the number he is accustomed to wearing.
Now, this article may focus on McManus, but he is not the only one who should have a number retired. The ice hockey team should retire Jay Caufield's number that he wore when he attended North Penn. Caufield is a former NHL right wing that enjoyed seven years in the NHL, that included a Stanley Cup Championship in 1992.
"I think both of them have had incredible careers, it's just that football is a much more notable sport than the NHL, but I'm sure if you talk to individuals that were here in the 70s and 80s, they would remember Jay very well," Bartle said.
It's time to consider giving, if not both, at least one of these athletes the tremendous honor it is, to have their number retired for their significant accomplishments in athletics.


If you're a man, finding a scented candle that doesn't make your pad smell like a boudoir can be a real challenge so here's one that makes your search a cinch. Roja Dove's Roja Parfums Leather Bougie is rich, warm and – as the name suggests – delightfully leathery. It's also big on one of my favourite fragrance notes, birch tar – an ingredient that has a natural affinity with leather since it's often used to make it waterproof. How does it smell? Well, imagine slipping into stiff new riding boots, straddling an unforgiving leather saddle and galloping off through a Scottish forest at full pelt and you're kind of halfway to appreciating its rich, manly fabulousness*.
*Think of me what you will but I really enjoyed writing that last sentence.
Well Lee, writing IS one of your great attributes!
I hope that back is better soon. Too much riding on unforgiving saddles?


If you really want to farm this, go to Un'Goro Crater, where the volcano is with all the fire elementals. Great drop rate, along with Heart of Fire and Essence of Fire.
If Un'Goro is a little too high for you head to Arathi Highlands. The circle of fire elementals there drops elemental fire 1-2 per circle clearing on average in my experience. If you know an alchemist these can also be obtained with a transmute of 1 Heart of Fire -> 3 Elemental Fire.
I have also noticed a decrease in drop rate from the elementals in Arathi. Felwood is pretty good, but there are so few mobs and so many people.
The 1.8 patch notes claim that the fire imps in burning steppes are supposed to drop this now. Is this true in practice, or did Blizzard screw up and not actually implement the change again?
I can confirm that Flamekin Torchers in Burning Steppes DO drop Elemental Fire.
I got 2 of them out of four groups of imps so far.
selling for 2.5g/piece on eu-lothar. how boring is that.. i have to go farming in un'goro for half an hour or spend 10g.
So, since the last patch, I've killed about 30 entropic horrors/beasts in Felwood, and not a single elemental fire has dropped. Was I just amazingly unlucky, or has the drop rate for those mobs been nerfed?
I have cleared about 9 packs of the flamekin and not a single elemental fire. I also went to felwood and killed the entropic beasts for 1 hour and not one dropped.
I went to arathi and got 18 straight drops. Something is a little messed up in the loot tables. You would think the higher level mobs would actually yeild more, and not none at all.
try farming them early in the morning. i am right now, started at half past 4 and have been doing that til' now... no 60 bullying me... yet.
have fun and make a lot of money.
Are these things worth nething.. been farming essence of fires, and gotten a few of these as well.
if youre the only one in the area, the elementals at arathi pretty much yield a stack (10x) for an hour's worth of farming.
I was trying to get elemental fire to make a robe, so i decided to go here. When i got here some lvl 60 undead warrior was running in circles farming these. Even when i legitimately pulled one he would run up and attack it and because he hit harder he would get the kill, he would do this all the time. What an F'n loser, why not go kill higher lvl mobs to get this at a higher drop rate? Instead of stealing my kills who is lvl 36 trying to lvl and make a robe. If your lvl 60 dont steal kills because you can. I dont care if you can pull faster thats great, dont come kill my pull!
getting these Elemental Fires are really hard to get, farming them from Burning Exile's and get the reagent from like every 15 kills or so.
I farm for these as well as Heart of Fires at Fire Plume Ridge in Un'goro. When I get enough I get Dreamfoil from the AH and turn it into fire pots. Makes a good income.


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Chinese business delegate to visit Kolkata after polls, to strengthen business ties
By Abu Afia Ali
With increased business volumes, China wants to strengthen the relationship between Kolkata and Kunming. On April 16, Zha Liyou, the new Consul General, The Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Kolkata said that as soon as the Lok Sabha election is over a delegate would visit West Bengal.
He said that a team of experts from Hunan Provincial Investment Infrastructure would arrive in Kolkata to discuss the way forward in strengthening the commercial tie between Kolkata and Kunming. He said that to build a friendly relationship between the two countries, people to people relationship between the two countries was very important. It was also found out that Chinese companies had expressed their interest in investing in Haldia and that the Consul General would extend all possible cooperation in that regard.
Liyou said that he wanted both the countries to benefit out of the trade.
China had already declared their policy of Belt and Road initiative according to which they would invest heavily in building infrastructure to facilitate trade between China and other parts of the world. Their focus would be on building roads for connectivity and explore transport through waterways. The initiative has been taken to connect China first to Southwest Asia and later to eastern Europe and then till Africa. They intend to rope in 71 countries the aggregate GDP of which accounts for one fourth of the world's GDP.
Liyou said that China was proceeding to achieving that aim with an open mind. "Soon a convention would be put up in China where representatives of 40 countries would be participating along with some of the biggest industrialists of the world," he said.
Talking about the Bengal Global Business Summit put up by the West Bengal Government in February, he said that a team of six representatives of Hunan and partaken in that and talks have been afoot since then regarding the trade relationship between the two countries. A similar convention would be organised at Hunan in June 2019. Along with that there would be another summit in China by the end of this year, on import and export. The Consul General invited India's representative to both the summits.
Liyou, after taking charge as the Consul General had been very proactive about improvement of business relationship between India and China.
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WILLEMSTAD - The Curaçao Tourist Board (CTB), together with Curaçao Airport Partners (CAP) and several private-sector partners recently organized a roadshow for South-Florida travel agents and consumers. The roadshow was held from the 15th to the 19th of May. The purpose of the roadshow was to provide updated information about the island, including accommodation options as well as to promote the flights to Curaçao from Miami, Florida with American Airlines (AA). AA is adding a 3rd daily flight to Curaçao for next winter season, starting December 19, providing additional seat capacity for consumers in the South Florida region.
As part of the roadshow, CTB and CAP gave three presentations to 132 South Florida travel agents in the following key areas; Tampa, Fort Lauderdale and Miami. During these presentations, the private-sector partners had a chance to meet with travel agents at a mini tradeshow that was followed by a more in-depth presentation about the destination, activities, new tourist attractions, accommodation and flights to the island.
In addition, a consumer event was organized at the Aventura Mall, a shopping mall receiving an average of 2.2 million visitors each month. A Curaçao booth was set up, featuring a backdrop of our Kenepa beach. At the booth, visitors could get information about Curaçao and register for a chance to win a trip for two to the island. The roadshow also entailed a four-week digital advertising plan which started in the month of May and will continue into June. Curaçao branding ads are featured on nine digital screens located in three of the mall's corridors. Also, leveraging the power of Y100 radio station and iHeart Media Miami, Curaçao ran a four-week media campaign that resulted in over 4.5 million digital impressions and 90 radio spots aimed at South Florida travelers.
Looking back on a successful South Florida roadshow, the CTB and CAP wish to thank their private-sector partners Renaissance Curaçao Resort & Casino, Sunscape Curaçao Resort Spa & Casino, Livingstone Jan Thiel Resort, Papagayo Beach Resort, ACOYA Curaçao Resort Villas & Spa, Oasis Coral Estate Beach Dive & Wellness Resort, Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort Curaçao, as well as American Airlines Vacations, OneTravelnet and CHATA, for their valuable support.