For almost three weeks now, The Turret at Wilfrid Laurier University has been inching towards the final, closing stages of its construction and will be officially opening for public use by January of next year.
It has, however, opened its doors for a "soft open," for smaller-scale events and for use by clubs and associations, to get a better understanding of how the new space will operate, as well as what storage solutions will and will not work in the future.
It gives the opportunity for members of the Students' Union, like Phil Champagne, executive director and chief operating officer (COO) to ask questions about how The Turret will be accommodating these new kinds of events.
"When we do something in the full room, what do we do with all the furniture? Is there room in storage for all the furniture? Do we have to hide it somewhere? What does that look like?" Champagne said.
But as far as a grand opening for The Turret for public use may still be a number of months away. Unofficially, the final opening is set for January, which will allow the Students' Union to have a couple of months of utilizing and organizing the space.
One of the first challenges will be in terms of being able to use the room in a variety of different functions and fully understanding this newly-renovated space, before its full launch for the students and the community at large.
The construction on the space has been a long journey. According to a letter from Kanwar Brar, the former president and CEO of the Students' Union, the construction began on May 1, 2018, but surpassed both the expected and revised dates for the construction's scheduled conclusion.
For the last few weeks, the Students' Union has been focusing on fixing "deficiencies," such as some lighting and cosmetic issues — things that may have been missed or done poorly, that need to be re-done. However, in that time, they have still had a number of club and association events in the space.
"The A-Team had their event, they had Euchre night yesterday — the Lazaridis Students' Society event happened last week. This weekend is the Orientation Week volunteer appreciation event," Champagne said.
As far as the general feelings towards the nearing conclusion of this project, Champagne expresses that it is generally one of excitement.
"It is pretty dramatic … [and] the idea is to have as much student space accessible as possible," Champagne said.


Offering an outdoor pool and an indoor pool, Elma Arts Complex Luxury Hotel is located in Zikhron Ya'aqov. Free WiFi access is available.Each room here will provide you with a flat-screen TV and air conditioning. There is also a coffee machine. The private bathroom also comes with a bath or a shower. Extras include satellite and cable channels.
At Elma Arts Complex Luxury Hotel you will find a spa and wellness centre, a restaurant and a fitness centre. The property offers free parking and luggage storage.
The property is located 7 km from a sandy beach. Ben Gurion Airport is 65 km away.


Bad Pony is a band from Sydney Australia! Cornered far away from the rest of the world, the guys just came out to NYC's village venue Pianos, and had a number of performances at Canadian Music Week last week.
They're not just "indie rock" though, they're indie rock with a touch of funk and pop which makes them all the more interesting.
Their biggest song 'Sideways' – with a slick music video – demonstrates exactly this. There's an energetic drum beat running through the whole song which keeps the pace and resulting energy of the song high and makes it really uplifting, the 1975-esque riffs taking over the rest of the song, and falsetto vocals with the largest range I've heard in a while providing the catchy top line you can't take off repeat.
Newly released song 'Deficiency' demonstrates a darker but equally musical side to the usual pop-rock sound of the band, showcasing their advanced production skills here too on their impressively self-produced EPs, the guitars being heavily distorted accompanied with more interesting instrumentation.


The last blog post of the year – that feels so weird to say. We're all in the last push – the last few papers and projects and exams before we're off for the summer, or in the case of graduating seniors, off to the next phases of our lives.
In reflecting on this past year, I can't help but think of all the ups and downs. The good times with friends, the late nights stressing over school work, the laughs in the dining halls, and all of the times in between. This year wasn't perfect, and it sure as hell wasn't easy. But it wasn't without the good times. It wasn't without the memories I'll carry with me forever. And it wasn't without moments that motivate me to make next year even better.
Mostly right now I'm thinking about finals. When will I get everything done? How will I do? Will I survive finals period? And I am studiously not thinking about the people I'll be leaving behind for the summer, because it's starting to hurt. But most of all I'm grateful. I'm grateful that I get to go to Tufts. I'm grateful that I get to be surrounded by brilliant, passionate people. I'm grateful for the opportunities I have. I'm grateful for the people I've met who've become my second family. I'm grateful for what the future might hold.
And finally, a message to the graduating seniors: You've spent the past four years working your asses off and you're almost done and we're proud of you and all your hard work and accomplishments. I hope whatever is in store for you over the next months and years is everything you dreamed it would be. I hope you find work you love, people you love, and above all happiness. I hope Tufts has served you well, and now you've grown and are prepared to leave it.


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'Alexander and the Terrible' Shows Before-and-After Posters of Their Horrendous Day
Disney has just shared some wacky, before-and-after payoff posters of "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," probably the longest move title ever and also the first live-action film adaptation of Judith Viorst's 1972 illustrated children's classic. Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner star as Alexander's upbeat parents. The veteran performers are joined by a trio of young talents that includes 16-year-old Dylan Minnette as Alexander's older brother, Anthony; 15-year-old Kerris Dorsey as sister Emily; and 12-year-old Australian native Ed Oxenbould, who makes his big-screen debut as the film's title character, Alexander.
Disney's "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" follows the exploits of 11-year-old Alexander as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life—a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him. He soon learns that he's not alone when his mom, dad, brother and sister all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Anyone who says there is no such thing as a bad day just hasn't had one.
Opening across the Philippines on Oct. 15, 2014, "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International through Columbia Pictures.
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Teesside Tier 3 lockdown: Full Q&A breakdown on all rules and guidance
Our area will be under the harshest level of restrictions, with pubs and restaurants still closed
Samuel Jones
The national lockdown is drawing to a close but Teessiders will still be subjected to tough restrictions.
The Government announced on Thursday that our region, along with the rest of the North East, will be subject to Tier 3 restrictions when the nationwide rules end on December 2.
Covid-19 infection rates have been dropping recently on Teesside but concerns over high rates of coronavirus infection among the elderly and high hospital admissions remain.
We've answered some of the key questions people will be asking about the new round of measures.
Where do the rules apply?
The Tier 3 rules will be in force across all of the North East - including the Tees Valley.
This means they will have to be followed by residents living in Middlesbrough, Stockton, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool and Darlington.
The rest of the North East, including neighbouring County Durham will also go in Tier 3.
But North Yorkshire will go into Tier 2, meaning less restrictions in areas such as Whitby, Stokesley and Scarborough.
A covid-19 test (Image: PA)
What are the household mixing restrictions?
you must not meet socially indoors or in most outdoor places with anybody you do not live with, or who is not in your support bubble, this includes in any private garden or at most outdoor venues
you must not socialise in a group of more than six in some other outdoor public spaces, including parks, beaches, countryside accessible to the public, a public garden, grounds of a heritage site or castle, or a sports facility – this is called the 'rule of 6'
hospitality settings, such as bars, pubs, cafes and restaurants are closed – they are permitted to continue sales by takeaway, click-and-collect, drive-through or delivery services.
What counts as an 'indoor setting'?
The ban on household mixing is understood to apply to any indoor venue.
This does not apply to schools and work places, which are both exempt.
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What are the exemptions to the household mixing ban?
Gatherings within indoor settings, as well as your home or garden, can still take place for specific purposes:
as part of a single household, or a support bubble
for work or providing voluntary or charitable services, including in other people's homes
for childcare, education or training – meaning education and training provided as part of a formal curriculum
for supervised activities provided for children, including wraparound care (before and after-school childcare), groups and activities for under 18s, and children's playgroups
for formal support groups, and parent and child groups – up to 15 people aged 5 and older
to allow contact between birth parents and children in care, as well as between siblings in care
for arrangements where children do not live in the same household as both their parents or guardians
for prospective adopting parents to meet a child or children who may be placed with them
for birth partners
to attend a funeral – with no more than 30 people present – or a commemorative event such as a wake for someone who has died – with no more than 15 people present
to see someone who is terminally ill or at the end of life
to attend a wedding or civil partnership – with no more than 15 people present
to provide emergency assistance
to avoid injury or illness, or to escape a risk of harm
to fulfil a legal obligation, such as attending court or jury service
to provide care or assistance to someone vulnerable or to provide respite for a carer
to facilitate moving home
Why is Teesside going into Tier 3 when infection rates are falling?
Concerns over high rates of coronavirus infection among the elderly and high hospital admissions have been revealed as key factors behind why Teesside will remain under tough lockdown restrictions.
New figures show that the impact of the national lockdown and previous restrictions that began in some parts of Teesside at the start of October appear to be bringing down infection levels.
But Health Secretary Matt Hancock said this was not enough to keep the area out of the top level amid concerns over the numbers of older people contracting the virus.
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Speaking about Teesside he said: "While case rates are now decreasing in all lower tier local authorities, they remain very high at 390 people per 100,000 across the region, with positivity also very high at 13.3%.
"The case rate in over 60s remains very high at 292 per 100,000.
"NHS admissions in the area have remained high in November."
What happens if I break the rules?
If you break the rules you could get a fixed penalty notice.
Since March, almost 20,000 have been issued.
These now start at £200, rising to £6,400.
Large parties can be shut down by the police - with fines of up to £10,000.
How did they decide the level of restrictions for an area?
These are the five key points ministers and officials used to decide.
Analysis of cases across all age groups : Officials looked at the total number of cases in an area, their geographical spread and if they are on the rise.
Analysis of cases specifically among the over-60s: Because older people are particularly vulnerable to serious cases of the diseases the number of cases among older people was considered separately from the general population.
Rate by which cases are rising or falling: How is the R rate changing in a particular area - how fast are people spreading the virus
Percentage of those tested in local populations who are found to have Covid (e.g. cases per 100,000)
Current and projected pressures on the NHS: While cases may be on the downward swing in some areas the key determining factor might be the ability of the NHS ICU facilities to cope with predicted pressures.
Downing Street said the Government was always aware of the effect of restrictions on the economy.
The Prime Minister's official spokesman, when asked if economic factors would be considered, said on Tuesday: "Ministers have always been cognisant of the economic impact."
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What it means for Boro
The full list of areas
The full Tier 3 rules
Which venues must close?
accommodation such as hotels, B&Bs, campsites, and guest houses must close. There are several exemptions, such as for those who use these venues as their main residence, and those requiring the venues where it is reasonably necessary for work or education and training
indoor entertainment and tourist venues must close. This includes indoor play centres and areas, including trampolining parks and soft play, casinos, bingo halls, bowling alleys, skating rinks, amusement arcades and adult gaming centres, laser quests and escape rooms, cinemas, theatres and concert halls, snooker halls
indoor attractions at mostly outdoor entertainment venues must also close (indoor shops, through-ways and public toilets at such attractions can remain open). This includes indoor attractions within zoos, safari parks, and wildlife reserves, aquariums, visitor attractions at farms, and other animal attractions, model villages, museums, galleries and sculpture parks, botanical gardens, biomes or greenhouses, theme parks, circuses, fairgrounds and funfairs, visitor attractions at film studios, heritage sites such as castles and stately homes, landmarks including observation decks and viewing platforms
leisure and sports facilities may continue to stay open, but group exercise classes (including fitness and dance) should not go ahead. Saunas and steam rooms should close
there should be no public attendance at spectator sport or indoor performances and large business events should not be taking place. Elite sport events may continue to take place without spectators
large outdoor events (performances and shows) should not take place, with the exception of drive-in events
places of worship remain open, but you must not attend with or socialise with anyone outside of your household or support bubble while you are there, unless a legal exemption applies
weddings and funerals can go ahead with restrictions on the number of attendees – 15 people can attend wedding ceremonies, wedding receptions are not allowed, 30 people can attend funeral ceremonies, 15 people can attend linked commemorative events
organised outdoor sport, and physical activity and exercise classes can continue, however higher-risk contact activity should not take place
organised indoor sport, physical activity and exercise classes cannot take place indoors. There are exceptions for indoor disability sport, sport for educational purposes and supervised sport and physical activity for under-18s
What about travelling to other areas?
you can continue to travel to venues or amenities which are open, but should aim to reduce the number of journeys you make where possible
avoid travelling to other parts of the UK, including for overnight stays other than where necessary, such as for work, education, youth services, to receive medical treatment, or because of caring responsibilities. You can travel through other areas as part of a longer journey.
What about testing?
All places put into Tier 3 will benefit from mass testing, similar to what was introduced in Liverpool, in a bid to drive down infection rates.
Tier 3 areas will be eligible for rapid or "lateral flow" tests - which give results in about 20 minutes without the need for a lab - to help bring down infections and reduce restrictions.
They will also be offered extra support by NHS Test and Trace and the armed forces to deliver a six-week rapid community testing programme.
However Stockton Council leader Bob Cook said clarity was needed on testing.
He said: "We're still waiting for delivery of our first 10,000 lateral flow tests that were announced more than two weeks ago and today's announcement said Tier 3 areas would also get support for 'mass community testing'."
What about Christmas?
People will be allowed to form an exclusive Christmas bubble made up of people from no more than three households between December 23 and 27.
This rule applies across the whole of the UK.
Christmas bubbles can only meet in private homes and gardens, places of worship and public outdoor spaces.
Guidance only stipulates that the bubble should not include people from more than three households.
How long will the lockdown last?
The localised restrictions are expected to remain in place until next March.
However the Government has said it will assess tier levels for areas at least every two weeks.
It's understood areas must be able to show sustained infections levels of below 250 per 100,000 of population before being moved down from Tier 3 to 2.
Levels on Teesside have recently dropped below 300 but remain above this level.
However they were reaching 500 earlier this month giving hope that further declines could see restrictions eased before too long although it may come to late to stay out of Tier 3 for Christmas.
Local leaders have said it is vital people stick to the rules to ensure that declines continue.
What do you think about Teesside going into Tier 3? Leave your comments below


SARASOTA, Fla., April 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Rudolph's internationally acclaimed Umbrella House has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The iconic house, one of Paul Rudolph's first solo projects as a young architect, was commissioned by entrepreneur Philip Hiss in 1952 to be the eye-catching model home for his new Lido Shores development. Architectural Digest has called the building "One of the five most remarkable houses of the mid-twentieth century."


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From the author of Luckiest Girl Alive--now a Netflix film--comes the "engrossing" (People) New York Times bestseller starring two sisters who join the cast of a reality TV series...and only one will make it out alive.
Brett and Kelly have always toed the line between supportive sisters and bitter rivals. Growing up, Brett was the problem child, living in the shadow of the brilliant and beautiful Kelly. In adulthood, all that has changed. Kelly is a struggling single mother and Brett has skyrocketed to meteoric success that has been chronicled on a reality TV show called Goal Diggers.
When Kelly manipulates her way onto the show and into Brett's world, Brett is wildly threatened. Kelly, and only Kelly, knows her younger sister's appalling secret, one that could ruin her.
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Glasgow Lives: James, 58, south side, psychotherapist and opera director, and Alfie, 15 months
James, pictured with Alfie, used to get a kick out of phoning home with tales of Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr - now he leads two lives, one on either side of the Atlantic. Here's his incredible career so far - and what he thinks about Glasgow nowadays ...
Elaine Livingstone
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I consider myself a Glaswegian despite being born one summer in Ayrshire, while my family was on holiday.
I was brought up on the south side of Glasgow by working class parents, originally from Govan , who were committed to the community. They taught me the values of kindness and neighbourliness.
As a quiet teenager, in 1978, I left a rough secondary school and went to drama school in Edinburgh, which shocked everyone I knew. Having always been a polymath learner I pushed the boundaries at school and drama school refusing to specialise to the annoyance of tutors.
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That portfolio mindset has been repeated throughout my working life which started in 1981 as a presenter for Scottish Opera for Youth. I went on to become a stage manager, company manager and finally assistant director with The Scottish Theatre Company. I also did some stage management at STV on Taggart and adored managing the annual panto at The King's Theatre.
In 1987 I was invited to be a production manager with The Boston Pops Orchestra in the USA and look after the composer and conductor John Williams. It was a fantastic job I got to work with Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and other huge iconic acts.
I remember getting a kick out of calling Glasgow on a Saturday and telling my folks who our guests were and my wee mum asking me to get autographs. It's odd that I never did - I saw those artists as colleagues and never thought to be starstruck.
When I came back to Glasgow, I went on the dole then started directing self-created small theatre projects before returning to Scottish Opera as a freelance assistant director.
In 1990 while I was running my own theatre company during the European Year Of Culture, I got called back to the USA to assist the Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa at The Boston Symphony, semi-staging several amazing operas in Boston and at Carnegie Hall with some of the biggest operatic names of the 20 Century.
Then I got a phone call from Simon Callow - he'd remembered me assisting him on an opera in Glasgow – which led to me spending seven years as associate director on Carmen Jones at the Old Vic, a show we toured to Japan for sixteen weeks, narrowly missing being killed in an earthquake.
Glasgow Lives: Daniel, 24, Glasgow Green, co-owner and head coach of Two Birds
In 1997 I bowed out of staging work in Glasgow at the RSAMD after being headhunted to join the A&R department of Decca Records, where I got to travel and scout talent as well as be assistant producer on a number of really great recordings and work with The Three Tenors.
I went into my own personal therapy, then switched jobs again and became a classical music artists' manager. As much as I loved managing artists I never felt settled due to being micro managed and decided to study to be a Psychotherapist. I graduated and set up my private practice in West London.
I came back to Glasgow in 2006 to help look after my elderly parents – within a year mum passed away, and dad a few years later.
Glasgow Lives: Alex, 53, Barrhead, Child & Youth Care Worker, Kibble
Surprisingly, in 2007, I got a call from the USA to "come out of directing retirement" and stage a concert for The Atlanta Symphony. Since then I have directed a good number of productions with both Atlanta and The Philadelphia Orchestra.
So here I am living a rewarding life spanning the Atlantic. In Glasgow, I'm a psychotherapist in private practice, where the clients lead the work with me as helper. In the USA as a director I get to be the creative driving force on very large and often complex stage productions.
I think Glasgow has fundamentally changed. Friends from London and the USA agree on the wow factor of our urban landscape, architecture, quality of life, music and arts scenes and the friendliness of Glaswegians.
On the whole I consider Glasgow to be kind-hearted and optimistic. A distinctive Glaswegian quality is directness, which can feel challenging.
I still find myself caught off guard by it occasionally, but you won't survive in this city unless you meet that directness at face value and respond in kind.
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Hugh Casson with his parents
The Casson family connects with the Man family when Mary Man married Randal Casson on 13 November 1906.
Mary and Randal had two children: Rosemary and Hugh.
Randal's father was Thomas Casson who was born on 19 October 1842 in Liverpool. He was a banker and amateur builder of church organs. In 1891 Casson decided to make a business of his hobby and in so doing founded a number of companies such as: Casson & Co; Casson's Patent Organ Co; Positive Organ Co., London.
He invented the "Pedal Help", an automatic control for pedal stops and was the author of The Modern Organ, 1883; Reform in Organ Building: a lecture delivered to the Birmingham and Midlands music guild, 1888; Lecture on the pedal organ: its history, design and control, 1905; The Modern Pneumatic Organ Mechanism, 1908. Thomas died near Brentford in September, 1910.
An article by Paul Hale about Thomas Casson appeared in the Organists' Review and can be read HERE (three pages).
Thomas Casson
The following is from John Speller's Web Pages: In the late nineteenth century a large number of small church organs were built by the Positive Organ Company. Casson's instruments, supplied by a network of local dealers, were ideal for the small church. They were cheap, although sturdily built, little mechanical action organs designed for the pianist who had strayed onto the organ. Constructed from quality, durable materials, they offered not only a small one manual tracker organ at a fair price, but also a number of interesting pneumatic features that rendered the instrument capable of achieving things only a much larger instrument was capable of doing. Thus for example there was often a Melodic Bass, which duplicated the lowest note played on a 16 ft. Bourdon stop, thereby achieving the effect of a Pedal Organ in 4-part accompaniment of hymns and anthems. There was sometimes also a pneumatic coupler playing the top note only on certain stops (often a "Melodic Viol"), thereby supplying solo effects normally found only on a two-manual organ. Or sometimes the manual was divided and the stops drew in halves to achieve a similar effect. Many of the instruments had transposing devices: the organist simply moved the keyboard a note or two up or down and the keyboard notes rather curiously disappeared into the casework. And the instruments also had foot-powered feeders like a harmonium so that the organist could easily blow the organ him or herself, useful in remote churches without electricity, and useful today because of being a very "green" form of energy.
Among the churches that have one of Casson's organs are: the Church at Long Hanborough in Oxfordshire, St. Mary Steps in Exeter, St. Michael's Church in Michaelstow, Cornwall, St. George, Bicknoller,
One of Thomas Casson's Organs


Show students video of a lap around the Daytona International Speedway. Ask students about what forces the driver is experiencing.
Online (or other) quiz to gauge students' misconceptions about circular motion. Special interest will be payed to the two misconceptions detailed in the misconceptions section of the website.
For homework students will be asked to analyse the turns of the racetrack. They will attempt to describe why the turns need to be banked for reasons of safety. Homework will be checked the following class.


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Queanbeyan District Cricket Club is one of the oldest cricket clubs in Australia. Our origins have been traced back to the 1860's (our original name was the Queanbeyan Cricket Club) when a group of locals, who were just looking for a break from the land, decided that the gentlemanly game of cricket was just the thing.
The club has grown and prospered since then and has a rich history of achievements both on and off the field.
In 2012, the club officially had a place to call home with the building of the Cricket Pavilion at Freebody. This was made possible by the tireless efforts of our long time club patron, Mr Ian McNamee and through the assistance of Dr Mike Kelly (former federal member for Eden-Monaro) as well as the support of Queanbeyan Mayor, Cr Tim Overall.
In 2013 the club celebrated its 150th Anniversary with a gala dinner at the Cricket Pavilion.
We field teams in men's grade competitions run by Cricket ACT. We also have strong support for junior cricket in the region, mainly through our affiliation with the Queanbeyan and Districts Junior Cricket Club.
The club has a strong sense of community and we pride ourselves on being a family friendly club.


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In a square in Seville near a cigar factory and a guardhouse: soldiers, street urchins, cigar factory workers and their loved ones mingle.
Micaëla arrives, looking for the corporal Don José. Moralès explains that José is in another company that is due to take over the guard. Micaëla decides not to wait and departs. The lieutenant Zuniga and José lead in the new guard, accompanied by a horde of children. Moralès tells José that Micaëla was asking for him.
It is break-time at the factory nearby and the women come out to smoke and flirt with the young men. Carmen is among them. Temperamental and bold she is accustomed to commanding the others. An encounter with José, who has thus far been ignoring her, awakens in her a passion. Her Habanera, a song of free love, sounds like a challenge, and the flower thrown at his feet, promises love. Micaëla returns, bringing José a letter from his mother in which she asks him to return and marry Micaëla.
Uproar suddenly breaks out in the factory and the women pour into the square, accusing Carmen of drawing a knife on her friend in a quarrel. Zuniga sends a guard to ascertain who instigated the fight. Carmen is taken from the factory to be interrogated but she refuses to answer the questions. The lieutenant ordered that the culprit be taken to prison. Carmen tries to seduce José, so that he might release her. Forbidden to speak, she sings, contriving to arrange a rendezvous with him at a tavern. He agrees to free her only if she will love him. Having received a promise, José lets her go.
In the Lillas Pastia's tavern jollity abounds. It is the place where the secret meetings of the smugglers that Carmen helps take place. Carmen and her friends Frasquita and Mercédès are taking their leisure by singing and dancing. Zuniga is also there. He tells Carmen that José, demoted and jailed for a month for aiding her escape, has just been released.
The cries of a jubilant crowd are heard. Escamillo the toreador arrives. Ever cheerful, confident and bold, he is a friend of all taverns. His life is full of danger, in the arena the struggle is life-threatening but the reward is sweet: to be a hero and receive the glory and love of beautiful women. Carmen immediately captures his attention but she shows no interest.
Darkness falls. The guests leave the tavern. Under the cover of night the smugglers arrive, bent on their risky business. This time Carmen refuses to help them. She is waiting for a friend. José arrives but the joy of their meeting is cut short. A signal is heard in the distance, summoning him back to his barracks and he prepares to leave. Passion and duty conflict with each other in his heart. Carmen accuses him of not loving her. In response he describes his passion and how he treasured the flower she threw at him when they first met. As proof, Carmen insists he deserts and goes with her to the mountains.
Zuniga unexpectedly appears; hoping to win Carmen's favour. When he sees José he orders him back to the barracks. But jealously causes him to draw his sword. The smugglers run in and separate them; then they tie up Zuniga. Don José remains with Carmen in order to begin a new life, full of danger.
A Mountain pass. The haggard smugglers have stopped for a short rest. Carmen and José are with them. The quarrel in the tavern is not forgotten, there is a great distance between them. Dreaming of a quiet peasant life, Jose suffers from infidelity to his duty and yearns for his home. Only his passion for Carmen keeps him in the smugglers' camp. But Carmen loves him no more; the gap between them is impassable.
Frasquita and Mercédès read their fortunes with cards and see a prosperous future. Carmen joins them. But however much she shuffles the cards, only death is foretold. The gypsy women leave, having been instructed to distract the customs officers who are blocking the smugglers' path. José is left to guard the contraband goods.
Micaela appears. Hearing a shot she is frightened and hides. It is José firing at an intruder who turns out to be Escamillo. The toreador explains that he is pursuing Carmen, having heard that she no longer loves her soldier. The enraged José reveals himself and the rivals start to fight. Carmen stops them. Escamillo thanks her and invites everyone to his next bullfight in Seville and leaves. Crazed with jealousy, José threatens Carmen. The smugglers find Micaëlain her hiding place. She has come to beg José to return to his mother. José does not want to go. Micaëla then reveals that José's mother is dying and wants to forgive him. He agrees to accompany Micaëla.
It is a bright, sunny day. The square in Seville is full of people. Outside the arena a crowd is waiting for the bullfight to commence. Noisily and joyfully they welcome the procession of the heroes of the bullfight led by everyone's favorite Escamillo. Carmen is also amongst the welcoming crowd. She is attracted to the cheerful, brave bullfighter. Frasquita and Mercédès warn Carmen that José is following her, hidden in the crowd but Carmen does not listen to them; she decides to stay and talk to him. The crowd departs to watch the bullfight. José appears and pleads with her to return to him. He does not believe that she has fallen out of love. Carmen is adamant: she no longer loves him. Contemptuously tossing aside the ring he gave her Carmen tries to leave. Unable to cope with his despair, mad with suffering and humiliation José pulls out a knife and lunges at Carmen. But Carmen will not be killed: freedom-loving and proud, she throws herself onto the knife edge, and falls backwards. The jubilant crowd accompanies the exit of the victorious bullfighter Escamillo from the arena. They stop in horror seeing the murdered Carmen. José repents and confesses to killing the woman he loved.
Bizet's Carmen is a real jewel of music theatre, an unattainable pinnacle and a unique phenomenon of French opera. It is faultless: this opera miraculously amalgamated all the ingredients for an incredible success.
In the XIX century the plot of Prosper Mérimée's novelle of the same title seemed absolutely unthinkable for the operatic stage. Though the audience had already accepted the high-society courtesan from Verdi's Traviata and the light-minded Manon Lescaut, never before had opera gone down to such social bottom – the lives of rejected by society Gypsies and smugglers. The libretto of Carmen was expertly written by the experienced dramatists Ludovic Halévy and Henri Meilhac, the authors of the texts for the most famous Offenbach's operettas. 35-year old Bizet had been catastrophically unlucky with the literary components of his works. In spite of their considerable musical merits, all his previous operas – The Pearl Fishers (Les pêcheurs de perles), The Fair Maid of Perth (La jolie fille de Perth), Djamileh, Ivan the Terrible – had not been included into theatrical repertoires due to their stilted and at times even absurd plot.
The life story of the freedom-loving Gypsy woman, captivating men with her beauty and sensuality, has everything: sufferings, seductions, rage and dramatism. This allowed Bizet to present the audience with a new type of opera which didn't relate to historic events, had no pathos or solemnity. Instead it depicted real life in all its manifestations.
In Carmen Bizet acted as a real innovator of his time. Through brilliant application of laconic artistic techniques the composer achieved astounding effects. Having never been to Spain himself, Bizet managed to capture characteristic features of Spanish national music so subtly that the Seville flair created by him in the opera immediately immerges the spectators into this exotic and fascinating world. Choral tasks also turned out to be new for the opera theatre: in Carmen the chorus is not just a crowd but characters actively engaged in the performance. Besides, the composer's brave decision to give a solo number to the children's chorus not only compelled admiration of the audience but also inspired Piotr Tchaikovsky to introduce a similar scene into his own opera The Queen of Spades. It is against the background of vibrant crowd scenes and noisy public celebrations that the truly tragic climax to relationship between the main characters is revealed.
As I. Solletinsky noted, the opera Carmen is "an excellent example of a combination of immense richness of musical content and a truly mass force of musical impact." Its fantastic, immediately etching in memory melodies are familiar even to those who has never been to an opera theatre. The entire Carmen – from the brilliant overture, famous Habanera and torrid Seguidilla, the effective Toreador's Song, lyrical arias of José and Micaëla and to orchestral entracts – is full of real musical "hits" ensuring opera's stable high ratings among the most popular and most frequently performed pieces of music in the world. Numerous ballet and cinema productions of Carmen as well as Carmen – related mass media publications reflect the fact that Bizet's Carmen is not just a favourite of operatic repertoire but "the all-time artistic myth" (M. Muginstein).


A bus and tractor collided on the road on Monday afternoon.
Eleven people have been taken to hospital after a bus and tractor collided in Newtownards on Monday evening.
One person is currently in serious condition, one is stable and the other nine are comfortable, an Ulster Hospital spokesperson confirmed.
Police are appealing for witnesses following the incident and the Belfast Road remains closed as police carry out their investigation.
Bus passenger Robert McCready posted on his Facebook page that he was "very lucky" to escape the incident with only minor injuries.
An Ulster Hospital spokesperson said that treating people involved in the accident had led to delays in their Accident and Emergency Department.
"Our Emergency Dept is busy this evening and patients may be required to wait longer than we would wish. We appreciate your understanding at this time," the spokesperson said.
Police are appealing for anyone who was travelling on the Belfast Road and who witnessed the collision to contact officers in Newtownards on 101 quoting reference 948 16/07/18.


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Le Neon Museum, aussi connu sous le nom de Neon Boneyard (« cimetière des néons ») est un musée à ciel ouvert situé à Las Vegas, dans le Nevada (États-Unis). Il présente des enseignes lumineuses d'anciens hôtels, casinos et autres commerces de Las Vegas sur une superficie de .

Pendant de nombreuses années, la Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) a conservé nombre de ces anciennes enseignes dans son « boneyard » (cimetière). Les panneaux étaient lentement détruits par l'exposition aux éléments.

Les habitants, les propriétaires d'entreprises et les organisations gouvernementales de Las Vegas considèrent que les enseignes sont non seulement artistiques, mais aussi historiquement importantes pour la culture de la ville. Chacune des enseignes restaurées de la collection est accompagné d'une biographie de la personne qui l'a créée et d'une notice expliquant en quoi elle est notable.

Histoire

Le Neon Museum a été fondé en 1996 par un partenariat entre l'Allied Arts Council du sud du Nevada et la ville de Las Vegas. Aujourd'hui, il s'agit d'un organisme indépendant à but non lucratif.

L'impulsion pour la création de ce musée a été la perte d'une enseigne emblématique. Après la fermeture de l'hôtel-casino The Sands en 1995, il n'y avait pas d'endroit où stocker cet énorme panneau et celui-ci a été détruit. À l'occasion de son ouverture officielle en , le Neon Museum a restauré et installé l'enseigne de l'Hacienda Resort Hotel and Casino, à l'intersection de Las Vegas Boulevard et de Fremont Street. L'accès à la collection n'était possible que sur rendez-vous. La fréquentation annuelle était d'environ de  à  pendant cette période.

En 2005, le hall historique de La Concha a été donné au musée, qui a déplacé et réassemblé le bâtiment à  au nord, le long du boulevard Las Vegas, après l'avoir coupé en huit morceaux. Il sert maintenant de centre d'accueil des visiteurs et de siège du musée. Bien que le déménagement et la restauration de la Concha aient coûté près de trois millions de dollars, le projet d'ouverture d'un musée s'est concrétisé après la donation de l'immeuble, suscitant de nombreuses subventions et dons publics et privés. Au total, environ 6,5 millions de dollars ont été collectés pour le centre d'accueil des visiteurs, le siège, un nouveau parc et la restauration de quinze panneaux principaux.

En , le Neon Museum a restauré et installé la célèbre enseigne Silver Slipper en face de son centre d'accueil. Deux autres enseignes anciennes restaurées ont été installées près de l'extrémité nord du boulevard Las Vegas pour marquer son statut de National Scenic Byway.

L'admission publique payante a commencé le , remplaçant le système sur rendez-vous. La fréquentation au cours de la première année était de , dépassant l'estimation initiale de 45 à .

En 2017, le musée a acheté un terrain pour sa première extension depuis son ouverture au public. Pour son cinquième anniversaire, le Neon Museum a offert une entrée gratuite le .

Expositions
Le musée présente des expositions dans trois domaines principaux : des enseignes aux néons restaurés et installées dans le quartier de Fremont Street, le long du Las Vegas Strip et dans le Boneyard.

Enseignes restaurées

Le Neon Museum conserve plusieurs panneaux restaurés dans le centre-ville de Las Vegas et le long du Las Vegas Strip. On estime que le coût de restauration des enseignes va de  dollars pour les petites pièces à  dollars pour les plus grandes enseignes.

Boneyard Park

Le Neon Boneyard Park a été installé en 2012, avec pour enseigne le mot « NEON » épelé à l'aide de lettres issus de différents panneaux cultes : Le « N » du Golden Nugget, le « E » du Caesars Palace, le « O » du Binion's Horseshoe et le « N » du Desert Inn. Les lettres sont placées sur une grille inspirée du panneau du Sands, ornées d'étoiles semblables à celles du Stardust et d'une étoile similaire à celle qui orne le panneau Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas conçu par Betty Willis.

Parmi les pièces exposées dans le Boneyard park figurent les enseignes lumineuses des casinos Stardust, Riviera, Desert Inn, Caesars Palace, ainsi que de nombreux autres. Le Neon Museum abrite également des sculptures en fibre de verre comprenant un crâne géant provenant du Treasure Island Hotel and Casino.

En 2018, le Neon Museum a lancé Brilliant!, un spectacle nocturne de trente minutes conçu par Craig Winslow, qui utilise plusieurs projecteurs pour réanimer les panneaux défunts, sur des musiques vintage et contemporaines.

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Spring and Summer are the best seasons to style our hair. We do that not just to make ourselves prettier but because of the warm/hot weather. It only makes sense to keep our hair away from our face, right?
Here is a very simple hairstyle you will surely like!
I saw this hairstyle on Pinterest but I couldn't find the original source so I won't be able to give proper credit. Anyway, this is so creative and also looks extremely pretty!
However, because I don't have a tiny face nor a tiny head, stretch headbands are usually too small to fit my head. And that always causes the headband to go up or just be totally tight and painful. The key is to pick a headband fits well on your head.
I hope you like this hairstyle!


We've ranked the League of Ireland grounds across both divisions, circa 2015. But here are some of the temples that have housed League of Ireland football in the past, but are now used for other pursuits.
Pairc Ui Rinn was purchased by the Cork County Board in 1989. It was known at the time as 'Flower Lodge', the home of the famous Cork Hibernians and latterly, Cork City FC.
It held the FAI Cup Final Replay between Cork Hibs and Shelbourne in 1973.
The Order of Hibernians sold the ground in 1986 and Cork City were forced to move to Turner's Cross.
The home of Longford Town until the early 1990s, Abbeycartron was tighter and pokier than it's successor, but it was a much shorter walk from the town.
Currently the home of underage football in the county. A hive of activity every Saturday and Sunday morning.
During their long nomadic period, Shamrock Rovers enjoyed a half-decade of relative stability in the 1990s when playing at the RDS. It is no surprise that their only League title was collected during their period as tenants in the RDS.
Younger people now know it only as the home of Leinster rugby.
Probably don't even associate it with showjumping, never mind football.
Served as the stop-gap home to both St. Patrick's Athletic, who collected a League title while there in 1990, and Shelbourne, who played there for a couple of spells in the 1970s.
Hosted a League Cup Final in 1993, when Limerick defeated then tenants St. Patrick's Athletic. St. Pat's returned to Richmond Park in November of that year.
Now, home to the greyhounds. Balls.ie enjoyed a day out there recently.
The home town Cork City for just a few years at the middle of the 1990s, playing there first during the 1993-94 season.
Cork City returned to Turner's Cross in 1996. Bishopstown Stadium, which resides beside a snazzy greyhound stadium, now functions as the Cork City training pitch.
It could be knocked to make way for an office block.
Lourdes Stadium was miraculously re-opened in 2012, years after falling into decay. The site was the home of Drogheda United from 1961 until well into the 1970s. At the time, it was regarded as one of the finest stadiums in the League.
After years of just taking up space, the ground was re-opened following a €290,000 ' legacy' from Coca- Cola International Services. The new incarnation of Lourdes Stadium boasts a state-of-the-art running track.


Ever wondered how the Princess Cruise Daycare room looked like? Check out all the pictures below from the Princess Pelicans, which is the kids' daycare facility for ages 3-7 aboard Crown Princess, one of the Princess Cruises ships we boarded for a 7 day Cruise leaving from Los Angeles.
The cruise daycare center aboard Princess Cruises was surprisingly big. I made a detailed comparison of both Carnival Cruise VS Princess Cruises of everything you can possibly need details about from food to shows, etc. And my vote for the better kids day care goes to Princess Cruises.
We found our daughter lounging in the front when we picked her up which gave me the idea right now – I need to get them their bean bags for their room.
Check out a sample of the kids' scheduled activities (pictured) while they are at the cruise daycare and you're somewhere else on the ship, perhaps enjoying a margarita by the pool (that's what we did).
They have Sponge Bob themed activities, Pizza & Pasta party, Funky Disco Party and more.
Besides the kids' activities listed, they can also play with Lego, climb around, play with games & computers. They will be busy all throughout until you pick them up. They gave us a beeper so we can be reached in case our daughter needs us. She had a lot of fun, we look forward to cruising again. Never cruise before? Check out the 10 Reasons Why you Should Cruise with the Kids on your next Family Vacation.
It's also not crowded and it looks really clean. Our daughter didn't stay long coz' we wanted to be with her. But when we took this cruise, she doesn't have a sister yet so we feel bad leaving her. But now that she has a sister, I think both of them can stay longer if they wish and the hubby and I can go to the adult jacuzzi area of Princess Cruises or get a massage.
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United States supports Sri Lanka in anti human smuggling
The United States Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) has extended four grants amounting to US3.5 million to combat trafficking persons in Sri Lanka.
US Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Hilton said that these grants engage on a wide variety of activities in Sri Lanka including, helping to strengthen the judiciary to investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases, building an effective trafficking data selection and reporting system, and improving services and protection for trafficking victims.
The mapping of data on human trafficking in the Sri Lanka project was undertaken in response to the government of Sri Lanka's priority on building effective human trafficking data collection and reporting systems, he disclosed.
The project will result in three important outcomes such as the development of a multi-sectoral trafficking in person's data collection and reporting system and the building of the capacity of key stakeholders to contribute to this new trafficking in persons data collection and reporting system.
The third outcome is supporting the dissemination of information from the resulting system to relevant stakeholders, he added.
The Asia Foundation and its partners in the project have made it possible for the first time for the Sri Lankan government to easily identify, track, and analyze human trafficking cases at the national level.
Additionally, with information gathered in the reporting it is now possible to design tools for government agencies to better identify victims of trafficking that they encounter and use this information to better understand and combat human trafficking, he said.
This report also shows that the identification, care, and support of survivors of trafficking is a mutual priority and that both government and its partners have a vital role to play in identifying and assisting trafficking victims, he claimed.
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The mission of the Trenton Farmers Market and its sponsor, Foothills Rural Community Ministry, is to promote and encourage the development of local agriculture and specialty products. Our market strives to ensure that our vendors are the producers and growers which ensures that the products offered are indeed locally grown and locally made.
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Synthesis of optically active constrained 2-substituted norstatines: a straightforward application of Seebach's "SRS" synthetic principle.
Synthesis of optically active constrained 2-substituted norstatines: a straightforward application of Seebach's "SRS" synthetic principle. / Battaglia A; Guerrini A; Bertucci C. - In: JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0022-3263. - STAMPA. - 69(26)(2004), pp. 9055-9062.
Titolo: Synthesis of optically active constrained 2-substituted norstatines: a straightforward application of Seebach's "SRS" synthetic principle.


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D. Francisco António Solha foi um mestre organeiro galego, radicado em Portugal na segunda metade do século XVII. Foi responsável pela construção, dentre outros, dos órgãos do Convento de Tibães, da matriz de S. Salvador em Penajóia e da Sé de Lamego. Ocupou também a função de vice-cônsul da Espanha na região portuguesa de Guimarães, Pombeiro, Felgueiras e Montelongo.

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