In reflecting on 2018, I've concluded that Trudy and I must have gone the wrong way or must have taken the wrong path in our lives. Let me explain.
At the beginning of the 20th century 90% of the population of Texas lived in the rural areas and only 10% lived in the cities. By the end of the 20th century these percentages had reversed with 90% of the population of Texas living in urban areas and only 10% living in the country. This trend toward urbanization goes unchecked thus far in the 21st century.
Meanwhile Trudy and I left behind our former homes in the cities (Dallas-area, Lubbock, Houston, Minneapolis, even Moscow and London) where we had lived our entire lives. Instead we went the wrong way and adopted a rural lifestyle living in the countryside outside Fredericksburg ,Texas. Clearly we moved counter current to the usual demographics, but why.?
Moreover, we chose to live on a cattle ranch and raise cattle at a time when the cattle industry has swooned from the greatness of earlier times when cattle allowed Texas to become a wealthy state. We certainly don't claim the same lifestyle as the frontier ranchers in Texas who lived in fear of marauding Indians, struggled against nature using primitive tools, and made their ranch rounds via horseback rather in a pick up. No, our experiences don't compare to the difficult frontier days that were depicted in the western movies, but that doesn't mean our lives are without challenges as this blog has at times depicted.
And while some would argue the western myth with its exciting cattle drives and western heroes springs more from Hollywood fantasy than reality, it still fills a void, a yearning, if you will, for a simpler life of raising and moving stock, enjoying good neighbors, and experiencing a simpler, less hectic lifestyle. These are the activities we have enjoyed since moving to Medicine Spirit Ranch.
Perhaps springing from the innate narcissism common in writers, I've chosen to share our experiences on this blog. I've shared earlier stories of caring for remarkable people who developed neurological disorders, and, in so doing, shared extraordinary experiences that reveal much of what is good about human nature. These stories are in my book, Carrying The Black Bag: A Neurologists Bedside Tales.
In a way writing books in the digital age also runs counter culture. Nevertheless, i can think of nothing more pleasing than sharing stories in the hope my readers will gain a modicum of benefit from them.
I am working hard on a second book that time will tell whether it sees the light of day. I have tentatively titled it, Hitler: Prescription For Defeat. In it I've tried to bring my medical skills (retired though they may be) to bear on Adolf Hitler's little known, but serious health issues. Too little attention has been devoted, in my opinion, to how his poor health impacted his leadership in World War II, inadvertently affected the great battles, and assisted the Allies in defeating Nazi Germany. Hopefully 2019 will see me finish the book and move forward toward publication. I'll soon the manuscript to several wonderful folks willing to serve as my beta readers/ Any encouragement you might offer would be appreciated, or else any advice to move onto other subjects.
Looking forward to 2019, "wrong way Tom and Trudy" will continue to live our rural lifestyle. We'll continue to enjoy our "wrong way" lifestyle" as well. Also Tom will continue to blog about his observations and experiences at the ranch and elsewhere. And in the meantime from Views From Medicine Spirit Ranch, I extend to you my fondest wishes for your personal successes in 2019. Happy New Year!
I peer into the northwest sky from where the elusive rain is said to come. The grass beneath my feet crunches as if walking on popcorn. The leaves on trees sag like the craggy faces of older people. Despite a brave and collective denial of reality, an early drought has set in. The weatherman maintains hope by elevating rain predictions only at the last minute to reduce our chances.
Several years ago Central Texas suffered a drought of historical proportion. Our fields browned out, crops withered, and dust rode the winds like powder before a fan. Ranchers lost crops and failed to produce hay. Stocks of expensive hay had to be trucked in to maintain herds of cattle, sheep, and goats. Some ranchers along with their crops withered under the assault.
This year I maintain two barns full of hay, enough easily to tide me through an average winter. I am capable of one trial learning. Yesterday during one of our typically wettest months, I had to put out hay for my cows. I fear what lays ahead.
Creeks flow slowly or not at all. Stock tanks recede and algae spreads like kudzu. Bluebonnets appear slaked. Our hopeful Spring has given way to a dusty desperation. We've taken to shaking rain sticks, a Caribbean superstition thought to summon rain. Why not engage in superstitions when all else has failed?
The rains may still come and rescue our land from early drought. I obsessively check weather reports. How fickle and cruel is Mother Nature. We remain hopeful as time exists for the skies to open forth with crop restoring, creek flushing, and pond filling rains. Time will tell. We wait.
One Day Later: It rained! Just after writing the piece above, the skies opened and half an inch of rain fell- hardly enough to break our drought but might it be the beginning of a much needed rainy season.
Already the fields have begun to green up. Amazing how fast the turnaround can be and how quickly the spirits of ranchers can improve.
Admittedly the concrete slabs measure only 36 and 55 feet in length, much too short certainly to qualify for roads. If you look carefully though you may be able to determine that these are really low water crossings.
One of the slabs is where the outflow from our spring-fed stock tank (pond to those non-Texans reading this), and the other concrete slab allows traffic to pass unhindered over Sugar Creek. These low water crossings remain treacherous though if a flash flood occurs.
Generally these areas though are dry and easy to cross. Nevertheless, during a rainy spell, both can become muddy quagmires. Previously I've become stuck even when driving my four-wheel drive pickup or our John Deere utility vehicle. Thank goodness for a tractor and ranch hand to extract me from the muck.
Two 12-inch aluminum pipes traverse the concrete slab at Sugar Creek. This allows the water to flow under the slab and for the dogs and me to keep our paws (feet) dry.
Hopefully our efforts will prevent getting stuck in the mud and provide improvements at this our newest addition to the Hutton ranch.
Guess What We Found On Leaving Our Ranch Recently?
The other morning Trudy and I spotted something unrecognizable on the cattle guard at the edge of our ranch. Approaching closer I could tell it was a newborn calf, actually a Longhorn/Charolais cross. The poor little heifer had all four legs stuck between the pipes of the cattle guard and was totally helpless as she lay across the pipes.
One surprising thing about a Longhorn calf is how quickly they stand up as opposed to other types of calves. This little heifer apparently stood up while its mother was down pasture grazing, wandered to a nearby cattle guard, and slipped and had ts legs plunge through it.
Trudy and I jumped out of the car and working together pulled the calf's legs out from between the bars and carried it to the nearby grass. There we stood it up and encouraged it to move down the pasture to where its mother grazed. She saw us coming and raced to her calf. When last we saw the calf, it was chowing down at the milk bar.
The calf has done well ever since. Let's just hope it has good one trial learning when it comes to why cattle guards are there in the first place. I did notice a few days later when we vaccinated her for blackleg that she didn't seem at all afraid of me. Might she have been appreciative or at least remember me? I'll never know. Turned out to be a pretty good excuse, though, as to why we were running late for Sunday School.
I recently viewed a dozen or so cattle egrets within and perched upon our cow herd. These white, long necked, and long legged birds have been absent from our ranch for about a year. Our cattle tolerate them well. I couldn't get close enough to take a picture of them but have some images taken from the internet.
The relationship between the egrets and cattle is a symbiotic one, as the egrets eat flies and ticks off the cattle. Both egret and cow have mutual benefit from their relationship.
What I discovered yesterday was that the egrets also provide entertainment for our friskier Spring calves. The calves playfully run at them, scattering the birds for a short fly around. The egrets soon after land in the herd and the chase is on again. The calves appeared to be enjoying themselves, but I can't speak for the egrets.
Several times recently I've spotted a Great Blue Heron hanging out in the pool below the waterfall at Hidden Falls Ranch (our ranch across the county road). I can't say for sure that it's the same one about which I wrote the blog series last winter, but it looks the same. It's dramatic to view it taking off from the pool, gaining altitude, and flying by me at eye level and not more than 20 feet away. According to Native American legend Great Blue Herons bring good luck. Bring it on!
Bulletin: Just viewed a Great Blue Heron in our stock tank below the house. It's back! What wonderful news. Life is good in the Texas Hill Country.
We are well into spring calving season with four new, adorable calves. Part of their welcome to the ranch is receiving a vaccination to ward off "black leg", a particularly serious bacterial infection that kills calves. While our intentions are good, they are usually misunderstood by our always protective mama cows.
Such was the case recently when we roped, held, and tried to vaccinate a new calf. Mama cow took serious exception to our treatment her calf this way. While I attempted to give the subcutaneous injection, mama cow suddenly appeared and forcibly head butted me in the face. The syringe went one way, my glasses flew off in another, and I was pitched backwards unceremoniously. With a sore and bruised face and without glasses, I was virtually worthless. I also was quite vulnerable should she have chosen to take out her animus still further. Fortunately for me, she did not.
Somehow Trudy and Juan found both glasses and syringe, and we finished giving the vaccination to the calf without further incident.
I've been asked if I get upset with mama cows when such this happens, as this is not the first time something like this has transpired. My answer is no, as the mama cows are only protecting their offspring.
Whenever possible we sequester a calf needing a vaccination, an ear tag, or needing castration from the mother cow. We usually use the pens for these tasks and to great benefit .
On occasion we are not able to move a mama cow and her calf, for example from the new ranch (Hidden Falls) across and down the county road "a piece" into our other property (Medicine Spirit Ranch) where are located our only pens . In such instances we are sorely tempted to try the quick and dirty method of lassoing, holding, and giving a vaccination in the pasture. Sometimes this works and in others I end up on my caboose or more commonly seeing the south end of a calf heading rapidly north.
Such was our ill-fated mission this morning accompanied by Trudy, Juan, and visiting "ranch hands", LaNelle Etheridge and Madeline Douglas from Lubbock.
As soon as the mama cow spotted Juan creeping up on her calf with his lasso, she took off with her calf behind her. To vaccinate this calf, we will need to drive the herd down the county road to Medicine Spirit Ranch and to the protection of our pens. This will have to wait until next week.
and contusions, and received numerous injuries to my male ego. Oh, but my wonderful outdoor existence along with Mother Nature showing off her wonders more than makes up for any challenges faced.
Who are those strange straw people driving the Thanksgiving-decorated tractor?


Im on a mission to help my buddies kid find a door and fender for his car. Thank you for your time.
I have a pair of nice 76 fenders. Where are you located?
ok I haven't shipped a fender before so I'll need to look into it and determine the cost and best way. In the meantime, I'll put up some pictures of the p/side fender that I have.
OLSN500, is there a Greyhound Bus Terminal near you?
ive got several nice rust free and damage free fenders. not saying there might be a ding or so but not dented up. ill take 200.00 each for them plus the ride. shipping can get expensive depending on who you go with. ive got a friend that runs hotshot and will haul stuff reasonable if you can wait for him to come thru my area and deliver to your area.
i can wait just depends on how long. we talking weeks, days, months?
Thanks!, but Paladin31 has a door in fender near chicago. Once he sends pics and a pick up time. We're gonna get together, if it falls through Ill get in contact with you. ty very much.
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You will love to use this hand-painted ceramic set every time you entertain. With a brightly colored, modern music flair, the rectangular dish is great for serving up hors d'oeuvres, chips, veggies, salsa, dip, etc. Separate/removable dip dish adds versatility for serving. Unique rectangular dish shapes make a fabulous table presentation. Dishwasher and microwave safe. Dish approx. 16" x 14" x 4". Dip bowl is approx. 6" wide.


The mud used in our spas is no ordinary mud: it is a combination of clay extracted under controlled conditions from the bottom of two thermal lakes situated in the Euganei hills, and the enhancing and activating action of the thermal water. This purified and treated clay is left to rest in special tanks to mature. This process promotes a gradual growth of numerous micro algae and cyanobacteria that have high anti-inflammatory effect – scientifically tested, unique in the world, characterized by the absence of side effects.
APPLICATION OF MUD – You will be escorted to a quiet, peaceful and private room where the staff will apply a layer of mud at the right temperature. It is a rather unique sensation and is really worth trying! A pleasant feeling of warmth, like a warm and enveloping embrace, in fact, thanks to its particular characteristics, the mud maintains the quality of a cosmetic dough even when diluted by a high amount of water. Gradually, as the unique properties of the mud act on your skin (not only thermal properties but also the release of the main active agents) you can lay back, relax and enjoy the thrill of pure SPA emptions.
SPA SHOWER – After about 15 minutes you will enjoy a nice shower from the hot thermal spring that will wash away all the mud and the toxins it has absorbed. Now you are ready for next phase of treatment.
their therapeutic health effect, will also make your skin even more smooth and silky.


Coronary heart disease was the leading cause of death for people aged 45�64, followed by lung cancer. For people aged 65�74, it was also lung cancer followed by coronary heart... Jesse Cannone came from the origins of successful personal trainer in the Greater Washington, D.C.area. He found that many people suffered needlessly with lower back pain and sciatica.


As the Lake Charles Police Department searches for more suspects in connection to a home invasion on Tuesday, October, 16, one person has been arrested.
It was at approximately 10:37 pm when LCPD was called out to the Fairview Crossing Apartment complex, located at 4259 5th Ave in reference to the home invasion, said a media release. Three black males reportedly forced themselves into the apartment where they held victims at gunpoint. The suspects searched the residence and fled with an undisclosed amount of money and cellular phones.
One of the suspects, James Jamal Walker, 17, of Lake Charles, was arrested near the 2100 block of 5th Ave. Walker is charged with home invasion. His bond is set at $12,000.00.
As the investigation continues, anyone with information regarding the other suspects can contact LCPD Sgt. Jeff Keenum at 337.491.1311.


As many of you know, I would like to set up some Skype sessions with my class and yours. I am a middle school teacher. I teach 6th, 7th, and 8th grade social studies and 8th grade language arts. If you have a Skype account and you would like to connect, my Skype name is discoveryschoolsocialstudies. If you are interested in setting u a FREE Skype account for your class, just go to Skype.com and sign up. I put in my school as my first name and my content area as my last name. When I created my user name I combined the two, hence discoveryschoolsocialstudies. If you teach something differnt, please list what content you teach and your Skype name here. By listing it here, other teachers will see it and it will be easier for them to connect with you.


Man invoices his date for half the cost of dinner?
Claim: Man invoices his date for half the cost of dinner.
Just to give you an idea of what dating life is like in June 2004 — This is an email I received from a guy who I went out with ONE TIME from Jdate — No worries, I am definitely sending him a money order — not a check with my home address on it!! Calgon, take me away!!
On June 5, you agreed to accept dinner, paid for in full, by me, based on your stated offer that we would go out again. In that you have ignored all overtures to said follow up meeting, you are hereby considered in breach of contract.
To that end, you are being invoiced for 50% of the cost of the dinner, pursuant to the offer. For the record, the offer presented you with the option of not going out again and paying for half of the dinner, or going out again and not paying at all. You accepted these terms, choosing to go out again, as stated above, but have since failed to deliver your end of the agreement. In that this was merely a promise to meet, and not a promise to marry, the agreement is binding under New York law and does not require a written agreement (i.e. statute of frauds).
Furthermore, this is absolutely not a joke.
Your share is 50% of $74.51 which is a total of $37.25. Payment in full is expected within 30 days.
For you single girls, in case you ever start to think your dating life is bad…. see below. If you're attached already, well you should thank your lucky stars you don't have to be on the receiving end of THIS. As for the guys, well, you can take heart that this guy is part of your competition pool.
been intended merely as a joke (perhaps the parties involved were members of the legal profession), or whether it was possibly a tall tale cooked up by someone who had reasons for wanting to promote the sending of angry mail and phone calls to the person identified.
However, whatever the origins of the 2004 tale, its scenario was apparently acted out in real life in June 2006. According to the New York Daily News, Darren Sherman, CEO of Regulatory Advisory Services (a private financial consulting firm in New York) and former SEC official, sent a number of e-mails and left several voice messages for 'Joanne,' a woman he'd taken to dinner on 4 June 2006 at China Grill, an upscale Asian eatery on W. 53rd in New York. Apparently, despite saying while on the date that she would agree to a second outing, Joanne did not subsequently contact Darren to set up another meeting, leaving him to feel (as he put it in one of his phone messages) "you took advantage." A few weeks after their evening out, he began pursuing her for payment of $50, an amount he regarded as her fair share of the restaurant bill. Those pursuits have included leaving voice messages threatening to contact her employer about the matter and take her to court, making sure to have a summons to appear served at her place of business.
"You ate the food. You drank the wine. Kindly pay your bill," said Sherman on one of the voice messages he left for Joanne. The frustrated swain also contacted China Grill, asking that his AMEX charge for the evening in question be reduced by $50 and 'Joanne' dunned by the restaurant for that amount. Personnel at China Grill have confirmed to a number of people who have checked with them that yes, the couple did dine there, and that they've subsequently spoken to both parties.
According to JDate, Sherman has been suspended "for behavior that violated the terms and conditions of membership," so date-minded ladies looking for him in that forum should now search elsewhere. Copies of his e-mails and voice messages to Joanne can be found at PR. Differently.
New York Daily News. 21 July 2006.


Product details: Burgundy quilted caviar leather Boy bag by Chanel. From 2018. Adjustable leather and chain crossbody strap. Front flap with push-lock closure. Lined interior with inner slide pocket. Goldtone hardware. Authenticity card included. 8.25"L x 5"H x 3.25"D. 22" strap drop.


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Genre: Soundtrack
Rodgers and Hammerstein's last musical was a triumph. The Sound of Music opened at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16, 1959. It ran for 1,443 performances and earned five Tony Awards including Best Musical. In addition, the cast album earned a Gold Record and the Grammy Award. Florence Henderson starred in the first national tour, which played for more than two years. Jean Bayless created the role of Maria in the original London production, which ran for more than six years, long holding the record as the longest-running American musical in London.
In 1965 the motion picture version of The Sound of Music was released, and it made Hollywood history. Directed by Robert Wise, with a score revised by Rodgers (Hammerstein had died in 1960, so Rodgers composed both music and lyrics for two songs added to the film: "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good"), and a screenplay by Ernest Lehman, The Sound of Music boasted a dream cast: Julie Andrews as Maria, Christopher Plummer as the Captain, Eleanor Parker as Elsa, Peggy Wood as the Mother Abbess and Charmian Carr as Liesl. Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, The Sound of Music has become the most popular movie musical ever made.
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Garcia Nubya: Source We Move
Gibbons Billy: Big Bad Blues
Berninger Matt: Serpentine Prison
Santana: Africa Speaks
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Various Artists: Bulworth The Soundtrack
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Karaindrou Eleni: Eternity And A Day

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…caved in and removed the evil banana from the back of my fridge.
Posted on November 28, 2013, in Uncategorized and tagged bananas, Doodlemum, Drawing, Family, Humour, Illustration, Life, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook. Bookmark the permalink.	12 Comments.
The loathsome job, but it's nearly done. Then reward the fairy with chocolate.
So… no Chicken Maryland then?
Nope, no good is it?
Bananas are never, ever evil, they are wondrous items!
That's the time to bung them in the freezer, in their skins ( in a bag if skins have burst), and when you fancy a banana cake or smoothie, they take five minutes to defrost before being delicious again.
Love your sketch, Angie! I'm writing a blog article about a fridge fairy and would love to include it. May I? Of course I'll link to this original post and caption with credits to you.
Of course, no problem at all. Thanks for asking!
This is so funny! 🙂 I love the doodle! Thanks a lot for sharing!


Positive action is a range of measures allowed under the Equality Act 2010 which can be lawfully taken to encourage and train people from under-represented groups to help them overcome disadvantages in competing with other applicants.
For example, the University often has a low rate of applications from women for academic and academic-related offices in certain subjects, such as science, engineering and technology. In order to improve this, initiatives, such as WiSETI or targeted actions may be undertaken.
Positive action must not be confused with positive discrimination which is unlawful, e.g. the setting of quotas (as opposed to targets, which are lawful) or any form of preferential treatment. Where positive action has been taken to encourage applicants from disadvantaged groups to apply, every applicant must be considered on individual merit and selection for interview and appointment must be based strictly on the agreed selection criteria.
The Equality Act 2010 does permit reasonable adjustments which may give preferential treatment to an individual with a disability.


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Q: Adjust height of the whole header bar in dashboardHeader in shiny dashboard with wraping I used the answer to Adjust height of the whole header bar in dashboardHeader in shiny dashboard to make my dashboardHeader smaller. When I make the browser window smaller then the header gets wrapped but the "Test"-output is not adapted.
I added a tags$style(".content-wrapper {padding-top: 12px}") into  dashboardBody which give more space, but I either would like to have no wrap of the header or the position of the output adapted.
library(shiny)
library(shinydashboard)

ui <- dashboardPage(
  dashboardHeader(
  # Set height of dashboardHeader
    tags$li(class = "dropdown",
            tags$style(".main-header {max-height: 20px}"),
            tags$style(".main-header .logo {height: 20px;}"),
            tags$style(".sidebar-toggle {height: 20px; padding-top: 1px !important;}"),
            tags$style(".navbar {min-height:20px !important}")
           )
  ),
  dashboardSidebar(
     # Adjust the sidebar
     tags$style(".left-side, .main-sidebar {padding-top: 20px}")
  ),
  dashboardBody(
    tags$style(".content-wrapper {padding-top: 12px}"),
    verbatimTextOutput('test')
  )
)

server <- function(input, output){
    output$test <- renderText('Test')
}

shinyApp(ui, server)

A: I believe you could achieve what you want by replacing the max-height in the first style-tag with min-height, i.e.:
...
tags$style(".main-header {min-height: 20px}"),
...

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Scott Cannard is a long-time automotive industry guru, and has been dealing tyres for many years.
The self-confessed car lover finally decided to buy his own JAX Tyres store and hasn't looked back.
JAX Hoppers Crossing prides itself on its product recommendation services.
Mr Cannard said customers were always welcome to come on down to the store for an obligation-free friendly chat, and there was always bound to be a staff member available with a wealth of knowledge who is ready, willing and able to help them with their automotive questions and queries.
"We stock all of the well-known brands, and we're more than happy to take customers through our range and make a recommendation based on their individual needs," Mr Cannard said.
"If they want to just come in and have a chat about the different types of tyres we stock, that's fine."
"We also offer full mechanical servicing on site."
The mechanical servicing team are renowned in the area for their attention-to-detail and extensive knowledge of a large range of models and makes.
"We can undertake any mechanical work required here, and usually with a very fast turnaround time also," Mr Cannard said.
"JAX Tyres is synonymous with changing tyres quickly, and getting them right the first time, and we can definitely make that happen here for our customers thanks to our experienced and hard working staff."
The Hoppers store provides the right tyres for your vehicle and services those living close to Tarneit, Truganina, Hoppers Crossing, Western Gardens, Laverton South, Werribee, Altona Meadows, Laverton and Point Cook.
Naming his favourite set of wheels as the popular RX8, the dedicated JAX franchisee has staff ready to cater to your automotive needs at the Hoppers Crossing outlet. The store is open from 7:45am-5pm Mon to Fri and 7:45am-12 midday Saturdays.


Morning Folks!! Hows it going? Done much crafting lately? Well if you haven't I have made up for you. Todays make is using crumb cake for the base card, a piece of hessian that I had in my sewing box, ( leftovers from my handmade sweet sacks at christmas ), and a little piece of lace. The foliage was cut on my Brother Scan n Cut. and the flower was made from the Pansy punch from Stampin Up. Thehe greeting is one I have in my craft collection.
Really pleased with how this turned out, as I was trying to do the whole simplistic shabby organic thing…. Not sure what to call it but I love how it turned out. So much so that I made a set to sell on Etsy.


Last Thursday, the annual ASCAP Television & Film Scoring Workshop held a scoring session at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox. Led by Emmy-winning composer Richard Bellis, the workshop ran from July 6 – August 2, and gave the opportunity to twelve young composers to learn more about the film music industry "from the horse's mouth", as well as write and record a composition based on a previously existing film.
In it's 18th year, and headed up by ASCAP's Senior Director of Film & TV Music, Mike Todd, the workshop selected four films for the participants to score. (Three composers per film.) This year's choices were Hidalgo, The Incredibles, Dreamer and Around the World in 80 Days.
The scoring session is the culmination of the workshop program, and some of the best session players from the Hollywood Studio Symphony were contracted out to play. In total, there were 40-musicians, and each composer would conduct their own piece, and Armin Steiner would mix and record them.
It was interesting to hear the alternate composition ideas for films that have previously established (and in some cases, memorable) film scores. Some composers chose to branch out in a different direction than the original film's score, but many chose to stay close to the style already established.
One of the more difficult cues, by far, was Aaron Sapp's take on The Incredibles, which kept the orchestra on their toes, and gave trumpet player Malcolm McNab a true challenge.
For more information on the ASCAP TV & Film Music Workshop, visit ASCAP's website.


The Minafin group now has a new pool of minority financial investors incorporating Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Siparex, CM-CIC Investissement and Croissance Nord-Pas de Calais.
Founded in 2004 by Frédéric Gauchet, Minafin is an international group operating in the chemicals sector, including associated services. The group is mainly active in the development and industrial production of active pharmaceutical ingredients and key components used in the life sciences and high-tech sectors. With an expansive range of expertise and proprietary technologies structured around 5 distinct brands, Minafin has established itself as a chemicals specialist in each of its activity sectors. Since its founding the group has enjoyed strong growth, both organic and external. Currently located in Europe and the USA, Minafin posted consolidated revenue of 159 million euros in 2016.
This capital restructuring offers liquidity to the current minority financial shareholders, namely Matignon Investissement, CM-CIC Investissement, Croissance Nord-Pas de Calais and Cathay Capital, refreshing the composition of the group's financial shareholders.
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners is a leading firm in the area of unlisted investment. Its strategies benefit the companies in which it invests, as well as its own investors and employees, who share its values based on respect and commitment. Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners manages over €1.8bn in life sciences (BioDiscovery), growth and transmission capital (Winch Capital for mid-caps and Cabestan Capital for small caps) and mezzanine debt (ActoMezz).
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners is continuing to raise funds in its current segments with Biodiscovery 5 and ActoMezz3, soon bringing its assets under management to over €2bn. Based in Paris, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners has 58 employees, 40 of whom are investment professionals. It is 51% owned by the Edmond de Rothschild group and 49% owned by the partners and employees of the management company.
Created 40 years ago, the Siparex group is an independent French private equity specialist investing in SMEs and mid-caps. The group manages some €1.6bn in multiple sectors: Midmarket (SMEs/mid-caps), Mezzanine, Small Caps (SMEs) and Innovation under the XAnge brand (growing technology SMEs). Siparex is participating in this transaction via its Siparex ETI 4 fund, for which it is the second investment. Siparex covers the entire domestic market from its offices in Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Besançon, Lille, Strasbourg, Dijon and Toulouse, and also has sites in Madrid, Milan and Munich.
Venture capital, growth capital, transmission capital and M&A advisory. CM-CIC Investissement, a subsidiary of the Crédit Mutuel group, participates in the complete range of equity transactions to meet companies' capital financing requirements. In addition to its professionalism, resolutely human vision and proximity to business leaders, long-term support is also a key factor in the success of its approach. CM-CIC Investissement invests its own capital (over €2.4bn) in nearly 410 companies that make up its shareholding portfolio.
CM-CIC Investissement has expanded its activities abroad via the CIC Capital brand. Already established in Montreal, Canada, it has now expanded into the USA (New York and Boston) and Europe (Frankfurt, London, Geneva and Zurich).
A subsidiary of the IRD group, Croissance Nord-Pas de Calais positions itself in the equity financing sector for development and transmission projects, including minority shareholder restructuring. Playing an active role in its companies, Croissance Nord-Pas de Calais acts as minority shareholder over a preferred duration of 5 to 7 years, making capital contributions of up to €1.5m. Since 1991, Croissance Nord-Pas de Calais has supported over 300 companies and currently has 67 active investments.


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The Southern California classical music scene with Bob Thomas
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LINK: Gustavo Dudamel writes in the New York Times about Venezuela
Posted on July 19, 2017 by Robert D. Thomas
Gustavo Dudamel, music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has published an op-ed piece in the New York Times about the deteriorating situation in his native country, Venezuela. Read it HERE.
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CLASS ACT: The magic — and power — of Hollywood Bowl
By Robert D. Thomas
Fireworks are just part of the magic of summertime concerts at Hollywood Bowl.
Los Angeles Philharmonic: Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Tonight and Tuesday night at 8 p.m. in Hollywood Bowl
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man and Lincoln Portrait
Information: www.laphil.com
Most of the classical music world has a great appreciation for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and with good reason. Its instrumentalists play in top form virtually every night of their yearlong concert season. The Phil's music and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel, is one of the most charismatic conductors working today and he has matured significantly in his nine years with the orchestra. Moreover, he is signed through the 2021-22 season.
The orchestra's management has been exemplary and visionary during the past three decades and even though its longtime President and CEO Deborah Borda left this summer to try and work her magic with the New York Phil, the orchestra's board has two excellent in-house candidates — Gail Samuel and Chad Smith — to replace her, should it so choose.
However, one aspect of the Phil's life remains unique among the nation's orchestras: Hollywood Bowl, which this season celebrates its 96th year. Tuesday night Dudamel and the Phil opened their 10-week classical season, which contains concerts nearly every Tuesday and Thursday plus a couple of other days as well.
Many people, including me, got our first significant exposure to classical music from the Bowl's "cheap seats." As usual, the $1 seats are sold out but there are plenty of $8 seats available for some of the classical concerts this season, so that "first exposure" rule still holds true in many respects.
However, what makes the Bowl valuable for the Phil is the growing number of pops and movie nights that it hosts each season, numbers that dwarf most of the classical concerts in terms of crowd counts. This weekend Dudamel and the Phil will appear with Tony Bennett and many other pops-style programs will take place this summer. Most, if not all, will draw near the capacity of about 18,000 people. All of these provide a tremendous cash influx for the orchestra and help it to maintain a positive cash flow in its annual budgets while paying its musicians top dollar.
The Bowl's central location is another bonus for the L.A. Phil. The Boston Symphony's Tanglewood Music Festival takes place each summer, but it 2-3 hours driving west of Boston (into one of the prettiest areas of the country, I'll grant you). Moreover, its listed seating capacity in its main "shed" is just 5,700, less than a third of the Bowl.
If you haven't visited the Bowl in a season or two, you'll be surprised at the changes. Each year something is improved — this year it's a new Main Plaza and enhanced picnicking areas, along with metal detectors to get into the main gate entrance (there's also a new "mid-gate" entrance that let's you avoid the crowd at the main gate). If you don't enjoy the stacked parking on site, there are several alternative forms of transportation, including Park and Ride buses and a shuttle from the Red Line's Hollywood/Highland station.
Particularly this summer when the nights have been unusually warm, it all makes for a quintessential summertime magical experience.
(c) Copyright 2017, Robert D. Thomas. All rights reserved. Portions may be quoted with attribution.
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REVIEW: Dudamel, L.A. Phil, Yuja Wang conclude Disney Hall season
Posted on June 5, 2017 by Robert D. Thomas
This past weekend Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and pianist Yuja Wang concluded a mini-series that revolved around the three piano concertos of Hungarian composer Béla Bartok. The first concerto was the centerpiece of last week's concerts (my review is HERE). The series — the second of two, following a Schubert-Mahler cycle earlier in May — also concluded the Phil's 98th season and 15th in Walt Disney Concert Hall.
The second and third Bartók piano concertos are quite different, in part because Bartók was suffering from incurable leukemia as he wrote his final concerto (in fact, the last 17 measures were orchestrated by Tibor Serly, one of Bartók's friends and pupils).
Moreover, while Bartók wrote his second concerto knowing that he would be the soloist, he composed the third for his second wife, Ditta Pásztory, although she did not play it for nearly 20 years. György Sándor played the premiere on Feb. 8, 1946 with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
In an interesting historical twist, Sándor was the soloist when the L.A. Phil gave its first performance of the second concerto on December 20, 1962 with Zubin Mehta conducting.
Now age 30, Wang is one of the most dazzling pianists on the world stage today. After her performance of the second concerto Friday afternoon she encored with Bizet's "Variations on a Theme From Carmen," as arranged by Vladmir Horowitz, and her bravura rendition of that work was certainly reminiscent of the great Russian pianist.
For the record, she played three (!) encores on Thursday night: her own shared arrangement of Mozart's Rondo "alla Turca" from Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331; the Russian Dance from Stravinsky's Three Movements from Petrushka, and Schubert's Gretchen am Spinnrade, D.118.
She added two more powerhouse encores Sunday afternoon — this curmudgeonly critic wishes she had played something akin to the Schubert simply for contrast, although Bartók's third concerto is less an endurance contest for iron fingers and far more lyrically romantic than either of the first two.
Which doesn't mean there weren't plenty of moments for Wang to show off — quite the opposite. The audiences on Friday morning and this afternoon were enthralled both with her playing and her dress (what, you expected me to ignore the lime-green with the slit-all-the-way-up-the front on Friday and the shimmering black VERY short dress this afternoon? No chance).
Her virtuosity continues to be dazzling. It's hard to believe that anyone could write anything as complex as what Bartók composed and that anyone could play it with the speed with which Wang negotiated the flying powerful octaves, runs and trills. Yet, again, for this critic, what was equally impressive was how Wang delivered the delicate, lyrical passages in the third concerto.
Dudamel surrounded both concertos with Stravinsky's Symphonies for Wind Instruments and Leoš Janáček's Sinfonietta. The former is a nine-minute series of craggy fragments for the woodwinds balanced by melodic (for Stravinsky, at any rate) brass chorales. Dudamel, who conducted without a baton but with a score, led the meanderings with panache and the orchestra played it skillfully.
Janáček's Sinfonietta is a 22-minute work comprised of five short movements, the first and last of which are brass fanfares played by 13 instrumentalists (11 trumpets and two Wagner tubas) that, on Friday, were arrayed along the front row of the choral benches. The performance proved to be a great showpiece for the entire brass section and Principal Timpanist Joseph Peirera.
Next stop: Hollywood Bowl, beginning (for classical music lovers) on July 9 with Dudamel leading the Phil and several dancers, including Missy Copeland, in selections from ballets by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Adolphe Adam. Information: www.hollywoodbowl.com
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FIVE SPOT: June 1-4, 2017
Posted on May 31, 2017 by Robert D. Thomas
Each week about this time I list five (more or less) classical-music programs in Southern California (more or less) during the next seven days (more or less) that might be worth attending.
JUNE 1, 2, 3 and 4: BARTOK CYCLE
8 p.m. on June 1 and 3
11 a.m. on June 2; 2 p.m. on June 4
at Walt Disney Concert Hall; Los Angeles
Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic conclude their 2016-17 subscription season by completing a cycle revolving around Bartók's three piano concertos. Yuja Wang will be the soloist in the second concerto on Thursday and Friday and the third concerto Saturday and Sunday. On all four days, the accompanying pieces will be Stravinsky's Symfonies of Wind Instruments and Janáček's Sinfonietta. (The first concerto was last week — review link HERE).
BONUS: Disney Hall is easily reachable (at least if you're not mobility challenged) via Metro's Red and Purple Lines. Exit at the 1st and Hill St. side of the Civic Center/Grand Park station and walk up two steep blocks to reach the hall.
JUNE 2: "MAN OF LA MANCHA"
Various times and days, through June 25
at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts; La Mirada
The long-time Broadway hit musical is the final production in the 2016-2017 McCoy Rigby Entertainment series at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Davis Gaines — one of the most popular performers in the title role of ZZZPhantom of the Opera — stars as the chivalrous knight Don Quixote.
Information: lamiradatheatre.com
JUNE 2 and 3: "POPS THRU CHILDREN'S EYES"
8 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. Saturday
at La Cañada Presbyterian Church; La Cañada
Since I'm a member at LCPC (although I'm not singing in this concert) you can take this recommendation with a grain of salt or a pound of salt, as the late, great Molly Ivins used to write. This annual Pops program focues on music and films beloved by children of all ages, including Shrek, Mary Poppins, and Seussical the Musical, among others. The church's choir and soloists are accompanied by the Jack Lantz Little Big Band; Jack Lantz conducts.
Information: www.lacanadapc.org
JUNE 2 and 3: "PACIFIC SYMPHONY SALUTES JOHN WILLIAMS"
8 p.m. at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall; Costa Mesa
Pacific Symphony Pops Conductor Richard Kaufman leads this program of music covering a healthy slice of Williams' motion picture scoring career.
Information: www.pacificsymphony.org
JUNE 3: "MUSIC UNDER THE STARS"
8 p.m. at Centennial Plaza; Pasadena
In advance of its summer season at the Los Angeles County Arboretum, the Pasadena Pops offers its annual free concert on the steps of the city's iconic City Hall. Resident Conductor Larry Blank will lead music from Broadway, Hollywood and the "Great American Songbook," accompanied by soloists Kiki Ebsen, Valerie Perri and Christina Saffran, as well as the JPL Chorus.
BONUS: Free admission; gates open at 6 p.m.
The Plaza is easily reachable via Metro's Gold Line. Exit at the Memorial Park Station walk up three blocks east to reach the City Hall and Centennial Plaza.
Information: www.pasadenasymphony-pops.org
JUNE 3 and 4: ANGEL CITY: INTERACTIVE
7 p.m. at Wilshire United Methodist Church; Los Angeles
Music Director Sue Fink leads her choir of 160+ in a program that mixes music from several centuries and genres with elements of cyberspace. The program will feature the premiere of a new song, A Vibration, by Los Angeles-based composer and ACC choir member Andrew Cheeseman.
Information: angelcitychorale.org
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OVERNIGHT REVIEW: Bartók, Janáček dominate L.A. Phil's Disney Hall concert
Friday at Walt Disney Concert Hall
Next performances: Today and tomorrow at 2 p.m.
Yuja Wang was the soloist in Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic last night in Walt Disney Concert Hall.
As we drove home following the concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall, fireworks blazed in the sky over Dodger Stadium. They paled compared to the fireworks that exploded inside Disney Hall.
Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic began a two-week series last night that will conclude the Phil's 2016-2017 indoor subscription season. The cycle revolves around the three piano concertos of Bela Bartók, with Yuja Wang as the soloist. Dudamel is surrounding each concerto with music by Igor Stravinsky and Leoš Janáček — this weekend it's two rarely heard and disparate pieces based on Roman Catholic liturgy: Stravinsky's Requiem Canticles and Janáček's Glagolitic Mass.
Since her Phil debut at Hollywood Bowl in 2011, Wang has been one of the most enjoyable pianists at Phil concerts and recitals both for her playing and what she wears. In her Los Angeles Times profile of Wang yesterday (LINK), Deborah Vankin wrote: "Wang says she has outgrown some lifestyle choices for which she's known. Of fashion, once an obsession, she says, 'Oh, it was a phase.' " Based on the long, purple slit dress she wore last night (see photo above), Wang clearly had her tongue in her cheek during the interview.
However, as usual, Wang playing was the real story. Although she has performed the Bartók concertos individually during this season, this will mark the first time she will play them in a cycle. Somewhat surprisingly, last night she used a score for the complex, percussive score (given the number of notes, I was glad I wasn't turning pages). She tore through the music with the virtuosity for which she is well known, pausing along the way to let more delicate passages drip off of her fingers.
Dudamel, who also used a score — in fact, for the first time I can remember he used scores on all three of the evening's pieces — and the Phil were on their rhythmic toes throughout the performance, for which all concerned received an especially lengthy standing ovation.
Stravinsky's Requiem Canticles was the last major work the composer wrote, five years before he died in 1971 (in what was probably a cut-and-past error, the printed program managed to bogey all of Stravinsky's birth and death information).
Although scored for a massive orchestra, chorus and two soloists, Requiem Canticles is just 15 minutes long, uses only 24 lines of the Roman Catholic Requiem liturgy (Stravinsky termed it his "first mini- or pocket-requiem"), and never has the full orchestra playing — often just a few instruments cover the singers.
It remains a perplexing work for the hearer, full of the dissonances and serialism that Stravinsky was using at the time. The Los Angeles Master Chorale, which numbered 92 according to the printed program, sang with delicate precision, mezzo-soprano Alisa Kolosova delivered "Lacrimosa" lines with creamy, luxurious tones, and bass Stefan Kocan was properly stentorian in the "Tuba Mirum" section, aided expertly by Principal Trumpet Thomas Hooten.
If Requiem Canticles is at the mini-end of the musical scale, Janáček's Glagolitic Mass stands at the opposite extreme. It was written in 1926 and revised in 1928, the same time frame as the first Bartók piano concerto. Janáček was age 73 at the time and his textual choice remains perplexing.
In his program notes: Herbert Glass wrote:
" 'The ageing composer [Janáček] had a positive aversion to organized religion, even to churches. He would not go into one even to get out of the rain,' his niece wrote. 'The church to me is the essence of death,' Janáček observed, 'graves under the flagstones, bones on the altars, all kinds of torture and death in the paintings. The rituals, the prayers, the chants – death and death again! I won't have anything to do with it.
"Yet after the first performance of the Glagolitic Mass in Brno (in a church), in the composer's native Moravia, in December of 1927, a Czech newspaper critic wrote: 'The aged master, a deeply devout man, has composed this Mass out of passionate conviction that his life's work would be incomplete without an artistic expression of his relation to God.' Janáček was outraged and wrote in return a postcard with a four-word response: 'Neither aged, nor devout.' "
Rather than religious, Janáček conceived the work as a pantheistic, patriotic work, using for the text — instead of Latin — Old Slavonic (whose written characters are in Glagolitic, thus the work's title). The words were the same Missa Solemnis text used by Beethoven in his Op. 123 work written near the end of his life.
Like Requiem Canticles, the Glagolitic Mass is scored for giant-sized orchestra and full chorus, but unlike Stravinsky Janáček uses them in full-throated glory. Dudamel conducted the work with an irresistible swagger, the orchestra's strings were notable for their lean sound, and the full brass section was glorious throughout. The Master Chorale sang the difficult text superbly. In addition to Kolosova and Kocan, soprano Angela Meade sang gloriously with full operatic fervor, while Ladislav Elgr's clarion tenor voice soared over the orchestra and chorus with seeming ease.
The orchestral score includes a pipe organ and, after the final choral section, Latvian organist Iveta Apkalna put a virtuosic cap on the proceedings using the Disney Hall organ in the "Varhany" solo movement (the word means "organ" in Czech), which concludes with a pedal-solo flourish.
The 1928 version has Glagolitic Mass concluding with a short, dramatic orchestral movement, "Intrada," which preconcert lecturer Eric Bromberger noted might be thought of as a recessional rather than an introit (the original 1926 version had the movement at the beginning). As an organ lover I might have opted for the earlier version.
Hemidemisemiquavers:
• The two-week Bartok cycle concludes next week with the second piano concerto on June 1 and 2 and the third concerto on June 3 and 4. Both concertos are surrounded by Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments and Janáček's Sinfonietta. Information: www.laphil.com
• The final concert of the Disney Hall season is a "Green Umbrella" performance of Lou Harrison's opera Young Caesar on June 13, with the L.A. New Music Group conducted by Mark Lowenstein, and the production staged by Yuval Sharon in collaboration with his group, The Industry. This year marks the centennial of Harrison's birth. Information: www.laphil.com
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Mets To Recall Elvin Ramirez From Buffalo
By Chris McShane@chrismcshane Jul 21, 2012, 7:35pm EDT
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June 8, 2012; Bronx, NY, USA; New York Mets relief pitcher Elvin Ramirez (62) pitches against the New York Yankees during the sixth inning at Yankee Stadium. Yankees won 9-1. Mandatory Credit: Debby Wong-US PRESSWIRE
The Mets will recall right-handed relief pitcher Elvin Ramirez from the Buffalo Bisons in time for Sunday afternoon's series finale against the Dodgers. The team has not yet announced a corresponding roster move.
Ramirez had a brief stint with the Mets earlier this season, and it did not go well. In 7 innings of work over 5 appearances, Ramirez put up a 9.00 ERA and had an incredible struggle with the strike zone with a 10.3 BB/9. Control has always been a problem for Ramirez, but he began the year in Double-A Binghamton and dominated to the tune of a 1.38 ERA in 13.0 innings there. He has thrown 27.2 innings for Buffalo before and after his time with the Mets, and he has a 2.28 ERA in Triple-A.
The Mets will have to remove a player from the active roster, and they have a few options. Miguel Batista looks like the best choice after his horrible start this afternoon, but Kirk Nieuwenhuis has been awful at the plate for most of the season. Of course, there's always the chance that the Mets will realize Justin Turner does not have much of a role with the team and cut ties, but I wouldn't put my money on that move.


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Q: How to Run Tibco BW Activity using JAVA Code Activity in TIBCO BW Is it possible to insert the java code to run a previous activity in the process definition flow ?
For Example: A process definition contains the following items.
Start--> ReadFile-> SoapRequestReply -->end

In the above example I want to retry the SoapRequestReply activity with the help of java code if the execution of that activity contains any error.
I want to implement the logic in a generic way... I know the said concept can be implemented with the help of "REPEAT ON ERROR UNTILL TRUE" Group but I want to do it with the help of java code. so the new process definition would look like this.
Start--> ReadFile-> SoapRequestReply --exception-->RetryOnce(Java Code) --> end..

The Java Code will execute the Previous activity one more time.
Please suggest...

A: This is, indeed, a perfect fit for an error group. But if you really can't afford to use one, you could create a SubProcess that calls back your MainProcess on error and hold the retry count in a Job Shared Variable. Please note that this is a quick and dirty workaround.

A: You could do it by simply surround the SoapRequestReply with a Group.
This could be either a "Repeat on Error until true" group that repeats
by condition x times if an error occurs or a "while true" loop with individual
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All of you people who refused to tell me spoilers for Harry Potter until I read it have been twarted by the internets!
The only thing I was really :::ZOMG need to know!!!:: Was teh deathtoll and now that I know it my urgency for the book has gone down ^__^.
...but I still need to read it.
Abby is teh awesome at making Sushi... David makes bitching fried noodle stir-fry stuff.
Let me know next time when you don't want to come to something. Needless to say...I'm a little angry that you never called or text me back about not coming.
Didn't know when you were leaving until it was way too late. I figured you guys would call if you wanted me to come but whatever.
I have called and texted you - you have yet to call me back or text me back since you lost your job at Associated. These are the ones that I can find since I've gone over 400 texts it doesn't record them. I texted you the day before we were going and the day when we were going. So that's 7 times to your zero. I have my phone records...no incoming calls or texts from you. So if I did call you...would you have even answered?
I got one saying "Woot 6 flags" and I got one asking me if I was coming to six flags to which I responded yes.
I havent gotten any other texts or calls (except for one voice mail) since Mitsuwa's. Yes I would have answered if you had called as I had put my phone by my bed just in case you guys did call.
I'm sorry that you're all worked up about this but I just figured that you wanted to just go out and have a good time with Katie because you haden't talked to me. I don't call people if I feel like I would be bothering them and since you have ditched or not called me back more times than I can count I just go by whatever you do to reach out to me as to when you want to hang out.
I understand that you're busy and may forget to call or may deem calling me unnecessary so I don't get upset by it anymore, I'm sorry that my neglect to call you when I thought you had ditched me has upset you.
We did hang out after david worked it was probebly 5 or 6 before David came over. I'm glad you had a good time but it was really needless for you to leave me a bitchy comment as I didn't get any calls from anyone reguarding six flags except for David to say he wasn't going.


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This is an example of a Laser Cut Acrylic POP Display. This massager caddy is laser cut from 1/4″ Clear Acrylic Sheet and then Heat Bent to specs.
4. Does LCI send a proof before producing a complete Laser Cut Acrylic POP Display?
7: Can the parts be glued together?
8: How thick of acrylic sheet can you cut?
A: We cut acrylic up to 1″ Thick!.


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For the first time, Ladera Resort wins coveted award and places second overall in Saint Lucia
By Ladera Resort
Caribbean; St.Lucia Ladera Resort Treetop X5: pool & swing to Piton
(PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) – Ladera Resort, an eco-luxe adults-only oasis located on St. Lucia's southern end of the island, has been ranked fifth in the Caribbean Resort Hotels category and second overall in St. Lucia with a prestigious score of 93.47 in the 2018 Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards, which honors the top travel destinations and companies around the globe as rated by its readers.
"We are thrilled to be named as a top resort in the Caribbean by Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards and cannot thank our guests enough for the support through the resort's 30-year history. This accolade represents our staff's hard work and dedication to provide our guests with personalized service. Our chief goal at Ladera has always been to ensure our guests have a special and authentic St. Lucian experience," said Daly Mariatte, Vice President and General Manager of Sales and Marketing at Ladera Resort. "The only way is up from here, and we will continue to provide our guests with an exceptionally unique resort that will encourage fond memories with their loved ones and keep them returning for years to come," she continued.
The 2018 Caribbean Resort Hotels category included properties from 12 countries and territories throughout the Caribbean. This year, St. Lucia was the fan favorite in this category and took home the most awarded hotels with a total of five properties. Ladera Resort was awarded in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards for the first time in the resort's history; one reader praised the ethereal property's ideal romantic setting, continuing "the rooms are an experience out of this world and cannot be described in words or photos."
Ladera Resort is the only property on St. Lucia that is located on the island's UNESCO World Heritage site, perched on a volcano ridgeline 1,000 feet above the sea. The intimate resort offers 37 uniquely designed suites and villas that incorporate an open-air three-walled concept built with local tropical hardwoods, tiles and stones, relaxing in-room amenities and treatments as well as award-winning Caribbean cuisine at the resort's signature restaurant, Dasheene.
Every year, the Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2018 readers' survey reveals the top travel destinations and companies in the U.S. and around the globe. The magazine's discerning readers define excellence in travel by rating their experiences and evaluating hotels across the world on the following characteristics: rooms and facilities, location, service, restaurants and food, and value. The World's Best Awards appear in the August 2018 issue of Travel + Leisure, on sale July 27, and online at this link: https://www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best.
Fake news. So what? There is no money in that for me.
Ladera Resort wins Conde Nast Traveler and Caribbean Journal Award (1)
Bay Gardens Resorts announces St. Lucia savings (0)
Ladera Staff Awards 2017 (1)
Fond Doux Plantation & Resort earns new award (3)
Fond Doux Plantation & Resort captures another two international awards (2)
Ladera again named among the top hotels in the Caribbean (2)


Sharara is not a whole dress. It is just the bottom wear which women can wear with kurtis. The sharara has a pleated structure and looks very much like a ghaghra. This kind of outfit is normally worn by women in Punjab region of Pakistan. Soon the trend scattered and today a large majority of women wear the sharara suit on festive occasions.
It has become one of the staple items in the wardrobe of Indian women. This article teaches you how to wear the sharara salwar suit properly this Shaadi season. Let's get started!
1. SHARARA SKIRTS: Sharara is basically a pant which is heavily pleated from top to bottom. There are many iterations of this pant. One of the most prominent iterations has skin tight pants till the knees and from that point forth, it spreads like a ghaghra. This kind of sharara is very much in trend and gives a distinct look from all other outfits.
As a matter of fact, choli with sharara is widely preferred by women during the wedding season. However, you can also pair this with a long kurti but a crop top choli looks better with the sharara.
The dupatta is also an integral part of the whole outfit. It can be worn in any style according to one's body type and preferences. However, the most common trend with the dupatta is to let it hand from one shoulder. You can drape the dupatta whichever way you want. There is literally no wrong way to drape it.
2. SHARARA SUITS: Be it a festive occasion or a wedding ceremony, the sharara suit can be worn on literally any occasion. Also, there is a bridal version of the sharara suit which is very much in trend nowadays among Indian brides. Heavy jewelry and outfit are mandatory in big fat Indian weddings. The bridal sharara suit gets the job done and looks pretty chic with moderately heavy jewelry. Also, a lighter version of the sharara suit can be worn on sangeet, mendhi, or sagan ceremonies.
3. STYLE IT PROPERLY: Mostly shararas are worn on weddings because they are elaborately styled with mirrors, motifs, embroidery, tassels and what not. However, if you are so keen on wearing them to a casual outing, just make sure that it is moderately styled and doesn't look over for the occasion.
This outfit is very versatile as it can be designed in a number of fabrics. The styling of this dress is unique and hence it looks pretty chic whichever way you style it.
4. TRICKS AND TIPS TO STYLE SHARARA: Hardly any effort is required to style the sharara properly. Kolhapuri chappals and juttis go really well with this kind of outfit. If the sharara is made in the form of a skirt, you can very well style it with heels.
You can pick contrasting choli and sharara but make sure they fall in line with the dupatta. Gone are the days when gold ornaments were everything. Today, women are fond of kundan and polka sets and to be frank, these sets look much more appealing than gold ones.
The hairstyle is an important part of the whole look and women are very particular about it. But with the sharara suit, hairstyle doesn't really matter.
A French braid looks good with a backless choli, and flowing open hair goes well with the normal choli design. Carry a clutch instead of a handbag. Ensure that the clutch doesn't have any jarred ends as it would cause the fabric of the sharara suit to rupture.
This is all you need to know when acing the sharara suit look. Hope you find it useful.


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UK immigration offers different types of visas for immigrant for following purpose.
Migrants with desirable professional skills want to permanently reside in UK.
The type of documents required can vary from country to country, however below is a list of documents is common for all visa applicant.
Bank statements or pay slips covering a 6 month period.
Copy of the bio-metric (main page of your passport) and a copy of your visa.
Letter of invitation from you stating your address in the UK.
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UK is the most popular tourist destination in the Europe to create lifelong memories of your tour. To stay in United Kingdom UK Visa is compulsory for citizens from visa national countries. The UK Immigration rules are always changing and getting visa is not easier especially when you are in any foreign country. There are different types of visas are available for travelers depending upon purpose and nationality.
Standard Visitor Visa: This visa issued to those traveling in the event that going for leisure, to meet family and companions participating in games and occasions.
Business Visa: UK business visa and schemes are for those wishing to migrate to the UK as part of the business immigration stream. Investor and Entrepreneur visa gives opportunity to start business in UK.
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Passport with at least 2 blank pages.
Passport size photograph against White/ Light gray background.
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UK visa let you to enter the United Kingdom for various reasons including short-term study, tourism, visiting family or friends, business and medical treatment purposes. Nationals of a few nations don't need visa to live in the UK. For the most part, the UK visa is issued for a time of six months with a possibility of extension. There are number of UK visas to the UK that permits you to do diverse things amid your stay in the country. However, depending on your purpose of visit you need to choose a right type of UK visa.
If you wish to visit UK for tourism, you need to apply for UK tourist visa. People holding UK tourist visa will be able to visit top tourist attractions in UK. However, they need to abide by certain conditions to get UK tourist visa.
If you wish to visit UK with the end goal of tourism, you have to apply for UK tourist visa. Individuals holding UK tourist visa will be able to visit top vacation/tourist spots in UK. Nonetheless, they have to keep certain conditions to get UK tourist visa.
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This visa allows holders to visit the UK for up to a maximum of six (6) months allowing them to undertake the required course of treatment and they may be allowed multiple entries during the six (6) month period. Medical Visitors can receive private medical treatment and care in the UK with the help of this visa.
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You can apply for Entrepreneur visa if you want to set up or run a business in the UK. You must have access to at least £50,000 investment funds to apply for Entrepreneur visa.
Above mentioned UK visas is an initially issued for six months validity with a possibility of extension. UK also applies for multiple entry visas if you often visit to United Kingdom.
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If you want to visit United Kingdom, you need to apply for a UK visa with the consulate. If you are a native of EU Countries, then you can visit to UK without carrying UK Visa. Moreover, Citizens of common wealth countries who have the right of abode in the United Kingdom under the Immigration Act 1971 do not need an approval of visa. The resident Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates can visit UK for less than six month under Electronic Visa Waiver scheme. However the resident of from visa national countries needs to obtain UK visa in advance to enter in United Kingdom.
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Valid National passport or travel Document.
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On the off chance that you intend visit United Kingdom for pleasure or earn money, study, join family, or sightseeing for any short or longer term period then you definitely need UK visa. However, there are some exceptions for individuals from specific countries. Visa needs mostly depends on nationality and reason behind traveling. There is some visa exempt countries for nationals of these countries do not need a visa to visit United Kingdom for a stay up to six months. If travellers do not belong to these visa exempt countries then he/she needs visa for traveling to UK. So if you are just a short-term or long term traveler, you need to apply for UK visa.
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Normal Visa: Approximately takes 10 to 14 working days.
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There are different types of UK visa which can be issued depending upon your purpose of travel.
Global Travelers, whose sole objective of visiting UK is recreation, sightseeing, visit to meet friends or relatives, short duration medical treatment or casual business visit are qualified to for UK visa.
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Evidence of accommodation and travel details.
Evidence income stated on application form.
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A brazen world of isolated mystique and curiosity surrounds the artist known as AQUILA YOUNG. Her influence exudes a warmth and charisma that is both fearless and fearsome. An unwavering charm artfully provoking the senses: igniting the flame, playing with fire.
Over the past year Aquila Young established a local following captivating live audiences with an alluring presence and electric energy. She shared stages with the likes of MT Warning, TSUN and Airling alongside boutique festival appearances including Bleach*, GLOW and 2High Festival. Her debut EP Distance Echoes was released in 2015 garnering positive reviews and airplay across Triple J and US college radio.
With songs swept up in rolling drums; lush, swelling guitars and deeply resonant vocals, the sounds of the songstress emanate a brooding core of surreal and dreamlike capacity. An echo of time, from the past into the present, travelling deep into the unknown.


Ji Young Oh is just 20 years old, but she was the eldest of the two golfers involved Sunday in the 33rd annual LPGA State Farm Classic's first playoff since 1997.
And even though 19-year-old Yani Tseng led Oh 1-0 in career LPGA wins, it was the older player from South Korea who was able to keep her cool on a windy but sweltering Sunday at Panther Creek Country Club.
"I wasn't all that nervous," Oh said after earning her first career win - and the first mid-July championship in Classic history - with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff against Tseng.
"I started this week, from the first day, I was playing pretty well with hitting all the shots I wanted. I addition to that, I've been getting what I would call mental calls from Korea. So I think the calls that I've taken have helped my mental aspect of the game tremendously."
Oh, in her second year on the LPGA Tour, was referring to help she's been receiving from a sports psychologist. So perhaps her victory Sunday was a mind-over-matter achievement. But regardless of the categorization, Oh seized the victory after she trailed Tseng by one stroke very late in the regulation round.
The win was worth $255,000 to Oh, whose previous best was a sixth place in last year's Safeway Classic. Tseng, who was the lone top-10 money winner in the Classic field, collected $156,002 to push her season total to $1,032,761 - fifth on the money list.
The final round was marked by the absence of Michelle Wie, who was one shot behind leader Tseng after play concluded Saturday. But Wie was disqualified later Saturday for failing to sign her scorecard before she left the scoring area after Friday's round.
Tseng, a Taiwanese rookie who earned her first victory via a playoff in the McDonald's LPGA Championship in early June, had a chance to get win No. 2 on Sunday before experiencing the first of two straight mishaps on the par-4 18th hole.
With No. 18 playing downwind and Oh trailing Tseng by a stroke, Tseng's approach shot - from the middle of the fairway - bounced off the skybox grandstand behind the green.
With the pin tucked in the back right corner of the green, Tseng chipped to within 6 feet above the hole, but she ran the par putt past the hole and took a bogey that placed her in a playoff with Oh.
Tseng, who'd shot 66 in each of her first three rounds, had an even-par 72 for a total of 18-under-par 270. Oh finished with her fourth straight sub-70 round: a 69 and a 270. They both finished one shot ahead of South Korean rookie Na Yeon Choi, who had a 68 for a 271.
Three players tied for fourth place at 272: Chinese rookie Shanshan Feng, who played in the second group of the day and posted a career-best 63 for Sunday's low round; South Korea's Hee-Won Han, who had a tournament-record 61 Saturday but a 71 Sunday; and Stacy Prammanasudh, who had a 69 Sunday to get the top finish by an American.
"I didn't think the wind was so strong," Tseng said of her approach shot on regulation 18. "Maybe I hit it too good and it just flew over. It was like 170 yards. I hit a 7-iron and it just flew over. I couldn't do anything."
It was the Classic's first playoff since 1997 and its first-ever playoff under a 72-hole format. Playing No. 18 again, Oh and Tseng both hit drives in the fairway. Tseng's approach left her just off the putting surface on the right edge of the green, about 30 feet below the hole. Oh's second shot bounced off the back of the green and into the rough.
Tseng elected to chip and ran it about 6 feet above the hole, while Oh chipped down within a foot. After Tseng missed her par attempt for a bogey, Oh tapped in for the clinching par.
"It's hard to explain how happy, how satisfied I am right now," said Oh, who answered some post-round questions through a translator. "Even at the moment that I'm speaking right now I would love to do this interview in English, but my mind is just a total blank right now.
"You know, I apologize for that. But it feels great."
Tseng, playing one group behind Oh on Sunday, had birdied the par-5 16th hole to get to 1 under par for the day and 19 under for the tournament. As Tseng reached the tee at the par-3 17th, she saw Oh missing a short par putt on the 17th green to fall to 18 under for the tourney.
"I saw her miss the putt, so I feel very comfortable that I've got the lead," Tseng said. "And I feel I can win, but the 18th hole, on the second shot . . .
"I feel if you have the lead, you have more pressure than when you are not leading. When you are loose and your are not leading, you can do anything you want. You just try to relax and have fun and enjoy, but I just couldn't do it."
Oh, coming off a 10th-place finish the week before, had a six-birdie, three-bogey round Sunday. She birdied just one of the par-5's: No. 16. But four of her birdie putts ranged from 6 to 10 feet.
"Today I'm just - I was calm and I just tried to keep my focus," Oh said. "I'm really happy right now."
Tseng and Oh were among more than 20 players in the Classic who'll travel to France for the upcoming Evian Masters. Tseng, who admitted she wasn't comfortable with the leader's role entering Sunday's round, said she'd chalk this one up to experience.
"This is my first runner-up, so I really just learned a lot," Tseng said. "Today I think I just didn't relax enough and I didn't play my game. I know if I play my game. I think too much today."
Springfield State Journal-Register writer Dave Kane can be reached at 788-1544.


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