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Dogness Announces Analyst Coverage Initiated by Argus
DONGGUAN, China, Jan. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dogness (International) Corporation (DOGZ) ("Dogness" or the "Company"), a leading developer and manufacturer of pet products that include traditional pet products and smart pet ecosystem products, today announced that Argus Research Co. ("Argus") has initiated equity analyst coverage.
Mr. Silong Chen, Chairman and CEO of Dogness, stated, "Argus's equity analyst coverage offers current and future investors an additional platform for better understanding our business and our growth opportunities. We believe that this will also supplement our efforts to engage with the capital markets."
Argus Research Co., founded in 1934, is a leading provider of independent research and analysis on U.S. equities to the professional market. Dogness has engaged Argus through its company-sponsored research service.
Argus's reports on Dogness can be viewed at http://www.dognesspet.com/en/brandview/763.html.
About Dogness
Dogness (International) Corporation was born in 2003 from the belief that pet dogs and cats are important, well-loved family members. Through its smart products, hygiene products, health and wellness products, and leash products, Dogness is able to simplify pet lifestyles, make them more scientific, and enhance the relationship between pets and pet caregivers. The company ensures industry-leading quality through its fully integrated vertical supply chain and world-class research and development capabilities, which has resulted in over 100 patents and patents pending. Dogness products reach families worldwide through global chain stores and distributors.
No statement made in this press release should be interpreted as an offer to purchase or sell any security. Such an offer can only be made in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable state securities laws. Certain statements in this press release concerning the Company's future growth prospects are forward-looking statements regarding the Company's future business expectations intended to qualify for the "safe harbor" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding the Company's ability to raise capital on any particular terms, fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, the Company's ability to manage growth, the Company's ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, client concentration, industry segment concentration, reduced demand for technology in the Company's key focus areas, interaction between the Company's smart products and the technology on which they rely and with which they interact, the Company's ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, and unauthorized use of the Company's intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting the Company's industry. Additional risks that could affect the Company's future operating results are more fully described in the Company's United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Dogness may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Company's reports to shareholders. In addition, please note that any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on assumptions that the Company believe to be reasonable as of the date of this press release. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company unless it is required by law.
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IBM Beat Earnings Expectations. Why Its Stock Is Tumbling.
IBM projects full-year 2021 adjusted cash flow between $11 billion and $12 billion, up from $10.8 billion in 2020, and between $12 billion and $13 billion in 2022.
(Bloomberg) -- International Business Machines Corp. reported quarterly revenue that missed analysts' estimates, signaling Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna's turnaround plan will take more time to pan out.Sales fell 6.5% to $20.4 billion in the three months ended Dec. 31, the Armonk, New York-based company said Thursday in a statement. That was below the $20.75 billion analysts had forecast, on average, and marked the 10th consecutive quarter with no year-over-year increase in revenue. The shares fell in extended trading.Last October, Krishna announced he would spin off IBM's managed infrastructure services unit into a separate publicly traded company. The division, which is currently part of IBM's Global Technology Services division, handles day-to-day infrastructure service operations, like managing client data centers and traditional information-technology support for installing, repairing and operating equipment. While the unit accounts for about a quarter of IBM's sales and staff, it has seen business shrink as customers embraced the shift to the cloud, and many clients delayed infrastructure upgrades during the pandemic. The spinoff is scheduled to be completed by end of 2021.Revenue declined across IBM's business segments in the fourth quarter. Cloud and Cognitive Software, IBM's biggest unit, saw revenue decrease 4.5% from a year earlier. That follows a 7% gain in that unit in the third quarter. Total cloud revenue increased 10% to $7.5 billion. While that was the most revenue from cloud yet for IBM, it was a slower pace of growth than the 19% gain in the previous quarter. In Global Technology Services, revenue fell 5.5% while sales from Global Business Services dropped 2.6%. Systems, which includes hardware and operating systems software, saw sales decline 18%.Krishna said the company's actions to focus on cloud and artificial intelligence "will take hold," and give him "confidence we can achieve revenue growth in 2021." The company hasn't given specific financial forecasts since it withdrew its annual projection for 2020 in April.IBM fell about 6% in extended trading after closing at $131.65 in New York. The stock has declined about 5% over the past 12 months."It's more or less a reflection of the difficult spot they're in," in trying to restructure the business, said Daniel Elman, an analyst at Nucleus Research.IBM seeks to distinguish itself from its bigger rivals in cloud, such as Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp., by offering a hybrid model, which assists clients in storing and computing data across on-premises infrastructure, private cloud services and servers run by public providers. Krishna was the driving force behind IBM's $34 billion purchase of open source software provider Red Hat in 2018, the first step toward transitioning IBM into what it sees as a $1 trillion hybrid-cloud market, and which now leads much of the company's growth. Red Hat revenue increased 19% in the fourth quarter to $1.3 billion.IBM continues to make acquisitions to bolster its cloud credentials. The company has made seven acquisitions focused on cloud and AI since October, Chief Financial Officer James Kavanaugh said in the statement, including Taos Mountain LLC, a firm that helps companies shift software and data online, and Instana, which manages cloud applications.Fourth-quarter earnings excluding some costs were $2.07 a share, beating the average analyst estimate of $1.79. Gross margin was 52.5%, 1.3 percentage points higher than analysts' expected.(A previous version of this story corrected the spelling of the CEO's name in first paragraph.)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.
IBM misses quarterly sales estimates, shares fall
The 109-year old firm is preparing to split itself into two public companies, with the namesake firm enhancing its focus on the so-called hybrid cloud, where it sees a $1 trillion market opportunity. IBM beat profit estimates on the back of strong growth in its cloud business, and said it is confident of returning to sales growth in 2021. That was not enough to convince traders, however, as the company's shares dropped nearly 4% after the bell following IBM's fourth consecutive quarter of sales decline.


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Oscar Nelson (April 22, 1874 - April 2, 1951) was a Chicago City Alderman, one-time Auditor for the state of Illinois, and interim president of the Building Service Employees International Union, the precursor of the Service Employees International Union, in 1927.
Nelson was born in Sweden. He emigrated to the United States and got a job as a delivery boy. He held employment as a grocery clerk, foundry worker and railway worker, but finally went into the banking industry and eventually became president of the Geneva State Bank and head of the Kane Co. Bankers' Association.
Nelson became a Chicago alderman in the early 1920s. He was accused in 1933 of having links to Al Capone, but the charges were never proven.
Nelson succeeded the union's founding president, William Quesse, a close friend and political backer who had died of cancer on February 16, 1927. Nelson resigned due to health concerns on September 3, 1927. Jerry Horan, a BSEIU organizer whose primary job was to act as Quesse's chauffeur, was elected Nelson's successor on September 6, 1927.
A Republican, Nelson was appointed a member of the Republican National Committee's platform drafting panel in 1937.
He was elected state treasurer in 1922. In 1924, Nelson won election as the Auditor for the state of Illinois and re-elected in 1928. In 1931, Nelson was tried on charges of malfeasance for refusing to close banks even though he knew they were in poor financial condition. Nelson was acquitted after a state court ruled juries had no jurisdiction over state officers.
Nelson retired from electoral politics in 1932, but continued to serve in a number of appointed capacities (most notably on a factory conversion commission after World War II). He was president and owner of the Unity Oil & Gas Corporation.
Oscar Nelson died (most probably of a heart attack) in his home in Geneva, Illinois, in 1951.


REC takes a holistic, transformational approach to implementing organizational change. We recognize that most change models approach the deep-rooted issues of race and racism with transactional strategies. Transactional strategies are actions and procedures that do not require a change in beliefs or theories. They are ineffective when undoing historical oppression. Unpacking the culminating cost of oppression on our communities and being able to identify the behavior of an organization that either perpetuates or mitigates such impact, requires an in-depth understanding of the foundations of racism and institutional oppression.
In this way, REC can gain a clear picture of needs related to racial equity; develop internal capacity, determine strategy, and create processes that institutionalize racial equity. This will lead to the planning and prioritizing of projects and initiatives that elevate racial equity, the implementation of those projects, and assessing outcomes.
Effective racial equity change efforts are not a simple matter of focusing on one or two activities. Actual organizational shift requires deliberately aligning vision, strategy, and measurements that are tied to accountable leadership and adequate resources. We often hear from organizations that they choose to embark on equity efforts that fit within the structure, practices, resources and scope of their current work. These efforts simply layer racial equity and social justice activities on top of current structures and practices.
Racial Equity Consultants recognizes that we live and work in a terrain of normative structures that are influenced by the dominant society. Accumulation of the ableist, sexist, heterosexist, elitist, classist and racist history demands that we acknowledge that normative practices are products of an accumulation of oppressive history. If we understand that we live and work within the modern-day results of this historical terrain, then we accept the assumption that our normative structures reflect the status quo of the privileged dominant culture. Utilizing multiple frameworks, we begin with an anti-oppression lens that is vital to developing an in-depth analysis of how systems of oppression (ableism, sexism, heterosexism, elitism, classism, and racism) and bias became embedded in dominant culture and institutionalized in our structures.
The purpose of an organizational analysis is to explore the organizational environment. The organizational environment is made up of social norms and patterns. These norms and patterns illuminate the behaviors, expectations, complexities and nuances of an organizational culture. Through this lens, REC identifies a baseline frame of normalized culture. This provides a reference point to identify needs and prioritize efforts. The benefit of performing this organizational analysis is to identify stressors that affect the health of an organization on a daily basis.
These stressors are the pressures and tensions felt by the organization. Stressors are influenced by both internal and external factors, accumulate over time and are most often in response to how the organization operates and carries out its objectives. While initial structures remain stable and fairly permanent, needs and demands change and stressors increase over time. REC uses qualitative exploration to identify stressors and illuminate behaviors and patterns of the organization. Using this data, REC reveals the conditions in which staff work, programs operate, and clients engage. These conditions serve as the baseline that identifies the areas where an organization will begin addressing equity efforts. This baseline assists REC with identifying the gaps that need addressing in order to prepare an organization to meet its equity goal of diversifying the organization and engaging with all communities.
An analysis of this nature shows how the organization is structured and how it operates. Completing this analysis emphasizes the daily work and procedures of the organization, illuminating how an organization is structured, how decisions are made, how various departments relate to each other, how the organization communicates its vision, and what stressors put pressure on the organization and its resources. This analysis seeks to unpack the written and unwritten, spoken and unspoken cultural norms and reveal the health of the organization.


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Photos from 2012 SPF Girls' Invitational at Webster University
Over 640+ pictures from the 2012 SPF Girls' Invitational have been uploaded at high resolution. Here is the link to all the pictures so far.
https://picasaweb.google.com/116302832360230031699/SPGI2012
SPGI Blitz Championship Results: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2012/07/3-way-tie-for-1st-at-spgi-blitz.html
SPGI Puzzle Solving Championship Results: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-spf-girls-invitational-puzzle.html
SPGI Parents and Friends Results: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2012/07/spgi-friends-and-family-championship.html
Main Event Final Standings
1 Alice Dong W26 W12 D8 W9 W6 W2 5.5
2-4 Michelle Chen W27 W20 W11 W7 W3 L1 5.0
2-4 Annastasia Wyzywany W31 W15 W4 W5 L2 W12 5.0
2-4 Katherine Davis (top u/13)
W19 W17 L3 W22 W20 W11 5.0
5 Zoe Lemon W37 W42 W23 L3 W7 D9 4.5
6 Margaret Hua W18 W14 D9 D8 L1 W16 4.0
7 Rachel Ulrich W28 W22 W10 L2 L5 W20 4.0
8 Anupama Rajendra W36 W24 D1 D6 L11 W22 4.0
9 Taylor McCreary W29 W16 D6 L1 W14 D5 4.0
10 Carissa Yip (top u/10)
W32 W35 L7 W15 L12 W27 4.0
11 Miranda Liu W33 W25 L2 W24 W8 L4 4.0
12 Vanita Young W38 L1 W26 W35 W10 L3 4.0
13 Maraani Kamphorst H--- H--- H--- H--- H--- W44 3.5
14 Shayna Provine W41 L6 W27 W25 L9 D19 3.5
15 Rebecca DeLand W30 L3 W29 L10 W25 D21 3.5
16 Carmen Pemsler W39 L9 D32 W41 W18 L6 3.5
17 Cassie Parent W48 L4 W40 L20 D21 W32 3.5
18 Michaela Abernathy L6 D41 W34 W23 L16 W33 3.5
19 Haley DeLuca Lowell L4 W39 L25 W40 W35 D14 3.5
20 Joy Chen W34 L2 W31 W17 L4 L7 3.0
21 Aiya Cancio L42 L23 W46 W32 D17 D15 3.0
22 Amelia Wyzywany W45 L7 W36 L4 W26 L8 3.0
23 Soumya Kulkarni D46 W21 L5 L18 W38 D28 3.0
24 Lucy Cai W43 L8 W37 L11 L27 W36 3.0
25 Mina Takahashi W40 L11 W19 L14 L15 W38 3.0
26 Bria Castro L1 W46 L12 W37 L22 W40 3.0
27 Hannah Farell L2 W38 L14 W45 W24 L10 3.0
28 Varenya Chilukuri L7 D34 L41 W46 W42 D23 3.0
29 Anjana Murali L9 W45 L15 L38 W43 W35 3.0
30 Skylar Hsu L15 L31 W48 L36 W45 W42 3.0
31 Diamond Abdus-Shakoor L3 W30 L20 D42 L33 W43 2.5
32 Anna Sun L10 W47 D16 L21 W41 L17 2.5
33 Collette Wright L11 L40 D43 W34 W31 L18 2.5
34 Anne Ulrich L20 D28 L18 L33 W39 W41 2.5
35 Abbey Gillett W47 L10 W42 L12 L19 L29 2.0
36 Helen Lou L8 W43 L22 W30 U--- L24 2.0
37 Tori Whatley L5 W48 L24 L26 L40 W45 2.0
38 Iris Zhou L12 L27 W39 W29 L23 L25 2.0
39 Tatiana Hoppens L16 L19 L38 W47 L34 W46 2.0
40 Yvonne Ward L25 W33 L17 L19 W37 L26 2.0
41 Jenny Gu L14 D18 W28 L16 L32 L34 1.5
42 Amy Sun W21 L5 L35 D31 L28 L30 1.5
43 Ananya Murali L24 L36 D33 W48 L29 L31 1.5
44 Susanna Ulrich U--- U--- U--- U--- W46 L13 1.0
45 Gisele Delgado L22 L29 W47 L27 L30 L37 1.0
46 Austen Janna Borg D23 L26 L21 L28 L44 L39 0.5
47 Mallory Fee L35 L32 L45 L39 D48 U--- 0.5
48 Kendra Fee L17 L37 L30 L43 D47 U--- 0.5
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Webster University will host the Ninth Annual Susan Polgar Girls' Invitational
Susan Polgar Girls' Invitational Chess Competition to be Held at Webster University July 22-27
ST. LOUIS, July 16, 2012
ST. LOUIS, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Webster University will host the Ninth Annual Susan Polgar Girls' Invitational, the most prestigious all-girls chess event in the United States, July 22 through July 27. The tournament, which is a partnership between the Susan Polgar Foundation and Webster University, will showcase some of the top young (under age 19) female chess talent from across the United States.
The Girls' Invitational begins with two days of intensive, world-class training sessions with Susan Polgar and her team, followed by a six-round championship tournament. More than $100,000 in chess prizes and scholarships will be awarded. The first- and second-place winners will each receive a four-year, $13,000-per-year scholarship to Webster University.
The formal opening ceremony for the Girls' Invitational will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 24 at the Loretto Hilton Center on the Webster University campus, 130 Edgar Rd. in Webster Groves. Round 1 of the tournament will begin immediately following on the Loretto Hilton stage, at 2:30 p.m. The ceremony and all tournament rounds are free and open to the public.
Rounds 2 and 3 will take place on Wednesday, July 25, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., respectively. Rounds 4 and 5 will be held on Thursday, July 26, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The tournament wraps up on Friday, July 27, with Round 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., immediately followed by the closing ceremony.
St. Louis native Margaret Hua, 13, is the tournament's top seed.
Chess is increasingly valued for its instructional impact. Globally, educators recognize chess as a tool to cultivate interest and success in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines.
About Susan Polgar
Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar, World and Olympiad Champion, and her Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) relocated to Webster University in June from Texas Tech University. In addition, all members of the reigning national collegiate champion Texas Tech "A" chess team are transferring to Webster to be enrolled at the University this fall.
At Webster University, SPICE and Susan Polgar are leaders in promoting chess as a vehicle for global diversity and academic excellence, enriching the education of children and for promoting women's chess. The mission of PSICE is to be the nation's premier center for chess education and outreach.
Susan Polgar is one of the strongest female chess players in history. She is the winner of four world championships and the only world champion in history – male or female – to win the Triple Crown (Rapid, Blitz and Classical Chess world championships). Polgar also is the first woman to break the gender barrier to qualify for the Men's World Championship Cycle, earn the Men's Grandmaster title, and to receive the Grandmaster of the Year Award. In 2011, Polgar became the first female head coach to lead a men's Division 1 team (Texas Tech University) to the national title. Polgar led her team to a second national title in 2012.
Polgar is considered a trailblazer who has made an enormous impact in the chess world. She is recognized as the one who laid the foundation for female chess players everywhere. She also believes in the ability of chess to help children of all ages to do better in school as well as develop important like skills.
About Webster University
With its home campus in St. Louis, Webster University (www.webster.edu) is the only Tier 1, private, non-profit U.S.-based university providing a network of international residential campuses. Founded in 1915, Webster University's campus network today includes metropolitan, military and corporate locations around the world, as well as traditional residential campuses in Asia, Europe and North America. The university is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.
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Labels: Girl's chess, SP Girl's Invitational, SPICE, St Louis, Susan Polgar Foundation, Webster University
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RAISE Podcast: Adam Compton, North Carolina State University
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On this episode of the RAISE podcast, Brent talks with an advancement innovator; an inaugural 40 under 40 member; and a long-time EverTrue partner Adam Compton. Adam serves as the Executive Director of Annual Giving at North Carolina State University, a big role at an institution that has allowed him to push the envelope, break through the red tape, and test out new approaches. The freedom to innovate is what has kept Adam at NC State for over 13 years, much longer than the average tenure in the industry. Adam and Brent talk about the importance of donor (and staff) retention, how to scale personalized messaging and relationship building to activate more of the donor pyramid, and the key factors and costs of coordinating a Giving Day that raised 14,000 gifts totaling over $58million. They also discuss how NC State plans to dive into that pool of 14,000 donors and narrow in on the 1,400, then the 140, and finally the 14 who will be the University's future Major Gift donors. Spoiler alert: the answer involves data-informed automated donor touchpoint plans. And perhaps a personalized donor portal. Lots of good stuff on this episode – thank you, Adam!
Here are some highlights from the episode…
Adam comes from six generations of UNC graduates. He chose NC State and he's been proving ever since that he prefers to take the path less traveled.
While at NC State, he worked at the student call center, was a member of the All-Greek Council, was involved on the Homecoming Committee, served as an alumni ambassador, and was a student senator. His transition from uber-involved student leader to Development Specialist was eased and enabled by his excellent first boss.
There are only a few members of the NC State advancement team that are more tenured than Adam. He's stayed loyal to NC State because he has been given the freedom to fail, to go against the grain, and to test out his hypotheses on how to deepen alumni relationships at scale on the Annual Giving team.
Adam took an unconventional route to Annual Giving: he made a first stop on the Major Gifts team. His experience building 1-1 donor relationships enables him to "speak MGO" and motivate gift officers to go all-in on Annual Giving projects and initiatives like Giving Day and social media mini-campaigns.
As a frontline gift officer, Adam felt there wasn't really enough variety in his 1-1 conversations with donors. Instead, he was really fired up at the idea of figuring out how to segment, personalize, and dig into the data to deepen thousands of alumni relationships.
Here is one instance of proof that staff retention and the freedom to innovate are important: Five years ago, Adam presented a memo to the NC State Vice Chancellor on the proposed value of holding a Giving Day at NC State. This year, Adam led a Giving Day that raised over 14,000 gifts totaling over $58million, representing all counties in North Carolina, all 50 states, and over 23 countries.
Now, Adam is grappling with questions like, should all Giving Day donors be thanked the same? How do you ensure that those 14,000 donors renew (and increase) their gift over the coming year? How many resources are too many resources to dedicate to Giving Day each year?
Adam is all about the hybrid approach to fundraising, going forward. He acknowledges that as we come out of COVID, it's going to be so important to continually ask ourselves "What is really best for the donor?" Maybe the answer is to book a trip thousands of miles away for an in-person lunch next month. Or, maybe the answer is a Zoom meeting next week with cameos from the Dean, a beloved faculty member, and the athletic director.
NC State is rounding out a capital campaign this December. What will staff turnover look like after the campaign wraps up? How will a flexible work policy play into staff recruitment and retention?
Adam's approach to advancement work is that if you're not moving forward, you're moving backward. In his words, "If you want to do some kick ass sh*t and rethink things, join our team." Maybe this speaks to you, or maybe you want to figure out how to coordinate a $58 million Giving Day at your institution. Either way, keep an eye on NC State's job postings, and connect with Adam on LinkedIn. He is awesome.


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Prescot is a town steeped in history. It has a fantastic story to tell and is a place with bold ambitions and with growing confidence as a place where people and businesses want to be.
The vision is for Prescot town centre to become a thriving attractive destination for local residents and visitors; home to new cultural and leisure facilities, a reinvigorated retail offer, excellent local services and new residential developments.
Already things are happening. New homes are being built; there are plans for a Shakespearean theatre and education centre, new restaurants and bars.
Knowsley Council, its private sector partners, the local community and business owners are all working together towards ambitious plans which will conserve the town's heritage whilst transforming the area into an even more attractive place for people to invest, live, visit and spend time.
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Find out more about what's going on in Prescot by using the map on the right.
1. Market Place
Following a global competition led by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the winning design to transform Prescot's Market Place has been chosen.
4. Pedestrian and cycle-way improvements
Linking all of this together, Market Place is situated on a pedestrian and cyclist route running from Prescot Railway Station to the site of the Shakespeare North Playhouse and then on to Knowsley Safari
5. Shakespeare North Playhouse
The site for the iconic Shakespeare North Playhouse and international education centre is just a short distance from Market Place. This £26 million development will open in 2020 and will attract thousands of visitors and students to the area.
2. THI Building Improvements
Throughout the town centre, the Prescot THI is investing £4 million into the repair and restoration of historic buildings and spaces.
3. Churchyard and cemetery
Next to Market Place, the churchyard and cemetery has been substantially improved by the Friends of Prescot Churchyard and Cemetery and Knowsley Council and there are plans to apply for funding to improve the space further.
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I had remarked on Tuesday how October hockey can be disjointed, sloppy, and a ragged. It can also devolve into what we saw tonight, which is just strange, like when streets are uneven. Obviously, it's hard to say the Hawks did much wrong. Holding a team with exactly no shots is how you'd draw coming out in the first period at home, even if you don't score yourself. Outshooting them by over 20 for the game is another thing you'd settle for.
And yet, it was only one point. Why? The only reason has to be… THE BISHOP! It's been a while since the Hawks had a complete goalie steal against them, and this was one. We could moan about the Hawks not putting a team away, but Bishop came up with everything he needed to in the 2nd and 3rd periods to keep the Hawks from getting away. That kept the Lightning it bloop-and-a-blast range, and they found that. The Hawks had their chances, at both even-strength and the power play, but just couldn't solve… THE BISHOP! We was too late….
-The 1st might have been the most boring period of hockey I've personally witnessed. I'd tell you what it was competing with, but the thing about those kinds of periods is you tend not to remember them for very long.
-Once again the kill surrendered a goal, and the tying one again as well. It came after Kruger lost a draw, which was a recurring theme on the night. It wasn't the smooth efficiency of the Caps attack, as this one came off something of a broken play and Purcell found himself with a chance from between the rings.
-Of course, the other Lightning goal came after an icing where Kruger lost a draw to Stamkos, and while it wasn't his man, Bollig didn't track St. Louis for the rebound — though to be fair St. Louis did put a backhand in the top corner, which is highly impressive.
I find it strange that Kruger struggles so much at the dot, because along the wall and behind the net his hands are so quick. It's how he makes up for not being all that big. Why doesn't that translate to faceoffs? Should the Hawks play Smith with him just so Smith can take the draws? He could hardly do worse.
-Brandon Saad won't score 24 goals this year, HE'LL SCORE 82!!!! But seriously, that kid was everywhere again tonight, and made up for Shaw and Smith who really didn't do all that much.
-I saw some things on Twitter bemoaning how Hossa looked, but to me he just looks half a beat askew from what we're used to, and that could be down to just timing instead of injury. But I was sure we'd already discovered he's not very good in shootouts.
-I was harsh on Victor Hedman in the program today. Kid's got a higher IQ than I realized, though he doesn't move all that well. And Sustr, their rookie from UNO, moves a lot better than I thought. But that's about it on the Ning blue line. Good to see Eric Brewer took a lot of St. Louis dumb with him to Tampa.
-The Hawks power play actually created more than just the fluky goal tonight, but I think it's time they moved both Toews and Hossa out of the corner (sometimes it's Saad) and into the high slot. It's an area that they've ignored for years. Teams are on to whatever Toews might do from the corner. They block him taking the puck straight to the net. Someone follows Kane as he heads to the net for the pass. All that's left is a pass back to the point, and with Kane having already moved toward the crease there's rarely a lane for a shot from that point. Move Tazer to the high slot, and see what his wrister can do from there.
-Neither Nordstrom or Bollig cracked 10 minutes, and the smart money says Nordstrom will be back in Rockford before the Hawks do the Florida swing. He's not ready for this yet. Might be before the end of the year.
-Mike Kostka played. I didn't notice him. That's what I want to happen when Kostka plays. But I guess it's official now that he's passed Brookbank on the depth chart. That's another weird thing, because Brookbank is the exact type of supposed rugged d-man that Q loves. What's going on here?
That's it from here. Nothing to get hung about. Enjoy your Sunday. Go Pirates.


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I learned that a position in a great school is opening up in late February. It's at a school I have always wanted to teach at and have had my application in for for a long time. I just never thought that it would have a position mid-year. I'm currently teaching and am torn between whether or not to go for this other position and leave my class or stay where I am and possibly miss out on the opportunity to interview there again. Help!
That's a tough position to be in for sure. I'd say, trust your gut. If it really feels wrong to leave your current situation, stay. If it's something that you would rather not do, but it feels exciting, switch. You have to do what's best for you and your family FIRST. Always. Good luck either way!
I switched schools mid-year and it was TOUGH, but it was the best thing for me and my family. I love teaching and love my students, but you have to put your own family's needs ahead of your job. Good luck either way!


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Yesterday Google brought a motion for limine with a view to the upcoming evidentiary hearing (ITC trial) that focuses on the tethering patent. Even though Google (i) proudly demonstrated tethering as an Android feature a couple of years ago, (ii) discusses it as an Android feature on its support website, and (iii) would no longer be an intervenor in this investigation if not for this patent, Google doesn't want the ITC to make a finding that "Android" infringes. Google doesn't "want" HTC to be found to infringe either, but from Google's vantage point that would be the lesser evil than an infringement finding relating to Android in general. An import ban would still be limited to HTC's devices, but other Android device makers also need a license to some of Nokia's non-standard-essential patents.
"Google [...] moves to strike and exclude Nokia's proposed expert, Theodore Rappaport, from providing testimony or offering any opinions relating to: 1) Google's Android operating system or any Google application, software or products/services, and whether it allegedly satisfies any portion(s) of asserted claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 5,884,190 ('the '190 patent'); and 2) on what constitutes prior art to the '190 patent.
"Nokia's operative Amended Infringement Contentions do not identify any Google product as an accused product nor implicate Google in any indirect infringement allegations".
"Dr. Rappaport's expert report contains no citations or references to Google's Android operating system, or any Google application, software or products/services."
"In fact, Dr. Rappaport confirmed during his deposition, that he neither reviewed nor asked to review specific Google documents, nor did he request or actually review any Google source code in forming his opinions. [...] Since both Dr. Rappaport's expert report and testimony are devoid of any specific references to Google's Android operating system or any Google application, software or products/services, and given that Dr. Rappaport has no opinion on whether Google's Android operating system or any Google application, software or products/services allegedly satisfies any portion(s) of asserted claim 1 of the '190 patent, Dr. Rappaport's testimony relating to this issue should be excluded.".
Whether this particular expert will be allowed to testify on Android's alleged infringement is going to depend on what was said by when and whom in this particular ITC investigation. But in practical terms, if HTC's Android-based devices are found to infringe this tethering patent, Google's Android ecosystem as a whole is going to have a problem. Based on the scope of the asserted claim 1 and the claim construction based on which the ITC judge is now going to determine infringement, I can't see why HTC's tethering would infringe and, for example, Samsung's (since this is the market leader and also the Android device maker whose tethering feature I use very frequently) would not.


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Later In The Evening är ett album med Arnesen Blues Band och Thomas Arnesen som gavs ut 2003 på Sittel Records

Låtlista
 Crazy For My Baby - Willie Dixon
 Early In The Morning - Louis Jordan
 T-Bone Shuffle - T-Bone Walker
 Stop Breaking Down - Robert Johnson
 Atchafalaya Blues - Thomas Arnesen / John Rapp
 Wish Me Well - Peter Chatman (känd som Memphis Slim)
 Livin In The Fast Lane - Thomas Arnesen / Katharina Arnesen
 Key To The Highway - Big Bill Broonzy
 On The Other Side - Thomas Arnesen / Katharina Arnesen
 You're My Leader - Thomas Arnesen / Katharina Arnesen
 One Way Out - Sonny Boy Williamson II
 Time To Pass Time - Thomas Arnesen / Katharina Arnesen
 It Hurts Me To - Elmore James

Musiker
Thomas Arnesen: sång, gitarr, piano (8)

Andreas Hellkvist: Hammond

Anders Forsberg: Wurlitzer piano

Martin von Schmalensee: bas

Kjell Gustavsson: trummor

John Högman: tenorsaxofon

Tore Berglund: altsaxofon

Bosse Broberg: trumpet

Referenser
<http://www.arnesen.se>

<Konvolutet till CD:n "Later In The Evening" utgiven av Sittel Records.>

Musikalbum 2003


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Eurovision🇫🇮 Finland
🇫🇮 Finland's Eurovision star Fredi (78) passes away
A beloved character in Finnish music passes away
Nick van LithApril 24, 2021Last Updated: April 24, 2021
We are sad to report that Fredi has passed away. Fredi was an icon in the Finnish music scene and represented his country twice at the Eurovision Song Contest, in 1967 and 1976. Finnish outlet Iltalehti have confirmed the news.
Fredi: Two Eurovision appearances
Matti Siitonen, his real name, was born in 1942 in Mikkeli. He started his musical career at the age of 23 under the name of Folk Fredi. Two years later, he represented Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967. His song, Varjoon – Suojaan finished in twelfth with three points.
Two years after entering Eurovision, Fredi married Eva-Riitta. She would later gain national recognition as mayor of Helsinki and member of European Parliament. They had one daughter together, Hanna-Riikka, who was a singer as well in the duo Taikapeili. Hanna-Riikka sadly passed away in 2018.
In 1976, the singer returned to the Eurovision Song Contest. As Fredi & Friends, they brought the classic Pump Pump. They failed to reach the top ten, finishing in eleventh in The Hague. His musical career flourished in the late 1970s and 1980s. His 1978 album Tänään Fredi includes his biggest hits Syntinen Yö and Elää mä sain. On most of his albums, he included Finnish covers of world hits. He received most acclaim for his rendition of Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum.
In 2010 and 2011, Fredi hosted his own television show. In "Fredin Vieraana", he spoke to Finnish musicians about their music. One of his Eurovision related guests was Katri Helena, who represented Finland in 1979 and 1993. Aside from his more serious career, he was also a comedy singer, known for his great entertainment value.
Fredi passed away at the age of 78. The thoughts of the entire ESCXTRA.com Team are with his family and friends in these difficult times.
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es una futbolista internacional japonesa que juega como centrocampista ofensiva. Yoko Tanaka juega actualmente en el Rayo Vallecano de Madrid de la Primera División Española (Liga Iberdrola).

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Tras  el desastre de Fukushima donde estaban las instalaciones de la  Academia de la selección, Tanaka decide que es hora de dejar la selección a tiempo completo y fichar por un club profesional.

Su primer club fue el INAC Kobe Leonessa , el club más potente del país en ese momento. Mezcla de su juventud y de un vestuario veterano con verdaderas ídolos  para los japoneses (hasta 7 campeonas del mundo tenía como compañeras) Tanaka no pudo disfrutar de los minutos que quería si bien siempre señaló muy importante estos dos años para su formación.

Entonces con 20 años toma una decisión que retrata y evidencia su particular y competitivo carácter. Con ofertas en el extranjero y en multitud de clubes de su país decide fichar por un equipo humilde de segunda de división, el Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara,  con la idea de demostrar que tenía talento y calidad para ayudar al equipo a subir a la élite del fútbol japonés.
Esta decisión que dejó incrédulos a muchos fanes permitió a Tanaka desplegar su mejor fútbol y al igual que en el Mundial de 2012 se convirtió en el faro de su equipo. En 2015 logran la 2.ª plaza, en 2016 se proclaman campeonas de segunda división y suben a la Nadeshiko League. El primer año en la élite logran un meritorio 8 puesto y el siguiente un increíble 3 puesto con una Yoko Tanaka convertida en ídolo absoluta la afición de Kanawa.

Tras lograr ascender al Stella y asentarlo en la élite del fútbol japonés, Tanaka vuelve a sentir la necesidad de un reto nuevo. Tras decidir pasar a un equipo de segunda división , Tanaka dejó de ser convocada por la selección Japonesa  a los 21 años. El deseo de tener una experiencia en Europa y la idea de que un buen año en una liga de prestigio puede ser su último billete para Tokio 2020 le llevan a tomar la decisión de anunciar que abandona El Stella tras 4 temporadas y media para empezar un nueva aventura en España en la Liga Iberdrola. El Club elegido sería el Sporting de Huelva , un club exclusivamente femenino con una larga trayectoria en la élite del fútbol Español. Tras ser cuestionada por su decisión de elegir un equipo humilde en vez de un equipo con más presencia internacional, Tanaka señaló que le guiaron las misma convicciones que cuando decidió jugar en 2 división japonesa. Añadió que era un gran donde tendría que dar la cara y aportar desde el primer día y que le encanta la ciudad, el clima y sus habitantes.

Selección nacional
Tanaka pertenece a una generación llamada a triunfar en los JJOO de Tokio 2020 y en consecuencia desde muy temprana edad fue reclutada por la Federación de Fútbol Japonesa para formarse como jugadora exclusivamente en la selección Japonesa residiendo frente a otras elegidas de manera indefinida en la instalaciones que la federación tenía en Fukushima. Afortunadamente el Tsunami y el desastre nuclear de 2011 ocurrió cuando Tanaka y el equipo nacional estaban en Rusia para un partido internacional. La propia jugadora relata que pasaron meses hasta que pudo recuperar sus pertenencias básicas.

El desastre nuclear de 2011 llegó entre dos fechas claves para valorar a la futura selección japonesa que afrontaría los Juegos de Tokio 2020. La primera fue el Mundial Sub 17 en Trinidad y Tobago donde Japón queda subcampeón tras perder la final por penaltis ante Corea del Sur.

En 2012 se desarrolló la última gran prueba para esta generación, la copa del mundo U20 en el mismo Japón. Japón quedó tercera tras perder en semifinales por con Alemania y ganar 3 puesto ante Nigeria. Yoko Tanaka obtiene la bota de plata por marcar 6 goles y entra en el equipo ideal del torneo.

En 2013, Tanaka jugó 4 veces para la selección femenina de fútbol de Japón. Desde entonces no ha tenido participación en el equipo nacional, circunstancia que siempre ha causado controversia debido al gran número de fanes que tiene en Japón desde 2012. Tanaka está convencida de que un buen año en España puede ser clave para volver al equipo nacional en Tokio 2020.

Contenido extraído de artículo FIFA.es (Yoko Tanaka: Fútbol de alta fidelidad). Marcando el compás de la nueva generación de talentos se encuentra la mediocampista Yoko Tanaka, cuyo juego combinatorio con las delanteras fue uno de los factores clave del éxito de las jóvenes Nadeshiko en el campeonato escenificado en su territorio. La diminuta Tanaka es en todos los sentidos el moderno arquetipo de la actual jugadora japonesa, por su ejemplar control del balón, su precisión en el pase y su inverosímil ritmo de trabajo. De hecho, Tanaka es una licenciada de la Academia de la AJF, como se hace evidente en su estilo de juego, que encaja como un guante en la plantilla de Japón.

El hecho de que la volante de 19 años reclamara la Bota de Plata adidas en  por sus seis goles y dos asistencias, refuerza el pronóstico de que Tanaka está llamada a ser una de las principales figuras de las Nadeshiko en la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA 2015 y más allá. En Japón 2012, su capacidad goleadora solo se vio mínimamente superada por el acierto rematador de la norcoreana Kim Un-Hwa, que infló su cuenta con los cinco goles endosados a la defensa argentina, una de las más porosas de la competición.*Un futuro luminoso *Para apreciar en su justa medida el excelente desempeño de Japón en el certamen mundialista sub-20 celebrado entre agosto y septiembre de 2012, hay que aclarar que se materializó sin dos de las estrellas más brillantes del firmamento nacional: la laureada Mana Iwabuchi, ganadora del Balón de Oro adidas en la Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-17 de la FIFA en 2008, que fue descartada por haber competido con la selección absoluta en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012 justo antes del torneo; y la capitana del equipo, Mai Kyokawa, que sobresalió en la fase de clasificación y fue designada jugadora más valiosa del Campeonato Femenino Sub-19 de la AFC, en el que además se proclamó máxima goleadora con cinco dianas.

Kyokawa sufrió una grave lesión de rodilla justo antes de la cita mundialista mientras jugaba un partido de la liga japonesa junto con su compañera Tanaka en el INAC Kobe Leonessa. Ambas futbolistas, que viven muy cerca la una de la otra en Kobe y también fueron colegas en la Academia de la AJF, son "amigas íntimas", según refiere Tanaka a FIFA.com: "Mi papel [en Japón 2012] era suplir su ausencia y marcar los goles que ella proveía al equipo".

Tanaka ciertamente cumplió con el cometido propuesto, anotando para las Nadeshiko un par de golazos de tiro libre desde fuera del área contra Suiza, uno con la pierna derecha y otro con la izquierda. El ídolo futbolístico que Yoko ha elegido como modelo, el centrocampista del Barcelona y de España Andrés Iniesta, parece una aspiración acertada, dadas las similitudes en el juego artesanal de ambos.

Antes de fichar por el INAC Leonessa, Tanaka pasó una larga temporada en la Academia de la AJF, que tenía su sede en Fukushima hasta que fue devastada por el terremoto y el subsecuente tsunami. Yoko se encontraba en el extranjero a la sazón y no pudo recuperar sus pertenencias personales hasta dos meses después.

Eso hizo que los partidos de grupo que disputó Japón en la localidad aledaña de Miyagi resultaran particularmente emotivos para ella. "Hice todo lo posible por ayudar a esa gente que había sufrido tanto", asegura nuestra interlocutora. "Espero haber cumplido con sus expectativas".

"Quiero ser una futbolista profesional a tiempo completo", aseveraba Tanaka con una determinación de acero que contrasta marcadamente con su menuda figura de apenas 47 kg. "Quiero jugar en alguno de los mejores equipos del mundo". Estas declaraciones a FIFA en 2012 contrastó con la dura realidad de tener 18 años y jugar en un equipo veterano con 7 compañeras campeonas del mundo.  No obstante y a a pesar de no tener el protagonismo con el que estaba acostumbrado a vivir desde pequeña, Tanaka disfrutó aprendiendo el oficio junto a algunas de las futbolistas más diestras de su patria, sin que eso le impidiera ambicionar objetivos más elevados a largo plazo.

Estadística de equipo nacional

Referencias

Personas de la prefectura de Yamaguchi
Futbolistas femeninas de Japón
Futbolistas de la selección femenina de fútbol de Japón
Futbolistas del INAC Kobe Leonessa


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And a request to the conductor ?
A man learns throughout life and dies without knowing terribly much more - this is a totally trivial bon mot, terrifying in a superficial sense, but also an impulse and the content of each Artist's work. Solutions that satisfied us yesterday, are landing today in the crucible of our creativity. We discover that our recent knowledge in the heat of doubt may change into a bitter-sweet state of mind. The contact with the personalities in the world of art is of considerable importance - both directly as well as through communing with their works.
Musicians (though the issue is actually about all areas of fine arts) have always improved their skills based on long periods of individual care, working under the Master - Student system. Masters taught the most outstanding artists in history, although their motives were often different. A case in point is Johann Sebastian Bach and his thoughtful system created for the education of his sons. However, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin taught mainly for money and to maintain an elevated social position. Nevertheless, every great artist was at least once in his life asked for assessment, advice or consultation. For really talented students, anyone is able to sacrifice their commitments and give time to a person whom he feels needs this type of dedication. Time spent with a really talented and creative adept of art, for an artist who is a young personality open to influence, full of questions, ideas and enthusiasm it is a testing time also for myself. I think that this is one of the reasons that explains the popularity and enormous number of master classes throughout the world.
In the concert activity of pianists, we can distinguish several possibilities for touring: solo or as an ensemble with solo interludes. What does this mean? The first two situations seem very clear. We can consider the first case each time the artist decides to spend more than an hour in the listener's life, exposing his musical personality alone on the stage. Basically, pianists comprise a narrow group of instrumentalists who do it regularly (apart from organists, harpsichordists, perhaps even guitarists and accordionists). The second situation is as a chamber music group that combines the piano with another instrument (conventionally we can accept up to nine musicians before redefinition is required) who are able to communicate as an ensemble.
But can we understand the combination of these two activities? When you wish to communicate with a large number of musical partners you need an additional musician known as the conductor, as when a pianist is performing with a symphony orchestra. This presumes knowledge of how to make music with a group of 50 instrumentalists through a man with a baton. For the tenth time in Bydgoszcz, the Paderewski Piano Academy (PPA) is trying to give pianists from around the world this unique experience. I am allowing myself to write about this important initiative because I am familiar with it from every possible angle. As a listener in the musical workshops I watched the very beginnings created by Henryk Martenka and Towarzystwo im. Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Bydgoszcz in 2009. In the second course, I was an active participant, performing the Piano Concerto in F major KV 459 by Mozart with the Toruń Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Przemysław Fiugajski. In 2016, Henryk Martenka offered me the position of manager of the PPA which I took over from Mariusz Klimsiak who had been the original manager.
Why The Paderewski Piano Academy?
focus on what you will play."
Barth's instructions, I managed to present myself not badly at all. (...)"
even perhaps, as a result of our competitions. They are too important for a pianist to arrive unprepared. [...] But in 1960 Michel Block with our National Philharmonic under Witold Rowicki did not have any opportunities for practice and faced a dilemma. 'Little Michel' (he was in fact rather small in stature) became almost hysterical, not being able to understand what and where the music that was playing behind his back came from. The orchestra is heard quite differently on the second piano (played by a friend from his piano class) supposedly "in the character of the orchestra ". An unprecedented thing happened. To assist Michel, Witold Rowicki had one more rehearsal in the afternoon. The meaning became clearer and easier. Michel played like an angel at the official evening concert. (...)"
from Arthur Rubinstein who was on the jury. The above quotation touches on a problem that always besets pianists preparing for a large competition with an orchestra. For many participants, a rehearsal with orchestra on the day of the performance was often their first contact with the orchestra.
Preparations and performance at the great piano competitions - we include the Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels or Tchaikovsky in Moscow to name a few - are always crowned in the final stages by a concerto (or concertos) with orchestra. Anyone who is serious about a final victory cannot permit half successes in the final stage i.e. he must cooperate with the conductor and properly prepare with the symphony orchestra. In this context Michel Block's story sounds unbelievable, although it is certainly true.
by the stigma of the hysteria that Wysocki writes about.
Towarzystwo im. Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Bydgoszcz is the organizer of the Paderewski International Piano Competitions. By establishing the Paderewski Piano Academy, Henryk Martenka wanted to give young pianists the opportunity to prepare for our competition where the finale is a concerto with an orchestra.
Last but not least is the problem of the difference between the orchestra and using the second piano. A significant part of the orchestra's work, the so-called 'orchestral overview', is the result of the original orchestral texture density and the preparatory work for performance on the second piano. Briefly, it is a specific translation from the orchestra's language into the language of the piano. Linguists were known to joke that translations are like women: faithful but ugly, beautiful but unfaithful. Unfortunately, in musical terms there is a lot of truth in it. Partitur orchestral extracts from Mozart's concertos from the Peters publishing house made in the first half of the twentieth century are comfortably written and sound attractive for the pianist but they skip a lot of important voices. In the new edition and elaboration from the Urtext, attempts are made to transfer almost everything that happens in the orchestral score to the piano. In many places it is simply impossible to perform and sounds artificial. Because of this the pianist accompanying on the second piano always has to make some invidious choices when preparing for rehearsals with an orchestra.
What are the strengths of Paderewski Piano Academy?
Undoubtedly, its uniqueness in the world. There are 2 periods of weekly classes with a full-size, professional symphony orchestra, conductor and two world class professorial master classes.
The classes conclude with a gala concert during which the artist performs the prepared part of the concerto. There is no similar masterclass in the world today.
The second element of the Academy's success is the high musical level and pedagogical intensity offered during the classes. These classes take place twice a day (once with an orchestra, conductor and professor and once individually with the professor). They are in this work forging a new field of musical endeavor. Our partner from the beginning is the piano producer Yamaha who provides us with instruments for individual practice as well as concert grand pianos for the classes, rehearsals with the orchestra and the concerts that conclude the PPA. The Paderewski Piano Academy is based on three main pillars. I will present a short review of the history that we have built so far in Bydgoszcz.
the course is titanic. Twelve pianists perform every day. For each of them the orchestra rises to not only a formidable artistic challenge but also the great physical demands of maintaining concentration and acute musical perception to the very end. The intensity and specific range of work during the PPA has prompted us to invite separate conductors for each week of the classes. We can proudly say that we have been given a fortunate hand in our personal choices. We invited young conductors who possess considerable experience and a huge dose of enthusiasm and empathy for the specifics of the course: Conducting 12 rehearsals a day with young pianists, for whom it is often the first contact with the symphony orchestra.
- Prof. Balazas Szokolay (2017) - Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary.
Each of these artists has given the Paderewski Piano Academy a substantial part of their knowledge and passion as well helping to build his own professional identity through PPA.
The Paderewski Piano Academy from the very beginning possessed an international character.
- 10 participants from Canada and U. S. A.
- one participant each from Azerbaijan, Belgium, Chile, Armenia, Indonesia, Northern Ireland, Norway, Serbia, Ukraine, Austria, Sweden and Romania.
the Mozarteum, Salzburg, the Juilliard School of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music, USA.
International Piano Competition in 2009; 1st prize 4th Top of the world Piano Competition 2015; Nosrati Schaghajegh was given an award at the Bach International Competition in Leipzig in 2014, Michał Szymanowski was awarded 3rd prize at the Paderewski Piano Competition, and II Award at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Daegu). Thanks to the Academy outstanding personalities have found an outlet for other artistic passions (e.g. favorite of the Toruń Calsun Wang Symphony Orchestra and his painting talents).
24 exceptionally talented and sensitive young people come to Bydgoszcz. During 14 days they form an extraordinary artistic group of people whose goals and desires are focused around the magic of music written for piano and orchestra. And what is more amazing, every year, thanks support of great educators, they find this magic.
Who is the boss here? recalled the legendary speech of Leonard Bernstein preceding his performance of the Concerto in D minor, Op. 15 by Brahms with Glenn Gould as soloist. He outlined the basic difficulties and doubts that may arise in co-operation between pianist and conductor. We can therefore assume that the scale of problem and the challenge is high but not so clearly defined. What can we do to overcome these barriers, cooperate with the conductor and transform the relevant issues into a discussion between partners? This is the material we cover during the PPA classes.
As we have seen above, during the first nine previous courses, the professors and conductors who were part of the Paderewski Piano Academy were subject to a rotation related to their professional calendar, preferences, and sometimes just the desire for change. Is it possible to observe any continuity of thought in connection with these artistic and pedagogical changes concerning young pianists? Unfortunately, the answer to this the question must be ambiguous. This ambiguity is due to many factors. Artistic education based on the master-student relationship is individualized and is a very complicated relationship. This may result in a clash of personality, character or the needs of both participants.
There is an anecdote that instructs one how to listen. On one occasion Arthur Rubinstein had made many comments to a student during a lesson. After a week, when they met to work again on the same piece, the Master's new remarks appeared to contradict the previous ones. The student shyly asked why this was the case and how he should play today. Rubinstein answered: "My dear, today, you and I are completely different people to last week. We can say with integrity that on any artistic issue, nothing happens twice."
Let us not forget that in the system of classes that we propose there are two additional elements complicating these relationships: the conductor and the orchestra. In order to describe the cooperation with the orchestra and the methods of working with it during the current PPA sessions, we would have to consult in detail with each professor separately. This is of course is impossible. I can however, from my triple perspective as an observer, participant and organizer describe what characteristics, in my opinion, are brought together in the methods of a dozen or so pedagogues whom we have hosted in Bydgoszcz.
The key idea which has guided all previous activities during the Paderewski Piano Academy is the assumption that the pianist has some concrete ideas concerning how the concerto is to be presented with the orchestra. The pianist must also be aware and tolerant enough to allow space for a partner, in this case the conductor. Note that Glenn Gould's incredible confidence in his own vision of the Brahms Concerto put Leonard Bernstein in a situation in which he could either forego the concerto entirely or rely on Gould's genius.
This is an extreme and unique example that may never be repeated in the history of music. It makes us aware of a borderline beyond which cooperation between two musicians can be impossible. The soloist needs to know how he wants to play, otherwise the orchestra will not follow him. But he must also have the conductor on his side. I remember how in preparation for the performance of a Mozart concerto, the role of the wind instruments and their dialogue with the piano was discussed with Professor Ewa Pobłocka. I said I did not know how to deal with this so I would wait and see what the brass section proposed. The professor looked at me and said: "You cannot expect such a thing from the orchestra. You have to know how you want it to sound."
In summary then, the task of our professors is to help the young pianists find their own concept of the work and build it into a comprehensible message. The conductor, from the first rehearsals, is the catalyst for this concept and must try to pass it on to the orchestra. He must show the orchestra the necessary texture from the inside and pay attention to what must be listened to. Only in Bydgoszcz do young pianists have a chance to hear the solo sections playing key themes and themes, playing in a slower tempo some complicated section in order to understand the structure and accurately follow their entrances. This may be, for example, to convince yourself that the orchestra's fortissimo chord will always be a little bit later than expected. The task is to practice a 'scenic savoir-vivre', in order to solve the eternal dilemma: should the predominant decisions be given to the conductor or to the concertmaster?! How to take forward all the desires, requests and comments to the conductor. Will it always be in a whisper in the dressing room? I invite and welcome you to Bydgoszcz for the Paderewski Piano Academy and to experience its unique nature.


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NBA Free Agency
The Kawhi Leonard Aftershocks: Boogie Nights in L.A., and Westbrook on the Block
The last major domino of NBA free agency dropped in the middle of the night, and now we're just watching the rest of the tiles fall where they may
By Danny Chau Jul 6, 2019, 5:30pm EDT
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Basketball never sleeps, they say, and Kawhi Leonard sure put that notion to the test at the break of July 6. As most of the NBA-loving public took the morning hours to recover and recoil from the madness, teams have been hard at work angling their next moves. Here's a roundup of what's happened in the league after its landscape was shifted in the middle of the night.
The Lakers Sign DeMarcus Cousins and Rajon Rondo, Are Now Poised to Sweep the Blazers in the First Round
According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Boogie Cousins is joining the Lakers on a one-year, $3.5 million deal. He'll reunite with former New Orleans buddies Rajon Rondo and Anthony Davis in L.A, and complete the bizarre Face/Off vibes that the Pelicans and Lakers have suddenly engendered. The union of L.A. and Cousins seemed inevitable. With Boogie discovering a nonexistent market for his services and the Lakers desperate for high-ceiling talents to round out their roster, the two parties needed each other.
The question now is how much Cousins has left to offer. The Warriors were forced to rush him back from a torn quad after losing the Finals war of attrition to the Raptors, and in that time Cousins showed all the good and bad of what he could be for this Lakers team. Boogie's playmaking ability has always been one of the most underrated parts of his game, and his willingness to shoot from behind the arc creates unorthodox offensive structure, but his already limited pick-and-roll defense was almost nonexistent against the Raptors, who tried to exploit his lack of lateral mobility as often as possible. Expecting long stretches of stellar play from Cousins is asking too much at this stage of his career; he's a bullpen player with enough stuff to get you a few leverage points in second-unit minutes, but far from the max-level player he was regarded as only a year and a half ago.
Kawhi Leonard Made the Clippers Accept All the Risk to Earn Their Superteam
The Clippers Got Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, and Changed What's Possible in the NBA
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So Much for the Afterglow in Toronto
Ultimately, this is a play to make Davis's transition in L.A. as seamless as possible. His friendship with Boogie is well documented, and Rondo played a central role in the Pelicans' surprising playoff success in 2017-18. With Leonard now sharpening his knives across the hallway, the Lakers have gone all in on appeasing Davis: He's their superstar for now and later, and the team is doing right by giving him all the comforts he needs to get the Lakers back into the postseason.
Holy Crap, Is Russell Westbrook Actually on the Trading Block?
According to ESPN's Royce Young, he might be. Last month, the Thunder were reportedly shopping most of their roster to trim what was the highest payroll in league history last season, and Steven Adams was the most notable player reportedly up for grabs. But after the surprise Paul George trade early Saturday, it's clear that no one is safe. Not even Oklahoma City's one constant through the past 11 years.
The viability of a Westbrook-led squad has certainly seen better days. His team has made three consecutive first-round exits, and he's not getting any younger. Teams interested in acquiring the former MVP will have to dive into a risk-benefit analysis, and envision what Russ might look like in a more structured offensive system.
There will be interest regardless of fit. Jimmy Butler may have gone to Miami largely for lifestyle considerations, but Miami certainly has the contracts to make a Westbrook trade work. There might be too much overlap in skill sets with Butler and Westbrook—they're both extra-effort, battering-ram All-Stars with questionable shooting ability—but the prospect of those two closing a game together would be high drama. The Knicks were quickly turned into a laughing stock in the free-agency race, and were shut out (or shut themselves out) of a number of marquee meetings. Would they take a gamble on landing at least one tried-and-true star this summer? Or is that just the migraine-like trauma of Knicks past offseasons talking? Is Westbrook Daryl Morey's next big, counterintuitive swing for the Rockets, or would pairing Westbrook and James Harden, after all the MVP trash talk from Rockets zealots over the years, blow the brains of more than 70 percent of the Houston fan base?
Westbrook and the Thunder front office are right to explore trade options, but it's still a bit of a bummer. After cultivating the most promising young core in basketball—which included three future MVPs and surefire Hall of Famers—the franchise has one Finals appearance to show for it. Sam Presti has taken some wild swings over the years, and for the most part, has managed to keep the Thunder in the thick of things in the Western Conference. But we haven't seen Presti helm a full-scale rebuild since he first landed the job in 2007. Westbrook might not get traded this season, yet it still feels like the end of something in OKC.
The Raptors Pull Off the Classic Kawhi Leonard–Stanley Johnson Switcheroo
Stanley Johnson, the no. 8 pick in the 2015 draft, has agreed to a two-year, $7.5 million deal with the defending champs in the aftermath of Leonard and Danny Green's departure from Toronto. Leonard is an all-time talent, a two-time Finals MVP, and two-time Defensive Player of the Year; Green is one of the most consistent 3-and-D wings in the league. Johnson, I can say for a fact, has this over both players: He was drafted in the lottery, and both Leonard and Green weren't.
Devoid of a superstar, this is where the Raptors have to make their moves count: on the fringes, where they've developed a litany of excellent role players over the years. Johnson, who has become a journeyman of sorts in the past few months, will become their newest reclamation project. At 6-foot-7 and 245 pounds, Johnson has excellent size and strength as a combo forward, and is a player whose defensive instincts will continue to give him chances in the league. Johnson is a brutish one-on-one defender who has willingly taken up challenges against some of the best in the game. He has the strength and mobility to knock players like Kawhi and LeBron off their spots and at least make things uncomfortable. The problem has always been where he fits on offense. He is a career 29.3 percent shooter from deep, and doesn't have the burst or the handle to create his own shot. But it's fun to imagine a switchable frontcourt of Johnson, OG Anunoby, and Pascal Siakam causing havoc and creating easy opportunities on defensive stops.
After a whirlwind year, Toronto has to recalibrate to humbler expectations. This is a year of watching cream rise from the crop, as the front office machinates about the big-picture future in the background.
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The Championship Race in the West Is Wide Open
The Knicks Used the Offseason to Build for Now and Later
Could the Cavaliers Win the East's No. 1 Seed? With Kevin Durant now on the mend, the top spot in the East seems wide open. And one of the league's biggest surprises could be the best candidate to reap the benefits.
What Makes Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase So Dominant? Everything That Once Worked at LSU. The Bengals' postseason hopes rest on the success of their second-year QB and rookie wide receiver. They're doing the exact same things they did at LSU—and showing no signs of slowing down.
The NFL's Peaks and Valleys Led to the Right Teams in the Promised Land There were strange results and few dominant teams in the NFL in 2021, but the postseason has shaped up perfectly


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Team USA Wins First Medals Of London 2012 Games; More Results From Saturday
Published July 28, 2012 at 11:23 AM MDT
Silver medalists Brady Ellison, Jake Kaminski and Jacob Wukie of the United States, gold medalists Michele Frangilli, Marco Galiazzo and Mauro Nespoli of Italy, and bronze medalists Kim Bub-min, Im Dong-hyun and Oh Jin-hyek of South Korea stand with their medals after the men's team archery event.
On the first day of full competition in the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Team USA won its first medal of the games, as the men's archery team took silver in a tense final against Italy. The Americans reached the final after stunning the highly regarded South Korean team in a comeback win earlier in the day.
Italy won on its last arrow, when a score of eight would have meant a loss and a ten a gold. The arrow hit the line between the 9 and 10 — and in archery, that meant 10 points, and the gold medal.
Led by world No. 1 Brady Ellison, 23, the three-man American team includes Jake Kaminski, 23, and Jacob Wukie, 26. U.S. archery last won a team gold medal in 1996.
Here's a roundup of more of Saturday's results, below. We'll be updating this post as competitions finish. And you can always check our results and schedule pages to follow the action.
Swimming: Ryan Lochte won the men's 400-meter individual medley Saturday, handily beating U.S. rival Michael Phelps and the rest of a talented field. Phelps came in fourth.
Update at 3:58 p.m. EDT: Australia won the gold medal in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay, setting an Olympic record of 3:33.15. The U.S. team of Lia Neal, Amanda Weir, Natalie Coughlin and anchor Allison Schmitt won the bronze medal, finishing behind the Netherlands team.
Update at 3:25 p.m. EDT: In the women's 400m IM, American Elizabeth Beisel won silver, with a time of 4:31.27. Ye Shiwen of China won at 4:28.43, which I believe is a new world record. Stephanie Rice of Australia was sixth.
Update at 3:05 p.m. EDT: American Peter Vanderkaay has won bronze in the men's 400m freestyle. China's Yang Sun won by setting a new Olympic record, at 3:40:14
Gymnastics: In the 02 Arena, the U.S. men's gymnastics team surprised the field with a strong performance in the qualifying round. With a final score of 275.342, the Americans lead Britain by nearly three points. China and Japan round out the top four.
Update at 4:50 p.m. EDT: At the end of qualifying, the U.S. remains in the lead, followed by Russia and then Great Britain.
Tennis: The American Serena Williams and the Swiss Roger Federer advanced to the second round. Also advancing in the singles bracket were Christina McHale and John Isner of the U.S. In men's doubles, the Bryan twins and the team of Isner and Andy Roddick also advanced.
Soccer: Megan Rapinoe scored to help the U.S. women beat Colombia, 3-0. After her shot from outside the box found the net, Rapinoe and her teammates celebrated — and the midfielder pulled a written note out of her pocket, wishing U.S. defender Ali Krieger a happy birthday. Krieger, who injured her leg earlier this year, is not with the team.
Basketball: The U.S. women topped Croatia, 81-56, after leading by only 3 points at the half. Angel McCoughtry scored 13 points in just over 11 minutes.
Boxing: American Joseph Diaz Jr. won his Round of 32 bout in the bantam division. He moves on to face Alvarez Estrada Lazaro of Cuba on Wednesday.
Cycling: Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan won the gold medal in the men's road race. Favorite Mark Cavendish of Britain was not a factor. American Taylor Phinney narrowly missed a bronze medal.


A lot of set photos from Baywatch have been doing the rounds recently, but now Entertainment Tonight has taken us behind the scenes by catching up with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Zac Efron to get some fresh intel on what's to come in the movie.
Confirming that the two leads hate each other at first (something Johnson has recently alluded to on social media), Efron sheds some light on the character he's playing, while the wrestler turned actor reveals that he's very grateful to David Hasslehoff for the support he's given him since he first landed the role made famous by the actor in the original TV series.
In all honesty, Johnson will likely surpass what The Hoff did, and despite the initial reaction to this Baywatch reboot, the more we hear about it, the better it sounds! Depending on how well audiences respond to it next year, don't be surprised to see it become a franchise.
Directed by Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses), Baywatch revolves around a by-the-book leader of an elite team of lifeguards (Johnson) who's forced to team with a rule-breaking hotshot (Efron) to save the bay from an oil tycoon (Priyanka Chopra). Set for release on May 19th, 2017, the cast also includes Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, and Hannibal Buress.
UPDATE: The Rock has now revealed that The Hoff will indeed be making an appearance!
'Shazam' to get a sequel; 'Black Adam' also makes a move.


This two-hour documentary on the life of Albert Einstein details his scientific discoveries as well as his personal life. Much of the information comes from letters that he wrote and received throughout his life. Many scenes are portrayed by actors to give a feel for what it might have been like to walk in his shoes. The program begins with his childhood in Germany and follows his experiences as a high school dropout, his avoidance of being drafted by the German army, his job as a patent clerk, his lifelong obsession with electromagnetism and light, and the various relationships he had with women and friends. A very detailed documentary, it is narrated by F. Murray Abraham.


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Q 1: If each input has exactly one output then the relation is a function.
Q 2: A wave graph is a function.
Q 3: You can use one of the following to perform a vertical line test.
Q 4: Is circle a function?
Q 5: The vertical line test is a check to see if a graph of a relation is a ________.
Q 6: If every vertical line intersect a graph in no more than one point, then the graph is the graph of a function.


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