Early C19 country house built for the Rev. Thomas Bowen, vicar of Troedyraur, noted by Meyrick in 1810 as a celebrated agriculturalist. Called a "spacious mansion" in 1833. Passed in 1842 to James Bowen (1806-72), second son of James Bowen of Llwyngwair, Pmbs. It would seem that the main part of the house is early C19 with substantial remodelling c1840 when the E range was added. Two 1734 datestones, possibly reset, in outbuildings.
Situated about 1 km E of Beulah, reached by drive running N off Brongest road.
now painted rubble stone. Three 12-pane sashes over verandah, partly infilled. In verandah, to right of centre, two iron columns in front of canted bay with margin-glazed French windows and top-lights. N end has dummy first floor window, S end has first floor 12-pane sash and three ground floor margin-glazed casement pairs, originally carried down to floor level. Rear of main range has three first floor sashes, ground floor centre corniced slight projection with pair of plate-glass sashes under original traceried elliptical-arched traceried fan. Curved hoodmould on consoles. Plate-glass sash to left and margin-glazed French window to right, both with cornice on consoles. Verandah on iron columns in front of French window. Centre basement double 6-pane sash with elliptical fanlight, arched door to left. Service ranges, painted rubble stone. One range runs W from N front, with longer parallel SW range. S has broad two-window range to right, then cut-stone ridge stack over forward break, then shorter two-window range, half-hipped to W. Further range beyond, broken forward slightly, with lower roof, rubble stone ridge stack, hipped W end and scattered two-window range.
Probably altered c1840. Square entrance hall with modillion cornice, ceiling rose, and centre rear wall mahogany 6-panel door. Narrow room to left with similar cornice gives access to added E range. Apsidal timber staircase to right with curve backing onto N facade. Upper flight cantilevered. Stick balusters. Ceiling rose above. E end addition has former dining-room with two timber Ionic columns in N end recess, acanthus frieze, and gilt pelmets. Plain C19 fireplace W, arched recess each side, one with 6-panel door.
Included as a good late Georgian country house.
1.2 Km S of Betws Ifan Crossroasds, approached by drive running W from Brongest Road. Situated some 1.2 km S of Betws Ifan crossroads, approached by drive running W from Brongest road.


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During your corporate team building treasure hunt…expect to visit the cemetery where Aaron Burr and Grover Cleveland are buried; walk the walk of stars; explore a wall of mysterious objects; salute the veterans of four foreign wars, and much more. Princeton is the home of mathematician John Nash, so you better bring your "Beautiful Mind" on this hunt!
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MotorSportsTalk's Predictions: Japanese Grand Prix
By Luke SmithSep 24, 2015, 4:30 PM EDT
The MST predictions have been rather, uh, predictable in 2015. One reader comment for last week's set of picks in Singapore asked for myself and Tony to expand our top three to a top five so as to introduce a bit of difference and spice things up.
And then Singapore happened.
Sebastian Vettel stormed to his third victory of the season, harking back to his Red Bull heyday of 2013 by going lights-to-flag at Marina Bay and controlling proceedings from start to finish. He was followed across the line by Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo and Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen, shocking the watching Formula 1 world as the top Mercedes came home in fourth place.
All weekend long, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton struggled for pace. Rosberg's fourth-place finish probably flattered Mercedes' ability, whilst Hamilton's retirement gave his title rivals some much-needed respite.
As such, the MST predictions this weekend have been made very interesting indeed. Let us know your picks in the comments section at the bottom of the page.
Luke Smith (@LukeSmithF1)
Race Winner: Lewis Hamilton. Okay so maybe this is a bit predictable… but I'm of the belief that Mercedes' struggles in Singapore were circumstantial. They were not the sign of a change in the pecking order in the long-term. The German marque remains the front-runner, and Hamilton is still the man to beat. I'm tipping him for a second Suzuka win on Sunday.
Surprising Finish: Romain Grosjean. In the face of adversity, Grosjean has continued to fly the Lotus flag proudly in 2015. This track should suit the E23 Hybrid quite well, so expect Grosjean to return to the points on Sunday.
Most to Prove: Ferrari. Arguably, Ferrari has to prove that it has made the big step towards Mercedes that has been talked up over the past week or so.
Additional Storyline to Watch: Forza Jules. F1 will race with a heavy heart this weekend as the drivers return to Suzuka one year on from Jules Bianchi's accident. The Frenchman was honored in Hungary after his death in July, and another great race would be a fitting tribute.
Predict the Podium
1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Tony DiZinno (@tonydizinno)
Race Winner: Sebastian Vettel. Well, Singapore certainly threw us a curveball. Cannot say I saw that one coming. The rationale now for picking Seb back-to-back for the first time this year and thus, for the first time in his Ferrari career – if Mercedes is as off as it was at Singapore, a fix to course correct does not happen overnight. The series heads to Japan without a chance to make any upgrades, and the track's a bit different, faster and more flowing compared to Singapore. Mercs should get back on the podium but here's to hoping Vettel and Ferrari's form isn't a one-off.
Surprising Finish: Nico Hulkenberg. Although Sergio Perez has been the big points scorer of late Force India, I like Hulkenberg's chances more so this weekend. This is a track he's finished seventh, sixth and eighth in the last three years – twice with Force India – and a fifth or sixth place should be possible with this car this weekend.
Most to Prove: McLaren-Honda. All eyes will be fixated on the de facto home team, as Honda returns to its home track and its home country seeking not to fall flat on its face. It's expected – likely by this time of posting – that Jenson Button will call time on his F1 career at year's end, and it becomes officially his last Japanese Grand Prix. Simply a point would be a good result, sad to say.
Additional Storyline to Watch: Manor's return to Suzuka. As it was in Monaco, the emotions down at the back of the grid will be more a story than elsewhere. Manor returns to the site where Jules Bianchi had his ultimately fatal accident. The team has carried itself well despite the tragedy and is actually on a decent run of form following its double finish in Singapore, with F1 debutante Alexander Rossi leading the way in 14th. Another double finish – one punching above the car's weight – would serve as a perfect tribute to their fallen teammate.

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Without sounding like a harp, I want to reiterate my belief that 2014 was perhaps the game changing year when it comes to smartphones. I am sure there are many more in the offing, but it is rare for a year to have so many that were good, and that too at different price brackets. If needed there could be a best phone in each Rs 10, 000 slab and they could compete among themselves. It was that kind of year. The list below is not is any order. Depending on your budget and preferences, you can change the rankings.
My top 5, actually phones that I would potentially want to spend money on, is in the video above.
The best phablet got better this year with a stylus that is actually better than a pen. The Note still retains the edge when it comes to processing power in Android phones and has the best display in a smartphone. It has a camera which can now give you 4K recording and there are a handful of apps that make the best use of the stylus. In 2015, you will be able to buy the Note Edge too, provided you can afford it.
The phone might not be as tempting as before, but the iPhone is still among the best smartphones in the market, any market. It still has features that the Android phones are still catching up with. This time that feature would be Apple Pay. Plus there is more scope for customisation now as well as compatibility with the iWatch coming soon.
This phone might not have flown off the shelves, but it was certainly the most innovative of the year with a different form factor and a unique keyboard. The phone, which was the shape of a passport and made to fit any shirt pocket, also had a surprisingly good camera and great battery life. It showed that BlackBerry still had some steam left in it as a hardware company.
: If you are looking for a complete android phone, then the Z3 is pretty much up there with top-end performance, a great camera with 4K recording and a slim design. It is an added advantage that the Xperia flagships still have the best waterproofing in town. For those who didn't want to spend as much or use a large phone, Sony had the Compact version which for many was a better option.
Lenovo Vibe X2: Lenovo got the sweet spot right by giving the best possible specs at a very affordable price point. The phone had everything, great processing power, a good camera, a decent battery and innovative design. Plus you could add a battery layer to make it last longer and a speaker layer to increase the sound output. No wonder it is called the world's first layered phones.
Huawei Honor 6: I haven't reviewed this phone, but my colleague who did was confident enough to suggest this as the next phone for his elder sister. That is good enough for me to include the phone in this list. I am putting this a notch below the Lenovo Vibe X2 because for me it has more brand value, and customer service centres, around India than Huawei.
HTC Desire 816: The HTC Desire 816 is a good mid-range phone with features that you would expect at this range. On top of all this is a camera that and compete with the very best, across price points. Now, there is a cheaper version of the phone in the HTC 816G with a processor that is clocked slightly slower. Both are good picks in the mid range.
Moto G (2nd Gen): The Moto G gives you the best bang for the buck in its price. And that is a price most people are comfortable spending on a smartphone these days. Now you know why this phone has been so successful in India. It has been a stellar comeback by Motorola.
OnePlus One: This phone gives you almost every spec you get in a top end phone at less than half the price. I like the phone for its great processing power, 64GB storage and superb camera. The phone was pretty good with the CyanogenMod operating system, but it remains to be seen how it does with a new OS.
I still like this phone because it was the first to get the spec-to-price ratio right. Sweet spot meant it was a phone that offered much more than its price tag at that point of time. Since then almost every successful phone has been able to find this sweet spot. But the Canvas Knight was the first to do this year.
The entry level phones became good enough to command respect in 2014.
The Zenfone 5 could have been priced at least Rs 5000 more and people would have still bought it. But the phone was priced below Rs 10, 000 making it a big hit. It helped that there were cheaper as well as more expensive version around. The phone stood out for its Zen UI, low-light camera and was Intel's first big bet in the smartphone space.
Moto showed the world what it means to make a budget phone when it launched the Moto E at an unbelievable price point. The phone spurred many people to switch over to a smartphone any rival companies to ensure that they had a good phone at the entry level. For once a cheap phone did not look cheap.
While a newer version has come in without the Nokia branding, this earlier version seems a better bet at the moment as it has a cheaper price tag and almost the same features at the Lumia 535. Users get almost free access to Microsoft services, a good camera and a phone that is different from the rest of the pack. You will have to live with a smaller screen though.
Redesigned stand to securely hold and connect all your media devices.
Amplified speaker at the base.
Fun learning in a smart little phone! Appropriate for children ages 18 months and up.
Push the music button and sing along to songs about counting and phone routines.
Push the call button to trade calls and voicemails with your puppy pal Scout!
Press any of the 10 number buttons to see an animated Scout count it out in a fun way, then explore more than 15 fun phone activities!
Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning ideas and insights from LeapFrog.
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Vancouver city councillors are set to debate this week the last major piece of a three-part plan to triple the population in the Cambie Street corridor by 2041, but mayoral hopeful and Non-Partisan Association councillor Hector Bremner wants to see redevelopment in the area sped up.
Councillors have already voted to support greater density along Cambie Street and other major arterial routes in the corridor. Now up for consideration are dozens of blocks off those busy thoroughfares that are within a ten minute walk from existing and future rapid transit stations.
The plan before councillors calls for hundreds of single-family lots to be redeveloped into townhouses, row houses and apartment buildings. The general idea is to use these blocks as a "neighbourly transition" between high density buildings along major routes and the low density single-family areas that are adjacent to them, according to a staff report to councillors.
If councillors approve the plan, staff will start to plan an overhaul of utility infrastructure in the area. After that, "it is anticipated" that the city would rezone initial areas identified for townhouses, according to the report. Developers would initiate rezonings for buildings in the remainder of the corridor, the report states.
Bremner argued in a motion that is also slated to be heard this week against such a "building-by-building" approach. He has called for the areas proposed for greater density to be prezoned by the city to avoid lengthy spot rezoning processes.
Bremner said in an interview that prezoning would bring a smoother, clearer, more transparent approach to redevelopment in the area.
Bremner said he thought the majority of residents generally agreed with the city's plan for the area, but added that he had an open mind and wanted to hear from speakers.
"If it is going to happen, I want it prezoned," he said.
A city spokesman said many of the areas in the Cambie corridor need further study to determine how prezoning would work out, citing additional height and density for social and below-market rental housing.
It's anticipated, however, that some of the areas for townhouses will be prezoned after a utilities servicing plan is completed in July.
The broader Cambie corridor plan covers an area stretching 10 square kilometres — about nine per cent of the city's area — that is home to roughly 35,000 people, or six per cent of Vancouver's population, according to the city. More than one-in-five lots in the area is zoned for single-family housing.
Staff say there has been "localized concern" over specific locations and types of proposed development in the area.
"Residents expressed concerns over impacts of future development, suggesting either no change for their area, or an expanded area of change that would increase development potential for their site," according to the city's report.
The cost to replace the existing water, sewage and drainage infrastructure in the area is around $500 million, according to the city. The cost to upgrade that infrastructure would exceed that, according to the city, which did not include a projected price tag in its report.


The Bristol team : (from left to right) Anthony Laing, Chris Sparrow, Jacques Carolan and Christopher Harrold.
1Centre for Quantum Photonics, H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, and Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, UK.
2Department of Physics, Imperial College London, UK.
In our recent work , we demonstrate a single reprogrammable optical circuit that is sufficient to implement all possible linear optical protocols up to the size of the circuit.
Since 1897, when it was shown by the German mathematician Adolf Hurwitz, it has been known that any unitary matrix can be built up from smaller 2 X 2 matrices . Then in 1994 Reck et al. showed that any arbitrary unitary can be realised via some physical process . In particular, they showed that if we use a certain arrangement of reconfigurable linear optical elements, we can perform any unitary matrix.
This network can be implemented as a sequence of ≈ m2/2 two-mode primitives with two free parameters. These primitives are built out of variable reflectivity beam splitters and phase shifters. The beam splitters are comprised of a phase shifter sandwiched between two directional couplers, known as a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). By tuning the phase inside the interferometer we can arbitrarily split the light between the two outputs of the interferometer. A phase shifter placed on the output of the interferometer allows us to tune the phase of the resulting state. The phase shifters are resistive heaters patterned above a small region of waveguide. A change in temperature changes the local refractive index in the waveguide with respect to another and thus realises a phase shift. Cascading these primitive units into the triangular arrangement, together with full control over these phase shifters allows us to configure any linear optical unitary on six modes.
Our device was fabricated by Japanese company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), the world's leading telecommunications company. The six-mode universal system consists of 15 MZIs with 30 thermo-optic phase shifters integrated into a single photonic chip that is electrically and optically interfaced for arbitrary setting of all phase shifters. Once calibrated, we could implement any unitary we wanted and switch between experiments that typically would have taken months to build in a matter of seconds.
Figure 1: A fully reconfigurable optical chip. The device allows us to implement any quantum information protocol in linear optics on up to 6 modes.
We realised heralded quantum logic gates  designed to be scalable for the circuit model of quantum computation (QC) for the first time in integrated photonics. We also implemented a heralded entangling gate and used measurements in different bases to verify the successful generation of an entangled state. Entangling gates such as the one implemented here are an essential requirement for one of the most promising routes to photonic QC, measurement based quantum computing [5, 6]. Not only were we able to perform these protocols, but importantly we were able to report experimental results with high fidelity.
We then turned our attention to a completely disparate aspect of linear optics and configured our device in order to perform boson sampling. Boson sampling is a computational task with one objective: sampling from a probability distribution governed by the output statistics of photons injected into a fixed linear optical network . It provides a rapid route to demonstrate the intrinsic exponential advantage a quantum computer has over a classical one. We implemented 100 instances of the boson sampling problem, injecting up to three photons into our circuit and reproduced the expected theoretical probability distributions with exceptional fidelity. We also investigated techniques used to verify the successful implementation of Boson Sampling by implementing a family of unitaries known as the quantum complex Hadamards . These sorts of techniques will be crucial in the future when the circuits and number of photons used mean that classical verification will be intractable even for the most powerful classical computers [9, 10]. Crucially, the reconfigurable circuit allows us to carry out Boson sampling and the verification protocols all on the same device.
The chip's ability to implement arbitrary circuits promises to replace a multitude of existing prototype systems as well as providing a platform for those yet to be discovered. The results presented in  required ~ 1000 configurations of the device and point the way towards applications across quantum technologies.
 Jacques Carolan, Christopher Harrold, Chris Sparrow, Enrique Martín-López, Nicholas J. Russell, Joshua W. Silverstone, Peter J. Shadbolt, Nobuyuki Matsuda, Manabu Oguma, Mikitaka Itoh, Graham D. Marshall, Mark G. Thompson, Jonathan C. F. Matthews, Toshikazu Hashimoto, Jeremy L. O'Brien, Anthony Laing, "Universal linear optics", Science, 349, 711 (2015). Abstract.
 A. Hurwitz, "über die Erzeugung der Invarianten durch Integration", Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse, p.71 (1897). Full Article.
 Michael Reck, Anton Zeilinger, Herbert J. Bernstein, Philip Bertani, "Experimental realization of any discrete unitary operator", Physical Review Letters, 73, 58 (1994). Abstract.
 E. Knill, R. Laflamme, G.J. Milburn, "A scheme for efficient quantum computation with linear optics", Nature, 409, 46 (2001). Abstract.
 Robert Raussendorf, Hans J. Briegel, "A One-Way Quantum Computer", Physical Review Letters, 86, 5188 (2001). Abstract.
 Daniel E. Browne, Terry Rudolph, "Resource-Efficient Linear Optical Quantum Computation", Physical Review Letters, 95, 010501 (2005). Abstract.
 Scott Aaronson, Alex Arkhipov, "The computational complexity of linear optics" in Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Theory of Computing, pp.333-342 (ACM, New York, 2011), Abstract.
 Anthony Laing, Thomas Lawson, Enrique Martín López, Jeremy L. O'Brien, "Observation of Quantum Interference as a Function of Berry's Phase in a Complex Hadamard Optical Network", Physical Review Letters, 108, 260505 (2012). Abstract.
 Jacques Carolan, Jasmin D. A. Meinecke, Peter J. Shadbolt, Nicholas J. Russell, Nur Ismail, Kerstin Wörhoff, Terry Rudolph, Mark G. Thompson, Jeremy L. O'Brien, Jonathan C. F. Matthews, Anthony Laing, "On the experimental verification of quantum complexity in linear optics", Nature Photonics, 8, 621 (2014). Abstract.
 Malte Christopher Tichy, Markus Tiersch, Fernando de Melo, Florian Mintert, Andreas Buchleitner, "Zero-Transmission Law for Multiport Beam Splitters", Physical Review Letters, 104, 220405 (2010). Abstract.


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Playhouse Wine Festival tastings that should be on your bucket list
Photo: Masa Shiroki of Artisan SakeMaker on Granville Island
The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, which begins on February 26, is always the year's most intense week of wine tasting and wine dinners.
The three nights international tastings – March 1, 2 and 3 – at the convention centre can be challenging. There will be about 750 wines available for tasting. Most people that I know will be lucky to manage 50 wines over each three-hour session.
It helps to have a battle plan in mind when entering the tasting room. Here are some suggestions that may help focus.
Chile: This is the theme region this year, with 35 producers attending. This is a critical festival for Chile, whose sales in this market seemed to have levelled off around $44 million a year for several years.
One reason is probably that Argentina has been eating into Chile's market share. But that should not be happening because the wines of Chile also are reasonably priced and good quality.
Each country has its strengths. While Argentina excels with Torrontes and Malbec, Chile produces better Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir.
Your Chilean tasting priority should include visits to the tables of Anakena (for Viognier); Concho y Toro (if only for the $80 Don Melchor, an iconic red); Cousiño-Macul (of the Chile's oldest Cabernet producers); Cremaschi Furlotti (full-flavoured wines); Viña Errazuriz (for the $90 Don Maximiano, another icon); Viña Montes (a super premium winery); and Lapostelle, (the Grand Marnier-owned winery showing, among other products, a $100 red).
Argentina: There are 14 producers here from Argentina. The wines from that country have been absolutely on fire in this market, with sales tripling in the past five years. Last year, with sales of $45.4 million in British Columbia, Argentina pulled ahead of Chile in this market.
Since you haven't time to taste at all of their tables, let me suggest a few bucket list priorities.
Bodegas Catena Zapata is pouring, among other wines, a $54 Malbec 2008. Compare it with O. Fournier's Alfa Crux Malbec 2008, at $50. Bodegas Pascual Toso is pouring a $58 red blend, Finca Pedregal, while Familia Zuccardi has a $50 red blend, Zuccardi Zeta.
The point of seeking out the four most expensive Argentine reds is this: these producers already blow the socks off with their $15 wines; imagine how good the ultra-premium wines will be.
There is a lot resting on the shoulders of the 17 Australian wineries here. It looks like everybody has been eating Australia's lunch. Sales of Australian wine totaled $97 million last year, down from $131 million five years ago.
Australia's problem is the consumer perception that Australian wines all taste the same, due to the dominance of one or two huge brands. Here's a chance to compare and discover that the perception is simply not true.
Check out Chapel Hill for its Bush Vine Grenache; Jacob's Creek for its St. Hugo Cabernet Sauvignon; Penfold's for its Bin 128 Shiraz (alas, no Grange); Wirra Wirra Vineyards for three solid reds and an intriguing white blend; and Yalumba for Viognier.
Ask the people behind the Yalumba table for the story of how this Australian winery virtually rescued Viognier when the variety was on the brink of extinction.
British Columbia: There are 20 British Columbia wineries including one that is new to the festival: Baillie-Grohman Estate Winery, one of three wineries now operating in Creston. The winery's strong suites are Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris, wines that are well made by Dan Barker, a winemaker who comes up from New Zealand to do the vintage.
Other wineries to check out include Burrowing Owl for its delicious Athene, a Cabernet/Syrah blend; Hester Creek for its new up-market red, The Judge; Le Vieux Pin and LaStella for their powerful reds; Mission Hill for Perpetua, a very elegant Chardonnay; Painted Rock (a winery of the year runner up at the Canadian Wine Awards) for a taste of the winery's flagship Red Icon blend; Poplar Grove for its flagship The Legacy red; and Quails' Gate for the Stewart Family Chardonnay and Stewart Family Pinot Noir.
France: The dozen French wineries this year are heavily weighted to Rhône producers; and there is nothing wrong with that. One in particular that I plan to check out is Domaine de la Solitude which is offering, among other wines, a Châteauneuf du Pape at $250 a bottle and another at $128. But there is very little Champagne this year, sadly.
Italy: The 15 Italian wineries this year include such old favourites in this market as Antinori, Frescobaldi and Masi. The latter winery is one of the great producers of Amarone. If you are comparing again, Amarone wines also are being shown by Pasqua and Tomassi.
United States: By my count, there are 29 American wineries in the festival, enough for a second theme region; Chile will not be happy. The entries include all the familiar California wineries – Beringer, Caymus, Kendall-Jackson, Louis Martini, Paul Hobbs, Robert Mondavi, Signorello, Sterling and Stag's Leap. There are also two Oregon wineries and two from Washington, including Chateau Ste. Michelle.
Others: There are also Spanish, Portuguese and New Zealand wineries, along with one each from South Africa and Mexico.
Tawse Winery: This Ontario winery is making its first appearance at the festival. It is the only Ontario winery here – but it is arguably the best Canadian winery. Tawse won the Canadian winery of the year award in each of the last two Canadian Wine Awards competitions.
The winery was opened in 2005 by Moray Tawse, a Toronto financial executive. Located on the Jordan Bench, the winery is designed for the ultimate in gravity-flow processing. The investment in the winery is substantial. I once asked Tawse how much he was spending on the winery. He replied: "I won't tell you but I can say that it will never make money." I think he was joking.
This will be a rare chance to taste and buy the stunning Riesling, Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs from this winery.
Sake: There will be four producers of sake, or rice wine – two from Japan, one from Oregon and Granville Island's Artisan SakeMaker.
This is not the first time that there has been a contingent of sake producers at the festival. Sake producers first applied five or six years ago. I was then the chair of the selection committee. Over the festival's more than 30 years, it was the unwritten policy to exclude producers of non-grape beverages, such as fruit wines, as well as distilled spirits. Since as many as 300 wineries apply each year for the 185 tables in the tasting room, it was generally agreed that there were no tables to spare for the non-grape crowd.
The sake producers, however, were seen as a refreshing change from same old/same old. Once the seven-member selection committee made sure that the festival's board of directors were on side as well, an area on the tasting room floor was set aside for sake. And it proved to be very popular.
It should draw crowds again this year. Japanese-born Masa Shiroki, who opened Artisan SakeMaker in 2007 on Granville Island, will be releasing what is a breakthrough product – sparkling sake made by the traditional bottle-fermented Champagne method. He is only releasing 240 bottles, priced at $50 a bottle. He will be pouring it at his stand and it will also be on sale at the festival wine store. Don't miss it.
At February 20, 2012 at 10:27 PM , Unknown said...
Great recap John, much appreciated. Hope to bump into you there!
At February 27, 2012 at 3:28 PM , Channell said...
Yes, great to have certain wineries highlighted. Thanks John!
At February 28, 2012 at 6:02 PM , Unknown said...
This is most helpful, thank you John!
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Kenny Washington
from Brooklyn, NY
May 29, 1958 (age 63)
One of the pre-eminent jazz drummers of his generation, Kenny Washington is an in-demand sideman, session player, and educator with an extensive list of credits to his name. Initially emerging as a Young Lion in the late 1970s, Washington distinguished himself as a swinging, bop-oriented player with a deep and wide-ranging knowledge of the jazz tradition. His adept skills and easy sense of group interplay made him a favorite of elder jazz statesmen like Lee Konitz (with whom he's had a long association), Betty Carter, Johnny Griffin, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, and Tommy Flanagan. At the same time, he built a strong reputation with his post-bop peers, recording often and compiling an enormous discography. He is a longtime member of both pianist Benny Green and Bill Charlap's trios, and has appeared on albums by such similarly inclined contemporaries as Ralph Moore, Jim Snidero, Gary Smulyan, Mike LeDonne, and others. His skills have also made him a go-to teacher for up-and-coming players, and he has worked on the faculty at such prestigious institutions as the New School, Juilliard, and SUNY Purchase.
Born Brooklyn, New York in 1958, Washington grew up on Staten Island in a musically inclined family alongside his siblings, bassist Reggie Washington, and a sister who became a violinist and teacher. Introduced to jazz via his father's record collection, he was initially inspired to play the drums after hearing pianist Ahmad Jamal's trio with drummer Vernel Fournier. His father bought him a toy drum set, and he practiced every day playing along with recordings. By elementary school he was taking lessons, and during junior high, he studied both the drums and violin. As a teenager, he attended New York's LaGuardia High School for Music & Art, where he studied with such well-regarded teachers as Dennis Kinne, Justin Dicioccio, and former Dizzy Gillespie drummer Rudy Collins. Washington developed quickly, balancing his love of bebop and swing fundamentals with orchestral technique, hand work, and the rudiments of drumming. Straight from LaGuardia High School, he began playing professionally, making his recorded debut with saxophonist Lee Konitz on 1977's Lee Konitz Nonet. From there, other established artists took notice of the young drummer, and work followed with a list of marquee performers including Betty Carter, Johnny Griffin, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Coles, and others.
By the '90s, Washington was a highly sought-after drummer, regularly appearing on albums by a bevy of straight-ahead players equally influenced by the hard bop era of jazz. In 1990 alone, he appeared on over 20 studio albums, including pianist Mike LeDonne's trio date Common Ground. There were also well-received sessions with Ralph Lalama, John Swana, Joe Magnarelli, and more. He appeared on several notable debuts, including saxophonist Eric Alexander's 1992 date New York Calling and saxophonist Grant Stewart's 1992 album Downtown Sounds, alongside acclaimed pianist Brad Mehldau. From there, he made albums with such heavy-hitters as Wallace Roney, Brian Lynch, and Tim Hagans. It was during this period that he began his long associations with pianists Benny Green and Bill Charlap. He also moved into teaching, and regularly gave private lessons out of his Brooklyn apartment.
Over the next 20 years, Washington would compile a discography of over 200 recording dates, moving from sessions with iconic elder statesman like Cedar Walton, David Fathead Newman, and Phil Woods to more contemporary swingers like Arturo Sandoval, Scott Hamilton, and Wycliffe Gordon. He also continued his teaching, joining the faculty of Juilliard in 2008, and holding positions at both the New School and SUNY Purchase. Along the way, he picked up accolades, including earning a handful of Grammy nominations for his work with pianist Bill Charlap. In 2015, he appeared on Charlap and Tony Bennett's Grammy-winning 2015 album The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern. Two years later, he was on board for another of Charlap's Grammy nominations with Uptown, Downtown. ~ Matt Collar, Rovi
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212. Memorandum From William J. Jorden of the National Security Council Staff to the President's Special Assistant (Rostow)1
Washington, June 20, 1967.
Ambassador Bunker's Proposals
I would have to vote against the proposals. I don't think they will work. I think they would do more harm than good.
First, I simply do not agree with the Mission's appraisal—shared to a great extent by State—that Ky is the only choice and that any other would be a disaster. As you know, I think highly of Ky and he might be an effective President. But I have come to believe that the healthiest thing that could happen in Viet-Nam right now would be the election of a civilian. The best government I can think of would be: Huong as President, Big Minh as Vice President, Ky as Prime Minister, and Thieu as chief of the Army.
Ky is a military man—and there is a strong stream of opposition to continuing military rule. He is a Northerner, and the electorate is largely Southern, and regional feelings are strong. He is young, and there remains a deep underlying respect for maturity. Moreover, his campaign, thanks to the activities of Loan and others, is rapidly becoming a source of bitterness.
A good many Vietnamese believe deeply that Ky's election would be proof-positive that corruption, pressure, and bribery dominated the political process.
I urge that we not get out too far on a "Ky is the only man for us" limb.
Further, on the proposals:
—The kind of direct U.S. involvement proposed would be a grave mistake. It would be known. It would put us right in the middle of internal contention. And I recall too many people getting burned in the past when they felt one Vietnamese was indispensable.
—The removal of Loan would not in itself solve the problem of chicanery and manipulation. There are plenty of eager successors in [Page 536] the wings. It would have some useful cosmetic effects, but they would not be long lasting if the same practices persisted.
—I am utterly convinced that a power play against Thieu would backfire badly. It would become widely known, and would put us in a bad light with many thinking Vietnamese. His future is going to have to be worked out in a Vietnamese context.
—Financial assistance for one candidate is a bad idea. This, too, will become known.
This being said, what do we do?
I would favor the following:
I would put real heat on Ky to rein in his followers, to do it fast, and to make it stick. I would call in Bui Diem and lay down the law and urge him to return immediately to Saigon with the message. I think you should do this rather than State; it would underline the President's concern and strong feeling.
There are three principal items that need correcting:
—the use of the police and security apparatus in support of Ky;
—inept use of censorship on political matters;
—Ky's use of his position and the machinery of government for political purposes.
I would stress that a dishonest election would undercut our President's position and endanger continued American support. I would state that we are not going to consider any additional U.S. involvement unless we are convinced that Viet-Nam has a reasonable political future and that Vietnamese are putting their country ahead of themselves.
Some Vietnamese of real standing and ability has to be put in charge of Ky's campaign. General Thang is an obvious choice, though the blow to RD is obvious. But, again, we get into the indispensable man argument. RD would be a good assignment for Big Minh, though he probably wouldn't take it. How about General Thi? How about a civilian?
Instead of backing one man, we should be working closely with all candidates. With the deep involvement we have in Viet-Nam, it is shocking that our contacts with the country's leading politicians is so tenuous. I would pick four good men to work with Ky, Thieu, Huong and Suu on a full-time basis. We should touch base regularly with the others, too, but it is less important.
Our contact men should have plenty of political savvy and solid empathy for the Vietnamese. They could provide advice, suggestions, and ideas, and help to keep their man on the track. They would make clear that the U.S. interest was in real democracy and the development of a solidly-based political process. They would also, by their actions, make clear our strict neutrality in the electoral process.
The Ambassador should stay very aloof from these proceedings. We have had a succession of envoys who have hurt themselves by over-involvement in politics and personalities. We are involved—and deeply—but I urge that we keep the Ambassador out of the front lines.
These, in any case, are my sentiments.
As a footnote: how much money are we putting into the Vietnamese police program? How many advisors do we have working on police and security services and how effective are their contacts with Loan and his subordinates? Doesn't our help—and our contacts—give us any leverage at all? Someone should look into this angle.
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Intelligence File, Vietnamese (South) Elections 1967. Secret; Nodis. On his covering memorandum to the President, June 20, Rostow wrote: "The reason for his recommendation on page 2 is:—time is very short, in Bill's judgment; —Bui Diem is trusted by Ky. If not this route, then Bob should get out there fast." A handwritten postscript by Rostow reads: "Perhaps you might talk to Bui Diem on the three key points (p. 2)." The President wrote in response: "I agree, see me."↩
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FULL COMPANY ANNOUNCED FOR DAVE WITH BOOK BY THOMAS MEEHAN AND NELL BENJAMIN, MUSIC BY TOM KITT AND LYRICS BY NELL BENJAMIN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF TINA LANDAU
FULL COMPANY ANNOUNCED FOR DAVE
WITH BOOK BY THOMAS MEEHAN AND NELL BENJAMIN,
MUSIC BY TOM KITT AND LYRICS BY NELL BENJAMIN
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF TINA LANDAU
MAMIE PARRIS, JOSH BRECKENRIDGE, RACHEL FLYNN AND BRYONHA MARIE PARHAM
AMONG CAST JOINING PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DREW GEHLING
IN WORLD-PREMIERE MUSICAL
AT ARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER
JULY 13- AUGUST 19, 2018
(Washington, D.C.) Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Director Edgar Dobie, announces the full cast and creative team for Dave. By three-time Tony Award winner Thomas Meehan (Annie, Hairspray, The Producers), two-time Tony Award nominee Nell Benjamin (Mean Girls, Legally Blonde) and Pulitzer Prize and two-time Tony Award winner Tom Kitt (Next to Normal, If/Then), Dave is inspired by the Academy Award-nominated American political comedy film. The world-premiere engagement is produced by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, The Donners' Company and Larger Than Life. Under the direction of Tony Award nominee Tina Landau, and with choreography by Tony Award nominee Sam Pinkleton and music direction by Rob Berman, Dave runs July 13-August 19, 2018 in the Kreeger Theater.
As previously announced, Drew Gehling (Broadway's Waitress) will play both President Bill Mitchell and the title role of Dave. Gehling is joined by Mamie Parris (Broadway's Cats, School of Rock) as First Lady Ellen Mitchell, Josh Breckenridge (Broadway's Come From Away), Rachel Flynn (Off-Broadway's Heathers the Musical), Bryonha Marie Parham (Broadway's Prince of Broadway) and Jonathan Rayson (Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors).
Rounding out the company are Jenny Ashman (Kansas City Repertory's Evita), Jared Bradshaw (Broadway's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Dana Costello (Jekyll and Hyde national tour), Trista Dollison (Broadway's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Sherri L. Edelen (Arena Stage's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), Kevin R. Free (The Neo-Futurists' Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind), Erin Quill (Broadway's Avenue Q), Jamison Scott (Broadway's Motown the Musical) and Vishal Vaidya (Broadway's Groundhog Day).
The creative team for Dave also includes scenic design by Tony Award nominee Dane Laffrey; costume design by two-time Tony Award nominee Toni-Leslie James; lighting design by five-time Tony Award nominee Japhy Weideman; sound design by Tony Award nominee Walter Trarbach; projection design by Drama Desk Award winner Peter Nigrini; and casting by Telsey + Company/Patrick Goodwin, CSA.
"While in D.C. for Mean Girls, I went to the Smithsonian's exhibit on 'American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith' and thought, 'This is it. This is Dave: it's about the leap of faith Americans take, letting people just like us govern us,'" says Nell Benjamin. "Of course, it's going to have insane repercussions, but in some cases, it's going to bring out the best in people. We want to come with a show that celebrates that leap of faith. It's a love story for our fellow Americans. It's more than a little nerve-wracking to bring a political story to Washington, D.C., but there's no other place to bring it! It's a joy to work with Tom Kitt; his fierce talent brings joy into the room and he takes impossible issues and ideas and makes them sing. Tina Landau is endlessly inventive, and she's great at saying something without lecturing, which is exactly what a good musical should do."
"I am so thrilled to be working on Dave, the musical, a film I have loved since the first time I saw it," shares Tom Kitt. "Gary Ross' funny, touching, and moving screenplay speaks to me on a very personal level and it has been so rewarding for me to put my voice into the world he created. I feel so lucky to be back at Arena Stage collaborating with Molly Smith and her wonderful team, and to be working alongside Tina Landau, Nell Benjamin and an extraordinary group of designers in bringing this story to the stage."
Thomas Meehan (Book Writer), a three-time Tony Award-winning book writer for the Broadway musicals Annie, The Producers (co-written with Mel Brooks) and Hairspray (co-written with Mark O'Donnell), wrote over a dozen Broadway musicals including I Remember Mama; Cry Baby (co-written with Mark O'Donnell); Young Frankenstein (co-written with Mel Brooks); Elf (co-written with Bob Martin); Rocky, The Musical; the up-coming Dave (co-written with Nell Benjamin); and Off-Broadway Death Takes a Holiday. Mr. Meehan was a long-time contributor of humor pieces to The New Yorker, most notably Yma, Ava, Yma, Abba, Yma, Oona, Yma, Aga …and Others. He was the co-librettist (with J. D. McClatchy) of the Lorin Maazel opera 1984, and an Emmy Award-winning writer of television comedy. His screenplays include One Magic Christmas, Annie and a collaboration with Mel Brooks on Spaceballs and To Be or Not to Be. He was a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild. He was working on several new musicals when he passed away at the age of 89 on August 22, 2017.
Nell Benjamin (Book Writer/Lyricist) co-wrote the score to the musical Legally Blonde with her husband, Laurence O'Keefe. Nell and Larry have also written Huzzah! and Life of the Party. Nell has written the book and/or lyrics for Mean Girls; Halftime; Because of Winn Dixie; Pirates! (or Gilbert and Sullivan Plunder'd); Sarah, Plain and Tall; Cam Jansen; I Want My Hat Back; How I Became a Pirate; and The Mice. She has written a play, The Explorers Club, as well as the New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve and Young Peoples' concerts. TV credits include Unhappily Ever After; Whoa! Sunday with Mo Rocca; the new Electric Company; Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris; Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway; and Julie's Greenroom. She is the grateful recipient of a Kleban Foundation Award and a Jonathan Larson Foundation Grant, and is a member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild of America.
Tom Kitt (Composer/Arranger/Orchestrator/Music Supervisor) received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as two Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations for Next to Normal. Next to Normal also received the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Score. He is also the composer of If/Then (Tony nomination, Outer Critics nomination, Broadway); High Fidelity (Broadway); Bring it On, The Musical (co-composer with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Broadway); Disney's Freaky Friday; The Winter's Tale, All's Well That Ends Well and Cymbeline (The Public's NYSF); From Up Here and The Madrid (MTC); Orphans (Broadway); The Retributionists (Playwrights Horizons); and As You Like It (Toho Co., Japan). Tom is the music supervisor, arranger, orchestrator and composer of additional music for SpongeBob Squarepants: The Broadway Musical. In addition, he is the music supervisor for the new NBC drama, Rise, and was responsible for the music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations for Grease Live! and Green Day's American Idiot on Broadway. His work with Green Day also includes additional arrangements for their Grammy Award-winning album 21st Century Breakdown and their album trilogy, ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! Tom received an Emmy Award as co-writer (with Lin-Manuel Miranda) for the 2013 Tony Awards opening number, Bigger. Other TV songwriting credits include a musical episode of Royal Pains, and songs for Penny Dreadful, Sesame Street and Julie's Greenroom. As a musical director, conductor, arranger and orchestrator, credits include the Pitch Perfect films, 2Cellos featuring Lang Lang (Live and Let Die), The Kennedy Center Honors, 13, Debbie Does Dallas, Everyday Rapture, Hair, Laugh Whore, Pippin (Deaf West) and These Paper Bullets.
Tina Landau (Director) is a writer and director whose work has been produced on Broadway and Off-Broadway, internationally and regionally, and most frequently at Steppenwolf Theatre where she is an ensemble member. Broadway credits include SpongeBob Squarepants: The Broadway Musical (also conceiver), Tracy Lett's Superior Donuts and the revival of Bells Are Ringing. Off-Broadway credits include Old Hats, Big Love and Iphigenia 2.0 (Signature Theatre); A Civil War Christmas (NYTW); Wig Out! (Vineyard Theatre); and the musicals Floyd Collins (Playwrights Horizons) and Dream True (Vineyard Theatre), both of which she co-wrote. Steppenwolf productions include Head of Passes (also The Public, Mark Taper Forum, Berkeley Repertory), The Brother/Sister Plays, The Wheel, The Tempest, Time of Your Life (also ACT Seattle), The Cherry Orchard, The Diary of Anne Frank, Ballad of Little Jo, Berlin Circle, and her own play, Space (also The Public, Mark Taper Forum). Regionally, Tina's productions include Sycamore Trees (Signature Theatre VA), Antony and Cleopatra (Hartford Stage) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (McCarter, Paper Mill). Tina teaches regularly and co-authored The Viewpoints Book with Anne Bogart.
Cast Biographies (in alphabetical order)
Jenny Ashman (Ensemble/Partial Swing) makes her Arena Stage debut. Originally from Alaska, Jenny most recently starred in the world-premiere of Paris Time at Capital Repertory. Off-Broadway and regional credits include Eva Peron in Evita (Kansas City Repertory and Opera North), Side by Side by Sondheim (Kansas City Repertory), Arista in Disney's The Little Mermaid (Hollywood Bowl), Sleep No More, Johanna in Sweeney Todd (Ovation Award nomination), Rosalind in As You Like It, Penny in the world-premiere Romance Language, Meg in Little Women and Rhoda in A New Brain. Jenny is a graduate of UCF Conservatory Theatre. www.jennyashman.com
Jared Bradshaw (Ensemble/Partial Swing) is thrilled to join Dave after spending the last year on Broadway in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where he appeared nightly as reporter Jerry Jubilee, understudied Christian Borle and appeared as Willy Wonka on the Tony Awards. Previously, Jared performed for eight years in Jersey Boys, playing all 10 featured roles in the show on Broadway and the national tour. Jared spent three years at Forbidden Broadway (cast album) playing every other role from the Phantom to Jean Valjean. Favorite credits include The Last Five Years, The Music Man and Jekyll and Hyde. Upcoming credits include Leo Frank in Jason Robert Brown's Parade in Marietta, GA, and continuing concert work in Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star. Much love to wife Lindsay Northen at Wicked, and sweet daughter Georgia. Instagram: @bwaymjjared www.jaredbradshaw.com
Josh Breckenridge (Duane Bolden) last appeared in the D.C.-area as the Doctor in The Book of Mormon (first national tour) at the Kennedy Center. Broadway credits include Come From Away, The Scottsboro Boys and The Ritz. Off-Broadway credits include The Scottsboro Boys and Saved. Regional credits include Sunday in the Park with George (Huntington Theatre), The Whipping Man (Kansas City Repertory), Tales of the City (American Conservatory Theater), The Scottsboro Boys (Guthrie Theater), Hairspray (Marriott Theatre), Smokey Joe's Cafe (The Cape Playhouse), High School Musical 2 and Dreamgirls (North Carolina Theatre) and Memphis (La Jolla Playhouse, 5th Avenue Theatre). He appeared in the film Finding Me: Truth and received his B.F.A. from Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. Instagram: @josh.breckenridge
Dana Costello (Ensemble) makes her Arena Stage debut and last appeared in D.C. at the Kennedy Center as Nellie in the national tour of Jekyll and Hyde. Her Broadway credits include Mary Barrie in Finding Neverland and Nellie in Jekyll and Hyde. Dana has performed all over (from Broadway to Off-Broadway to waaaaaaay Off-Broadway) and is thrilled to be back in D.C. at Arena Stage! She thanks Patrick at Telsey and her agents Chad and Alex at Henderson Hogan. Twitter/Instagram: @Dana_Coz www.dana-costello.com
Trista Dollison (Ensemble) makes her Arena Stage debut! Trista was last seen playing Violet in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include Frieda in A Bronx Tale, Disney's The Lion King and Avenue Q. New York and regional credits include Frieda in the world-premiere of A Bronx Tale; Keisha in Soul on Fire (the Kennedy Center); Deloris in Sister Act; Faust (NY City Center); and Lorrell in Dreamgirls. She is a proud member of Broadway Inspirational Voices. She would like to give special thanks to Clarence, Mommy, Daddy, friends & friends. Grateful. Psalm 37:4. Twitter/Instagram: @TRISTADOLL www.facebook.com/TristaDoll
Sherri L. Edelen (Ensemble/Mrs. Smit) last appeared at Arena Stage in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. She received a Helen Hayes Award for Les Miserables and Side Show at Signature Theatre, and a Barrymore Award for The Light in the Piazza at Philadelphia Theatre Company. Her most recent credits include Copenhagen (Theater J), Romeo and Juliet (Folger Theatre), Outside Mullingar (Fusion Theatre Company) and Gypsy (Signature Theatre). National tours include Me and My Girl and Nunsense. She has performed locally at the Kennedy Center, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Olney, Ford's Theatre, Round House and Rep Stage for over 20 years. Directing credits include Steel Magnolias and On Golden Pond starring Joyce DeWitt at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts.
Rachel Flynn (Ensemble/Randi) is thrilled to be making her Arena Stage debut in Dave. She originated the role of Stoner Chick in Off-Broadway's Heathers the Musical, vomited fake blood onto the guitars of the Yeah Yeah Yeah's in St. Ann's Stop the Virgens and championed feminism through glitter and hair jewels in Baby No More Times (Ars Nova, The Lark). Regional acting and directing credits include work with Williamstown Theatre Festival, Shakespeare & Company, Human Race Theatre and American Repertory Theater. She is the artistic director of At the Table Podcast and librettist/co-conceiver of the upcoming punk musical PATRIARCHY. Thanks to ATB, Mom, Dustin and her own personal hero named Dave: Dave Flynn. Twitter and Instagram: @radiofreerachel
Kevin R. Free (Ensemble/Murray) is so excited to make his Arena Stage debut! His New York credits include Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind; CasablancaBox; The Fantasticks; and Night of the Living N-Word!! (FringeNYC, Overall Excellence in Playwriting). Regional acting credits include The Parchman Hour (Guthrie); Boys From Syracuse (Baltimore Center Stage); A Single Shard (People's Light); and Angels in America (Charlotte Repertory). TV/film credits include Blindspot, Law & Order and Eighth Grade, and he is the co-creator and star of the award-winning web series Gemma & The Bear. Kevin has voiced over 300 audiobooks and is the voice of Kevin from Desert Bluffs on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. Awards include an Obie as producer of The Fire This Time Festival, and Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award. @kevinrfree www.kevinrfree.com
Drew Gehling (Dave Kovic/President Bill Mitchell) is best known for originating the role of Dr. Pomatter in the Tony Award-nominated musical Waitress. Most recently he starred in the pre-Broadway tryout of the new musical Roman Holiday. Previous Broadway credits include On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and Jersey Boys. Off-Broadway credits include Lexy in A Minister's Wife (Lincoln Center); Sistrom in Billy & Ray (Vineyard Theatre); I Believe (Lincoln Center); and Gilbert Blythe in Anne of Green Gables (Lucille Lortel Theater). Film/TV credits include Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix), Dietland (AMC), Succession (HBO), Elementary, 30 Rock, Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, Smash, The Daily Show and Unsung Carolyn Leigh (Live from Lincoln Center). Regional credits include Johnny Baseball (A.R.T.); Moby Dick, Jersey Boys, Hello Dolly (Paper Mill); and Utah Shakespeare. Workshops include American Psycho, The Searchers, Big Fish and Sunset Boulevard. Drew is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.
Bryonha Marie Parham (Susan Lee) makes her Arena Stage debut! Bryonha was last seen in D.C. at the Kennedy Center in Ragtime and went on to reprise her role as Sarah's friend in the Broadway transfer. Other Broadway credits include Prince of Broadway, Book of Mormon, After Midnight and The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess. She is also making a name in the classical world, appearing in Bernstein's Mass with the Philadelphia Orchestra (recorded by Deutsche Grammophon); Sweeney Todd and Showboat at Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic; and most recently in Candide at Carnegie Hall. Her numerous regional credits include Dreamgirls (North Shore), Little Shop of Horrors (Berkshire Theatre), Hair (SMC), Fulton Theatre, MSMT and many more. Bryonha's TV credits include Madam Secretary, Today and the 66th and 68th Tony Awards. Instagram: @BryonhaMarie
Mamie Parris (Ellen Mitchell) is delighted to make her Arena Stage debut. She most recently starred on Broadway in Cats, singing "Memory" nightly as Grizabella, and previously originated the role of Patty in Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock. Other Broadway and national tour credits include On the 20th Century, Wicked, Ragtime, 9 To 5, The Drowsy Chaperone, 110 in the Shade and Legally Blonde. Off-Broadway credits include Pump Boys and Dinettes (Encores) and See Rock City (Transport Group). Mamie has performed at Goodspeed, The Muny, The Macau International Music Festival and others. TV/film credits include The Blacklist, State of Affairs and A Stand Up Guy. The New York Times calls her "winsome", which is nice, and her husband calls her "sweetheart", which is nicer. She's political, she's opinionated, and she's on Twitter: @mamieparris and Instagram: @mamierocks
Erin Quill (Ensemble) makes her Arena Stage debut and holds a B.F.A. from CMU. Credits include Avenue Q (original Broadway company), Madame Rita in Flower Drum Song (AMTSJ's 50th Anniversary company) and Lady Thiang in The King & I (West Coast tour with Debby Boone). TV credits include Damages, Nurse Jackie, The Following, NY 22, LFE (CBS pilot), NYPD Blue and Dishin' (Bravo pilot). Film credits include Man on a Ledge, Screening Party and The Mikado Project. She thanks the creative team of Dave, The Luedtke Agency, Benjamin Rauhala and her family, whose support means everything. Follow her musings on Twitter: @EQuill
Jonathan Rayson (Ensemble/Vice President Gary Nance) is proud to be making his Arena Stage debut! Jonathan appeared on Broadway in Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour) and A Year with Frog and Toad. He traveled with the first national tours of Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour) and Legally Blonde. New York credits include I Love You, You're Perfect… and Adrift in Macao. A few of his favorite regional credits are Dan in Next to Normal (Pioneer Theatre Company), Mr. Banks in Mary Poppins (Ogunquit Playhouse), The Full Monty (Fulton Theatre) and Carousel (Goodspeed). Jonathan recently made his TV debut on Law & Order: SVU and can be seen in the new series After Forever on Amazon. His solo CD of '70s cover songs, Shiny and New, is available on iTunes. www.jonathanrayson.com
Jamison Scott (Ensemble) makes his Arena Stage debut. Broadway credits include Motown, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Memphis and Grease! Touring and regional credits include Motown, Grease!, Hairspray, We Will Rock You, Saturday Night Fever and Altar Boyz. Recordings include Hairspray movie, Killer Queen – A Tribute to Queen, Grease! (original cast album) and Walk a Mile (solo debut). TV/web series credits include Sillyocity featured on Youtube.com, and the 62nd and 65th Tony Awards. Thanks to Kevin and everyone at Buchwald & Associates. To God be the glory! ILYHMS @JamisonScottR www.thejamisonscott.com
Vishal Vaidya (Ensemble) makes his Arena Stage debut. A D.C.-area native, Vishal has also appeared in Spelling Bee and A Christmas Carol (Ford's Theater), The Secret Garden (Shakespeare Theater Company), A Year with Frog and Toad (Adventure Theater, Helen Hayes nominee) and Barrio Grrrl! (the Kennedy Center), and productions at Olney Theater Center and Toby's Dinner Theater. He made his Broadway debut last year in Groundhog Day. Regional credits include Cincinnati Playhouse, Minneapolis Children's Theater Company, Baltimore Center Stage and New York Stage and Film. Instagram: @Vishgram, Twitter: @TweetsByVish
For full company bios please visit arenastage.org/shows-tickets/the-season/productions/dave.
Dave is generously sponsored by Margot Kelly.
Post-Show Conversations
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Production Information:
based on the Warner Bros. motion picture written by Gary Ross
by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, The Donners' Company and Larger Than Life
Book by Thomas Meehan and Nell Benjamin, Music by Tom Kitt and Lyrics by Nell Benjamin
Directed by Tina Landau
Choreographed by Sam Pinkleton
Music Direction by Rob Berman
In the Kreeger Theater / July 13-August 19, 2018
ABOUT: From a Tony and Pulitzer Prize award-winning creative team comes the world-premiere musical comedy Dave, adapted from the Oscar-nominated film. Dave tells the story of high school teacher (and presidential lookalike) Dave Kovic, who is hired by the Secret Service as a stand-in for the Commander-in-Chief. When the President falls ill under less than "presidential" circumstances, Dave is thrust into the Oval Office to avoid a national scandal, and must find a way to gain the trust and love of the American people … and the First Lady.
Ensemble/Partial Swing: Jenny Ashman
Ensemble/Partial Swing: Jared Bradshaw
Duane Bolden: Josh Breckenridge
Ensemble: Dana Costello
Ensemble: Trista Dollison
Ensemble/Mrs. Smit: Sherri L. Edelen
Ensemble/Randi: Rachel Flynn
Ensemble/Murray: Kevin R. Free
Dave Kovic/President Bill Mitchell: Drew Gehling
Susan Lee: Bryonha Marie Parham
Ellen Mitchell: Mamie Parris
Ensemble: Erin Quill
Ensemble/Vice President Gary Nance: Jonathan Rayson
Ensemble: Jamison Scott
Ensemble: Vishal Vaidya
Additional casting to be announced.
CREATIVE TEAM:
Book: Thomas Meehan and Nell Benjamin
Composer/Arranger/Orchestrator/Music Supervisor: Tom Kitt
Lyrics: Nell Benjamin
Director: Tina Landau
Choreographer: Sam Pinkleton
Music Director: Rob Berman
Set Designer: Dane Laffrey
Costume Designer: Toni-Leslie James
Lighting Designer: Japhy Weideman
Sound Designer: Walter Trarbach
Projection Designer: Peter Nigrini
Associate Director: Kenneth Ferrone
Associate Choreographer: Mayte Natalio
Associate Music Director: William Yanesh
Casting By: Telsey + Company/Patrick Goodwin, CSA
TICKETS: Tickets for Dave are $40-$90, subject to change and based on availability, plus applicable fees. For information on savings programs such as Pay-Your-Age tickets, student discounts, Southwest Nights and Hero's Discounts, visit arenastage.org/shows-tickets/single-tickets/savings-programs/.
Tickets may be purchased online at arenastage.org, by phone at 202-488-3300 or at the Sales Office at 1101 Sixth St., SW, D.C.
Sales Office/Subscriptions: 202-488-3300
Group Sales Hotline for 10+ Tickets: 202-488-4380
TTY for deaf patrons: 202-484-0247
Info for patrons with disabilities: 202-488-3300
PERFORMANCE DATES:
Sunday, Tuesday & Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Weekday matinee at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, 8/2
Full calendar: tickets.arenastage.org/single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=26197
Open-captioned performances: 8/9 at 8:00 p.m., 8/11 at 2:00 p.m. & 8/15 at 7:30 p.m.
Audio-described performance: 8/11 at 2:00 p.m.
ARENA STAGE CAFÉ: Prix fixe meals are available at Richard's Place, Arena Stage's casual dining café, and include a choice of soup or salad, main entrée and dessert. Pre-ordered meals are only $22 ($25 if purchased that day). To pre-order and see the menu, call 202-488-3300 or visit arenastage.org/plan-your-visit/the-cafe/. The café opens two hours before the show, and reservations are recommended. To pre-order drinks for up to 50% savings ($6 house wine and beer), visit tickets.arenastage.org/cart/precart.aspx?p=1007.
METRO: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is only one block from the Waterfront-SEU Metro station (Green Line). When exiting the station, walk west on M Street toward Sixth Street, and the main entrance to the Mead Center is on the right.
PARKING: Parking is available in Arena Stage's on-site garage. Subscribers may purchase parking in advance for $16. Single ticket buyers may purchase parking in advance for $19 or on the day of the performance for $22 on a first-come, first-served basis. Limited handicapped parking is available by reservation. Advanced parking must be reserved by calling 202-488-3300. The entrance to the Mead Center garage is on Maine Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets, and the garage closes one hour after the day's last performance ends. Patrons can also park at the Public Parking Garage at 1101 Fourth Street, one block from the Mead Center, for $14.
VALET PARKING: Arena Stage offers valet service at no additional cost to patrons with accessibility needs who call 202-488-3300 in advance to request valet parking. On days when valet parking is being used for accessibility, it is also available to general patrons one hour prior to show time for $25, based on availability. To use valet parking, pull up to the main entrance on Sixth Street.
For complete 2018/19 season details, visit: arenastage.org/shows-tickets/the-season/index-18-19.shtml.
Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures (WBThV) develops and produces first-class musicals and stage productions from the company's expansive catalogue. The division is currently readying A Star is Born (Director: Bill Condon), Beetlejuice (Director: Alex Timbers), Dave (Score: Tom Kitt & Nell Benjamin) and Dog Day Afternoon (Playwright: Stephen Adly Guirgis) for the stage. WBThV was previously represented on the West End and Broadway by the Olivier Award-winning musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and on Broadway by the holiday hit Elf and Tony Award Best Play winner The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. WBThV also licenses third-party stage rights including such productions as The Bodyguard, Singin' in the Rain, Hairspray, The Wizard of Oz, The Color Purple and 42nd Street.
The Donners' Company is owned and run by Lauren Shuler Donner and Richard Donner. Lauren is a film producer with such credits as Mr. Mom, Ladyhawke, St. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink, Dave, Free Willy 1-3, You've Got Mail, Hotel For Dogs, The Secret Life of Bees and all ten Xmen movies. Currently she is executive producing two TV series – Legion for FX and The Gifted for Fox TV; Broadway musicals based on her films Dave and Secret Life of Bees, as well as a new immersive theater experience based on Goonies, one of Richard Donner's most beloved films. She has served on the Executive Board of the Producers Branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures and the Board of LupusLA for the past ten years.
Larger Than Life Productions. Allison Thomas is a theater and film producer. As a partner in Larger Than Life Productions, Allison produced The Tale of Despereaux, executive-produced Oscar-nominated Seabiscuit and co-produced Pleasantville. In theater, Allison was a producer of the Tony-nominated musical Beautiful; ANN, based on the life of Ann Richards; and The Last Goodbye (regional). She is currently developing a children's musical based on The Tale of Despereaux, among other film and television projects. Prior to producing, Allison was active in government, working as a Staff Assistant for Public Outreach in the Carter White House and heading technology initiatives for Governor Jerry Brown during his first term. She also headed public relations for Steve Jobs' NeXT Computer and Pixar, among other technology startups in the '80s and '90s.
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Producer Edgar Dobie, is a national center dedicated to American voices and artists. Arena Stage produces plays of all that is passionate, profound, deep and dangerous in the American spirit, and presents diverse and ground-breaking work from some of the best artists around the country. Arena Stage is committed to commissioning and developing new plays through the American Voices New Play Institute. Arena Stage impacts the lives of over 10,000 students annually through its work in community engagement. Now in its seventh decade, Arena Stage serves a diverse annual audience of more than 300,000. arenastage.org.
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Carriage of the PNPLA3 rs738409 C>G Polymorphism Confers an Increased Risk of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Lookup NU author(s): Dr Yang-Lin Liu, Dr Gillian Patman, Julian Leathart, Professor Alastair BurtORCiD, Professor Chris Day, Professor Ann DalyORCiD, Professor Helen ReevesORCiD, Professor Quentin AnsteeORCiD
Accepted version [.pdf]
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND).
Background & Aims Subtle inter-patient genetic variation and environmental factors combine to determine disease progression in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Carriage of the PNPLA3 rs738409 c.444C>G minor allele (encoding the I148M variant) has been robustly associated with advanced NAFLD. Although most hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is related to chronic viral hepatitis or alcoholic liver disease, the incidence of NAFLD-related HCC is increasing. We examined whether rs738409 C>G was associated with HCC-risk in patients with NAFLD. Methods PNPLA3 rs738409 genotype was determined by allelic discrimination in 100 European Caucasians with NAFLD-related HCC and 275 controls with histologically characterised NAFLD. Results Genotype frequencies were significantly different between NAFLD-HCC cases (CC=28, CG=43, GG=29) and NAFLD-controls (CC=125, CG=117, GG=33) (p=0.0001). In multivariate analysis adjusted for age, gender, diabetes, BMI and presence of cirrhosis, carriage of each copy of the rs738409 minor (G) allele conferred an additive risk for HCC (adjusted OR 2.26 [95%CI 1.23-4.14], p=0.0082), with GG homozygotes exhibiting a 5-fold [1.47-17.29], p=0.01 increased risk over CC. When compared to the UK general population (1958 British Birth Cohort, n=1476), the risk-effect was more pronounced (GC vs. CC: unadjusted OR 2.52 [1.55-4.10], p=0.0002; GG vs. CC: OR 12.19 [6.89-21.58], p<0.0001). Conclusions Carriage of the PNPLA3 rs738409 C>G polymorphism is not only associated with greater risk of progressive steatohepatitis and fibrosis but also of HCC. If validated, these findings suggest that PNPLA3 genotyping has the potential to contribute to multi-factorial patient-risk stratification, identifying those to whom HCC surveillance may be targeted.
Author(s): Liu Y-L, Patman GL, Leathart J, Piguet A-C, Burt AD, Dufour J-F, Day CP, Daly AK, Reeves HL, Anstee QM
Publication type: Article
Journal: Journal of Hepatology
Print publication date: 01/07/2014
Online publication date: 06/03/2014
Acceptance date: 27/02/2014
Date deposited: 29/08/2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2014.02.030
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.02.030
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Clinical Senior Lectureship Award from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
Newcastle NIHR Biomedical Research Centre
FP7/2007-2013 'Fatty Liver Inhibition of Progression' (FLIP) - European Union Seventh Framework Programme
Health-F2-2009-241762 'Fatty Liver Inhibition of Progression' (FLIP) - European Union Seventh Framework Programme


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Descrição Martins Rees, Cosmologist and Antrophycisist, talks to the University of Porto about the future of our Planet and the Human Species || Martin Rees, Cosmólogo e Astrofísico, fala à U.Porto sobre o futuro do nosso Planeta e da Espécie Humana.
"This century is special. It's the first in a 45 million centuries that the earth existed when one species, namely ours, can determine the planet's fate."
"We are te stewards for a special century which will determine if whether marvellous developments can happen or whether they are all foreclosed if we if we mishandle developments on this planet this century"
"I'm certainly technical optimist. I think we already have the technology to make the world much better for those who are more disadvantaged"
"What worries me very much is that, this powerful technologies might be misused by error or by design"


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Every year, a number of Fellowships are awarded, each to the value of 1200EUR; to enable junior members of the ERS to attend one of a range of international courses. Applicants must complete the attached application form and return it electronically to the secretary, rhinologysecretary@amc.nl by February 1st, 2019 irrespective of the course for which they are applying.
The applicant must be 35 or under and must be a junior member of ERS. Applicants are asked to indicate their preference of courses (first, second and third). The application must be accompanied by a letter of support from their head of department and/or other supporting evidence indicating why they should be awarded the fellowship. This should cover their stage of training, aptitude and knowledge.
Award description To assist in both registration fees and costs of accommodation/travel.
Requirements Applicants should be under the age of 35 years and members of the ERS, without formerly receiving an ERS fellowship.


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Home / ... / hidden europe 52 / Puppetry in Prague: the Art of Bringing Wood to Life
Puppetry in Prague: the Art of Bringing Wood to Life
by Rudolf Abraham
The art of puppetry is alive and well in central Europe. In the Czech Republic, puppetry is recognised as a key element of national culture. With some linden wood, textiles, paint and the skill of the puppet maker, it's just a matter of time before the magic appears. Writer and photographer Rudolf Abraham meets the men and women who pull the strings in Czech puppetry.
Mirek Trejtnar sits at a trestle table in his workshop. A long, oval wooden face gazes up from the table in front of him as he slowly, meticulously works the details of the eyelids with a fine chisel.
Outside, it is a grey afternoon in Prague. The workshop is brightly lit, and filled with the scent of fresh sawdust. Around the walls, shelves are stacked with boxes filled with coloured cloth, each one neatly labelled. There are trays filled with chisels. Brightly painted marionette puppets, suspended from a wooden rack, stare silently into the room with expressive faces.
Mirek is a puppet maker and woodcarver who has been making puppets for most of his adult life. Together with his partner Leah Gaffen, he runs Puppets in Prague, which offers immersive workshops that provide a window into the magical world of Czech puppetry.
The history of Czech puppetry as we know it today begins in the 18th and 19th centuries, with itinerant puppeteers travelling through the Bohemian countryside, performing in Czech at country fairs. At that time, when the Czech lands formed part of the Habsburg Empire, theatre performances in towns and cities were in German. These itinerant puppet shows were therefore not only the first contact the majority of people in rural areas had with theatre of any kind — they were also the only kind of theatre which was routinely performed in the Czech language.
Czech puppetry was embraced by the Czech National Revival movement, which also focused prominently on the use of the Czech language, and saw these itinerant puppeteers as protectors of Czech language and culture. The status of puppetry was thus elevated to an art form enjoyed by intellectual circles and revivalists. Leading artists and sculptors began designing and making puppets, which became increasingly more detailed and stylised, resulting in an extraordinary level of refinement. Family puppet theatres became popular, often beautifully designed and decorated. Not that this in itself necessarily improved the lot of the puppeteers, many of whom died penniless.
This is just an excerpt. The full text of this article is not yet available to members with online access to hidden europe. Of course you can also read the full article in the print edition of hidden europe 52.
About Rudolf Abraham
Rudolf Abraham is an award-winning travel writer and photographer specialising in Central and Eastern Europe – in particular Croatia, Slovenia, Austria and Montenegro. He is the author of a dozen books including Peaks of the Balkans, The Mountains of Montenegro, Walking in the Salzkammergut, Walks and Treks in Croatia, Torres del Paine and The Islands of Croatia, all published by Cicerone, National Geographic Traveller Croatia, and The Alpe Adria Trail, published by Bradt. He is co-author of Istria - The Bradt Travel Guide and has contributed to many more books including DK Eyewitness Slovenia and Unforgettable Journeys. His work is published widely in magazines.
Rudolf lives in London, and is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers. Find out more about his work at Rudolf Abraham Photography, or visit Rudolf Abraham | Travel Writer. You can also find him on Instagram at rudolfphoto.
source: https://www.hiddeneurope.eu/puppetry-in-prague-the-art-of-bringing-wood-to-life
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