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This Is The Year You Finally Start Watching Formula E. Here's Everything You Need To Know
Struggling to separate your Dragons from your Jaguars? We've got you covered with everything you need to know about the 2022 Formula E season.
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Formula E is back, back back!
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Formula E is back, baby! And this is the year you should finally get on board the electric racing hype train.
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This weekend sees the debut of the eighth season of the all-electric series. A lot has changed since Formula E first debuted in Beijing in 2014, when drivers had to swap cars halfway through the race. Now, it's a legitimate World Championship, and packs in close racing, fierce rivalries and cutting-edge tech.
So 2022 should really be the year you sit up and start watching.
To make sure you're up to speed and ready to follow all the on-track action in Saudi Arabia as soon as it kicks off, we've run through all the key changes going into season eight. Here, you'll find all the developments and dramas that you need in order to keep ahead of Formula E this year.
Season eight will be the final time that Formula E runs its Gen 2 cars. These machines were premiered in season five and have produced some stellar racing over the years.
In their final season, the Gen 2 cars offer 220kW of power during the race, which will rise to 250kW when drivers activate Attack Mode. This means that the car's base power level is 10 percent higher in the new season. Hopefully that means even closer, faster racing.
That extra power means that the Gen 2 car can accelerate from 0-62 mph in 2.8-seconds and can reach a top speed of 174 mph.
While the cars may look the same and have the same power output, they aren't identical across the grid. Each team's car comprises the same Spark-designed chassis and suspension, but then they are free to customize the drivetrain and software. This is what separates the pack come race day.
Screenshot: Formula E
While the cars stay the same this year, there's been changes to who runs them.
Audi and BMW are out, and Mercedes is preparing to race its final season in Formula E — which it enters as the defending double World Champions.
The departure of Audi means there are now 11 teams on the Formula E grid, each fielding two drivers. Defending champions Mercedes-EQ line up alongside Formula E heavyweights such as Jaguar TCS Racing, DS Techeetah, and Envision Racing.
After BMW left the sport, its former team has rebranded as Avalanche Andretti Formula E and is ready to take on ROKiT Venturi Racing, TAG Heuer Porsche, Nissan e.dams and Mahindra Racing, which picked up its maiden win in 2021.
Further down the pecking order, you'll find Dragon / Penske Autosport and Nio 333.
To take a closer look at the livery of each team, check out our definitive ranking of all the team's 2022 styles — and their similarities to a certain Taylor Swift album.
Photo: Peter Fox / Stringer (Getty Images)
The big Formula E driver news this year is that ex-Alfa Romeo F1 driver Antonio Giovinazzi (pictured above) is making the switch to electric racing. He'll join the Dragon / Penske Autosport team and partners Brazilian racer Sérgio Sette Câmara.
Elsewhere on the grid, former Formula E world champion Lucas di Grassi has joined ROKiT Venturi Racing after he lost his seat following the departure of Audi. His new partnership with two-time race winner Edoardo Mortara could be a spicy pairing when racing gets underway.
There's also change at Mahindra, where Oliver Rowland now partners with Alexander Sims. And that change means that the lineup at Nissan e.dams now comprises triple-race-winner Maximilian Günther and Sebastien Buemi.
Avalanche Andretti has also welcomed former Indy Lights champion OIiver Askew to the team, he partners Jake Dennis, who was one of last year's standout drivers. Finally, Nio 33 has signed rookie Dan Ticktum to race alongside Oliver Turvey.
The remaining five teams comprise:
Mercedes-EQ: Nyck de Vries & Stoffel Vandoorne
Jaguar TCS Racing: Sam Bird & Mitch Evans
DS Techeetah: Antonio Felix da Costa & Jean-Eric Vergne
Envision Racing: Robin Frijns & Nick Cassidy
TAG Heuer Porsche: Andre Lotterer & Pascal Wehrlein
Now, the real changes start.
For 2022, Formula E will run a new knockout qualifying format to set the grid for each race. Under the new rules, drivers will be divided between two groups of 11 based on their position in the Drivers' World Championship. Each group will have a 10-minute session in which drivers must set their fastest lap.
After this, the fastest four from each group progresses to the quarter-finals, or the "duel stage". This will see the drivers face off head-to-head, where they will battle with 250kW of power for a spot in the semi-final and then the final.
The winning driver of the final takes pole position and will line up on the grid alongside the runner-up in second. The semi-finalists will line up third and fourth, the quarter-finalists between fifth and eighth – according to their lap times.
It then gets a bit confusing with those who don't make it through to the knockout stage, as Formula E explains:
"The fifth to 12th-placed drivers who competed in the polesitter's group will fill the odd positions on the grid. The corresponding drivers from the other group will be classified in the even grid slots. So, if the polesitter comes from Group 1, the fifth placed driver in Group 1 will line up ninth on the starting grid and the fifth placed driver in Group 2 takes 10th and so on."
Understood? Good.
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Once the grid is set, it's time to race. And in Formula E, that means battling it out for 45 minutes, plus one final lap of racing.
The drivers will have 220 kW of power in their cars for the race, which is equivalent to 297 bhp. There's no need to stop and change tires in Formula E, so to add an element of strategy the sport introduced Attack Mode in its fifth season.
Attack Mode forces drivers off the racing line twice over each race. For doing this, they are rewarded with a boost of energy, taking their car's power up to 250 kW.
But there's more. As there's no possibility of re-charging the cars mid-race, drivers must be mindful of their energy use through the ePrix. Each driver begins a race with 52 kWh of usable energy and must monitor their usage as they accelerate, brake and try to pass other cars.
The cars are also fitted with regenerative braking technology, which tops up the charge of the battery when they brake into the corners.
It's because of this energy management that races often end with the pack leveling out in the closing stages. And that results in a close fight for the win.
Formula E also has similar safety calls to other motorsport series. The race director can throw a full-course yellow to neutralize the race if necessary. Or, if there's a big crash or a car fails in a hard-to-reach area, they can deploy the series' Porsche Taycan safety car.
Another big change this year is that Formula E will no longer reduce the amount of usable energy drivers have relative to the time spent under safety car conditions. Instead, Formula E will increase the time of the race as compensation for time spent both behind the safety car and under full course yellow conditions.
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Season eight will be Formula E's second as a recognized, FIA World Championship. That means Mercedes EQ and its driver Nyck de Vries will be out to defend their position as the constructors and drivers World Champions. So points at every race will be vital for any team or driver vying for the crown.
Formula E follows the same points scoring system as Formula 1, with 25 points awarded to the winner of a race, 18 for second and 15 for third. The rest of the top ten are awarded 12 for fourth, 10 for fifth, eight points for sixth, six points for seventh, four for the driver in eighth, two points for ninth place and just one point for whoever comes 10th.
There are, however, additional points up for grabs over a race day. Here's how Formula E dishes out the extra points:
"The driver starting at the front, from Julius Baer Pole Position, picks-up an extra three points, while the driver who sets the fastest lap during qualifying gets an additional point.
"During the race, the driver who completes the fastest lap also receives one additional point. However, the driver must finish in the top-10 places to gain the fastest lap bonus point. If not, then the driver in the top-10 with the next fastest lap takes the honor."
The Circuits
As with every year in Formula E, the calendar is made up of city circuits that pack the streets of major metropolises around the world.
The circuits Formula E visit are tight and twisting to challenge drivers but also feature plenty of fast sections to maximize overtaking opportunities.
This year, Formula E kicks off the season with two races in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Taking place in a UNESCO world heritage site, the 1.6 mile circuit comprises 21 corners and should take teams 1:08.811 to lap, if last year's fastest times are anything to go by.
After this, the season takes in races in Mexico City, Mexico; Cape Town, South Africa; Rome, Italy; Monaco; Berlin, Germany; China, New York, USA; Vancouver, Canada; London, UK; and Seoul, South Korea.
Cape Town, Vancouver, and Seoul are all brand new locations for Formula E in 2022. The series is also still to confirm the exact location for its race in China, and there remains one to-be-confirmed race that is set to take place in March.
As it stands, the calendar looks like this:
January 28-29, 2022: Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
February 12, 2022: Mexico City, Mexico
February 26, 2022: Cape Town, South Africa
March 19, 2022: to-be-confirmed
April 9, 2022: Rome, Italy
April 30, 2022: Monaco
May 14, 2022: Berlin, Germany
June 4, 2022: to-be-confirmed, China
July 2, 2022: Vancouver, Canada
July 16-17, 2022: New York City, USA
July 30-31, 2022: London, England
August 13-14, 2022: Seoul, South Korea
So, now that you know what to expect from the upcoming season, here's how to stay up to date with all the action.
In the past, Formula E has been a tricky sport to watch here in the US. But the best way to find out when and where a race will be on in your area is to check the Formula E website. In the United States, here's where you'll likely find certain events:
CBS Sports Network: races
CBS Online: practice and qualifying
Formula E YouTube: practice
Formula E website: practice
Formula E app: practice


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Cosmos (ATOM) Research Primer
This research primer is a guide to understanding Cosmos, a decentralized network of independent parallel blockchains. When referring to Cosmos, we mean the company as a whole, where ATOM is its native token. This research will explain what Cosmos does and its main use cases. It will delve into the primary methods to value ATOM and analyze the immediate risks of investing in Cosmos.
Cosmos was co-founded by Jae Kwon and Ethan Buchman in 2014, with the support of the Interchain Foundation (ICF), a Swiss company that supports R&D for secure, scalable, open, and decentralized networks. The ICO of the cosmos' native token ATOM was released in 2017, and the network was ready to use two years later. So far, Cosmos raised a total of $17M in its seven rounds of funding led by Paradigm and followed by 1confirmation, IOSG Ventures, Yield Ventures, Cardinal Capital in addition to Kenneth Bok, managing director of Blocks, a Web 3 advisory based in Singapore.
Cosmos is building a network of crypto networks, which all have access to open-sourced tools for streamlining transactions between them. Customizability and interoperability are its two main selling points. Fueled by BFT consensus algorithms like Tendermint (also co-founded by Kwon and Buchman) and its token — Cosmos wants to be home for an ecosystem of networks that can exchange data and tokens programmatically and in a decentralized manner.
In this report, we will offer an exhaustive overview of the Cosmos network, ATOM as a crypto asset, and discuss the various investment risks associated with ATOM — in addition to how an investor can think about the future value of its underlying cryptoasset. In addition, this report offers exhaustive coverage of Cosmos and ATOM available on the market.
Figure 1: ATOM Key Metrics (Source: CoinGecko)
Figure 2: 1-Year Historical Performance (Source: CoinMetrics)
How Cosmos Works
The founders behind Cosmos came to find blockchains working in silos, unable to communicate with each other and struggling to make big transactions at once. Cosmos wanted to fix these problems by proposing a system with two classes of blockchains, Hubs and Zones. Zones are regular heterogeneous blockchains that are kept connected by the Hubs.
To make the vision of interoperability and customization work, Cosmos has three foundation stones in place, Tendermint, Inter-blockchain Communications Protocol (IBC) and Cosmos SDK.
Tendermint helps developers build blockchains without having to code them from scratch, powered by the Tendermint Core, which is a PoS governance mechanism that keeps blockchains, or Zones, run in sync within the Cosmos Hub, the first Hub to be launched on Cosmos.
IBC is a mechanism that makes information travel freely and securely between the Zones.
To keep complexity to the minimum, the Cosmos SDK provides the Zones with most common functions like governance, tokens, and staking. If need be, developers can also add plugins for additional features or services.
A Zone is only required to create an IBC connection with a Hub, to exchange data and assets with other Zones connected to that Hub. That means Zones only need to establish a limited number of connections with a restricted set of Hubs instead of having to make a connection with each and every Zone. This system prevents double spending among Zones, because when a Zone receives a token from a Hub, it only needs to trust the origin Zone of this token and the Hub.
The Hub maintains and tracks the state of each Zone thanks to a steady stream of block commits from each zone that is connected to the Hub. Similarly, each Zone maintains track of the Hub's status, however the Zones themself only keep up with each other indirectly through the Hub. Powered by the IBC protocol, information packets are then exchanged from one Zone to another by publishing Merkle-proofs as proof that the data was sent and received.
Blockchains are composed of three layers, Application, Consensus, and Networking.
Application – Responsible for updating the state given a set of transactions, i.e. processing transactions.
Networking – Responsible for the propagation of transactions and consensus-related messages.
Consensus – Enables nodes to agree on the current state of the system.
Tendermint takes care of the last two layers, packaging them into a generic engine, the Tendermint Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) engine, to give developers space to concentrate on building their application layers. The Tendermint BFT solution also fixes the limitation of sovereignty, that way developers don't need to wait in long queues to get their transactions or other requests validated, as it is for application layers built on top of Ethereum for example. The Tendermint BFT engine is also connected to application layers by the Application Blockchain Interface (ABCI), a socket protocol that can understand any programming language developers wish to choose to meet their needs.
Blockchains that use fast-finality chains, or in other words Proof of Stake, can connect with Cosmos using the IBC protocol. However, blockchains that use probabilistic finality chains, or Proof of Work mechanisms, would find it challenging to connect to the network such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. That is exactly why Cosmos created a special proxy-chain called the Peg-Zone that bridges non-Tendermint blockchains by tracking the state of the blockchain in question. Peg-Zones have fast-finality and are therefore compatible with the IBC protocol allowing it to establish finality for the non-Tendermint blockchain it bridges.
The ATOM Token
ATOM is the native token of the Cosmos Hub, the very first blockchain that has been launched within the Cosmos network. However, due to the architecture of Cosmos, which potentially represents an ecosystem of thousands of different blockchains, each chain that is plugged into the Cosmos network will be able to use its own native token, which means Cosmos will be supporting many tokens in the future.
ATOM itself works similar to other Layer 1 utility tokens and allows stakeholders of the network to:
Pay network fees when transferring assets or interacting with applications
Staking, by bonding ATOM in order to earn block rewards, while securing the network
Participate in governance and vote on proposals
Token Distribution
In 2017, the Interchain Foundation had several private sales, followed by a public sale in April for roughly $17.6M.
The initial token distribution looked like the following:
5% went to the ICF's initial donors
10% went to the Interchain Foundation (ICF).
10% went to All in Bits, Inc. (AIB), the corporation behind Tendermint.
75% has been distributed according to the results of the private (68%) and public fundraisers (7%).
The State of Cosmos
Cosmos has rolled up its sleeves for a series of partnerships as well as new project launches to amplify its user experience and add more value to its network, making it more interoperable and easy to integrate. As of 30th of September 2020, eligible users on Coinbase have the opportunity to stake ATOM on the cryptocurrency exchange platform, collecting 5% rewards on their holdings. CoinDesk reported in October 2020, Cosmos gained some traction at Vellore Institute of Technology in southern India among students that compose "Cosmos India," a community that grew from only a few members to more than a thousand in less than nine months.
In March 2021, Tendermint announced the launch of the biggest investment vehicle for the Cosmos ecosystem, a $20 million venture fund to boost development. The announcement came right after the activation of the IBC protocol, changing the game of DeFi on the network. In July, Cosmos got its own DEX protocol, Gravity launched to enable DeFi across multiple chains. Secured by over $3 billion in digital assets, swaps and pools between any connected blockchains are made possible on the Cosmos Hub.
In July, Tendermint announced it was building a crypto app store called Emeris that would allow access to a range of decentralized applications, such as lending protocols and decentralized exchanges, all in the Cosmos ecosystem. The beta version of Emeris launched in September 2021 and is set to publicly launch in spring 2022. Emeris is said to lift the Cosmos user experience to new heights, help unleash the potential of Cosmos DeFi and take it to a wider audience.
On Emeris beta, users can transfer and trade assets between 12 different chains for the first time, access a decentralized exchange, with a trusted, stable and audited DEX protocol. Users can also earn competitive yield by participating in liquidity pools. As of writing, the average swap speed is 00.07 seconds and the average transaction fee is $0.08 in addition to a swap fee of 0.3%. Emeris aims to be the first one-stop portal to provide integrated wallet and multi-wallet support, access to multiple DeFi trading platforms, staking on multiple chains, and also a mobile wallet app.
Also in July, Cosmos announced it's banding with cross-chain data oracle Band Protocol to integrate with Starport, a development tool for the Cosmos blockchain allowing third-party developers to gain access to numerous new data feeds, such as token information, real-world events, sports, weather, and random number generation. This partnership meant that newly created chains in the Cosmos ecosystem would be able to exchange data via the IBC protocol, making the network even more interoperable and accessible.
Cosmos' cross-chain DEX Osmosis announced in January 2022 that it's expanding its horizons with the launch of a new bridge, the Gravity Bridge, that would enable trading for Ethereum-based assets. The Gravity Bridge will act as an IBC to Ethereum translator, it will be built by internet services provider Althea.
Cosmos Ecosystem
As mentioned before, the first blockchain resident in the Cosmos ecosystem was the Cosmos Hub, launched by Cosmos itself and under which Zones run in sync. There's an accelerating number of projects growing within the Cosmos network, including Terra (LUNA), ThorChain, Secret Network, Compound Gateway, Osmosis, Kava, and Akash.
The Future of Cosmos
There are quite some exciting milestones on the Cosmos roadmap for the year 2022. Obviously, one of the most important objectives is to onboard more blockchains that will plug into the Cosmos Network and ensure a seamless communication between them using IBC. However, there are also some powerful updates and features down the road, including Interchain Accounts, Interchain Security, Liquid Staking, and an expansion of its DeFi and NFT ecosystem.
The first upgrade that is expected in Q1 2022 is the Theta Upgrade. This will introduce Interchain Accounts, Liquid Staking and an NFT module, which will set the base for Cosmos' NFT ecosystem. Interchain Accounts will leverage IBC and allow users to own, manage and transfer their tokens throughout the entire interoperable ecosystem and access blockchain-specific applications from one single account. One account to rule them all!
Currently almost 60% of all ATOM in circulation is being staked, rewarding contributors with a yield up to 13% per year. With the introduction of the first version of Liquid Staking, which is planned to be released as early as February 2022, this number is most likely to increase. Liquid Staking will allow users to stake their ATOM with no lock-up period, while also receiving a derivative of their bonded assets, which they ultimately can use for liquidity mining or other DeFi activities.
Interchain Security is another key feature that will be implemented with the Rho Upgrade, which is expected to take place in Q2 2022. It will enable Cosmos chains to effectively lease a set of security services to one another, allowing new chains to bootstrap their ecosystems, while enjoying solid security features right from the start. By staking ATOM on the Cosmos Hub, validators and delegators will be able to collect rewards on multiple chains in different tokens. ATOM stakers will therefore benefit from early access to new and innovative projects and greater token utility, while at the same time allowing new chains to get exposure of their tokens to Cosmos community members early on.
Cosmos' ambition is to connect 200 blockchains in the year 2022. This would obviously unlock an unprecedented amount of liquidity and capital flows throughout all connected blockchains, which would be a massive tailwind for Cosmos' DeFi. Moreover, UX and UI is still a massive challenge in DeFi and the crypto space in general, however, with the implementation of Emeris, the internet of blockchains will get a professional looking interface to track and manage assets. Emeris currently focuses on portfolio visualization, digital asset management and service discovery and will soon bring features like auto-compounding staking, airdrop tracker and cross-chain DEX aggregation.
On paper, the future Cosmos looks bright. If the internet of blockchains potentially solves one of the biggest obstacles in crypto, the lack of interoperability, and succeeds in connecting thousands of layer 1s and applications, this could mean a massive boost not only for the Cosmos network but for the entire crypto space.
Valuing Cosmos
A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of a crypto asset's intrinsic value can be derived from a few key fundamentals. The first way we can think of when assessing the potential value of Cosmos' native asset, ATOM, is carrying out a market sizing exercise to compare its value to that of its main competitors as its target market. By also looking at the total addressable market, we would be able to evaluate the factors that contribute to ATOM's value. The final method would be using two metrics, number of transactions and their respective fees, to compare the revenue share.
The chart below shows the current market capitalization of Cosmos compared to Ethereum, Solana, Terra, Avalanche and Polkadot. Ethereum represents what the market has judged as the current best use-case of blockchain technology while the smart contracts use case can be argued to be just as valuable in the long term. However, Avalanche with its Subnets or Polkadot with its Parachains are comparable projects with a more similar network architecture and serve as comparison for ecosystem development.
The bull case for Cosmos is that it fulfills its vision as the "Internet of Blockchains'' connecting thousands of crypto asset networks such as Ethereum, Solana, Fantom or even Polkadot; in a similar way to the internet is a decentralized network that connects individual platforms such as Facebook, Amazon and Google. Even though applications can be deployed on the Cosmos Hub blockchain itself, the majority of value and the future potential is derived from the rate of adoption of Comos as the primary hub for interoperability between various Layer 1s. Looking at the current blockchains and projects that are plugged into the Cosmos network, which includes prominent players like Terra and Binance, we can see that the combined market cap, according to the Cosmos website, sits at $157B with a total of 49 apps and services. Although only 28 of those are currently active and IBC-enabled, this theoretically still makes it the second biggest ecosystem after Ethereum, which as of writing this report holds a market capitalization of $380B. Comparing the price and the state of the network to its closest competitor Polkadot, we could assume that Cosmos is currently undervalued.
Total Addressable Market
It's important to note that Cosmos doesn't necessarily compete with other projects, unlike the current rivalry between Layer 1s. It's potential total addressable market is therefore the entire crypto market, leveraging the Cosmos Network as the underlying Layer 0, tying everything together. If we would assume Metcalfe's law, which states that the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users, that means that Cosmos could see exponential growth when continuing to plug in new blockchains into its ecosystem. This ultimately wouldn't only increase the value of ATOM, but every crypto network that's being part of the network. This is a win-win situation for all parties involved.
Revenue generation is often a key metric when assessing network value. By assessing the total number of transactions and the average cost per transaction we are able to estimate the total revenue generated. Fees and revenue are a good signal for the overall demand for a given smart contract platform and arguably the strongest barometer of fundamental growth. Cosmos' estimated total annualized revenue currently sits at around $1.38M, which is obviously minor compared to Ethereum's $15B, yet an indication of the potential upside for the project. Taking into account the various upgrades and upcoming milestones on the roadmap, the probability of this trend to continue seems very likely in tandem with increased demand and therefore more economic activity on the Cosmos Hub.
Even though the Cosmos mainnet launched in March 2019, the network itself is still in an embryonic state. The network is still evolving by implementing new upgrades and changes to the protocol, which could introduce bugs, code vulnerabilities, or adversely affect the crypto network. These smart contract failures and other technical issues that will only be fathomable in hindsight not in foresight due to the fact that this is a novel technology. This is a risk that essentially all crypto projects are exposed to. However, at 21Shares, we've monitored the Cosmos ecosystem and saw how the Tendermint consensus mechanism was widely battle tested. With LUNA being the largest real-world application alongside Cosmos, our thesis is that only time, and the development that happens underway, will prove how efficient consensus becomes.
The cryptocurrency market is known for its tremendous volatility, making it a risky investment. If the price of a token declines suddenly, an investor stands to lose a lot of money. Crypto projects are still considered to be risk-on assets, therefore macroeconomic dynamics can have a significant impact on price movements and volatility. Investing in crypto assets is nothing for the fainthearted, as many investors are unable to cope with the severe ups and downs. The crypto space is continuously changing, with both benefits and problems. As mentioned above, the Cosmos network is still in its infancy, therefore investors will see themselves exposed to an innovative and bleeding edge technology, which obviously bears certain financial risks, while offering an attractive potential upside.
Regulatory Risks
Like many other crypto projects, Cosmos was initially funded by a private token sale and ICO and is therefore potentially vulnerable to some level of regulatory scrutiny. However, due to Cosmos' decentralized network infrastructure and used as a payment mechanism,, it is less likely to be on the radar of regulatory authorities. Therefore the likelihood of serious regulatory scrutiny from any governmental body for Cosmos itself is relatively low. Although this doesn't include regulations that might impact the crypto space as a whole, Cosmos sits in a relatively safe spot compared to other crypto assets.
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I am lucky enough to have my hand dyed silk scarves for sale in several gallery shops around the province and also at Talisman Books on Pender Island. Look for them at Craft Connection in Nelson, The Old School House in Qualicum Beach, Two Rivers Gallery in Prince George, Comox Valley Art Gallery in Courtenay,and Campbell River Art Gallery. I also sell my scarves on my Etsy store Three Fates Studio.
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Health Pincer Movement Cuts Funding
Rosalie Woodruff MP - Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Tags: Health, Hospitals, Allied Health, Federal Budget
Rosalie Woodruff MP | Greens Health spokesperson
Tasmania's hopes of extra health funding to make up for what we lost under Prime Minister Abbott haven't been realised. When it comes to the health spend in the Federal Budget we've been done over badly.
When Premier Hodgman went to Canberra in March he failed to win back the $156M his Canberra colleagues slashed from our health budget. The best he could get was an extra $54M over the next three years, which is nowhere near enough.
The combination of a Liberal State and Federal Government has left sick Tasmanians worse off. We are chronically underfunded in the area of public health.
Primary health care has been a big loser in this budget. Doctors have described the continued Medicare rebate freeze as the straw that will break the camel's back, stretching practices and forcing them to pass on the shortfall to patients.
Essential services in regional areas will be $10M worse off next year, losing over a third of their projected funding. This doesn't bode well for Allied Health services in Southern Tasmania and on the East Coast.
The Budget confirms that the Turnbull Government won't extend the $325M Tasmanian Health Assistance Package granted in the 2012 Budget.
We have an older and more chronically ill population than the rest of the country, as well as a Health Minister who hasn't succeeded in securing an extension of funding that Tasmania obviously still needs.
Sick Tasmanians deserve better than they are getting from their State and Federal Liberal governments.
Tasmanian Health Forgotten in Federal B...
The gradual withdrawal of Commonwealth health funding over the last few years exposes the dire state of Tasmania's public health system.
Allied Health Professionals' Plea...
HACSU's letter paints a disturbing picture about the impact on patients and staff from chronic underfunding of services.
Extra $220M to Health in Greens' A...
The Greens' Alternative Budget prioritises what Tasmanians most want, fixing the State's health system - currently at breaking point.
The Greens have discussed our energy strategy on numbers of occasions in this House since we tabled it early this year.
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Just like someone's sculpture or painting, music is also owned by the artist. So, if someone "allows" you to pick any song for your wedding videos, then what they are doing is actually illegal.
Here is an example: Let's say you wanted a song from a well known artist like Coldplay or Keith Urban to be the background music for your wedding video. If I purchased the song on iTunes, then I do own the song, but that does not allow me to use the artist's work for commercial gain. I would have to contact the record label directly to secure the licensing to use that song. The cost of licensing a song from a well known artist can cost thousands and thousands of dollars.
SO WHY DO OTHER WEDDING VIDEOGRAPHERS ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN?
The answer is simple: commercial gain. And money. It makes your image as a professional wedding videographer look better if you allow the bride and groom to choose their own music. That is a fact. But it doesn't change the fact that what they are doing is illegal. Obtaining the rights to use a particular song from a well known artist can be a fairly lengthy process and the cost for most is too much to bear.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO FOR MUSIC?
I license all my wedding music through a website called "The Music Bed". The Music Bed takes care of all the licensing with the record labels on their end. So, when I'm ready to create a great wedding video, I hop on their website and search through their massive catalog of songs until I find just the right one. I purchase the license for that song which then allows me to use that song for your wedding video.
The good news is that I have had people request specific songs and those songs happen to be on The Music Bed for licensing!
DO WE HAVE TO KEEP PAYING FOR THE LICENSE?
No. That is another great thing about The Music Bed is that once you purchase a license to a song, it is yours forever.
HAVE YOU EVER CREATED A VIDEO WITHOUT LICENSING THE MUSIC?
Yes... When I first started shooting, I created a lot of videos for my church. I had no idea that music licensing was a thing. It wasn't until years later when I went online to watch some of those original videos that I realized that the audio had been removed because of Copyright infringement. This could happen to your wedding video.
YouTube now has the ability to "FLAG" your video if it feels as if the video has copyrighted music attached to it. You then have to prove that you obtained the licensing necessary for them to add the audio back to the video.
I think it's important that all artist's work is appreciated. Since I started shooting professionally, I have licensed every single song in every video I have shot. This is important to me because I want to be fair to the music artist. Without their music, my wedding videos wouldn't be nearly as exciting.


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Olivia Culpo Puts Her Take on the Athleisure Look in Sports Bra & Leggings Set With All-White Nikes
Olivia Culpo co-ordinated the sport look in her Instagram Stories yesterday when she showed fans how to make whipped coffee.
In her stories, Culpo showed how to make whipped coffee and guided fans through every step of the process. Throughout history, the 28-year-old Model Squad star seemed to be wearing a sold-out Alo Yoga set that she had worn before. The sports bra and leggings are available in a fun, teal color with a fluid finish. Both parts are sold out on Carbon38.com.
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For shoes, the Miss Universe 2012 chose pure white sneakers from Nike. The kicks showed reflective Swoosh details and a curved silhouette. Culpo wore her hair in loose waves and didn't seem to wear jewelry.
While Culpo chose sneakers for her video on how to make coffee at home, the influencer can often be found in high heels to perform on duty. The actress "I Feel Pretty" was seen at red carpets and other events in designer shoes and often chose classic pumps with pointed toes by Jimmy Choo, Stuart Weitzman and Giuseppe Zanotti.
Of course, Culpo can sometimes be found in more glamorous shoes, even when she is at home. For example, the A-Lister was ready for a cocktail hour on June 16 and posed in a white crop top and Y / project jeans in combination with high-heeled thong sandals with square toes by Bottega Veneta. The style is available at Luisaviaroma.com for $ 840.
Over the years, Culpo has completed a number of top-class fashion and beauty deals. Born in Rhode Island, she has earned fame in paid partnerships with Schwarzkopf, Tiffany & Co. and Stella Artois, among others. In addition, the model has worked with several fashion brands over the years, including Express, PrettyLittleThing and Marled by Reunited.
Below we've summarized a selection of white sneakers to give you a look similar to Culpo.
To buy: Asics Gel-Contend 5 SL, $ 34 to $ 130.
Nike, running shoes
To buy: Nike Tanjun women's running shoes, $ 49 (previously $ 65).
on, cloud 2.0, sneakers, white
To buy: On Cloud 2.0, $ 130.
Click through the gallery to take a look at Olivia Culpo's best street style ensembles in recent years.
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Liberal-progressive-socialist state planners are not as successful as private investors in satisfying consumers' wants.
Thank you, Thomas, for your views on the Darwinian aspects of true capitalism. Survival of the fittest.
I am still waiting (patiently) to hear which conservative candidate you plan to support in the upcoming presidential race.
Judging by this piece, I suspect you are in the Romney camp, but I cannot be sure.
It's quite a stretch to detect social Darwinism in this post.
A point I endeavored to make in the article was that government's so-called investments are almost always guided by political considerations, not economic ones.
Granted it's a Keynesian precept that government spending on anything (digging holes one day, re-filling then the next, re-digging them the third, and so on, ad infinitum) will be money well spent, because Keynes tells us such will revive an economy and eliminate unemployment. In that light. and possibly in your view, Solyandra was a roaring success, even though it was an economic sink hole.


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Airbus A220 has been certified ETOPS 180 (Photo / Video)
By Sorin Rusi	 Last updated NEVER eat. , NEVER
On 14 January 2019, Airbus A220 was certified ETOPS 180 by Transport Canada (Canadian Civil Aviation Authority). Thus, Airbus A220 can fly up to 180 minutes away from the nearest operational airport.
The notion of ETOPS was introduced by ICAO through 1980 and represents a set of rules that commercial aircraft with 2 engines must adhere to in order to operate flights, being more than 60 minutes flight time from the nearest airport. .
A220, ETOPS 180 certificate
Some time ago I wrote an article through which I answered the question "Why airplanes don't always fly in a straight line? ". One of the points mentioned in the article refers to the most efficient route, but it must also be the safest.
Commercial aircraft with 2 engines can fly on different routes, but they have several backup airports in the flight plan so they can land in an emergency.
According to the ETOPS 180 certificate, an A220 aircraft can fly on a certain trajectory that allows it to be at 180 minutes of flight to the nearest airport. And the ultimate test is that the plane can fly in an engine this distance to the nearest airport.
This ETOPS certification opens new horizons for the Airbus A220 family of aircraft. Airlines can operate this type of aircraft on different flight paths much more efficient, even over seas and oceans.
Airbus A220 could operate flights on the routes London - New York, Los Angeles - Honolulu or Auckland - Papeete. We remind you that the Airbus A220 has a flight range of up to 5920 kilometers.
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New creative teams. New series. New directions. New beginnings. It all kicks off this July with CAPTAIN AMERICA #1!
Fans will be able to read the first Captain America story from Ta-Nehisi Coates and Leinil Yu in the Avengers/Captain America Free Comic Book Day issue, on sale May 5th – and can view the back cover art of the issue by Leinil Yu for the first time now!
For more information on CAPTAIN AMERICA, including an exclusive commentary from Ta-Nehisi Coates, visit The Atlantic.


This project was inspired by (okay,stolen from) Deep Space Sparkle, one of my favorite online art teachers.
Please see her original post that is so awesome.
See my Kids Art Projects Pinterest for more super ideas!
Wow! Didn't the students do well?! Love the pictures.
I think they turned out super cute!


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FishWrap: How Venturebeat got its beat on . . . Sock-puppet media. . .and why YHOO staff might be upset by MSFT pull out
[Wrapping up the week in three dots . . .]
How Venturebeat got it's beat on . . .
Matt Marshall, founder of VentureBeat talks about how his online publication got started and how it transitioned from a blog to a media company. He is talking at the Innovation Journalism conference 2008 at Stanford University.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=648584396342126970&hl=en
Reading the tea leaves in Silicon Valley car parks . . .
I've had the great pleasure of meeting Stephen Quinn, a journalism professor at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. We've met at a couple of conferences during his six week visit to the US and now he is heading back on Monday. He says the time passed in the wink of an eye. He says he has been inspired by Silicon Valley and his time at Stanford University--and how people are so willing to share information and ideas. "Back home the academic life is more monastic, people retreat into their offices behind closed doors."
He was telling me about a recent visit to Yahoo with a friend. His friend is a car buff and he was awed by the large number of very new and very expensive cars in the parking lot. $85k plus BMWs seemed to be a popular choice.
I said that was interesting because I had recently visited the Googleplex and I noticed the rather pedestrian collection of cars in the GOOG HQ car park: Hondas, Toyotas, etc, it could have been the car park at a K-Mart -- nothing special caught my eye.
I'm wondering if some Yahoo employees might have spent their Microsoft retention bonuses a little prematurely?
Reinventing Michael Kannelos . . .
I ran into Michael Kanellos and didn't realize that he is now the former editor-at-large at CNET News.com and is now working as an analyst at Greentech Media.
"After many years at News.com people kept telling me that it was time to reinvent myself," he said. I joked that he shouldn't pay attention to what his wife says (!)
For the growing numbers of PR people out there, it is one less journalist to pitch.
Good luck to Michael in his new gig.
Shel Israel sock puppet interviews Dan Farber . . .
The unstoppable Loren Feldman :-)... (Hat tip: Accman Dennis Howlett)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIYy3jddnG4
The man behind the sock puppet revealed!
Wow! Mike Arrington needs constant attention!!!
From 1938 Media: This Is What I Have To Deal With Or Why Mike Arrington Is An Ass
http://www.1938media.com/this-is-what-i-have-to-deal-with-or-why-mike-arrington-is-an-ass/
Monday I'm off to Japan. I'm going as a guest of Lunarr and I'll be blogging as much as I can, visits with Japanese ministry officials and Japanese startups, plus a deep dive into Tokyo with my expert guide Hideshi Hamaguchi. I can't wait!


HOUMA � Over the course of a decade, a mother and son�s exploitative relationship with a 92-year-old man allowed them to use his credit cards, steal valuable belongings and sell more than $500,000 in bonds he�d saved for his retirement, according to police.
Together they allegedly stole an estimated $1 million.
Candace Ann Rodrigue, 45, 113 Royal St., Houma, was arrested Wednesday and charged with exploitation of the infirm. Her son, William Rice Jr., 24, 116 Oleander St., Chauvin, was arrested Friday and charged with the same offense.
Both are being held in lieu of a $500,000 cash-only bond.
Their relationship with the elderly man began when his wife, who was being cared for by Rodrigue, died, investigators said. After the death, Rodrigue began working for the man as a caretaker.
The ongoing investigation has found thousands of dollars in thefts, police said.
After gaining the man�s confidence, Rodrigue began using his credit cards and stealing bonds from his home, police said. She lived with him for several years but moved to a new home before her arrest.
Rodrigue allegedly stole more than $500,000 in bonds, but police said she likely received less than their total value. Investigators suspect she sold them for $500 to $2,000 apiece to support an alleged drug habit.
Rodrigue also used the money to buy a car, truck, riding lawnmower and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, according to investigators. She also put a down payment on a house.
During the recent hurricanes, police said, Rodrigue stole and sold the man�s generator, leaving him without electricity.
�They left him with only a kerosene lamp,� detective Travis Theriot said.
Theriot said Rodrigue also asked the man for money to repair his house for damages that never existed. Rice was arrested because he was also in possession of stolen bonds, police said.
The man�s children, who were aware of his relationship with Theriot and Rice, brought evidence of the stolen bonds to the Terrebonne Parish District Attorney�s Office, triggering Houma Police�s investigation, officers said.
Police said they arrested Rodrigue Tuesday night at the Red Carpet Inn on Bayou Black Drive, where she has been living since the storms. Her son was arrested Friday at a friend�s house in Chauvin, police said.


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Why the World Needs Archbishop Sheen
Shane Kapler
An Interview with Dr. Peter Howard
It's hard to spend ten minutes on Facebook without coming across at least two quotes from Archbishop Sheen:
"The devil may have his hour, but God will have His Day."
"There are not more than one hundred people in the world who truly hate the Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they perceive to be the Catholic Church."
You flip channels and there he is on EWTN. I hear him on local Catholic radio. My teen pulls him up on YouTube. With this kind of ongoing impact, the announcement of Sheen's beatification was met with incredible excitement…that quickly gave way to frustration at news of a delay. To better understand this development, as well as Sheen's ongoing impact upon the faithful, Catholic Exchange reached out to Dr. Peter Howard, one of the world's foremost Sheen scholars and founder of the Fulton Sheen Institute.
Shane Kapler: Within a three week period we moved from the joyful announcement that Pope Francis had approved Archbishop Sheen's beatification to the surprising announcement that the Diocese of Rochester had requested, and been granted, an indefinite delay of the beatification. Would you cast some light on the matter for CE's readers and explain what will likely happen next?
Dr. Howard: First, we need Sheen now more than ever and this current saga over his beatification only confirms that he is the general the Church in America needs in this critical hour, and the devil does not want that. The facts of Sheen's cause are the following: Sheen's life has already undergone the most exhaustive investigation conducted by the highest levels of the Church in conjunction with the Diocese of Peoria. The conclusion: Fulton Sheen was declared to have lived a life of heroic virtue and worthy of the title "Venerable" (2012).
Since that time, the Congregation of Saints has approved a miracle that was obtained through Fulton Sheen's intercession – a miracle authenticated by Pope Francis himself – which cleared the way for Sheen to be beatified (declared "Blessed") by the Church. The liturgy (that was scheduled originally for Dec 21, 2019) was simply the occasion to proclaim what the Church has already declared as fact. That being the case, what followed afterward by the Diocese of Rochester and then by Rome is perplexing. Monsignor James Kruse, Vicar General of the Diocese of Peoria, has presented the facts and history surrounding Rome's unprecedented decision to subordinate and surrender its own completed and adjudicated investigation of Sheen's episcopal leadership to secular authorities. The history recounted by Kruse rather clearly points to certain US bishops sabotaging the cause of Fulton Sheen at every pivotal advance.
What will likely happen next? Rome will wait for the release of the NY AG report on the Diocese of Rochester and confirm what it already knew — that Sheen's administrative record was clean; and the beatification will be rescheduled, provided Rochester doesn't try another obstructionist stunt.
Kapler: Archbishop Sheen seems to have gained an incredible popularity among Catholics in their twenties and thirties, a generation who never heard him on radio or viewed his Life is Worth Living on ABC. To what do you attribute this phenomenon?
Dr. Howard: The young want to know how the Church and the world has arrived at what Sheen called this "apocalyptic" moment in history. The world has abandoned God and as a result has completely lost sense of reality. This younger generation is crying out: "Is there anyone out there who has clear answers to this 'dark night' of reason in the world and the vacuum of holiness and leadership that is in the Church?" Well, into this intellectually, morally and spiritually bankrupt civilization, God sends Sheen as a prophet for our times. Sheen provides a blueprint to lead the world—especially the Church in America—back to God and help this broken and wounded civilization discover anew what it means to be human made in the image of God.
The younger generations are searching for purpose and Sheen addresses them with clarity and in a language practically anyone can understand. He unfolds a path on which they will find their reason for living, starting with the most basic of questions: Why am I here? Should I believe in God? If so, which God? And how should that affect the way I live? What Sheen ultimately gives them is a complete itinerary of the Christian philosophy of life that will yield the fulfillment and happiness they seek.
When the young discover that the answers to their longings are found attractively in the life and teachings of Sheen, they choose him as their guide, their spiritual director, their spiritual father, their general. That is exactly what happened to me in my mid-twenties.
Kapler: Both the Church and the nation Sheen loved so dearly are passing through times of great strife and confusion. In a nutshell, what would be Sheen's prescription for our malady?
Dr. Howard: Well, Sheen first had to diagnose the malady and it boils down to civilization rejecting God, Catholics progressively leaving their moral, spiritual and missionary Christian duties unfulfilled, and then trying to build a new and false humanity and world order in which man has sought to remake God in its own image. As a result, humanity has become completely disordered in body, mind, and spirit. And for America, in particular, Sheen emphasized it has a spiritual void over which today's cultural battle is being fought. America must rediscover its soul, find its true heart and return to its true Christian roots, or its end is imminent.
Sheen's prescription for rebuilding the Church and for America to find its soul is threefold. The first is anthropological: The Church and the nation must rediscover what it means to be made in the image of God. The second is philosophical: The Church and America must reject the atheism and materialism of Marxism in all its forms. (It has progressively permeated and contaminated all aspects of American society.) The third is spiritual: The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution created a spiritual vacuum that had to be filled. The Catholic Church needed to step in and fill it, but did not really begin to do so until Fulton Sheen. Sheen was emphatic that the Church in America (priests and laity alike) needed to be rebuilt upon the spiritual foundations of adoration of Jesus in the Eucharist and a true devotion to Mary. Sheen lived these through his daily commitment to the Eucharistic holy hour, his lived consecration to Mary's Immaculate Heart and daily recitation of the Holy Rosary.
Kapler: Your book, The Woman, is the most in-depth study of Sheen's Mariology to date. With the Marian title of "co-redemptrix" recently in the news, how do Sheen's insights serve the Church's perennial desire to better understand Our Lady's role in our lives?
Dr. Howard: Sheen's understanding and teaching on the role of Our Blessed Mother is refreshing because it is profoundly biblical and intimately personal. The more we understand the Blessed Mother in terms of her relationship to God, the more we understand about her relationship to us, and the more connected we find ourselves to her love and care of us. For example, "co-redemptrix" is a rich theological term which literally means "a woman who is a co-worker in God's plan of redemption." In other words, "a woman who co-redeems." This is a loaded theological subject. However, it can be simply understood as Sheen explains it one of two ways: The first is in relation to what took place at the Annunciation. God asked Mary to give Him a human nature by which and through which He would suffer, die and redeem humanity. From that moment, Mary became inseparable to God's plan of redeeming humanity's and therefore God's unique "coredemptrix".
According to Sheen, the Church is the "mystical prolonging" of the mystery of the Incarnation in the life of every Christian. In other words, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we "re-live" the historical life of Christ, which began at the Annunciation, when He chose Mary to be His Mother and Mary said, "Fiat" to begin a new creation (as God's first creation began with His word, "Fiat."). From the moment the Word became Flesh in Mary, she raised and nurtured our Redeemer throughout His life. And when His earthly life was in its last moments on the Cross, He gave Mary to be the mother of all who would be "born again" (or "born from above") and have Christ now live in and through them as He did when He first came, with, in and through Mary.
So, for Sheen, the second way to understand Mary's role as co-redemptrix in the most personal terms is Mary's maternal role as the "New Eve". What Eve was to the original humanity, the mother of all living, Mary is to all who live in Christ. As Adam's physical, generative powers to increase the human race were united inseparably to Eve, so are the Divine generative and redemptive powers of Christ, the New Adam, united completely and inseparably to Mary, the New Eve (Christ called her "woman" at the Cross to make this reality clear). At the Cross Mary mystically assumes her role as the Mother of all who partake in the "new humanity." Christ's historical life began when the Holy Spirit mystically united Himself to Mary at the Annunciation. We enter into Christ's life at baptism, receiving Mary as our mother to form and nurture us with the Holy Spirit, so that Jesus can fully live in us. In short, as Mary was to Christ the Head during his earthly life, so she is to His Mystical Body, the Church, and every Christian in it.
Kapler: Part of your mission at the Fulton Sheen Institute is bringing the Archbishop's wisdom and wit directly to the people. If a parish or conference wanted to schedule you to speak, how would they go about that, and what could they expect?
Dr. Howard: What Sheen prescribed to our wounded world as the three-fold path back to Jesus Christ, the Healer, is at the very heart, purpose and mission of the Fulton Sheen Institute. Through live speaking events, retreats, parish missions, podcasts, webinars, online mini-courses and live intensive course immersions, the Fulton Sheen Institute brings the wisdom of Fulton Sheen to this generation's most pressing questions: What's the purpose and meaning of life? What's wrong with the world and how do we fix it? How can we rebuild our nation and our Church upon a culture of life, based on the full truth about God, man and creation? As Fulton Sheen put it, "In this error infested world, what we need is a church and an authority that's right. Not right when the world is right. But one that is right when the world is wrong."
This "saint for our times" is a saint for all the world, but right now the Fulton Sheen Institute is especially focused on the United States. It's here that he was given his special mission, and Catholic Americans must understand why. I am very excited to announce that the key event offered by the Fulton Sheen Institute in 2020 is "Visions of Our Future: Fulton Sheen's Plan for a Great America." This event is an engaging 3-hour event that goes right to the heart of the cultural war in America today… a war that Ven. Fulton Sheen prophesied over 80 years ago! In it we'll discuss the enemy we're up against, the true meaning of freedom, the choice we face in America today, the critical role the Eucharist must play in turning America back to God, and how America's special relationship with Our Blessed Mother is our greatest hope. Through Sheen's insights, dialed in to God's wisdom, we'll discover America's true path to greatness, and the hope that our best years are still ahead.
During this most critical election year, I invite you to discover Fulton Sheen's prophetic vision for a great America. Book now for our evening event "Visions of Our Future" at fultonsheen.institute/booking
image: An undated portrait of Fulton J. Sheen by Harris & Ewing, Inc. / Library of Congress (Public Domain).
Tagged as: Best of Week, canonization, Fulton Sheen
By Shane Kapler
Shane Kapler is the author of The Epistle to the Hebrews and the Seven Core Beliefs of Catholics, Through, With, and In Him: The Prayer Life of Jesus and How to Make It Our Own and The God Who is Love: Explaining Christianity From Its Center. He can be found online at www.explainingchristianity.com.


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Q: Iron Router and Meteor 1.0.2.1 When I run on my computer, everything inorder, and when the load on meteor.chom then receive  message "iron:router Organize your Meteor application."
That's my file with configs
Router.route( '/', function(){
if (this.ready()) {
    this.render('content', {});
 } else {
    this.render('Loading');
}}

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'Content' - template with my data.
There are link on one of template : Convert to CSV and download.
That's configurations for it
Router.route('/csv', {
  where: 'server',
  action: function () {
    var filename = 'venues' + '.csv';
    var csv = new CSV1();

    var fileData =  csv.fromJsonToCsv(Venues.find().fetch());

    var headers = {
      'Content-type': 'text/csv',
      'Content-Disposition': "attachment; filename=" + filename
    };
    this.response.writeHead(200, headers);
    return this.response.end(fileData);
  }
});

Why server (meteor.com) send message (error) ?
And second questions: Link "Convert to CSV and download" is work only after first click. How this fix? Needed that it working after on all clicks.

A: Seeing "iron:router Organize your Meteor application." means either that you don't have routing code on your site or that there's an error in the router code.  Have you looked at the server console output to see what's going on?  Your first router code sample works perfectly in a minimal test app I've created here.

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Better Playlist Editing
Ugh, we know, in Grooveshark 1.0 it is a royal pain in the ass to edit playlists. For various reasons the playlist editing system in 1.0 is a hack on top of a hack. For Grooveshark 2.0 the playlist editing system has finally been rewritten. Aside from a brand new, far less annoying interface, the actual mechanisms for modifying a playlist are vastly improved.
In Grooveshark 1.0, the way most people edit a playlist is to load it up into their queue, most songs around in the queue, add new songs to the queue, etc., and then save the queue, overwriting their existing playlist. If you just want to change the order of your playlist, technically you can do so by opening the playlist page, and clicking the up or down arrow to move a song up or down one position at a time. That means if you have a song in position 10 and you want it to be the first song on the list, you have to click up 9 times.
In Grooveshark 2.0, playlists fully support drag and drop actions. You can still save your queue as a playlist if you like, but you can also edit a playlist by dragging songs into it, dragging songs to the trash to delete them, and moving songs up and down on the list by, you guessed it, dragging them!
Here's a screenshot with drag and drop in action.
Click to see full size


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Afflictions & Departures
By Madeline Sonik
WINNER — City of Victoria Butler Book Prize
Finalist, Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction
Nominated for the BC National Award for Canadian non-Fiction
Afflictions & Departures is a collection of first-person experiential essays. However, this is not the realm of traditional memoir—in addition to incidents and feelings recaptured from memory, Sonik seeks out connections between the microcosm of the daily events of her childhood and adolescence, and the social, historical, and scientific trends of the time.
Afflictions & Departures begins by considering the turbulent and changing nature of the world in the late 1950s and early 1960s—the world in which the author was conceived and born. Like many couples of that era, Madeline Sonik's parents focused on shared social and economic ambitions at the expense of authentic personal feeling. These ambitions would erode and, by the 1970s, completely collapse.
These essays are as incisive as they are moving, and leave the reader with a sense of history as it was lived, not as it is codified in countless textbooks.
Praise for Afflictions & Departures:
"Startlingly original, Madeline Sonik's moving story of her childhood defies all our expectations of memoir. She captures crystalline moments of childhood memory and links them in a daisy-chain with corresponding events of the tumultuous societal change taking place outside her home. It is North America in the 1960s and 70s and her letter-perfect, child's-eye view of the world brings back that time with such intensity that the reader can almost smell and taste it. Droll, tragic, and absolutely compelling, Afflictions and Departures is a visceral portrayal of a family imploding."
—Jury, Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction
"Her memory is dustless, capacious, uncanny. With a storyteller's skill and a poet's depth of vision, she recreates her childhood with one eye on her family and the other on the larger world. Significant cultural markers sit side-by-side with the small, painful intensities of her childhood. This memoir is crammed with pathos, yet is written with a light touch. I adore the narrator who never falls into self-pity or narcissism. The clarity of her vision makes the prose gleam and transforms autobiography into art."
—Lorna Crozier, author of Small Beneath the Sky
"From the patchwork craziness of a sixties and seventies suburban childhood, Madeline Sonik has fashioned a singular coming-of-age story in which the age itself assumes a starring role. Sharply observed, hilarious, and heartbreaking, Afflictions & Departures is a wise, tender, and beautifully written book."
—Susan Olding, author of Pathologies: a life in essays
"Accomplished author Madeline Sonik delivers a standout memoir … Afflictions and Departures may well become your nostalgia, whether it's based on your time period and location or not. It's no wonder Afflictions and Departures was long-listed for the B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction and shortlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize."
"…the broadness of her vision and the deftness with which she fits together surprising pieces of reality is evocative of Joan Didion's masterful non-fiction. … Afflictions & Departures is a beautiful book, fusing fact and feeling, the specific and universal, the domestic with the whole wide world, and the effect is a dazzling synergy."
"Honesty has to be at the centre of any memoir, and Afflictions & Departures pulsates with raw, straightforward truth. … Sonik has overcome enormous challenges and turned them into literary jewels. This book encourages readers to think about family, memory and history — and above all, resilience."
—Candace Fertile, Times Colonist
"Vivid and compelling, Afflictions & Departures can't help but make you reexamine your own life, and take another look back at the family and friends who helped shape you into who you are today."
—John Threlfall, former editor of Monday Magazine
"The story that Sonik—now a poet, novelist, children's author and professor in the University of Victoria's writing program—shares is by turns dark and poignant, tender and hopeful, and one that anchors her to the world, in which we still suffer despite our historical progress."
— The Winnipeg Review
Publication: Spring 2011
About Madeline Sonik
Madeline Sonik is a teacher, writer, and editor. Her work has been published extensively in journals, magazines, and academic anthologies. Her literary nonfiction title, Afflictions & Departures (memoir/essays), won the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize, was a Finalist for the Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction, and was nominated for the BC National Award for Canadian non-Fiction. Her other books include Stone Sightings (poetry), Arms (a novel), Drying the Bones (stories) and Belinda and the Dustbunnys (children's novel). She has a MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD in Education, both from UBC. She has also been the recipient of numerous awards, prizes and fellowships for her writing. She currently teaches at the University of Victoria.
Books by Madeline Sonik


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Besides the expansion of its cloud portfolio with SAS Visual Statistics, Saas Now announces the availability of its software in the APAC-region. This means organizations in for instance Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Singapore are able to use powerful analytics in the cloud. With the addition of these new markets, Saas Now is available in 166 countries worldwide.


Málaga is an exuberant culture zone where visitors are mesmerised by its stunning museums and inspiring artworks of international acclaim. Go to Málaga and experience this unrivalled cultural capital of Southern Spain.
Discover the cultural hotspots of Málaga set in this scenic city.
The recent addition in 2015, the Pop-Up Pompidou, a colourful cuboid structure housed in El Cubo, augments the cultural glamour. The Centre Pompidou Málaga complements the Paris museum (the Pompidou-Metz) which is the parent centre and a repository of admirable 20th-century artworks. The Málaga centre will display artworks in temporary exhibitions. The centre will also be a platform with rotating selection of works from the parent centre for a period of five years.
Also, explore the Museo Ruso Malaga, near Malaga's Tabacaler, a former tobacco factory which was setup by the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. The museum has a Russian culture overtone and showcases a rotating display of Russian artworks, films, and educational programs.
Picasso fans can look forward to the transformation of the Museo Picasso Málaga in 2003. The Contemporary Art Center of Málaga (CAC) opened in the same year and has redefined the city's cultural revolution. The Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga is another exciting spot for culture aficionados.
Culture is in the DNA of Málaga which is the birthplace of Pablo Picasso, the celebrated Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist. Famous actor-director Antonio Banderas is also a native of this gorgeous city. The flamboyant atmosphere inspires the gourmet and yearning for garum will bring you to the city. You can also look out for the lavish golf resorts and spectacular beaches of Marbella and the Costa del Sol.
The 100 million euros invested in boosting cultural tourism over a decade seems to have spurred the culture tastes of culture lovers from all over the world. Come and experience this new wave of Cultural Revolution at Málaga.


Floyd Mayweather Jr. suggested on Instagram Wednesday that Conor McGregor has bigger things to worry about than his August loss in their boxing match.
Mayweather also referenced their bout, which he won in a 10th round technical knockout in Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena.
This isn't the first social media exchange involving the two fighters since their August matchup.
McGregor appeared to call Mayweather a "p---y" in a tweet in an apparent response to the undefeated boxer denying he was going to fight in the UFC during an interview with FightHype (h/t MMA Weekly).
The idea was circulating after UFC President Dana White told ESPN.com's Brett Okamoto there were discussions of a potential deal with Mayweather.
As far as McGregor's issues with the Irish cartel, James Dator of SB Nation provided a breakdown in November of what he deemed was a story that was largely "based on conjecture and hearsay."
He cited a story from the International Business Times that referenced the bounty money Mayweather included in his Instagram post, although McGregor's father also said there wasn't anything to worry about.
"This echoes some doubts surrounding the story from people saying if the threats were credible McGregor would have already left Ireland," Dator wrote.
Mayweather's post is sure to generate additional interest in the story, especially since the two fighters will continue to be linked to each other after their August bout generated the second-most pay-per-view buys of all time, per Brian Campbell of CBS Sports.


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Kate's birthday is coming up... well, the first week of July, but it seems soon now that she is starting to walk! Anyway, if you want to get her something cool, check out these playsilks. If you click on playsilk squares, you can see different ones. I like 307, 301 and 202, myself. Kate has a set of cotton hankies dyed by Barb and they are really really nice and Kate thinks they are nifty.
She's all set for clothes for this summer, by the way! Thanks everyone for sending her such unbelievably cute stuff!
This weekend, Kate's GP, Nana and Great Grandma Laura stopped by for a few hours on their way from NY to NC. Kate sees GP and Nana (maternal grandparents) once or twice a month, but always at their house. When they came in the door, she immediately recognized them and treated them very differently than GG Laura, who she showed more curiousity towards. That was pretty neat!
Listening to Kate's language skills develop is so fascinating. First, she learned to make all sorts of phonetic sounds. That was cool, because she often isolated them and did the phonogram perfectly, without blending, "f" and "s" were particularly good examples. Then, she blended sounds together, such as "st". Now she has moved on to "words" which she is working on using correctly. Her three words are "dada" "mama" and "baba". Apparently, baba is a word for nursing, or really anything desireable, such as organic brown rice puffs, which are her new favorite snack.
We took a walk to visit Daddy today. Instead of riding in her pouch, Kate was pushed there in her stroller. The crisp, not-yet-summer air was pierced by wind. True wind, it was, not gentle breezes or gusts that rip objects out of ones hands. Kate was fascinated by this prolonged encounter with the wind. She held one hand up as high as she could, spreading out her fingers to feel the wind dance through. Then she touched her head and felt the wind in her hair. Then her hand again.
It's a great big world out there. Kate's just beginning to discover it.
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She was 27.5 inches long and 17 lbs, which is a bit small, but she was also only 6.5 lbs when she was born. Also, she started crawling at 5 months and hasn't stopped since. So, nobody's worried about how big she is!
Kate is nine months old today. She's turning into a real monkey. She practices her acrobatics everywhere -- from her carseat to shopping carts to the bathtub to the sling. She's quite the daredevil, always testing her limits, letting go of the furniture as she cruises around at breakneck speeds. That girl can MOVE. We're continuing to feed her solids very intermittently, a few times a week. She's got the whole cheerio thing down. Kate shows a strong affinity for books, music, dolls and balls. Her first easter was great fun for all of us, and she examined each gift with a scientist's care. She is truly a delightful child.
New pictures here and here.


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It may be hard to believe, but summer is around the corner. For some employers, this means getting ready to bring interns on board while schools are out. With this in mind, here's a brief primer on the US Department of Labor's (DOL) rules for employers with interns in their workplaces.
Under DOL's rules, an employment relationship between an intern and his/her company does not exist under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) if all of the factors listed above are met. Thus, the FLSA's minimum wage and overtime provisions do not apply to these interns.
Is the work a key part of the individual's course of study? Do you have written documentation stating that the internship is approved/sponsored by the school as educationally relevant?
Does the individual receive educational credit for the work?
Does the individual get the opportunity to learn a skill, process or other business function?
Does the individual work for the purpose of learning and not solely performing a task for the employer?
Does the individual provide any benefit to you less than 50 percent of the time?
Does one of your staff members supervise the individual?
Does the individual understand that a job is not guaranteed upon completion of the internship?
The more you can answer "yes" to the above questions, the more likely you are in compliance with having a properly classified intern, and the less likely the DOL will have a case against your business that the individual should be owed wages and overtime. With compliance in order, companies and their interns can mutually benefit.
If you have any questions about internships and compliance with the FLSA, please contact an impactHR team member at info@impacthrllc.com or phone 443-741-3900.
It goes without saying new employee orientation and job-specific training serve important purposes in the HR function. Employee coaching, however, is another key HR task that tends to be set aside or overlooked in the day to day life of an organization.
A business owner, for example, may think that coaching an employee is too difficult or time-consuming. Ultimately, though, it's an executive's leadership, experience and lessons-learned that can help create a great team of inspired, productive and loyal employees.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser last month signed into law a measure that prohibits employers from inquiring about – or requiring prospective or current employees to provide information about – their credit history during the employment process.
The legislation, expected to become law by April 7 after completing the required Congressional review process, was introduced in the DC Council nearly two years ago. Titled the "Fair Credit in Employment Amendment Act of 2016," the measure allows job applicants with DC-based employers to file a grievance with the DC Office of Human Rights if they believe their credit history was unlawfully considered in the hiring or employment process. In addition, the bill provides for a number of exceptions, such as when local or federal laws require that credit history be considered in the hiring process.
The DC government's move to enact this legislation, according to SHRM, follows a number of jurisdictions with similar laws in place: California, Chicago, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New York City, Oregon, Philadelphia, Vermont and Washington.
impactAction: employers with DC-based operations or those with multi-state operations should review their existing policies and handbooks to ensure upcoming compliance with the terms of this measure. If you have questions or need advice, please contact an impactHR team member at info@impacthrllc.com or phone 443-741-3900.
When it comes to helpful data tools, take a look at this nationally focused Wage Growth Tracker tool (created by the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank). This tool, according to the Atlanta Fed, is "a measure of the nominal wage growth of individuals. It is constructed using microdata from the Current Population Survey, and is the median percent change in the hourly wage of individuals observed 12 months apart." What may be of most interest is the way this data tool allows you to view (quickly and easily) wage growth overall for full and part-time workers, plus for worker age, race, occupation and industry.
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Singapore-The Seventh Annual Fred Tibbitts & Associates "A Spring Evening in Singapore with Very Special Friends" proved to be another memorable event for the seventy-two guests, who included hotel executives, ceo's, presidents, managing directors, regional vice presidents, general managers, industry VIP's and sponsors.
The reception was hosted by Diageo serving many of their top luxury cocktails prepared by a team of eight senior mixologists; Moet Hennessy with Moet & Chandon Imperial; FIJI Water; Ronnefeldt Selected Teas, serving a variety of their most popular flavors and Phillips Foods Asia providing their finest crab meat for many of Executive Chef Frederic Colin's marvelous canapés and hors d'ouvres. All guests were formally announced and gonged.
The four-course gala dinner brought Fred Tibbitts to the podium, who welcomed the guests and asked that they consider "Service as the Highest Calling". Tibbitts explained that the primary purposes of the of the FTA dinners are to recognize hospitality excellence, provide scholarships in the names of those whom are honored and to make charitable contributions to benefit those less fortunate. Tibbitts promptly called for the evening's ten "Loyalty Toasts" by some of the dinner personalities, including Oscar Postma, Executive Assistant Manager-Rooms, St. Regis Singapore; Michael Sengol, CEO, Meritus Hotels & Resorts; Jean-Marc Busato, Managing Director-Asia Pacific, Carlson Hotels Worldwide; Jean-Luc Fourrier, Vice President Restaurant Concepts, Luxury Brands & Full Service, Asia Pacific-Middle East-Africa, Hilton Worldwide; Ian Wilson, Regional Vice President Asia & General Manager, The Fairmont Singapore; Ivan Lee, Area Vice President & General Manager, Pan Pacific Singapore and Caren Lim, Heard of Horeca, Moet Hennessy Singapore.
After the guests enjoyed their elegant First Course of "Club" Lime Scented Phillips Crab Cakes with Chipotle Aioli and Pineapple Crab Ravioli paired expertly with Chinese and New Zealand reserve wines of precisely the optimal vintages, Tibbitts announced a donation from a portion of the dinner proceeds to the China Tibetan Children Health & Education Fund, based at Hong Kong. Rudolf Muller, Executive Chef, Hong Kong Disneyland accepted the donation on behalf of Madame Annie S.C. Wu, Fund Founder who was unable to be present.
Tsim Sha Tsui on 7 October.
The 2010 FTA Hospitality Award for Literary Excellence was announced as going to New Western Cuisine magazine (China). Tibbitts detailed the achievements of the magazine's Editor-in-Chief, Richard Xu, though he was not able to be present, as well as the increasing recognition the publication is receiving in and outside of China. He announced that Xu had selected The Culinary Institute of America to benefit from his scholarship.
The 2010 FTA Hospitality Award for Excellence as an Operator-Asia Pacific was announced as going to Martin Rinck, President – Asia Pacific, Hilton Worldwide. Tibbitts asked Jean-Luc Fourrier, Vice President Restaurant Concepts, Luxury Brands & Full Service, Asia Pacific-Middle East-Africa, Hilton Worldwide to say a few personal words about Rinck. Rinck was then invited to the podium to express his thoughts and appreciation on being recognized. He amusingly made an analogy to Obama's observation on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize that it had come too soon, as he had been President of Hilton Asia Pacific for but one year. And, also, like Obama, Rinck observed that the recognition would encourage him to redouble his efforts to do an even better job in grooming the future leaders of our industry and "…adding value by living the values". Rinck has requested that The Chinese University of Hong Kong benefit from his scholarship.
The 2010 FTA Hospitality Awards for Excellence as a Humanitarian were announced as going to both Otto Weibel, Director of Kitchens, Swissotel The Stamford & The Fairmont Singapore and Rudolf Muller, Executive Chef, Hong Kong Disneyland. Tibbitts asked Aiden McAuley, Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific, Swissotel Hotels & Resorts & General Manager, Swissotel The Stamford, Singapore and then Ian Wilson, Regional Vice President, Asia & General Manager, The Fairmont Singapore to each say a few personal words about Weibel. Tibbitts next asked Eric Teo, Executive Chef, Mandarin Oriental, Singapore to say a few personal words about Muller. Muller was then invited to the podium to express his thoughts and appreciation on being recognized and as Weibel was not able to be present, to as well express the feelings of his long time friend, Otto Weibel. This he did most eloquently and from the heart. Both Otto Weibel and Rudolf Muller have asked that their scholarships go to benefit at-sunrice GlobalChef Academy.
Following the service of the Cheese Course, a Trilogy of Kapiti Cheese and mini French Baguette paired beautifully with reserve wines of Argentina and Australia, Tibbitts asked Oscar Postma to return to the podium to "Summon the Brigade". Postma's summons was answered by a resplendent parade of the kitchen seniors who prepared the dinner, led by St. Regis Singapore Executive Chef, Frederic Colin.
With the service of the Dessert Course, being "Ronnefeldt" Black Tea Cream Brulee with Fresh Rhinestone, Marinated with Herbal Infused Tea & Lemon Rose Tea Sorbet, Tibbitts returned to the stage to thank everyone for coming, inviting one and all to return to the St. Regis Singapore one year hence for the Eighth Annual FTA Spring Dinner and to wish the assembled guests a safe journey home.


A proof of admission letter confirms that you've been accepted to study your chosen programme at the university that you applied to. This helps us make sure we're able to support the school you're heading to.
What is accepted as proof of admission?
A letter from your school confirming that you've been accepted into your programme.
An i-20 document which confirms your admission.
An email from your school confirming your admission.
A screenshot or scan of your admission letter or i-20 is acceptable but it should be in a non-editable format (jpg, jpeg, png or pdf).
What should your proof of admission include?
The university logo or stamp.
A signature from a university official (for example, Director of Admissions or Registrar).
The university campus you'll be studying at.
The season class you'll be enrolled in.
The start and end dates of the course.


A group of faculty and students explored the intersection of arts and engineering while testing the limits of their imaginations in a new course offered this past spring called "Transformations in Engineering and the Arts." A partnership between the Lewis Center for the Arts, the Council on Science and Technology, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Department of Music made the course possible.
The class, which had 11 students from departments across the University, was organized around four modules in the first half of the semester: visuals, sound, structure and movement. The modules included lectures, hands-on activities, discussions of aesthetics in pieces everyone watched or heard, mini-design challenges, and tutorials on tools and resources available in a newly created teaching space called StudioLab.
Lewis Center faculty members Jane Cox, Martha Friedman, A.M. Homes, Aynsley Vandenbroucke, and Jeff Whetstone led class modules in their respective disciplines.
One group of students created an armband device that allows a wearer without the ability to see to interpret color; another developed a system that captures the movements of a person's hands, interprets them, and portrays them in stylized computer graphics settings. Lewis Center visual arts major Helen Lin collaborated with two other students to create "Mother Womb," a portable tent that envelops the user with calming visual, auditory, and tactile sensations.


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Winemaking Team
Gary Compton
Senior Winemaker - Reds
Gary is a "local" having grown up in Red Cliffs in the Sunraysia region only 10 kilometres from Irymple and Qualia Wines where he is the Senior Winemaker – Operations. His first wine industry experience was in 1985 as Winemaker's Assistant at Deakin Estate in Sunraysia. Whilst at Deakin Estate, Gary completed a Wine Science Degree at Charles Sturt University and gained his Winery Cellar Procedures Certificate. In 1996 Gary moved to South Australia's Riverland and during his eight vintages at Kingston Estate, he was appointed Senior Red Winemaker. The quality of the wines made from the Petit Verdot in these inland regions were awarded gold medals at national wine shows but Gary is particularly proud of the two trophies won at the Great Australian Shiraz Challenge.
Despite this success Gary returned to Mildura as Senior Winemaker with Evans and Tate followed by a contract winemaking position at Constellation's Stanley winery. Gary brings a wealth of inland winemaking experience to Qualia Wines.
It's a happy hunting ground for me. It makes sense that there is a natural flow and balance of the warmth and generosity of the region and its people to its grapes and then our wine. I'm pretty passionate about keeping that balance.
Pia Merrick
John Pezzaniti
Vineyards and Grape Quality
Winemaking Philosophy


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In 2005 Earle Architects completed an extensive refurbishment of a grade II* listed building dating from 1788. The project involved a total but sensitive upgrading of this period building with English Heritage approval.
We completely restored the original interior features and produced office interiors for Consolidated Property Cooperation. We were later appointed to construct a £7.5m hotel for the same client.


We provide rally assistance service on the Sahararallye El Chott in Tunisia for riders from Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia and Hungary.
Regardless of the Organisation info, Desert Soul Rally Team will do the scrutineering on 21.10.2018 in Tunisia, so your first day away from home can be 21.10.2018, flying to Tunis. You can fly back home from Tunis on 30.10.2018.
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On Thursday 13 May at 5 pm in the church "Sainte Madeleine" with Jean Marie Godard (gregorian), Marina Mineau (gregorian and classical singing) and Jean Claude Duval (organist).
DEUXIEME PARTIE : Gregorian Hymn of Nivers (1632-1714); Gregorian antiphony and Magnificat by Kinderman (1616-1736); Pergolesi's "Salve Regina"; "Grand Dialogue à 3 choeurs" of Corrette (1707-1795); Benedicamus Domino : gregorian chant in 2 voices.
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