Are you looking for audio for your radio show? Orthopaedic surgeons participate in hometown radio interviews during the AAOS Annual Meeting on a variety of common bone and joint health topics. Interviews range from 1:30 to 5 minutes, and are available for download below.


Kitale Golf Club's par 73 course, one of the most scenic golf courses in the country, welcomes back the Nation Media Group-sponsored golf series this weekend.
Nation Media Group (NMG) and staff have supported the refurbishment of thyroid cancer isolation ward at Kenyatta National Hospital at a cost of KES.4.2 million.
Gideon Gitonga from Gatunga village earned the scholarship for his four-year study at Mang'u High School after scoring 391 marks in the KCPEducation examination.


Our clinic offers one of the few certified veterinary acupuncturist in the state. Dr. Billingsley has been certified in veterinary acupuncture for many years now. She has quite a following of patients who swear by her ability to move their chi.
When your pet is in pain, so are you, and that is why West Flamingo Animal Hospital provides safe, pain-relieving acupuncture and laser therapy for your pet. These techniques may help your pet with problems such as paralysis, noninfectious inflammation (such as allergies), arthritis, musculoskeletal problems, gastrointestinal problems, and bodily aches and pain. When your pet is in pain, we will be there to provide relief.
Our clinic offers one of the few veterinary acupuncturists in the state of Nevada. We have been experts in veterinary acupuncture for many years. Acupuncture has relieved countless animals of chronic pains, allergies, arthritis, and other bodily issues. Our Class 4 therapeutic laser therapy is the cutting edge of medical therapy. Laser application is minimally invasive and is often administered in the presence of the pet owner. Laser therapy has shown to be effective in a variety of conditions, including but not limited to improving arthritis pain, increasing wound healing, reducing post-op pain and even healing damaged neurologic tissue.


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May 2014 in Retrospect: Intermediary Liability News and More from the Internet and Jurisdiction Project
By Giancarlo Frosio on June 24, 2014 at 1:36 pm
May 2014 in Retrospect is available here:
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Argentine Supreme Court To Decide Whether Intermediaries Must Monitor/Take Down Search Results
By Paula Vargas on June 23, 2014 at 3:38 pm
Recently, the Supreme Court of Argentina heard arguments in Rodríguez, María Belén c/ Google Inc. y Otro s/ Daños y Perjuicios. The case requires the Supreme Court to decide for the first time whether Internet intermediaries - in this case, search engines Google and Yahoo - are liable for linking to content that violates fundamental rights or infringes copyright. It will also decide whether Google Image Search's "thumbnails" infringe copyright law.
Read more about Argentine Supreme Court To Decide Whether Intermediaries Must Monitor/Take Down Search Results
Canadian Court Forces Google to Delist Websites Worldwide
A few days ago, the Supreme Court of British Columbia issued an order requiring Google to remove websites from its worldwide index in Equustek Solutions Inc. v. Jack. Read more about Canadian Court Forces Google to Delist Websites Worldwide
European Libraries Don't Need Permission to Digitize Books in Their Collection, Says Advocate General of the ECJ
By Giancarlo Frosio on June 18, 2014 at 10:15 pm
Recently, an Advocate General with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down an opinion in Technische Universität Darmstadt v Eugen Ulmer KG stating that European libraries may digize individual books in their collection without permission from the rightholders. Read more about European Libraries Don't Need Permission to Digitize Books in Their Collection, Says Advocate General of the ECJ

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NRCC May Pick Sides in Primaries
By Jennifer Bendery
Posted May 21, 2008 at 10:21am
On the heels of devastating losses in three straight special elections, House GOP leaders are now planning to step up their role in primaries in an effort to prevent situations that leave GOP nominees "short on resources and bloodied for the general election."
During a closed-door Conference meeting Wednesday, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced that Republican leaders are gearing up to make a "series of positive changes" at the National Republican Congressional Committee.
These changes include becoming more proactive in primaries where Republican leaders "can make a difference," according to a copy of Boehner's talking points.
The GOP leader said he has tapped Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) to take the lead on establishing a series of candidate funds for targeted races with late primary elections.
NRCC Chairman Tom Cole (Okla.) will also employ two independent auditors to conduct "a thorough, top-to-bottom review of what has worked and what hasn't" in the most recent special elections.
"I think this sort of 'after-action report' will help us determine what we can do better," the Minority Leader said.
Boehner declined to name the two auditors at Conference because one is out of the country and he has yet to be able to speak to the Member, but the pair is believed to be former NRCC Chairman Tom Davis (Va.) and Rep. Patrick Tiberi (Ohio).
Republicans have an additional primary in New York to consider this year after Rep. Vito Fossella's (R-N.Y.) decision to retire after disclosing an extramarital affair with a former Air Force official.
"We're going to take all steps necessary to maximize our chance of holding the seat," Boehner said.
Meanwhile, GOP leaders will continue to push their new "Change America Deserves" agenda in an effort to create positive campaign themes that can help candidates in their districts. Two components of this agenda — one targeting working mothers and families, and the other targeting suburban households — will receive an extra push.
To that end, Boehner said GOP leaders will be developing sample TV and radio ads to help Republican challengers and Members promote their "positive message of change."


The FACE in the Window Fest will be held Saturday, October 3, in Carrollton Alabama.
I'm taking a couple of days off this weekend to attend and participate in this inaugural event.
My parents were born and raised in Pickens County, Alabama, and many of our relatives still live there. As a small child, one of the highlights of our family road trips was for Dad to drive us around the Pickens County Courthouse so we could see the FACE in the Window and hear how a man's face was permanently etched into the glass!
Read the full story about the FACE here. I assure you, it's fascinating!
Dad would tell the "urban legend" whenever we drove within 10 miles of Carrollton. Because the courthouse sat in the middle of Town Square, we had to circle the building to see the FACE. It brings back such fond memories, and oh, how I wish I could hear Dad tell the tale one more time!
A cousin is assisting with the festival. She has worked tirelessly in organizing and decorating the Town Square with "village people" in their full fall attire. Many of the local businesses around the square are decorating their store fronts in conjuction with the festival.
When I heard about the festival a few weeks ago, I reserved a spot to sell my glass "art".
For the curious, these are "glass totems", AKA glorified yard art. They are placed in flower beds and held secure with steel rods or rebar. They add a little whimsy and color if your yard is in need of such a thing. The totems and bird baths are made from recycled wine bottles, vases, glasses, etc. Some of the toppers are made from salt shakers or other trinkets.
I discoved these at a Fall Arts & Crafts Show last year and quickly became addicted to them.
Saturday will be a wonderful day in Carrollton with over 50 vendors participating. Cousins, aunts and other family members can visit and socialize and we get to buy each other's art! The weather should be cool and crisp - PERFECT for a fall festival.
The FACE in the Window Fest is expected to be one of the largest events in the history of Pickens County, and I'm looking forward to a great weekend.
I'll be sure to follow up with plenty of photos when I return.


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Cutting Edge Fencing's Caroline Whitehead won a bronze medal in U-17 women's sabre yesterday at the Commonwealth Championships in Newcastle England. The 16-year-old won 5 of 7 bouts in the preliminary round and was ranked 6th heading into the direct elimination rounds. Receiving a bye into the top 16, Whitehead went on to defeat fellow Canadian Laurie-Ann Lamothe from Montreal by a score of 15-10 and Erin Corcaran of Wales 15-9, before losing in the semi-finals to Elsie Llewellyn from Scotland. This is Whitehead's first ever international medal.
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Rachel's Musical Adventures: Please vote for me!
Please vote for me!
I have been nominated for "Best Classical Entertainer" by the Chicago Music Awards. Please take a moment to visit www.martinsinterculture.com/sub302.htm and vote in Category 7. The results will be announced at the end of January. Thanks for your help!
My best YouTube video yet!
"Brahms Violin Concerto, 3rd movement - Rachel Barton Pine"
I am very excited to be able to share with you the last movement of the Brahms Concerto which I performed with the Israel Chamber Orchestra and Maestro Gil Shohat in Tel Aviv on October 16, 2007. Many thanks to the ICO for allowing me to record this concert.
Please share this video with all your friends!
It finally happened to me…
This is the story of what happened during one of my concerts in South Carolina a couple weeks ago. This blogger tells it better than I ever could!
"BEFOREMATH": Are you ready for what MIGHT happen?
By Terry Weaver
CEO, Chief Executive Boards International
chiefexecutiveboards.blogspot.com/2007/11/beforemath.html
I recently saw an amazing example of organizational preparation for
"what might happen". It was at a symphony concert, featuring one of the top women violin soloists in the world, Rachel Barton Pine.
During an aggressively-played performance, I heard a "plink" that shouldn't have been there. She had broken a string (on an instrument insured for $7 million). None of that was amazing, although I had never before seen a soloist break a string in a full orchestra performance. The music stopped, and the audience was expecting some confusion on stage -- at least a 5-10 minute break in the piece being performed
-- while the string was replaced.
Didn't happen that way. Without hesitation, she turned to the Concertmaster
(1st chair/1st stand violinist), handed her instrument to him, and he exchanged his with her. Even that wasn't really amazing -- he was the closest person at hand who had what she needed -- a working violin.
The amazing part was what happened next. The Concertmaster, as the leader of the violin section, needs to be playing, and he needed a violin, as well. The 2nd person on the same
stand handed him her violin. And THEN the last person at the back of the 1st violin section walked forward, exchanged his instrument with the stronger player, took the injured violin, and walked off the stage.
Meanwhile, the conductor had determined where to pick up the performance. He looked at the soloist, said "189?" (the measure number in the score), she nodded, he raised his baton and the performance resumed in less than a minute of total elapsed time.
Behind the scenes, then, the broken string was replaced, and during the applause following the first number the soloist's violin was returned to her and everyone else swapped violins back down the line.
What does this have to do with business?
We often analyze and try to learn from the aftermath of an event. This was an extraordinary case of "beforemath". I talked with both the guest artist and the orchestra members after the concert and learned that she had never before broken a string in a symphony performance. She had, however, thought about what she would do if that ever happened. The orchestra had never seen a soloist break a string before, either. Likewise, they had talked about (although not actually practiced) what they would do if that happened. Their forethought about an unlikely, but easily imaginable event made what could have otherwise been a disruption to a great performance into a "business as usual" incident.
Do our own organizations spend enough time on "beforemath"? Are you ready for things that are unlikely, but in fact might happen? Perhaps an upcoming staff meeting or offsite session would be a good place to spend an hour or so with your team brainstorming a list of things that deserve a "beforemath" plan.
I'm featured in important new musicological book, The WORLD of WOMEN in Classical Music
This wonderful book is a treasure trove of history, and I'm very honored to be included among the biographies of musical women past and present.
Buy your copy at www.amazon.com/World-Women-Classical-Music/dp/1599753200
From the official press release:
The eagerly awaited sequel to Dr. Anne Gray's The Popular Guide to Classical Music, the newly released, The WORLD of WOMEN in Classical Music, is written in the same scintillating style and reflects over 10 years of research and incredible WEALTH of information! Besides Composers, Conductors and Performers, also explored are two hitherto neglected fields: Musicologists, and Women in the BUSINESS of Music. And what a field the latter is! Women behind the scenes in Orchestras and Opera companies! Women in the publishing and recording businesses. Women as nurturing and pioneering impresarios up to today's savvy Agents! Plus a miscellany of other niches from running Chamber Music America to the American Symphony Orchestra League. As if this were not enough, the icing on the cake comes in the last chapter, The Unforgotten, which beautifully pays homage to Women Philanthropists whose generosity has founded Symphonies and kept Classical Music alive and vibrant. Each entry is a miniature masterpiece of biography, revealing personal glimpses of talented women who defied limiting social conventions to forge a path for themselves and future generations. Starting in caveman times, this exciting book takes us through the musical eras: Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern, always within the context of historic events. Women in music known and admired by Emperors, Kings, Popes and the foremost male counterparts of each century, now spring back to life in the pages of this generous 1100 page scenario. History will prove that Dr. Gray has fulfilled a destiny by drawing back the veil that has enshrouded centuries of women in music, bequeathing to us a detailed and colorful tapestry upon which to feast our imagination, and forever enrich our minds, hearts and spirits......
new podcast episode
Rachel Barton Pine discusses Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor
Rachel Barton Pine explains the unusual structure of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor by Max Bruch, shares her favorite moments, and talks about its importance in pedagogy and in testing violins. Includes many musical examples.
Coming soon: my UK debut
I will be making my United Kingdom debut when I perform the Tchaikovsky Concerto in four concerts with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Maestro Otto Kamu. The program also includes Rakastava and The Tempest Suite No. 2 by Sibelius and Tchaikovsky's "Mozartiana." For more information, please contact the SCO at 0131-557-6800 or visit www.sco.org.uk.
Concert times and locations:
Wed 12/5, 7:30 pm, Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries
Thu 12/6, 7:30pm, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Fri 12/7, 7:30pm, City Halls, Glasgow
Sat 12/8, 7:30pm, Aberdeen Music Hall, Aberdeen
Hope to see you there, wearing your best kilt!
REVIEW: Last week's concert with the New Mexico Symphony
Albuquerque Journal
"Pine, Feast Make for Memorable NMSO Night"
by D. S. Crafts
To everyone's delight violinist Rachel Barton Pine is becoming a regular visitor to New Mexico. Having performed with the Santa Fe Symphony earlier this season, she arrived on the stage of Popejoy Hall on Friday night as soloist with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra in the Violin Concerto No. 3 of Saint-Saens.
The golden gown in which she appeared seemed a visual analogue of the golden sound which emanated from her instrument (a 1742 del Gesu). If Rembrandt's brilliant golds could "sound," they would have the timbre of Pine's playing. The Saint-Saens concerto puts the violin center stage throughout and Pine responded in a marvel of espressivo and beauty of line. Beginning with the opening phrase in meaty low tones, she sang with lilting voice through the soaring lines of the Andantino, then nimbly into the free-spirit of the Finale. Maestro Figueroa, himself an outstanding violinist, knows exactly what support to give the soloist, and provided a colorful cushion with plenty of attention to woodwind details, never once overpowering the violin.
Announcing her encore in a loud and clear voice (thank you!), she commemorated the NMSO's 75th anniversary with a Theme and Variations on a popular song— Happy Birthday. She proceeded to make even that banal tune sound like real music and followed with a series of variations which rolled the Paganini Caprices into one almost unbelievable feat of virtuosity. Great fun for us; an astounding display of technique for her.
Rachel's Musical Adventures: Live on the Internet 3 times
Live on the Internet - 3 times
This week, I will be giving interviews on rock and classical radio stations in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Both of these stations stream live on the internet, so you can listen too!
Thursday, November 15, 8:30am Mountain Time (9:30am Central, 10:30am Eastern)
94 Rock – listen online at www.94rock.com/pages/listenlive.html.
This will be an interview on the morning show with TJ Trout, and will probably include a live performance.
Thursday, November 15, 12:30pm Mountain Time (1:30pm Central, 2:30pm Eastern)
Classical KHFM – listen online at www.classicalkhfm.com – click on the "On The Air" button on the top of the left-hand sidebar.
This will be an interview with host Bonnie Renfro.
Saturday, November 17, 8:30am Mountain Time (9:30am Central, 10:30am Eastern)
This will be a special interview for the "Classics for Kids" program with host Bob Bishop.
New YouTube video
"Trio Settecento performs Leclair's Sonata No. 12"
Trio Settecento (Rachel Barton Pine, baroque violin, John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba, David Schrader, harpsichord) performs the first and second movements (Adagio and Allegro ma non troppo) of Leclair's Sonata in G Major, Op. 5 No. 12, at the Boston Early Music Festival, June 15, 2007. Rachel Barton Pine introduces the piece.
To watch all of my YouTube videos, please visit www.youtube.com/RachelBartonPine.
The Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico)
"Violinist's Global Life Goes Beyond Playing"
By David Steinberg
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine seems to be redefining what it means to be a touring concert artist.
Like many classical musicians, Pine crisscrosses the world.
But she does more than give concerts and master classes in quickie visits. Pine spent a week at the end of September in Singapore, where, among other things, she gave a private recital for the president of the island-nation and the next day gave a public concert.
During two weeks in mid-October, Pine was in Israel giving recitals at chamber music societies and at a kibbutz and then several concerts in Tel Aviv with the Israel Chamber Orchestra.
Back in August, before Pine performed in Gottingen, Germany and Santa Fe, she was in the West African country of Ghana for 10 days. The purpose of her stay there was to attend the International Consortium for Music of Africa and Its Dispora. Pine was representing her foundation.
"My foundation has a new program called Global Heartstrings to support classical music in developing countries," Pine said in a phone interview from her office in Chicago.
"We gather supplies, collecting shoulder bars, rosins, etc ... We're helping groups in India and Haiti with what they need, any developing country where people want to play classical music."
In Ghana, she worked with some of the country's youth who are learning to play stringed instruments. Pine also performed with the national symphony and played for Ghana's president.
"The people in the symphony are just regular folks playing classical music because they love it so much. I was there encouraging them," she said.
Pine returns to the Land of Enchantment next weekend to perform in three concerts with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra.
She will play Camille Saint-Saens' Violin Concerto No. 3.
The concerto relates to her CD "American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell" on the Cedille label. It debuted on the Billboard charts at No. 12 in July. The album has many of the pieces that Powell, one of the top concert violinists of her time, performed as a touring artist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Saint-Saens work isn't on the CD, but Pine said Powell had performed it with John Philip Sousa's band.
Sousa, known for his marches, always had a soprano and a violinist on his concert programs, Pine said. He tried to come as close as he could to what we know today as a symphony orchestra.
"He always included cutting-edge classical music," she said.
Pine recorded the CD to recognize Powell because she was a virtuoso and is an obscure figure to today's audiences. Powell was the first American musician who wrote her own program notes for her repertoire and one of the first to do outreach.
"She'd find a small town on a day off and probably give the town's first ever classical concert. She'd talk to the audience from the stage about what she was performing," Pine said.
"We think of some of these things as innovations. In fact, they were thought of 100 years ago."
Pine enjoys giving pre-concert talks because she thinks it helps connect the audience to the music and to the artist. Making connections to her audience— and to potential audiences— is one of her longtime priorities. Pine has her own blog, podcasts and her own channel on YouTube.com. She also plays her violin on rock music stations when she tours.
"There are all different ways to reach out to people. I'm sure if Maud Powell were alive today she'd be doing all of that," she said.
Also on the NMSO program are Sir William Walton's oratorio Belshazzar's Feast, which is based on the Book of Daniel and Psalms 81 and 137 and Felix Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, also known as Fingal's Cave.
REVIEW: My concert in Greenville last week
The Greenville News (South Carolina)
"GSO's 'Red Violin' program an astonishing evening of music"
By Ann Hicks
The Greenville Symphony Orchestra's Saturday night Masterworks concert, "The Red Violin," proved to be one unforgettable soundscape painted with brilliant detail by soloist, conductor and musicians.
American violin virtuosa Rachel Barton Pine opened the program with dazzling solo performances of two different works and an encore to remember.
Her performance was propulsive – filled with passion fueled with jaw-dropping technical salvo as she bowed overtime on her 1742 Guarnerius del Gesu "ex-Soldat."
Her 16-minute performance of the "Chaconne" from John Coriglione's Italianate score written for Francois Girard's 1998 movie "The Red Violin" was a revelation. Pine explored and mined the works' virtuosic etudes until it sent shivers up the spine.
Her sexy, unbridled romp through Pablo de Sarasate's "Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen" had the audience going berserk – whistling, yelling, applauding – after she all but materialized the alluring gypsy woman in the torrid "Seguidilla" and the fiery "Habanera."
Maestro Edvard Tchivzhell and the musicians proved to be well-matched partners to Pine.
After repeated callbacks by the delighted audience, the young virtuosa encored with her version of "Happy Birthday" to celebrate the GSO's 60th anniversary, she said. It is darn near impossible to describe what all Pine did to that tune. Suffice to say it proved to be an experience of a lifetime as she simultaneously bowed and plucked the del Gesu and sent her fingers running from one end of the soundboard to the other. It was awesome stuff.
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November 7, 2007 20:08
The newest hot social networking site, Twitter is a service for friends to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
Find out what I'm doing all day long by visiting www.twitter.com/rbpviolinist to view my posts. You don't have to join to read my page, but you'll probably want to - tweeting is really fun!
My photos are moving to Flickr
I'm in the process of transferring all of the photos from my web site to www.flickr.com/rachelbartonpine. It will be so much easier to add new ones frequently, and you'll be able to comment on them too. Over Christmas break, I'm planning to go through my archives and post photos from past years that you've never seen before. If you have any photos of yourself with me or anything else you think should be on my Flickr site, please email them to me at rachelbartonpine@aol.com.
November 5: Live From WFMT
On Monday, November 5, from 8:00-10:00pm Central Time, I will be performing live on radio station WFMT, 98.7 in Chicago. You can listen online at www.wfmt.com.
The program will feature rarely heard chamber music by Nicolo Paganini, including the Three Duetti Concertanti for violin and bassoon with Preman Tilson and various sonatas for violin and guitar with Rene Izquierdo. Preman, Rene, and I will also chat with popular program host Kerry Frumkin.
About Preman Tilson
After studying at the conservatories in New York, Boston and Arizona, Preman Tilson began performing in such ensembles as the Grant Park Festival Orchestra, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and the Arizona Opera Company. He has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera of Chicago as well. In 1993, Mr. Tilson moved to New Zealand after being named Principal Bassoon with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
About Rene Izquierdo
Cuban classical guitarist Rene Izquierdo is on the music faculty at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. After graduating from the Amadeo Roldan Conservatory and Superior Institute of Art in Havana, Mr Izquierdo came to the U.S. and graduated from Yale with a Master of Music and an Artist Diploma. He has performed as a soloist as well as in chamber music concerts throughout North America, Cuba, Italy, Spain and France. Prior to joining UWM, he also taught at universities in New York.
My most recent podcast episodes feature conversations with friends. Please visit rachelbartonpine.libsyn.com to listen to all of them.
Do you have a question you'd like me to answer on my podcast? Just send your question via text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com. Please also let me know if you have any comments or suggestions. If you use iTunes, be sure to subscribe!
Episode 14: Rachel and her sister Hannah Barton talk about the R.E.B. Foundation's newest initiative, Global Heartstrings.
The Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation announces its newest initiative: Global HeartStrings. Classical musicians in developing countries often cannot obtain such basic supplies as rosin, strings, reeds, and sheet music. Furthermore, they do not have access to instrument repair shops, resulting in their instruments becoming unplayable due to lack of basic maintenance. Global HeartStrings is dedicated to supporting these aspiring classical musicians.
Rachel's youngest sister, 20-year-old violinist Hannah Barton, is helping organize supply-gathering drives for Global HeartStrings.
For more information, please visit www.rebf.org. Be sure to also join the Global HeartStrings groups on Facebook and MySpace.
Episode 15: Rachel Barton Pine talks with Maestro Christoph Mueller
Rachel Barton Pine talks with Maestro Christoph Mueller, music director of the Gottingen Symphony Orchestra, about Joseph Joachim's "Hungarian" Concerto and his life as a conductor. This conversation was recorded in Gottingen on September 1, 2007, the morning after their performance together.
Episode 16: Rachel Barton Pine talks with Venezuelan violinist Jesus Florido
Rachel Barton Pine talks with her friend, Venezuelan violinist Jesus Florido, about his life as a master of many styles including baroque, classical, jazz, Latin, rock, world music, and more. Jesus also discusses his approach to music education and why he teaches his students to improvise and ... cook! In addition, he plays a short original tune inspired by Venezuelan music. For more information about Jesus Florido, please visit www.myspace.com/jesusflorido.
REVIEW: Tchaikovsky Concerto in Youngstown on October 20
The Vindicator (Ohio)
"Fleischer, Pine shine in program"
By Robert Rollin
The concert's high point was provided by stellar violin soloist Rachel Barton Pine's exemplary and inspired "Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto" performance. From her very first entrance it was clear that she was totally comfortable with the music. She projected beautifully over the orchestral texture, and her rich sound seemed to pour forth effortlessly. Her trill section was charming and crystalline during the more rhythmically-differentiated second theme. The orchestra accompanied very well, except for a few ragged moments in the tutti following the trills. Pine's energy was infectious as she dug into rapid passages with her powerful bow arm gestures. Her sound on the low G string was especially lush and vibrant. The cadenza was both intense and graceful.
The muted opening to the lyric second movement, "Canzonetta," was simply gorgeous. The expressive exchanges between soloist and clarinet and among the orchestral upper woodwinds were charming, as was the violin re-entry accompanied by lovely low-clarinet arpeggios. Notwithstanding her exceptional technique, Pine seems most at home with lyrical musical gestures and excelled in the second movement.
The third movement, beginning without pause after a short transition, moved with almost reckless abandon. The somewhat slower alternating theme provided some of the most lyrical moments in all the violin concerto literature and Pine, Fleischer and the orchestra showed themselves up to maintaining continuity, bringing out contrast, and closing the piece with flair.
Pine's encore was her own virtuoso solo violin composition, "Introduction, Theme, and Variations on God Defend New Zealand." The engagingly light piece shows how well she has absorbed the virtuoso literature from Paganini to Sarasate. One particularly dazzling moment involved the lovely melody soaring over a left-hand pizzicato accompaniment. The audience was enthralled.
SOME RECENT INTERVIEWS
The Sunday Times, Singapore
By Stephanie Yap
S.T.: What are you reading now?
R.B.P.: Putting the Arts In The Picture by Nick Rabkin. It is a non-fiction book about a new movement in education in America called arts integration.
This is an approach where they use the arts to discuss other topics and, at the same time, teach artistic skills to the highest level. They have discovered that it not only improves the academic skills of children, but also make them more effective artists.
This is something I have believed for a long time. I was home-schooled since the third grade as I was already performing quite extensively. I studied a lot of history and could relate what I studied to the music I play. I do feel that this opened my eyes as an artist.
I met the author when I was invited to sit on a panel on music education for teenagers about 1 1/2 years ago. This is the second time I'm reading the book - I'm re-reading it now to highlight certain passages which I can use when I give speeches about the importance of music education.
S.T.: If your house was burning down, which book would you save?
R.B.P.: The L'Art Du Violon (The Art Of The Violin) by Jean-Baptiste Cartier. It was first published in the late 1700s and is a collection of violin repertoire from the early 1700s.
He got many of the pieces from other sources, but some of these have been lost, and for many pieces, this collection is now the earliest existing source.
There are other copies of the book, but mine belonged to Cartier himself, and it has red pencil markings and extensive paragraphs of comments by him.
I bought it at an auction of violinist Isaac Stern's belongings when he died in 2001, for only a few hundred US dollars.
One of my plans for the book is to take it to the Newberry Library, the famous humanities library in Chicago where I am a scholar-in-residence. I would like to work with the conservation department to create some kind of electronic replica of the book so that everyone will have access to it online.
The Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin)
"Violinist to help Fox Valley Symphony usher in a new season amid growing expectations"
By Kara Patterson
Chicago-based classical violin soloist Rachel Barton Pine, whose tour stops include Singapore, Israel, Scotland and Puerto Rico, will join the Fox Valley Symphony Saturday at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton.
It's the second time the young violinist has shared the state with the FVS, having performed here nearly a decade ago
Pine, who debuted professionally with the Chicago String Ensemble at age 7, played Max Bruch's concerto "Scottish Fantasy" on her last time through the Fox Valley. On Saturday, the now 32-year-old will perform a Mozart concerto.
We caught up with Pine to talk about the concerto, the work she does through her foundation and what she's listening to when she's not on stage.
P.C.: What should your Fox Valley audience know about Mozart's "Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major?"
R.B.P.: One important thing to mention, actually, is that I will be using my own cadenzas for the Mozart concerto. It's kind of like the guitar solo in a rock song - it's the most personal way that I can interpret the concerto. Mozart wrote all the tunes, but I definitely had so much fun composing my cadenzas. It's just been a wonderful process and I'm so excited to be able to share them with everyone.
P.C.: You've scheduled a master class Friday at Lawrence University. Can you offer the community's classical music students some advice?
R.B.P.: In classical, you really do have to be a close to perfect as you can, and that takes a tremendous amount of work, just on the physical side of playing the instrument. And then of course there's the important historic study that you have to, or that you ought to do, learning about the time and place in which the piece was written, and analyzing the score. In the end, in the moment of performance, you have to get past all of that and you have to engage the audience in the emotions of the music. You have to balance your practice session between working on all of that accuracy and also allowing yourself some degree of freedom at times to play the music, and think about how you want it to end up being dramatically.
P.C.: You are the president of the Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation, which assists young classical musicians through loan and grant programs. What are some of the foundation's goals for the coming year?
R.B.P.: We have a new project that we just started this year, Global HeartStrings. This project supports aspiring classical musicians in developing countries. One of the groups we are going to help is affiliated with Lawrence University. My understating is these children attend a particular music school down there in Haiti, which sends Lawrence students down there to teach. That group also doesn't have access to some basic instruments and supplies. Lawrence music professor Janet Anthony put together a very comprehensive list of exactly what they're lacking, so I'm hoping to fill as much of that wish list as I possibly can.
P.C.: Can you tell me more about the foundation's "The String Student's Library of Music by Black Composers" project?
R.B.P.: It's going to be the first-ever curriculum of music by black composers from all around the world from the 1700s to the present day, in volumes for beginners through advanced students, not only their repertoire but also the history of the composers and other history such as the all-black orchestras of America of the 1800s, or the fact that Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass were very enthusiastic amateur sting players and so on.
P.C.: When you're trying to unwind and relax, what are you listening to?
R.B.P.: Well, usually heavy metal. That's my favorite kind of non-classical music, everything from classic heavy metal to speed metal and thrash metal.
The Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, Illinois)
"Violinist prepares to play Tchaikovsky for KSO benefit"
By Benji Feldheim
Rachel Barton Pine doesn't get nervous.
The accomplished violinist has been playing since age 3, and said she has been in front of audiences so many times that she gets excited rather than nervous before going on stage.
Since her first orchestra solo performance at age 7 with The Chicago String Ensemble, Pine has gone from winning varied musical competitions in her teens to a successful recording career and a touring schedule that has included performances around the world.
Pine will be performing famed Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major at a benefit concert for the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra. The concert will be held Nov. 2 at Northern Illinois University.
Pine, 33, started in classical but has since adopted an array of styles - including heavy metal, African-American spirituals and folk music. Aside from playing, she started the Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation in 2001 to raise awareness of and appreciation for classical music, and sits on various music advocacy boards in her hometown of Chicago and across the country.
Pine took time while on tour in Israel to speak with the Daily Chronicle about writing heavy-metal pieces for the violin, advice for parents on not interfering with their child's wish to play music and trying her hand at playing the blues and a medieval instrument.
D.C.: You have played arrangements of many different musical styles on the violin. Anything new in the works?
R.B.P.: The violin can do anything. I can't even think of a style of music that can't be reproduced on it. I want to take it farther, since classical music has incorporated almost every non-classical style - jazz, pop, folk, music from different times and places. But you would be hard-pressed to find melodies, rhythms and harmonies from heavy metal in classical performances. I'm just starting a commissioning project to ask composers with a background in hard rock and heavy metal to write metal-influenced pieces for the acoustic violin. A lot of rock artists enjoy classical music and are listening to pretty out-there stuff. Their fans should really give classical a try. For example, Marty Friedman from Megadeth is really into the (Eugene) Ysaye violin sonatas. Besides, a Tchaikovsky concerto can be every bit as intense as a rock concert.
D.C.: Do you have any advice for people looking to pursue music?
R.B.P.: I think the most important thing to tell any parent of a kid studying music is: Follow where they want to go. Some people (like me) are geeky and want to be practicing eight hours a day, but some don't enjoy the process. There's a fine line between encouraging, but not nagging them into not enjoying music. I don't envy any parent in that situation. I was kind of weird because I loved practicing. My mom would have to tell me to put the violin down and come to dinner. Many people including wonderful musicians don't like to practice. If you want to be a musician, make a commitment. Whether it's 45 minutes a day or three hours, it doesn't matter, just be sure to do it consistently. Make it fun, try playing old favorites and then new difficult pieces. Just don't be cramming it all in the night before a lesson!
D.C.: What can we expect at the Kishwaukee benefit?
R.B.P.: There's universal human emotion that everyone can relate to in the Tchaikovsky piece. He was struggling with being homosexual at a time where you could be put to death for it. He married a female student who was a troubled young woman. She threatened to commit suicide if he didn't marry her, so he agreed to take the plunge and try living life as a married man, but the situation was so traumatic for him that he tried to commit suicide. He ran off to recuperate and wrote this concerto while he spent time with a young male violinist. The nature of their relationship is not certain, but they did have a positive emotional bond which comes through in the piece. The first movement is full of angst and the second is incredibly lonely, but there are wonderful high spirits in the last movement. It's a huge transition to happiness and exuberance from a very dark place. No matter who we are, each of us has experienced angst, and it can be a struggle to be happy about life again. That's a universal theme, and historically this piece is way ahead of its time.
D.C.: What challenges are you undertaking?
R.B.P.: I definitely want to improve on my ability to play the blues. Growing up in Chicago, it's natural to want to play blues. When I think about the notes in my head, it flows, but when my fingers touch the strings, something gets clogged. I still have to put in the hours. Also, this is more of a hobby, but I recently bought a rebec. It's a threeing, pear-shaped medieval instrument that you hold on your arm. I'm starting to get better, but I still have a long way to go. There's always more to learn, no matter how much repertoire you have. You've never done it all.
November 11 & 12: performances with the Greenville Symphony
My debut appearances with the Greenville Symphony will feature Corigliano's Red Violin Chaconne and Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy with Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel. The concerts will take on Saturday, November 10 at 8 pm and on Sunday, November 12 at 3 pm at the Peace Center Concert Hall in Greenville, South Carolina. The program also includes Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.
Please be sure to join me one hour before each concert for a pre-concert conversation, where I will discuss my repertoire and take audience questions.
For more information, please contact Greenville Symphony Orchestra at (864) 467-3000 or visit www.greenvillesymphony.org.
To watch a YouTube video of my discussion of the Carmen Fantasy and Red Violin Chaconne, please visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=16KyyVv-LoY.
November 16, 17 & 18: performances with the New Mexico Symphony
My fourth visit to the New Mexico Symphony will feature the Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No. 3 with Maestro Guillermo Figueroa. The concerts will take place on Friday, November 16 at 8pm, on Saturday, November 17 at 6pm, and on Sunday, November 18 at 2pm, in Popejoy Hall in Albuquerque. The program also includes Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture and Walton's Belshazzar's Feast with the NMSO Chorus.
Please be sure to join me one hour before each concert for a pre-concert conversation, where I will discuss my concerto and take audience questions.
For more information, please contact the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra at (505) 881-9590 or visit www.nmso.org.
Please visit www./nmso.org/Concerts/c4-program-notes to read program notes about these performances.
November 17: master class in Albuquerque
On Saturday, November 17, from 10:30am-12:30pm, I will give a master class for students of the University of New Mexico. Repertoire will include movements of concertos by Tchaikovsky, Barber, Prokofiev, and Bruch, as well as Ysaye's "Obsession." The master class will take place at Robertson and Sons Violin Shop, www.robertsonviolins.com.
Tour of the Tchaikovsky Concerto with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra:
December 5 in Dumfries
December 6 in Glasgow
December 7 in Edinburgh
December 8 in Aberdeen
You can find information about all of my tour dates for the 2007-2008 season by visiting www.rachelbartonpine.com/tourdates.php.
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The castle sits at the Eastern end of the Aquitaine in South West France, an area rich in history dating back as far as the Stone Age to Roman and medieval times up to modern day. Conquered by Julius Caesar soon becoming an important part of the Roman Empire, invaded by the Moors followed by the Vikings, fought over between the French and English for over 400 years followed by the wars of religion - history is everywhere.
The name Aquitaine comes from the Latin "Aqua" word for "water" as there were so many rivers in the region including our Dronne River two Kms from the castle. These rivers cutting through the limestone carved out the many caves that Stone Age man inhabited and used to paint their now famous cave drawings.
Not to be missed about 45 minutes away is the Grotte de Villars cave with its stunning array of stalactites and stalagmites as well as 19,000 year old paintings by Cro-Magnon man. Less than 2 km away is a Neolithic burial ground, or "dolmen" with its huge stones still in place after 17.000 years. At just over half an hour away the main city of the area, Perigueux boasts many remains from "Vesuna" as the city was known in Roman times. Many other towns - especially the ones ending in "ac" (like Riberac) were founded in Roman times.
In the city of Perigueux there is also a very impressive 11th century cathedral, Saint Front, which majestically overlooks the river Isle. It sits at the end of a large pedestrian shopping area in the beautiful medieval part of the city. At 25 minutes away is the "Venice of the Perigord" Brantome, surrounded by the river Dronne. It features an impressive monastery founded by Charlemagne himself and one of the oldest belfries in France not to mention several Michelin recommended restaurants and interesting shops.
The department of the Dordogne, also referred to as the Perigord is known to have more medieval castles than any department in France. Nearby are the castles of Bourdeilles, Chapdeuil, Mareuil, Chateau de Puyguilhem, Chateau L'Eveque, La Tour Blanche, Hautefort, Exideuil, Jumilhac le Grande, and Marthonie to name a few.
A bit further away on the Dordogne River stand the famous castles of Baynac and Castelneau, as well as Les Milandes once owned by Josephine Baker, the medieval city of Domme and the famous caves of Lascaux.
All through the region one will see signs for "site Roman". These refer to 11th & 12th century Roman Catholic churches often fortified as they served as refuges especially during Viking raids and marauding knights in the Middle Ages. The nearest one is a "Monument Historique" strongly fortified church dating from 1140 in the village of Grande Brassac a 5 minute drive from the castle. Just North of the castle is the 12th century church in St. Just. The village also has a silk museum. The Abbey of Chancelade just under 30 minutes from the castle in the direction of Perigueux dates from the 10th Century.
For wine enthusiasts South of Perigueux is the Bergerac wine country with some excellent wines. About an hour and 15 minutes towards Bordeaux is St. Emilion, very well known as a wine center. Known as one of the most beautiful towns in France it has excellent restaurants, wine tasting etc. so well worth a visit. Bordeaux itself, one of the most beautiful cities in France is an hour and a half away.
The nearest village with shops is LISLE, 7 km away with pharmacy, boulangerie, flower shop, general store, several bars, and a very nice restaurant/hotel right on the Dronne River. !2km away with an Inter Marche supermarket is Tocane St. Apre. It has shops, restaurants and a gas station. At 25 minutes NW is the bigger town of Riberac and East is Brantome, which both have many interesting shops, supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, bars etc. The main cities are Perigueux to the South at 35 minutes and Angouleme to the North at 45 minutes. Both have charming pedestrian areas with all sorts of unique shops, restaurants and bars. The museum of Perigueux holds many of the Roman antiquities found in the area.
Market days are always a great cultural experience to sample local produce and handicrafts. All take place in the morning and end at 12:00 midday. Sellers come from all over SW France to sell a vast array of cheeses, meat, wine, candy, bread and local delicacies of all sorts plus apparel, household goods etc. The market days of Riberac and Brantome are on Friday mornings, Perigueux on Saturday and Wednesday mornings. Riberac is known as a center for fois gras and has a number of shops specializing in duck produce and of course Perigordian black truffles. Another local food product is the walnut and one can see orchards growing them all over the region. They are to the Aquataine what olives are to Italy and Spain. Specialty stores selling these items can also be found in many of the nearby towns.
Not more than 10 minutes away hidden away in an old farmhouse and its outbuildings is Alibaba's Cave, chock full of all sorts of bric-a-brac and antiques. Brantome, Chateau L'Eveque, Perigueux, and Angouleme all have antique stores.
Moulin Du Roc - Champagnac-de-Belair - Michelin * - Just beyond Brantome is in a picturesque old mill offering super food in a beautiful setting.
Chateau des Reynats - Chancelade - Michelin * - About half an hour from the castle towards Perigueux is in a renovated 17th Century chateau, also a Hotel.
L'Essentiel - Perigueux - Michelin * In the old city, highly rated.
La Table des Pouyaud - Champcevinel - Michelin * - About half an hour away.
Moulin de l'Abbaye - Brantome - Michelin 3 charms- in an old mill on the Dronne river, great food beautiful setting. It is also a fine hotel.
Les Saveurs - Brantome - Michelin best value.
Hostellerie Les Griffons - Bourdeilles - Michelin 3 charms - Ten minutes away, indoor and outdoor tables, it is also a hotel.
Le Grain de Sel - Perigueux - Michelin Best Value.
Moulin de Pont - Lisle - A converted mill on the Dronne River. It's close, quite good with fresh trout they breed there on site. It is also a hotel.
For Pizza the best place is nearby in Creysac about 5 km away right on the river Dronne, very informal (bring mosquito repellant).
At the castle itself in addition to the swimming pool we have an all-weather tennis court, ping pong and bad minton outside and foosball and pool in the game room.


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Preseason Buzz: Galchenyuk held out of practice with Penguins
Raanta day to day for Coyotes; Dzingel might not play in Hurricanes opener
Welcome to the 2019 preseason! This is a busy time, with rookies looking to make a name for themselves and veterans looking to lock down roster spots. Each day, we will have all the updates of note right here.
Here is the preseason news for Thursday:
Galchenyuk misses practice with Penguins
Alex Galchenyuk is day to day with a lower-body injury that kept him from practicing with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
It was not said if the injury will prevent the forward from playing when Pittsburgh opens its regular season against the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena on Oct. 3. Coach Mike Sullivan said the Penguins were being cautious by holding out Galchenyuk, who did not play in a 4-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday after taking part in the morning skate.
Dominik Kahun replaced Galchenyuk at second-line left wing with center Evgeni Malkin and Bryan Rust.
"We've tried to move [Kahun] around the lineup a little bit," Sullivan said. "He's played with [Sidney Crosby]. He's played with [Malkin] now. We're exploring where he might best fit with the group. We're doing that with a number of guys."
Wes Crosby
Raanta has lower-body injury
Goalie Antti Raanta is day to day for the Arizona Coyotes with a lower-body injury.
Arizona recalled goalie Ivan Prosvetov from Tucson of the American Hockey League.
Tweet from @ArizonaCoyotes: INJURY UPDATE: #Coyotes goaltender Antti Raanta is listed as day-to-day with a lower body injury.
A lower-body injury limited Raanta to 12 games last season.
Dzingel might not start season with Hurricanes
Ryan Dzingel (lower body) might not play in the Carolina Hurricanes' season opener against the Montreal Canadiens at PNC Arena on Oct. 3.
The forward sustained a lower-body injury in a 3-0 loss to the Nashville Predators on Wednesday. Coach Rod Brind'Amour said Dzingel may be considered more than day to day.
"He felt better today, but I don't really know what that means," Brind'Amour said. "That's all he told me. I think it's probably longer than that."
Zacha to debut for Devils
Pavel Zacha will play his first game this preseason for the New Jersey Devils against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Friday.
The center, who signed a three-year contract as a restricted free agent on Sept. 10, reported to the Devils on Wednesday and traveled with them after getting his United States work visa approved but did not play against the Boston Bruins.
"It'll be important to get my legs back, get the skating and rhythm back in jumping back into the lineup," Zacha said Wednesday. "I was more excited getting back with the team."
Byram reassigned by Avalanche to Vancouver of WHL
Bowen Byram was reassigned by the Colorado Avalanche to Vancouver of the Western Hockey League.
The 18-year-old defenseman, selected with the No. 4 pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, was minus-4 with three shots on goal in four preseason games. He'll play his second season in the WHL, where he had 71 points (26 goals, 45 assists) and a plus-33 rating in 67 games in 2018-19.
Cozens assigned to junior team by Sabres
Dylan Cozens was assigned by the Buffalo Sabres to Lethbridge of the Western Hockey League.
The No. 7 pick in the 2019 NHL Draft played in three preseason games, including a game-low 8:37 against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.
"We believe he goes away from here a better player than he was when we drafted him," Sabres coach Ralph Krueger said about the forward, "and we believe he's going to come back and make a very hard push for being a part of this team next year."
Heather Engel
Tweet from @BuffaloSabres: We have assigned forward Dylan Cozens to the @WHLHurricanes.#Sabres50 pic.twitter.com/ndO2uKcL6I
Canadiens place veterans on waivers
Forwards Dale Weise, Matthew Peca and Phil Varone, and defensemen Karl Alzner and Xavier Ouellet, were placed on waivers by the Montreal Canadiens.
Alzner has played 682 NHL games over 11 seasons, the past two in Montreal.
Weise has played 490 NHL games for the New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks, Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers. He was traded to the Canadiens by the Flyers on Feb. 9.
Whitecloud week to week for Golden Knights
Zach Whitecloud is week to week for the Vegas Golden Knights after the defenseman sustained an upper-body injury in a 4-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center on Wednesday.
Tweet from @DannyWebster21: Upper-body, per Gallant. Also said it would be a shock if Theodore doesn���t play tomorrow or Sunday. #VegasBorn https://t.co/6rqxXDBdW6


Partly because of official secrecy, no 20th century profession was as ignorant of its history as the intelligence community.
The celebrated Bletchley Park codebreakers who broke Hitler's ciphers in WW2 had no idea that their predecessors had broken French ciphers during the Napoleonic Wars and those of the Spanish before the Armada of 1588. The Renaissance intelligence services that gave Europe a world lead for the first time were wholly unaware of the achievements of their Chinese, Indian and Muslim predecessors. Europe's new pre-eminence in the uses of intelligence went unchallenged until the American War of Independence, when George Washington outclassed his British opponents.
The Henry Jackson Society is delighted to invite you to an event with Professor Christopher Andrew, author of The Secret World: A History of Intelligence, who will demonstrate the impact of intelligence upon history and the importance of learning from experience. Professor Andrew will argue in his presentation that today's intelligence causes célèbres—among them Snowden, Putin and Islamist terrorism—will look rather different when seen in long-term perspective.
Professor Christopher Andrew has spent his whole career at Cambridge University where he was the first to teach the history of intelligence and founded the Cambridge Intelligence Seminar. While working in Paris for a Cambridge PhD, he discovered files showing that French ministers before the First World War understood less about codebreaking than Cardinal Richelieu three centuries earlier. In the last 50 years, in addition to discovering intelligence files in archives from Paris to Canberra, Andrew has had unparalleled opportunities to understand the intelligence community in East and West from the inside. He spent almost 20 years working (initially secretly) with two KGB officers, Oleg Gordievsky and Vasili Mitrokhin, who had risked their lives to pass top-secret intelligence to MI6 and its allies. The FBI called Mitrokhin's files 'the most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source'. In the United States, as Michael Beton Kaneb Professor of National Security at Harvard, he benefited from new research opportunities and the opportunity to lecture to the CIA and other intelligence agencies. From 2003 to 2010 Andrew was the first (and so far only) official historian of MI5, writing its best-selling centenary history.
On the 26th of June the Henry Jackson Society had the pleasure of hosting Professor Christopher Andrew, Professor at Cambridge University, and Dr Andrew Foxall, Director of Research and Director of the Russia and Eurasia Studies Centre at the Henry Jackson Society. His latest book, The Secret World: A History of Intelligence, covers the history of intelligence from Moses to the 21st century. Our guests led an engaging discussion on Professor Andrew's book and the lessons current leaders can take from the history of intelligence. Professor Andrew opened the discussion by briefly discussing the first example of intelligence which was from God to Moses.
Professor Andrew emphasised that those who do not understand the mistakes of history are doomed to repeat it. To demonstrate this, he used an acronym called HASDD; Historical Attention Span Deficit Disorder. HASDD is the idea that there is only focus on the present rather than on the history before it. Professor Andrew explained that in order to understand intelligence, you need to understand the history of intelligence.
Only when policymakers understand intelligence can they make informed decisions. Winston Churchill was a historian and therefore he was the best example of this as he understood intelligence better than anyone in history.
There can be those that are highly intelligent but are ignorant in using intelligence. Such was the case when the Napoleonic Codes were broken and nobody realized it until George Scovell. The problem with intelligence is that there is no point in obtaining the information if it cannot be processed. If there are policymakers that do not understand history, then they will be able to properly understand the information they are given.
Professor Andrew fears that HASDD dominates political culture today. In the 1940s whenever somebody wanted to get involved in politics they would read Stalin and Hitler to understand the enemy better. Nowadays people ought to be reading religious texts to understand religious terrorism, but that is not the case.
Dr Foxall praised The Secret World: A History of Intelligence and Professor Andrew for his enlightening talk. Dr Foxall added that A History of Intelligence is a must read for anyone interested about intelligence.
Professor Andrew closed by giving an example of how history can help understand subtle messages. When Putin raised a champagne toast to the founder of polonium-210 praising him as a Russian hero he was really mocking the world because of the assassination of Alexander Litvineko that used polonium-210.
We were honoured to host the distinguished Professor Andrew.


The Warwick Hope Chest Thrift Boutique in Pine Island has partnered with Ia's Threads, a local fashion designer of luxury handbags and zero-waste fashion dresses, to provide planet friendly fashions to the community.
The Applefest 2019 Committee is now accepting designs for this year's T-shirt Design Contest. The deadline is July 12.
Julie Loftus shared this photo she took of peach blossoms in bloom along Jessup Road in Warwick.


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The Instalaciones de Club de Fútbol América is the training ground of professional football club América. It opened in 1973 and is located in the borough of Tlalpan in Mexico City. The surface area is 70,049.957 meters long, and is used by the first-team and the youth squads, as well as by the administrators and technical staff.

The ground is known by its official nickname El Nido (The Nest in English), due to the team's nickname being Las Águilas (The Eagles).

Facilities
4 grass fields (used by both first-team and youth squads)
1 Designated fan area.
2 Gymnasiums.
1 Medical facility.
2 Locker-rooms.
1 Laundry-room.
1 Press area.
Clubhouse.
Club trophy room.
Auditorium.
Administrative offices.
Kitchen.
Dining room.
Cafeteria.
1 Club souvenir shop.
1 Official Nike store.
2 parking lots.

The grounds were renovated and remodeled in 2008 under then-club president Michel Bauer. The architect Gustavo Soto was in charge of the project. This included the renovation of the administrative offices, locker rooms, auditorium, trophy room, and the electrical and plumbing. All of the training equipment was replaced with more modern training technology as well. The renovation was completed in 2009.

References

Club América
Azteca

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Brand-new Seal & Go units at new airport terminal Muscat
marzo 20 2018 | New location
Today we celebrate the opening of our new Seal & Go units at the New Muscat International Airport in Oman.
New terminal building Muscat
In 2015 Seal & Go opened a location at the old Muscat International Airport terminal, the largest airport of Oman and home base of the National Airline, Oman Air. The new Muscat International Airport terminal, set open today, will be able to handle more than 12 million passengers a year and 48 million passengers after the completion of a number of four-phase construction projects. The new terminal will have the capacity to handle large aircrafts such as the airbus A380 and the Boeing 747.
Seal & Go units
The new Seal & Go units are to be found at departures in the new terminal building. The new locations will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Sister company Paolo Salotto
At the same time, our sister company Paolo Salotto opens up a brand-new travel accessories store, situated in the state-of-the-art shopping area of the new terminal building. At Travel Accessories by Paolo Salotto, passengers will be able to find a full range of suitcases and all kinds of travel accessories. The new Paolo Salotto store offers brands like Samsonite, American Tourister, JUMP Paris, Secrid Wallet, Victorinox, The North Face, Eagle Creek and Go Travel.


In The Barrens, there is a tombstone complete with a Spirit Healer, known as The Shrine of the Fallen Warrior. This is a shrine dedicated to Michael Koiter, a designer of World of Warcraft who died during development due to heart failure.
The three bankers in Stormwind are named Olivia, Newton and John named after the '80s singer Olivia Newton-John.
Further into the Undercity, in the War Quarter, there's an honest to God Fight Club where you'll find two NPC fighters named Edward and Tyler. This clearly references the film Fight Club.
In the newest high-level-dungeon "Naxxramas", gamers could sometimes spot a cat running through this dungeon called "Mr. Bigglesworth". A clear pointer to Dr. Evil's cat from the Austin Powers movies.
In Tanaris and Booty bay, there are Goblin engineers named Lafhorg and Scooty. An obvious reference to the Star Trek Chief Engineers Geordi Laforge and Scotty.
While fighting your way through the Deadmines to get VanCleef's head you'll encounter a Goblin Shredder. Take it down and look at the dashboard and you'll see a familiar face: Kerrigan, The Zerg Queen from Starcraft: Brood War. She appears to be the ruler of the goblins as well. Other goblin shredders can be found in Stranglethorn Vale and Gadgetzan.
In Dalaran, at the top of the Violet Citadel tower, there is a NPC nammed Alfred Copperworth, a reference to Alfred Pennyworth from the Batman comics.
Was one of the first six video games to be inducted into the National Museum of Play's Video Game Hall of Fame.
There is a lumberjack in Elwynn Forest named Terry Palin. Terry Jones and Michael Palin were members of Monty Python who (among many others) were famous for the Lumberjack Song.
The item "Six Demon Bag" is a nod to John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China: sorcerer Egg Shen's (Victor Wong) Six-Demon Bag has the power to blast enemies with "wind, fire, all that kind of thing!"
The island off the coast of Dustwallow Marsh is called Alcaz, and even contains a huge gate like prison. Referring of course to world famous Alcatraz Island in San Francisco harbor.
The "Grand Master Engineer" in the Zangarmarsh zone is called "Mack Diver" a very clear reference to MacGyver.
In the Lower City there are characters named Adam Eternium and Oric Coe. This is a reference to He-Man of course Prince Adam of Eternia and his sidekick Orko. This character also has his "Battle Tiger' instead of Battle Cat.
One of the prizes for the Scarlet Monastery quest "Into the Scarlet Monastery" is the Sword of Omen. This is referenced to Lion-o's Sword of Omens from Thundercats.
Similarly to the Alliance battlemasters in the Lower City of Shattrath, amongst the Horde battlemasters is Keldor the Lost, a clear allusion to Skeletor, He-Man's arch-foe, who's original 'human' name was Keldor. He even comes complete with the purple tinged skin and goat skull staff.
In the Badlands around the middle of the map is a semi-hidden crypt. Enter the crypt and you'll see a decomposed guy sitting on a throne with a sword to his side. A clear allusion from the first Conan film.
In Sporaggar, Zangarmarsh, the Sporelings give a quest called "We Want a Shrubery!!". This is an obvious reference to the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) in which the Knights Who Say Ni demand a shrubbery from King Arthur.
The Innkeeper in Thrallmar [Hellfire] is called Floyd Pinkus and obvious reference to the band Pink Floyd.
Not far from the quest "The Kessel Run" mentioned in another post, is a hippogryph master named Laando, probably a reference to Lando Calrissian, the character played by Billy Dee Williams in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
One of the mini-bosses of the Defias Brotherhood in Westfall is named Benny Blaanco which refers to the gang leader of the same name in the movie Carlito's Way.
Postmaster Malown drops the item "Malown's Slam" referring to NBA star Karl 'The Mailman' Malone.
Sentinel Hill (the central militia base in Westfall) is also where Yog-Sothoth is summoned in the H.P. Lovecraft story, The Dunwich Horror.
In the dungeon Uldaman, located in Bad Lands, you'll meet three vikings called Erik, Baleog and Olaf. It's a reference to the three vikings in the 1992 video-game The Lost Vikings.
The consumable Red Speckled Mushrooms are a clear image of the classic mushrooms in Mario. They even come with the same, small, slit-like eyes on the stalk.
In Stormwind, the cooking trainer is named Stephen Ryback and the cooking supplier is named Erika Tate. This is a direct reference to the movie "Under Siege" starring Steven Segal who played Casey Ryback and Erika Eleniak who played Jordan Tate.
A further movie allusion comes from Star Wars. In the Shimmering Flats, peek around a bit and you'll find a goblin race team with a very familiar looking vehicle - Blizzard's version of Sebulba's podracer from Episode I. Do a little more exploring and you'll also find a wrecked podracer which smacked into a canyon walls.
Outside of Auberdine in Darkshore, a dwarf could be found named Glubber Bump. This is a reference to Forrest Gump (1994), when the shrimp company Forrest founds is called Bubba Gump. A quest given by Glubber is called "Fruit of the Sea" and Glubber details all the way you can cook crab. This is also from Forrest Gump when Bubba details all the way you can cook shrimp.
Amberstill Ranch is where level 40 and 60 dwarves get there ram mounts. There is an actual Amberstill Ranch near San Diego, California.
In the expansion there is a quest called "The Kessel Run" a reference to _Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)_ and the popular kessel run made by smugglers.
In the expansion in the world?s end tavern in Shattrath City there is Harris Pilton with her dog Tinkerbell. Refering to Hilton millionaire Paris Hilton and her dog Tinkerbell.
In Hellfire Peninsula in the Temple of Telhamat, there is a NPC named Caregiver Ophera Windfury, in reference to the TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
The bankers in Ironforge are named Barnum Stonemantle, Bailey Stonemantle, and Soleil Stonemantle. This is an obvious reference to the Barnum & Bailey and Cirque du Soleil circuses.
The NPC in the Lower City that gives the daily cooking quest is named Rokk - a reference to WWE Professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson who's tag line was "Can you smell what the Rock is cooking?"
In the Alliance city of Theramore in Duskwallow Marsh, there is a fishmonger who works on the dock named "Dirty" Michael Crowe, a reference to the host of the Discovery Channel's show Dirty Jobs (2005), Mike Rowe.
In The Scarlet Enclave (Death Knight starting area) there is an NPC called Siouxsie the Banshee, clearly a reference to the British Post-Punk band Siouxsie & the Banshees.
The zone Un'Goro Crater is a reference to a real life place, the N'Goro N'Goro Crater, in Tanzania.


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Address: Carrick-On-Suir Post Office, Sean Kelly Square, Carrickbeg, Clonmel Road, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Carrick Carpets
Address: Greystone Street, Carrickbeg, Carrick-On-Suir, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
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Outfield Sports
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Carrick River Rescue
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John Hearn Hardware Limited
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Leonies boutique
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package ca.corefacility.bioinformatics.irida.service.remote;

import ca.corefacility.bioinformatics.irida.model.sequenceFile.SequencingObject;

/**
 * Service for reading {@link SequencingObject}s from remote sources
 *
 * @param <Type>
 *            an entity extending {@link SequencingObject}
 */
public interface SequencingObjectRemoteService<Type extends SequencingObject> extends RemoteService<Type> {

	/**
	 * Mirror a remote SequencingObject to the local system
	 *
	 * @param seqObject
	 *            a SequencingObject read from a remote source
	 * @return The locally mirrored {@link SequencingObject}
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	public Type mirrorSequencingObject(Type seqObject);
}


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Alexander James McLean (West Palm Beach, Florida, 1978. január 9.) az 1993 óta fennálló Backstreet Boys nevű együttes egyik frontembere, amerikai dalszövegíró, énekes, színész.

Élete

Szülei Denise Fernandez és Robert (Bob) McLean. A. J. West Palm Beach-en született Floridában, négyéves volt, mikor szülei elváltak és édesapja elhagyta a családot. Ezután édesanyjával anyai nagyszüleihez, Ursula és Adolph Fernandezhez költözött Orlando-ba, Floridába. Nyolcévesen kapta első filmszerepét a Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness c. alkotásban. Később a Nickelodeon Welcome Freshmen és Hi Honey, I'm Home! című sorozataiban kapott kisebb szerepeket.

1993 óta a Backstreet Boys nevű fiúegyüttesben énekel. A 2000-es évek elején McLean kitalált magának egy alteregót Johnny No Name néven, ebbe a szerepbe bújva többször is egyedül lépett fel. Saját állítása szerint az alteregója kicsit őrültebb, mint A.J., a Backstreet Boy, és keményebb stílusú dalokat játszik.

2010. január 20-án McLean szólóalbumot jelentetett meg Have It All címmel. Ugyanezen év januárjában az énekes megkérte barátnője, Rochelle Karidis kezét.

Jegyzetek

Fordítás

További információk

1978-ban született személyek
Német-amerikaiak
Skót-amerikaiak
Portugál származású amerikaiak
Amerikai énekesek
Élő személyek
American Music Awards-győztesek
Floridaiak
Florida zenei élete


A pageable report generates a stream of pages. Each page has the same height, even if the page is not fully filled with content. When a page is filled, the layouted page will be passed over to the output target to render it in either a Graphics2D or a streaming output (PDF, Plaintext, HTML, etc.) context.
When the content contains a manual pagebreak, the page will be considered full. If the pagebreak is a before-print break, then the break will be converted to an after-break, the internal report states will be rolled back, and the report processing restarts to regenerate the layout with the new constraints. A similar rollback happens if the current band does not fit on the page. Because of this, you would generally prefer break-before over break-after.
So for large reports, you might consider removing manual page breaks and limiting the width of bands.
When processing a pageable report, the reporting engine assumes that the report will be run in interactive mode, which allows for parameterization control. To make browsing through the pages faster, a number of page states will be stored to allow report end-users to restart output processing at the point in the report where they adjust the parameters.
The first 20 states (Pages 1 to 20) are stored in the primary pool. All states are stored with strong references and will not be garbage collected.
The next 400 states (pages 21 to 421) are stored into the secondary pool. Of those, every fourth state is stored with a strong reference and cannot be garbage collected as long as the report processor is open.
All subsequent states (pages > 421) are stored in the tertiary pool and every tenth state is stored as strong reference.
So for a 2000-page report, a total of about 270 states will be stored with strong references.
This reduces the number of states stored for a 2000 page report to 22, thus cutting the memory consumption for the page states to a 1/10th.
Note: In the current versioin full exports do not generate page states and thus these settings have no effect on such exports. They still affect the interactive mode.


Well, I've taken quite a bit of time off to regroup, enjoy the holiday and make some great connections. But I'm feeling more strongly than ever to get the word out to friends and acquaintances about being ahead of the curve on end-of-life and caregiving issues, so it's time to get back to writing. It may not be practical for some to get too far ahead of the curve, but many people are surprised how quickly they get blindsided finding themselves as a caregiver or being cared for. Almost everyone I've spoken with over the holidays is gravitating towards or in the middle of some kind of family caregiving situation. In my own experience, even with adequate time to get well informed, I still found myself with many seemingly small tasks that were far more worrisome than I anticipated.
One day it reached the point, in K's cancer evolution, that she needed a hospital bed. We have a nice large king sized bed but she was rolling around in it so much that you wouldn't know where to find her next. At the end of one day I actually found her pivoted 90 degrees and scrunched against the wall. The hospice nurse recommended we get a hospital bed brought in to make sure she didn't roll onto the floor and get hurt. Great idea, and something I would never have considered on my own. A hospital bed has bars on both sides, much like a baby crib, with the ability to raise or lower the head or legs. The hospital bed came along with the hospice services, which made it incredibly easy to do.
The bed was brought over and I had it placed in our bedroom. The guys who deliver the bed are fine to set it up but they are not qualified to move anyone onto it. K was not walking around at that time either, so it wasn't a matter of helping her shuffle over and hop in. They said I needed to call the fire department to have her moved. The fire department!? I just couldn't imagine having the fire department come roaring into the neighborhood, with a team of big beefy guys stomping into the bedroom to move her. No way I was going to do that, it would have totally freaked her out.
I gave it some thought and decided to move her to the bed myself. I am strong and fit and K was down to a very light 80 pounds. My biggest concern was her neck because she barely had the strength to life her head, if at all. I worried that in her frailness her neck could snap or strain if I did not support it well during the move. I stood there for a while strategizing how to do it with the utmost care. First I made sure the hospital bed was all set with new sheets, special cushions and a pillow. I let the bars down and took a deep breath. This was a small thing but I can't tell you how risky it felt.
I went over to K. She was conscious and staring at me. I told her what it was I was about to do and why. Not seeing any any alarm or revolt in her eyes signaled she was game. I took a deep breath and decided to go for it. I got under her carefully with my arms, cradled her head on my chest, so that it wouldn't flop backwards, and gently put her to rest in the hospital bed. Everything was fine and it took less than five seconds. For such a small thing it was an amazing bonding experience. Well, it may seem like a small thing but not when you are in the middle of it and untrained. Looking back I should waited and called our designated hospice nurse for advice. I was very lucky that it worked out okay. I shudder now when I think about it.
A few days later, while caring for her, I needed to lower the bars of the bed so I could maneuver more easily. I pulled the latch to let the bars drop down but a little red flag in my head went off stopping me from letting them drop full force. The bars had some serious heft to them so I lowered them gently all the while watching her face. After easing the bars down I saw K's face take on a disturbed and agitated look. Clearly something was wrong. Then I noticed – I had lowered the bars onto her right wrist! She had been laying there grasping the bars as if she were holding someone's hand, but I hadn't noticed, and so the horizontal support of the bars landed on top of her wrist. After seeing her expression it took a moment to figure out what the problem was and I immediately lifted the bars back up. I was terrified that I may have broken her wrist, but luckily all was well and the scowl went from her face. Thankfully, not only had I lowered the bars slowly but there was tons of soft padding between her hand and the bed. That one moment of being slightly conscious about making abrupt actions may have saved the day. Still, I was totally distraught and emotionally drained about this for days afterwards. K was very lucky to escape the potential harm of my amateurishness.
Back in October the AARP Public Policy Institute and the United Hospital Fund came out with a study entitled Home Alone: Family Caregivers Providing Complex Chronic Care that had some discomforting findings. In the executive summary it says, "Family caregivers have traditionally provided assistance with bathing, dressing, eating, and household tasks such as shopping and managing finances. While these remain critically important to the well-being of care recipients, the role of family caregivers has dramatically expanded to include performing medical/nursing tasks of the kind and complexity once provided only in hospitals." And the report shows that many non-paid caregivers are frightened and overwhelmed with the level of care they end up having to provide these days without training.
I can see great value for today's family caregiver to get some basic training. It was something that would have given me more confidence and ability to respond more competently. Caregiving someone can be too complex to simply consider winging it. If anything terrible happens to our loved one due to our own inexperience and lack of training we'll find ourselves haunted by it for quite some time.
I wish I could say there's a lot of training support available but actually it's not that easy to find unless you are ready to spend a lot of money. I'd suggest the first place to look for basic training programs would be with your local hospices. From my limited experience, and from speaking to others, you will find they are aware of many resources, offer quite a bit of services and will go the extra mile to help you. I found that some community colleges offer courses which, although they cost money, look like they are a good value. Also, check in with any universities or medical schools nearby. For instance I found that the U of Nevada School of Medicine held a free workshop for elder caregiver training specifically for the family caregiver. Programs like this may happen frequently, but you need to be proactive in seeking them out.
If anyone reading this has other ideas as to how a family caregiver can get some basic caregiving training without breaking the bank it would be much appreciated. Please weigh in.


As far as open world games go, Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition is a unanimous winner. It is one of the most popular games available and delivers some of the best graphics, gameplay, and controls among its many competitors.
If anyone has ever played a GTA game, they would know that the series is known for its remarkable graphics and high-quality animations. From the lead character to the public, the Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition brings you a complete visual experience like no other. The architecture of the buildings, the designs of the vehicles, and even the breathtaking landscape, are all just a part of the game's superior quality.
As it is with most open world games, you are free to do as you please in Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition. From robbing cars to shooting down cops, nothing is off limits in this game. However, there are missions for those who wish to take them on and complete them. Your character can do anything he likes and enter practically any building he wants. You can either run or ride or drive around the city and take on weird mini-games such as completing a jump on a bike, or stick to the missions and follow the storyline to complete the game successfully. You can earn money by either completing missions or beating up people and robbing them. The cash can be used to purchase clothes, weapons, accessories, vehicles, food, and so much more. The more crime you commit, the more your wanted stars increase which gets the cops on your tail. Evade them or take them on - the choice is yours.
While playing Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition, you will find a significant ease in controlling the character as well as interacting with your surroundings. If you play on a keyboard, you can customize the controls as per your needs. The directional keys usually are used for moving while the mouse is used to turn. Clicking the left mouse key helps you use an item. The game can also be played with a controller which does make it a lot easier.
Over the years, the name of Grand Theft Auto has become so popular with gamers around the world that every new title released is anticipated by millions. The Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition is similar and has excited fans from every part of the world. It is fun and challenging and keeps you coming back for more constantly. Even when running through the city freely, the game offers so much that it is nearly impossible to complete missions without getting distracted.
If there was a trophy for the best open world game, Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition would probably win it. The strong standing legacy and dedication that the brand has put into the game has always paid off with loyal fans always looking forward to the next episode. The game is a perfect addition to your collection of GTA games and should provide you with the kind of entertainment the series has delivered so far.
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Bensalem, Pennsylvania. You can view Bensalem venues that host many Bensalem PA events every year.
You can find a ton of properties for sale if you search the Bensalem page on Zillow. Currently Bensalem has an average listing price for homes for sale on the market of $514,251. More real estate facts about Bensalem: The number of properties currently for sale in Bensalem is 2,852. The median homes for sale listing price is $349,900. This is broken down with the number of three bedroom houses in Bensalem consisting of 1,024 with an average listing price for these house of $340,941. Out of the 1,106 houses that are four bedroom the average listing price for Bensalem is $566,002. Interest rates for Bensalem are at historic lows as well.


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Former Avoyelles Correctional Center warden and ex-wife sentenced to prison for stealing taxpayer money for personal benefit
Defendants ordered to pay $42,501.95 in restitution
ALEXANDRIA, La. – United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Nathan Burl Cain II, the former warden of the Avoyelles Correctional Center in Cottonport, Louisiana, and his ex-wife, Tonia Bandy Cain were sentenced to 38 months and 8 months in prison, respectively, by United States District Judge Dee D. Drell. They were also sentenced to two years of supervised release following imprisonment and were ordered to pay $42,501.95 in restitution.
On March 13, 2019, Nathan Burl Cain, II, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in the middle of a trial that began on March 11, 2019. Tonia Bandy Cain pleaded guilty on July 9, 2018 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Nathan Cain conspired with his ex-wife, who served as the manager of the business office of the facility, to use Louisiana Department of Corrections bank cards to purchase personal items, while misrepresenting that such items were purchased for official business. The bank cards were used to purchase furniture, pet supplies, toilet paper, gun parts, Christmas decorations, yard tools, tires, a pressure cooker that was given as a gift to a third party, and other items.
Additionally, Nathan Cain commissioned the construction of a house on prison grounds for himself and did not bid the construction as required by law. Instead, purchases for the construction were made on bank cards structured in a manner to avoid detection by the Louisiana Department of Corrections.
"Our public officials have a duty to uphold the law and act in the interests of those they serve," Joseph stated. "This prosecution and sentence of imprisonment should send a clear message: corruption by our public servants will be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I hope the resolution of this case serves to repair our citizen's trust in the many public servants who faithfully and honestly fulfill their duties every day. I want to thank Louisiana Inspector General Stephen Street's office and the FBI for investigating this case and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Luke Walker and David Ayo for their work prosecuting this matter."
"The people of Louisiana are absolutely fed up with corruption by public officials," said Louisiana Inspector General Stephen Street. "The sentences handed down today should make it clear to anyone who abuses the public trust and corrupts their office for personal gain: no matter who you are or what connections you think you have, you had better be prepared to go to jail. The Louisiana OIG remains committed to working with our law enforcement partners to make sure of it. Thanks again to United States Attorney David Joseph and his staff for their outstanding professional work in prosecuting this matter."
The FBI and the Louisiana Office of Inspector General conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys John Luke Walker and David J. Ayo prosecuted the case.