Monsaraz – first night's stop.
Overview: The Alentejo has some of the prettiest old towns in Portugal – and some of the gentlest cycling. It's not flat but it's certainly nothing like as rugged as other parts of the country.
This six-day route starts and finishes in the historic city of Évora with its World Heritage centre and takes a loop through some of the region's most scenic countryside.
There's also the option of a two-day extension taking you out to the best bit of the Alentejo coast.
Along the way, you'll see castles, rivers, reservoirs, old towns and small villages – plus cows, cork oaks and more birds than people. Storks' nests seem to occupy most telegraph poles and – if you're lucky – you might also see more exotic species like the colourful bee-eater.
This route is mainly on very quiet roads – surfaces are variable but the views are well worth coping with the odd pothole or 10!
Note: A guidebook for this route is now available.. Scroll to the bottom of the page for more information.
Distance & difficulty: Total distance is 384km (240 miles)*. There are no major hills – maximum grade is 9.5%. Much of the route involves long straights where your biggest obstacles will be the heat (see below) and the wind if it's in the wrong direction. The coastal extension (see below) is the hilliest section.
*Or 547km (342 miles) if you do the coastal extension as well.
The sections between Serpa and Castro Verde aren't as straight as the rest and you should probably listen out for traffic – particularly HGVs – on the bends. The roads are not dangerous or particularly busy but drivers – although generally courteous – won't be used to seeing cyclists.
Also note that although parts of this route are on designated N (National) roads, they are generally extremely quiet and the heaviest traffic you are likely to meet is in and around Évora.
Typical Alentejo road – and scenery.
One thing to bear in mind, is that the Alentejo can get very hot – well above 30C/90F even in the spring and autumn and 40C/100F-plus in the summer.
Personally, unless you're used to extreme heat, I wouldn't recommend cycling in this part of Portugal between May and September (even in other months it can be baking here). Go north instead!
Stages: I would suggest this route as six mostly easy days – Evora to Monsaraz 65km (40m), Monsaraz to Serpa 89km (52m), Serpa to Mertola 55km (34m), Mertola to Castro Verde 44km (27m), Castro Verde to Beja 56km (35m) and Beja to Evora 85km (53m).
If you want to cut a day off – and set a tougher pace – then one logical solution would be to do Serpa to Castro Verde in one 99km (61m) day.
Extension: If you've got time and want to see the full range of Alentejo landscapes – including some sandy beaches and spectacular cliffs – then you might want to consider going further west.
The map below shows a three-day, 231km extension to the route that replaces the Castro Verde to Beja section. Instead, you go west to Odemira (71km) then out to the coast and up to Vila Nova de Milfontes (54km) before coming back inland to Beja (106km).
There are a few more hills out towards the coast but nothing too extreme and the scenery will be well worth the sweat involved. The ride to Beja is also a fairly long day but once away from the coast the countryside is rolling and the day shouldn't be too taxing.
For anyone with a bit more time, you could also add my Cork & Carpets day ride, a 54km (33m) loop north of Évora to the town of Arraiolos or the Alentejo Panorama, a 77km (47m) loop starting from Estremoz, north east of Évora.
Accommodation & Provisions: There's a wide choice of places to stay for most budgets in Évora, Beja and Vila Nova de Milfontes, from camping to hotels. There are also good municipal campsites in Serpa and Castro Verde.
Guesthouses in Monsaraz are generally fairly pricey but if you can afford them it's a truly magical place for an overnight stop. You may find cheaper accommodation in nearby Reguengos de Monsaraz or in Mourao on the other side of the lake.
Serpa has several guesthouses – I can recommend the Residencial Beatriz as a good choice. Mertola, Castro Verde and Odemira are also big enough to offer several accommodation options.
You can find supermarkets in Évora, Serpa and Viana do Alentejo (north of Alvito). Along the way, you'll also find shops for provisions – plus cafes – in Mertola, Mourao, Moura, Castro Verde, Aljustrel, Ferreira do Alentejo and Viana do Alentejo.
The only place with limited options for buying food is Monsaraz as it's only a very small village. There are a few cafes and some pricier options but no actual shops.
The Alentejo Circuit print edition costs £4.99 or US $7.99 from Amazon. (You can also order from any book shop with the ISBN number: 978-0957584129).
My sister and I have just completed the Alentejo Circuit and had a truly wonderful trip. I had your route details on my kindle and the information was detailed and accurate. We didn't get lost once – this is a first for us! I live in Cascais and my sister flew over from the UK to join me. We drove to Évora and left the car at the campsite. We had amazing weather – mid-high 20s the whole time and the landscape was truly beautiful. I had been looking into biking holidays for a while, but have been dismayed with the price of organised tours (out of reach on my Portuguese salary). Your website is perfect – thank you. I note you now have a route planning service, which I may be using in the future. Congratulations on your work – I will certainly spread the word where I can.
Thanks so much for taking the time to get in touch. I'm delighted the advice and information worked so well and that you had such an excellent trip.
Hi Jackie, thanks for the info, I'm planning a tour around the same time next year (end of March / beginning of April) and I was happy to read about your experience. What was your impression of the safety on the road? Would you consider this route safe for beginners? Do the road generally have safety margins that allow relaxed cycling?
Hi Huw – we are planning on riding in Portugal in mid September and are considering the Alentejo Circuit. What's your thought on that route as far as the temperature goes. Or is there another route for about a week, you'd recommend? Thanks so much. Love your website!
Hi Laurie. Mid-September anywhere in Portugal will still be hot – although the further south you go, the higher the temperature.
The north of Portugal will be a bit cooler but it's a lot more rugged and also not as easy to get to.
We're really enjoying this site and your book. I'm looking to load up my GPS before I head to Portugal to ride from Evora to Vila Nova de Milfontes. The map for the coastal extension links to an image instead of Ride with GPS. Do you have the link so I could download the .gpx files.
Sorry about the link – I'll get it changed.
I didn't give much detail on the two routes out of Lisbon as I don't think there's a huge difference.
I would not recommend cycling in Lisbon in rush hour – either take a taxi if possible or use the metro.
The other alternative is urban/regional train to Vila Franca de Xira and then cycle to Evora. The road is probably a lot smoother but will be busier – more trucks as well as cars. The other advantage of this route is it's an easy metro journey from the airport to the Oriente station, where you can get the train to Vila Franca.
Scenically there's probably not that much difference – if anything I'd go for the first option.
1) Would June be too hot for riding? We are used to temperatures up to 30C but 35-40C would melt us!
2) Do you have any suggestions on accommodation in Évora? I think we would do out-and-back rides and therefore come back every afternoon to Évora. We'd like somewhere that we could keep the bikes securely. lounge around after the rides, be close enough to the centre to have a choice of restaurants. A pool would be nice!
Hi Don – happy the website is doing it's job!
I can't predict the weather but early June shouldn't be too bad – particularly if you try to do most cycling in the morning (and dive in that pool in the afternoon). By late June you might be okay in the mornings but could be getting uncomfortable.
Difficult to make suggestions for accommodation without knowing your budget (and I've only ever camped or stayed budget guesthouse in Evora). I've used booking.com a lot to find accommodation – gives you a chance to see prices, facilities and reviews. Otherwise, Tripadvisor etc. Keeping bikes safe shouldn't be a problem – most places will find somewhere to store them and there isn't a huge amount of petty theft in Portugal.


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The boys and girls schools are situated in Shamshatoo, close to the city of Peshawar. Their catchment is principally from the outskirts of Peshawar and the 'settled areas' of FATA where populations are static and have abandoned a nomadic lifestyle.
There are currently 373 students in the MGM and BGM schools, a majority of them girls. It is of particular note that despite being of marriageable a significant number of girls remain in school, representing a shift in cultural attitudes to female education. The girls sections are registered with the Department of Education to Secondary level (O level). Currently the schools operate up to Class 9 (age 15/16) and AFPK are in the process of applying to register the MGM as a Higher Secondary School (A level).
To provide a quality education to students from marginalised communities in the Federally Administered Tribal areas and adjacent settled communities.
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The BGM school is expanding and a new building is under construction (PICS). Currently the school has students up to Class 6 (11-12 years). The BGM school will eventually provide education up to Secondary/Matriculation ('O' Level)
The Noor Model schools were started in 2009 in abandoned buildings constructed for Afghan refugees in the early 90's in the Baghbanan area. Baghbanan is a brick kiln community of about 5000 households of primarily Afghan origin, internally displaced people (IDP's) as well as the indigenous population. Chronic rural poverty is endemic and many households subsist on an income of less than 1USD per day. Children are born into bonded labour (recognised as a modern form of slavery) and start work in the brick kilns from an early age. They have limited life trajectories and an average life expectancy of 38 years. Girls typically marry in their early teens and have multiple pregnancies with short birth spacing. The adult female literacy rate is less than 3% and the intergenerational transfer of poverty is inevitable.
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The British Attack Philadelphia
Fighting in the Revolutionary War lasted eight years; for two years (June 1776 to June 1778) Philadelphia was the main military objective of the British.
Revolutionary Philadelphia's Loyalists
History is written by the victors, so the Tory Loyalists of Revolutionary Philadelphia have mostly fallen from view.
City of Rivers and Rivulets
Philadelphia has always been defined by the waters that surround it.
Pacifist Pennsylvania, Invaded Many Times
Pennsylvania was founded as a pacifist utopia, and currently regards itself as protected by vast oceans. But Pennsylvania has been seriously invaded at least six times.
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Meschianza
General Howe
The British under General Howe occupied Philadelphia for a little more than six months, withdrawing at the end of May 1778. Washington and his starving troops were shivering in the miserable encampment at Valley Forge that winter, and it is easy to imagine the British encircling, besieging or storming the encampment to put an end to the war then and there. Instead, Howe settled down in the enemy capital and had a merry time of it. Historians differ about the reasons for this puzzling behavior. On the one hand, Howe never did any campaigning in the winter if he could help it, somehow feeling that gentlemen soldiers had a right to revel, just as school children now feel they have a right to loaf in the summer. Perhaps there were practical military reasons to avoid winter campaigns, as well. However, it is also true that Howe had shown whig sympathies in the past, and very likely did feel that conciliation with the colonists was not only a possible but the best possible outcome of the dispute. If that was his idea, he was listening too much to the rich Tories in Philadelphia and not enough to the scowling artisan class, or to the solemn-faced Quakers. All winter long, the British soldiers revealed in theatricals and parties, apparently oblivious to the starvation nearby, or the appalled reactions of the sober Quakers to music, dancing, and ornamental dress. If Howe had any purpose to bedazzle the populace, he could not have put a better man in charge than his Lieutenant-General Major John Andre, whose thumb-in-your-eye attitude was defiantly underlined by his taking up Benjamin Franklin's own house as his pied a Terre.
Andre certainly cut a fine figure. It would be hard to say whether John Burgoyne or John Andre was the most dashing man in England, but it was surely one or the other. They both wrote plays and poetry of professional quality, designed costumes and scenery, and organized one extravaganza after another. They were both handsome in the eyes of ladies, and fearless soldiers in the eyes of men. Anything you can do, I can do better.
About the time Howe was replaced by General Henry Clinton and recalled to England, the position in Philadelphia began to look dangerous for the British. The French signed an alliance with the American Revolutionists earlier that spring, and the concern became a real one that the French fleet might blockade the mouth of Delaware and trap the British Army, stranded a hundred miles upriver from its own Navy. When Andre learned they were leaving, he saw they needed to have a celebration that would be remembered.
Even today, the day-and-night revelry is indeed remembered. Andre wrote a detailed description for his local girlfriend Peggy Chew (the daughter of Pennsylvania's Chief Justice) that is really something to read. Made all the more pointed with our present hindsight that Peggy Chew was the best friend of the Peggy Shippen who married Benedict Arnold, the letter gives the celebration a made-up name, Meschianza. Sometimes spelled Mischianza, the derivation is loosely connected to the Italian word for Medley. It began with a regatta of costumed soldiers and local ladies on barges sailing slowly down the river accompanied by cannon fire, singing, and music. The main events of the week took place on the South Philadelphia plantation of Joseph Wharton, now called 5th and Wharton Streets. Horsemen of the British Army put on a Medieval tournament with jousting and whatever, dressed in white and pink satin, and hats of pink silk with white feathers on the brim. There were fireworks at night and banquets. Good wine, toasts, and laughter to witty remarks. The final high point was a fancy dress ball. Wow.
And then, the British moved across the river to New Jersey, and were gone.
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Originally published: Monday, June 26, 2006; most-recently modified: Thursday, May 02, 2019
Was reading and needed to know what "Meschianza" was, and I found my answer here! Thanks!
Posted by: Karri Hickey | Mar 5, 2011 6:22 PM
My ancestor, Samuel Pleasants, was a "Virginia Exile," who wrote a petitionary note to the Secr of the Commonwealth, Timothy Matlack, on the date of the Meschianza. Thank you for the description of the event and why it happened.
Posted by: Ann Shafer | May 8, 2008 10:38 PM
Thank you, Pennsylvania physician for your interesting description.
There's a book called A Touch of Magic that I read as a girl that includes the Meschianza. I always wanted to know more about what actually happened.
Posted by: Eve Silberman | Dec 11, 2006 3:00 PM


Of all the stuff that Stephen King has written, his best work by far in my opinion is The Dark Tower. The way all of the characters are woven into the body of work is incredible, plus it's got guns and stuff. If you are counting the day until the new movie hits theaters like me, you will want these The Dark Tower POP! figures from Funko.
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Close enough. Just unhook the brakes.
Do you have Biospace cranks to with that Biospace wheel?
Might want to adjust your computer. I'm not sure the circumference is what it was exactly.
Andrij, have you put on weight? A LOT of weight?
Never mind "brakeless" fixies, I see a fair few unhooked brakes for that reason and some of them are both ends.
I know. See them every day. Heel on the rear tyre works ok do innit.
I saw someone employing this braking technique for the first time the other day. From the level of skill and the state of their shoe, they'd obviously been using it for a while.
I'd only come across the shoe-on-front-tyre and shoes-on-tarmac (the saddle is usually set low enough to facilitate this) variants before.
Oooo fuckity. Good to hear you're OK.
Methinks it's time for Mr. Car Driver to buy you a new front wheel.
Foot-on-rear-tyre is something I saw in Swindon a few years ago. The BMX kids do it because (I suppose it's like fixies) they don't want to spoil their machines' clean lines with a brake. It seems reasonably effective, and the fact that you can hang your bum right out over the rear wheel of a BMX no doubt helps with grip.
Gosh, only just seen this, we're glad you're OK Andrij, any chance of suing the arse off the the driver?
...can hang your bum right out over the rear wheel of a BMX no doubt helps with grip.
I thought the hard guys just clenched the tyre between...no?
Depends how knobbly it is.
You'll notice I didn't specify whether I referred to the tyre or the arse there!


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Home Politics David Duke Endorses Rep. Tulsi Gabbard For President And She Rejects It -- Is There Any Upside To All Of This?
David Duke Endorses Rep. Tulsi Gabbard For President And She Rejects It -- Is There Any Upside To All Of This?
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is getting an endorsement that she is not really proud of, the one from David Duke. The former leader of the KKK likes her views on Israel.
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It looks like Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is already enjoying some support for her upcoming run in the 2020 presidential election.
However, a particular endorsement she has received recently did not seem to please her too much, as it came from David Duke.
Duke's name is familiar to many for having a history with the KKK, more specifically as a former leader of the notorious racist group.
The endorsement came in the form of a banner on Duke's Twitter page, which states "Tulsi Gabbard for President."
The banner also implied that Duke's praise was driven by Gabbard's apparent motivation to put the USA's interest above those of Israel.
It read: "Tulsi Gabbard for President. Finally a candidate who will put America First rather than Israel First!"
He also added: "Tulsi Gabbard is currently the only Presidential candidate who doesn't want to send White children off to die for Israel."
That topic has been a particularly controversial one in American politics lately, and it is not strange to see a politician using it as a tool in their platform.
It will be interesting to follow this scenario and see if Gabbard and Duke have any other interactions in the near future.
The Hawaii congresswoman also released a statement in regards to the controversial endorsement. It said: "I have strongly denounced David Duke's hateful views and his so-called 'support' multiple times in the past, and reject his support. Publicizing Duke's so-called 'endorsement' is meant to distract from my message: that I will end regime-change wars, work to end the new cold war and take us away from the precipice of a nuclear war, which is a greater danger now than ever before."
Some are speculating that Gabbard only claims to be against the idea of receiving support from sides like these due to the impact on her public image.
According to those critics, she should be happy about any kind of support at the moment, and she most likely is behind the scenes, as this is way to generate headlines.
As controversial as that may sound, it does not seem like a completely outrageous statement, according to those same critics.
Plus, it would not be the first time that observers have seen US politicians surrounded by people being dishonest about their intentions or pushing fringe ideas.
Hopefully, that will not turn out to be the case with Gabbard though, say her supporters.
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Liudmila Nikolaievna Gureieva (en rus Людмила Николаевна Гуреева; Odessa, RSS d'Ucraïna, 12 de febrer de 1943 - Moscou, 4 d'octubre de 2017) va ser una jugadora de voleibol soviètica que va competir durant les dècades de 1960 i 1970.

El 1964 va prendre part en els Jocs Olímpics de Tòquio, on guanyà la medalla de plata en la competició de voleibol.

A nivell de clubs jugà al Burovestniek Odessa i al CSKA de Moscou. Guanyà la lliga soviètica set vegades (1961, 1965-1969, 1974) i la Copa d'Europa de voleibol de 1966 i 1967.

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His teeth was in bits.
Keith Earls, the Munster and Ireland rugby player, is often known as Earlsie.
So original however neither funny witty strange or unusual.
Guy I grew up with was adopted..never knew his exact birth date..so he used share his with his adoptive name...when he was about 12 his birth mother was found and his real b'day discovered.
Ever since we said he was actually an Apache..
It was funny when we were 12 anyways!
Once knew an Irish guy in America who's nickname was Biscuits.
But then he got his American citizenship and everyone started calling him Cookies.
I know of a guy (Eamon) who was nicnamed "Badly"! He got it when he fingered the wrong hole late one night, the lucky lady was heard crying "Stop it, you're Eamon Badly!
You obviously went to a very nice school.
There was another guy called 'The Feeler' because someone once accidentally sat on his hand. There was a female teacher called 'Lurch' because she was very tall (and admittedly bore a slight resemblance to Lurch from the Addams Family). Secondary school was a very unforgiving place.
Secondary school was a very unforgiving place.
A girl in secondary school called Kay, was known as Potassium!
One of my sisters knew a guy called "Hoover".
In his teen years, his brother and mother walked in on him attempting to pleasure himself with the vacuum cleaner. Never knew which brand, but always had a funny mental image of it being a "Henry" hoover.
The brother obviously wasn't going to keep that incident quiet and I'd say everyone within a 2km radius of his house knew about it.


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A: The second argument to array_merge should be an array. But to quote the documentation:

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In your code, $row is an array. $row[0] is a string.
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A: Keep it simple, man
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The First Professional Baseball Player to Receive the Purple Heart in World War II
John DeJohn
Date and Place of Birth: October 29, 1915 Birmingham, Alabama
Died: June 17, 2005 Birmingham, Alabama
Baseball Experience: Minor League
Position: Second Base
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Military Unit: Eighth Air Force USAAF
Area Served: European Theater of Operations
John T. DeJohn, a second baseman from Birmingham, Alabama, signed with the Waycross Bears of the Class D Georgia-Florida League in 1940, and batted an impressive .309. The following season he moved up to Class B baseball with the Savannah Indians of the South Atlantic League and batted .290 in 138 games.
DeJohn entered military service in May 1942 and was stationed with the Army Air Force in England as a tail gunner with a B-17 Flying Fortress bomb group. In late 1942, Staff Sergeant DeJohn's B-17 was returning from a bombing raid on Lille, France when German Focke-Wulf 190 fighter planes attacked it. DeJohn was hit by shell fragments all down his left side and had one of his guns knocked out of action. Despite his injuries, he kept firing at the enemy fighters and was credited with shooting down two of them. When Spitfires appeared to escort the stricken bomber back to safety the German fighters dispersed and it was not until then that DeJohn informed the crew of his injuries.
DeJohn is believed to be the first professional baseball player to receive the Purple Heart during World War II (Billy Hebert, also a second baseman, who played for the Merced Bears of the California League in 1941, posthumously received the Purple Heart when he was killed in action at Guadalcanal on October 21, 1941. Although the date of DeJohn's action is unknown, it is believed to precede the date of Hebert's death).
DeJohn was later awarded the Air Medal by Brigadier-General Newton Longfellow, commanding officer of VIII Bomber Command.
DeJohn returned to the United States after his tour of duty and received a medical discharge in July 1944. He then worked for the US Employment Service, assisting other returning servicemen to readjust themselves.
John DeJohn passed away in Birmingham, Alabama on June 17, 2005. He was 89.
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Want to spend a night in the 'Home Alone' house? You just might be able to
Airbnb is getting into the Christmas spirit by putting the McCallister's iconic home up for rent
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Updated: Dec 6, 2021 06:51:36 PM IST
Airbnb is putting the iconic 'Home Alone" house up for one night's rent.
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It's the perfect gift for fans of "Home Alone"! Airbnb is getting into the Christmas spirit by putting the McCallister's iconic home up for rent! But you'll have to be fast to take advantage of the offer. Only four people will have the chance to recreate cult scenes from the movie in the actual location! We give you the lowdown.
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If you've ever wanted to scream at the bathroom mirror like Kevin McCallister, you may finally be able to make your dream come true! Airbnb is taking advantage of the release of "Home Sweet Home Alone" on Disney+, the remake of the cult movie from the 1990s, by putting the legendary home in the original up for rent. What's in it for you? A one-night stay for four people on December 12. A unique offer at the price of 25 dollars, "plus taxes and fees." But be aware that it's up for offer on a first-come, first-serve basis. Airbnb specifies that this exclusive offer for a one-night stay is not a contest. So you'll have to act fast to be able to snatch up this stay, which will be available for booking from Tuesday, December 7 from 1pm CT.. Travelers will still have to take care of their travel to and from Chicago, where the house of "Home Alone" is located.
Pizza and tarantula
The offer also includes activities related to the Chris Colombus film. The lucky travelers will be able to enjoy "a cozy holiday scene with twinkling lights and a perfectly trimmed tree," "the opportunity to relive their favorite scenes from the holiday classic," setting "booby traps galore" and adopting Kevin's beauty routine, with the chance to "scream into the mirror," "all the '90s favorites their hearts desire, including plenty of Chicago's finest pizza and a candlelit dinner of microwavable Kraft Macaroni & Cheese," a screening of the franchise's latest installment "Home Sweet Home Alone," "a meet and greet with a real-life tarantula" and "a LEGO Ideas Home Alone set to take build at home," the rental platform outlined. An Airbnb member will be on hand to provide a tour of the property.
To get your chance at the package, you'll need to head to the reservation page for the house, located in the Winnetka suburb of Chicago, USA, starting at 1 pm CT on December 7.
What about the pandemic?
With the new wave of covid-19 cases, Airbnb was keen to reassure potential guests about safety measures and their "enhanced cleaning process." The staff present on site will have to wear a mask and practice social distancing. Regarding travelers, they will have to wear a mask upon arrival, departure, and during activities with staff.
In the event that the health situation requires the stay to be canceled, the rental platform has pledged to offer a $1,000 Airbnb travel credit.
Airbnb also announced a donation for La Rabida Children's Hospital, located on the south side of Chicago, caring for children with chronic illnesses and other disabilities. The amount of said donation was not disclosed, despite our requests to Airbnb.
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After a short break from our Unisport Uncut we are now back with our 15th episode. Strap yourself in, because JayMike and PWG have got quite a stack of delicious launches ready for you; ranging all the way from X and ACE to the evoSPEED SL and lots more. Vamos!
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Students will play a central role in the Durham Vocal Festival 2019, which starts later this month.
Durham Vocal Festival is a celebration of the heritage, education, spirituality and variety of vocal music. This year's will be the third annual Festival, and promises to be the biggest and most exciting yet. The Festival runs from Saturday 26 January to Saturday 9 February.
Saturday 26 January: The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Durham Choral Society perform Handel's Messiah at Durham Cathedral.
Monday 28 January: an opera masterclass for students at the Gala Theatre; followed by the student a capella group Northern Lights and Full Score, a student barbershop ensemble, presenting An Evening of A Capella, also at the Gala Theatre.
Tuesday 29 January: Dr James Weeks, from our Music Department, conducts EXAUDI as they present 'Quel augellin che canta', an evening of Italian madrigals, at Elvet Methodist Church. Part of the Musicon concert series.
Thursday 31 January: Northern Spirit Singers and Quintessential Voices perform 'Under the Surface', a piece inspired by our Life of Breath research project, at Palace Green Library. With a chance to visit the exhibition and a discussion of the singing process afterwards.
Sunday 3 February: Our College chapel choirs unite for an Intercollegiate Evensong at Durham Cathedral.
Friday 8 February: Our Chamber Choir and others will give the world premiere of 'Life of St Cuthbert' in Durham Cathedral.
Wednesdays throughout: Lunchtime concerts in the Music Department.
Durham Vocal Festival is a partnership between Durham Music Service and our own Music Durham.
For full listings, please visit the Durham Vocal Festival website.


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Home Entertainment Security stepped up as 'Joker' opens in U.S. movie theaters
Security stepped up as 'Joker' opens in U.S. movie theaters
on: October 04, 2019 In: Entertainment
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police in major U.S. cities were on alert on Thursday as "Joker" opened in movie theaters after weeks of publicity surrounding its disturbing portrait of a bullied loner raised fears it might spark violence.
"Joker," an origin story about Batman's comic-book arch nemesis, stars Joaquin Phoenix in what movie reviewers have called a brilliant but terrifying performance as a mentally unhinged outcast who unwittingly finds fame through an act of violence.
The DC Comics villain is associated with a 2012 mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, a suburb of Denver, during a screening of a different Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises." Families of some of the victims expressed concern about the new film, and it will not be shown in the Aurora multiplex.
Officers wearing helmets and armed with assault rifles stood outside a screening of "Joker" at the New York Film Festival on Wednesday night, where audiences had their bags…
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iMessages disappeared after update (iOS 12/11/10)? Want to recover deleted iMessages but don't know how? Worry not. This post will show you how to recover deleted iMessages on iPhone/iPad, even without backup.
I accidentally deleted iMessages on my iPhone 7 last night. No recent backup on iTunes or iCloud. How can I recover deleted iMessages? Any ideas?
After upgrading to iOS 11 or the latest iOS 12, you may accidentally lose some important iMessage texts or Messages attachments on iPhone iPad or iPod touch just like above user. In this case, how can you recover deleted iMessages?
The common way people use to get back iPhone data are using iTunes and iCloud – You can restore iPhone/iPad from the latest iTunes/iCloud backup. However, it is not supports checking backup files or retrieving only iMessages on iPhone/iPad, it will be a totally full restore. And this method is useless if you have no backup. Worry not. In the following guide, 3 best ways will be offered to help you recover deleted iMessages, without erasing data, even without backup.
Before we start, it is worth reminding that recover deleted iMessages by restoring from iTunes needs you to erasing all existing data on your iPhone, and the erased data can't be recovered anymore. If some new files are generated after your last iTunes backup, you'd better move to Method 2 to complete the job. Otherwise, you may not only can't get back deleted iMessages, but also lose more important data on your device.
Step 1 Launch iTunes on your computer > Connect your iPhone to the computer with a USB cable.
Step 2 Click the phone icon when it shows in iTunes > Click "Restore Backup" option.
Step 3 Select the backup contains the iMessages you want to restore and click "Restore" to restore them from your iTunes backup.
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More importantly, it won't erase anything, all your current data on device will be kept safe while restoring only iMessages. Now, let's check how to recover deleted iMessages from iTunes without wiping data.
Step 1 Free Download PhoneRescue for iOS on your computer or directly click the Download button below > Open it.
Step 2 Connect your iPhone to the computer via a USB cable > Click Recover from iTunes Backup mode > Click Right Arrow on the bottom right.
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Step 4 Preview and select the iMessages/messages you want to recover > Click Recover to iOS Device or Recover to Computer button to retrieve them now.
If you have made no available backup, or the iTunes backup doesn't include the iMessages you deleted, then the last choice to retrieve deleted iMessages is to take advantage of an professional iOS data recovery tool like PhoneRescue for iOS. It is highly recommended by millions of iOS users who have successfully recovered deleted iMessages. Let's check its highlights on recovering deleted iMessages.
It helps you retrieve deleted iMessages and iMessages attachments (images, videos, etc.) in just 3 clicks. The whole process just takes you a few minutes.
It enables you to preview and selectively recover iMessages, which makes it possible for you to recover the iMessages you need most.
It allows you to recover deleted iMessages to Messages app on iPhone directly, just like you have never lost them. Also, you can choose to recover them to your computer in readable formats.
It offers you 3 recovery modes: from iOS Device (even without backup), from iTunes Backup, from iCloud Backup. Unlike traditionally recovering from iTunes/iCloud backup, it will not erase any existing data on your device.
Besides iMessages, it also supports recovering photos, videos, music, contacts, notes and more important files on your iPhone/iPad.
Now, Free Download PhoneRescue for iOS and install it on your computer firstly, then follow the simple steps below to retrieve deleted iMessages from iPhone/iPad effortlessly.
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Step 3 Preview and select the iMessages you want to recover > Click To Device button to put selected iMessages back to your iPhone's Messages app directly, or click To Computer button to save them on your computer for a backup.
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With PhoneRescue for iOS, you can easily recover deleted iMessages from iPhone/iPad/iPod touch. But you cannot retrieve deleted iMessages directly from iPhone if the deleted ones were overwritten by some new data. And you can't retrieve lost iMessages from backup if you didn't backup your iMessages to iCloud/iTunes.


BEIJING: The Chinese tourism ministry has asked authorities in Beijing, Shanghai and three provinces to investigate room cleaning at 14 major hotels after hidden camera video showed workers using used towels to clean cups and glasses and other questionable practices.
Several of the hotels including a Shangri-La, Sheraton and Waldorf Astoria have apologised since an activist blogger posted the video online earlier this week.
In several clips, workers in bathrooms wipe down sinks, coffee cups and glasses with the same used towel.
The Peninsula Hotel in Beijing said yesterday that city inspectors had tested its cups and found they were cleaner than standards required.


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If you have around 1 hour and 5 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Cheesy Chipotle Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes might be a great gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe to try. This recipe makes 6 servings with 225 calories, 5g of protein, and 9g of fat each. For 73 cents per serving, this recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Not a lot of people really liked this side dish. This recipe is liked by 1 foodies and cooks. If you have brown sugar, kerrygold butter, cream, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Garnish with Lemon. With a spoonacular score of 43%, this dish is solid. Try Chipotle Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes, Twice-baked Sweet Potatoes With Chipotle Chile, and Chipotle, Orange, Maple Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes for similar recipes.
Since most of its calories come from fat, sour cream has a bad reputation for being an unhealthy food. However, fat is an important part of the diet and studies suggest people who eat full fat dairy are thinner than those who reach for reduced fat products. That said, fat has more calories per gram than carbohydrates or protein, so if you are counting calories to lose weight, you might want to try substituting greek yogurt for some of the sour cream in recipes that call for a lot of it.


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CRA grant money available for roof repairs in Panama City
News Herald (Panama City, FL)
March 27-- Mar. 27--PANAMA CITY -- Need a new roof after Hurricane Michael? The Panama City Community Redevelopment Agency might be able to help.
Reversing a 2016 decision, the CRA board, which is comprised of city commissioners, unanimously voted Tuesday to allow for CRA grant money to be used for roofs, a practice the city previously had done away with.
"Due to the amount of destruction and devastation from Hurricane Michael ... (we) would like to reverse the decision so that property owners can repair their properties, especially since many were either underinsured or had no insurance whatsoever," CRA director Michael Johnson said.
The CRA offers a handful of grants for residential and commercial property owners who are working to improve their property and, by extension, revitalize their neighborhoods. The programs include Residential Paint Voucher, Residential Improvement Assistance Grant, Commercial Paint Voucher, Commercial Improvement Assistance Grant and Job Creation Grant.
Applications typically require matching funding and are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis at the CRA's discretion.
While roof improvements previously were struck because they didn't offer the visual impact the CRA was looking for with its limited funding, times have changed.
"Removing the roofs in the past with the limited funds in the CRA, we felt it was more important to apply the funds to the facades," Commissioner Mike Nichols said. "Based on the hurricane and where we are at now, we have a lot of issues with roofs. I think we will have a lot of blue tarps on the roofs if we don't approve this."
A main talking point was how the administrative change could play a part in alleviating the housing crunch, by giving people a tool to make repairs to either re-establish housing units or protect existing ones.
"If we don't take care of the houses that exist right here, these people are going to need homes also," Commissioner Jenna Haligas said. "Then we are going to be in a worse situation with a shortage of living spaces."
The city's SHIP program, which uses state funds, also is making changes to allow residents to access funding for repairs, according to Johnson.
Grant applications are available at https://www.pcgov.org/604/Grant-Applications.
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Naomi Campbell's Bringing The Face to the UK!
Naomi Campbell,Coco Rocha, and Karolina Kurkova shook up the fashion and modeling industry this year with a brand new reality show called The Face. While its success was questionable given existing modeling competitions, it would appear the show is here to stay. And as it turns out, the UK is itching for the competition to jump the pond!
In her business minded brilliance, Campbell is taking the show to Sky Living as Executive Producer and mentor. While Rocha and Kurkova balanced out Campbell in the premiere version, it seems Erin O'Connor and Caroline Winberg scored roles as the UK mentors. "As an English model I'm thrilled to be filming The Face in England where my career began," said Campbell. "I'm looking forward to Erin and Caroline joining me on the journey to find the next great face in the modeling world."
Campbell, O'Connor, and Winberg will upkeep the platform which debuted in the United States: three teams of models lead by a mentor, working (and posing) their way through challenges in order to score a contract and credibility in the industry. Get excited England; filming has already begun,


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Reliant Stadium, home of MSU's season opener, gets gigantic new video boards
State themselves got a nice, big new board a few seasons ago, but nothing in comparison to what the Texans just constructed.
By cristilmethod Aug 16, 2013, 2:00pm EDT
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See that video board flanked by ads at the top? Yeah, that's all video board now
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It's no secret that State fans love their video boards big. In the summer of 2008, just before the disaster that was the grand finale of the Croom era took place, Athletics Director Greg Byrne announced that MSU's Davis Wade Stadium was getting a brand spanking new video board, to be placed in the south endzone just in front of the M Club. The details were astonishing:
When completed, the new board will measure 152 feet wide by 135 feet, 6 inches tall, with a main HD screen 111 feet wide by 47 feet high. It will be the largest true high definition board in the Southeastern Conference.
And since its completion, State fans have gotten plenty of use out of it, and have gotten used to having a gigantic video board for their in-game visual needs.
Even so, they may still be taken aback by what they see at Reliant Stadium two Saturday's from tomorrow.
Reliant Stadium, the home of the NFL's Houston Texans and the site of MSU's Texas Classic opener in two weeks, unveiled earlier this week a brand new set of video boards. And it turns out that those boards are proof positive of hte old saying "everything's bigger in Texas."
Here are the details on the newly installed giants of video:
The video screens are 14,549 square feet and sit on opposite ends of the field. Including live action video, the displays will also showcase sponsors and highlight fantasy football statistics. [...] The displays are large enough to fit 320 JJ Watts across the screen or 280 life-sized horses. [...] The new video boards cost close to $16 million of taxpayer money to install, but Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said it was well worth the investment.
Good gracious, that's a lot of JJ Watts.
If everything goes well, State fans in attendance for Labor Day Weekend's opener will get to watch replay after replay of a good football game between Okie State and the Bulldogs on those behemoth boards.
Or they very well could be watching our 2013 season quickly unravel at the hands of Mike Gundy, but we certainly hope it's the former.
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A peaceful demonstration was held at Philadelphia's City Hall on Aug. 13 in response to the violence at Charlottesville, Va.
The shocking Electoral College victory of Donald Trump last November reignited a central debate within progressive circles and Democratic politics: economic populism vs. identity politics.
For the last 10 months, the two positions have been debated on opinion pages and social media, at conferences and in backroom strategy meetings: How do we assemble a coalition of voters to stop Trump, win back control of Congress and state legislatures, and start passing progressive policy?
On this Labor Day, we urge progressives to take a cue from the foundational principle of the labor movement: solidarity.
Solidarity means that my fights are your fights, and yours are mine. In this case, solidarity means building a political movement that can win, one that can walk and chew gum at the same time. We refuse to choose between economic fairness and racial justice.
Economic inequality and structural racism in America are not the same, but they've developed in tandem, and will not be defeated without grappling with both at the same time.
There's an old labor movement saying: "The boss is the best organizer." Nothing mobilizes people like having a threatening adversary, and so Trump is unquestionably the best organizer. He has animated an incredible surge in civic resistance and protest that is as inspiring as anything we've seen since the civil rights movement.
Two questions have been contested in American democracy since its founding. One, should wealth and economic power be concentrated among a few, or broadly shared among the many? Two, who exactly counts as part of "We, the people?" Is it just white male landowners who get the full rights of citizenship? Or does it include women? Workers? African Americans? How about immigrants, the undocumented, indigenous people, or members of the LGBTQ community?
On both of those questions, Trump is at one far end of the spectrum. He is both the billionaire developer who seeks to chop away at the safety net to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy and also the right-wing demagogue whose administration harbors white supremacists and targets people of color, especially immigrants and Muslims. How can we imagine our political movements will succeed if we focus on only one of these two aspects?
The candidates who are pointing a way forward are those who can talk race and class at the same time. Larry Krasner, who we believe will be Philadelphia's next district attorney, speaks forcefully about the roles biased policing and poverty play in exacerbating mass incarceration. New York Assemblywoman Christine Pellegrino won a special election this spring calling for fair funding for high-need public schools and opposing school privatization and high-stakes testing. Chokwe Lumumba, the new mayor of Jackson, Miss., explicitly calls for using municipal power to fight for racial equity and economic empowerment.
Looking ahead to 2018, some candidates are already showing that there is no contradiction in campaigning on both economic and racial justice. Randy Bryce, the union ironworker running against House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) has condemned Ryan for his health-care bill and for refusing to censure Trump over the white supremacists in his administration. Ben Jealous, the former head of the NAACP who is running for governor of Maryland, is campaigning on a $15 minimum wage and health care for all, and was also arrested protesting Trump's immigration crackdowns. These are the kinds of candidates who will help repudiate Trump in 2018 and 2020.
What voters want and deserve are candidates who can explain how they'll solve problems people are facing. Whether those problems fit neatly into the bucket of economic exploitation or structural racism, people will come out to vote for our candidates when they understand how they can make a difference in their lives.
If progressives want to engage enough voters to win, that means we've got to be comfortable talking about and providing real solutions to a lot of different people's problems.
Solidarity means an injury to one is an injury to all. Our nation has never more desperately needed political movements, organizations, and candidates rooted in this most basic ideal. Solidarity is the only way to take on economic, environmental, racial, and social struggles. We can't squander the chance by falling for the trick that our opponents always put forward: choose one or the other. Indeed, we can only have all of it — or else none of it.


As parklets, or tiny public parks built in place of parking spaces, have become an increasingly popular means to beautify urban neighborhoods, many of the most successful examples here in the East Bay have been sponsored by restaurants or coffee shops. If done properly, it's a win-win: The busy restaurant gets a some extra seating and overflow space, and everyone in the neighborhood gets a pleasant space for hanging out outdoors and a convenient place to park their bikes.
Mistry stressed that the project isn't just about getting extra seating for the restaurant. In addition to the usual benefits that most parklets bring — a bike rack being prominent among them — the 51st Street Parklet will also have an educational aspect she believes folks in the neighborhood will enjoy.
As designed by creative director — and longtime Temescal resident — Sarah Patterson, the parklet's primary features will point to the neighborhood's history. The main structure will have a canoe-like shape, loosely inspired by the kinds of shallow-water vessels the Ohlone Indians once piloted on Temescal Creek, which flows underneath 51st Street. (The connection prompted Mistry to joke that what they're building is a "creeklet," not a parklet.) In addition, there will be a structure built to resemble an Ohlone sweat lodge — a literal "temescal" — and a calf sculpture that will be painted by local artists. The calf is a nod to the fact that this particular intersection in Temescal was used as a cattle grazing area by one of the Peralta brothers (a family of early Spanish settlers) — but it's also just meant to a fun structure for kids to climb on, Patterson said.
A hotdog from Juhu Beach Club's summer takeout window (via Instagram @juhubeachclub).
Meanwhile, the parklet will, indeed, provide some overflow seating for Juhu Beach Club customers, especially those ordering takeout from the restaurant's summer lunch window. But Mistry stressed that it will also be a place at which Bakesale Betty customers can eat their sandwich, and that anyone passing through the neighborhood will be welcome enjoy the space as well.
The restaurant just launched a $29,000 crowdfunding campaign to pay for the project. Food-centric perks include lunch for two at Juhu Beach Club ($175), a cooking class with Mistry ($1,000), and, for the high roller, your very own private birthday party at the restaurant ($7,500).


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SPHINX VIRTUOSI: MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERS
Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 2:00 PM
Sphinx Virtuosi
Akutagawa : Triptyque
Shostakovich : Chamber Symphony
Cassadó : Mvt. III from Suite for Solo Cello
Blanchard : Dance for a New Day
Roustom : Mvt. III from A Voice Exclaiming
The Sphinx Virtuosi, together with the Catalyst Quartet, is a chamber orchestra dedicated to diversity in music, performing well-known repertoire together with works by African-American and Latinx composers. Experience this year's annual performance at the New World Center!
The Sphinx Virtuosi 2018 tour will illuminate works by composers from communities searching for harmony and separated by time, distance, hardship and conflict, as it seeks to share its inspiration from the diverse voices that remind us of empathy and our common humanity. The tour will include works by Emmy nominated Syrian-American composer Kareem Roustom, Dmitri Shostakovich, Gaspar Cassadó, and features a newly commissioned work by Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter and composer, Terence Blanchard.
Please note this performance does not include the NWS Fellows.
The national Sphinx Virtuosi Tour is made possible with the generous support of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Robert F. Smith, with additional support from Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Aetna and National Endowment for the Arts/Art Works. In-kind support provided by MAC Cosmetics and Sephora.
The Sphinx Virtuosi are exclusively represented in North America by California Artists Management (www.CalArtists.com).
Yasushi Akutagawa
Triptyque for String Orchestra
Lullaby: Andante
Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a
Allegro molto
Largro
Gaspar Cassadó
Suite for Solo Cello
III. Intermezzo e danza finale
Sterling Elliott, cello
Dance for a New Day
Annelle Gregory, violin
Thomas Mesa, cello
Kareem Roustom
A Voice Exclaiming
III. Dabke
Yasushi Akutagawa was a 20th-century Japanese composer and conductor. He advanced the cause of Japanese music, and with two colleagues, Toshiro Mayuzumi and Ikuma Dan, founded the Japanese composers' group Sannin no kai (Union of Three), whose fundamental principle was the incorporation of elements of traditional music, not just of Japan, but also of the Asian mainland, into concert music. He also worked with the Japanese Federation of Composers and Japanese Society of Rights of Authors and Composers.
In 1954, when Japan did not have diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, Akutagawa journeyed there illegally to meet the composers who inspired him: Shostakovich, Khachaturian and Kabalevsky. He presented them with his best works, including Triptyque.
Akutagawa composed the delightful Triptyque, which means a grouping of three pictures, in 1953 at the suggestion of Kurt Wöss, an Austrian composer. Wöss conducted its premiere in December 1953 at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic. Prokofiev in particular was a crucial influence on the work, while Akutagawa's turn towards local roots and other Asian musical traditions, in particular the pentatonic tonal system, can also be heard.
In Triptyque's first movement, the strings play broad melodic arcs and contrasting sequences of rhythmic cells. The movement is infused with counterpoint. One also hears a powerful mixture of otherworldly sounds and earthy rhythms, some created by beating on the wood of the instruments in a percussive style. The slow middle movement, a Lullaby, begins with an ardent viola theme. Later, a yearning violin sings over the plucking lower strings. In the final fast movement, Akutagawa employs Japanese rhythms used in Matsuri festivals in the main motif.
Dmitri Shostakovich, whom some call music's last great classicist, composed 15 symphonies and 15 string quartets. During World War II, which Russians call the Great Patriotic War, he suffered through the siege of Leningrad, which he memorialized in his Seventh Symphony. He said that Russians would never forget or forgive Nazis' attempts to destroy Slavic culture. Completed in 1960, the String Quartet No. 8, later arranged for string orchestra as the Chamber Symphony, is dedicated to "the memory of the victims of fascism and war."
Although its dedication suggests its social and political context, it is also an intensely personal work filled with references to Shostakovich's motto, the notes D, E-flat, C, B. The motif forms a sort of musical cryptogram he derived from the German designations of the notes of the scale and the German spelling of part of his name: D SCH(ostakovitch). It is heard in the opening notes of the first, third and fifth movements, but also occurs in the other movements. Shostakovich also quotes a number of earlier compositions: Symphonies 1 and 5, the Piano Trio, Cello Concerto No. 1 and his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.
He also characteristically includes extended chromatic melodies stretched over long, sustained notes, persistent rhythmic figures of varying intensity, dynamic contrasts and complex counterpoint, even when it appears in only two parts.
Of the five connected, closely-related movements, three are very slow and broad. The first movement, a quiet, contrapuntal prelude, derives principally from the DSCH motto, while the second resembles classical sonata form. The third, a waltz-like consideration of the motto, precedes dark-toned music in the instruments' lowest registers that quotes the patriotic song "Bowed by the Burden of Bondage." The motto leads into the final Largo, where it is used fugally with musical ideas from the first movement.
Gaspar Cassadó was one of the foremost cellists of the 20th century. In 1906, a 21-year-old Pablo Casals heard the nine-year-old prodigy Cassadó and was so impressed that he invited him to become his first full-time student. Cassadó also studied composition with Manuel de Falla and Maurice Ravel, whose stylistic influences are evident in his 1926 Suite for Solo Cello, inspired by Casals' performances of the Bach's Cello Suites.
The Cello Suite combines Baroque-like forms with Catalan flair, paying tribute to that region of Spain that has been deeply disturbed by a search of identity, independence and conflict.
The third and final movement is based mostly on the jota, a dance originally performed with castanets. Beginning slowly with a lyrical section of five-beat phrases, it soon becomes a swinging, vigorous dance. Cassadó imitates the sound of castanets in abrupt rhythms, the strumming of the guitar in flamboyant arpeggio patterns, and Spanish folk music in the distinctive pattern of the four-note descending bass line.
A lone violin sounds a melody—at first simple, like a folk tune, and then unfurling into a lengthy and unsettling phrase. Here is the voice of frustration, a mirror to issues not easily sorted out, let alone resolved. A cello enters, reflecting that same feeling, that same sense of heightened concern. The two form a chorus, aggressive in tone yet bending toward beauty. They sing of confusion but slowly distill order. They move together like modern dancers—frenetic, angry even, but also spinning toward hope. Soon more musicians engage: the entire orchestra, recruited into a deepening statement, at times breathless with energy but also pausing here and there to reflect. Plucked notes—two on downbeats, two on upbeats—bear echoes of distant drums, African drums, drums not of war but of wisdom. The violin and the cello return, commanding once again that which they were called to create, that which grew like all movements do, within a piece of music or a popular revolution: organically, as the sum of grand ideas and small gestures.
"It's all about what's going on now," Terence Blanchard says of this piece. By that he means this moment of social and political upheaval. Through his small jazz ensembles, his genre-defying E-Collective band, his film scores and his recent opera, Blanchard has sought to address unrest and injustice through a personal musical lens and to project themes of communal compassion and elevated discourse. Here, the violin and cello reflect his own frustration, his urge to stimulate "something different, a new day," he says. The orchestra is the larger public, moving from comprehension to commitment. This music unfolds as the moment demands: It does not relent yet seeks and finds calm.
—Larry Blumenfeld
Mr. Blumenfeld has written about Terence Blanchard's music in many contexts including in The Wall Street Journal, where he is a regular contributor.
An Emmy-nominated composer who has written for film, television, the concert hall and album projects, Syrian-born Kareem Roustom grew up with the musical traditions of the Near East and trained in the tradition of Western concert music and jazz in America. A professor at Tufts University, he has collaborated with a wide variety of artists and composed works for the Kronos Quartet, Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra and others. His work has been described by The New York Times as "postmodern…music with lots of personality." BBC Radio 3 called Roustom's music as "among the most distinctive to have emerged from the Middle East."
Roustom expressed his music's purpose as "a vehicle for some kind of message, be that advocating for cross-cultural understanding, compassion for the 'other,' or to raise a fist against injustice and tyranny, or another cause that, even in a very small way, tries to make our world a little better."
Dabke is a type of line dance from Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, typically performed in celebrations. The leader of the dance line, called a hawaash, directs the dancers' movements. Many variants of the dabke exist. Roustom's is based on a six-beat rhythm called sudaasi, and is an arrangement of the third movement of A Voice Exclaiming, his work for triple string quartet, originally commissioned for the Kronos Quartet and Providence-based nonprofit Community MusicWorks.
Program notes for Music Without Borders were compiled by Susan Halpern, with contributions by Afa S. Dworkin, President and Artistic Director of The Sphinx Organization.
Photo by Scott Jackson
The Sphinx Virtuosi is a dynamic and inspiring professional self-conducted chamber orchestra and serves as the flagship performing entity of the Sphinx Organization—the leading social justice nonprofit dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts. Comprised of 18 accomplished Black and Latinx artists, a critical aim of the Sphinx Virtuosi is to evolve and transform the face of classical music through artistic excellence, pioneering programming, and impassioned community engagement. Its members serve as cultural and diversity ambassadors for audiences and communities around the United States during national tours.
Since 2004 the Sphinx Virtuosi's concerts have been presented by the leading arts organizations, including annual return visits to Carnegie Hall where it is an established highlight of the fall season. Frequently selling out venues, the ensemble has garnered effusive accolades including from The New York Times that has described the group as "...top-notch...more essential at this moment than ever...a vibrant, assured performance..."; and The Washington Post that wrote "true to their name, the Sphinx Virtuosi call up the vision of an iconic mythological feline with its immeasurable power, unwavering command, and soulful beauty."
Heralded for its kaleidoscopically varied repertoire and bold thematic programming, Sphinx Virtuosi concerts give prominence to historically excluded Black and Latinx composers such as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Alberto Ginastera, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Florence Price, Heitor Villa-Lobos and George Walker. In an effort to expand its repertoire and engage new audiences, the ensemble commissions new works annually. Commissions have included major new works from Michael Abels, Terence Blanchard, Valerie Coleman, Xavier Foley, Jimmy Lopez, Jessie Montgomery, Daniel Bernard Roumain and Carlos Simon.
Members of the Sphinx Virtuosi have performed as soloists with major American orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland, Detroit, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Seattle and Pittsburgh symphonies. Members also hold professional orchestral and academic positions. The Sphinx Virtuosi's community engagement initiatives regularly extend beyond master classes and workshops to members leading DEI initiatives within arts organizations and connecting with other Sphinx programming to further the mission of achieving excellence through diversity. As a bilingual ensemble, these artist-citizens frequently break down existing barriers empowering the artform to connect with the broader community. During the pandemic in 2020-21 the ensemble found creative ways to connect with audiences and communities virtually through performances, panel discussions, master classes, Q&A sessions and more, reaching over 30,000 people across 20 organizations.
The Sphinx Virtuosi has collaborated with major artists such as Terence Blanchard, Denyce Graves, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Damien Sneed, Will Liverman, J'Nai Bridges and Davóne Tines, among others. Outside of the classical realm, its musicians have also worked with leading international artists such as Beyoncé and Jay-Z, and made high profile appearances including on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and the broadcast of the 2022 Grammy Awards. In October 2022, the ensemble made its international debut at the Sala São Paulo in Brazil.
Sphinx Virtuosi Tours are made possible through the support of Robert F. Smith, JPMorgan Chase, and National Endowment for the Arts.
2023 Sphinx Virtuosi Musicians
Alex Gonzalez, concertmaster and NWS alumnus
Clayton D Penrose-Whitmore
Sandro Leal-Santiesteban
Robyn Quinnett, principal
Maïthéna Girault
Thierry de Lucas
Caitlin Edwards
Celia Hatton, principal
Robert Alvarado Switala
Bill Neri
Kayla Cabrera
Tommy Mesa, principal
Eri Snowden-Rodriguez
Quenton Xavier Blache
Diana Flores
Jonathan Colbert, principal
Christopher Johnson


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House passes Pryor plan to ensure seamless office transition
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INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana House members have passed legislation authored by State Rep. Cherrish Pryor (D-Indianapolis) that will ensure a smooth transition to office for newly-elected officials in local government.
By a 97-0 margin, representatives passed House Bill 1140, which requires state and local officials to develop a checklist of pertinent information that the new officeholders would need to ensure a seamless transition from the incumbent official to the successor.
"These checklists would include details like who has contracts, the number of employees in that office, their job descriptions, and salaries, along with a flow chart that shows a chain of command," Pryor said. "In short, it's the kind of information that a person should know before they assume office in order to begin performing their functions with minimal distress and disruption to taxpayers."
The lists would be required for offices at the township, town, city, and county levels.
"While most transitions have been handled with very little trouble, there have been instances in which the outgoing officeholder has refused to help the successor," Pryor noted. "If they choose to be difficult, this forces them to do the right thing."
The checklist would be formulated by officials with the Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF) and the State Board of Accounts (SBOA) in conjunction with the Association of Indiana Counties (AIC), Accelerate Indiana Municipalities (AIM), and other local government organizations.
Joining Pryor as co-authors of House Bill 1140 are State Reps. Karen Engleman (R-Georgetown), Thomas Saunders (R-New Castle), and Chris Chyung (D-Dyer).
The measure now moves to the Indiana Senate, where it will be sponsored by State Sen. Randall Head (R-Logansport).
Watch Rep. Pryor present House Bill 1140 before the Indiana House of Representatives.


a Grace. They cannot share in God's creative Miracle to bring new Saints to Heaven. Only a human mother can. Mothers are closer to God The Creator than any other creature; God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation. What on God's good earth is more glorious than this: than to be a Mother?


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Mike Whitney: Replacing Strauss-Kahn with Hardliner Lagarde
March 15, 2017 May 28, 2011 by Richard Moore
Replacing Strauss-Kahn with a Wall Street Washington Appointee: "Hardliner" Lagarde is a Shoo In
By Mike Whitney
Global Research, May 25, 2011
French Finance Minster Christine Lagarde has emerged as the front-runner in the race to replace ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. She is a champion swimmer, an accomplished attorney, and a competent bureaucrat. She's also a friend of Wall Street who will ferociously defend the interests of big capital. Here's how The Guardian summed up Lagarde's impressive resume:
"Christine Lagarde stands for protecting big banks…..she's the most pro-bank bailout of the lot.
"The Americans are going to try and put in [White House adviser] David Lipton as number two. Lipton is Mr Bank Bailout. He worked for Citigroup. If they put in Lagarde and Lipton, what does that say? We are going with the total bank protection plan. That would be a disaster." ("IMF under growing pressure to appoint non-European head", The Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/may/19/imf-pressure-appoint-non-european-head
According to the New York Times Lagarde is not only a snappy dresser, but has plenty of friends in Washington and Wall Street. Here's an excerpt from the NYT:
"Ms. Lagarde, the former head of the Chicago-based law firm Baker & McKenzie, lived in the United States for 25 years. Tall and stylish, with a shock of silver hair and a penchant for Chanel jackets, she is as connected and as respected in Washington and on Wall Street as in Europe." (A Favorite Emerges for Helm of I.M.F., New York Times)
Not surprisingly, Lagarde supports weaker regulations so that banks and other financial institutions can continue to rake in windfall profits while increasing the risks to the broader economy. According to Reuters:
"I see the danger that too strict regulation at the center leads to a flight to the borderlands," Lagarde said in an article published in the Friday edition of German newspaper Handelsblatt." ("Too strict regulation risks flight", Reuters)
Lagarde has also taken a hardline approach to problems in Greece and rejects the idea of debt forgiveness or restructuring. She believes that bondholders and bankers must be repaid regardless of the costs to Greek workers who have suffered through 3 years of Depression, 18% unemployment, savage cutbacks in social services, massive privatization of public assets, and a debt-to-GDP ratio that gets worse every year the belt-tightening continues. Lagarde appears to believe that the people who blew up the financial system should be rewarded for their efforts. Here's an excerpt for the Wall Street Journal:
"French finance minister Christine Lagarde said late Monday, after a meeting with finance officials from the European Union, that a rescheduling or reprofiling of Greek debt is NOT an option….. Executing the planned austerity program, proper implementation of privatization, and commitments across the political spectrum in Greece are the key for a solution in Greece, Lagarde said." ("France's Lagarde: Option Of Rescheduling Greek Debt Not On Table", Wall Street Journal)
So the belt-tightening will intensify under Lagarde, which is a signal to bankers that she can be trusted to protect their interests, and all the talk about "soft restructuring" or reforms a la Strauss-Kahn will end.
There will be no more talk about replacing the dollar with SDRs (Special Drawing Rights) either. Lagarde is not going to rock the boat. The only reforms she'll be working on are "labor reforms", a familiar buzzword among the financial elite for union busting.
It's worth noting that the normally-subdued Lagarde could hardly contain herself when Bin Laden was assassinated. She even suggested that it might help to boost sales in the US. Here's the report from Reuters:
"French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde welcomed the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and said his death could bolster consumer confidence and economic growth in the United States.
"The U.S. economy is like the American people. It reacts very quickly either positively or negatively," Lagarde told France 2 television. "I wouldn't be surprised if this event prompted a pick-up in confidence." ("France sees U.S. economic lift from bin Laden death", Reuters)
Of course, Lagarde's enthusiasm was not tempered by the fact that international law forbids targeted assassinations of non-state actors. After all, "real" leaders are never constrained by something as trivial as the law.
So, it looks like Wall Street may have found a replacement for the mercurial Strauss Kahn. There won't be any debt-restructuring, bondholders will be paid in full, and the dollar's dominant role as the world's reserve currency will go unchallenged.
Lagarde just announced her candidacy this morning (May 25), but already she's won the approval of Washington, Wall Street, the big banks, and the EU heads of state. She's a shoo in.
© Copyright Mike Whitney, Global Research, 2011
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