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Russian Music Seasons
Destination: Russia, Northwestern District, St Petersburg
St Petersburg Sightseeing Tours
120 to 160 minutes
Non-Cancellable
"Russian Music Seasons" - exclusive concerts of classical music in luxurious historical baroque style palaces of St.Petersburg, Russia.
Enjoy an evening of classical music at one of St Petersburg's beautiful palaces with this 2-hour experience. Immerse yourself in much-loved works by Russian composers such as Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and others, all played by an orchestra of St Petersburg. As the perfect curtain raisers, enjoy an interesting pre-concert tour of the palace's halls and a glass of sparkling wine. Upgrade to include round-trip transfers from your St Petersburg hotel.
Visit: Grand Duke Vladimir Palace, Dvortsovaya emb., 26, St. Petersburg 191186 Russia
Solemn reception in the unique Romanov dynasty palace.
Before the concert all the guests of the palace will be welcomed with a glass of
champagne. Everyone will be invited to a small tour through the palace rooms to get
familiar with the life of a noble family. The museum curator will reveal the secrets of the
famous family. You can also expect a little surprise from professional artist – your
personal silhouette.
The main event of the evening is a concert-show of classical music! The program
includes a collection of outstanding compositions written by Russian composers, you
will hear an extraordinary vocal of Mariinsky theatre soloists and unique performance of
young talents of Russia, and the last but not the least, you will know a lot of interesting
facts and stories about Russian composers and composers whose life is connected with
The evening will immerse you into the unforgettable atmosphere of the time of the
Russian aristocracy!
Dress code – cocktail.
2-hour classical music experience at St Petersburg's Palace
Visit of the unique palace of the Romanov dynasty (Tsar's family of Russia)
Sip on a glass of sparkling wine and see the beautiful main halls of the house on a pre-concert tour
Professional guide will tell you secret facts about the Palace and its owners
Enjoy a 1-hour concert in the magnificent Hall, performed by a St Petersburg orchestra, vocal singers of Mariinsky theatre and Young talents of Russia
Absorb the splendid setting as you enjoy music by Russian composers such as Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Prokofiev etc.
Entry/Admission - Grand Duke Vladimir Palace
Hotel pick-up and drop-off (outside St.Petersburg or if not requested)
Adult pricing applies to all travellers
Video and audio recording allowed.
No professional or flash photography.
Available show times: 19:00
Tour operator reserves the right to cancel the reservation if the venue is sold out.
Tour operator is not responsible for ticket availability.
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Dress code is cocktail
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When the concierge at our hotel Alexander House told us hed managed to reserve us tickets to a Russian Music Seasons event during our brief stay in St. Petersburg, we were really pleased but didnt know what to expect.
Even when our taxi dropped us late so sorry! at the door of the imposing but relatively non-descript building beside the river, we still didnt really have much of an idea what it was we were going to see!
It was a fabulous evening and we felt very privileged to have been able to attend. The palace was beautiful, the tour was interesting and well executed and the music was well chosen, excellently presented and brilliantly played.
We left almost lost for words, we were simply blown away by the experience and would thoroughly recommend that you visit one of these wonderful events if you can.
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With the impressive engineering of its locks, the sight of the huge vessels in passage and the lush surrounding jungles, the Panama Canal is an unmissable sight for travelers to Panama. You can book small boat tours of the canal, visit the canal museum at the Miraflores locks, or take a ride on the rail line that runs alongside the canal. Before picking your dates for visiting the canal, there are things to consider.
As in other tropical destinations, year-round temperatures in Panama are relatively constant, usually around 75 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Expect balmy and humid conditions, especially in the lowlands through which the canal runs. The dry season is between mid-December and mid-April and provides some respite from the tropical weather. You still should expect heat, but showers are rare in the canal area, and this can be the best time to travel without tropical thunderstorms thwarting travel plans or hiding the view.
The dry season is Panama's high tourist season because the weather is at its best in Panama and winter is at its worst in the United States and Europe. While the dry season is the best time to travel and stay out of the rain, it's also when the canal is swamped with tourists, and hotels, restaurants and touring agencies often raise their prices. If you're looking to save money and prefer a more low-key trip, travel during the rainy season between May and early December. Showers in Panama tend to be short and intense, so you're likely to have clear skies in the morning and afternoon around storms. The rainfall also makes Panama's jungles explode with life, so the scenery around the canal can be especially verdant in the rainy season. Expect frequent showers on the Caribbean side of the canal.
Tropical weather is difficult to predict, but with some careful planning and a bit of luck, you can enjoy the best of the rainy and dry seasons on your visit. In early December as the rainy season draws to a close, the hills and jungle plains surrounding the canal still are wild and green. Humidity begins to drop and rainstorms are less frequent. Tourists start to arrive en mass, but you won't find the huge crowds or rocketing prices of the high season. While you're likely to experience a few showers during your trip, consider it part of the tropical adventure and plan your cruise down the canal on a clear day.
Holidays are strictly observed in Panama. While most tourist services continue to function, you might have some trouble finding local shops, restaurants or even some transportation services open. If possible, avoid planning your cruise on a public holiday and if you can't avoid it, make sure you purchase supplies such as water, sunscreen and snacks the day before. The one celebration you might want to include in your trip is Carnival -- four days before Ash Wednesday. Don't expect to get much done on those days, but the revelry is worth the trip. Some of the country's wildest -- albeit the most commercial -- parties are held in Panama City on the Pacific side of the canal.


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Can't Buy His Love by J.D. Walker
October 18, 2016 JM Snyder
Can't Buy His Love by J.D. Walker is now available!
Wheeler Ridley is used to having men fall into his lap at a snap of his fingers. He's gorgeous, well-to-do, and absolutely clueless about commitment and what it takes to have a serious relationship. Which makes the fact that he wants such a thing with his relationship-phobic crush, Gregory Wang almost unheard of. And yet …
Gregory runs the daycare center across the street from the gym owned by Wheeler, and he has a reputation in the tiny beach town for being the "ice queen." Although he's interested in Wheeler, Gregory refuses any overtures and leaves frustration in his wake.
When Wheeler saves the life of one of Gregory's daycare kids, Gregory sees him in a new light. Together, they work to forge a new beginning: one man learning how to think with his heart; the other figuring out how to let the past go and let … love.
"You came," he began, grabbing a crust free sandwich in one hand and then taking a bite.
"You invited me. No way was I missing this. It's a step in the right direction."
"Which direction is that, exactly?" he asked, chewing on his food while keeping an eye on the kids.
"A date. With me." I tried out a charming smile and Gregory's cheeks turned ruddy. "No strings, I swear. Just a chance to get to know each other, maybe become friends of a sort?"
Before Gregory could answer, a boy started shouting that a girl had eaten his sandwich. Gregory got up and quickly took care of the crisis.
On returning to our table, he said, "Why do you really want to go out on a date with me, Wheeler?" He drank some juice and then placed his chin in his hands. "The truth, please."
With him staring at me like that with clear, intent eyes, I couldn't lie. He seemed to be the kind of man who needed honesty in everything. "It's true, I'm a horn dog. I want you like I've never wanted anyone before. But something about you makes me want to go…beyond that. You intrigue me, inspire me, make me hot, and I just want to bask in the glow of your presence for a few hours, whether or not you ever say yes to more than a date. Is that truth enough for you?" I took a breath and hoped for the best.
The expressions that flitted across Gregory's face were legion. He didn't say anything for a while as we finished our meal. Only then did he speak. "Thank you for your honesty." He got up from the table and asked me to wait for him by front the door while he helped his staff clean up and resettle the kids in the play area.
When that was done, Gregory escorted me back to the gym, which I thought was a sweet gesture. We stood before the glass and I waved to Mrs. R. so she knew she could leave whenever she wanted to. She gave me a "thumbs up" sign and headed toward the ladies changing room.
"It was sweet of you to have lunch with me and a bunch of screaming toddlers."
"I wouldn't have missed it for the world. By the way, the fruit cups were divine." This made Gregory laugh, something I definitely wanted to see more of, in my company.
"You're easy to please, I see." He ran a hand through his hair and sobered up. "Look, I know what people in this town say about me. I have a reputation for being standoffish, frigid …"
"Ice queen," I offered, and held up my hands when he glared at me. "Hey, just trying to be helpful."
"As I was saying, I feel I've misjudged you. What you did for that little boy, how you jumped in to save his life without hesitation, not many would, and I just wanted to thank you. I think there's more to you than your admittedly nice exterior" — did he just compliment my looks? Hot dog! — "and yes, maybe I'd like to get to know that version of you better."
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REVIEW: Damian Lewis is Steve McQueen in Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood – July 27, 2019
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by Gingersnap | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | July 27, 2019
STOP. Do not read any further unless you can handle spoilers.
The day has finally come – the day when Damian Lewis plays Steve McQueen on the big screen. It's July 26, 2019 and I'm planning my early escape from work to see an 11:00 a.m. showing of Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood. I purchased my $8.72 matinee ticket online on July 17 around 4:00 p.m. and it has been burning the proverbial hole in my pocket ever since.
Fiddlesticks. I do not escape the office at the exact moment I had planned because my pesky co-workers, whom I adore, have thwarted my early getaway by chatting me up like it's Monday instead of Friday. For the entire conversation I do not compute what they are saying to me. It's like Charlie Brown's muffled teacher and all I can hear is that little voice in my head saying, "You're going to have to speed to get there on time." On the drive to the theater (going 68 mph in a 65 because I'm a chickenshit) I go over the plan of action rolling around in my head like a 35mm black and white film countdown on loop:
Anndddd loop…
I've arrived at my destination. I hastily park and immediately abandon the plan of action, inserting a step between park and check-in. Ahhh, the marquee. MUST GET PHOTO. A little foreshadowing here…Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) does a similar bit in the movie.
While you can show the usher your QR barcode and scan from your phone for entry, I want some memorabilia. I check-in at the front desk and request a hardcopy ticket, hoping and wishing it will look like the Hollywood premiere night tickets…
But I know better and settle for this remittance stub instead…
On to step three, restroom break. I know you hear me ladies when I say your weakened bladder from childbirth and/or age knows when you've stepped into a new place, be it a store, event, or theater and it demands to mark that territory immediately. I listen and obey since it's a three-hour movie if you count the previews and I'll be damned if I'm going to risk missing Damian's scene because of a tinkle tragedy.
I grab some popcorn and settle in for the previews. Like Sheldon on Big Bang Theory, I have "a spot" I favor in theaters – second to the last row, middle of the row. I prefer to see the screen in it's entirety while facing forward so I do not have to move my head from left-to-right like I'm watching a tennis match.
Blimey. My plan of action is shot to hell. I realize as I'm settling into the recliner that I have forgotten to prep my phone. It is very important my phone is prepped – you'll figure out why later 😉
I quickly set the popcorn in the empty seat to my right, reach for my phone in my bag, both mute the volume and silence it (two separate settings on the iPhone….why????), fumble quickly through the settings to disable 'lock screen' when not in use and decrease the screen brightness, then ready my phone in the empty cup holder to my left like Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) slides a 6-shooter in his leather holster or Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) slides a can of beer in his tool belt.
I'm ready. I have survived the additions to my original plan of action just in time for the theater lights to dim. However, a few kernels of popcorn did not survive.
Can I just say the previews seem to be one-degree of separation from Damian? Sure, us super fans see things and relate them to Damian in a way that no other person does, but still.
Tom Hanks will play Mr. Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and I think to myself, "Tom Hanks. Band of Brothers. Damian." Playing opposite Hanks is Matthew Rhys and I think to myself, "Rhys, Wales, Damian." Followed by, "Rhys, The Americans, Noah Emmerich, Billions, Damian." Either way, I'll be seeing that movie this November!
Then a preview for Knives Out begins with captions like 'whodunnit?' and 'murder mystery.' I think to myself, "Whodunnit play. Damian." Playing the character Joni in the movie is none other than Toni Collette and I think to myself, "Collette. Dream Horse. Damian." Playing another character in the film is Daniel Craig. I think to myself, "Daniel Craig. Bond. James Bond. Damian."
Next up is a preview of The Kitchen about 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives and I think to myself, "Hell's Kitchen. New York. Billions. Damian." I mean, Damian does live in New York about 5-6 months of the year, right!?!?! Also, don't forget Damian's character Axe on Billions is stored in Krakow's (Danny Strong) phone under contact name "Bullitt," which is a Steve McQueen movie. "Steve McQueen. Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood. Damian." See? Can't help it. Too bad Danny Strong's part in OUATIH ended up on the cutting room floor.
Enough of the previews. Here we go! Fasten your seatbelts, the movie has begun and it begins with opening credits. I fumble for my phone and snap a picture of Damian's orange name on the screen, which is superimposed on Roman Polanski (Rafal Zawierucha) and Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) as they drive from the airport to their home located at 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon.
Other true life former residents of this homestead include Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Doris Day's son Terry Melcher with Candice Bergen, in which Charles Manson visited the house during their occupancy, and Paul Revere & the Raiders. Throughout the movie Sharon Tate (Robbie) plays Paul Revere & the Raiders vinyl records in the home.
It's February 8, 1969 as Polanski and Tate head out to Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion party where, unbeknownst to us the audience, Steve McQueen and Jay Sebring await their arrival.
I recognize the large gated driveway that sweeps through a petite redwood grove before it circles up around a huge water fountain at the front of the mansion. The camera pan during the drive is brilliant in that Tarantino makes you feel like you're in the backseat.
This is it. I know Damian's scene is at the Playboy Mansion from social media – clue number one – and yet I am still surprised how quickly his scene is before my eyes, about 49 minutes in. I hurl my popcorn to the empty seat to my right, grab my phone and watch through my camera. I scan the partygoers for Damian and hone in on the back of this tall, slender-framed man in white jeans who is standing off in the distance with two others next to that famous circle drive. I'd recognize Damian anywhere in a crowd.
McQueen is flanked by Michelle Phillips and Jay Sebring. A black crew neck pullover under a black leather jacket complements McQueen's white jeans. Polanski and Tate's car approach the three, Tate bounces from the car over to McQueen, his arms open wide as he says:
"Heyyyyy, how you doin' baby?"
They hug, he picks her up and twirls her around in the air.
Tate replies,
"Hey, [giggles] how are you?"
After McQueen greets Sharon, she happy-hops over to the dance area as he lights up a cigarette (or a joint?) and watches her dance carefree from afar.
McQueen and a female partygoer (Dreama Walker as Connie Stevens?) continue to people watch together as he points and explains to her the sordid Hollywood relationships that are all within three feet distance from one another. Gossipy McQueen indeed.
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"Hawaii Five-0 is a contemporary take on the classic series about an elite federalized task force whose mission is to wipe out the crime that washes up on the islands' sun-drenched beaches. Detective Steve McGarrett, a decorated Naval officer turned cop, returned to Oahu after Hawaii's former governor persuaded him to head up the new team: his rules, no red tape and full blanket authority to hunt down the biggest "game" in town. Joining McGarrett are Detective Danny "Danno" Williams, a relocated ex-New Jersey cop who is committed to keeping the islands safe for his children; Captain Lou Grover, who formerly headed Hawaii's SWAT unit; Jerry Ortega, the islands' local conspiracy theorist; Tani Rey, a bold, recent police academy graduate; Junior Reigns, a former SEAL who comes to McGarrett looking for a job.and Adam Noshimuri, a friend with old ties to a deadly crime family. Helping them is Kamekona, a local entrepreneur who has his pulse on the Island; Sgt. Duke Lukela, a trusted member of the HPD; and medical examiner Dr. Noelani Cunha. The state's brash FIVE-0 unit, who may spar and jest among themselves, remain determined to eliminate the seedy elements from the 50th state." –from CBS
Hawaii Five-0: The Complete Series is out now in a comprehensive box set, which includes all 240 episodes of the show's ten-season run. In addition to the main content, the set also showcases multiple bonus features, including deleted and extended scenes, gag reels, alternate endings, music videos, behind-the-scenes featurettes, launch promos, and more. The set is separated into two hard cases for seasons 1-5 and seasons 6-10 for easy organization, so even with 60+ discs, it's still a manageable set to have on the shelf. You can purchase the DVD set on Amazon, currently priced at $85.98.
"Bugs Bunny, one of animation's most recognizable characters, first hopped onto the screen in 1940 and he's been a pop-culture icon ever since. More than eight generations have enjoyed the timeless antics of the carrot-munching wise guy who always outsmarts his rivals. Cartoons, movies, TV, comics, music, sports and more – this wascally wabbit has done it all. Clever pranks and one-liners are here, along with interviews with today's most renowned animators, historians and superstars." — from Warner Brothers
Bugs Bunny: 80th Anniversary Collection is now out on Blu-ray. The collection features sixty theatrical shorts which have been restored and remastered to the original 4X3 aspect ratio on Blu-ray for the first time. In addition to the main content, bonus features include the new "Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!", ten Looney Tunes episodes, an introductory letter from animation historian Jerry Beck, and an exclusive collectible full-size glitter Bugs Bunny Funko Pop. A great gift for anyone who is a collector of Bugs Bunny material, Funko figurines, or both, the set is available on Amazon for $62.99.
"Mission Impossible: The Original TV Series follows the Impossible Missions Forces (IMF) is a government agency of extraordinary spies assigned to do the most dangerous espionage missions. Each episode starts with the famous tape-recorded message detailing the upcoming, exciting mission, from overthrowing corrupt leaders to exploiting dangerous crime lords. The IMF crew consists of the leader, first Daniel Briggs then later Jim Phelps, and spies with different areas of expertise, from disguise experts to electronics technician." — from CBS
Mission Impossible: The Original TV Series is available now for the first time on Blu-ray. The set includes all 171 episodes of the long-running series in high quality 1080p video and 5.1 lossless audio. Sadly, though, there are no extras. No. Extras. There is so much that could have been done here — maybe an interview or commentary with Barbara Bain? A featurette with espionage experts or people skilled in making disguises? A sit-down with film historians about how and why the show's appeal extends from the Cold War era to today? Nope…. maybe in a future set. It is a complete collection of the episodes with good visuals and audio, however, so if you're a fan and have been waiting to get your hands on a hard copy of the series, this may be a good fit for your home library or gifting needs — you can snag it on Amazon for $99.23.
"Cartoon Network's six-time Emmy-nominated Steven Universe revolves around Steven, the 'little brother' to a team of magical aliens—the Crystal Gems—who defend the planet Earth. Steven is the son of the Crystal Gems' late leader Rose Quartz and aging aspiring rockstar Mr. Universe. Steven belongs everywhere and nowhere: he has inherited his mother's Gem and her magical powers, but also his father's humanity and charm. The show is a slice-of-life action comedy that follows Steven as he attempts to bridge the gap between the sci-fi fantasy world of Gems and the cozy, funny, simple-yet-extraordinarily-complicated world of human beings." — from Warner Brothers
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There will not be another Calais "jungle", President Emmanuel Macron insisted on Tuesday during a visit to the French port town that symbolises the migrant crisis in Europe.
The encampment on dunes outside Calais was home to more than 8,000 people when it was dismantled in October 2016. Today, about 500 migrants continue to live homeless in Calais.
Macron addressed a specific message to each of the actors in the Calais migrant drama, starting with Britain. He will travel to Sandhurst on Thursday to see prime minister Theresa May. "We will bring up several elements of our shared management that we must improve," Macron said.
Under the 2004 Le Touquet Accord, the British border begins at Calais, where British police and immigration officials are stationed. Macron may seek a revision of the agreement, which French critics regard as too favourable to the UK.
Macron said he will ask May for three things: more help with unaccompanied minors who want to go to Britain; stronger police co-operation and funds for the development of the Calais area. France received 25,000 unaccompanied minors last year. Britain accepted only a tiny fraction of them. The migrant crisis has all but destroyed tourism in Calais.
Interior minister Gérard Collomb will next month present a draft law on immigration reform. "For years, we have done everything backwards," Macron said. "We let anyone in. We take an unacceptably long time to grant asylum... in some places more than two years. We don't invest enough to integrate those who obtain asylum, and we don't expel those who settle illegally." His policy, Macron said, "aims to put all that in the right order".
Macron used a carrot-and-stick approach to the 1,100 security forces deployed in Calais, to the migrants themselves and to the charitable associations that help them, alternately praising and warning each of the three.
Several aid groups have filed a lawsuit against police and gendarmes who they accuse of brutality towards the migrants.
Macron also warned migrants. "Staying in Calais, building makeshift huts in the underbrush and the swamps, living in squats, is an impasse," he said, urging them to go instead to a welcome centre where their applications for asylum would be examined.
Mr Macron pleaded for a "consistent" EU migration policy based on greater solidarity. The so-called "Dublin system" which requires migrants to apply for asylum in the first EU country they enter is not working, he said. Nor was it possible to allow migrants to apply in any country they choose. He advocated "a sole, integrated system of control… which will enable us to move towards a European asylum office".


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Trump endorses GOP governor candidate Darren Bailey | Govt-and-politics
This is a developing story that will be updated.
MENDON, Ill. — Former President Donald Trump offered his full-throated support to state Sen. Darren Bailey in the Illinois GOP gubernatorial primary just days before Tuesday's primary election.
Trump also offered his support to U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Oakland, as she faces fellow incumbent Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, in 15th Congressional District.
The former president endorsed Miller in early January and appeared at a fundraiser she held at his Mar-A-Lago resort in April.
But Trump's endorsement of Bailey was a new development, one the Xenia Republican has been openly seeking for months. The former president suggested in an interview with The Center Square earlier this week that Bailey would likely be his man if he did endorse.
On Saturday, he went further: "Darren is just the man to take on and defeat one of the worst governors in America, J.B. Pritzker."
State Sen. Darren Bailey, one of six GOP gubernatorial candidates, poses with supporters at a rally featuring former President Donald Trump in Adams County.
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Bailey has opened a large lead in the Republican primary over the past few weeks, according to most public and private polling. He faces Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, paving magnate Gary Rabine, former state Sen. Paul Schimpf, attorney Max Solomon and cryptocurrency venture capitalist Jesse Sullivan.
Trump described Bailey as a farmer, a fighter, "an outstanding warrior in the Illinois State Senate," as well as "a fearless supporter of the Second Amendment and a tireless champion of religious liberty."
He also took shots at Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who released a video criticizing the former president ahead of Trump's visit.
Calling Pritzker "pathetic," Trump criticized Pritzker's response to the coronavirus pandemic and compared gun violence in Chicago to the military situation in Afghanistan during his presidency.
"Everybody's fleeing your state. This is a disaster," Trump said.
He told a story about meeting Bailey earlier in the day, saying Bailey yanked a hair out of the former president's head after commenting that it was hanging across Trump's face. "Which tells you a lot about Darren — there's no games, right?"
Invited onstage to address the crowd himself, Bailey agreed: "I will not lie to anyone and I will not let anything go unnoticed."
Trump's in-district visit — held about 15 miles north of Quincy at the Adams County Fairgrounds — offers Miller a significant boost in the final stretch of the campaign.
"Mary is a warrior for our movement and our values," Trump said, calling her a "fearless, America-first patriot."
Miller and Davis have been locked in a heated incumbent-versus-incumbent primary contest, the result of a congressional redistricting process controlled by legislative Democrats and the state losing a district following the 2020 U.S. Census.
The new 15th is a sprawling district that stretches west to east across Central Illinois from the Iowa and Missouri state lines to the Indiana state line. It also includes some outlying portions of the Metro East region.
Trump won about 68% of the vote in the district in the 2020 election.
Though there have been some high-profile losses by Trump-endorsed candidates this cycle, most with the former president's stamp of approval win their elections.
Miller, a freshman firebrand, is a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus. Davis, a five-term incumbent who is in line to chair a committee if Republicans take the House majority, is a traditional conservative with a bipartisan streak.
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Davis voted Trump's position 89% of the time during the former president's term in office. He also served as an honorary chair of Trump's 2020 campaign. He even appeared with Trump at a rally in Southern Illinois in the waning days of the 2018 campaign.
But he had previously rescinded his support of Trump in 2016 following the release of the Access Hollywood tape in which the then-Republican nominee described sexually assaulting women. Davis has not said whether he voted for Trump that year or not.
Davis also voted to certify President Joe Biden's electoral college victory and was among 35 Republicans who supported the creation of a 9/11-style independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
That effort stalled in the Senate and Davis later voted against the creation of the Jan. 6 select committee.
Miller, on the other hand, supported Trump's efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election in several states.
Speaking to the crowd on Saturday, Miller said Davis "betrayed us."
"My friends, this race is between MAGA and a RINO establishment member," she said, using the acronyms for Trump slogan Make America Great Again and Republican in Name Only. "Don't you miss President Trump?"
Davis is viewed as having the stronger political organization and as a more seasoned retail politician. He's raised more money, though spending from outside groups on Miller's behalf has evened the playing field.
Miller, on the other hand, has Trump. Her campaign has been more low-profile, shunning local media and being less visible on the trail in hopes that the former president's backing will be enough to get her across the finish line.
Her campaign has been bogged down by controversies, such as a campaign volunteer who drove her around to campaign events who was convicted of during a child for sex in 2005.
However, she appears to have momentum in the campaign's final days.
According to a poll from McHenry-based Victory Geek published in The Illinoize last week, Davis leads Miller 38%-35% with 27% undecided. However, when voters were told of Trump's endorsement, Miller leads 47% to 39%.
Trump's visit will be another test of the former president's hold over his party, especially in a deep-red district where his popularity is still high.
Hundreds of Trump supporters arrived early to ensure a spot at the event. It had the festive feel of a college tailgate at times, except team attire was replaced with "Make America Great Again" hats and Trump flags.
The crowd included both supporters of Miller and people who traveled from outside of the 15th Congressional District to see the former president.
"She's going to fight for everything that I would fight for," said Nikki Buehler of Camp Point, who described Miller as "one of us."
Buehler, 42, said she had concerns that Davis was not a true conservative. She thought Trump's appearance would help her preferred candidate gain more momentum heading into Election Day.
"A lot of people will rally behind him and what he stands for, knowing that that's the president they most liked and most think alike to," she said. "His values line up with ours."
Doug Rowe and his wife Merry Higgin, who woke up at 7 a.m. and drove four hours from Marengo in McHenry County.
"We've watched all his rallies; big supporters," said Rowe, 65. "(This is) the first opportunity we've had to come see him."
Speaking before Trump's remarks, Rowe was interested to learn whether the former president would endorse a GOP gubernatorial candidate — something he said would be the deciding factor in earning his vote.
Doug Rowe and Merry Higgin, both 65, traveled four hours from their Marengo home to see former President Donald Trump in Adams County.
Without a confirmed endorsement, Rowe said he was leaning toward voting for Bailey. "I think he's the most closely aligned with Trump," Rowe said. "My values are aligned with the president's."
Photos: Illinois reacts to overturning of Roe v. Wade
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Protesters hold signs during a Pro-Choice rally at Federal Plaza on June 24 in Chicago, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Grace Miller 11, left, and Leo Miller 5, right, hold signs during a Pro-Life rally at Federal Plaza on June 24 in Chicago.
Executive director of Illinois Right To Life Amy Gehrke speaks during a Pro-Life rally at Federal Plaza on June 24 in Chicago, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade.
Executive director of Illinois Right To Life Amy Gehrke speaks during a Pro-Life rally at Federal Plaza on Friday in Chicago, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, center, speaks during a Pro-Choice rally at Federal Plaza on June 24 in Chicago, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks during a Pro-Choice rally at Federal Plaza on June 24 in Chicago, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Supporters gather for a Pro-Choice rally at Federal Plaza on June 24 in Chicago, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade.
Pro-choice supporters hold signs during a Pro-Choice rally at Federal Plaza, Friday in Chicago after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Another part of the addiction help puzzle
By DARRELL SMITH - dsmith@newsexaminer.com
St. Gabriel Church and House of Ruth are teaming up with a concerned parent and grandparent to put another piece of the puzzle in place in the local fight against substance abuse.
Sunday evening, the first 3D Next Generation: Dedicated, Determined, Driven for youth and Victory for Concerned Persons will meet to provide support, information and love for those who have family members and friends involved in substance abuse.
The new program has been a vision since the house opened. St. Gabriel Church had a vision and those two visions came together.
"Not only are we helping people with addiction, we are now helping families of people in addiction and that includes children, youth and adults," she said. "To my knowledge, there has never been a program like this. Now everyone has something."
The program will be each Sunday at 6 p.m. on the second floor of the St. Gabriel Parish office.
House of Ruth Recovery Coach Alicia Wedding put together programming that will be used in the younger groups and will be teaching one of the younger groups.
Wedding said there are several children of the residents that come to the home and other children as well as a lot of adults that want more information.
"The people of St. Gabriel know there is a need for this and we had the place for it and Sharon called Father Dustin (Boehm) and he called me because I had said I'd work on this," Cheryl Hreno said. "This was two weeks ago."
"Sharon had contacted me back in the summer and asked if I would interested in leading one of the groups, Victory for Concerned Persons," said Melody Wright. "My daughter is an addict. I kept thinking I had to get on this so I called her and she was ready to call me. We met the next day and she told me about Alicia and her group. I realize now why I was waiting, because this is going to go together."
The people in the Victory for Concerned Persons group will have children in addiction while the youth will have a parent in addiction
Wedding said there are two programs for children, ages 7-12 and 13-19, with age-appropriate lessons for the younger group and an actual group meeting with the teens. The groups will be in separate rooms with an assistant leading one group.
"Some kids don't really know what is going on at home, they just have behavioral problems," she said. "It's a safe place for kids to come who have similar issues. It's not about talking bad about their parents, but it's a place for them to talk about behavioral issues they may have or if they just need support.
"It helps the children understand the situation they have at home and how to deal with it."
Many of these kids are now living with grandparents because their parents are involved in substance abuse and they are angry because they don't understand, Cranfill said. It is support for them. All the kids who will be there are going through the same issues so they can help and encourage each other.
The adult program came from a curriculum the House of Ruth has had for a few years waiting for the right person to lead the class, Cranfill said. There are so many people raising their grandchildren and they do not know what to do.
There is a Narcotics Anonymous meeting at the parish office at 7 p.m. so the adults can go from 6-7 p.m. and then those recovering will come.
School officials will be contacted so they can contact children or teens who may want to attend.
The group wanted to start the program before Christmas because it is a hard time of year for addicts, people in recovery or people who have loved ones in addiction, Cranfill said.
"It's for anyone that has a loved one involved in addiction," she said. "Brothers and sisters may try to help but unless they have been in addiction, they don't understand. I have people calling me all the time, 'What can I do?' 'Is there no support for me because I'm doing all I can for my son or daughter and raising my grandson.' They have no one to talk to but now there is a place where there are people going through the same thing."
There is no cost to attend and registration is not required but for those with questions, go to the website www.3dnextgeneration.net and the contact information is available or call the House of Ruth at 765-825-3333. Fayette Regional Health System will provide light snacks. Call if transportation is needed.


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Despite this, the level of market data fees charged by exchanges has been challenged by some. In reality, as this report demonstrates, market data is not overly expensive with exchange market data accounting for a very small part of investors' costs of holding and trading in stocks. The development of aggregate market data revenues (from approximately 230m EUR in 2012 to approximately 245m EUR in 2018) is equivalent to an annual real growth rate of a minimal 1%. While transparency and quality do come at a price, the costs are reasonable (data revenues of exchanges account for 10-15% of the total market data value chain) and have not increased significantly over time.
In parallel, there is an ongoing debate about the provision of market data services in the EU, particularly the value of a consolidated tape to re-aggregate the fragmented market space that has developed under MiFiD. However, services like these are already provided by market data vendors which offer effective consolidation solutions that cover up to 95% of lit equity trading.
In contrast, the fundamental problem lies with data quality and consistency from SIs, OTC trading and dark venues which is often very low. The simple introduction of a 'MIFID authorized' CTP will not resolve these underlying issues. Calls for these types of solutions very often overlook the links between market data services, trading and price formation, and the very design of equity trading market more generally. Transparency, non-discriminatory access, integrity and fairness are the core values of exchanges and that have proven their value throughout history and in the recent financial crisis, whereas opacity ultimately leads to higher cost for end investors and higher refinancing cost for companies.


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Wendell P. Smith
Posted on May 12, 2020 by Carol Ann McCormick
(17 Sept 1892 – 11 April 1980)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 140 vascular plant specimens collected Wendell P. Smith. All were collected with Robert M. Downs in 1973 throughout Wilkes County and Alexander County, North Carolina.
How Downs and Smith came to be acquainted is unclear. The specimens collected by Downs & Smith were first deposited in the North Carolina State University (NCSC) herbarium, then given to the Jesup Herbarium of Dartmouth College (HNH) in 1977. When the Dartmouth Herbarium down-sized in 2002, their holdings from the southeastern United States were given to NCU.
Wendell Phillips Smith was born in Lyndonville, Caledonia County, Vermont on 17 September 1892 to Sheridan Irving Smith (b. 1847) and Clara (Eastman) Smith (b. 1856). The 1900 US Census lists Sheridan Smith's profession as "RR [railroad] Machinist" and he, wife Clara and seven year old Wendell living in "Lyndon town", Caledonia County, Vermont.(3) A decade later the 1910 US Census lists Clara Eastman Smith and son Wendell living with her extended family in Newbury, Orange County, Vermont and Clara's profession as "Painting Teacher, Private Classes."(4) At age 27, Wendell was still living with his mother and extended family in Newbury; his profession is listed in the 1920 US Census as "Farm laborer, home farm."(5) The 1930 and 1940 US Census list Wendell, now ages 37 and 47, respectively, as living with his mother on her brother's dairy farm in Wells River, Orange County, Vermont.(6, 7) In 1947, at age 55, he married 36 year old Louise Hix Pearson (1911-2002) in Brookline, Massachusetts.(1, 8) In 1954, Wendell and Louise moved to North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina. (2) Wendell Phillips Smith died on 11 April 1980 at age 87 and is buried in Moravian Falls Cemetery, Wilkes County, North Carolina. (1)
Every year the CBC [Carolina Bird Club] Christmas Bird Count includes a report from North Wilkesboro with one observer. This lone observer is Wendell P. Smith, 79, dean of bird watchers and one of the best ornithologists in the Southeast. Last December Wendell and I drove up the Yadkin River to look for waterfowl wintering on the Kerr Scott Reservoir. He was making his sixty-eighth Christmas Bird Count.
"You can never tell what will be found around the lake," Wendell said. "Once after a storm on the coast, we found two Red Phalaropes and a flock of Golden Plovers that had been driven this far inland by the storm."
Born at Wells River, Vermont, Wendell was confined to the family farm by a childhood illness. The self-taught naturalist has never attended school a day in his life. He was taught in the home by his mother and at an early age began the lifetime study of the natural history of the family farm. On his daily walks around the farm, young Wendell began keeping records of nesting birds and of the arrival and departure dates of migratory birds moving through the Connecticut River valley.
Although most of his life was devoted to the study of a 100-acre hill-country farm, he became well known in scientific circles for his discoveries. He has been elected to learned societies, contributed to leading scientific journals, and for 25 years he served as the State Ornithologist of Vermont. In 1954 he retired from this position and moved to North Wilkesboro [Wilkes County, North Carolina] near the home of his wife, the former Louise Pearson of Moravian Falls.
Once settled in North Carolina, Wendell immediately began studying the natural history of Wilkes County and the northwestern piedmont. Every year he searches the surrounding countryside for nesting birds and records the passage of migratory species. A few years ago he was invited to Washington, D. C., to be honored by the U. S. Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife for his volunteer contributions to its Migratory Bird Study. At that time he had reported migration data to the bureau for 57 years. When the study was complete in 1969, Wendell's records covered 65 continuous years.
Wendell is very active in the affairs of the Carolina Bird Club, and has served as treasurer of the club. His amazing ability to identify a bird with a quick glance or a few notes of its song has made him a popular figure on the club's field trips. His presence on a trip always attracts a large group of birders. A field trip with him is a quick course in bird identification because Wendell is happy to share his lifetime accumulation of nature lore. "You don't need a guide book with Mr. Smith," a young birder once commented. "He knows all of the birds."
We asked how he had adjusted to the Yadkin River Valley after a lifetime in the Connecticut River Valley in Vermont. "There isn't a lot of difference," Wendell replied. "Nature is much the same everywhere. We have many of the same birds passing at migration, but I do miss the Snow Buntings in winter."
A lifetime of patient observation has taught Wendell Smith the continuity of nature's show. Forever old, and yet forever new; he knows there is always something new and exciting waiting to be discovered. (2)
PUBLICATIONS (incomplete list):
Smith, Wendell P. 1921. Some unusual bird-records for northern Vermont. The Auk 38(3) 467-468.
—. 1926. A study of the Tree Sparrow's migration in the Connecticut River Valley. Bulletin of the Northeastern Bird-Banding Association 2(2): 19-22.
—. 1927. Tree Sparrow returns and migration. Bulletin of the Northeastern Bird-Banding Association 3(1): 5-7.
—. 1927. Letters from Bird Banders: A Song Sparrow recovery. Bulletin of the Northeastern Bird-Banding Association 3(2): 48.
—. 1927. Notes on the prenuptial moult of the Tree Sparrow. Bulletin of the Northeastern Bird-Banding Association 3(4): 82-84.
—. 1928. The partial history of a pair of nesting Juncos. Bulletin of the Northeastern Bird-Banding Association 4(4): 137-141.
—. 1928. Pulmonary mycosis in the White-crowned Sparrow. Bulletin of the Northeastern Bird-Banding Association 4(3): 109-110.
—. 1928. Information desired. Bulletin of the Northeastern Bird-Banding Association 4(3): 112.
—. 1929. Bird-banding notes from Wells River. Bulletin of the Northeastern Bird-Banding Association 5(3): 117-118.
—. 1929. A preliminary list of migratory species which return to the same wintering area. Bulletin of the Northeastern Bird-Banding Association 5(2): 66-76.
—. 1929. Some observations of the effects of a late snow storm upon bird life. The Auk 46(4): 557-558.
—. 1930. A possible migrating family group. Bird-Banding 1(2): 77-79.
—. 1930. The further history of a nesting pair of Juncos. Bird-Banding 1(1): 36-40.
—. 1930. Bird banding. Joint Bulletin Vermont Botanical and Bird Clubs 14: 59-61.
—. 1930. Bird observations. Joint Bulletin Vermont Botanical and Bird Clubs 14: 62-64.
—. 1931. General Notes: Calendar of disappearance and emergence of some hibernating mammals at Wells River, Vermont. J. of Mammology 12(1): 78-79.
—. 1932. Cardinal at Woodsville, New Hampshire. The Auk 49(2): 228-229.
Fortner, H. C., Wendell P. Smith and E. J. Dole. 1933. A list of Vermont birds (with descriptions appended), Bulletin No. 41. Published by Department of Agriculture, E. H. Jones, Commissioner. P. 1-54.
Smith, Wendell P.. 1933. Some observations of the nesting habits of the Barn Swallow. The Auk 50(4): 414-419.
—. 1933. The varying hare (Lepus amerianus virginianus) in changing pelage. J. of Mammology 14(1): 77.
—. 1934. Observations of the nesting habits of the Black and White Warbler. Bird-Banding 5(1): 31-35.
Magee, M. J. and Wendell P. Smith. 1934. The distribution of Michigan recovered Eastern Evening Grosbeaks near the Atlantic Seaboard. Bird-Banding 5(4): 175-181.
Smith, Wendell P. 1936. An unusual nesting site of the Slate-colored Junco. The Auk 53(2): 222-223.
—. 1937. Some Bluebird observations. Bird-Banding 8(1): 25-30.
—. 1937. Further notes on the nesting of the Barn Swallow. The Auk 54(1): 65-69.
—. 1938. Notes from Vermont. The Auk 55(3): 552.
—. 1939. The transfer of a Peromyscus family. J. of Mammology 20(1): 108
—. 1942. Nesting habits of the Eastern Phoebe. The Auk. 59(3): 410-417.
—. 1943. Some Yellow Warbler observations. Bird-Banding 14(3): 57-63.
—. 1943. Hoary and Greater Redpolls in Vermont. The Auk 60(2): 283.
—. 1944. General Notes: Mating of muskrats. J. of Mammology 25(1): 90.
Smith, Wendell P. and Henry M. Stevenson. 1958. Traill's Flycatcher breeding in North Carolina. The Auk 75(1): 95.
Find A Grave Memorial #137762488, accessed on 11 May 2020.
Hughes, Garvin. 1972. Dean of Bird Watchers: Wendell P. Smith. The Chat: Newsletter of the Carolina Bird Club. Volume 36(2): 56-67. https://www.carolinabirdclub.org/chat/issues/1972/v36n2roundtable.pdf accessed on 11 May 2020.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Lyndon, Caledonia, Vermont; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0047; FHL microfilm: 1241690. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Year: 1910; Census Place: Newbury, Orange, Vermont; Roll: T624_1615; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0142; FHL microfilm: 1375628. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Year: 1920; Census Place: Newbury, Orange, Vermont; Roll: T625_1873; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 3. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Year: 1930; Census Place: Wells River, Orange, Vermont; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0009; FHL microfilm: 2342163. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Year: 1940; Census Place: Wells River, Orange, Vermont; Roll: m-t0627-04233; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 9-11. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Marriages [1916–1970]. Volumes 76–166, 192– 207. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
Special thanks to Will Cook of Durham, North Carolina for research assistance.
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Saeta é um tipo de música religiosa espanhola, datado de há muitos séculos. A saeta antigua (saeta antiga) provavelmente surgiu da recitação de salmos sob a influência da música litúrgica. As "saetas variam enormemente em forma e estilo, alcançando de simples melodias silábicas a melodias altamente elaboradas". Desde o século XIX, no entanto, as saetas mais preferidas têm incorporado elementos distintos associados com a música flamenca particularmente as siguiriyas.

A saeta é mais conhecida por seu poder triste durante a Semana Santa, quando pela tradição católica a música é executada durante as procissões pelas irmandades religiosas que passam pelas ruas das cidades e vilas da Andaluzia. Possuindo uma intensidade emocional lastimosa e uma carga dramática, a saeta é cantada pelo saetero, frequentemente de uma sacada, e deve ser dirigida à estátua de Jesus abaixo, em sua agonia na Via Dolorosa, ou à estátua de sua mãe em sofrimento Maria. Estas e outras estátuas fabricadas são montadas sobre plataformas e carregadas ao longo das ruas sobre os ombros de penitentes passando entre o ajuntamento público. A resposta emocional imediata à saeta, muitas vezes de tristeza intensa, deve ser a razão para seu nome.

As saetas são cantadas nas adorações ao ar livre durante toda Quaresma, e também devem ser cantandas durante a época de Natal. Uma forma especial de saeta (a saeta carcelera) também é cantada nas prisões durante visitas de irmandades. Várias cidades da Andaluzia têm seus próprios estilos peculiares da saeta.

É frequentemente cantada a cappella. Tomadas da música flamenca são os melismas, as tercinas e outros floreios. Sendo um dos cantos a palo seco (categoria de flamenco, tradicionamente cantado a cappella ou, em alguns casos, com algum tipo de percussão). o cantor pode também ser acompanhado por tambores ou cornetas. Qualquer acompanhamento é mais frequente no compasso 2/4 ou 6/8. NOrmalmente o saetero canta num tom menor finalizando no dominante; a métrica de versos diferentes serão frequentemente variáveis dependendo da interpretação. Origens árabes e hebraicas tem sido propostas.

Palos de flamenco adotados pela saeta incluem especialmente as siguiriyas e as martinetes e outros incluem as saetas por soleares, por polos, por cañas e por fandangos. O cantor Manuel Torre (1878-1933) foi muito respeitado por sua saeta.

De herança heterogênea, a saeta se tornou o fruto artístico emocional de várias culturas. Os ciganos "se sienten identificados con los episodios de la Pasión y consideran a Jesús como un hermano en desgracia que sufre persecusión y muerte". Nada certamente substitui ouvir e testemunhar a saeta.

Dizem que os andaluzes devem falar com Deus durante a Semana Santa, sendo cantar a saeta durante a procissão das irmandades o modo escolhido.

Gravações
 Maestros de la Saeta. Semana Santa en Sevilla (CD da Planet Records 1993). Aparentemente da década de 1930 à de 1960, incluindo os famosos Niña de los Peines e Manuel Vallejo.
 O YouTube mostra vídeos de apresentações recentes de saeta, algumas feitas durante as procissões da Semana Santa.
 Joaquín Turina, "Jueves Santo a medianoche (Desfile de una cofradía por una callejuela)" in his Sevilla. Suite pintoresca, Opus 2, no. 2 (Sevilha 1908) [Clássico].
 Miles Davis, "Saeta" em seu álbum Sketches of Spain (Columbia Records: gravado em 1959-1960, lançado em 1960), na faixa 4 (5:06), escrita por Gil Evans [Jazz].

Bibliografia
 Batista, Andrés. Maestros y Estilos. Manual Flamenco (Madrid 1985).
 Caballero, Ángel Álvarez. El cante flamenco (Madrid: Alianza Editorial 1994, 1998).
 Cano, Domingo Manfredi. Geografia del cante jondo (Madrid: Editorial Bullón 1963).
 Climent, Anselmo González. Flamencologia (Madrid: Editorial Escelicer [1955] 1964).
 Grande, Félix. Memoria del Flamenco (Madrid: Espasa-Calpe 1979), 2 volumes.
 Luna, José Carlos de. De cante grande y cante chico (Madrid: Editorial Escelicer [1926] 3d ed. 1942).
 Mitchell, Timothy. Passional Culture. Emotion, Religion, and Society in Southern Spain (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania 1990).
 Pemartin, Julian. El cante flamenco. Guia alfabetica (Madrid: Afrodisio Aguado 1966).

Música religiosa
Flamenco
Semana Santa

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Q: Twisted inlineCallbacks and remote generators I have used defer.inlineCallbacks in my code as I find it much easier to read and debug than using addCallbacks.
I am using PB and I have hit a problem when returning data to the client. The data is about 18Mb in size and I get a failed BananaError because of the length of the string being returned.
What I want to do is to write a generator so I can just keep calling the function and return some of the data each time the function is called.
How would I write that with inlineCallbacks already being used? Is it actually possible, If i return a value instead. Would something like the following work?
@defer.inlineCallbacks
def getLatestVersions(self):
    returnlist = []
    try:
        latest_versions = yield self.cur.runQuery("""SELECT id, filename,path,attributes ,MAX(version) ,deleted ,snapshot , modified, size, hash,
                           chunk_table, added, isDir, isSymlink, enchash from files group by filename, path""")
    except:
        logger.exception("problem querying latest versions")

    for result in latest_versions:
        returnlist.append(result)
        if len(return_list) >= 10:
            yield return_list
            returnlist = []
    yield returnlist

A: A generator function decorated with inlineCallbacks returns a Deferred - not a generator.  This is always the case.  You can never return a generator from a function decorated with inlineCallbacks.
See the pager classes in twisted.spread.util for ideas about another approach you can take.

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Typhoon Haiyan (T2013-No.30) was extremely intense and gave huge impact on Philippines and neighbor countries. We are curious to analyze this event for future prediction of similar typhoon.
Mori, N., M. Kato, S. Kim, H. Mase, Y. Shibutani, T. Takemi, K. Tsuboki and T. Yasuda (2014) Local amplification of storm surge by Super Typhoon Haiyan in Leyte Gulf, Geophysical Research Letters, American Geophysical Union, accepted.


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Why The Eff Am I Still Sore Two Days After My Workout?
If you've ever felt like you were hit by a truck 48 hours after your workout, you're not alone.
By Ashley Oerman and Ashley Mateo
You're supposed to be a little sore after a workout; after all, part of the appeal of exercise is that hurts-so-good feeling after you really beast it out. But what about when you wake up two days after you work out, and your muscles still feel like:
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Almost everyone who's worked out has at some point experience that second-day soreness—I know I have, especially after I really push myself during a race or hit the weights after a long time out of the gym. That feeling is so common, it actually has its own name: delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS).
What Is Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness?
To understand muscle soreness, you have to understand how how your muscles grow. "The very easy explanation is that you break muscle fibers down during exercise, and then your body builds them back up while healing, causing inflammation," says Pete McCall, an exercise physiologist and ACE-certified personal trainer. "Soreness is a response to damaged individual muscle fibers."
While your workout is to blame for the inflammation, a healing process called the inflammatory response cascade is what's really causing your muscle pain 48 hours after your sweat session, explains Jordan Metzl, M.D., an exercise physician and author of The Exercise Cure.
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (n.): Muscle pain that peaks two days after exercise. Aka: DOMS.
The response is a series of events that happens during a period of four to five days, says Metzl. On day one, your body responds to the injured area by releasing hormones called cytokines. These hormones direct cells to go heal your inflamed muscles. At the same time, prostaglandins, hormones that also affect how cells respond to injury, send blood to the area to heal it.
This process is slow for the first 24 hours. However, on dreaded day two, the flood of cells to the area of inflammation, a.k.a. your muscles, reaches its peak and continues the healing response, he says. This means you're going to struggle getting out of bed.
What Causes Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness?
There's no one specific type of workout that can cause muscle soreness; it's all about your intensity and your typical workout routine. "Anytime you're challenging the muscle to do more mechanical work, you're going to have a higher amount of DOMS," says McCall. So, if you're doing a strength training workout using heavier weights than you're used to, or if you do sprints at a faster pace than normal, you're going to get muscle soreness, he explains.
That said, you are more likely to experience DOMS after eccentric muscle training—which is when you lengthen your muscles while contracting them, like during the downward part of a bicep curl. That's because this type of workout causes more micro-trauma, or tiny tears in your muscle fibers, than any other type of training. And your body then needs to repair and build that muscle, says Greg Justice, an exercise physiologist and author of Mind Over Fatter.
On a more chemical level, you're also increasing the acidity of your muscles, so they have "less oxygen and will be more sensitive to that soreness," says McCall.
But that's not to be confused with lactic acid, says Metz. "We used to think that lactic acid was to blame for DOMS before we understood cellular biology as much," he says. Now it's clear that lactic acid only affects short-term exercise tolerance—or how long you can endure a tough workout—and isn't a factor in delayed muscle soreness.
Can You Treat Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness?
While sometimes DOMS is unavoidable, there are some things you can do to get over it: First, you want to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. "The more water you have in your body, the more you're going to flush those hydrogen ions out of your system," says McCall. And if you have access to a sauna or steam room, get yourself into the heat to help improve your body's circulation. "That circulation is going to remove the hydrogen ions and bring new, oxygenated blood into your tissues."
Second, you want to do some active recovery. "The more you sweat, get your heart rate up, and elevate your circulation, the more you're going to help cycle out that old blood and get in the new," says McCall.
Metzel recommends active recovery exercises like biking, yoga, and foam roller moves to ease the pain and help your muscles recover. Nixing movement altogether can lead to more soreness, he says.
Is Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness Something to Worry About?
The good part of your I-can't-move feeling is that means that you did "a lot of great work and are in the process of building stronger muscles," says Metzl. To some degree, you want to feel sore from your workout the next day. But you don't want to have so much muscle pain that you can't get out of bed. "If doctors use a pain scale of 1 to 10, I would classify DOMS as anything above a seven or eight, and that's probably something you want to avoid," says McCall.
And pay attention to the type of muscle pain you're experiencing: DOMS feels like general soreness throughout the muscle, but if you feel a sharp or localized pain and high-level discomfort, that could mean you damaged the muscle or some connective tissue, says McCall. If that's the case, see a doctor ASAP.
There's one other thing the be aware of: If the soreness isn't lessening after two to three days or if you start to have discolored urine, you should definitely talk to your doctor. It's possible that you could have rhabdomyolysis, which is basically DOMS gone wild, says Metzl, and is a serious and dangerous condition.
Ashley Oerman Lifestyle Director Ashley Oerman is the lifestyle director at Cosmopolitan, covering fitness, health, food, cocktails, and home.
Ashley Mateo Ashley Mateo is a writer, editor, and UESCA- and RRCA-certified running coach who has contributed to Runner's World, Bicycling, Women's Health, Health, Shape, Self, and more.
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Irmelin är en engelsk opera i tre akter med musik och libretto av Frederick Delius. Texten bygger på sagan om prinsessan Irmelin, samt sagan om Prinsessan och Svinaherden av H.C. Andersen.

Historia
Irmelin var den första och längsta av Delius operor. Han hade övervägt en mängd ämnen innan han bestämde sig för den medeltida sagan om prinsessan Irmelin. Efter att ha misslyckat med att bestämma en librettist skrev han texten själv. Det färdiga resultatet intresserade dirigenten vid Opéra Comique i Paris, André Messager men verket nådde aldrig dit trots att den franske tonsättaren Florent Schmitt fick i uppdrag av Delius att förbereda sångstämmorna. Operan hade premiär 4 maj 1953 på New Theatre i Oxford.

Irmelin var en i raden av sena 1800-talsverk som sysselsatte sig med medeltiden såsom den utformades av prerafaeliterna inom konsten och i musiken av sådana verk som Edward Elgars kantat The Black Knight, Claude Debussys opera Pelléas et Mélisande och Arnold Schönbergs väldiga kantat Gurre-Lieder. Berättelsen om ung, oskuldsfull försakelse av världen för kärlekens skull är karaktäristisk för Delius och musiken förstärker helheten trots det stela librettot. Personteckningarna av de tre friarna är mycket tacksamt operamässigt sett.

Personer
Prinsessan Irmelin (sopran)
Nils, prins förklädd till svinaherde (tenor)
Kungen (bas)
Rolf (baryton)
Rövare, riddare, gäster, skogsnymfer (kör)

Handling

Akt I
Prinsessan Irmelin sitter i sitt rum på slottet. Hon har precis avvisat de tre senaste i en lång rad av ädla friare; en ung, en gammal och en medelålders vilka hennes fader kungen hade föreslagit. Hon väntar på sin "drömprins" medan kungen hotar med att tvinga henne att gifta sig.

Akt II
Prinsen Nils har förklätt sig till svinaherde och tagit tjänst hos en äldre rövare vid namn Rolf. Nils beklagar sitt misslyckande att följa silverfloden som skulle ha lett honom till sin drömprinsessa. Rolf låter honom gå men uppmuntrar de kvinnliga rövarna att förföra Nils. De misslyckas och Nils finner floden och letar efter källan.

Akt III
Sex månader senare har den otröstliga Irmelin tvingats förlova sig med en gammal riddare. Nils anländer och han och Irmelin känner ögonblickligen igen varandra som sina drömpartners. De förklarar varandra sin kärlek och ger sig iväg tillsammans genom skogen.

Källor

Operor av Frederick Delius
Engelskspråkiga operor