The Holloway Boys: First Day of "School"
I checked on H about 9:00. He was playing and happy and cute as can be. His class was getting ready to go to the playroom, so I sat at the top of the stairs so I could watch him go without being seen. Yes, I am the obsessive mom! His class walks through the building on a rope with plastic bracelets/rings tied to it for the kids to hold on to. H did not want to hold his ring. His teachers kept gently reminding him to hold on. I think he finally figured it out. I loved the look he gave them. It looked like he was telling them that he was just fine walking on his own and he didn't need a rope. So silly!
All of my worries about the napmat were worthless, just like everyone said they would be. I went by during my lunch break and he was sacked out, lying crooked on top of his mat. I asked if it took much to get him down. Apparently, his teachers just reminded him he had to stay on his mat and he fell asleep on his own. Yea! I'm so impressed. I really wanted a picture through the window, but I didn't dare wake him. No more lunch dates with momma, I guess. It's okay though because I can sneak peeks at him whenever I can. I love it!
Hunter had a great first day at school! Thank you God!! He came home in a great mood!!
Daddy and Hunter before school.
On a completely unrelated note, I have graduated from my cake decorating class. Tonight was our last night. Hunter's Granna and I had a fun time learning from this funny little lady at Hobby Lobby. Here's the final cake I did. Jimmy said it was tasty.
way to go hunter, and way to go mama! sounds like you both did great!


ZDNet's Matt Baxter-Reynolds analyzed the top 25 apps in the UK Windows Store and found that only two are written in C++ and only three are written with WinJS. All the rest used XAML. He concludes, "If someone was asking me as an advisor as to whether I'd build Windows Store apps in WinJS, I'd have to say 'uh, no.'"


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Man of the Moment (1935 film)
Man of the Moment (play)
Man of the Moment is a 1935 British romantic comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Laura La Plante and Margaret Lockwood. It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers. The film's art direction was by Peter Proud.
Office worker Mary Briany (Laura La Plante) finds out she is being demoted by the boss she secretly loves in order to make room for his girlfriend. She tries to commit suicide by jumping into the river. Tony Woodward (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) is driving by and rescues her, much to her annoyance.
He takes her back to his mansion, but he and his butler Godfrey (Donald Calthrop) have great difficulty getting her to behave. Meanwhile, Tony is to be married the next day to childish heiress Vera Barton (Margaret Lockwood). She reveals to Tony's friend Lord Rufus Paul (Claude Hulbert) that she plans to change Tony's lifestyle completely - no more smoking or drinking, among other things. Her millionaire father (Peter Gawthorne) promises his nearly penniless future son-in-law 5000 pounds to pay for a partnership in a company.
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Man of the Moment may refer to:
Man of the Moment (1935 film), starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Laura La Plante
Man of the Moment (1955 film), featuring Norman Wisdom
Man of the Moment (play), a 1990 play by Alan Ayckbourn
Man of the Moment, a horse which won the 1970 Breeders' Futurity Stakes
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Man of the Moment is a 1955 comedy film starring Norman Wisdom, Belinda Lee, Lana Morris and Jerry Desmonde. The film includes songs sung by the Beverley Sisters, including, "Dreams for Sale" (Arthur Groves, Peter Carroll), "Beware" (Norman Wisdom), "Yodelee Yodelay," and "Man of the Moment" (Jack Fishman).
Plotline
Norman is a file clerk who accidentally becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference, befriends the queen of a remote island, and winds up a knight. Norman leaves rooms in shambles, tailors in shreds, and diplomats in bandages. Chased by gunmen and assassins of foreign powers, Norman finds himself running through active TV studio sets and interrupts various programs and performances in progress.
Norman Wisdom as Norman
Lana Morris as Penny
Belinda Lee as Sonia
Jerry Desmonde as Jackson
Karel Štěpánek as Lom
Garry Marsh as British Delegate
Inia Te Wiata as King of Tawaki
Evelyn Roberts as Sir Horace
Violet Farebrother as Queen of Tawaki
Man of the Moment is a play by the British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It was premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough on 10 August 1988 and transferred to the Globe Theatre in the West End on 14 February 1990.
Original West End cast
Jill Rillington, TV presenter - Samantha Bond
Douglas Beechey, former hero who prevented a bank robbery by Parks and whose future wife was shot in the face by Parks during the robbery - Michael Gambon
Vic Parks, professional bank-robber and TV personality - Peter Bowles
Trudy Parks, Vic's second wife - Diane Bull
Kenny Collins, Parks's manager -David Cunningham
David - Paul Stewart
Sharon, Parks's children's nanny - Shirley-Anne Selby
Ruy, Parks's gardener - Daniel Collings
Ashley Barnes - Terence Booth
Marta - Doreen Andrew
Radio adaptation
As part of celebrations for Ayckbourn's 70th birthday, a radio adaptation directed by Martin Jarvis was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 2.30pm on 11 April 2009, with the following cast:
Jill Rillington - Lisa Dillon
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I was out car shopping, and came across the Prius AWD. A potential game changer that ticks most of my boxes. I love my current Prius, and I love getting great milage. I want AWD, but really only need it about three days a year because I live in Maryland. It's a hatchback (my '02 isn't), so I can put a bunch of stuff in it. It has adaptive cruise (swoon!). But for some really stupid reason the digital screen gagigger doesn't sync with phones other than with a bluetooth or support it's own navigation system.
Let's talk about this car, and whether there are any plans to un*%&# their infotainment thing. Do you have one? Would you buy one?
If I still lived in Wyoming, I'd buy one, but I don't, and it's more like 1 day in 4 years that I'd need it here. The infotainmant is crappy, yes, but so are most infotainment systems I've seen in the last few years. I use bluetooth all the time and it works most of the time. You'll love dynamic cruise control.
The box it doesn't tick for me, and sadly all 2019 Prius levels in Canada except base are thus, is the lack of spare tire.
Not sure AWD Prius with the same ground clearance as non-AWD will help me in situations when I really want AWD. For most part, as long as road has been plowed, non-AWD Prius with a good snow tires will do the job. That said, I do want a high ground clearance AWD vehicle with a large cargo to go off road in occasions.
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i would really have to want prius gas savings over a rav4h or subbie. no toyota infotainment works, but my daughters subbie CarPlay is amazing.
i guess price might determine my direction, are they knocking a ton off msrp?
If you drive only on government-plowed and -groomed roads, then ground clearance becomes much less of an issue.
Something to keep in mind about the Prius AWD is that Japan is resource poor. Most likely already knew this in regards to oil and other fuels, but it also applies to salt. So Japan doesn't salt their roads, and the rusting issues seen in their early imports were because the manufacturers never had to deal with road slat before.
Ever consider a drift fence? My personal history shows that they will prevent drifts from forming on the road when placed right.
This winter I have been making frequent full use of my Forester's entire ground clearance on the road to the family farm, Sometimes plowed by us.
Wait, didn't I see that plow on a Prius???
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And when (not if) these can't get through, there are snowblower trucks for backup.
(Step)-grandad had a few rows of them, but they were never maintained and are now long gone. And they weren't in the right place for the current issues.
The deepest problem location would require placing the snowfences well in to a neighbor's pasture, not our own. And entirely for our family's benefit, not their's. The next level problem area would interfere with harvesting a significant portion of our crop lands. Something (climate change?) has significantly reduced the need compared to the years of my youth, so this hasn't bubbled up high on the priority and resource allocation lists. But this year has been unusual compared to recent times, reminding us of what things were often like long ago.
Thank you for pointing that out. I forgot it, and it's kind of a deal for me as well. I don't like just having a donut. Do the AWDs have the same weird "under the floor storage" area that the classic Soapdish Prii had? I might just store a donut/tire under there.
It does. AWD has 5.3" of clearance while the FWD ones have 5.1" of clearance.
Don't buy AWD in Maryland. It's not worth the cost and the maintenance expenses that come with an AWD car. It will cost you many thousands over the life of the car and offer little benefit. Good snow tires will give you what you want without the hassle. I know this from AWD BMWs with the transfer case, control arms, front and rear differentials, etc. There are more things to go wrong on AWD, more maintenance items, and more expensive parts.
Really? I thought the Prius (and other Toyota / Lexus hybrid AWD) is implemented by putting motors in the rear wheels. It should be fully electric, no mechanical linkage to the engine.
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OK, 0.2 inch increase. I still think it's a NO GO when more than 6 inches of unplowed snow is on the road, AWD or not. I want a minimum of 8 inch clearance.
Except that's a mechanical AWD system you're describing. The Prius is electric AWD. It's jsut a rear electric motor and some wires. No transfer case, no centre driveshaft. It's an open differential.
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That's not the same as "free" or "maintenance-free."
luckily, awd gets nimh batteries for very cold areas where it never snows more than 5.3".
That would exclude where your are, doesn't it? We certainly had more than 5.3" snow when I lived there!
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In 2013 Jennifer Gampe designed the concept for the annual christmas tree exhibition`s scenopgraphy at Karlsruhe University of Art and Design. As a team Jennifer Gampe, Maren Götz, Christoph Hauf and Sandra Böhm then developed and created the exhibition.
The architecture was made up of platforms with a square base and varying heights alongside hanging wooden beams, so as to create an abstract version of a forest.
A specially installed spotlight imitated the sun rising, which was accompanied by a hunting horn ensemble during the opening ceremony. Animal sounds that were transmitted through speakers contributed to the acoustic atmosphere. There were benches and tables, reminiscent of troughs for forest animals, specifically designed for the exhibition, which offered seating-accommodations for visitors to consume food and beverages comfortably.


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Plácido Domingo received a standing ovation as he took to the stage at the Salzburg Festival on Sunday, a concerted show of support at his first performance since nine women accused him of sexual harassment in a report by The Associated Press.
Domingo and his co-stars in a concert of Verdi's tragic opera "Luisa Miller" all shared in 10 minutes of applause at the end of the show -- but a standing ovation at the start of the show was for the 78-year-old opera legend alone.
The singers walked out single file and the applause intensified as Domingo, second to last, appeared from behind the curtain, growing to a crescendo until most of the house was on its feet.


Sometimes it has been questioned that the appearance of body fat may vary. Cellulite is a skin alteration described as a 'dimpling' appearance on the thighs, buttocks and sometimes lower abdomen of otherwise healthy women and occasionally men. The outermost layer of skin is referred to as your epidermis under which is the dermis. These are thicker in men compared to women and for this reason uneven fat distribution is more visible in females compared to males. The dermis is filled with hair follicles, sweat glands, blood vessels, nerve receptors and connective tissue. Underneath the dermis is subcutaneous fat which as emphasised before is the main focus of a fat loss programme. Subcutaneous fat is further divided in three levels. The uppermost level of subcutaneous fat can sometimes be uneven causing a dimpling or uneven appearance on the epidermis.
Individuals who have more fat will have a greater chance of displaying cellulite though lean individuals may also show dimpling. As we age the skin and the connective tissue between the layers begins to loosen allowing stored adipose tissue to protrude in to the dermis. Limitations to fluid movement and drainage as well as limitations in blood flow may contribute to the appearance of cellulite although reasons for its predominance vary. Treatments such as liposuction which removes adipose tissue does not help the appearance of cellulite as the problem lies in the connective tissue and the way that the body distributes fat. Quite simply liposuction may make the problem worse.
Varied research exists for the treatment of cellulite. Aminophylline, caffeine and theophyilline are members of a group of biochemical's known as methyxanthines present in many cellulite creams. These biological agents can enhance the body's ability to breakdown stored fat when applied topically to the skin. Studies have shown a small reduction in thigh girth when using these creams. Varying other interventions such as herbal treatments and massage have been suggested as being beneficial though no discernable evidence exists for long term improvement of cellulite.


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KINGSLEY resident Keith Eveson was recognised for his "tireless work in handing out donation forms" as part of the recent DonateLife Thank You Day.
"Keith spends his time at train stations and shopping centres handing out these important forms," Kingsley MLA Andrea Mitchell said.
DonateLife Thank You Day is a national day to acknowledge living and deceased organ and tissue donors and their families.


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Pushpa: Allu Arjun & Sukumar Film To Release in Two Parts?
Allu Arjun's upcoming movie Pushpa To Be Released In Two Parts? Deets Here
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By Cheena Khanna On May 6, 2021
Telugu superstar Allu Arjun after the stupendous success of Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo will next be seen in a Sukumar directorial Pushpa. The duo has earlier collaborated for the blockbuster Arya and Arya 2. Stylish Star and Sukumar's third outing the action and romantic drama has Rashmika Mandanna in the female lead. Now rumour has it that the movie will be released in two parts.
As reported by sources to Tollywood.net, Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna starrer was supposed to hit the screens on 13th August 2021. But the release date has been postponed due to the coronavirus second wave. Apparently, the makers are now looking for a later release date. With ample time in hand to rework the script, director Sukumar is reportedly convinced to release the film in two parts, just like Baahubali and KGF.
Sources added, Sukumar found a scope to add more interesting elements to the script. Buzz is that Allu Arjun has given his consent for the same and left the final decision to Sukumar. If everything goes as per the plan, the first part will hit the screens on the occasion of Dussehra or in December. It depends on the COVID situation in the country. The second part will be out around next year.
Pushpa is directed by Sukumar and produced by Naveen Yerneni and Mythri Movie Makers in association with Muttamsetty Media. It also features Malayalam actor Fahadh Faasil, Jagapathi Babu, Prakash Raj, Dhananjay, and Sunil in pivotal roles.
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A: You can use ServerSide Javascript in emails. Place this code at the top of the page.
This code will loop through the JSON and create (and set) the variables to be available in Ampscript.

Available in AMPscript:

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We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. Scripture Verse Art
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"You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat. "Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. "The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat.read more. Scripture Verse Art
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It was carved with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces, a man's face toward the palm tree on one side and a young lion's face toward the palm tree on the other side; they were carved on all the house all around. From the ground to above the entrance cherubim and palm trees were carved, as well as on the wall of the nave. The doorposts of the nave were square; as for the front of the sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other. The altar was of wood, three cubits high and its length two cubits; its corners, its base and its sides were of wood And he said to me, "This is the table that is before the LORD." The nave and the sanctuary each had a double door. Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. Also there were carved on them, on the doors of the nave, cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls; and there was a threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside. There were latticed windows and palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the porch; thus were the side chambers of the house and the thresholds. Scripture Art
He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital. So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital. The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. There were capitals on the two pillars, even above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals. Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. On the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished. Scripture Art
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Y Entertainment celebrates Grime this month
The unique sound and style of Grime emerged in the early 2000s, as a mutation development of several UK electronic styles, including garage and jungle genres. During this time, garage rap was expanding from London to the rest of the UK, triggering the reputation of MCs to elevate in status. Artists such as Dizzee Rascal, Wiley, Kano, and Lethal Bizzle are oftentimes credited as pioneers of the genre, for bringing mainstream attention to the grime scene, to the point of international recognition. It is oftentimes described as fairly barbed, aggressive and violent, and the style and presentation of Grime has been referred to as a collision of two iconic elements: hardcore rap and hardcore techno.
As genuine fans of the genre ourselves, our aim during the upcoming weeks is to inform our audience about the development of Grime up to the present day, and where we feel the future of this music scene is heading towards. Over a course of time, we hope to expose and encourage the members' clubs we collaborate with to give proper consideration to Grime music and the artists of the genre. In fact, we wish to eventually inspire the DJ's of these club to include a myriad of diverse genres in their sets, as opposed to the typical run-down of hip-hop and house, which our guests are so used to.
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Show No. 41 Performance date:- 3rd-6th January 1990.
This is the 21st show with Marilyn as the Producer.
Show No. 42 Performance dates:- 2nd-5th January 1991.
This year saw Marilyn appointed as the DC.
Show No. 43 Performance dates:- 8th-11th January 1992.
Show No. 44 Performance dates:- 6th-9th January 1993.
This is Marilyn' last show as Producer. She passes the baton on to Ewan after 27 tuneful years. The Band listed as "Chapter Eight". Ewan plays piano in this.
Show No. 45 Performance dates:- 5th-8th January 1994.
All agree that the show is in a good pair of hands. Ewan, the Cub that argued with the pianist all those years ago, does a very good job of his first show in charge.
Show No. 46 Performance dates:- 4th-7th January 1995.
The number of young people that turned up for the first rehearsal was well over what could be safely put on stage. For the first time cast numbers had to be restricted.
Show No. 47 Performance dates:- 10th-13th January 1996.
This year is Fran Franklin' last Cub Number as the Mini Gang Producer. Pam Woodford-Smith (nee Hewitt) who sang the first girls solo in 1969 has her 3 children in the show this year.
Show No. 48 Performance dates:- 8th-11th January 1997.
Show No. 49 Performance dates:- 7th-10th January 1998.
Richard "Rikki" Harrington takes over as Cub producer and little did we know that we are in for an extended run of good items from the Cubs over the years.
Show No. 50 Performance dates:- 5th-9th January 1999.
Our Golden Anniversary! The show production run increased to 5 nights such is the demand for tickets over the years. Programme sized increased to A4 as a special once off. Also the first cover to feature the dancers logo which was around for a few years. The show went down a storm every night and included golden balloons being dropped from a large net onto the audience each night. The first Harpenden Gang Show web page is produced in the run up to the show.


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The Matchmaker — Temple Theaters at Tomlinson
From the moment Robert Jason Jackson begins speaking in his deep, resonant voice as Horace Vandergelder, you know several positive things about Douglas C. Wager's production of "The Matchmaker" for Temple Theaters.
You know you have an actor of magnitude who can set a tone that is both realistic and comic. You know Thornton Wilder's too-rarely-done romp about romance, adventure, and the true value of money will be well played and entertaining. You know you will see a Vandergelder like no other, one who doesn't push his lines or overplay his curmudgeonly type, but one who is living the part as a plutocrat, autocrat, and a man who sees the world for what it is, a repository for fools, and who isn't interested in anyone else's opinion on the subject.
Jackson appears, and comedy is afoot. From the way he moves his head while Steve Harding's barber is trying to shave him, warning now and then about just missing an ear or a tear near the throat, or the way he barks at his niece, Ermengarde, or his chief clerk, Cornelius Hackl, you see an actor who knows his business on stage and who can elicit laughs while playing his farcical part perfectly straight. Harding, Irish accent in tow, adds to the opening scene with his cautionary words to the incorrigibly mobile and mortally vulnerable Vandergelder.
Jackson starts the proceedings. With no pun intended, he meets his match in the equally sterling performance Julie Czarnecki turns in as the iconic Dolly Gallagher Levi, widow of Ephraim Levi and a woman of the world.
Like Jackson, Czarnecki avoids any stereotype to make Dolly her own. She is not madcap, fussy, or overt. She is a sophisticate who observes life, takes things for what they're worth, avoids being critical, and shrewdly manipulates matters for her benefit, one she's pre-determined.
Czarnecki is a Dolly of stature. She is adult and cunning. She is also an affirmer of life, one who likes to see people celebrating and enjoying their existence and not merely toiling, having simple meals, and going to sleep. Dolly is a leavener. She is willing to accept the hijinks and foibles of others. She enjoys a joke and an adventure. But Czarnecki keeps her sensible and wisely above the fray. Hers is a Dolly who can calculate in a nanosecond and know exactly to engineer the outcome she desires. Irene Molloy is the character who says, "The world is full of wonderful things," but it is Dolly who knows that to the marrow of her bones and practices it for the pleasure of the profit of all around her.
Czarnecki's portrayal is refreshing. She can convey the seriousness of business with the spirit of a gal who knows how to have a good time, the professional savvy of Ann Sheridan or Ann Sothern blended with touches of Mae West.
With Czarnecki and Jackson playing the focal characters, Wager's "The Matchmaker" could not help but be a treat. It is easily the best production I've seen at Temple in recent years (Dan Kern's "Macbeth" and Wager's "Odd Girl Out" being the runners-up).
These steadfast pros set a good example for their younger castmates, several of whom show their talent and potential in Wager's bright and fast-moving production played on the stage of Temple's Tomlinson Theater with the audience seated on either side of the centered stage.
Today, "The Matchmaker" may best be known as the model for Jerry Herman's musical, "Hello Dolly," soon to surface at the Media Theatre with Andrea McArdle in the lead. Whether Wilder of Herman is at the helm, both renditions, the musical being slightly different in its second act, are sturdy entertainment vehicles. You can hear Herman's song cues in Wilder's dialogue. When Cornelius, Irene, Barnaby, and Minnie Fay sing during a scene in Irene's hat shop, you half hope they'll burst into "Motherhood," but Wager keeps all disciplined by having them croon, in perfect four-part harmony, the Civil War ditty, "Tenting Tonight," more appropriate for the period in which "The Matchmaker" is played.
Adroit pacing and a slew of good performances keep Wager's production moving and engaging whether or not Jackson or Czarnecki preside. As a former Cornelius and Barnaby, I was proud of David Lawrence Glover and Holly Grum in those parts. Glover is especially adept at turning the many corners Cornelius must negotiate as he faces constant surprises and quirks of fortune. He is quick to pick up hints Dolly offers to smooth an awkward situation and just as sharp when a waiter at the Harmonia Gardens brings him the wallet, Vandergelder's, he assumes he lost. Cornelius must be constantly on his toes and ready to cope with anything that erupts. Glover knows how to turn momentary confusion into casual normality, and he drives the scenes he is in.
Grum uses her diminutiveness to advantage as she shows the wonder 17-year-old Barnaby feels as he has an adventure beyond expectation in a world or purposeful adults. She makes a handsome lad, but best of all, she can react in ways Cornelius, who has to be suave no matter the jam he's in, cannot. It is from Barnaby's "holy cabooses" we know how an inexperienced young person feels when dealing with the loss or reversal of everything he knows.
Wilder likes to point out the morals in his story, and Wager and lighting designer, Aaron Crosby, have a surefire technique to give Dolly, Cornelius, Irene, and other characters the chance to make their words and intents known. A bell is sounded, and the speaking character is bathed in a spotlight that eliminates everything on the set but him or her. Dolly or whomever can then spout the philosophy he or she wants to impart. I particularly like Dolly speech, also in Herman's musical, about money being like manure, no good unless it's spread around helping things to grow. I also believe as Dolly does that the difference between a little money and riches is relatively small while the difference between a little money and no money at all is the world.
I am told Katie Horner played Fiona in "Brigadoon" at Temple earlier this season. I regret I missed her performance, even though I reason was I was in Budapest or Prague at the time "Brigadoon" ran. All Horner has to do is hum, and I can hear the superior quality of her voice and tone. When she sings, it's heaven, and I must catch up one day with her "Waitin' For My Dearie."
As Irene, Horner, like Czarnecki, is not afraid to convey maturity. She is a widow, a shop owner, and the eldest among Cornelius, Barnaby, and Minnie Fay. Horner maintains a certain sophistication and hauteur while also being game for a joke. Irene knows full well Cornelius is not the sought-after swain Dolly advertises him as and he tries to live up to. She, like the lads from Yonkers, wants an adventure, and she is determined to have it. She reasons that since the respectable world considers milliners to be wanton women, she will enjoy the reputation for once. Mary Kate Foley is a pert accomplice as Minnie Fay.
The senior characters, including Horner's Irene, show the way in Wager's production. In a sequence not repeated in "Hello Dolly," all of the characters end the play in the home of Flora Von Huysen, a friend Vandergelder has enlisted to watch his niece, Ermengarde, to make sure she doesn't elope with a man he considers a fool and a good-for-nothing artist, Ambrose Kemper. Cody Gallagher is wonderful in the Von Huysen role. She is simultaneously cranky and conspiratorial, a strict old bat that has her standards and insists on being obeyed while also being a romantic who wants to help Ermengarde and Ambrose thwart Vandergelder and go off on their marital adventure.
Like Jackson and Czarnecki, Gallagher never pushes the comedy. She plays the character as a keen-eyed woman who is also a tad eccentric and carried away with the idea of fooling Horace and aiding Ermengarde. From the time Cornelius and Barnaby, attired as a woman, arrive at Flora's, Gallagher dominates and does so with skill that entertains while keeping the production focused.
Throughout the production, Daniel Barland is an excellent Ambrose Kemper, standing his ground against Vandergelder, reassuring the emotional and teary-eyed Ermengarde, taking cues from Dolly, and being firm with the Harmonia Gardens staff. Barland is a deft comedian while he also shows Ambrose's pride and determination to wed Ermengarde, no matter what Vangergelder may do.
Marcellus McQueen is a delightful cabman, who is willing to follow Vandergelder's nefarious instructions regarding Ambrose and Ermengarde for a neat $20 tip that grows to $50 before the negotiations end. Amanda Shaffern is nicely sassy as Flora's cook but strikes the one corny note in Wager's production when, earlier, she plays Vandergelder's maid and affects a funny walk, the style of which is not in keeping with the rest of Wager's staging. James Reilly is funny as a put-upon waiter. Maxwell Ferguson is properly exasperated as the headwaiter, Rudolph. Kalen Allen is lively as the slippery Malachi Stacks. Gabrielle Huggins conveys fear and tears well as Ermengarde.
Mandy Goynes does wonders with the set. As the audience gathers, there's a bare floor with a "Matchmaker" logo between the two sections of seats. With great efficiency and thoroughness, Goynes transforms the emptiness to a handsome office for Vandergelder, complete with trap door for Cornelius and Ambrose to use conveniently, a well-appointed hat shop for Irene with walls of hats and other necessities coming in from the wings, a simple but elegant Harmonia Gardens, and a lovely salon for Flora Von Huysen.
Kabrina Feickert's costumes, especially her accurate boy's suit for Barnaby, were on the mark. Robert Carlton's sound design adds to the production, especially when we hear the cans of tomatoes explode and the bell sounds for Wilder's moral soliloquies.
"The Matchmaker" runs through April 4 at the Tomlinson Theater on Temple's campus at 13th and Norris Streets, in Philadelphia, Show time is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and can be ordered by calling 215-204-1122 or by visiting www.temple.edu/theater.
This entry was posted on April 4, 2015 by nzoren in Theater Reviews and tagged Cody Gallagher, Daniel Barland, David Lawrence Glover, Douglas C. Wager, Holly Grum, Julie Czarnecki, Mandy Goynes, Marcellus McQueen, Maxwell Ferguson, Philadelphia Theater, Robert Jason Jackson, Temple Theaters, Temple University, The Matchmaker, Thornton Wilder, Tomlinson Theater.
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How to Improve Your Site and Regain Your Competitive Edge
This is the third post in a series on how independent real estate agents can improve their search engine rankings.
Over the last year or so, you may have noticed your leads becoming fewer and farther between. Maybe you're not seeing as many visitors to your website as you have in previous years, and your contact/sign up forms aren't getting much use, either. When traffic seems to dry up, it's sometimes difficult for businesses or even industries to pinpoint the reasons why. Luckily, this isn't the case in the real estate space.
But knowing why a problem exists is only half the battle. The really valuable information is knowing how to fix an issue once you identify it. In addition to the predatory linking practices via widgets covered in the last post, two recent updates to Google's algorithm are also having an effect on how—and whether—real estate sites are displayed in the search engine results pages (SERPs). Let's take a look at one of these updates—Panda—and what you as an independent local real estate broker can do to improve your position, your leads, and your business.
Where Did My Site Go?
If your site suddenly lost its position in the SERPs at some point over the last year and a half, it's possible it was affected by Google's Panda update. Released in February 2010, Panda targets low-quality content , pushing sites that host that content further down in the SERPs, and allowing sites with higher-quality content to rise.
But what does Google consider to be low-quality content? Poor grammar and spelling. Content that seems irrelevant to the site, or is "thin," which basically means it offers little to no value to the reader. Sites with a large number of indexed pages, but low engagement. Those are just a few identifying features of low-quality content.
Because Panda is an update, and is itself updated by Google on a regular basis, it will continue to affect sites with low-quality content until that content is improved. So the first step in potentially regaining your position, and making it easier for potential customers to find you again, is to make some fundamental changes to your Internet real estate—your website.
Improve Your Website
Any website, but especially a business site, should never be static. Frequently updating the information provided keeps the site fresh, and makes it more attractive to Google and the other search engines. You have a couple of options for improving your site:
Redesign Your Site
The days of self-designed business sites built with free tools are long gone. In order to remain competitive, you must design a real estate website that is not only attractive, but is easy for your visitors to navigate. Bear in mind, you also want your site to be search-engine-friendly, and to easily integrate IDX.
You also want the ability to control the number of pages Google and the other search engines can crawl and index. Remember that low-quality indicator of lots of pages but little engagement? You need the ability to block the search engines from indexing certain pages—like your contact or other low quality pages, for example—that either don't contain a lot of information, or contain information that has little relevance to the purpose of your site.
Improve the Quality of Your Site Content
The better the content on your site, the better chance you have of ranking well in the SERPs. Take a close look at the text on your site's pages and your blog, if you have one. Is it informative? Helpful? Well written? Yes, the search engines look at grammar and spelling as indicators of quality.
Improving the quality of your content may also entail reducing it. One of the lessons learned from Panda is more doesn't mean better. It's preferable to have fewer pages with better content than many pages with poor content. If you can consolidate weak pages, thereby building fewer but stronger pages, you may see a rise in SERP position.
Optimize Your Site
Part of creating high-quality content is optimizing it so it's seen by the search engines as relevant. But optimizing goes further than your on-page content, into the site structure itself. Optimizing your site's title tags, description tags, internal linking structure and other factors can help you further increase your rankings.
Just be aware that going overboard with optimization can have a detrimental effect on your rankings. For example, when you write your title tags, follow best practices for character limits, and include just one or two of your primary keywords. Too many words—and too many keywords, in particular—can be a sign of low quality, and can cause you to lose ranking.
My Site is Still Lagging Behind
Perhaps you've already improved your site and optimized your content, but you're still not seeing any improvement in rankings. If that's the case, it's possible you've optimized your content a bit too much.
Meet Google Penguin. This update, released in April, 2012, targets overoptimized sites. The simplest example of this is keyword stuffing, which basically means overusing keywords in your content in an attempt to "game" the search engines into ranking your site higher. That practice has been around for ages, but Google gets smarter every day, and now the algorithm can identify overoptimized content, and rank it accordingly, which means knocking it down in the SERPs.
If your site was affected by Penguin, you may need to overhaul your content to make sure it's not overoptimized. But Penguin isn't just about on-site content.
Overoptimized Backlinks
Every time one site links to another, it creates a backlink—a link that goes from a site back to yours. Ideally, you do want sites to link to you with good anchor text, the words that are actually hyperlinked.
For example, if you're a real estate agent in San Diego, it's fantastic when someone links to your site with anchor text like "real estate in San Diego," or "homes for sale in San Diego." This is called exact match anchor text because it exactly matches an optimal keyword. Also, these words being linked tells the search engines that the site receiving the link has the information indicated by the anchor text—that it's relevant. Relevance can lead to higher rankings.
That said, if your site is somehow receiving thousands of these exact match backlinks, it may have had a detrimental effect on your rankings once Penguin came along. The thinking is, building hundreds or thousands of exact match backlinks is another way to game the search engines.
This is especially true of smaller, lesser known sites. It's plausible for sites such as CNN.com or Facebook.com to have thousands of backlinks. They're large sites with hundreds of thousands of visitors. But when a smaller site, like that of an independent real estate agent, has a few too many backlinks, Google gets a little suspicious, and unleashes the Penguin.
Along these same lines, another danger to your site is a high volume of low-quality links. If your site receives too many backlinks from low-quality sites like article directories, those links aren't as valuable as ones that come from relevant sites—those in the same vertical as yours, or related to yours in some way.
At one time, building links by posting in article directories was pretty standard procedure. As the Internet and search engine algorithms became more sophisticated, that method became less and less effective. Once Google released its Penguin update, it became a dangerous way to build links. It's simply asking for trouble.
Address Overoptimization Issues
If Penguin knocked your site a few positions down in the rankings, fixing the issue may be as simple as adjusting some of the links on your site so they don't include exact match anchor text, and/or reducing the number of links that point to the pages that lost rank.
However, if your site was hit hard, and was completely removed from the index, getting back into Google's good graces is a complex process. You'll still need to address those on-site issues, but if some of the problem is inbound links , you may have a big project on your hands. The final step of getting your site included in the index again is filing a Reconsideration Request with Google . But all the issues must be addressed beforehand, and the filing process itself can be tricky. You may find it's best to seek professional help if your site has suffered this kind of penalty.
Once you've made changes and improvements to your site to counteract Google update effects, the best way to keep any kind of negative effect or penalty from happening again is to ensure your site—both structure and content—is of the utmost quality. Shortcuts will eventually catch up with you, and in the long run, you'll lose more than you gain by taking them.
Build and maintain your site the same way you conduct your business—with quality and integrity—and you'll be on your way to gaining a much better position not only in the SERPs, but in your highly competitive industry.
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The State of Real Estate SERPs
How You're Helping Zillow and Trulia to Outrank You
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import {MapLens} from './map';
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registerChainable('prop', (property, dflt) => new MapLens(property, dflt));
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registerChainable('first', () => new ArrayFirstLens());
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'Vice' Movie Review: Christian Bale Channels VP Dick Cheney
By Kevin Finnerty on December 24, 2018 Featured, Latest Movie Reviews, Movies
Christian Bale as Dick Cheney and Sam Rockwell as George W. Bush in 'Vice' (Photo by Matt Kennedy / Annapurna Pictures)
2018 © Annapurna Pictures, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
"Are you even more ruthless than you used to be?" asks an incredulous Donald Rumsfeld (Steve Carell) to Dick Cheney (Christian Bale), a question that earns more than a few chuckles from audiences of writer/director Adam McKay's new political comedy/drama, Vice.
Vice jumps back and forth in time while chronicling the life and career of Bush's Vice President, Dick Cheney. The film is inspired by true events and provides a look at Cheney's backstory prior to his involvement in politics through his period as one of the country's most powerful VPs. As portrayed in the film, Cheney was a hard-drinking unimpressive young man forced to shape up and get his act together or else he'd lose his girlfriend, Lynne (Amy Adams). Lynne tells him as much in one of the film's strongest scenes.
Cheney, determined to learn all he can about the political arena, becomes Donald Rumsfeld's personal assistant. The quiet and watchful Cheney learns all he can and when Rumsfeld ends up in the White House as part of the staff, Cheney follows him in.
Over the course of his career in politics, Cheney becomes the Secretary of Defense under one administration and the Chief of Staff under another. Later, when it appears Cheney is finished with politics and has transitioned into private industries as the CEO of Halliburton, Texas Governor George W. Bush (Sam Rockwell) calls asking Cheney to be his Vice President in his quest for the White House.
After making it clear to Bush he would be the one to actually handle the more mundane duties such as foreign policy, the military, and energy, Cheney agrees to joining the ticket as VP. When Bush wins the election, Cheney begins to use his power to change the landscape of politics and the world.
Written and directed by Adam McKay (The Big Short, Anchorman), Vice is a political satire with a top-notch cast and some stand–out performances. Unfortunately, it's attempts at comedy miss their mark. The film is all over the place, leaping back and forth in time for no other reason other than to be different. The confusing time shifts ruin the film's pacing and don't allow it to settle into a comprehensible rhythm.
The best performance in the film is delivered by Amy Adams as Lynne Cheney. Adams portrays Lynne as a determined, supportive, far-right Republican wife. The film shows that without Lynne's help, love, and drive, Cheney would never have reached very far in politics. She steals every scene she's in and has terrific chemistry with Bale. (Adams and Bale previously worked together on American Hustle and The Fighter.)
Christian Bale delivers an intriguing performance as Cheney when he's portraying the younger version of the man trying to climb the political ladder and striving to make his wife proud. But when Bale portrays an older Cheney as the VP, his performance becomes more of a caricature of the man.
The writing feels a bit heavy–handed and the constant intrusive narration detracts rather than enhances the movie's attempt at insight into Cheney. But by far where the film truly fails is in not bringing to the screen any new information and insight into its main character. Unfortunately, Vice is nothing more than an empty character attack on an unpopular politician.
MPAA Rating: R for language and some violent images
Kevin Finnerty
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Q: Map ExtJS Proxy AJAX response to model UPDATE:
here is my reader/store - not sure what to add to the reader to make this work
Ext.define('YT.store.Videos', {
  extend: 'Ext.data.Store',
  model: 'YT.model.Video',
  autoLoad: true,
  proxy: {
    type: 'ajax',
    url: 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos',
    reader: {
            type: 'json',
            root: 'feed',
            record: 'entry',
            successProperty: 'success'
     },
    listeners: {
      exception: function(store, response, app){
        console.log('exception...');
        console.log(response);
      }
    }
  }
});

Here is my model:
Ext.define('YT.model.Video', {
  extend: 'Ext.data.Model',
  autoLoad: true,
  fields: [
    'title',
    'published',
    'content'
  ]
});

Here is a sample response:
{
  version: '1.0',
  encoding: 'UTF-8',
  feed: {
    junk: 'blahblahblahblah',
    entry: [
      title: {
        $t: 'title'
      },
      content: {
        encoding: 'flash/application',
        src: 'http://youtube.com/watch?q=someCatVideo'
      },
      published: {
        $t: '12-28-2012'
      }
    ]
  }
}

I'm not sure how to reconcile the two.
I've tried...
Ext.define('YT.model.Video', {
  extend: 'Ext.data.Model',
  autoLoad: true,
  fields: [
    {name: 'title', mapping: 'title.$t'},
    {name: 'published', mapping: 'published.$t'},
    {name: 'content', mapping: 'content.src'}
  ]
});

Bonus:
Definitely looking for tips on how to debug the implementation of these techniques, I'm rather new to JavaScript MVC.

A: You are on the right track with mapping, but you also need to define a reader where you specify where your records are in the JSON you get back - see official docs for good examples.
Incidentally, who thought $t was a good idea for a map key?
EDIT:
After your edits here is your working code:
http://jsfiddle.net/dbrin/mSJg3/
As far as debugging: the key for your issue was to clearly see the payload from the service (I used FireBug to inspect JSON object returned). Then mapping your Model class to fit the JSON object through mapping attribute and finally adjust JSON reader to let it know how to navigate your JSON payload (see my code example).
Once your exception listeners are not firing anymore (see code example for those again) that means you got your data into the store. To actually see the data I used Illuminations firebug plugin to inspect the data store. I saw only one record. What the heck? I observed id Property being set to some funky URL. This was happening by default as i did not specify an id attribute on the model. I resorted to spacifying idProperty to undefined to get around this funky behavior (see model code).
I used jsfiddle to quickly iterate through changes and running to see errors in the reader. Once I had no more errors I had jsfiddle show me the app I just build in such a way that I could use Illuminations plugin by using the show/light url: http://jsfiddle.net/dbrin/mSJg3/show/light/


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Monument Park for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
NDA Pune
Landscape for a Monument Park
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)
Other Consultants
Civil Works Execution & Stone work :
Sadguru Constructions
Horticulture & Irrigation works :
Irritech Engineers
Photography Credits :
Ar.Sameer Duraphe
Mr.Anand Joshi
CONTEXT AND HISTORY
The site lies inside the campus of National Defence Academy (NDA) at Khadakwasla in Pune which is the first tri-service academy in the world.
The NDA campus is situated on a lake shore, surrounded by a hilly terrain. Aptly, NDA is also located in the hunting grounds of the legendary Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, with the Sinhagad Fort as a panoramic backdrop.
A number of war relics adorn the NDA campus, including legendary captured tanks and aircraft. It also has several statues of great warriors such as Maharana Pratap, Rani Laxmibai and Maharaja Ranjit Singh, besides the statues of gallantry award winners, which were presented to the NDA by various state governments.
However, the absence of a Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue was conspicuous at the premier defence institute. The issue was brought forth by the NDA officials in 2003.
Their report also stated how, according to the defense ministry's policy, the NDA did not install statues on its own, and instead accepted statues gifted by various state governments. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) took up the responsibility of installing the statue on a 2 acre plot allotted by the NDA.
The NDA earmarked the best plot in the academy for setting up the statue- a place which was prominent and could be easily seen by visitors.
The site chosen was a 2-acre rectangular plot opposite the cadets' mess and between the cadets' Foxtrot and Delta squadrons on the Trishul Marg. The main Sudan Block and the Ashok Stambha are right next to the site. On this plot of land the NDA had erected the Kargil War Memorial – A sculptural rendering of the conquest of the Tiger Hill by the Indian Army. An ace sculptor was given the task of sculpting the 12.5 feet-tall statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj seated on a horse. The statue is 3 Tonne in weight.
DESIGN INTENT AND PROGRAMME
The design brief from the clients was to simply select an appropriate location to erect the pedestal and the statue and create a garden around it. They were keen on having a 'fort-like' setting with the statue placed centrally.
The existing Kargil War Memorial was to be left untouched.
The site was surrounded by very large trees of Mangifera Indica, Polyalthia longifolia, Peltophorum sp, Azadirachta indica and Jacaranda species. Inside the site was devoid of any Visibility of the statue was proving to be the most crucial issue, as the tree canopies were so dense that it was difficult to see it from the main road outside. Various site experiments with vertical posts were carried out to check visibility angles from various important locations from outside the site. Taking advantage of the slight level difference within the site, the location and the height of the pedestal was finalised.
The campus of NDA is an old well-matured campus. The design for garden had to be such that it had to blend in with the ambience of the site and the architecture around. We were keen on giving it an 'old' look so that it would look a part of the original campus. Taking cues from the architectural character around, it was evident that the development had to be done using natural stone of local origins. Studies of Indian elements like pedestals, bastions, fort walls etc. were carried out to understand their relation with each other. These were judiciously recreated such that they merely formed a setting and did not overpower the statue. The statue on the pedestal had to be the tallest structure in the site.


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Right-wing populists win outright majority in Poland
Kaczynski expected to exert control over Poland's new PM and president (Photo: pis.org.pl)
By Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS, 26. Oct 2015, 09:29
The right-wing Law and Justice party swept back to power in Polish elections on Sunday (25 October), winning an absolute majority of 232 seats in the 460-seat parliament, based on exit polls.
The result marks the end of eight years of rule by the centre-right Civic Platform party.
Szydlo on the campaign trail with trade unionists (Photo: pis.org.pl)
With Law and Justice having won presidential elections in May, it also marks the first time in Poland's post-Communist history that the same party controls both levers of state.
The win comes amid perceptions that Civic Platform, which presided over a period of strong economic growth, served business elites instead of ordinary Poles.
Law and Justice has promised to lower the retirement age, boost welfare, and cut taxes for small businesses, while raising taxes for banks and supermarket chains.
Its campaign also included more populist elements, depicting Civic Platform as being servile to Germany, feeble on Russia, and putting Poles at risk of "diseases" brought by Syrian refugees under an EU relocation programme.
Beata Szydlo, a 52-year-old coal miner's daughter who is to become Poland's new PM, said at the victory rally: "We didn't turn away from reality. We were there, where people find life hard. We have to continue this work. We can't waste the hopes of the Polish people".
"We didn't turn our backs on anybody and that's our biggest capital".
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the Law and Justice party chief, who dominated the campaign and the victory celebration, also sounded an inclusive note.
"We stretch out our hand to all those who want to change Poland. There won't be any revenge, any personal emotions, any point-scoring, any kicking of those who are down, even if they fell justly and due to their own fault", he said.
He paid tribute to his late brother, former president Lech Kaczynski, who died in the Smolensk air disaster in 2010, saying Lech's "deep sense of sacrifice for Poland and for working people" still guides his party's vision.
For his part, Donald Tusk, the former Civic Platform leader who now chairs the EU Council in Brussels, said the Civic Platform years were "good years, even if they didn't satisfy everyone".
The Law and Justice victory augurs potential clashes with the EU on migration, fiscal discipline, Russia relations, and climate change policies.
But Tusk noted that Brussels is "open" and "sincerely welcoming" to work with the new Polish leadership.
Voters put Civic Platform in a distant second place, with 137 seats, prompting speculation the party will change its leader, Ewa Kopacz, the current PM, who will step down from office no later than 24 November.
The Kukiz'15 party came third with 42 seats. Its leader, Pawel Kukiz, a rock star, said he'll fight to "the last drop of blood" to create a more people-friendly constitution, for instance, by lowering the threshold for referendums.
Nowoczesna, a new pro-business, liberal party, came fourth with 30 seats. PSL, an agrarian faction and former Civic Platform coalition partner, also made it into parliament with 18 places.
ZL, a centre-left coalition, failed to pass the threshold. Korwin, a far-right, pro-Russia party, also failed, by a whisker.
For his part, Guy Verhofstadt, the leader of the Liberal group in the European Parliament, on Sunday welcomed the "birth of [a] new liberal force in Polish politics".
But he warned that if Law and Justice, which sits in the anti-federalist ECR group in Brussels, returns to its eurosceptic roots it would be a "travesty" for Polish society and would serve Russia by dividing the EU.
International media issued similar warnings in editorial columns.
The Guardian, a British daily, compared Law and Justice to the far-right, anti-EU National Front in France and the PVV in The Netherlands.
The New York Times said Poland is part of a broader swing to the right in eastern Europe, including in Hungary and Slovakia.
The Financial Times said economic growth and foreign investment could slow if the "nationalist" Law and Justice makes good on electoral promises.
Le Monde, the French paper of record, highlighted Szydlo and Kaczynski's conservative social mores and their links with the Polish Catholic church.
Spain's El Pais described Law and Justice as "ultra-conservative" and predicted a "strategic" clash with EU institutions.
German broadcaster ARD accused Kaczynski of "hate speech" on refugees, comparing his pre-election statements to the xenophobic Pegida movement in Germany.
Italian media were equally scathing. The Corriere della Sera daily attributed Kaczynski's triumph to "anti-immigrant rhetoric". The La Stampa daily also compared Law and Justice to the National Front.
Populist right-wingers set to win Polish election
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Poland's ruling party shows true colours
Poland vetoes CO2 targets on eve of Paris visit
EP to hold debate on Kaczynski's Poland
23. Oct 2015, 19:43
Surveys ahead of Sunday's elections in Poland show the right-wing Law and Justice party surging ahead, in a development which could spell trouble for Polish solvency and EU relations.
The man who could be Poland's next PM has said refugees could bring "cholera" and "parasites" to Europe, prompting accusations of "Nazi"-type rhetoric.
The new Polish government will contain hawkish foreign and defence ministers, a mild-mannered MEP, and an investor-friendly banker.
Poland's newly elected ruling party is showing off its confrontational style by overturning appointments of top judges and stepping up the rhetoric against Russia.
Polish president Duda has vetoed ratification of climate change laws one day before he visits Paris, in a sign of the "new political situation" in Warsaw.
Centre-right, centre-left, and liberal MEPs want a debate, next week, on democratic backsliding in Poland. But Polish politicians say it's too soon.
'Russian sources' targeted EU elections with disinformation
14. Jun, 17:32
The efforts to sway the mood - and the votes - of EU citizens was more targeted and nuanced, and not only restricted to Russian sources. The EU wants online platforms to do more.
Merkel and Macron split over Weber presidency
28. May, 17:45
EU heads of government have their first face-to-faces discussions after the European elections on who should lead the EU commission. They are unlikely to decide quickly - with the parliament also divided over the candidates.