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Laurent Pelly's production of La Fille du régiment returns to Covent Garden
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Make no mistake, this is about you! Jim laid-out dead on the stage floor, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen brought his very loud orchestra (London's Philharmonia) to an abrupt halt. Black out. The maestro then turned his spotlighted face to confront us and he held his stare. There was no mistake, the music was about us.
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David McVicar's production of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, has been a remarkable success since it debuted in 2006. Set with the Count of Almaviva's fearfully grand household in 1830, McVicar's trick is to surround the principals by servants in a supra-naturalistic production which emphasises how privacy is at a premium.
The Cunning Little Vixen at the Barbican Hall
The presence of a large cast of 'animals' in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen can encourage directors and designers to create costume-confections ranging from Disney-esque schmaltz to grim naturalism.
Barbe-Bleue in Lyon
Stage director Laurent Pelly is famed for his Offenbach stagings, above all others his masterful rendering of Les Contes d'Hoffmann as a nightmare. Mr. Pelly has staged eleven of Offenbach's ninety-nine operettas over the years (coincidently this production of Barbe-Bleue is Mr. Pelly's ninety-eighth opera staging).
The Princeton Festival Presents Nixon in China
The Princeton Festival has adopted a successful and sophisticated operatic programming strategy, whereby the annual opera alternates between a standard warhorse and a less known, more challenging work. Last year Princeton presented Puccini's Madama Butterfly. This year the choice is Nixon in China by modern American composer John Adams, which opened before a nearly full house of appreciative listeners.
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When Engelbert Humperdinck's sister, Adelheid Wette, wrote the libretto to Hansel and Gretel the idea of a poor family living in a hut near the woods, on the bread-line, would have had an element of realism to it despite the sentimental layers which Wette adds to the tale.
Handel's Belshazzar at The Grange Festival
What a treat to see members of The Sixteen letting their hair down. This was no strait-laced post-concert knees-up, but a full on, drunken orgy at the court of the most hedonistic ruler in the Old Testament.
Don Giovanni in Paris
A brutalist Don Giovanni at the Palais Garnier, Belgian set designer Jan Versweyveld installed three huge, a vista raw cement towers that overwhelmed the Opéra Garnier's Second Empire opulence. The eight principals faced off in a battle royale instigated by stage director Ivo van Hove. Conductor Philippe Jordan thrust the Mozart score into the depths of expressionistic conflict.
A riveting Rake's Progress from Snape Maltings at the Aldeburgh Festival
Based on Hogarth's 18th-century morality tale in eight paintings and with a pithy libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman, Stravinsky's operatic farewell to Neo-classicism charts Tom Rakewell's ironic 'progress' from blissful ignorance to Bedlam.
The Gardeners: a new opera by Robert Hugill
'When war shall cease this lonely unknown spot,/ Of many a pilgrimage will be the end,/ And flowers will shine in this now barren plot/ And fame upon it through the years descend:/ But many a heart upon each simple cross/ Will hang the grief, the memory of its loss.'
Richard Jones's Boris Godunov returns to Covent Garden
There are never any real surprises with a Richard Jones production and Covent Garden's Boris Godunov, first seen in 2016, is typical of Jones's approach: it's boxy, it's ascetic, it's over-bright, with minimalism turned a touch psychedelic in the visuals.
An enchanting Hansel and Gretel at Regent's Park Theatre
If you go out in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise. And, it will be no picnic! For, deep in the broomstick forest that director Timothy Sheader and designer Peter McKintosh have planted on the revolving stage at Regent's Park Theatre is a veritable Witches' Training School.
First staged production of Offenbach's Fantasio at Garsington
Offenbach's Fantasio is one of the works where, replacing the mad-cap satire of his earlier operettas with a more romantic melancholy, he paved the way for Les contes d'Hoffmann. Unpopular during his lifetime, Fantasio disappeared and only work by the musicologist Jean-Christophe Keck brought the score together again.
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Magic Flute, Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Emmanuel Schikaneder had known each other for some time before they wrote The Magic Flute.
W. A. Mozart: The Magic Flute
Vale Rideout: Tamino; Jennifer Nagy: Pamina; Kevin Burdette: Papageno; Lisanne Norman Brooks: Papagena; Zdenek Plech: Sarastro; Anna-Lisa Hackett: Queen of the Night. Carroll Freeman: Director.
Above photo by Victor Massaro courtesy of Phoenix Opera
In 1791 Schikaneder, who was a fine actor and a capable singer, wanted a theater piece from Mozart because he thought the name of the well-known composer would attract a large audience to his Theater auf der Wieden. Since he needed a piece that would have a broad appeal, he asked for a singspiel. That format, which has spoken dialogue between the sung numbers, was then an extremely popular form of entertainment.
Schikaneder's sources for the opera's libretto included a book of imaginative pseudo-oriental fairy tales which were published by Jakob August Liebeskind in 1786 under the title Dschinnistan. In it, a story called "Lulu, oder der Zauberflöte" ("Lulu, or the Magic Flute") gave the librettist some good material. He drew on other sources as well and he used Masonic symbolism. Mozart was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Vienna. Schikaneder applied for membership in his native Regensburg and was turned down, but he probably succeeded in becoming a member in Vienna. Both wanted to interest lodge members in coming to the theater.
More than two hundred years later we don't know a great deal of what went on at rehearsals, but this has come down to us. Bass singer Sebastian Meyer is quoted as saying that Mozart originally wrote the duet where Papageno and Papagena first see each other quite differently from the way in which we now hear it. Originally they were to cry out "Papageno!" and "Papagena!" a few times at the beginning. Schikaneder told Mozart that the music must express greater astonishment. He said that at first they should stare dumbly at each other, then Papageno should begin to stammer 'Pa-papapa-pa-pa'. Papagena must repeat that until both of them finally get the whole name out. Mozart followed the advice, and in this form the duet had to be encored at numerous performances.
On Friday evening 3 December Phoenix Opera presented Die Zauberflöte in a version which featured arias sung in German and dialogue spoken in English. The wonderfully imaginative original production was by David J Castellano. The stage director overseeing the Phoenix performances was Carroll Freeman and he told the story effectively. Boyd Ostroff's set, built for the Opera Company of Philadelphia, was positively enchanting. The costumes by A. T. Jones and Son were attractive, functional and fit the wearers well. Conductor and Choral Director John Massaro drew fine playing from his orchestra and kept the chorus singing the exquisite harmonies accurately. Lisa Starry, together with the Scorpius and Cannedy Dance Companies provided spirited dances that enhanced the story.
As Tamino, tenor Vale Rideout sang with a rich sound that soared over the orchestra. He is a good actor, too, and he energized his text with conviction. The real star of the evening, however, was the Papageno, Kevin Burdette. He has a large powerful voice with a burnished robust sound and excellent German. His bright, vibrant personality pervaded the entire theater, especially when he entered from behind the audience. His interpretation gave us an idea of what Schikaneder's performances must have been like.
Jennifer Nagy was a secure Pamina who sang with lovely bell-like tones. The most difficult role to cast in this opera is that of the Queen of the Night. Unfortunately, local voice teacher Anna-Lisa Hackett had problems with both of her admittedly difficult coloratura arias. It's not easy to find a good bass for Sarastro, either, but Zdenek Plech proved to be thoroughly capable. He had a fine tone, secure technique and he seemed to have no trouble at all producing the lowest notes. He should have a good career ahead of him. As the Speaker, Earl Hazell sang with dark tonal colors that rang true. His wife, Alexis Davis Hazell was an amusing Third Lady who sang the bottom line with passion. As the other two ladies, Julie Davis and Erin Tompkins blended their close harmonies beautifully and played their parts with visual piquancy.
Gabriel Gargari was a humorous Monastatos who was often surrounded by his energetic slaves, portrayed with gusto by Ryan Glover, Dennis Tamblin and Aubrey Allicock. Allicock doubled as one of the Armed Men along with Francisco Renteria. Both sang with handsome sounds, as did the Priests, Guillermo Ontiveros and Christopher Herrera. Lisanne Norman Brooks was a cute and bouncy Papagena with a charming lyric voice. As the Three Spirits, Kristin Jensen, Dana Brooks Atwood and Kerry Ginger showed a flair for comedy as they sang with rich, agile voices. Although it was not a perfect performance, it was nice to see a local group put on this great masterpiece.
Maria Nockin
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By Peg Champion, GreenTown Los Altos Correspondent
Los Altos High School freshmen Laurel O'Such, Carly Cohen and Daniel Rosenbaum place the new compostable trays and food waste into the correct collection bin.
Local restaurants and schools are joining GreenTown Los Altos in an effort to eliminate Styrofoam® and non-recyclable plastics used in food service. An innovative buyers' cooperative is reducing landfill waste by replacing petroleum-based products with compostable materials.
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Sol Gabetta (* 18. April 1981 in Villa María, Argentinien) ist eine heute in der Schweiz lebende argentinische Cellistin. Sie arbeitet auch als Fernsehmoderatorin.

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Sol Gabetta wurde als Tochter des Argentiniers Andrés Gabetta und der französischen Pianistin Irène Timacheff geboren. Ihre Mutter hatte russische Eltern, die nach Frankreich ausgewandert waren. Sol Gabetta hat drei Geschwister; ihr älterer Bruder Andrés (* 1976) ist Violinist und künstlerischer Leiter der Swiss Baroque Soloists.

Bereits als Kind verblüffte sie durch ihr musikalisches Talent. So sang sie bei der Aufnahmeprüfung für einen musikalischen Kindergarten zur Überraschung der Jury die Melodie eines a-Moll-Violinkonzerts von Antonio Vivaldi.

Als Zehnjährige gewann sie ihren ersten Wettbewerb in Argentinien. Seitdem erhielt sie diverse Auszeichnungen, unter anderem beim Tschaikowsky-Wettbewerb in Moskau, den Natalia-Gutman-Preis und den ECHO Klassik 2013.

International bekannt wurde sie durch einen 3. Preis beim Internationalen Musikwettbewerb der ARD 1998 in München. Von 1992 bis 1994 erhielt sie ein Stipendium am privaten Konservatorium Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía von Paloma O'Shea in Madrid. Anschließend nahm sie ein Studium auf, zunächst bei Ivan Monighetti an der Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel. Ihre Hochschulausbildung schloss sie bei David Geringas an der Musikhochschule Hanns Eisler in Berlin mit dem Konzertexamen ab. Bereits während des Studiums konzertierte sie mit zahlreichen Orchestern und nahm bei Sony eine Debüt-CD auf.

2004 gewann sie an Bekanntheit, als sie bei den Luzerner Festspielen als Gewinnerin des "Crédit Suisse Young Artist Award" ihr Debüt mit den Wiener Philharmonikern unter Valery Gergiev gab.

Seit Oktober 2005 unterrichtet sie als Assistentin von Ivan Monighetti an der Musik-Akademie in Basel. Sie ist außerdem Initiatorin des Kammermusikfestivals SOLsberg im schweizerischen Olsberg. Auf ihre Initiative hin wurde das Barockorchester "Cappella Gabetta" gegründet, das von ihrem Bruder, dem Geiger Andrés Gabetta, geleitet wird. Dieses Ensemble widmet sich in erster Linie Programmen aus Barock und Frühklassik. 2007 war sie als Solistin beim Konzert zum Nationalfeiertag in Wien zu sehen und hören.

Seit April 2010 moderiert sie im Wechsel mit Martin Grubinger das sonntägliche Musikmagazin KlickKlack im Bayerischen Fernsehen.

Pēteris Vasks widmete ihr 2012 das Cellokonzert "presence". Die Uraufführung fand im Oktober 2012 in Amsterdam statt.

Sie ist Mutter eines Sohnes. Gabetta wurde 2018 in ihrer Wohngemeinde Olsberg als Schweizerin eingebürgert.

Repertoire
Ihr Repertoire umfasst alle wichtigen Werke der Cello-Literatur, von den Beethoven-Sonaten bis zum Elgar-Konzert, von Vivaldi- und Haydn-Konzerten bis zur zeitgenössischen Moderne.

Instrumente
Sol Gabetta spielt auf mehreren italienischen Meisterinstrumenten aus dem frühen 18. Jahrhundert, darunter ein Cello von Matteo Goffriller aus dem Jahr 1730 in Venedig, das ihr vom Atelier Cels Paris zur Verfügung gestellt wurde. Sol Gabetta spielte u. a. ein Guadagnini-Cello von 1759, das ihr vom Rahn Kulturfonds als Leihgabe zur Verfügung gestellt wurde. Seit 2020 spielt Gabetta die "Bonamy Dobree-Suggia" von Antonio Stradivari aus dem Jahr 1717, eine Leihgabe der Stradivari-Stiftung Habisreutinger.

Diskografie
 2006: Werke für Cello: Tschaikowski, Saint-Saëns, Ginastera (Sony/BMG)
 2007: Il Progetto Vivaldi (Sony/BMG)
 2008: Cantabile: Opernarien und Lieder arrangiert fürs Cello (RCA Red Seal)
 2008: Dmitri Schostakowitsch: Cellokonzert Nr. 2/Cellosonate (RCA Red Seal)
 2009: Hofmann, Haydn, Mozart: Cellokonzerte der Wiener Klassik (RCA Red Seal)
 2010: Elgar Cello Concerto / Werke von Elgar, Dvořák, Respighi und Bonus-CD mit Vasks (RCA Red Seal)
 2011: Il Progetto Vivaldi 2 (Sony Classical)
 2011: KulturSPIEGEL - Die besten guten Klassik-CDs: Werke für Cello und Orchester (Sony Classical)
 2012: Schostakowitsch: Cellokonzert Nr. 1 op. 107 / Rachmaninow: Cellosonate op. 19 (Sony Classical)
 2012: Schostakowitsch: Cellokonzert Nr. 2 / Sonate für Cello und Piano  (RCA Red Seal/Sony Music)
 2012: Duo mit Hélène Grimaud / Piano (Deutsche Grammophon/Universal)
 2013: Il Progetto Vivaldi 3 (Sony Classical)
 2014: Prayer (Sony Classical)
 2015: The Chopin Album mit Bertrand Chamayou / Piano (Sony Classical)
 2015: Beethoven Triple Concerto (Sony Classical)
 2015: Vasks - Presence (Sony Classical)
 2016: Live (Elgar & Martinů Cellokonzerte) / Berliner Philharmoniker (Sony Classical)
 2017: Brigitte Klassik Zum Genießen (Sony Classical)
 2017: Dolce Duello mit Cecilia Bartoli (Decca Classics)
 2018: Schumann (Sony Classical)
 2021: Plaisirs Illuminés mit Patricia Kopatchinskaja u. a. (Alpha)
 2021: Sol & Pat mit Patricia Kopatchinskaja (Alpha)

Rezeption

Auszeichnungen
 1998: 3. Preis beim Internationalen Musikwettbewerb der ARD
 2004: Gewinnerin des "Crédit Suisse Young Artist Award" bei den Luzerner Festspielen (Debüt mit den Wiener Philharmonikern unter Valery Gergiev)
 2007: Echo Klassik als Instrumentalistin des Jahres für Werke für Cello und Orchester von Tschaikowsky, Saint-Saens und Ginastera
 2008: Aargauer Kulturpreis
 2009: Echo Klassik für ihre Schostakowitsch-CD als Konzerteinspielung des Jahres (20./21. Jahrhundert)
 2009: Premio Gardel (wichtigster Musikpreis Argentiniens) für die Schostakowitsch-CD als Klassik-Album des Jahres
 2011: Echo Klassik für das Cellokonzert von Elgar als Konzerteinspielung des Jahres
 2012: Würth-Preis der Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland
 2013: Echo Klassik als Instrumentalistin des Jahres (Cello)
 2013: Echo Klassik für die Kammermusik-Einspielung des Jahres, als Duo mit Hélène Grimaud
 2016: Echo Klassik als Instrumentalistin des Jahres, für Presence von Pēteris Vasks
 2018: Herbert-von-Karajan-Musikpreis

Rezensionen
Radio Klassik-Magazin, 2001:
"Nach dem Konzert wusste man gar nicht mehr, ob man lieber noch einmal Anne-Sophie Mutter oder eben jene Sol Gabetta mit Schuberts a-Moll-Sonate D 821 hören wollte. Musikerinnen wie die 20-jährige Sol trifft man selten. Sie spielte ihr Programm […] mit großer Hingabe und bravouröser Technik."

Res Musica, 2005:
"Man zögert nicht mehr, sie mit den ganz Großen zu vergleichen."

Crescendo-Magazin, 2008:
"Sie verfügt nicht nur über eine brillante Technik, sie bringt den warmen Ton ihres Cellos zum Singen."

Badische Zeitung, 15. Juni 2009:
"Hingebungsvoll, mit viel Wärme und romantisierendem Duktus gestaltet die Cellistin die weichen Bögen im Adagio-Satz und entfaltet den samtigen, seidenweichen Ton ihres kostbaren Guadagnini-Cellos. Das ist inniger, strömender Cellogesang, bevor es wieder flinkfingrig virtuos in der Griff- und Bogentechnik und mit heftigem Gestus in das Schluss-Allegro geht: ein hitzig durchpulster Haydn, leichtfüßig und leidenschaftlich zugleich, wie es dem Temperament und quecksilbrigen Charme dieser Cellistin entspricht. Das war Haydn explosiv."

Filme
 Sol Gabetta spielt Haydn und Vasks. Dokumentation, Schweiz 2010, 43 Min., Regie: Gösta Courkamp, Produktion: inpetto filmproduktion
 Die Cellistin Sol Gabetta: "Ein Stück von meiner Seele". Dokumentarfilm, Deutschland 2013, 55 Min., Buch und Regie: Annette Schreier, Produktion: Screen Land Film, NDR, arte, Erstsendung: 1. September 2013 bei arte

Weblinks

 Homepage von Sol Gabetta
 Sol Gabetta sonyclassical.de
 Webpräsenz der Cappella Gabetta
 Homepage SOLsberg-Festival
 Eine Vorliebe für Vivaldi – Die argentinische Cellistin Sol Gabetta, Deutschlandradio Kultur vom 25. August 2011
 Interview mit Sol Gabetta (2011)

Einzelnachweise

Klassischer Cellist
Hochschullehrer (Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel)
Echo-Klassik-Preisträger
Fernsehmoderator (Deutschland)
Argentinier
Franzose
Schweizer
Geboren 1981
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Obscure Gems: Lykathea Aflame – Elvenefris
written by Noyan on January 17, 2012
This is the moment I've been waiting for, the reason I started this column. This album is the canonical obscure gem, perhaps the best obscure album of all time. Lykathea Aflame were a Czech progressive brutal death metal band that formed in 1999 (well, technically they formed in '97 with…
Earth – Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II
written by Heavy Blog on January 17, 2012
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Enfold Darkness Enters The 'Lairs Of The Ascended Masters'
written by Jimmy Rowe on January 17, 2012
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Cornerstone members who are serving as host homes will meet Life Action team members at the church's Main Entrance (near the Guest Connection Desk).
All adult Sunday Groups will meet together in the Family Life Center while youth and children have groups lead by the revivalists. These groups are called Happy Heart City (4 yrs – 1st grade), Base Camp (2nd – 5th grade), and Awake (6th – 12th grade). Happy Heart City will meet in the Children's Wing, Base Camp will meet in the Fellowship Hall, and Awake will meet in the upstairs Family Life Center.
All adults and teens will worship together in the Family Life Center. Children will remain in their groups until the morning worship service ends.
Everyone meets in the Family Life Center for worship during our usual Sunday evening worship time. Kids 3 years and younger start the night in the nursery, while children and teens will be dismissed by the Life Action Team after worship through music for a time of age specific teaching.
Everyone meets in the Sanctuary for worship. Kids 3 years and younger start the night in the nursery, while children and teens will be dismissed by the Life Action Team after worship through music for a time of age specific teaching.
This is a free sit-down lunch for all women! The True Woman Luncheon provides an opportunity for ladies to hear what God has to say about their roles as women, wives, mothers, and grandmothers. Through the power of a life's message, women will be touched by the transparency and openness of the revivalist women who speak during this time of sharing.
We will have our regularly scheduled Wednesday night fellowship meal for those who RSVP. The Life Action Team will join us! The cost is $6 per person, and a family will pay no more than $24.


The Department of World Languages and Literatures at Western Michigan University occasionally seeks individuals with Master's degrees to teach on a part-time basis.
At this time, we are inviting applications for positions in Chinese and German.
If you would like to apply, please submit a cover letter and a curriculum vitae which includes the names of at least two professional references to Dr. Molly Lynde-Recchia, Chair, Department of World Languages and Literatures, at molly.lynde-recchia@wmich.edu. Part-time instructor appointments are temporary, non-benefits-eligible positions. Please write to Dr. Lynde-Recchia directly with any questions about these positions.
Applications will be kept on file for 12 months from date of receipt.


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In anticipation of World AIDS Day I ask you all to keep those affected by HIV/AIDS throughout the world in your thoughts and prayers. I especially ask you to keep the St. Aloysius Gonzaga Community in prayer. World AIDS Day is held on December 1 each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day, first held in 1988, was the first ever global health day.
As we remember our students, faculty and staff, let us also remember the great strides that we have made in providing education and hope to our students affected by this pandemic.
At St. Al's, 2015 has been a year of "4ths". When our KCSE results for 2014 were announced in March, we were 4th in Langata District after being 5th for the previous three years. Our video, The Shattered, an inspiring entry about the evil of drugs, won 4th prize in the national high school drama competition. Form 4 student Samuel Kuria represented us at the Kenya High School Music competition as a trumpet player, and was ranked 4th nationally. Samuel has overcome great odds in his life since he grew up in an orphanage and was thrown out because of lack of resources, but found his way to St. Al's where he has excelled as a student leader, including fine leadership at our Quest (Kairos-style) Retreat.
Over the years, virtually all our fundraising has been done abroad and especially in the United States. We now have an excellent Advancement Team in place in Nairobi which focuses on project proposal-writing and on local fundraising. On October 9, we had our first annual Gala which was a resounding success. The goal was to raise awareness about the great work of the school and encourage the local community to join us in spreading the word. An underlying goal is to request financial support from our local constituents.
One of the most exciting accomplishments this year is the successful purchase of land near the school that will allow us to build a dormitory campus and become a boarding school. We have recognized that, despite our best efforts, there are just too many hardships for our students who return to the devastating conditions of Kibera every evening after school. The boarding facility will give our students more time to study, while providing a safe environment that will promote the growth of our students in every way. Our students often battle low self-esteem, particularly the girls. We give them one message during the day and they return to the slum to experience a contrary message every evening. Having our students 24/7 during the school year will enable us to consistently provide and reinforce a positive message and help them to realize all their potential and gifts.
I am so grateful for your generosity in continuing to support St. Al's. You have graciously provided the necessary funds to purchase the land for our new campus. We request your continuing generosity as we move forward with raising money to build the dormitories. With your help we hope to have enough money in cash and pledges to begin construction by February 2016, in order to open the new facility at the beginning of the following school year in January 2017.
One of the benefits of the new campus is the house on our new property. Initially, this will provide a place for our guests and volunteers to stay. I invite you to visit us at St. Al's. Please also consider coming on the Pilgrimage sponsored by the Midwest Jesuits to Nairobi in June 2016, for it gives ample time to experience St. Aloysius and our students and programs.
Be assured that our students continue to be grateful for all you do for us, and we frequently pray for you. In the name of all of us, I wish you and yours a most blessed Christmas and a joyous New Year.


To those who want to know, Grandma came home yesterday. She seems a little slower to move but otherwise is recovering quite nicely. She said to say thanks to the people who I told her prayed for her and kept her in their thoughts, so thanks everybody.
I'm glad to know she's doing somewhat better.
Glad that she is doing better. Congrads!


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A series of concerts curated by different artists and music industry figures, revealing their influences and introducing new artists who have impressed them.
Selected: Snowboy
3rd - 5th February 2022
The next edition of the Selected curated concert series will be hosted by Snowboy, frontman of The Latin Section, one of Europe's leading Afro-Cuban Jazz performers and recording artists. Multi-percussionist Mark 'Snowboy' Cotgrove is, in addition to being an in-demand musician and band leader, a renowned DJ, broadcaster and promoter.
Snowboy & The Latin Section
Thursday 3 rd February Show Time 8:00pm / Doors Open 6:30pm
There can be no denying that the pyrotechnic Snowboy And The Latin Section are Europe's leading Afro Cuban Jazz group. From their debut release in 1985, they have...
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The Roberto Pla Latin Ensemble
Friday 4 th February Show Time 8:00pm / Doors Open 6:30pm
For the second night of Snowboy's 'Selected' concert series, enjoy an evening of stunning South American infused music, with the world famous Roberto Pla and his...
Emily Saunders Quartet + Jim Mullen Organ Trio
Saturday 5 th February Show Time 8:00pm / Doors Open 6:30pm
The first night of Snowboy's 'Selected' concert series, will be kicked off by double bill of two internationally recognised, talented artists. Jim Mullen Organ...
Selected: Pete Brown
Pete Brown, lyricist for 60s super group Cream, has been a poet, singer, percussionist, record producer and screenwriter. His Selected series brought together influential music figures including the 'God of Hellfire' Arthur Brown, as well as a celebration of Pete's own songs written with Jack Bruce.
Selected: Gilles Peterson
Best known as a radio presenter on Saturday afternoons on BBC 6Music and as an international club DJ, Gilles Peterson is also an avid record collector, a curator, a music producer and record label boss. For this special edition of our Selected series, part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, Gilles chose six acts that have attracted his attention over the last year or so - several making their debut appearances at a PizzaExpress Live venue - Charlie Stacey, Zola Marcelle, Golden Mean, Amyra, Jelly Cleaver and Pokus.
Selected: Julie Felix
23rd - 25th January 2020
Folk singer-songwriter, humanitarian and environmentalist, Julie Felix joined us for the eighth edition of SELECTED, presenting three nights filled with great names including Mike d'Abo, Josh Burnell and Linda Moylan.
Selected: Omar
5th to 7th September 2019
British soul pioneer Omar joined us for the seventh edition of SELECTED series.
Selected: Bob Harris
21st to 23rd August 2019
For the fifth SELECTED series, we were joined by British broadcasters and writer Bob Harris. An intimate evening of story and song from Bob's 50 years in broadcasting and music. Bob presented some of his favourite artists including Robert Vincent, Robert J Hunter Band, Howard Rose, Mollie Marriott and Liv Austen.
Selected: Jordan Rakei
29th November to 1st December 2018
Jordan Rakei's take on the SELECTED series brought together 5 of London's finest current jazz and alternative soul acts including Waaju, Sarah Meth, James Chatburn, Richard Spaven, Kaya Thomas-Dyke and a guest appearance from Alfa Mist.
Selected: Natacha Atlas
15th to 17th November 2018
For the fourth SELECTED series, we were joined by celebrated singer Natacha Atlas, best known for fronting Transglobal Underground, as he presented artists who have impressed her over the course of her fascinating career. On the first night, award-winning singer/songwriter Julia Biel and Egyptian violin virtuoso Samy Bishai made their debut at PizzaExpress Live Holborn. Seven Eyes - guitarist Paulo Vinicius from Brazil and UK vocalist Tanya Wells - headlined the Friday night, along with renowned jazz vocalist/songwriter/beatboxer Randolph Matthews, while Atlas herself brought her sextet to the venue on Saturday 17th November.
Selected: Guy Chambers
11th to 13th January 2018
For the third SELECTED series, we were joined by celebrated songwriter/producer Guy Chambers as he presents artists who have impressed him over the course of his glittering career. On the first night, Hannah Williams & The Affirmations made their debut at PizzaExpress Live Holborn, having sold out a number of shows at the jazz club in Soho. US singer-songwriter Will Stratton, and The Crate Diggers made their debut appearances with us on 12th January, while Chambers himself hosted a special night of classic covers and his own great songs on Saturday 13th January.
Selected: Laura Mvula
For the second SELECTED series, Laura Mvula picked three acts that have "inspired her in many different ways" including House of EL, theia the planet and Iona Thomas.
Selected: NAO
25th to 27th October 2017
Celebrated singer-songwriter, NAO, took the reigns of the first-ever SELECTED series, presenting four up-and-coming artists who she thinks are destined for greatness, in two doubleheaders: Sipprell + Native Dancer on 25th October, then Naala + Bellatrix on 26th October, followed by a rare intimate show from NAO herself on 27th.


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JD Sports wins race to buy Blacks Leisure as it pays £20m for 290 stores
By This Is Money Reporter
JD Sports struck a deal today to buy Blacks Leisure's 290 stores, as soon as the foundering outdoors retailer went into administration.
The High Street sportswear firm paid £20million for the Blacks and Millets stores, and most of the rest of the Blacks business.
JD Sports, whose largest shareholder is Berghaus owner Pentland Capital, has beaten Dragons' Den star Peter Jones, rival Sports Direct, which is owned by Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley, and outdoor retailer Trespass to the rescue deal.
Stepping in: Blacks Leisure could be rescued by JD Sports as early as today in a deal which would save most of the 3,500 jobs at the loss-making firm
Blacks had just appointed KPMG as administrator to engineer a 'pre-pack administration' after it failed to find an outright buyer to ensure its survival in the wake of dire trading. It suffered a £16million first half loss, and has debts of £36million.
The deal should save many of the 3,500 jobs at the loss-making firm, but it is thought not to include Blacks' warehouse and head office.
Bury-based JD currently has around 350 JD Sports and size? outlets in the UK, plus more than 120 fashion stores under the Bank, Scotts and Cecil Gee names.
In 2009 it bought rugby brands Canterbury and Canterbury of New Zealand, as well as The Duffer of St. George and Kooga Rugby brands.
Other names in the Pentland portfolio include Brasher, Lacoste, Speedo, Mitre, Ellesse and Kickers UK.
Under a pre-pack administration, a company emerges under new ownership following a pre-arranged sale. The process is viewed as controversial because creditors do not have the opportunity to vote against the proposed asset sale.


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"Dessert" is a song by American singer and producer Dawin. It was released on March 17, 2015.

Another version of the song features American rapper Silentó.

Music video
The song's accompanying music video premiered on October 19, 2015, on Dawin's YouTube account on Vevo and features Silentó. YouTube personality Rosanna Pansino also appears in the video. Since its release, the music video has received over 220 million views on YouTube as of April 2022. The lyric video, also released on Vevo, has surpassed 145 million views on YouTube.

Live performances
Dawin performed the song live on the Filipino noontime variety show Eat Bulaga! in March 2016.

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Religious sentiment : is inscribed in the structure of the human being
"Any attempt to attack religion in the name of objectivity, of science or of reason is an enterprise doomed to failure, because we can no more suppress religious feeling than we can suppress other feelings. This is a domain in which reason by itself has no place. The sense of the sacred, the need human beings feel to be connected to a higher world, to the divine world in which they have their origin, is inscribed in their very structure. We may try to deny it, to fight it, or to pull it out by the roots, and for a time we may even succeed. But this success will not last and, sooner or later, we will also have to recognize all the harm such efforts have caused, not only to individuals, but to society as well."
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[The Sedin twins] surprised me. They're patient with the puck, they can control the game. The passes they made on both goals -- it was like (the passes were) to themselves. I didn't know if one had two goals or if both had one goal.
In any case, if you can get a ticket to see a game really close to center ice, I recommend it.


Fewer than 0.26 percent of the 11.7 million illegal aliens in the United States were deported in 2013 for violating immigration laws, according to data released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
The remaining 18 percent adds up to only 30,000 illegals of the 11.7 million illegals believed to be living in the United States.
That's only one immigration-law deportation for every 585 illegals.
The agency said officials want to focus federal police on illegals who also commit additional crimes. "Other than convicted criminals, the agency's enforcement priorities include: those apprehended while attempting to unlawfully enter the United States, illegal re-entrants – individuals who returned to the U.S. after being previously removed by ICE – and immigration fugitives," said the ICE report, which covers the 12-month period up to October 2013.
"Immigration laws should be enforced for their own sake, not just as a way to remove criminals," Vaughan said.
"The main purpose of the immigration of the law is to preserve economic opportunity for Americans and the legal immigrants we choose to accept," Vaughan said.
Roughly 20 million Americans are unemployed or underemployed, while wages have been flat for at least five years because so many unemployed people are looking for jobs.
Under current immigration law, the federal government annually provides work permits to 1 million immigrants and roughly 650,000 short-term or medium-term non-agricultural guest-workers. The resident population of guest-workers includes roughly 800,000 university-trained workers now performing jobs sought by U.S. professionals.
Since 2009, Obama's deputies have blocked or deported 3.2 million border crossers and immigrants, according to a study of federal data by Vaughan.
That's a less effective defense of the nation's borders than every president since President Jimmy Carter, whose deputies blocked or deported 3.2 million illegals from 1977 to 1980. Even President Gerald Ford blocked and deported illegals at a faster rate — 804,081 per year, compared to Obama's rate of 800,863 per year, according to Vaughan.
President George W. Bush blocked or deported 10.3 million illegals in eight years, while President Bill Clinton blocked or deported 12.3 million.
Obama's record low deportation rate, however, is being obscured by false claims from advocates of greater immigration. They argue that that President Barack Obama has spiked deportations to record highs.
Obama's deportation record "far exceeds the deportation levels of previous administrations and the capacity of immigration courts," said a statement by a Chicago-based legal enterprise, the National Immigrant Justice Center.
"The high number of deportations demonstrates a failure of the administration's 2011 promise to use prosecutorial discretion to consider the individual circumstances of people facing deportation and provide relief for those who are integrated in our communities, have U.S. citizen family members, and pose no threat," said the group.
"Since taking office, President Obama has deported more than 1.9 million foreigners, immigration officials announced last week, a record for an American president," according to a report by New York Times reporter Julia Preston, who says advocates for an amnesty are "civil rights" protestors.
Preston's editors later added a major correction to her article, which originally claimed Obama had caused a "surge" in deportations. "Overall deportations decreased by 10 percent in fiscal 2013 from the previous year. There has not been a 'surge,'" said the correction.
Spanish-language media is also pushing the false claim.
"President Obama has been very bad in this. He has great guilt in this. He has deported more people than President [George W.] Bush," claimed Telemundo anchor Jose Diaz Balart on Dec. 22.
One reason for the flawed claims about Obama's record, said Vaughan, is that Obama administration's data has conflated two formerly separate categories of deportations.
Prior administrations labelled the arrest and deportation of border-crossers as "removals," and reserved the use of the "deportation" term for the expulsion of illegal immigrants living far from the border. Under President George W. Bush, removals spiked, but deportations fell sharply, partly because his deputies almost stopped investigations against companies suspected of hiring illegals instead of Americans.
But Obama's officials have artificially boosted the claimed number of deportations by reclassifying the quick removal of many border crossers as deportations, said Vaughan. That reclassification bumps his total of "deportation" actions up to 1.9 million, and allows his allies to use friendly reporters to declare that he is deporting more people than Bush.
The pro-amnesty "advocacy groups are desperate and they know that they can generate sympathetic attention from the media, ICE is more likely to give illegals a pass to stay for a while," she told TheDC.
In fact, enforcement declined by 11 percent in 2013, according to an October study by Vaughan's CIS group. In New England, deportations dropped by 28 percent, according to the Boston Globe.
Obama has also awarded temporary resident and work permits to 567,563 illegals by September, according to an administration report about the June 2012 "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" mini-amnesty. The number of temporary residencies is more than four times the number of 2013 deportations.
Only 21,162 DACA applications for residency were rejected by September, said the report.
The media support for advocates' claims of tough enforcement also helps drum up apparent political support for an unpopular amnesty, such as that offered by the Senate's June immigration-expansion bill, Vaughan said.
However, a Dec. 10 poll by Rasmussen shows that 60 percent of Americans believe immigrations laws aren't being enforced strongly enough. "Fourteen percent (14%) say [enforcement] is too aggressive, while 16% think the number of deportations is about right," said the survey of 1,000 likely voters.
Many reporters are eager to portray Obama's declining enforcement of immigration law as tough, Vaughan said. "They would like to believe it [because it] fits the story line they find exciting — that thanks to the Obama administration's record and smart enforcement, they've showed it is now time time for 'comprehensive immigration reform,'" she said.
Her claim was bolstered by a Dec. 19 article in BuzzFeed, which used the 1.9 million claim to build sympathy for deported and removed foreigners. "More than 1.5 million undocumented migrants have been deported under the Obama administration, which has prioritized deportation in an effort to demonstrate its commitment to 'border security' while pursuing legislation designed to provide the estimated 11 million undocumented migrants a path to citizenship," said the article, written by reporter John Stanton.


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How TCS transitioned, while Infosys battled a stormy year
Kunal Talgeri
Ayan Pramanik
, ET Bureau Last Updated: Jan 02, 2018, 03:39 PM IST
In March 2017, a storm raged in Bengaluru, tearing Infy inside out. Around the same time, TCS — also in transition — was a picture of calm and serenity.
Between the two, the strategy is to expand critical client engagements to the digital realm. By May last year, the two had met over 75 customers internationally.
March 2017- A storm was raging in Bengaluru. It was tearing the $10-billion
inside out because cofounder NR Narayana Murthy was at war with its board led by nonexecutive chairman R
Seshasayee
. It hogged the headlines, television airtime and WhatsApp groups.
But for calm and serenity, one could have travelled to Hyderabad, where Natarajan Chandrasekaran, new Tata Sons chairman, was presiding over a change of guard at $17.5-billion Tata Consultancy Services (
), the country's largest IT services company, headquartered in Mumbai.
Hyderabad was hosting TCS Blitz 2017, the annual leadership summit of more than 500 top managers in the company.
One of the highlights was the quiet changeover from Chandrasekaran to the chief executive-chief operating officer combination of Rajesh Gopinathan and NG Subramaniam.
The City of Nawabs was also a departure from the normal practice of holding Blitz in Goa or Dubai, eliciting some muffled groans and jokes about how Gopinathan, formerly CFO, was exposing his costcutting bent of mind. But there was more at play in the leadership change than the light-hearted banter revealed.
Blitz 2017, in the words of a TCS senior manager, "is an important event for the TCS psyche, for it involves all the leaders." In March 2017, it was also the stage of a subtle but momentous shift at TCS.
Chandrasekaran, 54, departed from giving any business or organisational spiel, having relinquished his CEO position a little over a month after becoming the group chairman. He merely reiterated his mantra of how digital is changing business and left the actual focus to Gopinathan and Subramaniam.
In his typically understated manner, Chandra would later tell TCS shareholders in the annual report, "The new team will continue to drive an organisational culture that embraces change, believes in growing talent and invests ahead of time, anticipating future needs of our customers."
He was referring to Gopinathan, Subramaniam and chief financial officer (CFO) V Ramakrishnan, along with a strong team of senior business leaders, notably the heads of TCS' industry and service unit heads.
"As our business transitions into a new and exciting phase of growth and innovation, the future of your company could not be in better hands than under a dynamic new executive leadership team," he would say.
CEO-COO COMBINE
When Chandrasekaran became Tata Sons chairman, many anticipated one of the ICU heads, each of whom runs multibillion dollar divisions, to succeed him.
To that extent, Gopinathan, a shy and reserved person, was a surprise.
Gopinathan is seen by colleagues as a student of the business model TCS epitomises — aimed to generate efficiencies for enterprise clients to whom they pass on the benefits. Age is on Gopinathan's (46) side, complemented by Subramaniam's vital knowledge of the company.
The COO first gained renown at TCS in the late 1980s for writing out richly detailed proposals for client bids. This sometimes entailed him working continuously in office for two or three days, getting on to calls with as many as 15 TCS managers in different parts of the world.
Subramaniam's meticulousness and work ethic helped create detailed specs and a roadmap for customers to entrust their organisation to TCS, when India was barely on the map for global customers.
He won a marquee project in the late 1980s, from the erstwhile SegainterSettle.
That client engagement spawned two future leaders — him and S Mahalingam, who was CFO in the S Ramadorai and Chandrasekaran eras.
By the turn of the century, Subramaniam had taken his game to a new level, helping TCS win a neat slice of one of the largest multi-vendor deals ever for IT companies from India — the €1.8 billion ABN-Amro deal in 2005. (TCS won €200 million of it and Infosys, €108 million, with IBM taking a lion's share.)
One can understand how far the company has come since that deal and how decentralised it is by the TCS practice of empowering the 10-15 industry service unit (ISU) heads — whom the top management rarely questions, even on $200-million deals.
The focus for the top management now is digital. "Digital is one diverse, yet interoperable, constantly evolving family of technologies enabling continuous availability of data, systems, applications, and business processes," Subramaniam told shareholders in the 2016-17 annual report.
"Such an architecture allows enterprises to completely reimagine different aspects of their businesses."
The COO drives technology and the CEO drives efficiencies. Between the two, the strategy is to expand critical client engagements to the digital realm. By May last year, the two had met over 75 customers internationally. A senior executive throws some light, saying, "There will now be lesser number of people (in TCS) to do the same quantum of work."
The logic is, money TCS saves a customer through productivity measures will come back through new projects or deals. Subramaniam has emphasised passing on the efficiencies to customers, while internally, Gopinathan demands gross margins over 25%.
This is a lot of pressure for the sales folks in a tight market. Five years ago, clients may have expected returns on investment (RoI) in digital and IT support to be distributed over three or five years; that's changed now.
For the chief information officer (CIO) of a large multinational client company to justify his investments in digital to the board, RoI are expected to be frontloaded by companies such as Tata Consultancy Services. This means TCS co-investing with clients and showing up to 60% efficiencies in year 1, before RoI normalises to 10% in the following years.
To make TCS more agile, Subramaniam has made changes by bringing 'business finance' and 'business HR' into the business units, rather than BUs reporting to them. This will help unit heads take faster day-to-day decisions, which is critical for an organisation that employs nearly four lakh — a large digital workforce — and needs to focus on client needs.
CONTINUING THE LEGACY
By many accounts, Chandrasekaran is one of the Tata group's best salespersons. "He brings warmth to a customer equation but makes his point in a very different way, putting his innate diligence in the shade," reveals a former colleague. The more deals Chandra won, the better he got, according to a client advisor.
In the years when he became CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, and overseas, he could write specs on the back of a paper napkin during a dinner meeting and then get his team in India to come back with a roadmap for the client by the following day.
The recent $2.25-billion Nielsen renewal was originally a billion-dollar deal won under him. "Chandra became talismanic," reminisces the senior executive.
His rise and contribution are more in the vein of Nandan Nilekani, who also began his career as a professional before becoming a first-generation entrepreneur with Infosys. Both came to compete with the likes of Wipro and HCL in the growth years for Indian IT.
When the sales teams needed an Azim Premji or Shiv Nadar (chairmen of their respective companies) to come on site for large deals, Chandrasekaran won on sheer tenacity and teamwork. This, then, is what the two-man new guard has to take forward.
Subramaniam will prove crucial as Gopinathan matures, even as the next level leadership pipeline is ready and proven. As one senior manager quips, the CEO and COO can switch roles internally, playing good cop-bad cop depending on the situation.
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Australian model and face of Nude by Nature cosmetics Elyse Taylor got candid with Yeong Sassall in this refreshingly honest and entertaining interview
"I treat my body as my business," says model Elyse Taylor as she explains why she's strict with her diet (the blood type one, FYI), beauty and fitness regime. "[Modelling] is very competitive," she says by way of explanation, but it doesn't take a genius to figure out why, at age 30, this former Victoria's Secret model is still as glowy and beautiful as ever. Clearly, being in the industry for so long has taught her a thing or two about self-preservation and longevity, although it must be said, she remains as down to earth as ever, even admitting cheerfully that "squats suck" (they sure do).
Elyse was in Sydney recently to launch Nude by Nature's new Flawless Collection and Yeong Sassall caught up with the New York-based model and mother-of-one to chat all things beauty, health and nutrition.
What's the best beauty tip you've ever received?
I'm always encouraging people to enhance their own beauty and not to cover up. I feel like a lot of young women these days just put this mask on. The thing I love with Nude by Nature is, they're constantly enforcing [you to] enhance your own beauty and just bring out your own natural features. I also love the fact that the brand is 100 percent cruelty free.
What are your five can't-live-without beauty products?
As one of the perks of being the face of the brand, I got Nude by Nature Flawless Concealer a couple of months ago. It's amazing - really long lasting and it comes in this easy- to-use stick. It has this creamy texture that becomes almost like a second skin. It's just great, when I'm getting off a plane, I just wipe it on to look a little bit fresh. I'm also obsessed with the Nude by Nature highlighter stick. It comes in champagne and rose, and I like switching them out. I like pink on my cheeks, pink on my lips. It's multipurpose - you can use them for whatever.
For my hair, I'm blond and it gets trashed, so I use Olaplex. It's like this crazy mask, but it just works. I also use Living Proof, which is a kind of mask you put in when you blow dry your hair, and for some reason it just bonds your split ends. It's actually fantastic. And then I use the Tata Harper Rejuvenating Serum. I feel like it just re-hydrates my skin. It comes in this little rolly pen, so it's perfect for just freshening up, all over.
Have you ever done anything radical in the name of beauty?
Yeah, of course! We're girls. We always do. I guess the most crazy... I did one of those vampire facial things. I was curious about it.
No! But apparently you're supposed to do it back to [back] ... it was like a whole thing, and I was like, this is so silly, and ridiculous. Nonsense.
What's your favourite beauty treatment?
I like massages. Because a lot of the things I have to do are for work. Facials aren't really relaxing because it's for my job, getting my hair done is for my job. So if I can get a massage, it's something for myself.
What would be an average day for you in terms of what you eat?
I mean, it completely changes, depending on where I am; if I'm on a plane, if I'm in Sydney, if I'm in New York, or if I'm god knows where else. But mostly I follow the blood type diet. I'll have breakfast and then I just have a light lunch, like a salad, protein, things like that. My body is my work, you know? So there's more of a focus on that for me than it would be for another woman with a regular job, or just a job that wasn't focused on her appearance. I treat my body as a business. And it's very competitive, so ...
Is there anything you don't eat as part of your blood type diet?
I'm not supposed to eat dairy, and I'm not supposed to eat pasta and pizza. I think things come in balance, and one day a week I'll allow my daughter and I to have a nice, humongous pizza.
What do you do to work out? What would you do on an average week?
It depends where I am. But usually if I'm in a big city then I'll just use the gym. I run for 40 minutes and then I'll do... I think every chick has her floor/tummy workout! But I'm by the beach and it's warm then I'll swim. I'll swim for forty-five minutes, which feels like forever.
So nothing too crazy?
No, I never really got into yoga or Pilates or anything like that. I don't like big groups. I have a lot of injuries so I prefer one on one, and to be honest I just like to sweat. I feel like it's good for my mind.
Are there any particular exercises that you hate doing?
Yeah, all of them! [laughs] It's my job, so I have to. But I guess, running's not great. Squats suck. Anything with a weight ... I'm quite lazy by nature, so I could just stay in bed. Pizza in bed, perfect.
If it didn't pay off, in terms of what you look like, you wouldn't do it?
If it wasn't my job, sure.
Do you do any particular type of prep before a big shoot?
I'll probably do a mask, but I'm not that exciting anymore. I've got a kid, so I'm always in bed by eight. It's just constant maintenance with this job. Sleep, eat right, stay in shape...
How do you balance being a mother and trying to find the time to fit everything in?
It's a constant balance. With any working single mum, you just try to have an amazing support team, and you have to work. So you just kind of deal with that, and get it done, and come home. If there are jobs back to back, I'll say no to one if it doesn't feel like it's worth it. You just try to figure it out. That's all you can do. And just try and balance so you feel good. So you can give quality time.
Do you take any supplements or anything like that?
Yeah, and it's funny, because I always buy my vitamins from Australia. I come home so much, so I always stock up here and take them back. I don't know why. I always think the ones over there don't work. I take vitamin C and all your usual suspects. I also started taking the Elle Macpherson [Super Elixir]. It's gross, but whatever. I think that it works. If you mix it with a juice, it's totally fine. And it fills you up. It's got a lot of good things in it, and [when I take it] there's a noticeable difference in my energy levels.
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Being prepared for any emergency means planning ahead before there is one. Here are a few things you can do to prepare for a plumbing emergency. Preparation includes the right equipment, some basic knowledge, and knowing when to call a professional.
The last item is knowledge. You will need to know how to use the tools, the general layout of your plumbing system and how and where to turn the off the water, water heater and the heat source.
The first step is stay calm but act quickly. Begin by locating the problem. Turn the water off using an isolation valve when possible. If you cannot find the source of the problem or if it is too big to contain by turning off an interior valve, the immediate solution is to shut off the water supply to the entire building at the main tap. One way to prevent any further water damage to the interior is to turn on all of the exterior spigots to drain the pipes directly outdoors.
Generally homeowners can handle minor issues on their own. Unclogging a drain or toilet is almost common knowledge. Some can handle more advanced issues involving replacing faucets or disposers. In the event an emergency is bigger than anticipated, or out of ones abilities or comfort zone, a plumber should be called.
Generally the right plumber will be different for everyone. However, here are some guidelines to finding the one that is right for you.
Longevity. How long have they been in business? Is the company stable?
If you are still in doubt, check for references or read online reviews.
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George Zimmerman threatens to feed JAY-Z to alligator over Trayvon Martin documentary
By Leonard Greene
He's got 99 problems, but a wannabe cop who gets away with shooting an unarmed teenager because of a loophole called the Stand Your Ground law ain't one.
Controversial gunman George Zimmerman took a verbal shot at JAY-Z over the weekend, threatening to "beat" the rapper and feed him to "an alligator" over the Jiggaman's role in a Trayvon Martin documentary, according to a report.
Zimmerman, who gunned down 17-year-old Trayvon in February 2012, said he has a score to settle with the rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, over the way his family was treated by Carter's camera crew, according to entertainment website Blast.
George Zimmerman looks at the jury as he testifies in a Seminole County courtroom on Sept. 13, 2016 in Orlando. (Red Huber/AP)
An unrepentant Zimmerman was whining about a production team that made unannounced visits to the homes of his parents and an uncle in Florida, and he said JAY-Z and executive producer Michael Gesparro indirectly "harassed" his family.
"I know how to handle people who f--k with me," Zimmerman said Saturday, crassly adding "I have since February 2012."
Zimmerman threatened to "beat" JAY-Z and feed him to "an alligator" over the rapper's role in a Trayvon Martin documentary. (James Devaney/GC Images)
Zimmerman says he is holding JAY-Z and Gesparro responsible, and "anyone who f---s with my parents will be fed to an alligator."
The 34-year-old Zimmerman also complained over money he claims has been paid to his ex-wife for her participation in the documentary. He said producers have refused to pay his parents or family members for their cooperation.
JAY-Z is creating a six-party documentary on Trayvon Martin. (AP)
JAY-Z is the man behind a six-part docuseries titled "Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story," based on the book "Suspicion Nation" by attorney Lisa Bloom. The project will chronicle the too-short life of Martin, his fatal shooting by on Feb. 26, 2012, and Zimmerman's acquittal the following year.
JAY-Z didn't comment on the threat, but he had plenty of supporters come to his defense, including fellow rap star Snoop Dogg, who fired back on Instagram.
"If one hair on jays hair is touched that's when the revolution will b televised," Snoop Dogg wrote. "We one, and to thank the system, let the Bitch ass muthaf--a get away with murder try it again. Trayvon Martin Gone but not forgotten."


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Březí () je jednou z 13 místních částí městysu Čachrov v okrese Klatovy v Plzeňském kraji. Nachází se v údolí Strážovského potoka na hranici Chráněné krajinné oblasti Šumava, zhruba 1,5 km severozápadně od Čachrova. V roce 2011 zde trvale žilo 28 obyvatel. Po levé straně příjezdové cesty z Čachrova se nachází nevelký (cca 0,3 ha) rybník.

Historie
První písemná zmínka o vesnici pochází z roku 1528.

Do roku 1950 byla samostatnou obcí a od roku 1961 je součástí městyse Čachrov.

Pamětihodnosti
 Kaplička na návsi (kulturní památka ČR)

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After their apartment building burns down, the eight residents of 1789 W Alfred Avenue must come to terms with their situation, their former neighbors, and themselves. This new devised piece of theater from the 2017-18 Shattered Globe Protégés examines how we connect in an increasingly disconnected world. How well do we really know our neighbors? How do we fully accept ourselves, our circumstances, and our differences in order to embrace our common humanity?
All proceeds benefit the SGT Protégé Program, which is offered free of charge to artists to ensure that there is no barrier to participation.


This was our second year having robotics at Plainview High School and Middle School and I have enjoyed getting to assist and teach these kids both years. They are brilliant kids that push themselves beyond their limits. They never cease to amaze me with their knowledge and ideas. Our high school team did outstanding this year place 1st overall, 2nd in double elimination tournament, and received the Judge's Choice award. These students spent many hours on their own time, after school, engineering, programming, and learning to do those things as well (we had a lot of newbies this year). Along with all of that we also have a documentation and presentation process that is required for the tournament and they were one of the top presenting teams as well. I could not be more proud of my kids and I am anxious to see what we do in the future. We have a few other tournaments coming up that I am ready for them to test their skills at.
Both high school and middle school teams will be participating in the Global tournament held in July in Norman Oklahoma as well.


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as in other fields, he demonstrated the supremacy of experience. Like other artists before and after (Donatello, Pollaiuolo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Alessandro Allori, Cigoli, Poussin, Guercino, Rubens, and Rembrandt), but surpassing them in acquired knowledge, he observed and even practised the dissection of corpses, human and animal, to which he gained access in the hospitals of Santa Maria Nuova, Florence, and Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome. The human body provided an unrivalled opportunity for artistic and scientific analysis. His anatomical research was both topographical and physiological, with investigations carried out under normal, pathological conditions into the muscular, circulatory, and genitourinary systems, and into the individual organs, the brain, nerves, cartilage, skin layers, and skeleton. Familiar with the anatomical writings of Galen (2nd century), of the Arab Avicenna (l0th-11th century), and of Mondino (13th—14th century), he also met Marcantonio dalla Torre, the foremost anatomist of the age. The Flemish-born Andreas Vesalius, lecturer in anatomy at Padua and author of De humani corporis fabrica (1543), the first treatise on modern anatomy, set great store by Leonardo's studies.
Leonardo da Vinci, Heart and Lungs (of Cattle), c.1513, Royal Library, Windsor.
Studies of the heart were carried out during Leonardo's old age. The functioning of the heart and the cardiac valves was examined with the aid of glass tubes, to prevent the organ from collapsing.
of motion and strength of the figure depicted.
The studies on embryology, together with those on cardiology, were particularly concentrated during the Roman period (1513-16).
Leonardo da Vinci, Dissection of the Principal Female Organs and the Female arterial System, with Emphasis on the Respiratory, Circulatory, and Uro-genital Systems, c.1508, Royal Library, Windsor.
who described the skull as the meeting point of the senses and the seat of the soul.


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Dwyane Wade on new Heat Vice uniforms.
The new uniforms are here. The new court is coming. The Miami Heat again are going Vice, starting Friday.
"Vice Nights" is the sequel to last season's popular Vice campaign. The Vice Nights uniform is black with the classic Heat silhouette from 1988 colored in laser fuchsia and blue gale, and features the original Miami Arena script across the chest and a re-imagined Heat ball and flame logo sporting the Vice Nights color combination. The uniform was designed in-house by Heat Graphic Designer Brett Maurer.
"I think it's better than the white ones," guard Dwyane Wade said Monday, before the Heat played the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars Arena. "The white was cool. But I think the black is what everybody has been waiting for."
The twist this season is that there will be a matching court as part of the theme.
"That's the coolest thing," Wade said. "It's not just the jersey, but to be able to go all in, all the way around. That makes it even more of a special night, when we get the opportunity to get on the court.
"I think it's going to bring some excitement to even the players. So it will be cool to the fans, definitely, to come in and feel a different environment, a different vibe. So, look forward to it."
Heat chief marketing officer Michael McCullough told the Sun Sentinel it was an element the team wished it had debuted with last season's initial jersey release.
"I would say that was just a miss on our part," he said. "When we were conceptualizing the uniform, we thought about doing the court, but it was too late. By the time we started the process, it was not going to give us enough time."
McCullough told the Sun Sentinel that the black Vice jerseys were planned as part of a two-year release of the theme.
"This was part of our plan from Day 1, when we heard of the City design concept," he said. "It just kind of coalesced that way. We thought that [the white version] was the one to launch the campaign and allow us to have a complete switch for the second year."
The team has launched a special website, Heat.com/ViceNights, which showcases digital elements of the campaign.
McCullough said the team's marketing department worked with the basketball-operations department on the design and release.
"We worked very closely with basketball operations on this," he said. "They've been very involved in the planning of this entire process. There is no such thing as free rein, and we understand that. The basketball side was very engaged."
The Heat will begin wearing the new uniforms with Friday's game against the Indiana Pacers at AmericanAirlines Arena.
McCullough said players requested early editions to design matching footwear.
"It's basically the same roster as last year, so they're very familiar," he said. "The first question was, 'When do I get to wear this?' "
The Heat also will reveal a second limited-edition uniform for their Dec. 28 home game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, currently listed only as "coming soon." Games with that "coming soon" designation continue into January.
See photos of the Miami Heat's new "Vice Nights" City Edition uniform -- the sequel to last season's popular 'Vice' campaign.
It was last January when the Heat formally unveiled their initial "Vice" uniforms, a white jersey with pink and blue neon pastels accents marketed as reflecting "neon pink sunrises and electric blue nights."
Heat fans embraced the look last season to the degree that "Vice" jerseys went on extended back order once Wade arrived and No. 3 editions were sought.
"I think it's awesome. If I had any guts, I would show up in a Miami Vice suit. I don't. I don't think I can grow a mustache in time. But I think it's brilliant. It captures so much of the '80s culture of Miami, and the players can have fun with it."
The Heat are scheduled for 14 "Vice" home games. The Heat will host a "Midnight Madness" event at American Airlines Arena early Friday morning.


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Negro Spirituals: Express Yourself
By Kendal Releford
Expression Through
Throughout slavery, singing was the way slaves could express themselves and their emotions. It was also the way they communicated escapes. Negro spirituals were also the African Americans form of religious music during the time of slavery. Much like folk, negro spirituals used call and response techniques.
Famous Negro Spiritual Songs
Swing Low Sweet Chariot was used as a communication method for the slaves. Like most Negro Spirituals it was used the convey a secret message. This spiritual in particular was how the slaves communicated their urgency to get home. It didn't exactly say what home was but it could mean Africa, heaven, or up north.
Wade in the Water is one the most famous Negro Spirituals. It is said that Harriet Tubman would sing this song to the slaves in order to tell them to get in the water to hide the their smell from the masters dogs.
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Q: using data frames with fixed values and subtraction I have a question regarding how to go Data Frames. I have this function, which we spent a data frame has only one column. I want a subtraction between a fixed number and value of each position of the data frame is performed. The result of this subtraction should be stored in another data frame.
 get_ms_ts_list<-function(ts_list){
    ms_ts_list <-nrow(ts_list)
    as.double(ts_list)
  for (i in 1:nrow(ts_list)){
    ms_ts_list[i]<-(1392217780000 - ts_list[i, ])
  }
  ms_ts_list
}

I get an error type
Error in get_ms_ts_list (ts_list):
   (list) object can not be coerced to type 'double'
and one that usually gives me after some changes is
6: In Ops.factor (1,392,217,780,000, ts_list [i]):
   - Not meaningful for factors

A: It looks like you have a data frame (with one column), and you want to subtract the values in this one-column data frame from a fixed number. You want a vector as a result
If your one-column data frame is ts_list, and the result you want is ms_ts_list, You can use this code:
ms_ts_list<-1392217780000 - ts_list[,1]

A: The function you wrote has several problems, the corrected function would be:
    get_ms_ts_list<-function(ts_list){
       ms_ts_list <- vector()
       static_num <- 1392217780000
       for (i in 1:length(ts_list[,1])){
           ms_ts_list[i] <- static_num-i
       }
       return(as.data.frame(ms_ts_list))
    }

   df <- data.frame(a=1:15)
   a <- get_ms_ts_list(df)

there is no need for creating a double, though you created a double but didn't assigned it to any variable.

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Martin Andersen's Parasitsonetterne (The Parasitic Sonnets) derives its name from the book's parasitic relationship to one of modern Danish poetry's seminal works, Inger Christensen's Sommerfugledalen (Butterfly Valley), generating computational poetry from it.
The dust jacket (above) features a butterfly with a mechanical attachment: an illustration of the book as a technical parasite on Butterfly Valley. The hard cover (below) shows one of the book's many diagrams, using the color palette of the dust cover's butterfly.
Published by Gyldendal, 2017. Edited by Janne Breinholt Bak.