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  • Location: Norman, Oklahoma, United States
  • Classification: Professional
  • Member Since: 2008
  • Membership Status: Expired (as of 31-Dec-2017)
  • Official Status: Expired (as of 31-Dec-2014)
  • Career Events: 46
  • Career Wins: 3
  • Career Earnings: $430.00


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Summer in April

Things went back to normal today, but for nearly a week, it was in the 80s, hardly normal for a New England spring.

Monday was one of my favorite holidays. Patriot’s Day, while significant to the entire United States, is celebrated only in Massachusetts and Maine, which was part of Massachusetts back when there were thirteen colonies. Patriot’s Day marks the beginning of the American Revolution. The actual date was April 19th 1775. The night before was when Paul Revere’s famous ride took place. Now it’s celebrated on the third Monday of April.

Here in Lexington, where I live, we celebrate in full force. I usually take the day off, and this year was no exception. The day starts with a early morning reenactment of the original skirmish. On the Lexington Green, Minuteman wait for the Redcoats (officially known as British Regulars) as they march up the main street on their way from Boston to Concord, where they planned to confiscate the militia’s store of weapons and ammunition. Later in the morning is a 5K road race, which I watch from in front of my house, vowing to be a runner “next year”. (At the same time, the better known Boston Marathon is being run in the city.)

To me, the best part of the day is in the afternoon: there’s a good old-fashioned parade. The day was a scorcher, temperatures up near 90 degrees. I walked the mile or so into the center of town because there isn’t any close parking because of all the road closures for the festivities. I made the right judgment call and went alone, leaving Bella, with her heavy fur coat, at home. It would have been too hot for her.

There are lots of Minutemen, the high school marching band, local officials, and civic groups marching. There are a few floats and civic award winners riding in top-down convertibles. To celebrate last year’s Stanley Cup win, even the head coach of the Boston Bruins, Claude Julien, and his family, who live here in town, were part of the parade. The crowd is enthusiastic and it’s fun to watch. The two highlights of this year’s parade were the L.L. Bean Bootmobile and a group of impressive military equipment from the Massachusetts Military History Museum.

The Bootmobile was especially amusing! It’s large pickup truck shaped like the famous L.L. Bean hunting boot. Apparently, L.L. Bean named Lexington the Beanest Town in America. That means we spend the most per household at L.L. Bean than anywhere else in the country. I don’t know whether we should feel proud or embarrassed. In any case, we were honored with the boot in our parade. What fun!

A refreshing cocktail was the perfect ending to the day. Inspired by Christy at Confessions of a Culinary Diva, I tried her recipe for Meyer Lemon Aide. Fresh-squeezed Meyer lemon juice mixed with gin and a rosemary-bay infused simple syrup was a great pick-me-up. I highly recommend it. And cheers to you, Christy!

The recent summer preview has passed, and spring is back for a while. I’ll take it.

Posted on 18 April 2012, in General, Lexington and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.

  1. The cooler looks lovely – Christy has great ideas, doesn’t she?
    This has been crazy weather. It was 95 here on Monday – this morning, it was in the 30’s and we had frost. Sigh.

  2. I’m so glad you were finally able to try this – it is a great drink! So, I’ve been thinking about the meyer lemon issue and have come up with a solution – STRAWBERRIES!!!! We’ve been in the 100’s already – it was 107 last weekend (seriously – isn’t that a little hot for the middle of April)

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Trump tells AP he won’t accept blame if GOP loses House

October 17, 2018
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President Donald Trump listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing the prospect of bruising electoral defeat in congressional elections, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he won’t accept the blame if his party loses control of the House in November, arguing his campaigning and endorsements have helped Republican candidates.

In a wide-ranging interview three weeks before Election Day, Trump told The Associated Press he senses voter enthusiasm rivaling 2016 and he expressed cautious optimism that his most loyal supporters will vote even when he is not on the ballot. He dismissed suggestions that he might take responsibility, as his predecessor did, for midterm losses or view the outcome as a referendum on his presidency.

“No, I think I’m helping people,” Trump said. “I don’t believe anybody’s ever had this kind of an impact.”

Trump spoke on a range of subjects, defending Saudi Arabia from growing condemnation over the case of a missing journalist, accusing his longtime attorney Michael Cohen of lying under oath and flashing defiance when asked about the insult — “Horseface” — he hurled at Stormy Daniels, the porn actress who accuses him of lying about an affair.

Asked if it was appropriate to insult a woman’s appearance, Trump responded, “You can take it any way you want.”

In an interview with the Associated Press, President Donald Trump criticized the rush to condemn Saudi Arabia for the mystery surrounding missing journalist. He also said he is not responsible if the GOP loses seats after the midterm elections (Oct 16)

Throughout much of the nearly 40-minute interview, he sat, arms crossed, in the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk, flanked by top aides, including White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and communications director Bill Shine. White House counselor Kellyanne Conway listened from a nearby sofa.

The interview came as Trump’s administration was being urged to pressure Saudi Arabia to account for the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Instead, Trump offered a defense for the U.S. ally, warning against a rush to judgment, like with what happened with his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault.

“Well, I think we have to find out what happened first,” Trump said. “Here we go again with, you know, you’re guilty until proven innocent. I don’t like that. We just went through that with Justice Kavanaugh. And he was innocent all the way.”

Weeks away from the midterms, Democrats are hopeful about their chances to recapture the House, while Republicans are increasingly confident they can hold control of the Senate.

Trump has been campaigning aggressively in a blitz of rallies aimed at firing up his base. He said he believes he’s doing his job, but allowed he has heard from some of his supporters who say they may not vote this November.

“I’m not running,” he said. “I mean, there are many people that have said to me ... ‘I will never ever go and vote in the midterms because you’re not running and I don’t think you like Congress.’” He added: “Well, I do like Congress.”

If Democrats take the House and pursue impeachment or investigations — including seeking his long-hidden tax returns— Trump said he will “handle it very well.”

The president declared he was unconcerned about other potential threats to his presidency. He accused Cohen of lying when testifying under oath that the president coordinated on a hush-money scheme to buy Daniels’ silence.

Trump on Tuesday declared the allegation “totally false.” But in entering a plea deal with Cohen in August, federal prosecutors signaled that they accepted his recitation of facts and account of what occurred.

Trump said that Washington lawyer Pat Cipollone will serve as his next White House counsel and that he hoped to announce a replacement for U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in the next week or two. He again repeated his frustration with Attorney General Jeff Sessions over the special counsel investigation, saying, “I couls fire him whenever I want to fire him, but I haven’t said that I was going to.”

On the ongoing Russia investigation, Trump defended his son Donald Trump Jr. for a Trump Tower meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer offering damaging information about Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump called his son a “good young guy” and said he did what any political aide would have done.

Trump again cast doubt on climate change, suggesting, incorrectly, that the scientific community was evenly split on the existence of climate change and its causes. There are “scientists on both sides of the issue,” Trump said.

“But what I’m not willing to do is sacrifice the economic well-being of our country for something that nobody really knows,” Trump said.

He added: “I have a natural instinct for science, and I will say that you have scientists on both sides of the picture.”

Asked about his wartime leadership, Trump acknowledged that he has not brought U.S. troops home from conflict zones overseas and that there are more Americans serving in harm’s way now than when he took office.

“It’s not a lot more. It’s a little bit more,” he said.

Saying he’s trying to preserve “safety at home,” Trump added that if there are areas where people are threatening the U.S., “I’m going to have troops there for a period of time.”

Trump increased U.S. troop totals in Afghanistan by about 4,000 last year.

The president engaged on several other topics, including:

— He said he has given no consideration to pardoning Paul Manafort, his former campaign chairman who was convicted of numerous financial crimes.

— He suggested that his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would happen after next month’s midterm elections and would likely not be in the United States.

— He broke with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s proposed changes to Social Security to control the deficit.

— And he defended his decision to break from his predecessors and not yet visit a military base in a combat zone, claiming it was not “overly necessary.”

Repeatedly stressing what he saw as the achievements of his first two years, Trump said he’d be seeking another term because there was “always more work to do.”

“The new motto is Keep America Great,” Trump said. “I don’t want somebody to destroy it because I can do a great job, but the wrong person coming in after me sitting right at this desk can destroy it very quickly if they don’t do the right thing. So no, I’m definitely running.”

Associated Press writer Colleen Long contributed to this report.

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Hello everyone. I hope your'll are well. I am a relatively new user to solid works. I have previously worked on solid edge. I am having a problem when I copy a folder to another location on the same drive. and when I make changes in the new folder, it also copying files to new directories.

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I want to quick switch to the other user in the system, but this login screen has stay there for almost half an hour

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Can I cancel the login via command line or other keyboard combination? I can ssh into the box as an admin

/EDIT: I want avoid reboot or shutdown

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    maybe try restarting the WindowServer process? (sudo killall -HUP WindowServer) – Kevin Grabher Mar 30 '14 at 23:54

I had the same problem and it turned out the computer was looking for an external hard drive to mount that wasn't connected properly. If you have any external hard drives, you may want to try unplugging them and then doing a forced restart?

My issue began after migrating from a time machine backup (10.9.2) so I can't imagine there's an OS conflict. I've done many migrations from time machine, and Mac to Mac (I'm no novice) and never experienced this issue. The external drive used for the backup isn't connected when I attempt to fast user switch, so at the moment I can't imagine what the system is stuck looking for since the exact data exist for all the users on my system. There are 3 users (A,B,C) on my system, and this issue only affect trying to fast user switch from 1 user to another (lets say A to B). The 3rd user C I can fast user switch to A or B without issue; so the issue lies between users A & B (or B to A). I can go from C to A or B though...weird.

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And the correct answer is: No.

Encryption only affects the OS X volume. Booting into Boot Camp, the necessary password prompt to allow decryption is bypassed entirely. The volume becomes an opaque blob to anything but a running OS X system.

In short, yes. John Siracusa from Ars Technica has a very long review of Lion with much more detail. Also, on a recent podcast he said to think of File Vault 2 this way - once you turn on your computer and enter the password (before anything boots) the disk is essentially unencrypted. Time Machine backups, Boot Camp, network access, etc all happens (essentially) unencrypted.

While I haven't tried your particular method myself I have FileVault running and I can access my system just fine in other ways. I hope this helps!

  • It does. I read John's review, but I was unclear on this particular point. "Whole disk encryption" really means "whole disk" then, not "whole volume"? – deceze Jul 28 '11 at 5:07
  • And the real answer is: No. See my answer, I tested it. – deceze Jul 28 '11 at 12:29
  • Nice fact to know. I guess the boot loader comes before the encryption password. That is not what I got out of John's article. Thanks for clearing it up! – Nate Bird Jul 28 '11 at 14:47

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If you have read Tuesday's story then you know I purchased a used computer that was in pieces. Now that I have it together it's time for the review. Little 7 years old computer has in store for me, and how well does it stack up to today's tech.


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István Várdai (cello, above) & Sunwook Kim (piano, below)

Falla Suite populaire espagnole (1914) (2:07 – 16:05 on the broadcast link below)
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 (1824) (18:00 – 44:40)
Kodály Hungarian Rondo (1917) (46:46 – 56:28)

Wigmore Hall, London
Monday 15 July 2019

To hear the BBC broadcast through BBC Sounds, please follow this link

Commentary and Review by Ben Hogwood

The cello has always been one of the instruments closest to a pure imitation of the voice. Its range and its ability to phrase are both qualities that make it ideal for arrangements of songs.

Spanish composer Manuel de Falla may have collected and published his Siete canciones populares españolas (Seven Spanish Folksongs) for voice and piano, but they were soon arranged for violin and piano, then for cello and piano by Maurice Maréchal. The instrumental arrangements removed the second song and changed the order to make an effective concert suite. In this slightly understated but effective beginning from cellist István Várdai and pianist Sunwook Kim the music is laid bare, just as Falla would no doubt have preferred.

The first song, El paño moruno (The Moorish Cloth) (2:07), is quite restless but nicely ornamented in this performance with a subtle swing to the rhythms. The second, Nana (4:43), is bittersweet, falling on the side of sorrow, while the rustic Cancíon (7:17) makes nice use of the cello’s glassy harmonics. Polo evokes a lovely, summery heat haze with its dreamy thrummed chords (8:48) topped by a really powerful melodic line from Várdai. The quieter, yearning thoughts of Asturiana (10:18) make a more subtle impression afterwards, before the lively and uplifting Jota (12:59) completes the set.

The arpeggione was an instrument from Schubert’s time that did not last for long. With six strings and frets like a guitar, it did not catch on as a repertoire instrument, and so the substantial Arpeggione Sonata Schubert wrote for the instrument was threatened with redundancy, before finally being published in 1867. The work transcribes ideally for the cello or viola with piano accompaniment, its melodies lying under the fingers with deceptive ease.

The first movement (from 18:00) is the largest of all, expanding to make the most of what seems like quite a plaintive initial idea (the first section repeated from 21:15). It is an elegant dialogue between cello and piano, where at times the two feel like dancers in and out of hold. Some more vigorous diversions aside, the music returns to the slightly downcast mood of the opening, pensive rather than outgoing. István Várdai really makes his cello sing in the higher register, while Sunwook Kim shows a delicate touch on the piano.

The slow movement (30:32) is short but meaningful, with a floated melody from the cello threatening to make it as substantial a length as the first movement, but then gliding effortlessly into the finale (35:04) Here Schubert’s dance writing reappears, enjoyably so in the more upbeat minor key diversion (36:37) but returning to the slightly troubled air we became aware of earlier, enjoying itself to an extent but never fully throwing off the melancholic shackles apparently dogging him from the rejection of his opera Alfonso und Estrella.

No such issues in the Kodály Hungarian Rondo, like the Falla celebrating its origins with feeling. This piece, written in 1917 not published until 1976, starts with what seems like an innocuous tune on the cello (46:46) but one that goes on to dominate, reappearing for both instruments and in various guises. Complementing it are a host of other folksy melodies, most with a distinctive Hungarian flavour in their rhythm or melodic profile. As the piece progresses so the energy levels rise, to an impressive set of flourishes near the end, played with great panache by the two soloists.

As a generous encore, cooling the temperature after the Kodály, we had Mendelssohn’s Song Without Words Op.107 – the only one he wrote directly for cello and piano (57:50). Várdai was playing a Stradivarius cello dating from 1673 that used to belong to none other than Jacqueline du Pré – and he brought out the instrument’s gorgeous tone, especially in the midrange, and abundantly in the Kodály. With Kim’s sensitive accompaniment, they made it an extremely enjoyable concert with which to close the Wigmore Hall’s 2018-19 lunchtime season. See you for more in September!

Further reading and listening

The music in this concert can be heard below. István Várdai has recorded the arrangement of the Falla suite, but not the pieces by Schubert or Kodály. The Mendelssohn is played by Jacqueline du Pré – possibly on the cello heard in this very concert! – accompanied by her mother Iris.

Várdai has, however, completed a disc of works for cello by the Hungarian composer that include one of the cellist’s ultimate tests, the Sonata for Solo Cello:

You can watch a video of Várdai playing Kodály’s Duo for Violin and Cello with violinist Gilles Apap, at the HarrisonParrott website:

Kodály’s music is colourful and passionate, staying very close to the composer’s roots. This selection of orchestral works serves as the ideal introduction to his tuneful music, conducted by conductors and fellow countrymen Ádám and Iván Fischer:

Wigmore Mondays – Imogen Cooper plays Brahms & Liszt

Imogen Cooper (piano)

Brahms Intermezzi Op.117 nos.1 & 2 (1892) (1:23 – 11:13)
Liszt Gretchen (Second movement of A Faust Symphony) (1854, arranged 1874) (11:52 – 30:05)
Brahms 7 Fantasien Op.116 (1892) (31:31 – 53:24)

Wigmore Hall, London
Monday 8 July 2019

To hear the BBC broadcast through BBC Sounds, please follow this link

Commentary and Review by Ben Hogwood Photo credit: Sim Canetty-Clarke

Brahms’ late piano music occupies a special place in 19th century repertoire. Rather like late Beethoven he makes use of the piano for some extremely confidential writing that starts to push at the boundaries of tonality and conventional rhythm. While Beethoven complemented his late piano works with a renewed inspiration for the string quartet, Brahms found the clarinet was his ideal ‘other’ vehicle in the early 1890s. Yet in the solo piano writing, here is a level of intimacy rarely found in the music of his time.

Imogen Cooper began her Wigmore Hall recital with two of the three late Brahms Intermezzi Op.117 – an example of where the composer would give a deliberately ambiguous title to a short piece, allowing himself the greatest possible freedom of form and expression. That said, the first – in E flat major – is simplicity itself, a much loved melody that Brahms used as consolation from the recent losses in his life. For this he drew inspiration from the Scottish ballad Lady Anne Bothwell’s Lament, and the piece benefits from Imogen Cooper’s unhurried approach in this performance (from 1:23 on the broadcast). The second piece in B flat minor is more flowing but also more directly troubled as it progresses (from 6:37), finishing in the lower recesses of the piano.

Published adjacently to the Op.117 Intermezzi are seven piano pieces Brahms called Fantasies – separate entities that work best as an overall whole. There are three Capriccio pieces, placed 1, 3 and 7 in the group, complemented with 4 Intermezzi, Brahms again keeping ambiguous labels for artistic freedom. Immediately however there is more heart on sleeve here, the first Capriccio in D minor (31:31) full of power and passion. The second piece, an Intermezzo in A minor, turns inwards, lost in thought (33:54), though there are brief glimpses of light in the central section.

The third piece, a Capriccio in G minor (37:42), has grand designs but still glints with a metallic darkness, using a falling melody whose outline is common to a number of late Brahms piano works, falling in melodic intervals of a third. A solemn central section is more hopeful before this music returns at 40:03. The fourth piece (40:55) is the first of three centred on the pitch of E, which seem to exist between major and minor keys. It is quite ambiguous, with a questioning harmony and uncertain rhythm – but finds calmer acceptance in its brief central section.

The fifth piece – another Intermezzo, now in E minor (45:06) is more mysterious still, its rhythm elusive, as though Brahms is in a dream state. Moving to E major for the sixth piece (47:58) we return towards earth, though the composer – and performer – are still in deep thought. A sudden jolt arrives with the final piece, another Capriccio in D minor (50:59), Brahms suddenly alert and on the front foot, and ending unexpectedly – and exultantly – in the major key. It is an ending hard won, but also slightly false, as it proves difficult to erase the deeply profound thoughts from earlier pieces.

The Liszt piece is a long slow movement taken from the composer’s orchestral / choral epic, A Faust Symphony. This is a portrait of Gretchen that transcribes particularly well for piano, Liszt’s gifts adapting his music and that of others between forms at its very best here. This is after all a composer who thought nothing of transcribing all nine Beethoven symphonies for solo piano.

Gretchen is tender and romantic, unfolding from the very start in a loving and flowing manner as played here by Imogen Cooper. Gradually the music becomes deeply passionate, Liszt building towards a series of weighty climaxes – the first around 19:10 and then again at 23:45. It can be heard as almost one unbroken phrase, and Cooper keeps a very natural feel to her phrasing, until the main theme returns at 24:14, where there is a very natural return to the mood and tenderness of the opening – before more extended dialogue. The period from 27:45 represents the coda, where a settled mood takes hold.

Throughout this concert Imogen Cooper let the music do the talking, as she always has done – not playing to the audience but producing beautifully rendered and carefully thought performances, with very impressive technical command – especially in the big-boned Brahms pieces. Of equal importance was her use of ‘rubato’, which is essentially breathing naturally in a musical sense so the rhythms sound more like phrases of a spoken or sung sentence. Everything came together wonderfully here, as it did in an encore of more Brahms – a beautifully observed account of the Waltz in A flat major Op.39/15, not heard on the broadcast.

Further reading and listening

The music in this concert can be heard below, in leading available versions. Imogen Cooper has yet to record late Brahms, so the playlist includes timeless versions of the pieces from Radu Lupu and Emil Gilels, along with Cooper’s recently recorded Liszt:

Cooper’s Liszt is part of an intriguing disc of piano music by Liszt and his contemporary and close relative Wagner, recorded for Chandos:

Another Imogen Cooper recommendation brings together piano music by Robert and Clara Schumann – a family affair with the former’s stormy Piano Sonata no.1 and Humoreske, nicely complemented with two of Clara’s Pièces caractéristiques:

Wigmore Mondays – Colin Currie Quartet in music by Pereira, Volans, Stockhausen & Reich

Colin Currie Quartet (Colin Currie, Sam Walton, Adrian Spillett, Owen Gunnell (percussion)

Pereira Mallet Quartet (2013 (1:36 – 10:08 on the broadcast link below)
Volans 4 Marimbas (2016) (12:38 – 33:21)
Stockhausen Vibra-Elufa (2003) (35:40 – 41:27)
Reich Drumming Part 1 (1970-71) (44:30 – 59:59)

Wigmore Hall, London
Monday 1 July 2019

To hear the BBC broadcast through BBC Sounds, please follow this link

Commentary and Review by Ben Hogwood

What a refreshing change to have percussion taking centre stage for a Monday lunchtime concert at the Wigmore Hall. Not only that but two of the four pieces had that ‘just off the shelf’ feeling, with the Joseph Pereira and Kevin Volans pieces written for Colin Currie’s ensemble. As an added bonus, South African composer Volans – 70 this year – was in the audience.

Pereira, principal percussionist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, gave us bright metallic sounds from the start (1:36 on the broadcast). Crisp unison blocks of sound were broken up by quicker figures that gave the Mallet Quartet energy. With a broad range of timbres and pitches, the bursts of activity were often followed by pauses, giving a stop-start feel but ultimately heightening the drama. At 7:30 the quartet converged on a single pitch, D, the high point of the piece at which point the music takes a natural breather. Then the pitches regroup from the depths, returning to a treble pitch from which we tumble down what feels like a waterfall. Pereira’s music pictorial to the close.

Kevin Volans4 Marimbas (from 12:38) exhibited a warmer sound, the players using softer sticks to create a fluid and soothing experience, like running water. As it developed the players negotiated twists and turns skillfully, interpreting the piece an experience of ambient yet positive energy. Around the 19-minute mark the pitch rose, concentrating the mind, but then the sonorous tones of the marimbas’ lower ranges came in again.

Then at 21:45 the performers noticeably reined in the dynamic range, their sticks closer to the instruments as the sound shrunk before our ears. This is a tactic Volans has used on several occasions, working especially well here as percussion is not normally known for quiet performance! The audience subconsciously leant forward in the Wigmore Hall before the reassurance of the full marimba timbre came in again around a minute later. Towards the end it happened again and stayed quiet, proving even more effective second time around.

Stockhausen’s Vibra-Elufa, a short piece (from 35:40), was notable for its intensity and sinuous lines. Performed by Currie alone on marimba, it had moments of tender beauty but also shrill edges, especially when high in the treble range. It left an otherworldly, enchanting impression in the manner of the large-scale stage piece from which it is drawn and arranged, Freitag aus Licht.

Then we were on to Drumming, Steve Reich’s breakthrough masterpiece of 1971 that confirmed minimalism as a community-based musical form (from 44:30). It was a visit to Ghana in 1970 that convinced Reich he was on the right track with what has turned out to be his longest instrumental piece to date. Over time Drumming has evolved, and can even be divided into constituent parts, as here – with Part 1 concentrating on tuned bongos. The technical challenges remain, even over 15 minutes, with improvisational skills and a strong sense of form brought into play. Listen to the broadcast from 44:30 and you will hear how the quartet unite in big strokes of sound but gradually tumble out of phase, picking up kinetic energy as they do so, before aligning again for another commanding statement.

The players were superb, with clear visual communication the secret to a performance notable for its drive, accuracy and flair. Listen to it and lose yourself in the rhythms!
Each of the four pieces in this concert received technically brilliant performances. Currie was the natural leader but Walton, Spillett and Gunnell all stepped forward when required, emphasising the communal approach they have to their music and especially their new commissions. On the way out of the Wigmore Hall I overheard a regular saying it was one of the best lunchtime concerts he had ever been to in the venue, and I am inclined to agree!

Further reading and listening

The music in this concert is not available online, with the exception of Drumming – which exists in a recording made by Steve Reich, Synergy Vocals and the Colin Currie Group. It’s as close to authentic as you could wish for!

Since that recording Currie and Reich have made a live disc from the Foundation Louis Vitton, with a broad range of Reich’s work that includes the classic Clapping Music, the choral piece Proverb, the Mallet Quartet, Pulse and Music for Pieces of Wood. Typically functional titles from the composer there!

There is not a great deal of Kevin Volans’ music on Spotify, but one very good way into his music is via the string quartet – which is where a disc from 1994 from the Balanescu Quartet comes in. Hunting, Gathering, his second string quartet, is particularly evocative:

Wigmore Mondays – Nicolas Altstaedt plays Bach & Dutilleux

Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)

Dutilleux 3 Strophes sur le nom de SACHER (1976) (1:36 on the broadcast link below)
J.S. Bach Cello Suite No 1 in G major BWV1007 (c1717-23) (12:54)
Cello Suite No 5 In C minor BWV1011 (c1717-23) (32:13)

Wigmore Hall, London
Monday 17 June 2019

To hear the BBC broadcast through BBC Sounds, please follow this link

Commentary and Review by Ben Hogwood

The Wigmore Hall is an ideal venue for solo cello, as Nicolas Altstaedt showed in this BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert. Yet before we heard his solo Bach he switched the order of the program slightly, placing the Dutilleux piece first. I must admit I had thought it would be even more effective in between the two Bach suites, but with playing of this insight and quality it soon seemed harsh to quibble.

Along with eleven other composers, Henri Dutilleux wrote a piece to celebrate the 70th birthday of the Swiss conductor and patron Paul Sacher. The brief was to construct a solo cello work using the intials of the conductor’s name (Eb – A – C – B – E – R). Dutilleux was in exalted company – Britten, Boulez, Lutoslawski and Ginastera were some of the other names involved – but he constructed 3 Stophes sur le nom de SACHER, three short but deeply expressive pieces.

Altstaedt played them passionately, immediately enjoying Dutilleux’s ways of exploiting the instrument’s colour through pizzicato, harmonics and a detuned ‘C’ string. The first piece (from 1:36 on the broadcast link) created a heady atmosphere but with plenty of nervous energy, before retreating to a distance. The second piece (4:45) brooded in the cello’s lower register before ascending to a lonely-sounding melody on high. The third (7:20) went at a terrific rate, scurrying figures down the cello punctuated by plucking, then reaching dizzy heights with harmonics that could almost have been from another planet, before swooping down and finishing with aplomb.

Moving to J.S. Bach, the mood eased for a wonderful performance of the Cello Suite no.1. Altstaedt played at a lower ‘baroque pitch’, with very little vibrato and with relatively little flamboyance, happy to let the music do the talking. With an airy Prelude (12:54) followed by a softly voiced Allemande (15:29) and light footed Courante (20:35), notable for its tasteful ornamentation, he was allowing Bach’s dance movements every chance to express their graceful side.

When it came to the slow Sarabande (22:56), he resisted the temptation to do what a lot of cellists do and overplay the double stopped chords, again letting the music speak in quiet, thoughtful tones.

He decided against using the Minuet repeat – a minor shame, as it is such good music! – but the light and shade with the trio section (25:48 and then 26:33) was exquisitely judged, before the Gigue (28:19) danced its way into the distance.

Altstaedt’s choice of suites was very much light and shade, for there is little in Bach with a darker colour than the Solo Cello Suite no.5. The Prelude (32:13) of this suite is austere in the extreme, and again a slightly reserved approach dynamically played to the music’s strengths. The Allemande (37:40) and Courante (43:32) were stern, each dance movement given the appropriate room but very darkly coloured, the rich chords beautifully judged.

The famous Sarabande (45:27), which some have compared to the falling of tears, was suspended in mid-air, time almost stopping as the feather light notes traced their bare outlines. After this a slight pick me up came in the shape of the first Bourrée (49:18), but the second was wispy and elusive (50:48). The concluding Gigue (52:35) gave us more closure but retained the serious air of the suite.

After these performances the lack of an encore was completely understandable, heightening the impact of the music we had heard. It was a very fine concert, and one would hope when he is ready Altstaedt will commit his striking Bach interpretations to disc.

Further reading and listening

You can watch Nicolas Altstaedt play the Dutilleux Strophes here:

The music in this concert can be heard here, in the available versions:

Altstaedt has not yet committed any of the Bach suites to record yet, but he has released a disc of the Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord, with Jonathan Cohen. They can be heard on Spotify here:

The Bach Cello Suites are wide open to interpretation, not just from cellists but from the wider electronic music community. Peter Gregson has a foot in both camps, and last year’s addition to Deutsche Grammophon’s ‘Recomposed’ series was both imaginative and respectful:

Live review – Lucy Crowe, Karen Cargill, CBSO / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla: Mahler Symphony no.2

Lucy Crowe (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), CBSO Chorus,
City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraMirga Gražinytė-Tyla (above)

Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Thursday 13 June 2019

Symphony No. 2 in C minor, ‘Resurrection’ (1888-95)

Written by Richard Whitehouse

Almost 46 years since this orchestra first played it, then 39 years since Sir Simon Rattle made it his mission-statement, Mahler’s Resurrection is one of those pieces which constitutes a ‘rite of passage’ for conductors at the helm of the City of Birmingham Symphony. Tonight it was the turn of Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla – who, coming towards the end of her third season as music director of this orchestra, presided over a reading which assuredly had the measure of a work that, over recent decades, has too often felt in danger of becoming a classy lifestyle accessory.

If there was anything at all lacking (aside from a handful of imprecisions as would only have surprised those drawn to this music for its showpiece potential), it was of the piece evolving as a cumulative and inevitable unity. As often, the first movement brought most reservations – Gražinytė-Tyla’s handling of its long-term momentum being slightly less convincing than her characterization of its individual components; though at its best, as in her easing into the ruminative second subject or her sustaining of tension going from the eruptive climax of the development into the reprise, this was highly impressive. Mahler seldom approached sonata design other than obliquely, and the deadpan fatalism conjured from its final pages suggests this conductor already has the measure of its expressive range if not yet its formal cohesion.

Coming after a judicious pause, there was little to fault in the Andante – its lilting main theme as felicitous as the counter melody with which it finds common cause, and with the animated secondary theme sounding suitably crepuscular. More unexpected was the scherzo, exuding a suave and even phlegmatic air as Gražinytė-Tyla hears it – though few could have objected to the aching nostalgia of its trio, even if tempo elisions during its final stages were just a touch awkward. Karen Cargill (left) then brought out the tenderness and intimacy of the Urlicht setting.

It was in the epic expanse of the finale, however, that this performance readily came into its own. Launched with explosive intent, its starkly contrasted constituents were drawn together so that the sense of a steadily evolving whole was never in doubt. Such as the baleful chorale passage and the ‘last judgement’ frenzy which duly parodies it were judiciously realized, as was the contribution of offstage brass and percussion in opening-out its emotional remit on the way to the (partial) setting of Friedrich Klopstock’s Resurrection Ode which forms the culmination.

Tellingly, Gražinytė-Tyla had the chorus remain seated for most of its length – building gradually but intently towards its blazing affirmation of the beyond. Lucy Crowe (left) was a little overwrought in her initial entries, while joining ecstatically with Cargill in their subsequent duet, yet it was the CBSO Chorus (who must have sung this music more often than almost any other such group) that ensured a truly blazing culmination; after which, the brief orchestral postlude unfolded swiftly and headily toward those majestic closing chords.

Eschewing bathos, and shorn of any tendency to grandstanding, this was a powerful end to what is an impressive interpretation in the making, besides confirming the rapport between orchestra and conductor that is audibly on the incline as the CBSO approaches its centenary.

Further listening

You can listen to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra‘s recording of the Resurrection Symphony with Sir Simon Rattle on Spotify below:


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  • See the main Better Streets webpage for information on street improvement project types, the City’s permitting process, maintenance responsibilities, and applicable codes and guidelines, created to assist San Franciscans to make street improvements in their neighborhoods, shopping districts, and workplaces.
  • See the adopted Better Streets Plan.

The Better Streets Plan creates a unified set of standards, guidelines, and implementation strategies to govern how the City designs, builds, and maintains its pedestrian environment.

The Better Streets Plan process brings together staff of multiple City agencies to comprehensively plan for streets. The Plan seeks to balance the needs of all street users, with a particular focus on the pedestrian environment and how streets can be used as public space. The Plan reflects the understanding that the pedestrian environment is about much more than just transportation—that streets serve a multitude of social, recreational and ecological needs that must be considered when deciding on the most appropriate design.

The Better Streets Plan carries out the intent of San Francisco's Better Streets Policy, adopted by the Board of Supervisors on February 6, 2006. (Source: SF Planning Dept.)

MTC's Complete streets checklist

In June 2006, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) adopted a regional policy to promote the routine accommodation of non-motorized travelers in planning and design of the Bay Area's transportation projects. The Routine Accommodation Policy calls for agency sponsors of any project receiving funds programmed by MTC to complete an online inventory of how the proposed project addresses the needs of pedestrians and bicyclists. For details, please visit the MTC's Complete Streets Checklist web site.

Update! Agency sponsors can now register and submit their checklists directly from MTC's online Checklist database.  The Transportation Authority will review and release the checklist for public review.

As the Congestion Management Agency for San Francisco, the Transportation Authority is responsible for making the checklists available to San Francisco's Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committees for review and comment:

Members of the public can access the cummulative list of San Francisco projects for which the Complete Streets Checklist has been completed to date, and can review the lists by clicking on the individual project names.

To be added to our email notification list for the posting of new Complete Streets Checklists, please email the Transportation Authority Contact below.

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Once Upon a River

by: Diane Setterfield

Meet the Author
Diane Setterfield’s bestselling novel, The Thirteenth Tale was published in 38 countries, sold more than three million copies, and was made into a television drama scripted by Christopher Hampton, starring Olivia Colmanand Vanessa Redgrave. Her second novel was Bellman & Black, and her new novel is Once Upon a River. Born in rural Berkshire, she now lives near Oxford, by the Thames.
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Is it a miracle?

Is it magic?

And who does the little girl belong to?

An exquisitely crafted multi-layered mystery brimming with folklore, suspense and romance, as well as with the urgent scientific curiosity of the Darwinian age, Once Upon a River is as richly atmospheric as Setterfield’s bestseller The Thirteenth Tale.

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Day 91, Web

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Navigating life

Caught in its complexities

Uprooted, stronger.

Feeling a little sick today I think maybe just everything hitting at once, new year this daunting job search etc. Blah you can lose your way. Today my fingers and my mind and muscles are not connected and everything I drew felt lost. Felt disconnected from, I know strength will com in time but for now the icing on the proverbial cake has won. Yesterday we had a bit of a downpour in winter and by night the air and soil were drenched, then it snowed again. A good drenching and then icing tends to sap the energy from every fiber of your being if you are caught within its embrace.

This photo was from our trip to a beautiful Zoo, where they take in and care for some endangered species and care for them. I generally still don’t know how I feel about zoos. But in our world where species go extinct because of people killing them maybe they do have their place, in helping to keep the different species alive. And maybe helping people to become aware of the other beings inhabiting this planet we call home. This photo was of a large intricate netting system of unique rope bridges etc. We went through the whole thing rather proudly fully grown and able to still enjoy some fun such as this. I do recommend removing big bulky photo bags or backpacks lol. Anyhow as my partner started the journey, I saw before me life and all the loopholes, potholes and navigation we must endure to enjoy it.


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7 Years ago today: On 3 June 2012 a Dana Air MD-83 crashed in a residential area of Lagos during final approach, killing 153 occupants and six on the ground.

Date:Sunday 3 June 2012
Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (MD-83)
Operator:Dana Air
C/n / msn:53019/1783
First flight:1990
Total airframe hrs:60846
Engines:Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219
Crew:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 147 / Occupants: 147
Total:Fatalities: 153 / Occupants: 153
Ground casualties:Fatalities: 6
Aircraft damage:Destroyed
Aircraft fate:Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:9,3 km (5.8 mls) N of Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) (   Nigeria)
Phase:Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Abuja International Airport (ABV/DNAA), Nigeria
Destination airport:Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS/DNMM), Nigeria

A McDonnell Douglas MD-83 passenger plane, 5N-RAM, operated by Dana Air was destroyed when it crashed into a residential area of Lagos, Nigeria. All 147 passengers and six crew members were killed. There were 6 ground fatalities.
The airplane was on the fourth flight segment of the day, consisting of two round-trips between Lagos and Abuja. The accident occurred during the return leg of the second trip. The first officer was Pilot Flying.
Flight DAN992 initiated engine startup at 14:36, taxied to runway 04 at Abuja Airport and was later airborne at 14:58. Fuel endurance was 3.5 hours. The flight climbed to a cruise altitude of 26,000 ft.
DAN992 made contact with Lagos Area Control Center at 15:18. At the time the captain and first officer were in a discussion of a nonnormal condition regarding the correlation between the engine throttle setting and an engine power indication. However, they did not voice concerns then that the condition would affect the continuation of the flight. The flight crew continued to monitor the condition and became increasingly concerned as the flight transition through the initial descent from cruise altitude at 15:22 and the subsequent approach phase.
DAN992 reported passing through 18,100 at 15:30. Shortly afterwards the crew confirmed that there was no throttle response on the left engine and subsequently the Captain took over control as Pilot Flying (PF). The flight was however continued towards Lagos with no declaration of any distress message. With the confirmation of throttle response on the right engine, the engine anti-ice, ignition and bleed-air were all switched off. At 15:32, the crew observed the loss of thrust in engine no. 1.
Between 15:37 and 15:41 the flight crew were engaged in pre-landing tasks including deployment of the slats, and extension of the flaps and landing gear. At 15:41:16 the first officer inquired, “both engines coming up?” and the captain replied “negative.” The flight crew subsequently discussed and agreed to declare an emergency. At 15:42:10, DANA 992 radioed an emergency distress call indicating “dual engine failure…negative response from throttle.”
At 15:42:35, the flight crew lowered the flaps further and continued with the approach and discussed landing alternatively on runway 18L. At 15:42:45, the captain reported the runway in sight and instructed the first officer to raise the flaps and 4 seconds later to raise the landing gear.
At 15:43:27 hours, the captain informed the first officer “we just lost everything, we lost an engine. I lost both engines”. During the next 25 seconds the flight crew was attempting to restart the engines.
The airplane did not reach the runway and crashed in a residential area about 9,3 km short of the runway 18R.
During the impact sequence, the airplane struck an incomplete building, two trees and three buildings. The wreckage was confined, with the separated tail section and engines located at the beginning of the debris field. A fire erupted.

An investigation by AIB Nigeria showed that the captain was employed by Dana Air on 14th March, 2012. He was originally from the United States, but was suspended in 2009 by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for some misdemeanours.
It was noted that most of the recommendation letters submitted by the captain were also signed. Further, the line trainings that preceded the captain’s checkout had a lot of adverse remarks made by the training captain.
He started flying as checked out captain on 2nd May, 2012 and had accrued over 120 hours of flight time before the accident.
Tear down of the engines showed that the no.1 engine was overhauled in the U.S in August 2011 and was not in compliance with Service Bulletin SB 6452. Both engines had primary and secondary fuel manifold assemblies fractured, cracked, bent, twisted or pinched which led to fuel leaks, fuel discharge to bypass duct, loss of engine thrust and obvious failure of engine responding to
throttle movement.
This condition was similar to the no.1 engine of a different Dana Air MD-80, 5N-SAI, that was involved in an incident in October 2013 when the aircraft returned to the departure airport with the engine not responding th throttle movements. This engine also was not in compliance with Service Bulletin SB 6452. This bulletin was issued in 2003 and called for the installation of new secondary fuel manifold assemblies, incorporating tubes fabricated from new material which has a fatigue life that was approximately 2 times greater than the previous tube material.

Probable Cause:

Probable Causal Factors:
1. Engine number 1 lost power seventeen minutes into the flight, and thereafter on final approach, Engine number 2 lost power and failed to respond to throttle movement on demand for increased power to sustain the aircraft in its flight configuration.
2. The inappropriate omission of the use of the Checklist, and the crew’s inability to appreciate the severity of the power-related problem, and their subsequent failure to land at the nearest suitable airfield.
3. Lack of situation awareness, inappropriate decision making, and poor airmanship.


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Marine Litter

Marine litter is everyone’s problem, but why?

Marine litter is a global problem. Every year many millions of tonnes of litter end up in the oceans, making it the world’s biggest landfill. Marine litter is now present in every ocean and poses the fastest growing threat to our oceans and coastlines.

The marine environment is effectively a sink for litter and pollution with 80% of litter/debris entering the marine environment from the land.  60% of marine litter is plastic and can enter the marine environment from many sources including, wind-blown litter, run-off from land and waste water discharges.  Plastic does not biodegrade and breaks into smaller and smaller particles over time, eventually resulting in microscopic particles known as microplastics.

Larger bits of plastic such as plastic bags and bottle tops can be ingested by larger animals such as birds, and turtles eventually killing them by blocking their gut.  Microplastics can be ingested by everything from zooplankton which make up the base of the food chain in the oceans, all the way up to seabirds, fish, turtles and whales. Research has shown that they can adversely affect growth and reproduction.

Find out about the Marine Litter policy in Scotland

Marine litter in Argyll and Bute

Across Argyll and Bute, beach and marine litter is affecting our coastline, coastal waters and marine life.  It can also be a significant amenity issue in places and very time consuming and costly to remove from shorelines.  The litter which is washed up on beaches and the shoreline is a small proportion of what is either floating around in the sea or sitting on the seabed.  Removing litter, particularly plastics from the shoreline reduces the environmental impact of litter on the marine environment.

Plastics remain the most prevalent type of beach litter with sewage related litter sometimes higher than other parts of Scotland, particularly in the Helensburgh and Lomond area. Beach cleans occur right across Argyll and Bute and the amount of litter collected can vary considerably each year dependent on changes in effort.

Available data from The GRAB Trust and Marine Conservation Society identifies that on average the annual amount of beach litter collected (excluding large scale clean-ups) is around 1500 bags, covering an area of 2-300km and involving around 1300 volunteers.  The amount of litter, corrected for effort and length of coastline has been remained similar over the last 5 years (2012-2016).

Council’s involvement in marine litter

While the Council recognises beach litter as a significant amenity and environmental issue the majority of our coastline is privately owned and our duty as a ‘principal litter authority’ under the Environment Protection Act 1990, is limited to either land in our ownership or land under our direct control or management.  In respect of its relevant land the Council has a duty to ensure that the land is, so far as is practicable, kept clear of litter and refuse.

Across Argyll and Bute, the Council’s Amenity Services go beyond this duty and on prior arrangement will collect and dispose of bags of litter collected by local groups and organisations during community beach cleans.  For larger clean-ups where large volumes of litter/debris need disposed of, support and assistance can only be provided where resources allow and are therefore considered on a case by case basis.

The Council recognises marine litter as a significant issue and is a contributing member of the Argyll and Bute Beach Forum (ABBF) which is an informal grouping of organisations and agencies which meets annually to discuss beach related issues, marine litter, research, and share good practice.

Find out more about Argyll and Bute Beach Forum

The Council is also a member of KIMO UK which is represented by local authorities across the Highlands and Islands with a shared concern over pollution and marine litter.  KIMO’s flagship marine litter project is ‘Fishing for Litter’ where fishing boats collect litter caught in their nets and dispose of this appropriately at local ports. KIMO UK is supported by the parent organisation KIMO International.

Find out more about KIMO

Work of other organisations

Beach cleaning

Beach cleans are primarily undertaken or coordinated by beach cleaning organisations such as the Grab Trust, ReJig and Beachwatch Bute and local communities or community groups.  Around 10% of the beach cleans are registered with the Marine Conservation Society beach litter programmes and submit detailed information on the amount and types of beach litter collected.  This data is collated and reported annually and gives a basic understanding on emerging trends in the amount of litter and any changes in the presence of specific types of litter.

Education & campaigning

A number of organisations run educational projects on beach litter targeted at schools and communities across Argyll and Bute.  The GRAB Trust runs a Beach School project which has recently been expanded to cover all four local planning areas in Argyll and Bute.  Educational activities are also undertaken by Re-Jig on Islay, Beachwatch Bute and the Marine Conservation Society across the UK.  All of these organisations support and promote Scottish and UK campaigns related to reducing marine litter at source and the environmental impact of marine litter, both raising awareness and lobbying government.

What can we do about it?

There are many things everyone can do to help including: recycling, using less single use plastic in our daily lives, using consumer power to buy responsibly, supporting litter campaigns and getting involved in local community beach cleans. For further information and to get more involved please visit the following webpages:


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PFF: Cardinals rookie S Jalen Thompson could project as nickel

Vic Wharton III #17 of the California Golden Bears carries the ball looking to avoid the tackle of Jalen Thompson #34 of the Washington State Cougars during the first quarter of their NCAA football game at California Memorial Stadium on October 13, 2017 in Berkeley, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

It’s fairly easy to slot in the Arizona Cardinals’ starting defensive backs as training camp for the 2019 season nears.

D.J. Swearinger and Budda Baker will play safety. At cornerback, Patrick Peterson will be sidelined for the first six games due to his PED suspension, and Robert Alford will be the de facto first cornerback in his stead.

Free agent pickup Tramaine Brock Sr. and rookie Byron Murphy appear to be the second cornerback and nickel, in some order. After that, there’s a dropoff in experience and potential.

But Arizona’s selection of Washington State safety Jalen Thompson in the NFL supplemental draft on Wednesday might have given the team another option should one of the top three corners go down.

Thompson stands 6-foot and 195 pounds, but he’s more of a versatile defensive back in the mold of Baker, who last year played nickelback, than he is a true safety, according to Pro Football Focus. The website’s draft analyst, Mike Renner, considered him a second-round talent had Thompson, as expected, entered the 2020 NFL Draft.

Arguably his biggest strength is his ability to match routes from the type of deep-off position safeties see in quarters coverage and its many variations. In Vance Joseph’s defense, that type of ability is required from his safeties.

Could that mean Arizona looks into training Thompson as a nickel rather than a true safety?

PFF sees that potential for Thompson to play man coverage. At Washington State last season, Thompson played mostly as a slot cornerback (378 snaps) but also took 269 snaps in the box and 169 as a free safety.

Thompson allowed 17 catches on 39 targets in slot coverage, and he forced six incompletions, according to PFF, which added that he proved especially disruptive on downfield throws.

Over the last two seasons, the Washington State product has been stellar whenever he’s been tested downfield. Looking at his targets of 10 or more air yards since 2017, Thompson has allowed just nine receptions on 32 targets, allowing just one touchdown and recording eight forced incompletions in the process. The passer rating when targeting Thompson at least 10 yards downfield over the last two seasons? 33.3. Quarterbacks would have been statistically better off by just putting the ball in the stands.

Before losing his college eligibility in late June due to a failed banned substance test, Thompson expected to return to Washington State for his senior year. It’s possible he could require a year of development with the Cardinals having missed a full NFL offseason of rookie camps, voluntary workouts and installs.

Arizona defensive backs like Josh Shaw, Brandon Williams, Chris Jones and rookie Deionte Thompson are among the players who might vie for backup nickel and safety snaps. Baker could swing back to nickel in a pinch if Arizona likes its safety depth more than its corner depth.

But if Jalen Thompson can play catchup and quickly, maybe he’ll give Arizona a depth option it didn’t expect to have just a few weeks ago.

At the least, he’s a potential future piece for a team that has talent but not much depth in its current defensive backfield.

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Easy Art Activity #14 ~Create YOUR vision for 2015

Living with Arachnoiditis Requires Vision~ CREATE A VISION BOARD

My 2014 Vision Board (top)
My 2014 Vision Board (top) ~slk

The narrow lense of Arachnoiditis creates the image that “there is no way I will ever be able to do that again..now…” “I am afraid of what will happen if I…”  While the lense of hope & desire paints the picture,  “I wish I could still…”  “If only I could…” “I really miss doing…”

Survival depends on opening our eyes to see that the truth of our abilities is mirrored back to us when we include all of these concepts into our view of the big picture.  Life with Arachnoiditis changed for me when I allowed myself to see it differently. I realized that I could choose what lens I used to look at my world.

Step 1  (For this activity, I am using a concept that I learned while participating in a business development program for my studio. Jennifer Lee’s Right Brain Business Plan (2013-2014) vision board helped me to plan and launch the Art For Arachnoiditis project. I think it is also an effective way to illustrate how I shifted my arachnoiditis perspective.~sheila)

Use magazines, newspapers, old photos, printed digital photos, copies, etc to find the text and imagery that best displays your ideal year in 2015. There are no rules or limitations to this process. Cut them out.

Paste them onto poster board in any order which is visually pleasing to you. {If cutting and pasting in the old fashioned way doesn’t work for you; try cutting and pasting a digital collage in a photo program or word document.}These ideas and images can overlap and combine in any way that sends a message to remind you that these are the things that make you feel good about life.

When your collage is finished; hang it on the wall or post it to your desk-top, or hang it on the door or ceiling of the room in which you spend the most time. If you cannot hang it up yourself, ask somebody to hang it for you. Best results happen when you hang in a place that is easily visible to you….especially during horizontal time.

If you feel comfortable doing so; please post your collage to share your dream vision with other visitors to the page.

For what seemed like too long, I believed that I had to stop enjoying my life because Arachnoiditis was in the way.

Then I discovered I can work around it. Arachnoiditis does NOT mean that we have to stop or avoid doing these things. It means we must pace ourselves and adapt our methods.

Step 2  will be coming in the next post.

I look forward to seeing your vision for 2015!

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Everyone has a favourite showtune.  Sometimes we don’t even know a favourite song was originally a showtune! Len Power’s weekly program, The Broadway Musicals Yearbook is full of surprises like that.

Each week, he’ll play songs from Broadway musicals that opened in a particular year – the hit shows and the flops.  There’ll be the songs you know and love and great songs you’ve never heard before.  You’ll also be surprised to hear superb songs from shows that lasted only a few performances and would have disappeared if they had not been recorded.

You’ll hear behind the scenes anecdotes of treachery, bad luck, poor management and total incompetency.  Did you know that in previews of House Of Flowers, every time Diahann Carroll had a success with a new song, jealous star, Pearl Bailey, demanded the song for herself?  And what about the lyric writer of Hair, Gerome Ragni, asking for the release of 500 butterflies into the audience at the start of every performance of the disastrous Via Galactica?

Each program focusses on a different year chosen at random – this week it could be 2005, next week it could be 1928 or maybe 1964.  You won’t know until you tune in.  As Broadway music is a reflection of musical styles current at the time, you’ll always hear a rich, varied and entertaining program.  It won’t be a history lesson or a collection of dusty old museum recordings – songs from the early shows will often be sung by modern artists with their own unique interpretations.

The show is written and presented by Len Power, a local theatre identity as well as Artsound’s theatre critic and a member of the Canberra Critics Circle.

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Petr Cabalka (graduated in 2009 at a painting studio of FaVU) works together with a group Anymade (together with Filip Nerad and Jan Šrámek) dealing with an artistic, curator and graphic work. The name of the exhibition – All Alone – paraphrases „the event“ of the artist’s first solo exhibition and at the same time also the romantically introspective character of his paintings and drawings.

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Trump visits areas affected by Florence

Few automobiles can be seen on a road near the coastline in North Carolina, the United States.

President Donald Trump visited the two states most heavily affected by Hurricane Florence and promised that “a lot of money” will be coming from Washington and significant resources will be invested in reconstruction in the region, although he also sparked controversy by expressing interest in an area where he owns a golf course…reports Asian Lite News

A fallen tree lies on the side of a road near coastline, in North Carolina, the United States.

Trump travelled to North and South Carolina, which were deluged last week by a storm that killed at least 36 people in the region, forced the evacuation of thousands and caused economic damage valued at up to $60 billion, according to preliminary estimates, Efe reported.

“To the families who have lost loved ones, America grieves with you, and our hearts break for you. God bless you,” the president said in a statement.

“We will never forget your loss. We will never leave your side. We’re with you all way. And to all those impacted by this terrible storm, our entire American family is with you and ready to help. And you will recover,” he added.

The president, who last year visited Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico after the passage of several hurricanes, repeated several activities that he had undertaken there, distributing hot dogs and other food to people forced from their homes and chatting with some of those affected.

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“Is this your boat?” the president asked the homeowner, and when the owner said no, Trump reportedly smiled and replied, “At least you got a nice boat out of the deal.”

Although the president avoided mistakes such as he made last year in Puerto Rico, where he downplayed the tragedy and said that Hurricane Maria had not been a “real catastrophe,” he did spark some criticism by taking advantage of his trip to visit Navy installations in North Carolina to ask about the condition of Lake Norman.

“I love that area. I can’t tell you why, but I love that area,” said Trump, avoiding mentioning that one of his golf courses, Trump National Golf Club, is located on the shore of Lake Norman, near Charlotte.

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The president said at the emergency centre in the town of Conway that the help that local residents had seen is “nothing” compared to what will be arriving soon.

South Carolina’s Republican governor, Henry McMaster, said that “the worst is yet to come,” and predicted that the floodwaters could reach some five feet in height, adding that the storm and its aftermath could be the worst disaster ever to hit South Carolina.

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Plan Getaways Now for 2019 in Green BayGreen Bay is an incredible destination to visit at any time of year, and as such has proven to be a popular and sometimes busy place.  People come from all over the country to tour wineries and go wine tasting, enjoy the impeccable scenery that Northern Wisconsin is known for, to watch and celebrate Packers Football, and to enjoy the unexpected blend of urban activity found here. In downtown Green Bay, you’ll find a variety of artistic and cultural venues and activities, an incredible range of restaurants, bustling boutiques, a vast network of trails to explore, and a vibrant nightlife.  Combine that with the rural, quaint, yet sophisticated vibe of the city, and you have the perfect getaway destination. Given Green Bay’s popularity, it’s best to book your getaways early and often, as the best choices for lodging, like the Astor House Bed and Breakfast, tend to book up well in advance. Start planning for your getaways in 2019 now, including this great list of events, and book your room at our historic Green Bay Bed and Breakfast today. Continue reading

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Signs That Are Compatible With Aries

Want to Know Which Signs are Compatible With Aries? Read This

If you want to know the compatibility of Aries with other signs of the zodiac, then read on to know the basic characteristics of people with this sign, as well as their relationships with the other signs.
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Last Updated: Feb 23, 2018
According to astrology, Aries is the first amongst all the sun signs. People who are born between March 21 and April 19 fall under this zodiac sign. If you have known an Aries closely, some of the things that you are most likely to notice about them are their leadership qualities, adventure-loving nature, fearlessness, straightforwardness in dealings with others, extreme extroversion, and a positive attitude towards life. Being a masculine fire sign, people born under it are strong, and full of life and energy. On the downside, they can be sometimes very naive and reckless. Nevertheless, even if these negative qualities cause them grievances once in a while, their positive attitude stands them good and very soon they are back in action, being their energetic selves once again.
If you are keen to know about the compatibility of this zodiac sign with the other signs, either you have an Aries person as a partner, a very close friend, or you are an Aries yourself. Scroll down to know all the signs that are compatible with Aries according to astrology.
Aries Sign Compatibility
In astrology, each of the sun signs represents an element, i.e., either earth, water, fire, or water. There are three fire sign, viz., Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius; three earth signs, viz., Capricorn, Virgo, and Taurus; three air signs, viz., Aquarius, Gemini, and Libra; and three water signs, viz., Pisces, Cancer, and Scorpio. According to astrology, Aries is compatible with all the fire and air signs. Here's a list of these signs along with the dates they fall under:
  • Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21)
  • Leo (July 23 - August 22)
  • Aries (March 21 - April 19)
  • Aquarius (January 20 - February 18)
  • Gemini (May 21 - June 21)
  • Libra (September 23 - October 23)
So, if your birth date falls in any of these sun signs, you are most likely to be compatible with Aries.
Aries Woman
As an Aries woman is very independent and strong, she likes to lead the way in a relationship too. She can be dominating, possessive, and jealous, but at the same time very loyal, passionate, and loving. She looks for a long-term relationship and does not settle for anything less. She expects her partner to give her his complete attention and devotion.
Aries Man
An Aries man in a relationship can be the most exciting, passionate, and adventurous lover a woman can ever have. However, he can be fickle too. Once the chase is over, he might lose interest in her. But when in love for keeps, an Aries man changes completely. He is faithful, considerate, and looks well after his woman, provided she does the same for him too.
Compatibility With Different Signs
With Sagittarius:
Sagittarius is the uppermost among all the signs compatible with Aries. Both are independent, positive, and freedom-loving signs. They truly understand each others' need to be individualistic, thus making them compatible for a long-term relationship.
With Leo:
Both these fire signs like to lead, so there might be some issues there. However, both like to socialize, have fun, and are extroverts, making them a match made in heaven.
With Aries:
Nothing can get better than this! Two of the most adventurous, strong, positive, and energetic people together is indeed a fiery combination. Keep the tempers in check though.
With Aquarius:
Aries love freedom and Aquarius need their own personal space, so both will respect these needs in each other. Aries's energy and love for adventure is satisfied by an Aquarius's unpredictability, thus making them an ideal combination.
With Gemini:
Communication is the key to a match between Aries and Gemini. Both are intelligent and like to trade ideas, thus keeping the spark alive in the relationship.
With Libra:
According to astrology, they attract each other because they are exact opposites. Aries love freedom, while Librans like an orderly life; Aries speak the truth and always see the reality as it is, while Librans focus their energies on the positive things in life and tend to ignore the negativity. These differences can either bring them together or repel them from each other.
In the end, I would say that do not solely go by what astrology says. Any two people can make a relationship work irrespective of their sun signs, provided they are willing to work at it and give it their all!
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Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer's David Pecker of Extortion Over Explicit Pics

Thursday Feb 7, 2019

In a bombshell posting, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos accused AMI, the publisher of the National Enquirer, of extorting him over leaked, explicit photos, Business Insider reported today.

"In January 2019, the National Enquirer published an exposé into an affair between the billionaire tech exec and former news anchor and helicopter pilot Lauren Sanchez, and said that it had seen explicit photos of him," Business Insider wrote.

In an extraordinary blog post on the website Medium, Bezos lashed out at AMI, accusing them of attempting to extort him in exchange of not publishing the explicit photos. What AMI seeks is an end to an independent investigation Bezos launched into how the Enquirer obtained the leaked material with which they based their story.

"Gavin De Becker, Bezos' security boss leading that investigation into the exposé, had previously said that 'strong leads point to political motives,'" Business Insider wrote.

"AMI's owner, David Pecker, is an ally of Trump and has previously engaged buying negative stories about the US president in order to bury them, a process called 'catch and kill,'" reports Business Insider. "As such, there has been some speculation that the National Enquirer story on Bezos is at least partially motivated by the long-running feud between Trump and Bezos, who owns The Washington Post."

In his lengthy post Bezos includes email correspondences from AMI representatives, which include the conditions with which they would not publish the photos.

"In the AMI letters I'm making public, you will see the precise details of their extortionate proposal: They will publish the personal photos unless Gavin de Becker and I make the specific false public statement to the press that we 'have no knowledge or basis for suggesting that AMI's coverage was politically motivated or influenced by political forces,'" Bezos wrote.

"If we do not agree to affirmatively publicize that specific lie, they say they'll publish the photos, and quickly," he added. "And there's an associated threat: They'll keep the photos on hand and publish them in the future if we ever deviate from that lie."

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I want to go relax on the beach. Actually, I want to go somewhere I don’t have to overanalyze anything or do anything that has to be done. Because things that have to be done are such silly poos. Maybe that’s not the right word. I call my friends that I like silly poos, not my obligations. Friends that I don’t like are called friends. Anyway…wouldn’t it be nice to escape forever? Or if not forever, at least for a long period of time to some magical place where there is no concept of time so when you come back, you haven’t aged and can pick up right where you left off. Narnia! That’s it. Is Narnia like that? It’s been so long since I’ve seen the movie and read the book. I have the book, but I’m too lazy to extricate it from its home on the shelf and read it again to answer my own question. I’d have to read as fast as Albert from “How to Build a Better Boy” for that to work anyway. It would be nice to be able to talk to books. Then they could answer my questions for me. There would be no need for Google or encyclopedias. Yes, you have entered into the weirdness of YuMin’s mind after work.


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Payton Is Afraid of Dirt

Payton Is Afraid of Dirt

Author: Shanna Simpson
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Payton is afraid of dirt. He’s afraid of germs and getting sick, and spends a lot of his time cleaning and worrying over his fears.

Payton learns he has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). His OCD is like someone in his head is bossing him around all day long. It tells him that he has to wash and tidy, and cannot do the things he wants, like play outside.

With the help of his family and doctor, Payton learns how to manage his OCD by putting it in an imaginary shrink machine, or ROARING it away!

Learn how Payton, and others like him, make their OCD monsters smaller.

You can do it, too!

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