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Pentatonix • PTX, Vol. III • RCA • US Release Date: September 23, 2014
Sometimes, the unlikeliest artist or musicians gain some serious traction – or should I say, attraction from the people? A cappella outfit Pentatonix seemed to come out of nowhere. Well, maybe that’s not entirely true as the group did appear on NBC’s Sing Off, but as everyone knows, only one show has delivered superstars – American Idol. Nonetheless, slowly but surely, Pentatonix have found themselves among the chart elite – the Billboard 200 Chart’s top ten. Go figure!
After releasing three previous EPs, Pentatonix releases a fourth, PTX, Vol. III. Could this be the big one? Quite possibly, given the singles for the effort. If nothing else, covering Ariana Grande and Sam Smith has to count for something.
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Favorites: “Problem,” “La La Latch,” “Papaoutai”


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Have you ever thought about what can be done in a millisecond (ms)? A housefly can flap its wing in 3ms while a honeybee takes 5ms. A human however takes 300ms to blink their eye. Milliseconds are only 1/1000 of a second so they seem so insignificant. But it doesn’t take many of them to wreak havoc on cloud communication performance.
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Figure 1 Reliable Data Transmission via Data Packet Acknowledgements
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The second set of Acks occur at the application layer. Here we’re talking about protocols like ODBC, JDBC or the native database protocols that run over TCP/IP. My Internet research failed to turn up much information on these Acks or their effect on WAN communications. As it turns out these protocols do not have windowing techniques and therefore are very susceptible to WAN latency issues.
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Figure 2: Large File Transfer with 1ms Latency
Figure 3: Large File Transfer with 35ms Latency
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2009 Atlantic Championship
The 2009 IMSA Cooper Tires Atlantic Championship season was the thirty-sixth Atlantic Championship season. It was the first full season of the Championship under the sanctioning of the International Motor Sports Association. After a three-way title battle into the final round at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, John Edwards became the series' youngest champion, beating Jonathan Summerton on a tie-breaker, after both drivers finished on 182 points. They also finished tied on four victories, but Edwards broke the tie with four second-place finishes compared to Summerton's three.
|2009 Atlantic Championship season|
|Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda|
|Start date||March 20|
|End date||October 11|
|Drivers' champion||John Edwards|
|Round||Race name||Circuit||City/Location||Race date|
|1||Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring||Sebring International Raceway||Sebring, Florida||March 20|
|2||Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix||Miller Motorsports Park||Tooele, Utah||May 17|
|3||Mazda Formula X – Race 1||New Jersey Motorsports Park||Millville, New Jersey||June 13|
|4||Mazda Formula X – Race 2||June 14|
|5||Northeast Grand Prix||Lime Rock Park||Lakeville, Connecticut||July 18|
|6||Autobahn Grand Prix – Race 1||Autobahn Country Club||Joliet, Illinois||July 25|
|7||Autobahn Grand Prix – Race 2||July 26|
|8||Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio||Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course||Lexington, Ohio||August 8|
|9||Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières||Circuit Trois-Rivières||Trois-Rivières, Quebec||August 16|
|10||Grand Prix of Mosport||Mosport International Raceway||Bowmanville, Ontario||August 30|
|11||Petit Le Mans||Road Atlanta||Braselton, Georgia||September 26|
|12||Monterey Sports Car Championships||Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca||Monterey, California||October 11|
Seven rounds are held jointly with the American Le Mans Series: Sebring, Miller, Lime Rock, Mid-Ohio, Mosport, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca.
The series planned to open its season on a road course on Hutchinson Island in Savannah, Georgia, on March 15. The race was postponed until 2010, as further work on the track was required before it could be homologated for professional open wheel racing. A second race at New Jersey Motorsports Park and Autobahn Country Club were added instead.
Drivers and teamsEdit
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2009 Atlantic Championship. All teams are using the Swift 016.a chassis powered by a Mazda-Cosworth MZR 2.3-litre inline-4 engine and Cooper tires. C2 Class teams use the Swift 014.a chassis.
|Condor Motorsports||6||Borja García||CJ Consulting||missed Road Atlanta|
|Frédéric Vervisch||Laguna Seca only|
|Conquest Racing||12||James Winslow||Sebring only|
|Matt Lee||Lime Rock only|
|21||Harald Schlegelmilch||Sebring only|
|Genoa Racing||17||Frédéric Vervisch||Quartier / Isomo / Shinokki||missed Laguna Seca|
|18||Tõnis Kasemets||Miller Motorsports Park only|
|Robert Wickens||Mosport only|
|Greg Mansell||Road Atlanta only|
|James Winslow||New Jersey, Mid-Ohio & Trois-Rivières|
|19||Lime Rock, Autobahn & Road Atlanta|
|Jonathan Summerton||Left team after New Jersey|
|Jensen MotorSport||1||Markus Niemela||Joined team at Autobahn|
|2||Matt Lee||Sebring only|
|James Winslow||Miller Motorsports Park only|
|Davíd Garza Pérez||New Jersey only|
|Barrett Mertins||Laguna Seca only|
|3||Michael Nacol||Left team after Autobahn|
|Eric Jensen||Trois-Rivières & Mosport only|
|13||Autobahn race 2 only|
|Mathiasen Motorsports||26||Jonathan Bomarito||Sebring only|
|Newman Wachs Racing||1||Markus Niemelä||Mr. Jones / Nuclear Clean Air Energy / Entergy||Left team after New Jersey|
|34||Jonathan Summerton||Joined team at Lime Rock|
|36||John Edwards||MAZDASPEED / Nuclear Clean Air Energy / Entergy|
|Paladin Motorsports||45||James Winslow||Laguna Seca Only|
|Polestar Motor Racing||35||Tõnis Kasemets||missed Miller Motorsports Park|
|66||Richard Zober||New Jersey, Lime Rock only|
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|77||Frankie Muniz||Stargate Worlds / Cheyenne Mountain Ent. / FireSky||wrist surgery, missed 3 last races.|
|Jonathan Bomarito||Stargate Worlds||Road Atlanta & Laguna Seca only|
|78||Simona de Silvestro||Stargate Worlds / Cheyenne Mountain Ent. / FireSky|
|Swan Racing||29||Ahsen Yelkin||Everclear Specialty Lubricants||Sebring only|
|68||Chris Lee||Everclear Specialty Lubricants||Sebring only|
|71||Michael Mällinen||Mallinen Properties||selected races|
|75||Sadat Yelkin||Everclear Specialty Lubricants||Sebring only|
|80||Hans Peter||Mid-Ohio only|
|88||Mirl Swan||Everclear Specialty Lubricants||Sebring, Mid-Ohio only|
The point system was modified from previous years for the 2009 season. Points are awarded as follows:
- Bonus points will also be awarded for the fastest driver in a qualifying session (10 races will have two sessions), and most places gained during the race.
- This means the maximum a driver can score is 21, as a driver cannot earn the most places gained point, if they've started from pole.
- Only the driver's best eleven scores will count towards the championship.
- Polesitters are denoted in bold. Polesitters are determined by the fastest overall lap in qualifying, and one point is awarded at each round.
- Driver in italics has gained the most places in a round. One point is awarded at each round.
- At round one, no hard charger point was awarded in the C2 Class as no drivers changed positions over the 19-lap duration. This also occurred at rounds two, three and four, but on these occasions due to only one car taking part.
Television and other videoEdit
Web video of events has also historically been available on the series website, and the series also has its own official YouTube channel under the username "AtlanticRacingSeries."
- "Atlantic Championship Schedule Features New Look in 2009". 2008-11-06. Archived from the original on 13 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- "Miller Motorsports Park Announces 2009 Racing Schedule". millermotorsportspark.com. 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2008-10-31.[permanent dead link]
- "Star Mazda Announces 2009 Schedule" (PDF). starmazda.com. 2008-10-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- "Atlantic Series has new owner". montereyherald.com. 2008-11-05. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- "Atlantic: Team Owners Meeting Details Revealed". 3 February 2009. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- Ebentley (2009-03-12). "Garcia Flies Atlantic with Condor to Conquer America" (PDF). imsaracing.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- "Max Lefèvre". atlantic-championship.com. 2008-11-24. Retrieved 2009-02-22.[dead link]
- "Australian champion Winslow lands Atlantic series ride". motorsport.com. 2009-03-15. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- "Edwards Leads Atlantic Championship into First Doubleheader of 2009 Season at New Jersey". Atlantic Championship. Atlantic Racing Series. 2009-06-11. Archived from the original on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- "Conquest Racing signs Harald Schlegelmilch for Sebring race". f1sa.com. 2009-03-09. Archived from the original on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- Communications Inc. (2009-03-15). "Frédéric Vervisch joins Genoa Racing". flagworld.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- "Genoa Racing to skip Atlantic season finale". Retrieved 2013-05-06.
- "Genoa bulks up for round two". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2009-05-15. Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- "Future Racing Stars On Display This Weekend as Atlantic Championship Returns to Mosport". 2009-09-27. Archived from the original on 2011-08-02. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- "Mathiasen and Bomarito return for 2009". speedtv.com. 2009-03-04. Archived from the original on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- "Mathiasen Motorsports Withdraws from Series". eformulacarnews.com. 2009-04-16. Archived from the original on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- "2008 Champ Niemela Joins Newman Wachs". speedtv.com. 2009-03-05. Archived from the original on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- "John Edwards Joins Newman Wachs Racing for 2009 Atlantic Season". atlantic-championship.com. 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2009-02-22.[dead link]
- "Team Stargate Worlds Enters 2009 Atlantic Competition". atlantic-championship.com. 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
- "Atlantic Championship 2009 Racing Schedule". atlantic-championship.com. 2008-07-29. Archived from the original on 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- "2009 Atlantic Championship Points Structure Reconfigured" (PDF). 2009-02-11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
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At Jesus Feet: The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene [Doug Batchelor] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Someone to love me. At Jesus’ Feet has ratings and 12 reviews. Ross said: Well, let’s start with the premise. Doug Batchelor’s At Jesus’ Feet is a hybrid narrative/devot. At Jesus’ Feet: The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene. Front Cover. Doug Batchelor. Review and Herald Pub Assoc, – Religion – pages.
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Flindo Lindo-Anderson rated it really liked it Jun 26, Luke calls her a woman with a sinful past, but John identifies her as Mary of Bethany. Jesus wants a relationship with us.
At Jesus’ Feet: The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene
We experience hurt and pain in this life, but once we seek the saviour and have an experience with him, we begin to embrace what I like to call Christian Sobriety – clarity in words and deeds, batchelo to please him in everything that we do.
WHICH scripture says this woman was a prostitute?
Katarina Stein rated it fret it Mar 27, Mary’s appreciation of the Lord’s healing her of the demons is demonstrated in her love, gratitude, and humble service to him in the resurrection account. She was a prosperous prostitute, but her life was one sad, sordid story–until Pastor’s Doug’s winsome and educational series will revive your faith and strengthen your walk with the Lord as you explore the lives of Bible doyg who point you to the ultimate hero—Jesus Christ.
The happiness Doug wanted eluded him until the day he began reading the dust-covered Bible “Someone” had left in his cave. Nov 24, Samuel Maina added it.
Quotes from At Jesus’ Feet: However, I loved the study portions, where we get to reinforce our understanding of the scenes and opportunities that Mary had at Jesus’ feet, we get to learn on some of the lessons she had, I love the fact that Doug expands on An interesting perspective from Doug, too much imagination in building the storyline. Three different fedt phrases” accounted for in bqtchelor gospels?
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Ever afterward the shame of her past was eclipsed by her absolute devotion to the One who set her free. But how do we come to love Him? We are all addicts, “sinaholics,” says the author, trying to fill with various addictions a gaping void in our hearts designed for God. It’s a tiny book but i read it slow It is this simple: LightSource Today Highlighting inspirational ministries to help you grow in your faith.
Jon Olson rated it it was amazing Apr 04, He used drugs, fought at school, and entertained suicidal thoughts. In this book he tells of some of the gospels. No trivia or quizzes yet. Common terms and phrases accuse Andrew anointed asked Bannack Barabbas began Bethany Bible blood body breath brother Caiaphas Christ Christian church Clopas cloth condemn cross crowd crucified crucifixion dead death denarii disciples Doug Batchelor earth eyes face faith Father feet forgive jseus friends gazed give God’s gospel hand head healed hear heard heart heaven holy Jerusalem Jesus Jews John Joseph Judas judgment king knew Lazarus leaders leprosy living looked Lord Luke Magdala Martha Mary Batchellr Mary thought Mary’s Master Matt ment morning mother mother of Jesus never night Passover Peter Pharisees Pilate prayed prayer preached priests resurrection robe Roman guards Sabbath saved Saviour scribes Scripture serpent shouted Simon the leper sins sister sitting soldiers Spirit stone stood story suffering Teacher tears tell Temple things tion told tomb turned Uncle Simon unto verse weeping wine woman women words young Zacchaeus.
At Jesus’ Feet: The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene by Doug Batchelor
Review and Herald Pub Assoc Amazon. Books by Doug Batchelor. User Review – Flag as inappropriate The premise of this book is false. Nov 01, Annie rated it really liked it.
This should encourage each of us to come to Jesus that we might go for Jesus and become witnesses of His resurrection.
The truth about Mary Magdalene: Mary Magdelene is named elsewhere in John, but not in that passage. He argues against common interpretations of phrases like, “today you will be with me in paradise” misplaced comma or “to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord” perceptually but not literally true.
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There are major problems with this premise, however. Batchelor composites some of the Bible’s many Marys and multiple unnamed women into a single, major character. WHY does any of that equal wealthy prostitute???

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Organic Coffee: Freshen Your Mornings in a Healthier Way
Organic coffee is coffee produced without the use of artificial chemical substances, such as some additives or some pesticides and herbicides.Plus, it is more delicious and has a rich aroma than the regular and conventional coffee drink.
Here are some of the benefits of having Organic coffee:
Antioxidant: Studies reveal that coffee has anti-oxidant content which decreases oxidative stress in the body and hence reduce the risk of diseases like cancer and abate inflammation in the body. Moreover, it repairs the cell damages and helps to stay young.
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Weight Loss: Having an organic coffee can highly benefit people with overweight as it boosts the metabolism and burns the fat cells, leaving no undesirable fat on the body.
Other benefits: Drinking organic coffee guarantees you that no form of toxins or chemicals is placed in the body. In addition, organic coffee also contains magnesium, chromium and potassium in ample quantities, these essential minerals are found very rarely in other foods.


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Author’s note: This article is a good shot in the arm for those who don’t know why Florida is making me sick. The policies in Florida are making a lot of people sick and I hope to unmask what’s being covered up.
Did you know that 47 percent of Floridians have not been vaccinated?
Were you aware that every county in the state of Florida is listed as having high levels of community transmission according to data from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the state of Florida has the highest Covid numbers in the country?
We are #1, an honor I’d prefer to decline, thank you very much. One has to wonder how these statistics haven’t scared some of our elected officials straight.
“In Florida, the number of new cases reported over a week jumped by more than 50% in the week ending July 29, according to a weekly situation report published by the state’s health department. More than 110,000 new Covid-19 cases were reported in that week, compared to more than 73,000 the week prior. In early June, the state was reporting roughly 11,000 new cases weekly.”
The Florida Republican’s fundraising group is selling T-shirts and beer koozies. You can go online and purchase a tee-shirt that says, “Don’t Fauci My Florida”. You may have heard of Dr. Fauci, a world-renowned expert on Covid, hand-picked by our former president. The previous administration undermined, invalidated, or diminished anyone who didn’t toe the line. You may think this administration is asleep at the wheel but do not for one moment. Production of beer koozies that say, “How the hell am I going to be able to drink a beer with a mask on?” are a top priority. I saw a cap that read,” Make America Florida.”
Florida has the highest Covid numbers in the country.
Its elected officials are brainstorming tailgate merchandise ideas for their website while citizens beg for some act of decisive leadership that will address the unvaccinated elephant in the room. What’s wrong with this picture? E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!
I don’t recall exactly when wearing a mask became the highly charged controversy it is, though I remember it was sometime between 2016 and 2020. Those who are opposed to wearing this simple cloth covering feel the government has no right to tell them what to do with their bodies; actually, they feel the government has no right to tell them what to do. Period. The politicizing came when Republicans in the White House wanted us to think everything was perfectly fine and that Covid would be over by March, famous last words.
A mask is now so much more than a face covering. It’s become a bone of contention. Silly me, I thought it was a protective covering to filter out harmful germs. Surgeons have been wearing them forever and they do so to protect the patient. So why are we all in a tussle about wearing a mask?
It’s a temporary sentence just until the numbers start going down the other side of the mountain they are currently climbing up. It is quintessential Florida politics to dig heels in on a point that was invented by a predecessor just to create tension and earn brownie points in the party.
So here’s the real question. Is Ron DeSantis governing Florida or running for President 2024?
Why can’t our governor simply govern? According to the National Governors Association, “Governors serve as the chief executive officers of the 50 states. As state managers, governors are responsible for implementing state laws, and overseeing the operation of the state executive branch.”
So why isn’t he implementing laws, rather than allowing parents to decide? While some parents may be thrilled with the freedom this suggestion presents, others will be tied up in knots about it.
For working parents, keeping their children home presents enormous challenges. Children thrive in social environments, with their classmates and parents will undoubtedly feel pressure to send children, even if it goes against their comfort with the Covid threat.
His latest indecision is to allow parents to decide whether their children wear a mask to school or not. What could go wrong? The less he mandates, the less flack he receives. I predict increased Covid cases, or parents keeping their children home because they don’t feel school is a safe environment. I predict it will go sideways in about 10 seconds. Why can’t he make decisions that protect all of us and don’t require quite so much interpretation? Can you imagine being a teacher in a classroom with this kind of chaos swirling around; parents feeling torn, children becoming victims of this pandemic once again.
Is the desire to keep tourists happy more important than the need to keep taxpayers healthy? Florida has welcomed planes full of people and allowed them to vacation in whatever manner they desire. Yes, rules were in place but enforcement was a concept. I walk down the streets of my beautiful village by the sea and it may as well be spring break. Streets are packed and have been for months and months.
Our leaders have turned wearing masks into a heated issue, and July in South Florida is plenty hot. The only thing packing more fire is the issue of vaccinations; to be or not to be? That is the question.
There is far too much unnecessary background noise attached to getting vaccinated and wearing masks. Yesterday, I was reading the New York Times and I saw a reference to this wave as the “pandemic of the unvaccinated.” If you do a little surfing on the internet, you will quickly find that our government doesn’t appear to be all that concerned, but on a positive note, koozie sales are soaring.
I love living in Florida; sunshine, palm trees, and blue skies, but there is a price to pay. Our leadership in this state isn’t doing everything possible to make clear and obvious guidelines. The message about vaccinations has become fodder for their fundraising flea market. Selling silly merchandise undermines the significance of vaccinating. Not the number of people getting vaccinated is starting to go up a wee bit.
People are afraid, while the good ol’ boys in Tallahassee think of new ways to joke about something that so clearly is a matter of life and death. The motivation for many decisions appears to be based on either jockeying for the next political position to hold or strategizing how best to undermine the opposition, the other party, “the enemy.” It’s kill or be killed politics and people are dying because of it.
“The CDC warns lawmakers that delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and may make people sicker than original Covid. It has a longer transmission window and may make older people sicker. Health officials said federal and state leaders should communicate to the public the benefits of getting vaccinated.” ~ CNN website
On July 19, 2021, the Orlando Sentinel reported that Governor Ron DeSantis wouldn’t commit to holding more events promoting Covid-19 vaccinations and blamed public distrust of “experts” as the main issue. It’s always someone else’s fault, isn’t it? Well, he learned that from the master. Whatever happened to using your platform to do no harm or perhaps actually serve the interest of all of the people who elected you? My frustration with this administration is growing, perhaps at a higher rate than the Covid numbers, and it grows every day, just as they do.

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Sorry it's been such a long wait! I've been so busy lately >.< Decided to vector instead of draw, because I can't draw Fluttershy correctly!
Traced the head and upper body but drew the rest from memory. And yes, I know I screwed up the tail.
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Millions of people on low incomes will start to receive payments of £324 into their bank accounts from Tuesday (8 November), in the latest round of the government’s cost of living support measures.There is no need for people to apply or do anything to receive it – the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will start making the payments directly into eligible people’s bank accounts - so people should watch out for texts or emails from scammers inviting them to make applications.
The payments form the second part of a £650 sum being paid out to people receiving benefits. More than a million households on Tax Credits received the first of the two payments in September.
Those who receive other benefits, including Universal Credit and Pension Credit, received the first of their cost of living payments in July.
The scheme is an attempt to lessen the burden of the cost of living crisis, as soaring energy bills - coupled with rising prices in supermarkets and shops - continue to put pressure on people, with figures showing more and more people are buying less food to get by.
Here is what you need to know about the support on offer.
Who is eligible?
People may be entitled to receive the £650 in two lump sums if they are from low-income households on benefits or receive certain support, such as:
Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Child Tax Credit
Working Tax Credit
To receive the cost of living support you must have been eligible for a Tax Credits payment between 26 April 2022 and 25 May 2022, or later found to be eligible.
If you get both Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit, you will receive a cost of living payment for Child Tax Credit only.
Those who receive Universal Credit, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, and Pension credit received the first instalment of £326 between July 14 and 31, while the second payment of £324 followed in the autumn.
People can check their eligibility for pension credit using an online calculator or by calling a freephone claim line (0800 99 1234).
What do I need to do to claim the money?
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have been identifying those eligible to receive a cost-of-living payment.
There is no need for people to apply or do anything to receive it – so people should watch out for texts or emails from scammers inviting them to make applications.
The payment reference on DWP recipients’ bank accounts will be their national insurance number, followed by “DWP COL”. For HMRC recipients, the payment reference will be “HMRC COLS”.
When will the payments be made?
Some 1.1 million people who claim Tax Credits received the first instalment of £326 in September 2022, while the second payment of £324 will begin landing in people's bank accounts from Tuesday 8 November.
DWP claimants will generally receive their second cost-of-living payments by November 23.
Eligible households receiving tax credits, and no other means-tested benefits, will get their second cost-of-living payment from November 23 and should receive it by November 30.
Is there any other help?
Pensioner households will also receive an extra £300 to help cover the rising cost of energy this winter, while people on disability benefits received an extra £150 payment in September.
From October, households the first of a £400 discount on energy bills that is being paid in monthly instalments to domestic energy customers until March.
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People may soon see a rise in the their wage packet after the cancellation of the 1.25 percentage point rise in national insurance came into effect in November.
When announcing the reversal, the Treasury said most employees will receive a cut to their national insurance contribution directly via their employer’s payroll in their November pay, although some may be delayed to December or January.
But won’t energy bills get worse?
The energy price guarantee, which limits the unit cost of energy, runs from the start of October 2022 until the end of March 2023.
A review will be launched to consider more targeted measures to support households with their energy bills after this period.
Meanwhile, food price inflation has hit a record 14.7%, adding a potential £682 to the annual cost of a household's grocery bill, a research firm has said. Just over a quarter of households (27%) say they are struggling financially – double the figure recorded last November, the research firm Kantar said.
'Many threats remain’
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said that geopolitical tensions, soaring energy costs and long-term pressure on the nation’s finances from an ageing population “add up to a challenging outlook for this and future governments as they steer the public finances through inevitable future shocks.”
The OBR said: “Many threats remain, with rising inflation potentially tipping the economy into recession, continued uncertainty about our future trading relationship with the EU, a resurgence in Covid cases, a changing global climate, and rising interest rates all continuing to hang over the fiscal outlook.”
People can find out more information about cost of living support here.

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GCB Sacks Ex-UT, Capital Bank Workers For "Failing" SSCE, WASSCE GCB Bank has terminated the contracts of 56 ex-staff of defunct UT and Capital Ban
GCB Sacks Ex-UT, Capital Bank Workers For “Failing” SSCE, WASSCE
GCB Bank has terminated the contracts of 56 ex-staff of defunct UT and Capital Banks for not possessing the minimum qualification required to work with the bank.
The termination of their contracts was done after an audit of employees of the defunct banks exposed issues with the minimum qualification of about 160 staff.
The affected staff have since been issued with “termination of appointment” letters signed by the Head of Human Resources, I. Kojo Essel Junior.
One of the letters, dated February 12, 2019 said, “We wish to advise that with immediate effect, your services to the Bank will no longer be required.
“You will be paid an equivalent of one month’s basic salary in lieu of notice in line with section 29 (a) of our Collective Agreement and other benefits you may be entitled to per your contract of employment (less any indebtedness to the Bank).
“You are to hand over any company property that may be in your possession including but not limited to documents, manuals, computer/laptop, mobile phone, ID card, name tag, electronic access card and keys to your line manager/supervisor before your final departure.
“Per a copy of this letter, the Chief Information Officer has been advised to block your access to the Bank’s system and network.”
Although the letter did not state the reasons for which the appointments were terminated, sources at the bank told Graphic Online that the affected persons, even though produced university degrees in applying for their jobs, they did not pass Mathematics and English, and were given time enough to submit official school results to justify their employment, in keeping with GCB Bank employment policy.
“Some produced the required results and are still at post, others, unfortunately, even upon reminders, failed to provide the required certificates. If they have the required response yet refuse to comply, I’m afraid they’re the only ones to help themselves,” said a source close to the Bank’s management.
But Spokesperson for the ex-UT and Capital Banks workers, Raymond Addai Danquah, has described the move by the bank as inhumane.
“For me, it is rather unfortunate that this should happen to these colleagues of ours. The fact that somebody had D or E in one of those core subjects and you use that as a basis to terminate the person’s appointment, this is inhumane and it is about time GCB reinstates these people.”
“How about those who have gone further to do their masters? Are we saying the point of entry into GCB is SSCE?” he quipped in an interview on Accra-based Citi FM.

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Chiropractic treatment allows your body to heal itself without the use of medication
Whether you have trouble falling asleep or wake up groggy from a poor-quality rest, these 7 tips can help you attain the best night sleep... ever!
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It's the holiday season but that doesn't mean you HAVE to gobble 'til you wobble! Check out this video that gives step by step instructions to make this delicious salad as a healthy option to your Thanksgiving meal.
Kid Natural explains what the central nervous system does.
Most people don't really want to take medication if there is a more conservative approach. Try chiropractic first.
In order to be calm and at ease with ourselves, we need to process our emotions.
Cleaning, decluttering and getting rid of things is simple when it becomes a habit
Can meditation actually change your brain?

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Flood-hit businesses in the Calder Valley can apply for a share of a £250,000 fund.
The Recovery Investment for a Stronger Economy (RISE) fund is from Calderdale Council's budget.
It is being used to provide short-term and long-term help to get businesses back up and running.
Small to medium-sized businesses affected by the floods and which suffered loss of stock, loss of business, damage to business premises can apply, as can businesses wanting to install specialist barriers and similar equipment.
Businesses wanting to apply for Rise funding should contact Luke Doran on 01422 392156.
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From Sierra Leone to Cyprus, 8,500 Christmas boxes were sent out to every serviceman and woman from the UK.
Selfless Donna Wood from Staffordshire has left her husband and children at home so she can help save lives in Sierra Leone.
It will be a frosty Christmas morning across the UK but any chance of snow is limited to the Scottish mountains.


The Naxos World label focuses on two recording series: one featuring the folk music of distinct cultures, the other focusing on adventures in fusion. Appealing to those already familiar with the world music genre, as well as to the casual listener. Music lovers around the world can share the experience of contras, sounds from unique cultures, aided by detailed introductory booklets that inform both newcomers and aficionados alike.
The label aims to create an inspiring space where artists and audiences find each other, make different parts of the world and other cultures more accessible, and bring opportunities to artists who don’t yet have access to global markets. Few things unite people in the way music does; it’s a special force that disregards social barriers and discrimination in all its forms. And world music is the biggest celebration of cultures and diversity that goes beyond languages and borders in today’s world.
The Heart of the Dragon Ensemble and Chinese composer Jiang Li present this elegant union of ‘East meets West’. Featuring the sophisticated Chinese xiao and the Dai nation’s joyous hulusi, they seamlessly blend a range of traditional Chinese music with western drums, bass, guitar, piano and strings. The result is a beautiful amalgamation of classic Chinese heritage, Dai nation folk history and western influence.
Encompassing the Georgian holy trinity of food, wine and song, Iberi invite you to a supra feast full of Georgian polyphonic singing! Celebrate this age-old tradition, its toasts to the motherland, ancestors, love and truth, with traditional Georgian songs – historical ballads, work tunes, sacred songs, lullabies and ‘table songs’ for feasting!
Seven thousand years of Persian musical culture combined with ancient and new sounds from Scotland and Denmark, Open Barrier is an improvisational album proving there are no barricades in improvised music, only an ‘open barrier’. Music from around the world is presented in this stunning album by world-renowned guitarist Jon Hemmersam, international daf-player Asal Malekzadeh and virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie.
Jon Hemmersam is a world-renowned musician, composer and improviser, who has worked with some of the greatest names in modern jazz and contemporary classical music. Saxophonist David Liebman compared his talents with those of Miles Davis: ‘Jon is a free music pro, meaning he knows what he wants from the musicians in the textural arena, setting the stage in such a way that the musicians are pulled in a unified direction – much like Miles could’. Hemmersam has also released two books of his compositions: 12 Compositions, for small ensembles, and Danza é Spiritu, for larger ensembles.
Asal Malekzadeh is the founder and manager of the SARMAST Percussion group, which consists of 90 female daf players, based in Tehran. She has received numerous prizes, including two First Prize awards for her solo performances at the 2007 Daf Navazi festival and the 2009 Avaye Mehr festival, both held in Iran. She is practised in various percussive techniques and styles including Konnakol, the south Indian rhythmic system; cajon; congas and bongos; and timbales.
Dame Evelyn Glennie is the world’s premier solo percussionist, performing internationally with the most celebrated orchestras, conductors and artists. Her discography exceeds 40 solo recordings and includes two GRAMMY Award wins, and she has received over a hundred international awards to date, including the Polar Music Prize and an OBE. She was appointed Companion of Honour in 2017.
Hailed by George Bernard Shaw as one of the 19th century’s greatest virtuoso pianists, Agathe Backer Grøndahl was also a pioneer among women composers, juggling marriage, motherhood and an extensive career. She was taught by Liszt in Weimar and, as one of Norway’s most respected composer-pianists, created a large body of work that displays colourful stylistic variety and poetic breadth. The beautiful Sérénade from Trois Morceaux, Op. 15 may well be Backer Grøndahl’s most popular piano composition, but her concert études are virtuoso masterpieces – the folk-tune arrangements drawn from her Op. 30 and Op. 33 sets illustrate her perceptive absorption of her country’s folk music. The remarkable fairy-tale suite I blaafjellet, Op. 44 is possibly the first impressionist piece by a Norwegian composer.
Sara Aimée Smiseth makes her solo debut with this new release. She has toured Scandinavia as well as the United States and Canada giving lecture-recitals – a combination of virtuoso piano playing and captivating storytelling. She regularly plays with some of Norway’s foremost choirs and is also a pianist and a lecturer at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet.
Five music videos featuring Sara Aimée Smiseth are coming out exclusively on Apple Music this Friday, 25 Feb 2022. Stream the videos via the Apple Music Classical Live playlist.
Recognised for leading a trend towards more overtly emotional styles of playing, Fritz Kreisler was known for the bravura and intensity of his performances. His recordings display his wonderfully flexible sound and a controlled but effective expressivity.
The period covered by this eleventh and final volume of Kreisler’s complete recordings was a momentous one, as the ascent of the Nazis meant he was frozen out of German musical life. In 1930 he had managed to re-record a long sequence of titles in HMV’s Berlin studios that had been unsuccessfully attempted in New York, and included here are three test pressings, unpublished on shellac. In London in 1935, Kreisler along with specially selected colleagues recorded his String Quartet in A minor, a work close to his heart. Additionally, an acoustically recorded bonus track is making its first ever appearance on CD.
The items on this final volume in our edition of Fritz Kreisler’s complete recital recordings were again restored and transferred by the renowned record producer, engineer and pianist Ward Marston, whose skills have been suitably recognised with GRAMMY and Gramophone Awards, as well as an ICMA Special Achievement Award.
* Naxos Historical titles are not available in United States
‘Kreisler’s golden sound and inimitable sense of timing remains unequalled in these sweetmeats.’
– BBC Music Magazine on Vol. 5
‘Kreisler in the late 1920s (the period covered by these Victor recordings), with pianist Carl Lamson, drew from his bow a sound that for warmth, vibrancy and elegance would brook no comparison, and don’t forget that this was an age when numerous great violinists were regularly treading the boards.’
– Gramophone on Vol. 10
The A–Z of String Players surveys the lives, careers and recordings of over 300 string players from the past and present. Many great string players who have made recordings are included, from Salvatore Accardo to Pinchas Zukerman.
Enjoy up to 35% off on select Naxos Historical titles on PrestoMusic! Offer runs until 5 April 2022.
The German record label Orfeo is best known for releasing live recordings of German orchestras and artists. The historic series ‘Orfeo d’Or’ has made available a huge number of important archive recordings, including those of the Salzburger Festspiele, the Bayreuther Festspiele, the Bayerische Staatsoper and the Wiener Staatsoper. Recent releases also feature some high-profile young artists.
Until 21 March 2022, PrestoMusic is offering up to 20% off selected titles on Orfeo, including downloads.
Internationally renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin is one of Naxos’ top artists, making recordings of music by Leroy Anderson, Berlioz, Copland, Ravel, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saëns and others that have been received with critical acclaim. His performance of William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and Experience (8.559216-18) won three GRAMMY Awards including Best Classical Album. The world premiere recording of Kastalsky’s Requiem for Fallen Brothers (8.574245) also received a GRAMMY nomination.
His new release Slatkin conducts Slatkin is a special anthology of three generations of his family, featuring his own compositions, as well as by his father Felix Slatkin, and son Daniel Slatkin. The album features a performance of The Raven, a setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, recited by the award-winning actor Alec Baldwin. Historical recordings include Leonard’s cellist mother, Eleanor Aller, being conducted by Korngold in the Haydn concerto, and a 1944 broadcast featuring Felix as solo violinist in the Brahms.
Three bonus tracks, available on streaming and download platforms, feature an arrangement by Leonard’s wife Cindy McTee, a work by Modest Altschuler (member of the Aller family), and a performance by his brother, cellist Frederick Zlotkin.
A recipient of the prestigious National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He has received the Prix Charbonnier from the Federation of Alliances Françaises, Austria’s Decoration of Honor in Silver, the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton Award, and the 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for his debut book, Conducting Business. A second volume, Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry, was published by Amadeus Press in 2017. His latest book, Classical Crossroads: The Path Forward for Music in the 21st Century (2021), is available through Rowman & Littlefield.
In 2018, internationally renowned violinist Gil Shaham recorded Mozart’s complete violin concertos for the first time. He was accompanied by the SWR Symphony Orchestra – which was formed in 2016 following the merger of the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg and the SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra – and by conductor Nicholas McGegan, noted for his expertise in historically informed performance style.
Although Mozart’s five violin concertos represent only a very small part of his output (when compared to the 27 piano concertos and the 41 symphonies), they nevertheless belong to the core repertoire of all violinists. As with his piano concertos, Mozart’s violin concertos were all written in his younger years and are built on a constant dialogue between the solo instrument and the orchestra. Even in the first concerto, the violin is integrated into the orchestral texture, which in itself is much more than a mere accompaniment.
Gil Shaham creates gems of performances with these works and the SWR sound engineers made a wonderful musical experience out of it. Definitely a highlight of the SWR CLASSIC label this year!
Riccardo Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini is a four-act opera set during the Renaissance period. The plot concerns an arranged marriage between Francesca and Giovanni, also known as Gianciotto, who is impersonated by his handsome brother Paolo, and with whom Francesca falls passionately in love. Sometimes referred to as the ‘Italian Tristan’, the opera ends in betrayal and a double murder. The production of this rarely performed opera from the Deutsche Oper Berlin proved to be a huge critical success.
Following the enthusiastic reception of Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane (‘Rediscovery of the Year’ by Opernwelt in 2018, Opus Klassik Award 2020 ‘Best Opera Recording’) [2.110584-85 / NBD0083V] stage director Christof Loy teamed up again with soprano Sara Jakubiak exploring the psyche of a passionate woman loving to the utmost.
‘Carlo Rizzi conducts…with the greatest diligence and energy… a wonderful discovery.’
– br klassik
‘The cast would triumph on any stage worldwide.’
‘Perhaps the best streaming premiere in these miserable times of the pandemic.’
– Süddeutsche Zeitung
|Paolo il Bello||Jonathan Tetelman|
|Giovanni lo Sciancato||Ivan Inverardi|
|Malatestino dall’Occhio||Charles Workman|
|Ostasio||Samuel Dale Johnson|
|Ser Toldo Berardengo||Andrew Dickinson|
|Il giullare||Dean Murphy|
|Il balestriere||Patrick Cook|
|Il torrigiano||Thomas Lehman|
|Chorus Master||Jeremy Bines|
|Stage Director||Christof Loy|
|Set Designer||Johannes Leiacker|
|Costume Designer||Klaus Bruns|
|Lighting Designer||Olaf Winter|
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In a career that spans five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers of music for film and for the concert stage. He has received a variety of prestigious awards, including the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honor, the Olympic Order, and numerous Academy Awards, GRAMMY Awards, Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards.
Williams has composed the music and served as music director for more than one hundred films. His 40-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, four Indiana Jones films, and many more. He has appeared on recordings as pianist and conductor with Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Jessye Norman and others. Williams has received five Academy Awards and 50 Oscar nominations, making him the Academy’s most-nominated living person and the second-most nominated person in the history of the Oscars. His most recent nomination was for the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He also has received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), 22 GRAMMYs, four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records.
Featuring acclaimed soloists and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin has recorded five of Williams’ concertos – namely for violin, cello, bassoon, horn and tuba – released on Naxos Portara*.
* Available only on streaming and download platforms
Ulysses is one of the greatest literary works in the English language, first published on 2 February 1922. In his remarkable tour de force, James Joyce catalogues one day – 16 June 1904 – in immense detail as Leopold Bloom wanders through Dublin, talking, observing, musing – and always remembering Molly, his passionate, wayward wife.
This award-winning audiobook, one of the most popular and bestselling titles on Naxos Audiobooks, was produced in 2004 and features the celebrated Jim Norton, with Marcella Riordan. The spoken-word format is ideal for Joyce’s work – not just in assisting comprehension (and completion!), but in inviting the listener to become fully immersed in the language of the book. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the lengthy stream-of-consciousness passages, most notably Molly Bloom’s Soliloquy, where the lack of punctuation gives little help to the performer (or reader). The audiobook adds a further layer to a book that, a century after its first appearance, never fails to reveal new depths each time it is encountered.
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Peter Breiner is one of the world’s most recorded musicians with over 200 releases and more than two million albums sold. His latest project on the Naxos label, Calm Romantic Piano, continues with its third instalment.
These calm and soothing piano compositions meld melodic substance with the musical expression so often lacking from the extant market recordings of ‘relaxing music’. The early recording sessions took place at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Norwegian pianist and composer Helge Iberg says listening to the Beatles in his childhood and early youth left lasting impressions. Their style of melody and harmony were as fresh and challenging as their attitude and concepts. No doubt they revealed groundbreaking ideas in the field of popular music. We talk to him about his upcoming release on NXN Recordings.
NMG: Tell us a bit about your background.
Helge Iberg: I was born in a small town in the county of Telemark which is famous for its beautiful mountain scenery, its folk traditions and Hardanger fiddle music. However, I grew up in the rural industrialised part of the county where my early musical experiences were the provincial, but urbanised, musical culture. My father was an amateur musician and encouraged me to take piano lessons and listen to all kinds of music. So I developed an early interest in both classical and jazz music. Later on I studied music, religion and the History of Ideas at Oslo University. The main occupation of my adult life has been contemporary composition, but beside that I have also written essays and two books about society and culture. As you know, my piano career has been somewhat limited because of a neurological problem, but in the last decade I have ‘restarted’ my activities as an improviser and jazz-player.
What is your motivation and inspiration behind making this album?
Interestingly the impulse for this album started as an innocent request at a dinner party where a friend encouraged me to play a Beatles song. I was a bit astonished by how easily I was able connect my own musical ideas to this song, and the way the music formed a connection to the people listening. Then someone suggested I should make a recording with my own interpretations of Beatles material. That was really the start of the project.
How did you go about choosing the songs for this album?
After deciding upon the project, I sat down at the piano trying to recall Beatles songs that I love. I also chose some famous songs that are a bit ‘corny’, to see if I could ‘re-frame’ them in a new direction. I did not ‘compose’ my interpretations, but formed them improvising at the piano.
How do you believe your background as a composer plays in to your interpretations on this album?
Although I don’t use the musical language of my composing in these songs, there are obviously tonal colours and a certain freedom to move in a wide musical spectrum that come from my composing experiences. I also think that the composer’s ability to form a musical story or drama can be traced in my playing. Anyhow, I loved using some classical-romantic elements that ‘has a life under my skin’, but which are hard to incorporate in a contemporary musical language.
What do the Beatles mean to you?
Listening to the Beatles in my childhood and early youth left lasting impressions. Their style of melody and harmony were as fresh and challenging as their attitude and concepts. No doubt they revealed groundbreaking ideas in the field of popular music. The Beatles’ songbook has been loved by three generations now. They have formed the best part of western popular culture and left traces in peoples’ hearts.
The first single, Blackbird, is now available on streaming and download platforms. Helge Iberg’s The BLACK on WHITE album comes out in March 2022.
Hosted by African pop star Angélique Kidjo, NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts (Home edition) partnered with globalFEST in January for a thrilling online music festival – three nights, nine bands, and a world of musical traditions – which featured Indian singer-songwriter Kiran Ahluwalia!
Kiran Ahluwalia’s original compositions embody the essence of Indian music while embracing influences from Mali and Western blues, rock, R&B and jazz. With her six-piece group of electric guitar, accordion, organ, tabla, bass and drum kit, Ahluwalia creates boundary-breaking songs that invite us to explore the human condition, transcending the self by losing ourselves in a trance of groove and melody. The two-time JUNO and Songlines award winner’s open-hearted vocals have positioned her as one of global music’s most compelling cross-pollinators. ARC Music released Ahluwalia’s album Sinata: Stillness, in 2015.
Looking for new music? Our selection of curated playlists has you covered with music to complement the season, moment, or activity! Discover iconic recordings in the Celebrate Classical! Black History Month playlist and explore works by legendary Black composers in unCLASSIFIED’s Hues of Music: Black Voices playlist. Need to find a way to set a romantic mood for Valentine’s Day? Stream the Love and Romance playlist or Grand Piano’s Romantic Piano playlist. Happy listening!
Grand Piano celebrates its 10th anniversary with a series of limited-edition boxed sets, starting with a collection of piano music by female composers on 10 CDs. The celebrated International Women’s Day falls on the 8th of March, making this release especially meaningful.
Ranging from the 18th century to the music of our time, this collection of critically acclaimed recordings explores the significant contribution to solo piano repertoire made by a wide variety of women composers. These rare and important pieces include the works of the celebrated pianist Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy and of Hélène de Montgeroult, whose sonatas are distinctive additions to the Classical and early Romantic periods. Maria Szymanowska’s deft dances contrast with the fearsome demands of Teresa Carreño, herself a great virtuoso. Vítězslava Kaprálová was the most important female Czech composer of the 20th century, while Agathe Backer Grøndahl was one of Norway’s most respected composer-pianists. Tanya Ekanayaka continues the lineage in her own diverse and hybrid pieces.
‘For a New Yorker, anything is possible.’ The Gilded Age begins in 1882 with young Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson) moving from rural Pennsylvania to New York City after the death of her father to live with her thoroughly old money aunts Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) and Ada Brook (Cynthia Nixon). Exposed to a world on the brink of the modern age, will Marian follow the established rules of society, or forge her own path?
Season 1 of The Gilded Age premiered in January on HBO and features excerpts from John Knowles Paine’s Second Symphony ‘In the Spring’, recorded by the Ulster Orchestra and JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559748).
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Bach's B Minor Mass is the Everest of choral works. Where some performances make you only too aware of the huff and puff needed to reach the summit, conductor Alex Patterson and his forces seemed to defy gravity, flying above the many obstacles which the score places in the way of the unwary. Of course, this sense of effortlessness can only be generated by meticulous preparation.
The 31 members of the Cathedral Choir pack a powerful punch. The 'k' which kick-started the Kyrie eleison was explosive, heralding a performance which gleamed brightly and had a strong sense of purposeful conviction throughout. The way the opening was moulded also boded well, the sound allowed to swell towards the ends of phrases like buds opening to full ripeness.
In fact it was the subtle control of dynamics which gave the performance so much of its 3D effect. Other notable features included the fearlessly fast speeds which Alex Patterson adopted for the end of the Gloria and for the Hosanna, the Choir clearly relishing the chance to release all those notes stored in their bloodstream. The Sanctus was allowed to float heavenwards whilst moments such as the Gratias agimus and the Pleni sunt coeli had a much earthier, dance-like quality.
On Saturday night its glorious opening could hardly have been more dazzlingly theatrical: after a brief, urgent solo prayer the Heavens themselves seemed to open, with brass fanfares and a tsunami of bright, buoyant choral sound. The effect was like sun bouncing off the Venetian lagoon, piercing the windows of St Mark's.
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In many places throughout
the UK and indeed the rest of the world, there are traces of our
distant ancestors. Some of the most interesting and evocative
are the Standing Stones & Stone Circles from the Neolithic
and Bronze age periods.
Often situated in some
of the most impressive countryside, these sites are both fascinating
and intensely moving. Depending on who you talk to these are meeting
places for ancient Druids, Beacons of Earth Energy, or even Landmarks
for Alien Spacecraft.
Regardless of your
views, they are well worthy of visiting. Some areas of the UK
have more than there fair share of sites, such as Wiltshire, and
Cornwall, others such as Leicestershire, have very few if any.
Often examining a local ordnance survey map will highlight some
odd stone sitting in a field which a little searching in the library
highlights some local legend. Often these sites do not reach back
to the times mentioned earlier, but they are still sites of great
Sites that I find to
be of great interest are: The Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire,
Avebury in Wiltshire, the Men an Tol in Cornwall, and the Stones
of Callanish in Lewis Island. These are but a few of the wonderful
sites in the UK. Other sites not that far away include Carnac
in Brittany - France. Here huge stone rows litter the countryside,
a quite awe-inspiring display of Prehistoric construction.
Of course we have to
mention Stonehenge. Possibly the most famous monument of them
all. Unfortunately under the Mismanagement of English Heritage
this monument has been stolen from the people of The Free State
of Albion. They have spent huge amounts of money promoting this
great site, and then complain when everybody turns up, and starts
to erode it.
Obviously a major site
for many years, Victorians met for concerts there, others went
to pay respects to their ancestors, and look for meanings special
to them. Now I am afraid that has been stolen from us. A fine
site, but in many ways overrated - it displays a powerful presence
across the barren Salisbury plane. For many years people have
flocked here to celebrate the summer solstice, have danced, made
love, partied and bathed in the presence of their ancestors. Celebrating
the wonders of the universe and things beyond.
This has been destroyed
for the people of this country by the authorities. One day the
monument will be back in the hands of the people, not just a privileged
It is a fine monument,
but do be prepared to be disappointed. You can't have your picture
taken lying on the Slaughter Stone anymore. Best I leave it there.
Follow the link to
the sites I have included as a taster. A recommended reading list
is included as well.
Particular Prehistoric Sites List
Prehistoric Literature & Links
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So it seems as if I've finally exhausted my photos from the desert, I bet you never thought this day would come, huh? Here are a few random photos, iphone and otherwise, that didn't make it into my posts but that I wanted to share all the same:
I bought a new bathing suit for summer! The grey top and striped band are part of the suit, the shorts are separate (although they do go so well together). Suit: Parker Barker for Lime Ricki (A month or two ago Calivintage had a coupon code that was too good not to pass up -thanks Erin!), heart shorts: a gift from Grant, Keds, Asos sunglasses
Nibblin on this hummus plate poolside, so good!
And of course, reading A Clash of Kings (just started A Storm of Swords a few days ago, FYI!)
We did some thrifting while out in Palm Springs:
Some sort of stackable kitchen canister thing from the 60s
A cool metal tray
A bright Asian style vase
I love seeing items in their original packaging
A humongous old bedspread that was in the $1 bins
In Grant's mind, the campaign dresser that got away. I was seriously obsessed with campaign furniture a few months ago and had plans to do some DIYs for bedside tables (but then got lazy once I realized how expensive the brass campaign pulls are). Hope this dresser went to a good home!
Not sure what this is, maybe for shoe storage?
Love old sewing supplies, especially thread on wooden spools!
Chicken marsala at Jakes (the most underrated restaurant in Palm Springs. It's amazing)
I got the meatloaf (I love a good meatloaf) with truffled mac'n'cheese and roasted asparagus. SO GOOD.
Having a look at the taxidermied native wild life up at the aerial tram lodge.
An oasis in the desert: Palm Canyon
That's all folks! 'Til next time!


Special thanks to Ranjana Srivastava for answering 5 questions about her recently featured book – Dying For a Chat: The Communication Breakdown between Doctors and Patients
Dr Ranjana Srivastava was educated in India, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. She graduated from Monash University with a first-class honours degree. In 2004 she won the prestigious Fulbright Award, and was admitted as a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2005 and started practicing oncology in the public hospital system. Ranjana’s writing has been published worldwide, including in Time magazine and The Week, and in medical journals The New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Journal of the American Medical Association and Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care Management. In 2008 her story ‘Ode to a Patient’ won the Cancer Council Victoria Arts Award for outstanding writing. – From Ranjana’s Homepage
Ranjana’s Homepage: http://www.ranjanasrivastava.com
#1 – What was the impetus for you in writing this book?
I was moved to write this book after I began wondering whether a large part of the care that my colleagues and I were offering people was actually meaningful. This led me to being more observant during conversations with my colleagues, patients and families, confirming my belief that even if were providing care that was world-class, perhaps we could do better communicating our goals. These musings led to my book.
#2 – Is this communication breakdown a recent development? Or has it existed for some time in the medical profession?
Patients have argued for better communication for a long time but I think this deficit in the art of medicine has become increasingly more visible as there is an explosion in the science and technology of healthcare that has led us all to strive to keep up with understanding things. So patients probably feel even more left behind than they have previously.
#3 – There is so much information out there for patients to get through. What do you think public media can do to help alleviate this difficulty?
I think that we must prepare ourselves to have more realistic and rational conversations about what we can expect from healthcare. Whilst these are very exciting times in medicine, doctors do not possess the cure for all ills and it is unrealistic to expect that they will produce miracles. Media, journals and indeed, doctors themselves, can portray a more balanced and nuanced version of the potential of modern medicine without setting up patients to feel disappointed.
#4 – What has the response to your book been from your medical colleagues?
To be honest, the greatest response has come from outside the profession. Many people have written to me or stopped me somewhere to say that reading the book helped them crystallize the health decisions they might make for themselves, an elderly parent or a suffering spouse. I think that as a doctor, it can be discomfiting to entertain the thought that one’s lack of communication could be contributing to a poorer outcome. But of course, this is not a book about apportioning blame but rather to engage all of us in a conversation about our future health. After all doctors are not immune from being patients!
#5 – Are you working on a new book that you can tell us about?
I am delighted to say that I am working towards a book aimed towards helping cancer patients and their carers navigate the whole cancer journey. I am hopeful that this will be a useful book when it comes out next year.
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Januae manages to secure travel to Milave, but during a stop along the way he finds himself in an illuminating situation.
Written and produced by David S. Dear.
The voice of Januae was performed by David S. Dear.
The voice of Nentani was performed by Daisy Guevara.
The voice of Dustik was performed by Stan Morris.
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Washington, November 7 (ANI): Nerves damaged by brain or spinal cord injury may be regenerated by silencing natural growth inhibitors, according to a new study.
Researchers at Children’’s Hospital Boston conducted an experiment on mice by temporarily silencing genes that prevent mature neurons from regenerating, and causing them to recover and re-grow vigorously after damage.
Dr. Zhigang He, Associate Professor of Neurology who is also the senior author of the paper, highlights the fact that currently there is no treatment for spinal cord or brain injury because injured neurons cannot regenerate.
Studies conducted in the past, which looked at removing inhibitory molecules from the neurons” Environment, have found only modest effects on nerve recovery.
However, He and Dr. Mustafa Sahin have found that re-growth is primarily regulated from within the cells themselves.
“We knew that on completion of development, cells stop growing due to genetic mechanisms that prevent overgrowth. We thought that this kind of mechanism might also prevent Regeneration after injury,” says He.
The researchers point out that the key pathway for controlling cell growth in neurons, called the mTOR pathway, is active in cells during development, but is substantially down-regulated once neurons have matured.
Upon injury, this pathway is almost completely silenced, presumably for the cell to conserve energy to survive.
The researchers are of the view that preventing this down-regulation may allow regeneration to occur.
During the study, Hes team used genetic techniques to delete two key inhibitory regulators of the mTOR pathway, known as PTEN and TSC1, in the brain cells of mice.
The mice were subjected to mechanical damage of the optic nerve two weeks later.
Two weeks post-injury, it was observed that about 50 percent of injured neurons in the mice with gene deletions of PTEN or TSC1 survived, compared to about 20 percent of those without the deletions.
Up to 10 per cent of the surviving mutant mice showed significant re-growth of axons, the fibre-like projections of neurons that transmit signals, over long distances.
This re-growth, according to the research team, increased over time.
He says that though the current study used genetic techniques, it may be possible to accomplish the same re-growth through pharmacologic means.
“This is the first time it has been possible to see such significant regeneration by manipulating single molecules. We believe that these findings have opened up the possibility for making small-molecule drugs or developing other approaches to promote Axon regeneration,” adds He.
The researchers have also to determine whether such regenerated axons can restore function.
They are presently looking at axon regeneration after spinal cord injury, hoping that their approach may lead to future neural regeneration therapies. (ANI)


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