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The 2020 Ford F-150 and Chevrolet 1500 are two all-American trucks competing for the win. Wondering which tows the most? Or which truck offers more on-road comfort? Which can handle itself best in off-road territory? Our comparison guide has the answers you seek.
Work-Friendly Utility: 2020 Ford F-150
When it comes to towing, the F-150 leads the pack. Depending on how you configure yours, this full-size pickup can tow up to 13,200 pounds. Back in the Silverado 1500, you’ll max out at just 12,200 pounds.
The F-150 also has some exclusive, work-friendly features that highly recommend it. For example, the Trailer Backup Assist system gives you a way to steer a trailer in the desired direction as you back into a parking space.
Off-Road Prowess: 2020 Ford F-150
Not only can you add four-wheel-drive utility to any Ford F-150, but you can also opt into the special F-150 Raptor model. And, if you happen to be looking for all-out, wild-style performance, opting into the Raptor certainly has its benefits.
This truck is meant for the off-road, with all the standard equipment necessary to muck through mud, snow, and riverbeds. That means a special upgraded four-wheel-drive system, Fox shocks, upgraded off-road tires, and a modified long-travel suspension. Best of all, the Raptor features a high-performance version of the F-150’s top engine, a 3.5-liter turbocharged V6 engine that makes 450 horsepower and 510 pound-feet of torque.
In the Silverado 1500 lineup, you’ll also find an off-road-ready truck, the Custom Trail Boss. It does include standard all-wheel drive and the Z71 off-road suspension package. However, the Custom Trail Boss lacks the Raptor’s power. It features the base engine, a 4.3-liter V6 rated for 285 horses and 305 pound-feet of torque.
Diesel Power: 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
The Silverado’s new optional diesel engine is both thriftier and more powerful, giving it the edge when you want to pair towing prowess with maximum fuel economy. This 2.0-liter inline-six turbodiesel engine offers 277 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque for your towing pleasure. But it also earns up to 27 mpg combined (23 city/33 highway mpg).
The F-150 also offers a new diesel engine, and there’s a lot to like about it – including the fact that it blends strong towing power with fuel-efficiency. Compared to the Silverado’s diesel engine, though, Ford’s 3.0-liter turbodiesel V6 is slightly less powerful, offering 250 horses and 440 pound-feet of torque. EPA ratings for this engine haven’t been released yet, but Ford estimates that it’ll earn up to 30 mpg on the highway.
Comfort and Style: 2020 Ford F-150
Both the 2020 Ford F-150 and the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 have a lot to offer by way of luxury. As you climb each truck’s trim models, you’ll find all the high-end goodies, from leather upholstery to stylish wood trim.
However, the F-150 offers one main advantage: plusher seating. Compared to the Silverado 1500, Ford’s full-size truck keeps you comfier longer. That’s especially true if you select the F-150’s optional front multicontour seats, which can cool you off, heat you up, or even give you a massage.
The Chevrolet Silverado 1500 does have the edge in the diesel department, but the 2020 Ford F-150 has the advantage everywhere else. Choose Ford’s best selling full-size truck for modern style, off-road capabilities, and all-out towing and hauling capabilities.


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Saturday festival, car show to benefit families of fallen SAPD officers
Second annual 'Memorial Festival' to be held Saturday at SAPD Academy on SE Loop 410
A festival will be held this weekend to raise funds for the families of fallen San Antonio police officers, and to honor their memory.
The second annual “Memorial Festival and Car Show” will be held on Saturday, March 9, at the San Antonio Police Academy grounds located at 12200 SE Loop 410.
“In 2011, we had an officer killed in the line of duty, Stephanie Brown,” said Deputy Chief Janae Florance, with the San Antonio Police Department. “She left behind a 1-year old daughter. So, a group of female officers came together and said we want to do something to stay in touch with Audrey, the daughter.”
Since then, the female officers and others within the force have organized the event, which raises funds for fallen officers’ families to travel to Washington, D.C. for National Police Week.
Last year, the funds sent the family of Ofc. Stephanie Brown to the event. This year, proceeds will send the family of Ofc. Edrees Mukhtar, who died in 2012.
“It's really a fun day, we have things for the kids, we have a petting zoo, pony rides, lots of carnival type games,” said Florance. “I would hope the community would want to participate in honoring the families and helping them remember, and helping to show love from San Antonio, that we appreciate the sacrifice their loved one made.”
There is a tax-deductible donation of $10 at the door. Admission for children is $5.
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The Firefly fan base was so rabid, in fact, that they kept the characters, the buzz, and the show alive in fan fiction and DVD sales for several years after the its demise. Universal Studios was impressed by the fans’ showing (they call themselves Browncoats—the nickname for those who fight the Alliance), and was subsequently convinced to give Whedon writing and directorial duties and an action-flick budget to bring Serenity back to life.
Since I’d never seen Firefly, I was worried I’d be too out of the loop to enjoy the movie, but Whedon has made it accessible for Browncoats and non-Browncoats alike. The movie got hearty laughs and several rounds of applause from the Serenity-T-shirt-clad group sitting near me, and I was laughing with them.
Despite its elaborate special effects and sets, Serenity felt like a TV show – but that wasn’t a bad thing. In fact, it made very clear that the average Hollywood action flick could use a writer like Whedon. The comic timing was great, the jokes funnier, and the catchphrases more believable than the average big-budget adventure. Most action movies seem to labor under the misapprehension that big noise and bigger guns buy them the right to forego clever writing, or take themselves too seriously to find the humor in an intergalactic fire fight. Serenity does neither, and the result is a film that covers a lot of the entertainment bases.
The cast members, all of which Whedon brought from the TV show into the movie project, obviously had 13 episodes of chemistry under their belts. They left you expecting and wanting to see them again in a week instead of forgetting about them after two hours. Gina Torres as Zoe is a tough first officer, Jewel Staite is the scatterbrained, lovelorn mechanic, Kaylee. Adam Baldwin and Alan Tudyk round out the crew with their portrayals of the loveably insubordinate ballistics expert and the calm, skilled pilot, respectively.
A few of the relationships were underdeveloped. Leading man Fillion and another Serenity passenger, Inara (played by Teri Hatcher look-alike, Morena Baccarin) clearly had had a relationship in the past, but it’s never fleshed out, with the notable exception of a hilariously awkward post-break-up conversation they have over the ship’s videophone. River, who is able to develop her quiet character in between fights with subtle facial expressions is unable to develop much of a relationship with her brother, Simon (Sean Maher).
The fight scenes are well done—likely a result of Whedon’s years of work on Buffy. They’re made even more impressive by the grace of 24-year-old Summer Glau, whose first career as a prima ballerina helps her make a high roundhouse kick look both beautiful and believable on a 100-pound girl.
All in all, Serenity is a thoroughly good time, and if it takes off on the big screen, many more movie-goers may start requiring more than big guns from a big-budget action movie. That wouldn’t be a bad thing for movie-goers, and it certainly won’t be a bad thing for Whedon, who I hope has more than a few offers in his future.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to Tivo re-runs of Firefly on the Sci-Fi Channel. Maybe I’m a sci-fi kind of girl after all.


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On My MP3 Player: The Hell Song by Sum41; thanks to Don ;)
Subject of the Day: Old friends
Random Quote: If any idiot can do it, why can‚Äôt you?
I was thinkin about my old friends.Like in preschool, there was this girl named Kim that I met. I think she was one of my mother‚Äôs friends or something. The teacher was like, ‚Äú Draw your family, please.‚Äù And so we all draw our pictures. The teacher looks at them., smiles, and said, ‚Äú Good Job‚Äù. Then Kim‚Äôs picture comes up. ‚Äú This is your pictre?‚Äù the teacher asks. Kim nods and grins. It‚Äôs a bunch of cows. The thing was, the teacher didn‚Äôt know that the only thing Kim knew how to draw was cows. And the last time I‚Äôve seen Kim, which was like 6th grade, her humans still kind of look like cows.

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Little, Brown & Co., 2011 (2011)
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Reviewed by Ricki Marking-Camuto
hat if the government's solution to whatever is ailing society is to build a giant dome over the population? This is the premise for Sara Grant's YA dystopian,
eva Adams is supposed to be a good girl – she is the daughter of the Minister of Ancient History after all. But ever since her grandma disappeared, Neva has wondered where missing people go. Her best friend, Sanna, comes from a family that was always part of the resistance, and the two of them cannot help but try to start their own as soon as they are sixteen and legal adults.
fter they are discovered during their first act of peaceful protest, Neva's dad arranges for her to work for him, but her friend Nicoline does not get off so easily. All Neva can find out by snooping around on government computers is that Nicoline was sent to a Women's Empowerment Center. Although everyone, including Sanna, tries to warn her off, Neva cannot stop her investigation. But what she finds is even worse than she could have ever imagined.
or a dysopian to have impact, it has to be believable that things today could lead to whatever type of future the author is presenting. While the problems created by the Protectosphere were very plausible, the reason for the giant dome in the first place was never fully explained – plus it seemed very Simpsons-esque, which is not the vibe that a dystopian wants. Other things went unexplained as well, such as how the Women's Empowerment Centers could do anything about the inbreeding that was causing medical problems. And the ending left me with more questions than answers.
side from a confusing plot, the characters were not as well-formed as they could have been; in fact, some seemed to be simply a means to an end. Neva was a strong heroine, but some of her motives were not fully explored. Nora's interactions with her boyfriend were lackluster which made the love triangle lopsided.
ara Grant presents some interesting concepts in
, but nothing to really make it stand out from other YA dystopians - with the oversaturation of that market, this one might get lost in the shuffle.
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Having made it across the dead marshes, the Hobbits reached the black gate of Mordor. The entrance is heavily guarded, so there is way entering. The Hobbits would surely have been discovered if they approach the gate. So they try to go a different way in: south to the morgul vale. Their road leads them into the land of Ithilien, a wooded country of tree-covered hills and fast-running streams. The wholesome air of the land about them put the Hobbits at ease, and they were caught off guard when they were suddenly joined by a company of rangers who patrolled those woods. The rangers were on a mission to ambush the men of Harad who were marching up the road to Mordor to swell the hosts of Sauron. Before they knew it, the Hobbits were caught in the middle of a battle of men.
This quest puts the heroes in the midst of a heavy battle against Harad forces coming from the cross-roads on the way to the black gate. If to many of them slip through (remain in the staging area and are placed unter The Black Gate then), the player(s) lose the game. Due to its game mechanic, a (single) player has to handle de facto two revealed cards per round, which one of them is a guaranteed enemy.
Right in the beginning I had to chose to either take another resource per hero, or to get an nice boon. With 5 starting resources I chose the boon. Also, I chose luck-changing-Frodo. The latter was a good decision, the first not. Due to the quests mechanic it is recommendable to engage each enemy – even in the first round, which I had not thought through.
This is another quest I had to play twice. The first game lasted 2 rounds and was lost within 4 minutes.
On my next approach I chose the additional resource. Because I had nothing to defend properly in my hand I took a mulligan and got a Gaffer Gamgee and a A Test of Will as good starting cards. The additional lore resource allowed me to play Gaffer right off. During the game Frodo helped a lot to dodge upcoming enemies from the encounter deck, so except in one round, I had to deal with one new enemy per round only. Because I did not see Thorongil, I had a hard time killing enemies in general, but these Oliphaunts were tough on their own. Luckily, Tom Cotton with his attachments is a solid defender, too. I was engaged with one or two enemies each round. Which was nice, so Tom allowed me to play Gaffer Gamgee each round.
During one round I got my second Oliphaunt from under The Cross-Roads. Because I still had my first one engaged with me, I decided to let that one pass through, even before revealing the regular encounter card. In that very round I got a surge train of enemies which Frodo couldn’t prevent. So I revealed a Man of Harad and due to the following treachery I had a really bad round which put me three cards in one round under The Black Gate.
|Cards under The Black Gate
The remaining game was still close but manageable. The last round was quite iconic. Ghân-buri-Ghân was in play, contributing 9 willpower alone. I revealed Henneth Annun, with only 1 threat, so I did win with a huge excess on willpower.
The game was won within 9 rounds and it took me 56 minutes. I’ve chosen the additional resources in the beginning, so no new boon to note in the campaign log – only those cards under The Black Gate.
|Sam Gamgee, Pippin, Tom Cotton, Merry (Valiant Warrior)
|Valiant Warrior (Merry)
|The Ring Draws Them
|Sting, Mithril Shirt, Glamdring, Andúril
|Palantir of Orthanc
|Overcome by Grief
|The Searching Eye
|Cards under The Black Gate
|1x Oliphaunt, 1x Man of Harad, 1x Haradrim Archer
|13 (2 lost).
|time spent (actual playing):
|6 hours, 37 minutes
The Lord of the Rings card game is a living card game by Fantasy Flight Games. The head line picture is a crop of a picture by Magali Villeneuve. It is the art from another quest, Into Ithilien: Southron-Counter-attack. The Black Gate as well as the three Harad cards, are from the game itself, taken from Hall of Beorn.

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March 8, 2013Civil Rights Agreement Reached with South Carolina Technical College System on Accessibility of Websites to People with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the South Carolina Technical College System (SCTCS), the state's largest higher education system, that will ensure that the websites of SCTCS and its 16-member colleges are accessible to persons with disabilities.
January 25, 2013U.S. Department of Education Clarifies Schools' Obligation to Provide Equal Opportunity to Students with Disabilities to Participate in Extracurricular Athletics
Today, the Department's Office for Civil Rights issued guidance clarifying school districts' existing legal obligations to provide equal access to extracurricular athletic activities to students with disabilities.

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|Name:||Driver Fatigue Monitoring System||Material:||ABS|
|Alarm Type:||Voice, Viberator||Algorithm:||PERCLOS|
|Application:||All Vechicles||Reflection Time:||2 Seconds|
driver fatigue camera,
mr688 driver fatigue monitor
Driver fatigue monitor with signal output 45km/h start-up speed
Driver fatigue monitoring system and method
Method and system for monitoring a driver during movement of the vehicle includes an information obtaining system that obtains information about a driver who traveled the same road at a previous time, and a processor that analyzes the obtained information and vehicle movement to determine whether the driver has lost the ability to continue to control the vehicle. The loss of ability to continue to control the vehicle arises from the driver falling asleep or otherwise being incapable of controlling the vehicle after initially having been awake or otherwise capable of controlling the vehicle. A reactive component is affected by the processor's determination that the driver has lost the ability to continue to control the vehicle, and preferably requires action by the driver to indicate regaining of the ability to operate the vehicle or exerting control over the vehicle to slow the vehicle and bring it to a stop.
I/O and RS232 output optional:
I/O output is only a high/low voltage output, you can get only the alarm signal,the connection is easy. The default setting is high resistance status under normal status, low voltage output when triggered.
RS232 output has alarm signal and picture output, thus you can get the driver's face picture in the center, it need to integrate to the GPS system via protocol.
Power input and output
|power consumption||100mA in 12V car, and 60mA in 24V car|
|I/O output||high resistance status under normal status, low voltage output when triggered|
1. Input: 9-36V, LS803 is suitable for both 12V and 24V vehicle, and have good high voltage protection.
2. very lower power consumption, average current less then 100mA in 12V car, and 60mA in 24V car, similar with leakage from the battery, almost does not consume battery power.
3. I/O output, high resistance status under normal status, low voltage output when triggered.
4. Working Temprature: 0-80℃
5. Working Humility: 10%-90%
7. Demension: 4.5*10.2cm
Non-authorized person, please do not open or repair the device.
Please do not operate the system when driving to avoid dangerous
Please handle carefully, do not drop or impact with hard objectives
Do not use chemicals or cleaning agents to clean the machine, it will damage the machine surfaces or rust the paint.
keep it away from water or moist place, device will be rusted or shortcut in those area.
Do not rip, bend or squeezed the wiring by heavy object, or it will be hot to fire.
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Sauvignon Blanc Wairau Marlborough New Zealand
Seresin are very close to the soil which grows their grapes. Adherance to principles of environmental sustainability means organically grown, hand tended vines, raised on a cornerstone of working in harmony with nature. Vines that sprout berries exhibiting the distinctive expression of Marlborough are located in the cooler western end of Wairau Valley. Free draining soils and extended ripening conditions suit the style which is Seresin, minimal intervention allows the layers of flavour to evolve.
Eighteen parcels Sauvignon Blanc and two of Semillon are sourced off three estate vineyards. The fully certified organic fruit is hand picked off two biodynamically managed terroirs, the upper terraces of Noa vineyard, on Waimakiriri soils of alluvial origin, the balance from Raupo Creek where soils are rich and clay based. Twenty different batches are pressed and separately handled to provide a range of options when determining the final wine. Most are treated to a wild indigenous yeast vinification, some parts are richly fermented in a selection of seasoned French oak barriques. After eight months, components are tasted and assembled into an exquisite, elegant style.
Light citrus/ straw in colour. Aromas of grapefruit and lime are underpinned by a chalky mineral complexity. The palate is finely textured with characters of gooseberry, zesty citrus and mineral flavours combined with a slight creaminess. A firm acidity helps to draw out the finish. Drinking well now as it continues to develop great concentration with evolving truffle and caramel characters.

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And they’re pretty impressive. Spotted by MacRumors, the benchmarks are for Geekbench 5 and show how the M1 in the upcoming new MacBook Air can deliver performance that destroys most Intel-powered laptops.
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In the single-core Geekbench test, the MacBook Air with M1 scored 1,687, and it notched a very high 7,433.in the multi-core test. For comparison, the MacBook Pro 13-inch hit 4,399 with its 10th gen Core i5 CPU. That's by no means bad, but it's far outclassed by the M1.
MacBook Air M1 Geekbench 5 results
|Geekbench 5 score
|MacBook Air M1
|Dell XPS 13 (Core i7-1165G7)
|Asus ZenBook Flip S (Core i7-1165G)
|MacBook Pro 13-inch (10th gen Intel Core i5)
|MacBook Pro 16-inch (9th gen Intel Core i9)
So how does the M1 in the new MacBook Air compare to new Windows laptops running Intel's latest Tiger Lake chips? Very well — in fact, the new Air pummels them.
We are currently testing the new Dell XPS 13 with an 11th Gen Core i7-1165G7, which delivers a Geekbench 5 score of 1,521 in the single-core test and 5,319 for the multi-core result. These are decent scores, but the MacBook Air M1 is way ahead.
The MacBook Air M1 also far outpaces the Asus ZenBook Flip S, which reached 5,084 in the Geekbench multi-core test. It has the same chip as the Dell XPS 13.
Given the M1 still uses the fundamental base architecture as the A14 Bionic chip found in the iPad Air 2020 and iPhone 12 models, it’s no surprise it’s single-core scores are faster than the A14 Bionic. For example, the iPhone 12 manages 1,595 on the single-core test/
But in multi-core performance the M1 jumps ahead. The iPhone 12’s A14 Bonic managed a score of 3,880 in the multi-core test. That’s hardly surprising given the M1 has an 8-core CPU, while the A14 Bionic has a 6-core CPU.
This is all good news for people who use MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops for intensive multitasking and use software that can run across multiple CPU cores at once.
However, synthetic benchmarks are one thing; real-world performance is another. And while Apple is making some bold claims about the performance of the M1, we need to test it ourselves across a wide range of tasks.
Moving to use its own ARM-based chips means a shift from x86 architecture to the RISC architecture that supports nearly all the chips found in smartphones. As such, software originally configured to run on x86 architecture needs to be made compatible with RISC.
Apple claims it’s software tools, like Rosetta 2, will allow x86-based apps to run on the new M1 with ease. Again, we'll need to see this for ourselves before we pass judgment on what Cupertino’s engineers have cooked up.
But these early Geekbench 5 results promise impressive performance from the Apple Silicon MacBook Air. And that bodes well for the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro. The Pro has the same M1 chip but comes with a more powerful 8-core GPU and an active cooling system for better sustained performance.
The new MacBook Air will start at $999 and go on sale November 17, with pre-orders live right now. And the MacBook Pro with the M11 chip will go on sale the same day, starting at $1,299; its also ready to pre-order right now.
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I'm suggesting some grammar, spell checking / proof reading before posting articles: "it’s no surprise it’s single-core scores are faster than the A14 Bionic"Reply
What a dumb headline. The processor is the issue here not the operating system. Destroys Intel laptops fine, but Windows? What's the point of that?Reply
If I'm not mistaken the Dell benchmarks were from the i7 equipped computer but the $999 price is the i3 cpu. Dell offers the i7 variant for $1350 (along with a touch screen.)Reply
Which version of the Air was used? the base model with 8 core and 7 core GPU or the slightly more version with the extra GPU core 8 Core CPU and 8core GPU? Probably won't make a difference with one more GPU core but curious is all. VERY impressive to say the least. Can't wait to get it. Shipping can't come soon enough lol.Reply
I'm pretty sure the base model M1 was tested. IIRC they said so; and second, so far as I know that is the only model available today. I ordered the 16 GB version for my wife and have a tentative shipping date a month from now.faslane said:Which version of the Air was used? the base model with 8 core and 7 core GPU or the slightly more version with the extra GPU core 8 Core CPU and 8core GPU? Probably won't make a difference with one more GPU core but curious is all. VERY impressive to say the least. Can't wait to get it. Shipping can't come soon enough lol.
One of the less publicized features of the M1 is really fast RAM swapping (and 60 GB/sec on SOC communication, if you can believe it) so for most every day tasks 8 GB with Mac OS is a lot better than 8 GB in a Windows computer. I'm not really sure that it is worth it to pay $200 for the extra RAM but it is now or never and we keep our Macs for a long time. I just hope that extra 8 GB RAM does not cause much of a hit on the stellar run time.


text: Well a childhood friend from boyscouts(yea yea i know) has his own band and wants me to do a photo shoot for promos and photos at their gigs. I dont wanna charge too much being the guy is a really cool guy and i know him.And if i hook a good deal i will be their photographer for good. So I tryin to figure what a good price to charge and how to charge, is it a flat price or a sitting fee for shoots and they buy the images they want. So please help me i have searched google but i want the opinion of the oooh soo great members of TPF. btw Bad Apples Music | Baltimore's Independent Rock Band if ya wanna look at their site and get a feel for what kind of band they are. Actually not surprisingly bad for what i was expecting.


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anybody here put laser grips on there 26 or 27. picked up a 26 & thinking of puting on laser grips. does it add a lot of bulk to gun. no master on off switch so it on when shooting outdoors right.
It does add bulk to the gun it will have to be your decision if it is too bulky, I like mine on my 27. If you have a friend or coworker that has one you could try it before you decide to buy. Outside you probably won't see it too well depending on the light, mine does not have a on or off switch, but I have learned to move my trigger finger slight up to block the laser until I am ready to fire.
I had one on my 33 and hated it. Added bulk and I would never actually use it, I prefer the sights. Not to mention it's not tactical in a scenero where you want to remain in the darkness. It's pretty easy for a robber to shoot a red light.
billy b....I have a 26 and went to Cabela's on Saturday and they had a lasergrip setup on a 27. I actually liked the feel of a "bit more" bulk. And I don't consider it bulk at all, just a slightly fatter grip that felt good.
And, of course , it activates the second you apply grip pressure. And if I didn't want it to always activate, now don't laugh, one could center a Dr. Scholl's corn cushion over the activation site and maybe that would give just enough heighth to not activate. Then you would have the much coveted Glock 26 Dr. Scholl's Model!
I'm also looking at the Laserlyte but some of the reviews are "iffy".
I put one on this weekend, did some dry fire practice with it, took it to the range today. Dry fire did do a good job of showing those telltale movements in my trigger pull when the trigger bar slips just low enough to release the firing pin, and I got to really narrow down the amount of movement in the critical moment; so I can see it's potential as a handy training aid before you ever send a round down range.
I did night sights first, batteries can and do die over time, and if I don't stop for the special batteries I still want sighting ability in the dark. Dot shows up well in my 120 Blackhawk Gladius's beam, it's definitely there during the daylight, it's just smaller only the center focus of the beam is really visible.
I've found that with a good purchase but light pressure it's not illuminated, so I can tighten and loosen the web between my thumb and index finger for some on and off control, as well when you have a proper grip and are not on target your finger is not on the trigger and is indexed on the frame, in front of the laser beam, it lights your finger up but you're not telegraphing your movements with the dot. If the dot is on my target and they want to use it as a point of reference, they're likely stuck looking through the muzzle flash of the 27 when I see they're looking to shoot me.
The grip has some more girth, I made the purchase at a local store and had them fit it on a 27 they had in the case so I could feel what it would add before I bought it. The batteries sit where my hand creates a natural gap against the otherwise flat side of the Glock.
It's not much of a difference when I've got a good sight picture, as the dot sits on the other side of the front sight, when on the move, firing rapidly, or in situations where there is a less than ideal sight picture it did help me know when I was on target sooner. The biggest result of this during my range time was when I had two paper plates next to each other, 2 rounds in the first two in the second reload, the two rounds going to the second target were consistently better grouped when I let one eye track the laser as the gun moved between targets.
So in an ideal world it'll make little to no difference...we don't live in an ideal world, and it is my opinion that the $160 investment I made in it may provide some advantage should I need to use the firearm in self defense. Night sights have made a bigger difference for me and for about 2/3s the cost ($100 installed in my little corner of the world, I've seen them as low as 70 installed though depending on brand). For the 3 G27 compatible holsters I have, the laser grips will work with two.
Here's a few pictures I took when I first installed it.
Holding the camera the gun and the grips at the same time is a bit of a handfull...
Also hit up youtube, CT has all their promotional stuff on the web and there are plenty of reviews from 3rd parties.
I have one on my 19. I used it for an IDPA fun match and found that close up, it helped me, but past 10'-15' or so, in sunlight, I couldn't see it on the target at all and had to use my fixed sights.
I use a crossbreed IWB holster and found that the sight sticking out prints if I tuck in my shirt. It's this reason that I don't plan to put one on my 26 that I now carry daily. But I keep the 19 handy in the house where confrontations are likely to be close and in lower light than direct sunlight.
As stated, the "always on" feature could be a drawback in really low light, but moving your trigger finger up just slightly prevents it from shining in front of you (but it would still be visible if the light is low enough and could be used to target you).
A plus is that it's position on the gun doesn't affect it's ability to fit into any holster I have seen including kydex.
I highly recommend getting really comfortable and fast with fixed sights before adding a laser because having the muscle memory of being able to get on target quickly will help you FIND the dot on the target faster.
It's also great for dry fire practice and close shooting practice to see how much your barrel moves as you pull the trigger.
One other thing, it's location on the target changes based on the distance from the target. In my avatar, because it's so close to the photo of the bad guy, the dot is below my sights and not visible in the photo. At 10-15' it's right on top of my sights. At farther distances (when I practiced indoors) if I put it on top of my sights, my shots were off. So unless you have practice as a sniper and can quickly accomodate for distance, I wouldn't use a laser for precision. For self-defense, it will get close enough to be effective :-):whistling:
I love mine. It would be nice if the laser was green, though.
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Penelope Lively won Britain's prestigious Booker Prize for this deeply moving, elegantly structured novel. Elderly, uncompromising Claudia Hampton lies in a London hospital bed with memories of life fluttering through her fading consciousness. An author of popular history, Claudia proclaims she's carrying out her last project: a history of the world. This history turns out to be a mosaic of her life, her own story tangled with those of her brother, her lover and father of her daughter, and the center of her life, Tom, her one great love found and lost in war-torn Egypt. Always the independent woman, often with contentious relationships, Claudia's personal history is complex and fascinating. As people visit Claudia, they shake and twist the mosaic, changing speed, movement, and voice, to reveal themselves and Claudia's impact on their world.
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ST PETERSBURG, August 27. /TASS/. Government certification tests of Russia’s T-50 fifth generation fighter jet will be completed next year, the commander of the Aerospace Defense Force, Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev, told the media on Thursday.
The T-50 fighter made its maiden flight at the beginning of 2010. Earlier, Bondarev said that in 2016 the military would purchase the first batch-produced samples of this plane.
On Wednesday, Bondarev said that the testing of T-50 fighter was in full swing and several missile launches had been carried out.
The new generation fighter has demonstrated "excellent results," Bondarev said.
The Sukhoi PAK FA (Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation) is a fifth-generation fighter program of the Russian Air Force. The T-50 is the name of the prototype aircraft designed by Sukhoi for the PAK FA program. The aircraft is a stealthy, single-seat, twin-engine jet fighter, and will be the first operational aircraft in Russian service to use stealth technology. It is a multipurpose fighter designed for the air superiority and attack roles. The fighter is planned to have super-cruise, stealth, super-manoeuvrability and advanced avionics to overcome the prior generation of fighter aircraft as well as ground and maritime defences.
The PAK FA is intended to be the successor to the MiG-29 and Su-27 in the Russian Air Force and serve as the basis for the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft being co-developed by Sukhoi and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force. PAK FA fighter first flew in 2010.


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The story behind handmade pieces make them that bit extra special. We wanted to find out more, so asked one of our favourite designer-makers some questions as part of our Interviews series. Read the interview below, and check out the gorgeous geometric jewellery in the shop.
Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
Hi! I am Maxine, the designer/maker behind jewellery brand Little Peche. I am 24 and live in Staffordshire. By day I work as an Art Technician at a local High School and spend my evenings, weekends, and days off running my creative business and creating my idea of the perfect jewellery.
What led you down this creative path and how long have you been following it for?
Little Peche began from a need to carry on being creative after I finished my degree in 2010. That summer I started making handmade accessories which I sold online as a hobby. My ideas and skills developed from there and I have just launched my second jewellery collection for Autumn/Winter 2012.
Where do you work from?
I work from my home studio/bedroom. It can get a little chaotic at times but I love that I can roll out of bed and get to work straight away. I have a lovely old fold-out wooden table that was my grandmothers that I work on. I do look forward to having a separate studio to work from one day though. I am a bit of a vintage hoarder and have had to stop buying things because I have no space, so I’d love to have some new shelves to fill.
What's your creative process? Do you fill a notebook with designs, work methodically, or go with the flow?
I always start by filling a notebook with ideas which usually just involves lots of shapes. I have lots of ‘inspiration’ folders on my computer that I fill with things I like. I find Pinterest and Tumblr really useful for collecting imagery. When I have a vague idea of my theme I start to draw my design ideas on Photoshop, which lets me visualise what the shapes and colours will look like. Then I choose my strongest ideas, work out how they will fit together as a collection, and start making. Although this sounds really thought out and methodical, I often end up scrapping ideas that seemed strong to begin with and come up with completely new pieces by accident in the making process.
Do you have any formal creative training or qualifications?
I have a BA hons in Multi-Media Textile design from Loughborough University, which is where I first became interested in working with geometric shapes and wood.
What's your favourite way to spend a Sunday afternoon?
Sundays spent in Wales on the beach and taking long walks in the countryside are my favourite in Summer. When it’s rainy and cold though, I like staying in with my boyfriend, cooking some Thai food and watching a Woody Allen film.
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President Trump has signed the omnibus spending bill he threatened to veto only hours earlier, making the announcement in what he billed as a last-minute "news conference." Mr. Trump said he "seriously" considered vetoing the legislation, but decided against doing so to fund the military.
"I just want to thank everybody for being here," Mr. Trump said. "We're very proud of many of the items that we've been able to get. We're very disappointed that in order to fund the military we had to give up things where we consider in many cases them to be bad or them to be a waste of money. But that's the way unfortunately right now the system works."
Mr. Trump told Congress he would "never" sign such a bill again, after the Senate passed the legislation early Friday morning to avoid a shutdown at midnight. As recently as Thursday, Mr. Trump's top White House staff said he would sign it, and the president himself in a tweet Wednesday touted the bill's funding for his border wall.
"I will never sign another bill like this again," Mr. Trump said. "I'm not going to do it again. Nobody read it. It's only hours old."
Mr. Trump shocked Washington Friday morning when he - against every indication from himself and his staff -- said he was considering a veto. The president's threat, for a few hours, threw what seemed like a done deal into a chaotic situation. Many House and Senate members have already left Washington, D.C., for the week, rendering another vote in both chambers before a shutdown impossible.
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Joel McKinnon Miller handled Fox’s cancellation of his television show pretty well. He was disappointed, he said, but how many shows get a five-year run? You don’t do these things forever — that’s the life of an actor. “I was more practical about it,” said the actor who plays Norm Scully on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” So he hosted his son for a home-cooked meal and ignored his cellphone for a few hours. When he finally checked his messages, he found that the award-winning comedy set inside a New York City police precinct would go on: NBC had picked it up.
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There is something for everyone in the gift shop. Gifts for actors, dancers, musicians, theatregoers, and more are all featured in MD Theatre Guide’s gift shop.
We’ve spent months researching, seeking out the best performing arts-related gifts that we could find. In some cases, we have asked companies to design and manufacture items especially for us!
Our gift shop currently has seven categories, with plans to expand. Categories include apparel, books, games and puzzles, jewelry, MD Theatre Guide swag, paper dolls, and stuffed animals and dolls.
An example of what you will find in MD Theatre Guide’s gift shop is the “Broadway: The Musicals” puzzle. Artist Jim Mellett spent months painting this dazzling tribute to Broadway musicals. Many great shows are pictured here, including “Rock of Ages,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” “Hairspray,” “The Wiz,” “South Pacific,” “Billy Elliot,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Phantom of the Opera,” and so many more for you to hum along to as you build this 1,000 piece puzzle.
It is MD Theatre Guide’s hope that by providing you with a performing arts-themed gift shop, you can easily and affordably find gifts to give to yourself or to your loved-ones. Check out the gift shop today and see what new items we will be adding tomorrow!


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My AGM speech is available on the IABC website. This was presented at the IABC AGM, held on Tuesday 10 June at the World Conference in Toronto.
At the AGM, the IABC Executive Board (IEB) is officially sworn in, with the board transition taking place on 1 July.
This is the first video of Michael and I, providing an update on IABC strategy and initiatives. We filmed this immediately following the World Conference in Toronto in June.
In conversation: @russellatIABC and @michaelambjorn at #IABC14 from Michael Ambjorn on Vimeo.
Dated in late June 2014, this was the second of a series of videos bringing you updates on the Global Alliance summit in Lugano and proposals to change the Gold Quill.
In conversation: @RussellAtIABC on #IABCUK, Credentials, Gold Quill And More… from Michael Ambjorn on Vimeo.


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12x13 Knockouts Premiere
First Aired: Apr. 03, 2017 on NBC
Summary: On night one of knockouts, the artists sing their hearts out to stay in the competition and impress Coaches Alicia Keys, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani. And for the first time ever, artists watch their competition in rehearsals.
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I’ve got two new CD releases to share with you!
In November, Harmonia Mundi released NEW SOUTH AMERICAN DISCOVERIES, recorded in Oslo with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and available on iTunes, Amazon.com.
And this month (December, 2016) Naxos released an album of works by the venerable Peruvian composer CELSO GARRIDO-LECCA, celebrating his 90th birthday year, recorded with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. (Also available on iTunes and at Amazon.com).
The Naxos Blog includes a great podcast by Raymond Bisha who introduces the recording. Click HERE to listen.
NEW CD RELEASE! Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra & Brahms (orch. Schoenberg) Piano Quartet in G minor with Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
“…shines out with its precision, vigour and clarity of sound…A seriously interesting and worthwhile disc.”
–Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian, March 2016
On his fourth recording for harmonia mundi, released on April 1, 2016, Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in an all-orchestral program featuring Witold Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra and Arnold Schoenberg’s orchestration of Brahms’s Piano Quartet No.1. With its use of folk melodies to generate tremendous momentum and dramatic impact, the Concerto for Orchestra established Lutosławski as Poland’s leading contemporary composer. This powerful and complex score is coupled with Schoenberg’s rich and colorful arrangement of one of Brahms’s most popular chamber works.
NEW RELEASE! Prokofiev Piano Concertos 2 & 5 with Vadym Kholodenko and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
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A major highlight for February 2016 is Vadym Kholodenko’s “Prokofiev. Piano Concertos 2 & 5” with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Harth-Bedoya has two recent critically-acclaimed recordings for harmonia mundi, Jimmy López’s “Perú Negro” and “Grieg. Saint-Saëns. Piano Concertos”, the latter also featuring Kholodenko. Harth-Bedoya, who is in his 16th season as Music Director of the FWSO, named Kholodenko the orchestra’s first artistic partner for a three-year residency in 2014. This new recording further highlights the artistic partnership between the conductor and pianist, and launches a complete Prokofiev cycle with the FWSO – the second recording, which will include Concertos Nos. 1, 3 and 4, is scheduled for release in 2017.
Harth-Bedoya notes, “Prokofiev is one of my favorite composers, and I know that he is one of Vadym’s favorites as well. The second concerto is an amazing piece of music: massive, complex, and difficult. The fifth sort of wraps up everything that Prokofiev wrote into one piece, and requires a great dialogue between soloist and orchestra. I love that these concertos require virtuosity from both soloist and orchestra, and that Vadym and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra have such great chemistry and ease in their communication with each other.”
Of Kholodenko and Harth-Bedoya’s recent performances of the Prokofiev with the Atlanta Symphony, Arts ATL wrote:
“Kholodenko’s playing is well-suited to Prokofiev’s modernistic style — sparklingly clean, technically astute, and yet sensitive when called upon by the score…This performance under Harth-Bedoya was a secure and attention-holding rendering, with a satisfyingly good dash of personality.”
Harth-Bedoya will release a fourth recording on harmonia mundi in April with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, featuring Lutosławski’s “Concerto for Orchestra” and the Brahms “Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Opus 25 (orch. Arnold Schoenberg)”.
REVIEW: Grieg/Saint Saëns CD – The Norwegian Radio Orch/Miguel Harth-Bedoya / Vadym Kholodenko, piano – Harmonia Mundi
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GRIEG: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 16; SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 22 – Vadym Kholodenko, p./ The Norwegian Radio Orch./ Miguel Harth-Bedoya – Harmonia mundi HMU 907629, (8/14/15) 54:22 ****:
Van Cliburn Competition Gold Medal winner for 2013, Vadym Kholodenko, engages the music of Grieg and Saint-Saens for his second issue (rec. August-September 2014 at NRK Store Studio, Oslo) for Harmonia mundi. Kholodenko and conductor Harth-Bedoya seem intent on lavishing every possible interior nuance upon the most perfect of all piano concertos, Grieg’s 1869 Concerto in a minor. Not that the lyrical-melodic tissue becomes over-wrought in this collaboration: the more fleet passages moved with arched grace always to the point of the next period. What consistently remains marvelous in the Grieg revolves around the eternal freshness of the intrinsically folk impulses, here set in controlled sonata-form. In the first movement cadenza, Kholodenko indulges his piano tone and coaxes the febrile counterpoints through a silken technical control of tremolando, octave, and arpeggiated figures. The Norwegian Radio Orchestra obviously needs few reminders of the composer’s sensitivity to color tissue. The transition from solo cadenza to the orchestral contribution to the coda combines quietude, serenity and singular poise.
Whatever of solitude and intimacy one wishes from the D-flat Adagio Kholodenko and Harth-Bedoya provide in tender, harmonic colors, the melodic tissue’s seeming to arise out of an azure, blue sky. The cello line rises into the woodwinds and French horn while the keyboard luxuriates in the climax of the main idea that dissolves back into a pearly aether. Buoyancy and folk wisdom should inform the last movement’s two main motifs, the halling and the astonishing flute melody. Kholodenko injects a playful authority into the former and a grandly lyrical sense of line into the latter in F Major. The brass section of the Norwegian Radio proves itself hearty and persuasive, as required in the outside sections of the dance, with the later transformation of the rhythm into ¾ when A Major dominates. Some deft fiddle playing in the last pages help to color the exquisite ensemble with a sense of apotheosis remarkable even in the glut of so many performances of this essential concerto.
The 1868 Saint-Saens Second Concerto – opening with Bach and concluding with Offenbach – has consistently provided a splendid bravura vehicle for virtuoso pianists. Its quasi-fantasia opening cadenza sets of a tone authority and classical severity tempered by glib coloration after the orchestra enters. Each of the three movements marks an acceleration of tempo; and in the E-flat Major Allegro scherzando second movement we hear the Saint-Saens (tympani-led) approach to Chopin’s E Major Scherzo. The deliberate and graduated colors of this pairing of Kholodenko and Harth-Bedoya may recall for some the fine impression fellow Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov made more than a generation ago in his recording with Neeme Jarvi. The even flux of the later cadenza takes us seamlessly into the woodwind response that leads, cyclically, to the first movement coda. After an appropriately light-handed second movement, Kholodenko launches into the acrobatic alla breve Presto, a whirlwind tarantella whose light or percussive feet often become a blur. The deft transitions in and out of duple time tax both soloist and conductor but evidently without any sense of strain. The excellent sonic image has been well captured by recording engineer Morten Hermansen.
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PRESS RELEASE: HARMONIA MUNDI USA RELEASES TWO ORCHESTRA ALBUMS FEATURING MIGUEL HARTH-BEDOYA LEADING THE NORWEGIAN RADIO ORCHESTRA
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HARMONIA MUNDI USA RELEASES TWO ORCHESTRAL ALBUMS FEATURING MIGUEL HARTH-BEDOYA
LEADING THE NORWEGIAN RADIO ORCHESTRA
Recordings highlight artistic partnerships forged by Miguel Harth-Bedoya with composer Jimmy López
and 2013 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Vadym Kholodenko
NEW YORK, NY – On August 14, 2015, Harmonia Mundi announces the release of two recordings featuring Grammy®-nominated and Emmy Award-winning conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya leading the Norwegian Radio Symphony, where he has served as Chief Conductor since 2013. The first album [HMU 907628] is a world premiere recording of works by composer, and fellow Peruvian, Jimmy López, whose music Harth-Bedoya has championed for nearly two decades. The second album [HMU 907629] features Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor and Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, in collaboration with 2013 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Vadym Kholodenko. Mr. Harth-Bedoya, who is also Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, named Mr. Kholodenko the first artistic partner at the FWSO for a three-year residency in 2014. Both recordings highlight the close artistic partnerships that Mr. Harth-Bedoya has forged and nurtured with these young artists.
JIMMY LÓPEZ: PERÚ NEGRO, SYNESTHÉSIE, LORD OF THE AIR, AMÉRICA SALVAGE [HMU 907628]
The collaboration between Miguel Harth-Bedoya and composer Jimmy López (b. 1978) began when the conductor met the composer as a teenager while conducting the Lima Philharmonic Orchestra in Peru. The conductor says, “I have enjoyed watching Jimmy López develop from a young talent into a mature and versatile composer. I admire his wide aesthetic range, which can tap into folk songs and culture in a work like Perú Negro, or could be completely abstract in a piece like Synesthésie. Jimmy’s scope is reflective of one who has lived, worked, and traveled in many countries but also remains connected to his own cultural roots. His potential is unlimited.”
The orchestral disc features four of López’s orchestral scores: Perú Negro (2012), América Salvaje (2006), Lord of the Air (2012) [a cello concerto dedicated to its soloist, Jesús Castro-Balbi], and Synesthésie (2011). The composer writes, “Perú Negro and América Salvaje are firmly rooted in Peruvian folk music, making use of its instruments, rhythms and melodies. Lord of the Air, although inspired by the Andean condor, roams free from those musical attachments and constitutes a more direct look into my own harmonic and melodic language. Synesthésie, on the other hand, is an exercise in creativity inspired by the human senses and the subtle artistry of the French masters of orchestration.”
Mr. Harth-Bedoya commissioned Perú Negro (2012) for the 2012-2013 centennial season of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. He also recorded a previous disc of López’s music with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and continues to champion Mr. López’s music around the world, having conducted the composer’s works nine times in 2014, six times in 2013, and will conduct his works two more times in the upcoming 2015-2016 season. Mr. Harth-Bedoya also brought the composer’s music to the attention of soprano Renée Fleming, who ultimately selected Mr. López to compose a new opera for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Bel Canto, which will have its premiere in December, 2015.
GRIEG AND SAINT-SAËNS: PIANO CONCERTO IN A MINOR; PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 IN G MINOR [HMU 907629]
The pairing of titan piano concertos by Grieg and Saint-Saëns on this album follows pianist Vadym Kholodenko’s critically-acclaimed Van Cliburn Gold Medal recital disc on the Harmonia Mundi label in 2013, featuring works by Stravinsky and Liszt.
Throughout the Fourteenth Van Cliburn Piano Competition, Miguel Harth-Bedoya followed the progress of pianist Vadym Kholodenko very carefully. “When I heard Vadym perform at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2013, I knew I was witnessing something extraordinary. Vadym’s musicianship continues to inspire me. He has a marvelous ability to maneuver through a wide range of repertoire with excellence and mastery. He is truly a world-class pianist,” Mr. Harth-Bedoya says.
The two artists are in the process of recording the complete piano concertos of Sergei Prokofiev for Harmonia Mundi, planned for release in 2016, and will collaborate in several performances, including repeat performances of the complete Prokofiev concerto cycle, with orchestras in the US and Europe in the 2015-2016 season.
In the upcoming 2015-2016 season, Miguel Harth-Bedoya will conduct the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon’s first opera, Cold Mountain, at the Santa Fe Opera from August 1-22, 2015 (where Mr. Harth-Bedoya also conducted the company premiere of Golijov’s Ainadamar in 2005). Harth-Bedoya leads the first of three annual Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra “Great Performances” Festivals, featuring music by Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart from August 27-29, 2015. On October 15, 2015, the conductor returns to the Eugene Symphony (where he served as Music Director from 1996-2002) for the orchestra’s 50th anniversary gala. For that program, he will conduct the complete ballet, Estancia, complete with dancers, by Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera, the first of several performances by Harth-Bedoya in 2015-2016 that will honor the composer’s centennial birthday. Other notable guest engagements include the New Zealand Symphony, Sydney Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, and the BBC Scottish Symphony. In addition to his traversal of the Prokofiev cycle with Mr. Kholodenko in 2015-2016, next spring Mr. Harth-Bedoya leads a tour of Spain with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Grammy®-nominated and Emmy Award-winning conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya is currently Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra/Oslo and just concluded his 15th season as Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. He is also the Founder and Artistic Director of Caminos del Inka, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to performing and promoting the music of the Americas. He regularly conducts the upper echelon of American orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Cleveland, Minnesota, National Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestras. In Europe, Miguel Harth-Bedoya is a regular guest with the Helsinki Philharmonic, MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, National Orchestra of Spain and has appeared with the London Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, Dresden Philharmonic, Zurich Tonhalle, Orchestre de Paris, Finnish Radio Symphony, and with orchestras throughout Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. Equally at home in the theatre, in summer 2015 he conducts the world premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s first opera, Cold Mountain, for Santa Fe Opera. Other opera productions include La Bohème at English National Opera directed by Jonathan Miller, and productions of Golijov’s Ainadamar with the Cincinnati Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and at the New Zealand Festival. Harth-Bedoya’s recordings include Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago with the Chicago Symphony and Yo-Yo Ma, which received two Grammy® nominations; Nazareno (music by Revueltas, Golijov, and Ginastera), and Sentimiento Latino with Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez. Recording projects for Harmonia Mundi include three discs of piano concertos (Grieg/Saint-Saëns and the complete Prokofiev) featuring the 2013 Cliburn Gold Medalist Vadym Kholodenko.
The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (NRK Kringkastingsorkestret) is known and cherished throughout the land and regarded by music-loving Norwegians with a unique combination of respect and affection. Owing to its remarkably diverse repertoire, it is doubtless the orchestra heard most often — on radio, television, the internet, and at its numerous and varied venues around the country. It is a flexible orchestra, playing everything from symphonic and contemporary classical music to pop, rock, folk and jazz. Every year the orchestra performs together with internationally acclaimed artists at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, which is aired to millions of viewers worldwide. Among those with whom it has collaborated in recent years are Kaizers Orchestra, Mari Boine, Jarle Bernhoft, Diamanda Galás, Renée Fleming, Andrew Manze, Anna Netrebko, and Gregory Porter. The Norwegian Radio Orchestra was founded by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1946. Its first conductor, Øivind Bergh, led the ensemble in a series of concerts from the main studio that established the basis of its popularity and its status as a national treasure. The orchestra continues to perform in the context of important media events. It is comprised of highly talented classical instrumentalists, yet its musical philosophy has remained the same: versatility, a light-hearted approach, a curiosity for all kinds of music, and an unwillingness to pigeonhole musical styles.
Born in Lima, Peru in 1978, Jimmy López is one of the most admired among the younger generation of South American Composers. His works have been performed by leading orchestras around the world including the Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Sydney Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, and the National Symphony Orchestras of Peru, Argentina and Chile. His music has been heard in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Grant Park and Sydney Opera House, and during the Tanglewood, Aspen, Darmstadt and Donaueschingen Music Festivals. As part of the Renée Fleming initiative, the Lyric Opera of Chicago has commissioned him a full-length opera based on the bestselling novel Bel Canto. The world premiere is scheduled for December of 2015. He has received numerous awards, including the Prince Prize, Kranichsteiner Musikpreis, Morton Gould Young Composer Award, and took First Prize at the ALEA III International Composition Competition and the Nicola De Lorenzo Music Composition Competition. López began his formal studies at the National Conservatory of Music in Peru, and then went on to obtain a Master of Music degree from the Sibelius Academy in Finland and a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. He is published by Filarmonika LLC.
Winner of the coveted gold medal at the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2013, Vadym Kholodenko captured the attention of jury, audience, and critics alike for powerful, exhilarating performances that “showed the guts of a true
superartist” (San Francisco Classical Voice). Also taking home prizes for best performance of the piano quintet and best performance of the commissioned work, he further demonstrated his artistry with a stunning cadenza in Mozart’s Concerto No. 21 — which
he composed himself on the plane from Moscow to the Competition. Since then, Mr. Kholodenko has continued to build an international reputation for interpretations that are “impeccable, tasteful and vibrant, and also something more: imaginative” (Cleveland Plain Dealer), appearing with major orchestras and in recital within and outside of the United States, including UK, France, Germany, Japan and Singapore. Last season marked the beginning of his three-year association with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra as its first ever artistic partner. The collaboration includes performances of the complete Prokofiev concertos, which are being recorded for harmonia mundi, as well as chamber projects and international touring in 2016. Mr. Kholodenko has worked with Leonard Slatkin, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Yuri Bashmet, Carl St. Clair, Christopher Seaman, Vladimir Spivakov and other distinguished conductors, and held a residency at the Mariinsky Concert Hall, where he was named Artist of the Month by Valery Gergiev. A committed chamber musician, he has collaborated with Vadim Repin, Alena Baeva, and Nina Kotova, and formed the piano duet iDuo with Andrey Gugnin. Mr. Kholodenko’s first recording for harmonia mundi was released in November 2013, featuring Stravinsky’s Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka and the complete Liszt Transcendental Etudes. This disc of the Grieg Piano Concerto and Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra under the baton of Miguel Harth-Bedoya will be followed by the Prokofiev Concerto cycle with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in 2016 and 2017. Born in Kiev, Vadym Kholodenko is the first musician in his family. He made his first appearances in the United States, China, Hungary, and Croatia at the age of 13. In 2005, Mr. Kholodenko moved to Moscow to study at the Moscow State Conservatoire with Professor Vera Gornostaeva. He currently resides in Fort Worth, Texas with his wife and two daughters.
Of Peruvian heritage and raised in France, American cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi is an internationally sought-after artist-teacher, with regular appearances at Carnegie Hall, solo performances with major orchestras, recitals and master-classes from the Leipzig Gewandhaus to the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center. He has presented 54 world premiere performances and recordings, including 22 works written for him by prominent composers. Jesús Castro-Balbi holds advanced degrees from the Yale School of Music and The Juilliard School. His mentors include Aldo Parisot and Janos Starker. He is currently the cello professor at Texas Christian University.
Miguel Harth-Bedoya and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Oslo) perform four Brahms symphonies in two days:
April 28, 2015: Brahms Symphonies 1 & 2
April 29, 2015: Brahms Symphonies 3 & 4.
With Rolf Lennart Stensø, Chief Executive of Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK)
On Sunday, October 27, from 5:30 – 8:30 pm SYDNEY TIME, the Sydney Opera House 40th Anniversary Concert will be streamed live on its YouTube site:
The Concert will close with Miguel and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing the work that opened the Opera House in October 1973, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, featuring soloists from Opera Australia, and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
To check the time difference so that you can connect at the correct time, wherever in the world YOU happen to be, go to www.timeanddate.com/worldclock.
Sydney Opera House 40th Anniversary Concert, October 27, 2013
MHB IN SYDNEY, OCTOBER 2013: GOLIJOV’S “NAZARENO” AND THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Upon arrival in Sydney I went straight to work on Golijov’s “Nazareno” with (pictured) Raphael Séguinier, Marielle Labèque, Katia Labèque and Gonzalo Grau.
In addition to three concerts including “Nazareno” and Jimmy Lopez’ “Fiesta!”, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and I will also be performing Beethoven’s 9th Symphony as part of the Sydney Opera House’s 40th Birthday Celebration. This performance is planned to be live-streamed – more information and link forthcoming!
For full concert information, CLICK HERE to go to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s website. For information on the Sydney Opera House 40th Birthday Celebration,


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Do you hear that sound?
That sound you hear is the Draft Industrial Complex shifting into high gear. With the free agency period winding down, the next big event on the NFL calendar is the draft itself. Which means those members of the football world, such as our friends at The Draft Network, who cover the draft year-round are fully hitting their stride.
With that in mind, let’s reset the draft board for each NFL team, looking at what their biggest needs are as free agency winds down and the draft heats up. Here are positions that the teams in the NFC West might be looking at as the off-season continues.
The Arizona Cardinals made an early splash this free agency cycle, adding defensive lineman J.J. Watt after he was granted permission to enter free agency and was released by the Houston Texans. Then the Cardinals added A.J. Green to their wide receiver room, and acquired Rodney Hudson, the center, in a trade with the Las Vegas Raiders. Those moves put Arizona in good shape heading into the draft, and when coupled with the fact that the Cardinals face a big gap from their pick in the second round (49) and their pick in the fifth round (160) Arizona might consider trading back and trying to add a selection or two between those picks.
CORNERBACK: This is likely the most pressing need for the Cardinals. Patrick Peterson is now in Minnesota with the Vikings, and Dre Kirkpatrick, Johnathan Joseph and Kevin Peterson are all currently free agents. They do have 2019 second-round selection Byron Murphy in the mix and they just added former Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler, but Arizona is still likely to consider this position early in the draft. Caleb Farley might be an option — although his back injury is going to scare some teams away — as could be Jaycee Horn.
RUNNING BACK: Kenyan Drake has left one desert behind for another, as the running back has found a new home in Las Vegas with the Raiders. That has the fantasy football community buzzing about the potential for Chase Edmunds next season. Still, the organization could look to bring in another option in the backfield, and players like Javonte Williams and Michael Carter from UNC could be options with Arizona’s pick at 49.
TIGHT END: We often consider Kliff Kingsbury’s offense to be a wide-open system that implements a lot of three- and four-receiver packages, and with good reason. Two seasons ago the Cardinals led the NFL in 10 personnel usage, rolling out that four-receiver set on 310 plays, most in the NFL. But things shifted last season, as Arizona used more 11 and even 12 personnel, employing that two-TE package on 319 plays compared to 215 plays of 10 personnel. With Maxx Williams, Darrell Daniels and Seth DeValve their main options at this position, the Cardinals could look to address this spot in the second around, perhaps with Pat Freiermuth from Penn State or Brevin Jordan from Miami.
Los Angeles Rams
One of the biggest moves this off-season was the trade that sent Matthew Stafford to the west coast. In exchange for Stafford the Los Angeles Rams sent a pair of first-round selections, a pick in the third round and Jared Goff to the Detroit Lions. As such, the Rams are not on the clock this draft until the end of the second round and we might see Elder Scrolls 6 launch before the franchise makes another first-round selection, as Los Angeles does not have a first-round pick until 2024.
Seriously, get on this Bethesda…
LINEBACKER: Leonard Floyd is back, having reached a four-year deal with the organization. The Rams also have some off-ball options in Micah Kiser, Troy Reeder, Kenny Young and Justin Hollins, but adding to the linebacker room could be a smart use of draft capital. Cameron McGrone from Michigan, Jabril Cox from LSU, Jamin Davis from Kentucky and Pete Werner from Ohio State could be options on Day Two.
OFFENSIVE LINE: The Rams could add depth and/or options for the future on the interior or even at tackle. Andrew Whitworth restructured his deal a few weeks ago, making it likely that the veteran returns at left tackle. There were rumors that Rob Havenstein might be a cap casualty, but that has not materialized and the right tackle looks to be in the mix for 2021. Behind them are a pair of third-round players, Joseph Noteboom and Bobby Evans. But if a tackle slides, the Rams could take advantage. On the inside the Rams could add some depth, perhaps with Wyatt Davis or Josh Meyers.
EDGE/PASS RUSHER: Between Floyd and Aaron Donald on the interior, the Rams do have the ability to get after the passer. But beyond that the position is a bit thin, particularly on the edge. Samson Ebukam is now in San Francisco, Derek Rivers is in Houston and Morgan Fox is in Carolina. This class of EDGE players is intriguing but there might not be a complete player in the group, as many have questions. Jayson Oweh could be an option in the second round.
San Francisco 49ers
Two of the biggest moves from John Lynch and the San Francisco 49ers this off-season addressed the offensive line. The organization added veteran center Alex Mack to the interior, and re-signed left tackle Trent Williams to a six-year deal. San Francisco also re-signed fullback Kyle Juszczyk, a pivotal player in this offensive system.
One question remains: Who is going to be running that system?
QUARTERBACK: The Jimmy Garoppolo question remains. As outlined by the wise Doug Farrar, the 49ers do have a potential out here given the structure of his contract. Yet, he remains. With the quarterback market — from a free agency perspective — starting to dry up, and with it looking unlikely that Deshaun Watson will be traded anytime soon, Garoppolo might end up sticking around after all. Still, there is potential that the 49ers address the position in the draft, perhaps even early should a player like Trey Lance or Mac Jones slide to them, or slide far enough where the 49ers can move up to draft them.
CORNERBACK: This is another position that could use some attention. Ahkello Witherspoon is changing teams, heading to the Seattle Seahawks on a one-year deal. The organization did re-sign both Dontae Johnson and Jason Verrett, and could potentially re-sign veteran Richard Sherman, one of the best players left on the market. Should Sherman return this position becomes less of a pressing need and more of a depth concern, but if the veteran finds a new home San Francisco could look at cornerback earlier in the draft. Eric Stokes and Asante Samuel Jr. are potential options in the second round.
One of the more curious storylines of this free agency cycle has been the speculation over a Russell Wilson trade. Given the financial considerations at work — the Seattle Seahawks face some whopping dead cap figures if they move him either of the next two seasons — it never seemed likely that the organization would move him. Still, the Chicago Bears tried to get the Seahawks to budge. Now that it seems that Wilson is staying put, and some other moves have been made, what does Seattle still need to address? And just how many can they address with just three selections in the upcoming draft?
EDGE/PASS RUSHER: Seattle looked to address this position group in free agency, adding Kerry Hyder from San Francisco and re-signing Benson Mayowa to a two-year deal. The return of Carlos Dunlap (which broke Thursday evening) and a potential return of Bruce Irvin might make this even less of a need, but it could still be on Seattle’s radar at some point come draft time.
CORNERBACK: This is another interesting position to consider for Seattle. In? Ahkello Witherspoon on a one-year deal from San Francisco. Out? Shaquill Griffin, now in Jacksonville with the Jaguars. The team also has Quinton Dunbar, acquired last season in a trade, as well as Tre Flowers and Jayson Stanley. Still, another player or two could be added. A potential return of Richard Sherman in free agency? Or could they look to the college ranks and perhaps a different Stanford product, Paulson Adebo? Another intriguing option could be Ifeatu Melifonwu from Syracuse, another long and rangy corner.
OFFENSIVE TACKLE: Offensive line always seems to be an issue with the Seattle Seahawks, and some of the rumblings about trading Wilson — from the player’s perspective — might have been directed as a way to prod the organization to provide help up front. The Seahawks did acquire guard Gabe Jackson via trade and look to have a solid starting five, but depth behind tackles Duane Brown and Brandon Shell could be addressed. In a deep tackle class, Seattle could see an intriguing option slide to 56, or could find value in the later rounds, perhaps with Robert Hainsey from Notre Dame, Josh Ball from Marshall, Brady Christensen from BYU or Walker Little from Stanford.


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Populists claim that representatives represent the people by complying with their preferences and judgments. Elitists, by contrast, argue that representatives are bound to decide correctly. This Article argues that the populist and elitist views of representation are both false: representation indeed requires the representative to endorse the perspective of the represented. But, often endorsing the perspective of the represented requires representatives to act against the actual convictions of the represented. To look at the world 'from the perspective of the represented,' the representative’s decisions ought to satisfy the condition of justifiability-to the represented, namely, they must rest on reasoning that is accessible to the represented as she actually is. This understanding of representation implies that private reason has important role to play in democratic politics: the constituency’s basic convictions should be taken into account in the reasoning of the representatives.
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