Language has such power in politics. The very name Green Belt makes it hard to oppose. Who could be anti-green, after all? Who could be in favour of ‘urban sprawl’ or ‘concreting over the countryside’?
It is entirely natural to favour a distinction between the countryside and our towns and cities. I recall during my London childhood the excitement when we went on holiday and I looked out of the window of the car or the train and saw that rolling fields had replaced housing and offices.
Yet some may be surprised to learn that in Greater London itself no less than 22% of the land is designated as Green Belt. That comes to nearly 87,000 acres.
James Forsyth wrote in The Times the other day about the paradox that Conservative MPs in outer London constituencies court popularity by defending the Green Belt and resisting development, yet in doing so imperil their own long term electoral survival.
“It is hard not to see dissatisfied renters driving the capital’s turn against the Tories,” writes Forsyth. “Barely two thirds of private renters are happy with their lot, which is not surprising given that a single-earner family with a child in a two-bedroom house is spending 45% of their income on rent.”
He quotes one minister lamenting “the irony is that you get MPs in outer London who are quite militant about the green belt. But changing housing tenure is turning their constituencies into marginals.”
Forsyth concludes: “The Tories are alienating their future electorate to assuage an older, more prosperous section of their current electorate. This makes sense only in the short term.”
A glance at recent opinion polling suggests he is on to something. In elections due next month, the Conservatives are on course to snatch a remarkable victory in the Hartlepool by-election, but also to face an absolute drubbing in the election for Mayor of London. A few seconds on Zoopla tells me the average property price in Hartlepool is £133,216. In London it is £644,631. Enough said.
By being caught in the political trap of championing state control and bureaucratic inflexibility to prohibit construction, suburban Tories (councillors as well as MPs) are sealing their own fate.
Thankfully, one London MP has spoken out against this folly. She says:
“The green belt is not always the green belt. The term does not necessarily apply to areas of outstanding natural beauty, parkland or ‘lungs’ in cities. It can apply to the tatty bits of land that it is hard to believe are part of the green belt. I was amazed to discover that there are some 19,334 hectares of undeveloped green-belt land around train stations in London. If we were to develop only those sites, we could build one million new homes.
“The car valeting site in Tottenham Hale, the illegal waste tip in Hillingdon, the tip in Ealing that is inaccessible, the concrete airfield in Wisley: what happens to these ungreen green-belt sites that could provide a million new homes close to London train stations? Any London MP knows that we desperately need such homes for people who may never be able to afford to buy.”
Who is this championing the causes of free enterprise and home ownership, which could offer electoral salvation to the Conservatives in the capital? Who is this brave individual prepared to challenge that terrible piece of socialist legislation, the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act? It’s actually Siobhain McDonagh, the Labour MP for Mitcham and Morden.
What many might imagine to be Green Belt land – land with aesthetic or environmental merit – is actually already protected as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty – indeed, that designation covers an estimated 15% of the land in England. Even if the Green Belt was abolished that land would still be protected.
The problem has been getting worse as land allocated to the Green Belt has been increasing. Liam Halligan, in his book Home Truths, notes:
“No less than 88% of the area in Guildford, the largest town in Surrey, is devoted to the Green Belt. More of Surrey is, in fact, covered by golf courses than by residential housing…
“The designated land around Oxford – officially the UK’s most unaffordable city, with the average house price costing no less than 11.5 times the average local wage – is larger than in the university town, where houses are in desperately short supply. The same is true in York and Cambridge too, where the Green Belt is bigger than the place it is supposedly protecting.”
Despite all this, I don’t really blame the Tory MPs who often side with the NIMBYs. It’s not just the miscalculation that they wish to avoid losing a few hundred votes from ageing conservationists at the next election – despite antagonising thousands more from Generation Rent. It is possible to be too cynical. The reality is that most of the development being put forward is awful. It is ugly. It would make the constituencies these MPs represent less attractive places to live. What are the MPs supposed to say? “This development is not as ugly as it looks,” or perhaps “I know it’s ugly but please support it anyway.”
Even though the Green Belt land might include scuzzy contaminated bits of wasteland or derelict industrial buildings, often the tower blocks and assorted eyesores proposed to replace them would arguably look even worse.
So the solution is not just to limit protection to Green Belt land that really is green. It is to bring in flexibility into the planning system to allow development to take place with the proviso that is beautiful. Suppose you have an ugly site of hundred acres of Green Belt wasteland. A developer is allowed to build a couple of hundred homes on 20 or 30 acres. But must also provide funds for a trust to create and manage a park or nature reserve on the other 70 or 80 acres. We might also stipulate that a design code that commands popular support, and that new buildings uses traditional local materials where possible.
Such a scheme could surely be profitable for the property developer, though the building ratios would vary according to the viability of different sites. But I reckon it would also be popular with existing residents. There will always be some vocal opponents of any big scheme, of course, but most people would welcome attractive new development. The local MP could speak up for it in good conscience, confident that the new project was both right and enjoyed the support of constituents.
Since 1970 living standards have been transformed in so many ways. Capitalism has delivered an abundance of products into ordinary homes of a variety that would have been impossible to imagine. But over the same period, the prices of those homes have tripled in real terms – that is, over and above inflation. That is not inevitable. It has not happened in other countries. It is due to the decision we have made to continue with a planning system which prevents us from having a genuine housing market.
The grand compromise that the Government is seeking to introduce is to liberate developers from the existing constraints, but, rather than a free-for-all, only permit designs that win local enthusiasm. It has accepted the case for beauty made by the social enterprise Create Streets and the Conservative philosopher Sir Roger Scruton, who kept working on this cause until his death last year.
The logic of embracing that flexibility is that the Green Belt should go. But given the misunderstanding about the current system, perhaps a better description of this new policy should be: “Make the Green Belt truly green.”
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The video that has emerged of Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh dancing in the latter’s wedding has got everyone talking. Yuvraj Singh’s wedding with Hazel Keech was the talk of the town last week. While cricketers were in full attendance, the wedding was also graced by Bollywood celebrities.
In the video Kohli and Yuvraj can be seen dancing to the beats. Yuvraj’s wedding was extended to two locations. The first wedding was done in a Gurudwara at Chandigarh. The Indian team, fresh from their victory against England in the third Test held at Mohali, were in attendance for the function.
The wedding party then moved to Goa where Yuvraj and Hazel tied the knot in traditional Hindu rituals. Rohit Sharma and his wife had come for the Goa wedding. They were later joined by Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma.
Kohli seems to have had his share of fun before coming to Mumbai to lead his side in the fourth Test against England at the Wankhede stadium. the match ahs been level so far with England putting up a total of 400 runs on Day 2, largely on the back of a sensational century by debutant Keaton Jennings and a lower order cameo by Jonny Buttler.
Yuvraj Singh meanwhile, was busy leading Punjab in the Ranji trophy. Once a regular feature in the national setup, Yuvraj hasn’t played in the Indian colours since quite a while but seemed to be in good form in the Ranji Trophy.
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What is a Filter?
In a modern control system, a filter is an algorithm (or function block) used mainly for the reduction of noise on a process measurement signal (Figure 1). But that is not its only use as we will see later.
Figure 1. Noise filter.
Types of Filters
Control systems generally provide first-order lag and/or moving-average filters. A few control systems provide higher-order filters. The different types of filters are briefly discussed below.
First-Order Lag Filter
The most common type of filter is the first-order lag filter of which the output approaches the value of the input in an exponential way over time (Figure 2). This is also called a low-pass filter because high-frequencies (fast changes) are attenuated and low-frequencies (slow changes) are passed through. This makes the first-order lag filter ideal to reduce the noise component in a process measurement signal because noise tends to be of higher frequency than process changes.
The time constant of a first-order lag filter is the time it takes for its output to change 63.2% of a sustained change on its input (Figure 2).
Another type of filter is the moving average filter. This type of filter stores a number of samples in a first-in-first-out buffer. On every execution cycle a new value from the filter’s input is stored in the buffer and the oldest value is discarded. The filter then calculates the average of all the stored values, which then becomes the new output of the filter, as depicted in Figure 3.
The output of a moving average filter approaches the final value linearly and then comes to an abrupt stop, as opposed to a first-order lag that approaches the final value exponentially (Figure 4).
Higher-order filters consist of multiple lags and leads arranged in a specific way to provide a steeper cut-off or just filter out specific frequencies (such as 60 Hz). Although these filters are much more common in the electronics industry, some control systems also provide at least a subset of them. Higher-order filter types include low-pass, band-pass, notch, and high-pass (although the latter would be very uncommon in process control applications.
There probably are situations in which the use of higher-order filters would be preferable over simple first-order lag filters, but for most cases in general process control, first-order lag filters are adequate for smoothing noisy process measurement signals.
Since higher-order filters are rarely used in control loops, I will not delve deeper into their design and application here.
Should I Use a First-Order or a Moving-Average Filter?
If you have a choice, do not use a moving-average filter for smoothing a noisy process measurement. A first-order lag filter is better suited for smoothing out noise. The reason is as follows: With a first-order lag filter, newly sampled values contribute more to the output than older samples – the newest value contributes the most and the contribution of older samples decreases exponentially over time. With a moving-average filter, all values in the buffer contribute equally to the output.
If there is a spike on the input of a moving-average filter, its contribution stays unchanged until it suddenly disappears when the value drops off the buffer. With a lag filter, the contribution of the spike will wane over time.
There are three main applications for filters in control systems. These are discussed below.
Also called a smoother, noise filters are used to smooth out high-frequency noise from a process measurement signal as depicted in Figure 1. These filters are commonly applied to flow-measurement signals, because of the tendency of these signals to have a substantial noise component. A first-order lag filter with a time constant of two to three seconds is normally sufficient for a flow control loop. Longer time constants may be used if needed, but be careful that the filter does not become the dominant lag in the loop.
Some level measurements can also have a large noise component, e.g. where boiling or liquid-gas separation affects the level. Level controllers (except on steam drums and surge tanks) often require a high controller gain, making the controller output very sensitive to noise. In these cases filters with longer time constants (e.g. 10 to 20 seconds) may be required.
An appropriate filter time constant (Tf) can be calculated as follows:
Tf = (Amplitude of Noise) / (Desired Amplitude after Filtering) * (Period of Noise) / (2 x PI)
Where PI = 3.14 and the period of the noise can be determined by counting the number of peaks in a signal over one minute, and then inverting this number, i.e. use 1/x. The equation above will then give you the filter time in minutes. Convert this number to seconds (multiply by 60) if your control system uses seconds as the time unit for filters.
Note that adding a filter in a control loop or changing the filter’s time constant changes the dynamic behavior of the control loop. This requires retuning the controller to accommodate the loop’s new dynamics. Also, use the minimum filtering possible, because a filter introduces lag which will likely result in a slower-performing control loop, and it may hide process problems.
In process control, anti-aliasing filters are used on analog input signals to remove high-frequency components from the signals before they are sampled by the digital control system. This is done to prevent aliasing problems in which high-frequency components in the original signal appear as low-frequency aliases after sampling by the control system. YouTube has some nice videos demonstrating aliasing. Anti-alias filtering must be done in the transmitter, i.e. before the analog signal is sampled by the A/D converter in the control system’s input module.
The anti-aliasing filter should provide a minimum of -12 dB of attenuation at the Nyquist frequency, but preferably more as explained in a 1994 paper by EnTech. This can be provided by a first-order low-pass filter with a time constant set to at least 1.3 times the slowest sampling period. For example, if the input card samples the analog inputs at a rate of 1 sample per 500 milliseconds, and the controller execution interval is 1 second, a minimum filter time constant of 1.3 seconds should be used.
A setpoint filter passes the control loop’s setpoint through a first-order lag filter before the controller receives the signal. A setpoint filter can be used to reduce or eliminate overshoot on control loops that receive operator-made setpoint changes. This will mostly apply to lag dominant processes that have been tuned for fast disturbance rejection. It can also be used to reduce the amount of abrupt control action as a result of the setpoint change. (However, my preferred solution in both cases is to apply the proportional and derivative modes only on the process variable instead of on error, if the control algorithm supports this.)
Control guru Greg McMillan recommends that the setpoint filter’s time constant be set equal to the integral time in the controller, or 1.5 times the integral time if the controller is tuned more aggressively for minimum settling time.
Setpoint filters should never be used in control loops that are required to closely track their setpoints (such as in cascade, feedforward, and ratio control) because it slows down the controller’s response to setpoint changes.
Filters are handy devices in control systems and have multiple uses, the main one being to reduce the noise component on measurement signals. Only use filters when needed, and then as little filtering as possible. And remember that a filter alters the dynamic response of the loop (except for setpoint filters), so the controller has to be retuned after a filter’s time constant has been changed.


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October 25th, 2018 -G&C Foods is proud to announce that their company owned facility in Syracuse, NY has achieved SQF Certification for both Food Safety and Quality. The company received an audit rating of “Excellent”, which is the highest rating available. This achievement shows that they maintain one of the most rigorous Food Safety and Quality programs in the industry.
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On Tuesday, I met with Premier Gladys Berejiklian and other Mayors from west and south-western Sydney, to express the concerns of our community. We discussed everything from lockdown laws to support for local businesses and the increasing divide between the west and other parts of Sydney brought on by the different rules for different areas.
It was a frank and robust discussion and I thank the Premier for taking the time to listen to our perspective. We don't always agree, but it was a conversation we needed to have in order for us to move forward and come out of this lockdown together.
A key point I wanted to make was the importance of treating everyone the same, and the need to bring people together, so we can move forward no matter where people live. The most important focus was on restoring people's quality of life, restoring choices and a way forward.
Our community has borne the brunt of the restrictions and have been at the forefront since very early on in this outbreak, and it's the essential workers of the west that are keeping Sydney going, putting food on everyone's tables while risking bringing the virus back to their family members. The government should recognise this contribution not punish us for it.
We don't want to see Sydney split into two - with people lying on the beach in one part of Sydney while in the west we can't even go for a walk outside without a mask. As community leaders we want to express the community's concerns and make sure the community is not disadvantaged, discriminated or divided with these rules.
I am proud of Fairfield residents, we have risen to this challenge, and have come forward to be vaccinated. Our cases have reduced and stabilised and vaccination rates are higher than most other parts of Sydney and we should be rewarded for this effort with more freedoms - after all, we are told that vaccination is the only way forward out of lockdown. But we mustn't be complacent - for now we must continue to follow the health orders to ensure we suppress the virus and look forward to a time when we can come out of lockdown. Stay home, do not have visitors. Get tested if you have symptoms, and get vaccinated.
I have hope that the meeting has enlightened the Premier on the issues of our region and will now provide a more positive way forward in uniting our city and most importantly in fighting this virus together.
I only wished this happened previously and I have hope that with a better understanding we can move forward in the community's best interests.

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Abelen, Chris [Christiaan Mathias Maria Abelen], trombone; b. Tilburg, the Netherlands, 29 September 1959. Ad Abelen (1932) is his father and Mimi Rijs, (1933) is his mother. He has two brothers, Paul (1962) and Ton (1967). No musicians in his family.Started playing trumpet at the age of 7, than again at 11 and switched to trombone at the age of 18 and also formed a big-band. He started arranging for this band and also conducting. He studied, first classical trombone in Tilburg, than to Amsterdam for impro trombone by Willem van Manen.
He has played with Willem Breuker Kollektief (1984-1987), Dick de Graaf Septet (1988), J.C.Tans Orchestra (1988-1989), * Contraband (1989 -2000), Eric van der Westen Octet (1991-1992), and Paradise Regained Orchestra (1995). He has led the Chris Abelen Sextet.
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Toyota, a global leader in the automotive industry, is rumored to be resurrecting the legendary MR2 model. This iconic two-seater sports car, which perfectly encapsulates the Japanese mantra of “less is more,” is set to make a comeback in 2024. The MR2, short for “Mid-ship Runabout Two-seater,” has been a staple in the affordable sports car market, and the upcoming version promises to stay true to this tradition. This article unravels the features, specifications, and expectations of the 2024 Toyota MR2.
An Affordable Enthusiast Car: The 2024 Toyota MR2
According to industry insiders, the fourth-generation Toyota MR2 is set to hit the market in 2024. The Japanese automaker has a history of collaboration with other manufacturers to create sports cars. The MR2 project will reportedly involve Suzuki and Daihatsu, Toyota’s subsidiary, indicating a focus on affordability.
Despite being a sports car, the new MR2 is expected to feature a 1.0-liter, turbocharged three-cylinder engine, commonly found in many Suzuki models. While a more powerful engine would have been desirable, this choice helps keep the vehicle reasonably priced. Toyota aims to deliver an affordable sports car, ruling out the possibility of hybridization. A six-speed manual is also expected, alongside a six-speed, torque-converter automatic.
The 2024 MR2 will be built on the GA-B platform, which underpins the regular Toyota Yaris. The development costs will be split among the three manufacturers, with Suzuki providing the engine, Toyota offering the basic architecture and front suspension, and Daihatsu handling the overall styling.
The Philosophy of Lightweight and Simplicity
Since its inception in 1984, the Toyota MR2 has been celebrated for its simplicity and lightweight design. The upcoming MR2 is expected to uphold these principles. Sharing a platform with the regular Yaris, the MR2’s curb weight is estimated to be around 2,000 pounds (907 kg), making it a lightweight option in the sports car market.
A Sports Car Focused on Driving Experience
The primary focus of the 2024 MR2 is to deliver an exhilarating driving experience rather than impressive performance numbers. With the economy car underpinnings, a 998cc engine, and 150 horsepower, the MR2 is designed to offer a fun and engaging driving experience. The mid-engine layout of the MR2 promises enhanced handling and agility, making it a worthy contender in the bends.
The GR86, another of Toyota’s sports cars, is set to be discontinued in 2025, leaving the MR2 and the Mazda MX-5 as the main options for those seeking a compact, affordable sports car.
The 2024 MR2: Exterior and Interior Features
The 2024 Toyota MR2 is expected to feature a futuristic design. The exterior will showcase opulent curves and bold aerodynamics, with the vehicle supported by 18-inch rear and 20-inch front alloy wheels.
Inside, the cabin is expected to maintain the premium quality Toyota is known for. Features such as a touchscreen display, an audio sound system, and Bluetooth connectivity are expected. The MR2 will offer ample space for a two-seater sports car, with the potential for a range of hybrid, electric, and gasoline engines.
2024 Toyota MR2: Engine Performance and Specifications
The 2024 MR2 is rumored to be available in various hybrid, electric, and gasoline engines, with an expected output between 295 and 345 horsepower. The plug-in hybrid version of the MR2 will likely sport a 2.9 or 3.0-liter V6 engine combined with an electric motor, delivering robust output.
The 2024 Toyota MR2: Release Date, Price, and Range
There’s no official word on the 2024 Toyota MR2’s release date, but rumors suggest a first-quarter launch in 2024. The new MR2’s price range is expected to fall between $16,500 and $25,000, making it an affordable sports car option.
The 2024 Toyota MR2’s range will depend on various factors such as driving, weather, engine, and traffic. However, with a full tank (14.5 gallons), the MR2 is expected to cover up to 450 miles, accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in just 5.0 seconds.
Safety and Convenience Features of the 2024 Toyota MR2
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The 2024 Toyota MR2: A Resurrection Worth Waiting For
The return of the Toyota MR2 is a much-anticipated event in the world of sports cars. This nimble, lightweight vehicle encapsulates the Japanese philosophy of simplicity, offering an affordable yet exhilarating driving experience.
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Supercharged Ferrari which won top races in the 1950s on sale for record-breaking £10m (and it's got a top speed of 175mph)
- Only four Ferrari 375 Plus racing cars were ever built, with one being custom made for the King of Belgium
- It boasts a 4.9-litre 330bhp V12 engine and a top speed of 175mph and was entrusted to only the best drivers
- The car's most famous victory was in the Carrera Pan-Americana road race through Mexico
- It was known in France as Le Monstre - the monster - while in Britain it was called the Fearsome Four-Nine
- It was once left to ruin in a wooded area for almost 20 years and was so neglected a tree grew through its engine bay
An incredibly rare Ferrari racing car which won a string of famous races in the 1950s has been tipped to set a world record by selling for £10million.
The Ferrari 375 Plus was among the quickest and most powerful racing cars of its time, notching up victories at Le Mans and Silverstone in 1954.
Just four racing versions of the car were ever made, while one road model was custom built for the King of Belgium.
The Ferrari 375 Plus was among the quickest and most powerful racing cars of its time, notching up victories at Le Mans and Silverstone in 1954
The car's most famous victory was in the Carrera Pan-Americana road race through Mexico at the hands of Italian Umberto Maglioli who averaged 107mph
The supercharged red motor, which boasts a 4.9-litre 330bhp V12 engine and a top speed of 175mph, was entrusted to only the best and bravest drivers of the time.
Its most famous victory was in the Carrera Pan-Americana road race through Mexico at the hands of Italian ace Umberto Maglioli.
The Italian star drove the 2,000-mile course at an incredible average of 107mph and during one five hour period towards the end of the race he averaged 150mph - almost flat out.
The 375 became so feared on the racecourse that in France it earned the nickname Le Monstre - the monster - while in Britain it was called the Fearsome Four-Nine.
The Ferrari 375 Plus boasts a 4.9-lire 330bhp V12 engine and a top speed of 175mph, and right, fittingly, the speed machine has a fighter jet like cockpit
The car has a sordid post-racing history; first it was sold to a private collector then it was taken and sold to someone else without his knowledge
The Ferrari races to victory in the 1954 Le Mans race while being hotly pursued, and another car can be seen wedged over the banks of the track just behind it
But by 1958 it was obsolete and was bought by American car collector Karl Kleve for around £12,000 in today’s money.
Mr Kleve had planned to swap the car’s huge V12 but it was forgotten about and fell into disrepair outside Mr Kleve’s home in Cincinatti, Ohio.
The engine, its cover, the drum brakes, the boot lid and doors had been stripped from the motor and kept in a barn.
The Ferrari team mechanics make last minute checks before the 1954 Le Mans race, while onlookers take pictures and watch the action unfold on the track
The car languished in a wooded area for almost 20 years - and was so unloved that a tree grew through its empty engine bay.
Without Mr Kleve’s knowing, the car was removed from his land in 1989 and sold to a French buyer for about £30,000.
Mr Kleve reported the car stolen and it was impounded in Belgium where it was destined for an exhibition.
Authorities concluded the sale had been in good faith and in 1990 it was released and sold to Ferrari importer Jacques Swaters, a close friend of
The car languished in a wooded area for almost 20 years - and was so unloved that a tree grew through its empty engine bay, before it was fully restored
Mr Swaters then set about restoring the once-great motor to its former glory, reuniting it with original parts which it had been separated from when taken from Cincinnati.
It is now being sold with no reserve by Mr Swaters’ family following his death three years ago.
The car is tipped to fetch £10million, which if realised would break the world record for a racing Ferrari at auction.
Philip Kantor, motoring expert at auctioneers Bonhams, said: 'This is a very special car indeed. It is a works racing car which is rare in itself but on top of that only four racing models and one road version were ever built. This car is the first, and only four still remain.
The winner of the auction, which will take place at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Chichester, West Sussex, on June 27 will also get surviving original body panels
The Ferrari has an undisputed chassis number and the car's authenticity has never been questioned say auctioneers
'It has participated in some of the world’s greatest racing events driven by some of the world’s best drivers.
'Very importantly it has an undisputed chassis number - there is no other car in the world like it and its identity has never been called into question. In the 1990s it was beautifully restored by Jacques Swaters, a close friend of Enzo Ferrari, and it has since taken part in Le Mans Classic twice.
The auction will take place at Goodwood Festival of Speed in Chichester, West Sussex, on June 27.
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Yokohama introduces first BluEarth branded winter tyre
Yokohama’s newest winter tyre, the BluEarth W*drive V905 has been designed to meet Europe’s increasingly stringent environmental regulations. The first Yokohama-brand winter tyre to use the advanced BluEarth fuel-efficient technologies, it also features a directional pattern with wide grooves and a new compound offering superior stability and performance on snow, ice and wet roads. Ideal for drivers of performance cars, medium sized cars and SUVs, the BluEarth W*drive V905 is available in sizes from 15”–22”.
Also from Yokohama’s W*Drive winter tyre range, the W*drive V902 tyre is specially constructed using a flexible polymer compound with a unique high-rigid asymmetric tread design to drain water, snow and slush effectively while 3D-shaped sipes provide excellent traction in a wide range of temperature zones. The tyre is available in sizes from 15”–21”.
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WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — A man is in custody after allegedly stabbing and killing a man Tuesday in West Mifflin.
Robert Anger, 19, of Homestead, is facing charges of criminal homicide, tampering with evidence and burglary in connection to the death of 65-year-old Marcel Thompson, who was found outside a building around 4:30 p.m. on Midway Drive with multiple stab wounds.
Sources told Channel 11 the grandson stabbed his grandfather to death.
Police issued an arrest warrant for Anger later that day. He was taken into custody Thursday afternoon in West Mifflin.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Allegheny County Police Tipline at 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous. The department can also be reached via its social media sites.
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Wired:The Overclockers.com website published a barely believable hoax last week detailing the gutting of a brand new and very expensive Power Mac G5. This brought on an unbelievable reaction from the Mac community.
The hoaxer, identified only as "Andy," claimed he received a dual-processor G5 for Christmas. But preferring a Windows PC, he swapped out the insides of the $3,000 machine for the guts of a cheapo PC. The post included several digital photographs to prove the outrageous claim.


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Winter can be tough. It gets dark before dinner and is often too cold to enjoy the outdoors. The first flurries are great, but after the second or third blizzard, you’re ready for some sunshine. This season is brutal, and you need some comforting. Try these delicious desserts in your restaurant or home to warm customers, friends, or yourself.
Nutella-Swirl Pound Cake
If you haven’t had Nutella, resist no further. The chocolate hazelnut spread is absolutely delicious. It works great on toast, waffles or pretty much anything that could use a sweet sprucing. This recipe from FoodandWine.com puts Nutella front and center in a succulent pound cake. Pound cake is always a warm, filling dessert, but it has never been better than this.
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
4 large eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
¾ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 ¼ cups sugar
1 13-ounce jar Nutella
Preheat the oven to 325°. Lightly grease and flour a 9” x 5” loaf pan, tapping out any excess flour. In a glass measuring cup, lightly beat the eggs with the vanilla. In a medium bowl, whisk the 1 ½ cups of flour with the baking powder and salt.
In a large bowl, using a handheld mixer, beat the butter with the sugar at medium-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. With the mixer at medium-low speed, gradually beat in the egg mixture until fully incorporated. Add the flour mixture in 3 batches, beating at low speed between additions until just incorporated. Continue to beat for 30 seconds longer.
Spread one-third of the batter in the prepared pan, then spread half of the Nutella on top. Repeat with another third of the batter and the remaining Nutella. Top with the remaining batter. Lightly swirl the Nutella into the batter with a butter knife. Do not over mix.
Bake the cake for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Invert the cake onto a wire rack, turn it right side up and let cool completely, about 2 hours. Cut the cake into slices and serve.
Salted Caramel Pudding Parfaits
The combination of salt and caramel has become a hot commodity in the dessert world over the course of the past decade. Don’t believe me? Go to your local grocery store or read this 2008 article from the New York Times. The flavor mash-up can be found in chocolate bars, coffees and ice cream, and there’s a reason why: the salty and sweet combo. It’s what makes chocolate covered pretzels great and chocolate covered bacon surprisingly satisfying. This recipe from FineCooking.com takes the salt and caramel phenomenon to a whole new level. Parfaits, as Donkey from “Shrek” once said, may be the most delicious thing on the whole planet. This parfait may require more specialized ingredients and time than most, but it is well worth the effort.
1 ½ cups heavy cream
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
3 cups whole milk, at room temperature
½ cup Caramel Sauce (recipe follows, and makes about 1 cup)
1 ½ teaspoons fleur de sel
Whisk together 1/2 cup of the heavy cream, the cornstarch, and vanilla paste in a small bowl. Set aside.
Put 1 cup of the sugar into a medium copper or heavy stainless steel saucepan and set over medium heat. As the sugar heats, you will see it start to melt around the edges and then turn golden in color, in 2 to 3 minutes. Using a wooden spoon or heatproof silicone spatula, nudge the sugar slightly on one side. You will see liquid caramel slowly move out from underneath the granular sugar. Very slowly start to move the sugar into the liquid caramel. Do not rush this process—if the caramel starts to look grainy, you are incorporating the sugar too quickly. If the caramel starts to smoke or get very dark, remove the pan from the heat until the smoking subsides or lower the heat.
When the sugar has completely melted and is dark amber in color, turn off the heat and pour in the milk—it will bubble up. When the bubbles settle down, turn the heat on to low and whisk the milk and caramel together, then cook, whisking, to dissolve any hardened bits of caramel.
Whisk the cornstarch mixture into the caramel and continue cooking, stirring, until the pudding thickens and coats the back of the spoon, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Pour the pudding through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium bowl. Cover the surface of the pudding with plastic wrap so the pudding doesn’t form a skin and refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours.
Caramel Sauce Ingredients
1 1/3 cups sugar
¾ cup heavy cream
¼ cup light corn syrup
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed and chilled
½ tablespoon kosher salt
Caramel Sauce Directions
Put the sugar into a medium copper or heavy stainless steel saucepan and set over medium heat. Pour the cream and corn syrup into a small saucepan and set over medium-low heat.
As the sugar heats, you will see it start to melt around the edges and then turn golden in color, in 2 to 3 minutes. Using a wooden spoon or heatproof silicone spatula, nudge the sugar slightly on one side. You will see liquid caramel slowly move out from underneath the granular sugar. Very slowly start to move the sugar into the liquid caramel. Do not rush this process—if the caramel starts to look grainy, you are incorporating the sugar too quickly. If the caramel starts to smoke or get very dark, remove the pan from the heat until the smoking subsides or lower the heat.
Meanwhile, watch the cream: You want it to come to a boil when the sugar reaches the liquid caramel stage, so adjust the timing accordingly by raising or lowering the heat under the cream (if the cream comes to a boil too early, just remove it from the heat).
When the sugar has completely melted and is dark amber in color, remove from the heat and pour in the cream—it will bubble substantially. When the caramel has settled down, stir the ingredients together until smooth. Add the butter and salt and stir until smooth, about 30 seconds.
Pour the hot caramel into a heatproof jar or container and let cool completely. Bring to room temperature or reheat gently before serving.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or in a large bowl, using a handheld mixer), whip the remaining 1 cup cream with the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar until firm peaks form.
Spoon 1 to 2 teaspoons of caramel sauce into the bottom of each parfait glass. Scoop about ½ cup of pudding into the glass, drizzle with another 1 to 2 teaspoons caramel sauce, and top with a large dollop of whipped cream. Drizzle a little more caramel sauce over the whipped cream, finish with a sprinkling of fleur de sel, and serve immediately.


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Nollywood actress and businesswoman Mary Remmy Njoku has caused confusion on social media with a statement she made about men paying bills in their homes.
The ROK TV boss shared a message to African men that reads:
“Dear African men, you are not doing your wife, the mother of your kids a favor when you pay bills. Marriage and Parenting is partnership. You are merely holding up your end of the bargain.”
Madam Njoku’s statement caused divided opinions on social media with many commenters showing signs that they are all struggling to understand what the actress actually meant.
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Bridget Wingert is the founder and editor of the Bucks County Herald. On October 16th, 2002, Bridget and her late husband Joe founded the Bucks County Herald, a community newspaper covering Central and Upper Bucks County in Pennsylvania and Hunterdon County river towns in New Jersey. Before that, Bridget served as the editor of the New Hope Gazette, in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and is a well-known leader in community journalism in southeast Pennsylvania.
Join the conversation as Sarah Larson, a guest host of On Record PR and the executive vice president of Furia Rubel Communications, goes on record with Bridget to talk about her experience founding the community newspaper and discuss its newly launched Community Journalism Fund to help the paper survive the precipitous drop off in revenue caused by the pandemic of COVID-19.


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November 7, 2023 Sample Ballot
The Sample Ballot for the upcoming November 7, 2023 election is now available.
If you are new to Rocky Hill or have never registered to vote you can do so online by visiting the State of Connecticut’s Online Voter Registration System. Additional information can be found on the Registrar of Voters page.
Absentee Ballot Applications
Please use the Connecticut Online Absentee Ballot Request Portal to request an Absentee Ballot . Please only fill out one application in your name.
Connecticut law allows you to receive an absentee ballot if you cannot appear at your assigned polling place on Election Day because of active service in the military, absence from the town in which you are eligible to vote, sickness, religious tenets that forbid secular activity on the day of the election, duties as an election official at a polling place other than your own during all of the hours of voting, or physical disability.
Completing your application
In order to receive a ballot, voters must complete all fields, and a box must be checked off indicating the reason for requesting an absentee ballot.
Each application must have an original signature and be dated in order for a ballot to be issued.
Anyone assisting in completing the application must complete and sign the bottom portion of the form.
Returning your application
- SECURE BALLOT DROP BOX – Applications may be deposited in the secure ballot drop box provided outside the main entrance to Town Hall at 761 Old Main Street, Rocky Hill.
- BY MAIL – Applications can be mailed to the Rocky Hill Town Clerk, 761 Old Main Street, Rocky Hill, CT 06067.
- IN PERSON - If you submit an application in person, an Absentee Ballot will be handed to you at that time. You may complete it and submit your vote, or you may take the ballot with you to complete at home and return it. Note: If you submit an application for an elector other than yourself, their ballot cannot be handed to you, but will be mailed directly to them.
Preparing ballots for return
When preparing your ballot for return, please be sure to date, sign and seal the inner envelope or your vote WILL NOT BE COUNTED.
RETURN YOUR BALLOT using the same methods described above for applications. IN ORDER FOR YOUR VOTE TO COUNT, ballots must be received in person the day prior to Election Day; by mail on Election Day, by an immediate member of the family by the close of polls, or via the ballot drop box by the close of polls. NOTE: The ballot drop box will be locked promptly at 8:00 p.m.
Members of the military, current residents temporarily residing overseas and former residents overseas: Please use the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) at https://fvap.gov. Please direct any questions you may have to the Town Clerk's office.
Permanent Absentee Ballot for Disabled
Under Public Act No. 11-173, a disabled elector may qualify to obtain Permanent Absentee Ballot status by submitting a completed Absentee Ballot application along with a letter from a doctor, on the doctor’s letterhead, stating that the elector has a permanent disability that prevents them from appearing in person at the polls. Upon receipt of these items, Absentee Ballots will be automatically mailed to the elector for all elections the elector is eligible to vote in (note: Permanent Absentee Ballots do no pertain to referendums with less than 3 weeks notice. CGS. § S9-369c).
Note: A canvass will be sent by the Registrar of Voters, annually in January, to determine if the elector continues to reside at the address indicated on their application. The elector has 30 days to respond to the canvass. Failure to respond will result in removal from Permanent Absentee Ballot status.


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Limbe Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday sentenced Gustino Ibrahim, 30, to 16 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) for defiling a 12 year epileptic girl.
Limbe Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Wisdom Nhlane said the incident happened on October 19, 2017 when the victim who is epileptic went to watch a football match at Bangwe Youth Centre.
“The convict was working as a security guard and was on duty that day at the said centre with his colleague. During the football game, the convict enticed the victim with K180 and later took her to the nearest toilet where he raped her,” he said.
Nhlane said the convict told the victim not to reveal the ordeal to anyone but she did the opposite as she narrated the whole story to her mother the same evening.
“The matter was reported to the police where a medical report was issued for the victim and the two security guards were taken to police for questioning and identification. The victim identified Ibrahim as the defiler,” he explained.
The convict denied the charge which prompted the state to parade four witnesses who proved him guilty.
In mitigation, Ibrahim said the court should consider him because he is first offender and has a family to look after.
Limbe Senior Resident Magistrate, Thoko Soko said there was overwhelming evidence that Ibrahim committed the crime hence the 16 year sentence with IHL as a lesson and to deter would be offenders.
Ibrahim hails from Luinje Village in the area of Traditional Authority Likoswe in Chiradzulu.


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The Church’s liturgy has inspired great choral music for centuries. Unfortunately, that part of Catholicism’s cultural memory has been somewhat misplaced in recent years. One reason why is the widespread misapprehension among liturgists that 21st-century congregations can only “hear” music of the Andrew Lloyd Webber genre.Expertise in 21st-Century Schools & Digital Classroom Curriculum Development Frequent International Jazz and Concert Choir Festival Conductor & Clinician Director of Choral Music
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Posted in Concerts, Live Broadcasts | Tagged 21st century choral music, caroline shaw, Christopher Theofanidis, contemporary classical, Gregg Kallor, jessie montgomery, joshua roman, new music, osvaldo golijov, Reena Esmail, Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, town hall, town hall seattle, town music | Leave a reply Martin Luther and music Musée protestant > The 16th century > Martin Luther and music . Martin Luther (1483-1548) was not only a theologian and a reformer, he was also a musician and a composer. In the reform of the liturgy, he gave community singing a renewed role.
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In defining choral music, some attention should also be paid to the enormous variation in the size of choirs. A chamber choir need contain only a dozen voices, certainly not more than 20; whereas a choir assembled for the Handel Festivals in the 19th century or for the Berlioz concerts monstres in Paris during the same epoch, might have numbered thousands.
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Serialism and Choral Music of the Twentieth Century Serialism and Choral Music of the Twentieth Century Chapter: (p.145) 6 Serialism and Choral Music of the Twentieth Century Source: A History of Western Choral Music, Volume 2 Author(s): Chester L. Alwes Publisher: Oxford University Press
In residence on Duke’s beautiful campus, the Duke University String School is a string education program for students aged 5-18 who commit to their instrument through practice, weekly lessons, and ensemble instruction. Adam Stanley: “Choral Geek Out Pt. 2: 20th/21st Century Choral Music” Students will listen to and read through selected choral works from prolific composers from the modern era. Spin Class Get ready for a fast-paced work-out set to some good music! Spin class is a cardio class on a stationary bike. Our international choir visitors stay with welcoming hosts throughout the Festival, sharing friendship, food, stories, and song. With the help of hundreds of volunteers, our choirs will give Missoula and the surrounding region, a world of music from July 13-16, 2022.
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Dec 02, 2016 · The choral genre is one of the most prevalent methods of African and European musical integration. One of the genres used for integration of different styles is the ‘amakwaya’ genre. This is a genre in which different choir compete with each other in churches, schools or workplaces.
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Today, the choir’s 18 boy choristers aged 7–13, together with the lay clerks and choral scholars (the gentlemen of the choir who sing the alto, tenor and bass parts), continue this tradition into the 21st century, providing music at the cathedral’s daily services and many special occasions throughout the year. Her father was a music minister for the Southern Baptist Church. Therefore, Vanessa began her musical career at a very young age singing duets with her sister, and in various school choirs. She was virtually raised in First Baptist Church in Bakersfield, singing in the choir with her mom and sister.
Nov 16, 2018 · Ēriks Ešenvalds is one of the most widely commissioned and sought-after composers of the 21st century. He is known primarily for his choral music, which has been performed by choruses around the world, including the BBC Proms Youth Choir, the Latvian Radio Choir, the King’s Singers, and the choir of Trinity College Cambridge.
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Alex (Grant) and Sophie (Barrymore) find in each other’s friendship a sense of spiritual uplift, which is the film’s idea of the feeling every good pop song should affect, and Music and Lyric’s narrative charts their bourgeoning relationship with a quiet, improvisational charm. Alex has been asked to write a song for an immaculate pop ... Welcome to aePiot! You are here: http:// downloads-b2qa9-today.allgraph.ro / View More Top Series Welk Lawrence Charlotte Dumesnil Sma... Music and choir. St Thomas’ history of choral music has existed for many years – a tradition that’s always been maintained to a high standard and continues today. The choir has an important role in enhancing worship at our services, singing a wide range of ambitious and interesting repertoire from the 16th to the 21st century. We have a talented group of boy and girl choristers who ferquently meet twice a week for rehearsals; these are always challenging but great fun!
At the turn of the 21st century, choral music has received a resurgence of interest partly due to a renewed interest in accessible choral idioms. Congratulations to our Festival Choir students (Year 5 and 6) who performed at the Festival of Choral Music at Sydney Opera House last week.. They sang alongside 700 students from NSW Public Schools performing a challenging repertoire of eleven songs in two-part harmony.
Dec 09, 2020 · Dan Forrest, the nationally known and critically acclaimed composer whose choral works include “Requiem for the Living,” is the guest for the next edition of “Maestro Moments,” the free online The drama climaxes in a chaotic clash of voices and ends with sweet choral harmonies singing the Catholic wedding phrase, "Who gives this woman?", leaving us to reflect on how, even in the 21st century, our society still conditions us to treat women as property.The 20th century was a time of experimentation in music. As travel became much more assessable cities became more cosmopolitan which lead to the development of new types of music. The recording industry has heavily influenced 20th and 21st century music.
Choral Ensembles Chamber Choir is open to all MSM students (undergraduate and graduate) through audition. Chamber Choir rehearses two times each week and performs choral repertoire from the Medieval Period through the 21st Century. Symphonic Chorus is required of all 1st and 2nd year undergraduate vocal, piano, organ, Together with Zoltan Kodaly, he laid the foundations of 20th-century Hungarian choral music. From 1928 to 1967 he was a professor at the Academy, where he reformed the syllabus, emphasizing the training of choral conductors, the teaching of church music history, and instruction in music theory and prosody. 21st Century Chorale is an auditioned choral project dedicated to the performance of the best of choral music, from medieval to contemporary. With only six rehearsals per program and two programs per season, our mission is to provide an intensive, high quality choral experience with a focus on music by contemporary composers.
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Nov 16, 2018 · Ēriks Ešenvalds is one of the most widely commissioned and sought-after composers of the 21st century. He is known primarily for his choral music, which has been performed by choruses around the world, including the BBC Proms Youth Choir, the Latvian Radio Choir, the King’s Singers, and the choir of Trinity College Cambridge. This is a list of 21st-century classical composers, sortable by name, year of birth and year of death.. The list includes composers who have made a significant impact on the world of classical music since 2001, whether through major festivals and promoters of contemporary music, broadcast media or commercial recording on widely distributed labels. These composers work in the tradition of ...
The choral movement gained momentum in Switzerland under the influence of the music pedagogue, composer, author, and publisher Hans Georg Nägeli (1773–1836). From the beginning of the 19th century, choral societies flourished throughout the country and became one of the foundations of Swiss musical life. This magnificent concert was recorded at KKL Luzern, Switzerland on May 20th and 21st 2017 and thus became the very first Foreigner album, recorded with orchestra and choir. Together with The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, the performance showcases some of rock n' roll's most enduring anthems and countless fan favorites.
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Apr 04, 2017 · Here was more than 60 minutes of unaccompanied choral singing in which almost every work was written in the 21st century and few of the composers were widely known, yet an impressively large ... The Concert Choir performs music from the Middle Ages through the 21st Century, with a special focus on choral-instrumental collaboration. The choir performs regular concerts each semester, including combined performances with the Fargo- Moorhead Symphony Orchestra.
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Baltic Choral Music. All content tagged with this term: ... 20th Century. 21st Century. Aesthetics. Anthropology. Dec 23, 2020 · Short list of essential composers of sacred choral music I want to keep this list as short as possible, but I want it to link the past, beginning with the School of Notre Dame, to the present using the best examples.
This is a list of 21st-century classical composers, sortable by name, year of birth and year of death.. The list includes composers who have made a significant impact on the world of classical music since 2001, whether through major festivals and promoters of contemporary music, broadcast media or commercial recording on widely distributed labels. These composers work in the tradition of ...music historical approaches to choral research, as a platform for presentations and discussions with a focus on the history and mediality of choral education since the 18th century until today. The present anthology includes a selection of papers held at the conference in 2012. Thematically, these cover relevant choral topics from May 30, 2012 · Just recently, I had a 21st century classical music thread going that was listing some the most distinguished & polarizing composers of our time and what they have composed in this century. So we'll leave the field open to staged works, .. orchestral, chamber music / ensemble .. choral, instrumental , vocal, electronics ..
few well-known composers focused primarily on choral music, most significant composers of the early 20th century produced some fine examples that have entered the repertoire. Choral music saw resurgence in church choirs, through different styles of music such as gospel, black gospel, evangelical music, and contemporary music. In the early 21st ... Montclair State University Chorale The Montclair State University Chorale is the core mixed-voice choir of the Cali School. Currently numbering 165 voices, the singers comprise music students majoring in voice performance, music education, instrumental performance, music therapy, composition, as well as non-music majors from other colleges in the University. American Reflections-20th & 21st Century Choral Music: J.hunt / St Charles Singers - のページをご覧の皆様へ HMV&BOOKS onlineは、本・CD・DVD・ブルーレイはもちろん、各種グッズやアクセサリーまで通販ができるオンラインショップです。
Two Choral Songs Alt ernative. Title 2 Choral Songs Composer Viëtor, Alba Rosa: I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. No. IAV 11 Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's: 2 pieces Dies Irae, canon for 2 voices (G minor) - Moderato Gratias Agimus motet for 3 voices (C major) - Allegro Moderato Year/Date of Composition Y/D of Comp. 1961 First Pub lication. 2012 ... Any combination of 2 voices and keyboard — choral score — Lent, All Saints/All Souls, 21st Century Composed by Peter Paul Olejar. Choral Collection. Catholic Year C All Souls Day; Year A All Saints Day; Catholic Year A All Saints Day; Catholic Year A All Souls. Lent, All Saints/All Souls, 21st Century. Choral score. MorningStar Music ...
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The drama climaxes in a chaotic clash of voices and ends with sweet choral harmonies singing the Catholic wedding phrase, "Who gives this woman?", leaving us to reflect on how, even in the 21st century, our society still conditions us to treat women as property.iCitizen - An individual who believes in social justice and models being socially responsible both face-to-face and online. Characteristics - 1) Engaging K-12 and college students in iCitizenship is essential for 21st-century learners; 2) Empathy must be modeled and taught early and often; 3) Learning is social.
The title of this release De profundis means "from the depths," a name commonly given to the Psalm 130 which brings the album to a close. The collection of sacred works contains psalm settings by Polish composers of the 20th and 21st centuries including Lukaszewski, Koszewski, Bembinow, Urbaniak and several more, presented with reverence and beauty by the National Forum of Music Choir ... Join us for Portico's Online Pre-Retirement Seminar pilot exclusively for single plan members on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (Central).
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Nov 21, 2017 · The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge launches its U.S. tour with director Graham Ross, performing a wide range of works from the 16th to 21st century. The Choir’s new Christmas release Lux de caelo (Light from Heaven) will be released on harmonia mundi, the third recording in Ross’s excellent series based on the major festivals in the ... The best classical music works of the 21st century From left: The Tempest, The Minotaur, L'amour de loin, Hamlet Over the coming week, the Guardian will select the greatest culture since 2000 ...21st Century (1) Anthology (Cappellari) (1) ... Choral Pop & Rock Sheet Music & Songbooks. 1542 product(s) found in Choral Pop & Rock Sheet Music & Songbooks. Sort by:
Apr 04, 2017 · Here was more than 60 minutes of unaccompanied choral singing in which almost every work was written in the 21st century and few of the composers were widely known, yet an impressively large ... Vocal music instruction begins for all University Laboratory School students in kindergarten and progresses into a formal comprehensive curriculum focused on music theory, history, technique and performance that is introduced in fourth grade and then continues for those students who wish to pursue their vocal music interest in middle and high school.
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Choral music is one of the oldest musical genres and has been with us for over 1,000 years and yet still there are reat new compositions from a new generation of talented composers. This is a list of many of them. Indeed he has composed choral music throughout his career winning, in 1952, a Novello Anthem competition with O Lorde, the Maker of Al Thing set to a poem by Henry VIII. The lullaby-like There is no Rose (1954) is another work with a firm place in the English choral repertoire, and another setting of an ancient text.
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a 20th-century liturgy & a 21st-century theology. Please view this special notice for the Christmas Eve service and the service for December 27 . Also: Enjoy our own Sharon Webb performing with Kent Tritle and the New York Oratorio Society as they perform Handel's Messiah virtually this year! Listen to American Reflections - 20th and 21st Century Choral Music by St. Charles Singers & Jeffrey Hunt on Apple Music. Stream songs including "Shenandoah (Arr. James Erb)", "Long Time Ago (Trans. Irving Fine)" and more.
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Crossing borders is difficult. TCK’s cross borders all the time, cultural, national and political borders. But there are also boarders for rights and equality. It’s hard to be a TCK and to have that travel itch, but it can also be really hard when you have that itch, and the world is less accepting of your other identities.
In the previous articles of this series I gave a brief overview of marriage equality in the United States and around the world, and interviewed Elsa, a French TCK living in Australia who is currently in a monogamous lesbian relationship.
For my third and final piece on marriage equality I have interviewed Anna, a German TCK living in Colorado. While she is living in the United States Anna is very active in the LGBT+ community, she identifies as queer and is an active member of the Human Rights Campaign.
Anna has also recently worked in one of her international studies classes towards bringing LGBT+ tolerance and education to local schools in Fort Collins. She was working towards instituting a program, which educates about the LGBT+ community in order to de-stigmatize the community and foster early acceptance.
Anna’s father is Italian and her mother is German, officially she has German citizenship and is currently trying to gain American citizenship because she has spent the majority of her life here. But these borders and technicalities are complicated.
Currently, same-sex marriage is not legal in Italy, but there is a case where a same-sex marriage from the U.S. is being recognized in a town in Italy. Germany is working towards marriage equality though with registered partnerships similar to civil unions, “At least they’re fighting,” says Anna about this subject. “I think we should let everyone marry regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation etc.”
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There are larger issues beyond marriage equality that are just as or more important such as queer and trans* youth homeless, violence against queer and trans* people, racial justice, immigrant justice, universal healthcare, economic justice and trans* justice. There are so many issues surrounding human rights, hidden diversities deserve attention and protection just as much as visible diversities. It’s our responsibilities as citizens to know what’s happening in the world and to take responsibility for what we can change. It’s our responsibility as citizens of the world to make this planet an accepting place.
And to finish this off here’s a video from Kids React to really make you smile, because when children see the truth they have a way of putting us back in our place!


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Cot Nicole, made by customers with our building plan
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Children’s bed building plan: making nicole yourself
Cot Nicole: playful cot with rounded corners and rejuvenated legs. Simply make your own original cot yourself using our step-by-step plan with clear instructional drawings. The bottom of the cot is adjustable, and the furniture is easy to disassemble for storage or transport.
In the design of cot Nicole we wanted to give the construction a prominent place. You can see this by the special way in which the cot is “hung” between the side walls. Furthermore, the cot has playful rounded corners and stands on slender, rejuvenated (=bevelled) legs. These style features can be found in the other two furniture from children’s room series Nicole.
In addition, we took a number of specific matters into account when designing.
We pay a lot of attention to keeping screw joints out of sight as much as possible. We also describe how you can make connections with dowels in some places, so that you do not need any screws at all. If you want to paint the furniture in an opaque color, it is sufficient to neatly conceal screw connections with the help of filler. Our furniture makers’ tips describe how to do this.
We have, of course, also taken safety into account. The cot is super stable and meets the safety requirements regarding the distance between the bars and the height of the side walls compared to the bed base.
Finally, the design is tailored to the possibilities and limitations of the DIY and his/her tools. If you have a handsaw (sometimes jigsaw) and drill and can handle it, you can make all our furniture, so to speak. If you have professional tools, it only gets easier.
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As you may have seen from the photos of made furniture, it is very easy to make changes to the dimensions and/or design yourself. The clear saw list and building drawings will automatically give you the confidence to do so.
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The work drawings package consists of a nicely crafted brochure on A4 format. At the start you will find the list of necessities such as the wood (sheet material) and screws (size and number), glue and any other parts. It also shows what tools you need, and a cutting list with the sizes of the parts of the furniture to be cut.
Each building plan contains a number of applicable furniture maker tips on material selection, sawing, screws, gluing, sanding and lacquering, etc. When the death is mentioned as an alternative, an explanation is also included. Enough to get started with confidence.
Finally, in a roadmap, the manual for the assembly of the furniture follows. With clear drawings and clear explanations.

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The Mississauga MetroStars, the newest team in the Major Arena Soccer League (and the only Canadian one) have signed former Toronto FC forward Mo Babouli.
Babouli, 25, had been playing with Al-Ittihad in Aleppo, Syria, after Toronto FC waived him in April 2017, but he has decided to join the MetroStars for their inaugural season, alongside some other Toronto FC alumni.
TFC, MLS, and Canadian men’s national team legend Dwayne De Rosario is the marquee player for the MetroStars, and he has drawn some eyes toward the arrival of arena soccer in Canada. His arrival, along with the signings of former TFC player Adrian Cann and Anthony Osorio (whenever he recovers from his nasty ACL injury), and now Babouli, will draw fans to the Paramount Fine Foods Centre whenever they crave some live footy action over the winter months.
Like Anthony Osorio currently does, Babouli may opt to play for the MetroStars during the winter and play for another team during the summer (Osorio currently plays for the MetroStars and League 1 Ontario’s Vauhgan Azzurri). There is some speculation (or hope) on social media that Mo will play in the inaugural season of the Canadian Premier League, an option that he should certainly consider if he goes down Osorio’s route.
The MetroStars kick off their season on Saturday, December 1, when they visit the Baltimore Blast. Their first-ever home game will take place exactly one week after that when they host the Florida Tropics at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre.


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Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
1 Box Orange Cake Mix
1 Box Orange Jello (large box)
1 Cup Hot Water
1 Cup Cold Water
1 Box Orange Jello (small box)
1 Box Vanilla Instant Pudding
1 Cup Milk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
8 Ounces Cool Whip
Bake cake in a 9 x 13 inch pan. Cool at room temperature. Poke holes with
a meat fork.
Pour Jello over cake and refrigerate.
Mix the first four ingredients together and fold into the Cool Whip. Put
on top of cake. Refrigerate until set.
If you can’t find an orange cake mix just add one packet of orange kool aid to the cake mix.
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 162 Calories; 8g Fat (47.0% calories from fat); 8g Protein; 13g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 33mg Cholesterol; 134mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Non-Fat Milk; 1 1/2 Fat.
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In the Barents Sea, north of Norway and Russia, the Gulf Stream meets the nutrient rich polar current. This meeting results in one of the most productive oceans on earth.
Under the polar ice, which drifts with the winds and currents from the North Pole, is an Arctic food chain beginning with planktonic algae, through fish, seals and whales, and ending with polar foxes, birds and finally the mighty polar bear. This film features the fascinating wildlife of the Barents Sea and the people who endure the harsh conditions around its shores.
Written and directed by: Bo Landin & Henrik Ekman
» Awarded the “Grand Prix” at the 21st International Festival EKOFILM ’94 /
» Selected for showing at the 11th International Ecological Film Festival ÖKOMEDIA ’94 / Freiburg, Germany 1994.
» Selected for showing in the “Special-Show-Case” section and received the certificates of merit: Magna Cum Laude – Silver Medal- FC and Cum Laude – Bronze Medal at The VII Prix Leonardo 1995 / Parma, Itay 1995.
» Awarded the Prix Italia Ecology Price