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An Interview with Audrey Smith by Teseleanu George|
Date of birth:
What is your current location:
Tell us a little about the art styles that you use:
Abstract and surreal collage and assemblage
What are your tools of trade:
Scissors, X-acto knife, Liquitex matte gel medium, acrylic, paper scraps and other found materials
Why did you choose collage:
I’m not sure that I necessarily chose collage, or if it chose me. I’ve always played around with collage, but when I began art school I wanted to major in painting. I took an elective sculpture class one semester, fell in love and wound up majoring in sculpture and ceramics. I thought that I was going to be a sculptor. I graduated from school in 2003 and began to pursue a career as a sculptor, but after about three and a half years of struggling (with artistic direction and logistics of working in clay without a real ceramic studio) I decided to take a hiatus from sculpture. I was determined to keep up creatively with a Moleskine sketchbook. I thought that I would be using it to do sketches and make notes about potential sculpture projects, but I began making collages in this book. Collage just came naturally; it was a very organic process. The next thing I knew I was pursuing collage more seriously and it became my main focus. I think that collage
(and assemblage) marries what I love about painting and sculpture. It just feels like
the perfect format for me.
What other art styles would you like to experiment with:
I would love to learn encaustic painting. I took a lithography class in art school and loved it; printmaking has always been something in the back of my mind. I think it would be interesting to combine traditional collage with printmaking, and perhaps create some handmade books. I’m always thinking of bigger, more involved projects (but I lack the time unfortunately.)
What is your favorite art movement and why:
I think when it comes down to it, Dada. I was first introduced to Dada via the work of Max Ernst when I was in high school. It blew my mind! I was interested in punk and other underground movements then, and Dada just fit right in with all of the anti- establishment music, literature and art that I was exploring. My teen years were during the 1980s and the Dada work I was seeing felt relevant both socially and politically to me. It had a profound effect on me as I developed as an artist.
Who is your favorite artist and how do you connect with his/her works:
This is hard to answer because there are so many, but more recently it is Ray Johnson. I happened upon a wonderful documentary about him called “How to Draw a Bunny.” Ray Johnson was called “New York’s most famous unknown artist” because so many of his contemporaries were big names in the art world, yet he always seemed to remain on the periphery. Ray Johnson created amazing collages and paintings, and was the founder of the New York Correspondence School. He essentially began mail art. I don’t want to spoil “How to Draw a Bunny” for those who haven’t seen it, but the ending of the movie really made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. I haven’t had that kind of a reaction to art in a very, very long time. So for me his is more than just an artist whose work I admire; he’s a total enigma and I think about his work and his life constantly.
What influenced you to become an artist:
I think I came by it honestly. My mother and father met while in art school. My father is a career illustrator, and my mother paints traditional watercolor for enjoyment. My mother later remarried; my stepfather is a professional musician and a talented cabinetmaker. So I’ve always been surrounded by creative people.
How long have you been an artist:
I think my whole life so far, but I’ve been seriously pursuing it as a career since I graduated from art school in 2003.
How did your family and friends react of you being an artist:
My family always knew that I would pursue art seriously. My friends are supportive; I have many friends who are artists and/or art appreciators.
Where do you get your inspiration from:
Everything! I am a visual person. I notice the fine details in everything (sometimes unfortunately) and I am viscerally moved by color and form.
What determined you to do collaborations:
I started doing collaborations after opening an account on Deviant Art. First I started trading ATC’s, and that led to collaborations. My first collaborators were Liz Cohn, Laura Tringali Holmes, Margaret Orr, and Richard Leach.
What can you tell us about your first collaboration:
I think it was a playing card collaboration with Liz Cohn. We each sent each other a starter card, and after contributing our portion, sent the cards back to each other. I remember opening the envelope and feeling surprised and delighted with Liz’s additions to my work.
Can you tell us how collaborations influenced your art:
One of the things I learned while studying ceramics was letting go and not getting so hung up on trying to control everything. I think that collaborations have helped to expand upon that notion.
They’ve opened me up to new ideas.
Do you promote/ sell/ showcase your artworks. If you do, how:
I offer original work for sale via http://www.cargoh.com/store/audrey-smith and prints via http://society6.com/AudreySmith. I share my work here: http://audreysmith.deviantart.com/ and http://audreysmithart.tumblr.com/
How the internet did influence your art:
The internet has been great for my art on two counts: First it provides me with the ability to share my work on a variety of sites (social networks, blogs, etc.) Second: There is a ton of art online. And you can talk to the artists, learn about their process, and make friends. I’ve made a great circle of artist friends online with whom I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating and/or trading. We give each other advice and support, and we’re located all over the place.
The internet has removed many limitations that artists used to have to face with respect to getting their work out into the world.
How can people contact you:
View the work of Audrey Smith in LITnIMAGE's Autumn 2012 issue
Click here for Audrey Smith's bio

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By Maggie Lange | Thompson on Hollywood August 31, 2012 at 2:21PM
"Seven Psychopaths" looks like a fun and reckless romp of the first order. A struggling screenwriter played by Colin Farrell accidentally finds himself involved with a Los Angeles crime ring after his haphazard friends - Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell, no less - kidnap a gangster's beloved lap dog. As the crime lord, played by Woody Harrelson attempts to retrieve his prized Shih Tzu everything spins out of control.
Written and directed by Oscar-winner Martin McDonagh, "Seven Psychopaths" is the writer's latest project after 2008's "In Bruges," also starring Farrell.

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Abu Dhabi: Two men died from asphyxiation at an industrial company, causing the Abu Dhabi Court of Misdemeanour to convict the defendant of causing the deaths by not providing the necessary safety equipment.
A third worker was injured in the accident and the company will pay Dh10,000 in addition to the Dh400,000 per worker in blood money.
Initially, the Public Prosecution had referred the company and two of its subcontractors to court for neglect which allegedly led to the death of the two 21-year-old workers as well as the injury of a 30-year-old employee.
The two had inhaled poisonous gases while performing maintenance in a 10-metre-deep water tank belonging to the defendant. The men were exposed to oxygen shortage and emissions of hydrogen sulphide and methane which are both toxic.
Investigation proved that the company did not provide safety equipment such as gas masks and oxygen tanks which could have protected the workers against the poisonous substances.
In return, the company denied being responsible for the deaths and stated that it had not asked the workers to clean the container but that they did it of their own free will.
The court acquitted the company’s subcontractors of any responsibility over the deaths.
The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department stated that the law protects workers’ financial and moral rights in all sectors and that all employers must provide full safety to their employees as they perform their tasks. Meanwhile, any physical affliction caused to the worker which can be traced back to a shortcoming on the company’s part will be the employer’s responsibility.

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Love, when so you're loved again.
As we wait for a televised treatment of Winspear's series, we must settle for The American Agent. This latest installment features the indefatigable Maisie Dobbs investigating the murder of 23-year-old American journalist Catherine Saxon. Catherine wanted to become one of "Murrow's boys," the current crop of American reporters based in London--who like the famous Edward R. Murrow--are using their voice to influence American involvement in the war in a country where the tide for its participation is beginning to turn.
It is the night of September 10, 1940. Maisie and her best friend, Pricilla Partridge, are taking a break from working in the London Auxiliary Ambulance Service. While listening to the wireless, Maisie gets a phone call from colleague Robbie MacFarlane. Catherine has been found dead in her rented room. Stymied by the killer's motivation, Maisie (together with loyal Billy and Sandra) enlists the help of Mark Scott, the handsome US Consulate General who continues to "keep cover" for Maisie. Had Catherine upset anyone? As a "Murrow reporter," she could have been disappointing a lot of people.
Winspear connects Maisie's investigation of Catherine's murder with her place in war's broader canvas, how "poor little Britain" is desperately trying to hold the fort against the increasing Nazi bombardment. London is under siege, from the sandbagged buildings and barrage balloons to homes that are now nothing more than "smoking rubble." Then Priscilla is gravely injured. Maisie wonders about Mark Scott's remit in London. Has Catherine's death provided the accomplished American agent with some sort of "useful camouflage."
The Welbeck Street tenants shed little light on Catherine's last moments. According to Polly Harcourt, Catherine was "a lovely person." Isobel Chalmers and Pamela Lockwood both thought Catherine was ambitious, a hard worker, a woman "set on adventure" but tempered with a certain understanding of the reality of her work and her compassion to tell a story. Catherine wanted to touch the hearts of her readers and listeners.
Maisie searches for the killer, hoping they'll make the error that will reveal his or her identity. A constantly restless Maisie worries about meeting with the authorities over the adoption of her beloved Anna. Ricocheting between Catherine's death and Priscilla's injury, surrounded by flames, Maisie thinks of Pricilla's son, Tom, in his Hurricane, taking on the Luftwaffe fighters. Back at the relative safety of Chelstone, Maisie's father, Frankie, mother-in law Brenda, and lovely, innocent Anna spend sleepless nights, unnerved by the sound of bombers returning to Berlin after dropping their last payload of slaughters upon London.
Maisie feels a duty to Catherine, a girl who risked her life to tell London's story. Maisie wonders, not for the first time, whether Catherine's death was caused by her decision to paint a picture of Britain's plight in the minds of people living thousands of miles away. Though Maisie is haunted by her physical wounds, her soul aches for the child she never had as well as for long-gone James. Are Masie and Scott being pulled together by war and by all the death and destruction around them? Is whatever they feel for each other an affirmation of life itself during a time when so much is being lost?
Despite the horrors of the Blitz, it's really only in the last chapters that Catherine's bifurcated past is revealed. An absorbing mystery with Winspear's usual flurry of twists, the story is a scarily nuanced examination of long-term struggle and a beautifully conceived metaphor for a country under siege, with Maisie always at the helm.


LACC President/Vice Chair Edward J. Nowak
It promises to be an evening of musical magic, touching accolades and tremendous excitement when the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) honors at its annual Gala Bel Canto the Oscar and Grammy Award-winning songwriters behind Disney’s “Frozen,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and LACC President and Vice Chair Edward J. Nowak (La Canada), Deputy General Counsel of The Walt Disney Company, on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 6 p.m., at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion’s Grand Hall in downtown Los Angeles. The distinguished honorees are being recognized for their vast contributions to the arts and entertainment worlds. The gala includes heartfelt tributes and compelling performances by esteemed special guests and LACC choristers, led by Artistic Director Anne Tomlinson, as well as a sumptuous three-course sit-down dinner by Patina, exquisite wines and a dazzling live auction. Proceeds benefit Los Angeles Children’s Chorus’s artistic, educational and scholarship programs.
“Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez have touched countless lives around the globe with their incredible artistry, as has Ed Nowak through his visionary behind-the-scenes leadership at The Walt Disney Company over the past two decades,” says Gala Bel Canto Chair Cheryl R. Scheidemantle (Pasadena). “LACC is proud to recognize their remarkable achievements. We are also deeply grateful to Ed for his longtime support of LACC and its mission to provide quality choral music training to children.”
In addition to Scheidemantle, Gala Bel Canto committee members are Dianna Lau Beggs (San Marino), Andrea Bland (Pasadena), Mary Blodgett (San Marino), Lynn Boberg (Sierra Madre), Rachel Fine (Pasadena), Michele Hemmings (Pasadena), Allison Merryman (Pasadena), Andrea Patzakis (San Marino) and Ann Sunshine (Pasadena).
KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ and ROBERT LOPEZ, who receive LACC’s “Bel Canto Award,” wrote the original songs in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 2013 blockbuster “Frozen,” the highest-grossing animated feature ever released. The Oscar®- and Golden Globe®-winning film’s soundtrack was Billboard’s top-selling album of 2014, spending 33 weeks in the top 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, including 13 weeks at No. 1. It is certified triple Platinum, selling more than 3.9 million units. Anderson-Lopez and Lopez won an Oscar® for the movie’s signature song “Let It Go,” which was also nominated for a Golden Globe® and earned the duo a Grammy® for best song written for visual media. Anderson-Lopez, Lopez, Tom MacDougall and Chris Montan share a Grammy for best compilation soundtrack for visual media. The Lopezes reunite with Elsa, Anna, Olaf and the rest of the “Frozen” favorites with a new original song in the all-new short “Frozen Fever,” which debuted March 13, 2015, in front of Disney’s live-action feature “Cinderella.” The Lopez’s original musical “Up Here,” directed by two-time Tony® nominee Alex Timbers, will be featured in the La Jolla Playhouse’s 2015-16 season. They live in Brooklyn with their two daughters.
Anderson-Lopez made her off-Broadway debut at Primary Stages with “In Transit,” a musical performed entirely without accompaniment, inspired by the rhythms and sounds of life on the subway. The show earned her Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Lucile Lortel nominations. Together with her husband and collaborator Robert Lopez, she wrote the Annie Award- nominated songs for the 2011 feature film “Winnie the Pooh,” as well as “Finding Nemo: The Musical,” a popular live show currently in its eighth year at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Her work has appeared on “Dawson’s Creek,” Nickelodeon’s “The Wonder Pets” and nationally in Theatreworks/USA’s stage adaptations of the children’s classics “The Tell Tale Heart,” “Fancy Nancy” and “Diary of a Worm.” She is the recipient of the BMI Harrington Award and the Dramatists Guild Fellowship, and a frequent guest moderator of the prestigious BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. Also an actress, Anderson-Lopez was featured in the original cast of “Urinetown,” as well as the voice of Kanga in Disney’s “Winnie the Pooh.” Anderson-Lopez, a graduate of Williams College.
Lopez is the Tony®-, Grammy®-, and Emmy®- winning co-creator of the worldwide smash hit Broadway musicals “Avenue Q” and “The Book of Mormon.” He shared two Emmy® Awards for his music for Nickelodeon’s “The Wonder Pets” and an Emmy nomination for his work on the musical episode of “Scrubs.” His work has been featured on “South Park,” “The Simpsons” and “Phineas and Ferb,” as well as “Bear in the Big Blue House,” “Third and Bird” and “Johnny and the Sprites.” He has won Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Lucile Lortel, Frederick Loewe and Edward Kleban awards. None of his musicals have ever closed. Lopez is a graduate of Yale College.
EDWARD J. NOWAK, who receives LACC’s Rebecca Thompson Founder’s Award, joined The Walt Disney Company in 1985 as senior counsel in charge of litigation worldwide and today manages several of the company’s legal groups: litigation and employment, employee benefits, environmental affairs, product integrity and safety, immigration, and minors’ employment. He is involved as both a lawyer and an executive in dispute prevention and the resolution of complex business issues throughout the company. Before joining Disney, Nowak was associated with the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York. He graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University, where he majored in music, and from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. In addition to his work at Disney, he is Chairman Emeritus and a member of the advisory board of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; a member of the board of directors of Ryman Arts, a non-profit organization that offers an advanced studio art program for talented but underserved public and private high school students; and was Secretary and a member of the board of directors of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, which in 2006 honored him with its Margaret Loeb Kempner Humanitarian Award for that year. Nowak has served on the LACC board since 2012. Both of his daughters have sung with LACC – Julia has been a chorister since 2008, and Caroline from 2008-2009.
Gala tickets are $375 per person with special sponsorship packages available. The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, which is one of the theatres at the Music Center, is located at 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012. For tickets and information, please call (626) 793-4231 or visit www.lachildrenschorus.org.
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Concerts on the Slope presents the world premiere of Composer-in-Residence Robert Sirota’s Spindrift. Sandbox Percussion, the visually and aurally stunning percussion quartet that commissioned Spindrift, will be performing the piece, as well as works by ensemble members Jonathan Allen and Victor Caccesse, plus works by David Crowell, Thomas Kotcheff, Natalie Dieterrich, Jason Treuting, and Lukas Ligeti. Concerts on the Slope performances are open to the public and no tickets are required; a free will donation is suggested. Sandbox Percussion is Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Ian Rosenbaum, and Terry Sweeney.
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Queens’ newest orchestra, the Queensboro Symphony Orchestra will perform their debut concert on Sunday, March 22nd at 7pm in Flushing’s exquisite Mary’s Nativity Church. Classics to be performed include the most popular work of all time: Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, as well as Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto featuring virtuoso Jie Hyue Kim. You’ll also hear music by Paul Joseph celebrating the coming of Spring with “First Tears of Spring” and “Cry of a Butterfly.” This talented, young, vibrant and energetic orchestra will be led by acclaimed maestro Dong-hyun Kim. To celebrate this special opening evening, admission will be free-will offering. Not to be missed! www.pauljoseph.com
Date & Time:
Sunday, March 22nd at 7pm
Mary’s Nativity Church, 46-02 Parsons Blvd. (at Holly Ave.), Flushing, NY 11355, (718) 359-5996, 7 train, Q27
Driving: Take LIE to Exit 24, head north on Kissena Blvd., right onto Rose Ave., left onto Parsons Blvd, church on left.
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Water becomes an extraordinary and transformative musical instrument taking center stage as it flows, drips, gurgles, splashes, bubbles and crashes to create a staggering array of percussive sounds when the Los Angeles Master Chorale, conducted by Artistic Director Grant Gershon, presents Oscar and Grammy® Award-winning composer Tan Dun’s riveting Water Passion After St. Matthew, “a masterpiece for the ages” (AllMusic), on Saturday, April 11, 2 pm, and Sunday, April 12, 2015, 7 pm, at Disney Hall. Written for choir, soprano and bass soloists, chamber ensemble and 10 illuminated water bowls, the piece features moments of shattering intensity and frenzy contrasted by silence and stillness. Whispers, shouts, chants, laughter, Mongolian overtone singing and the high-pitched Eastern Opera vocal traditions emerge from the chorus while the singers “play” Tibetan finger bells and river stones and rattle ominous thunder sheets. Featured guest artists include Delaram Kamareh, soprano; Stephen Bryant, bass; Shalini Vijayan, violin; Cécilia Tsan, cello; David Cossin, lead percussion; and Yuanlin Chen, digital sampler.
The Chorale gave the work’s LA premiere in 2005, which was praised as “splendid and adventurous” (Variety) and remains one of the most talked-about concerts in the choir’s history. Commissioned by Helmuth Rilling for the 250th Anniversary of the death of J.S. Bach, whose seminal works include the St. Matthew Passion, Dun’s piece “plays with watery symbols of baptism, creation and rebirth” (Newsday). It is also drenched with metaphysical metaphors for cleansing and renewal that recall ancient Chinese water rituals from the village where Tan Dun was raised.
Tickets range from $29 – $129. Group rates are available. For tickets and information, please call (213) 972-7282, or visit www.lamc.org. (Tickets cannot be purchased at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office except on concert days starting 2 hours prior to the performance.) The Walt Disney Concert Hall is located at 111 South Grand Avenue at First Street in downtown Los Angeles.
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ACO presents the NY premiere of jazzmaster Wynton Marsalis’ recently completed Blues Symphony. A rare work for purely orchestral forces by the jazz legend, Marsalis’ symphony celebrates blues through the prism of moments in American and African-American history and folklore (Marsalis does not perform in this work). The world premiere of Sanctum by Courtney Bryan, a New Orleans-based composer and alumna of ACO’s Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute, explores improvisation in Holiness-preaching traditions. Completing the program is a revised and expanded version of Uri Caine’s Double Trouble, a combination of fixed musical forms, freedom and spontaneity featuring the composer at the piano.
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The North/South Consonance Ensemble celebrates spring on Monday evening March 16 performing nature-inspired works by composers from Israel, Hong Kong and the US.
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Exploring the Metropolis presents Ian Ng‘s The Idea of Becoming, a new music and dance workshop, hosted by ABT Studios. Featuring students from the ABT/JKO School with choreography by Zhong-jing Fang, this event will comprise of a performance followed by a moderated Q&A session.
This event is free and open to the public. However seating is limited. An attendee list will be generated when you register for this event here: https://eventbrite.com/event/16097474981/
Ian is a 2014-15 EtM Con Edison Composer-in-Residence at The Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School at Lighthouse Guild.
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Posted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement, tags: chamber music, classical music, composition, contemporary music, Music of the Spheres, New York, piano, sara Davis Buechner, Stephanie Chase, Stewart Pollens, violin, Zimbalist
The Music of the Spheres Society welcomes back the acclaimed pianist Sara Davis Buechner for a program of music by and associated with famed violinist Efrem Zimbalist and his son, actor Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.The concert will take place at Christ & St. Stephen’s Church near Lincoln Center. The Society’s artistic director, violinist Stephanie Chase, is also featured. The esteemed musical instrument expert Stewart Pollens will give a pre-concert talk at 7:30 PM, included in concert admission, on “The Violin and Bad Science.”
Efrem Zimbalist (1890-1985) was among the premiere violinists of the early 20th century. At 12 he became a student of the world renowned teacher Leopold Auer, and made successful debuts with major orchestras – including the Berlin Philharmonic and London Symphony – before his early 20’s. His first wife was a world-famous soprano, Alma Gluck, with whom he made a number of recordings. An avid music arranger, Zimbalist added violin parts to a number of songs and was a champion of “early” music, often using his own arrangements of works in his recitals, in addition to composing original music for violin and piano. In 1928 he began teaching violin at the esteemed Curtis Institute and was its director between 1941 and 1968.
Although remembered today for his acting roles, especially in television’s “77 Sunset Strip” and “The F.B.I.,” his son Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918-2014) also studied music seriously as a youth. He had already encountered success as an actor and producer on Broadway when the death of his first wife , from cancer at only 30, led him to retreat from acting. His father was then director of the Curtis Institute and encouraged Efrem Jr. to join him at Curtis in Philadelphia, where for a few years Efrem Jr. took on duties that at one point included Dean of Students. It was during this period of recovery that he composed his violin sonata – a work that his father featured on his own retirement recital in 1964.
This concert features rarely heard music either composed or arranged by both Efrems – including the virtuosic Fantasy on music by Rimsky-Korsakov – plus a favorite concert work for Efrem Sr., the Violin Sonata in D Minor by Johannes Brahms.
Selections from “Impressions for Piano” – Efrem Zimbalist, Sr.
Sonata for Violin and Piano – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Fantasy from “Le Coq d’Or” – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Sonata No. 3, Op. 108 – Johannes Brahms
DATE: Friday, March 20, 2015; 8:15 PM
Christ & St. Stephen’s Church
120 West 69th Street, New York City
ADMISSION: $30, students and seniors: $20. Advance tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets, http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/895261.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Sara Davis Buechner is praised on four continents as a musician of “intelligence, integrity and all-encompassing technical prowess” (New York Times) and “thoughtful artistry in the full service of music” (Washington Post). Ms. Buechner has appeared as soloist with many of the world’s prominent orchestras – including New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Saint Louis, San Francisco, and Montréal – and enjoys wide success throughout Asia, where she tours annually.
“One of the violin greats of our era” (Newhouse News), Stephanie Chase enjoys an international career with concert performances in twenty-five countries. As soloist, Ms. Chase has appeared with over 170 orchestras worldwide, among them the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, London Symphony, American Classical Orchestra, National Symphony (Mexico), Hanover Band, San Francisco Symphony, and Hong Kong Philharmonic.
“The Violin and Bad Science” by Stewart Pollens
In recent years, scientists have attempted to discover the “secrets” of Stradivari and other important musical instruments makers. In a number of studies, faulty scientific methods and dubious experimental techniques have been employed; in others, legitimate double-blind evaluations of tonal qualities, acoustical measurements and dendrochronology have yielded results that have been misrepresented or fancifully interpreted.
Stewart Pollens is the former conservator of musical instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1974-2006) and the author of books including “The Early Pianoforte,” “Stradivari,” and the forthcoming “The Manual of Musical Instrument Conservation,” all published by Cambridge University Press.
The Music of the Spheres Society is now in its 14th year of “exploring the links between music, philosophy and the sciences” (New Yorker). Inspired by the Neo-Platonic academies of 16th and 17th-century Italy, which combined discourse with musical presentations, it was co-founded by Artistic Director Stephanie Chase with the mission of promoting classical music through innovative chamber music concerts and pre-concert lectures which illuminate music’s historical, philosophical and scientific foundations, in order to give greater context for music to the average audience member. For more information about the Society, visit www.musicofthespheres.org.
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Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Principal Cello Andrew Shulman
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s (LACO) Principal Cello Andrew Shulman hosts and performs works by Bach, Marcello, Sammartini, De Fesch and Vivaldi in a Baroque Conversations program illuminating a rich array of Baroque cello sonatas on Thursday, March 26, 2015, 7 pm, at Zipper Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Shulman, joined by LACO artists Trevor Handy, cello, and Principal Keyboard Patricia Mabee, harpsichord, is featured on Sammartini’s Sonata in G major for Cello and Continuo, Op. 4, No. 6; Marcello’s Sonata in A minor for Cello and Continuo, Op. 2, No. 3; Vivaldi’s Sonata in B-flat major for Cello and Continuo, RV 46; De Fesch’s Sonata in A minor for Cello and Continuo, Op. 1b, No. 5; and Bach’s Sonata in G major for Viola da Gamba and Continuo, BWV 1027. A complimentary wine reception for all ticket holders begins at 6 pm.
LACO’s highly regarded five-concert “Baroque Conversations” series, now in its ninth year, explores the genesis of orchestral repertoire from early Baroque schools through the pre-classical period. In signature LACO style, each concert host shares insights into the music and invites questions from the audience, providing an in-depth look at the music being presented as well as an opportunity to get to know LACO artists on a more personal level.
Tickets (beginning at $56) are available online at laco.org, by calling LACO at 213 622 7001, or at the venue box office on the night of the concert, if tickets remain. Discounted tickets are also available by phone for groups of 12 or more. College students may purchase student rush tickets ($12), based on availability, at the box office the day of the concert.
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Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Concertmaster Margaret Batjer
Award-winning architect Frederick Fisher, who has earned international recognition for his work with spaces such as Bergamot Station & Galleries, Santa Monica’s Annenberg Beach House and Descanso Gardens’ Sturt Haaga Gallery of Art, joins the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) for its acclaimed Westside Connections series, which this season pairs LACO’s virtuosic musicians with leading artists to explore connections between music and architecture, on Thursday, March 19, 2015, 7:30 pm, at the Moss Theater, located at The Herb Alpert Educational Village at New Roads School. During the program, Fisher reflects upon his collaborative approach to architecture, in conversation with special guest, Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne. A performance of Brahms’ breathtaking String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111, showcases the close collaboration among LACO Concertmaster Margaret Batjer, who curates and hosts the series, LACO Principals Sarah Thornblade, violin, Roland Kato, viola, Victoria Miskolczy, viola, and Andrew Shulman, cello. Batjer is also featured in Kevin Puts’ Arches for solo violin, and Thornblade and Kato join forces for Donald Crockett’s To Be Sung on the Water. The series, which began in February with a guest appearance by Frank Gehry, continues in April with Hawthorne. Fisher has been described as a “maverick architect…with a broad aesthetic” (KCET). His innovative style, and his residential, museum galleries and other buildings reflect his keen interpretation of space, light and material.
The three-part Westside Connections series, now in its seventh season, includes conversations with special guests as well as musical offerings connecting form, structure and line. It concludes April 30, 2015, with Los Angeles Times Architecture Critic Christopher Hawthorne as special guest and the West Coast premiere of Gabriel Kahane’s Bradbury Studies, inspired by downtown LA’s historic Bradbury Building.
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is considered one of the world’s premier chamber orchestras as well as a leader in presenting wide-ranging repertoire and adventurous commissions. Its 2014-15 season, the Orchestra’s 46th, features a compelling mix of beloved masterpieces and genre-defying premieres from firmly established as well as notable up-and-coming composers programmed by Jeffrey Kahane, one of the world’s foremost conductors and pianists, who marks his 18th season as LACO’s music director.
Tickets (beginning at $60) are available online at laco.org, by calling LACO at 213 622 7001, or at the venue box office on the night of the concert, if tickets remain. Student rush tickets ($12), based on availability, may be purchased at the box office one hour before the concert. The Moss Theater at New Roads School is located at 3131 Olympic Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA, 90404.
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For the Tampa Bay Lightning, Friday night’s game was one to forget.
The Bolts fell behind the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-0 in the first, then gave up a pair of quick goals in their attempt to come back. In the second period, Tampa Bay scored to narrow the deficit to 2-1, but gave up a third goal in 29 seconds. In the third, they fought back to tie the game at 3-3, but gave up a fourth goal 57 seconds later.
“We were just rotten, that’s it from start to finish,” said Bolts’ coach Jon Cooper. “I don’t even know how else to put it. We play 82 games, and I think we just chalk that one up to a stinker. We got taught a lesson from a team who worked way harder than us. We wanted to skill the game and not get in anybody’s way and that’s what happens. I know it was 3-3, but the right team won the hockey game. I give our guys credit, they fought back, but we just made way too many mistakes.”
Tampa Bay managed only four shots in the first period and only nine more in the second. Ben Bishop gave up five goals.
“Obviously they got off to a good start, but we did a good job of coming back,” said Bishop. “We battled our way back to a tie in the third. I’ve got to come up with a big save there. I feel like I let the guys down, but you’ve got to put it past you and get ready for the next one.”
Tampa Bay now has a three-game road trip beginning Sunday in Boston.


By Bryn Levy
In a televised address to the entire province on Tue., Feb. 9, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein outlined his government’s proposal to freeze tuition increases for the 2005/2006 school year at all post-secondary institutions in the province.
In addition, Premier Klein promised to create 15,000 new post-secondary spaces in Alberta over the next three years, with the goal of creating 60,000 new spaces by 2020. The announcements came as part of a package of initiatives meant to mark Alberta’s upcoming centennial.
“My message tonight to Alberta’s universities, colleges, and technical institutions is this: If you must increase tuitions, don’t send the bill to your students. Send it to us,” said Klein.
Klein also promised his government would have a new tuition policy in place for the years following the 2005/2006 academic year by the start of classes in September 2006.
“It will be the most innovative, entrepreneurial, and affordable tuition policy in the country.” One “that reflects the shared responsibility of students, parents, educators, and administrators,” remarked the Premier.
The proposed tuition freeze and new spaces generally received a positive response from stakeholders on campus, as they imply a commitment to increased funding for the ailing University of Calgary.
“If the bills are going to them, then they’re obviously going to be putting more money in–this is a huge win for students,” noted Students’ Union President Bryan West.
Faculty response has been positive, if somewhat guarded.
“We like the idea of what is effectively a tuition freeze, and more spaces, but we had hoped to see more details on increases to the base-operating grant.” said The University of Calgary Faculty Association President Anton Colijn.
Graduate Students’ Association President Calvin Seaman was also cautiously optimistic.
“I’d like to see an actual freeze of tuition,” commented Seamnan. “I’m thankful to see the government pay for that one year, but I’d like to see an actual freeze or a rollback.”
Klein’s announcement comes after a decade of budget cuts and maximum tuition increases at all of Alberta’ post-secondary institutions. Representatives of the campus community at the U of C have indicated that the proposals, while significant, do not yet represent the final solution to the U of C’s financial woes.
“15,000 new spots in three years, what’s that going to mean?” asked West. “That’s going to mean a significant increase to the base-operating grant and to funding for capital projects. Not only do we need new profs, we need new infrastructure: actual physical space for the new students.”
TUCFA also indicated that while the proposed reforms are a sign of progress, they have not been finalized.
“I do want to follow-up and make sure that whatever materializes, actually happens and doesn’t come with too many strings attached.” said Colijn.


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This two-hour webinar is an introduction to the modest fashion movement in popular culture today and its power to shift perceptions.
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This is serving as Lupe's brand new single for his Food & Liquor II Album coming in September! Since the drop, there has already been some drama over the sample. Legend Pete Rock already is mad that he touched such a classic beat. In all its good to hear some more good music! Just the stream for now, but you can purchase on iTunes here.


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Government Tobacco Ban ‘Discriminatory and Infantilising’
Julian Jessop quoted in The Telegraph
Matthew Lesh writes for City AM
Christopher Snowdon quoted in The Guardian
“The ban infantilises one cohort of adults, discriminates on the basis of age and raises issues of intergenerational unfairness…”
With the government also set to crack down on vaping, Christopher also asked:
“Why not allow cigarettes to become obsolete through market forces?”
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Compared to the more celebrated locations of Benson and North Downtown, a strip mall just south of Farnam on 72nd street in Omaha seems like an unlikely place for a potential scene hub.
But Kyle Fertwagner, new co-owner of The Hideout, says the venues on which Omaha’s music community was built have less to do with the physical buildings and more to do with the idea of those venues.
He’s talking about The Cog Factory and Ranch Bowl.
Fertwagner, his brother Keith and OK Party Comedy member Ryan de la Garza took over ownership of The Hideout On March 1. Fertwagner’s vision for the venue is heavily influenced by his experience with The Cog Factory and Ranch Bowl. He spent a lot of time around both venues, playing in defunct punk outfits The Beat Seekers and The Fonzarellies.
Keith, who had been doing sound at The Hideout, knew previous owner Dave Blackman was looking to sell. It became an opportunity to create the venue-anchored community the Fertwagner’s knew from their Ranch Bowl and Cog days.
“It’s the people that are coming to shows, supporting the scene,” Fertwagner says. “It’s not The Hideout per se, it’s the idea. The sense of community and camaraderie.”
Kyle Fertwagner, The Hideout co-owner
Fertwagner says the hip-hop show drew punk and metal audiences. It’s a good omen for something he says he hasn’t seen in Omaha since his cornerstone venues closed.
“There are a lot of similarities between The Hideout and The Cog Factory and Ranch Bowl, a coalescence of different scenes all under one roof,” he says. “You don’t really get that anywhere else in Omaha, but that’s the way those venues were.”
Fostering that kind of support means a certain open approach to buying talent.
The Hideout has partnered with Lucas Wright to book shows for the venue. For nearly 20 years, Wright booked independently under the name Black Heart Booking. One month ago, he wrapped operations at Black Heart. Now, for the first time in his long career of booking shows, he’s backed by a venue, which he says gives him more freedom.
“Concert promotion is like a futures market,” Wright says. “Now I don’t have to worry about taking money out of my own pocket. This is about helping the venue get as many people through the door as i can and not being as particular about genre.”
Where Black Heart Booking focused heavily on punk and metal, Wright says he’ll be reaching across the genre spectrum for The Hideout, as well as hosting regular events like open mics and karaoke.
With de la Garza’s Omaha comedy connections, they’ll have a weekly comedy showcase, as well.
A few days into new ownership and The Hideout’s March calendar is already filling up. On Saturday, punk band The Queers plays with Masked Intruder, Direct Hit! and The Ridgways (RSVP). Next week, Guttermouth, Counterpunch and The Shidiots play (RSVP). In April, Red City Radio plays with The Bricks (RSVP).
See the full roster of upcoming events here.
Each touring band on the calendar has one thing in common: a local opener. Pairing local support with out-of-town acts is no new concept, but it is one that’s important to Fertwagner and Wright all the same.
Fertwagner practically sees it as an obligation.
“It’s about bringing in bigger acts to the scene that might not get a chance to come here,” he says. “Then putting local bands on those bills, when possible, to give them exposure. You get the big bands and they’re going to bring people that normally wouldn’t come out if it were all local bands, so that’s good for local bands. It’s how you build a scene.”
He says opening for bands like AFI was key in putting The Fonzarellies on the local radar more than a decade ago.
Fertwagner has been less involved in Omaha’s music scene the past few years, managing full-time at the sushi restaurant Hiro 88. He says his new role has already given him the opportunity to immerse himself in the music community again.
“The people that are here, they’re amazing, they’re talented, they care about each other, the scene, the venue,” he says. “It’s great coming into a place where everybody knows you. it’s hugs and high fives.”


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This mission will make the Emirates the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on an asteroid.
The UAE Space Agency has announced the commencement of a new Emirati interplanetary mission, designed to further accelerate the young nations space engineering, scientific research and exploration capabilities, and drive innovation and opportunity in the countrys private sector.
The new mission will involve significant participation from Emirati private sector companies. It is scheduled for launch in 2028, with the primary goal of exploring the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the source of most meteorites that impact the earth.
Speaking about the new mission, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, said: We have set our eyes to the stars because our journey to development and progress has no boundaries, no borders and no limitations. Today we are investing in the generations to come. With each new advancement we make in space, we create opportunities for young people here on earth.
Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, added: This new mission tests and extends the capabilities of Emirati youth in achieving Zayeds ambition to explore space. We are certain that our talented local engineers, academic and research institutions, which have so far made quantum leaps in developing our space sector, are well equipped to take on this daring new challenge.
The spacecraft will undertake a 3.6bn-kilometre, five-year journey, which will see it perform gravity assist manoeuvres by orbiting first Venus, then Earth in order to build the velocity required to reach the main asteroid belt, located beyond Mars. Its trajectory around Venus will see it reaching solar proximity of 109m kilometres, requiring substantial thermal protection and the furthest distance from the sun of 448m kilometres, requiring high levels of insulation and spacecraft operation with minimal levels of available solar energy.
Through its journey, it will study seven main-belt asteroids. It will be built using the substantial heritage and intellectual property (IP) acquired during the development of the Emirates Mars Mission and its Hope Probe, currently orbiting Mars and gathering unique data on Mars atmospheric composition and interactions.
Sarah Al Amiri, Chair of the UAE Space Agency, stated: Our goal is clear: to accelerate the development of innovation and knowledge-based enterprises in the Emirates. This cant be done by going steady-state, this requires leaps in imagination, in faith and the pursuit of goals that go beyond prudent or methodical. When we embarked on the Emirates Mars Mission, we took on a six-year task that was in the order of five times more complex than the earth observation satellites we were developing. This mission is in the order of five times more complex than EMM.
Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Chairman, MBRSC, remarked: “We are proud of the announcement of the UAEs new space mission, which will make us the first Arab country and the fourth country in the world to send a space mission to Venus and an asteroid belt. This mission, with its unprecedented scientific goals, will enhance the UAE’s contribution to the scientific progress of humanity. The announcement also coincides with our upcoming celebration of the golden jubilee of the founding of the UAE, confirming our consistent approach to contribute to humankind under the vision of our wise leadership. The words of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, during the announcement reflects the ambition of the UAE and its people, which does not stop at any limit.”
He continued: “The UAE has always aimed at investing and improving the lives of people, and today, through the continued guidance of our leadership, we are able to meet the most difficult challenges as we grow and develop. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, has himself expressed that our national cadres and talents along with our academic and research institutions have achieved qualitative achievements in the space sector that are able to take on the task of the new space mission with full efficiency and readiness. In line with the national agenda, we, at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, will continue our strategic efforts to build a strong and sustainable space sector, support and protect national interests and vital sectors, contribute to the diversification and growth of the countrys economy, enhance specialised national competencies, develop scientific and technical capabilities, and further strengthen the UAE’s role and position regionally and globally.”
Yousuf Hamad AlShaibani, Director-General, MBRSC, commented: “The announcement to send a space mission to explore the planet Venus and the asteroid belt is a source of pride for every citizen and resident in the UAE, and for every Arab who believes that we represent our civilization, cultural and scientific heritage in the best possible way. The new mission will contribute to the development of advanced technologies and technological innovations previously unknown to mankind in various sectors, disciplines and space sciences. We are aware of our responsibility in this regard to contribute effectively to the achievement of this historical scientific leap of human knowledge.
He added: The UAE’s achievements in the space sector are a result of a clear strategy, that is the embodiment of the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. The year of the fiftieth has so far witnessed great achievements for the country in the space sector. At the beginning of the year, the Hope Probe reached Mars, and in the middle of it, we announced the second batch of the UAE Astronaut Programme, including the first Arab female astronaut.”
The mission will make its first close planetary approach orbiting Venus in mid-2028, followed by a close orbit of Earth in mid-2029. It will make its first fly-by of a main asteroid belt object in 2030, going on to observe a total of seven main-belt asteroids before its final landing on an asteroid 560m kilometres from Earth in 2033. This will make the Emirates the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on an asteroid.
The mission is to be developed in partnership with the Laboratory for Atmospheric Science and Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. LASP was the primary knowledge transfer partner for EMM, bringing over seventy years experience in spacecraft and instrumentation design and development and helping advise, train and develop the team of Emirati engineers, software developers and scientists who worked on EMM, many of whom will go on to work on this new mission.
Five initiatives are being launched around the new mission by the UAE Space Agency to accelerate the development of the UAEs space sector: a fully-funded programme to establish Emirati space sector businesses; priority access to contracts and procurement for the mission by Emirati companies; a vocational training programme to train young Emiratis on component assembly and space subsystems engineering; a programme to bring local and international universities and research centres together to work on the mission, including LASP and Emirates University.


Gov. Matt Blunt is calling for more than $2 million dollars to place mental health workers directly in schools.
Blunt's proposal calls for a two-year cost sharing grant program in partnership with local community mental health centers and school districts.
Blunt cited the Columbine tragedy as a reminder "that we cannot ignore some of our children have special needs that must be identified and addressed early."
"This funding will help ensure that Missouri students receive the assistance they need to stay emotionally healthy and perform well in school," Blunt said in a release.
Rep. Bob Dixon and Springfield Public Schools superintendent Norm Ridder were both quoted in the Governor's release. Rep. Dixon said the plan would "reduce disruptions that hinder learning for all students.”
Estimates from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicate that 5 percent of the population of children between 4 and 17 demonstrate serious mental health problems needing specialized treatment. According to the Governor's office, research says more than one in ten children will contemplate suicide during their school years.


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If this self-image seems to be in stark contrast with the dominant media vision of the DJ as Filofax-toting superstar jetting first-class around the globe to five-figure three-hour engagements in elaborately bedecked cavernous halls, well, it's no accident. In fact Claussell's anachronistic tone may help explain the recent surge of international interest and curious fascination in both his own production work and Body & Soul. Much as "Ibiza" has become a code word for a militantly heterosexualized frat-boy take on dance culture, "Body & Soul" has come to signify a particularly sumptuous style of organic, percussion-driven deep-house music, along with a return to that form's roots in the ethos of gay, black sexuality.
The reasons for this rebirth extend beyond Body & Soul's soundtrack, though it would be hard to overstate the appeal of that event's trio of residents: Claussell, Danny Krivit, and Francois Kevorkian. The three throw down a singular mix that joyously embraces the origins of modern electronic dance music, from vintage Philly soul and diva-driven protodisco stompers, to of-the-moment Gamble & Huff-meet-Kraftwerk dubplates courtesy of Detroit's über-techno warriors, Underground Resistance. Of course that postmodern moment is just as likely to be followed by Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do" or Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T.," blissfully tweaked past the breaking point until only the high-end blares forth, sending the dance floor into an arms-hoisted-skyward fever.
"Sometimes I get so excited about a record," Claussell says. "I connect with it and get so filled with energy, it makes me go wild! That's why I'm chopping those records up. It helps me to communicate that energy to the crowd. You'll see me going crazy in the booth," he adds, pauses a beat, and then laughs, "because I'm really going crazy!"
Just as notable in Claussell's technique is the absence of frenetic pacing and incessant segueing so common these days. Instead, records are allowed to play out, emphasizing the primacy of the song itself. Other times, tracks are organized into momentum-building waves that end with dramatic silence, allowing the sweat-drenched crowd to applaud (as if witnessing a performance), catch their breath, gaze at each other, and then simply revel in the moment.
Add Body & Soul's lack of a liquor license, sparse drug use (at least in comparison with the bulk of clubland), a refreshing tea-dance time slot that kicks off in the late afternoon and peaks by 8:00 p.m., a strictly egalitarian door policy (you pay the fourteen-dollar cover, you get in the door -- there's no princess with a clipboard picking and choosing the lucky few), and what you have is a genuine throwback to the glory days and post-Stonewall vibe of the Loft and the Paradise Garage. Which is hardly a coincidence: Kevorkian spun regularly at the Garage alongside Larry Levan in the early Eighties, and many of the fiercest dance-floor regulars also carry firsthand memories of those halcyon spots, as well as the telltale sign of people who take their partying seriously -- a change of dry clothes for the trip home.
It was these defining characteristics that helped keep Body & Soul (and perhaps deep-house music in general) an under-the-radar treasure. Viewed as declassé by the fashionista brigades, and with a sound too firmly wed to the R&B continuum for most raver's tastes, the party quietly built a devoted following sprinkled with electronica's cognoscenti.
The past six months, however, have seen a wave of publicity for Body & Soul, with awestruck features in virtually every European music publication (even Spin has jumped onboard with a striking double-page graphic spread in its current issue). The end result resembles a polyglot gathering straight out of a Rainbow Coalition-era Jesse Jackson speech: black intertwining with white, hip Japanese tourists in baggy jeans enthusiastically boogying alongside towering muscle queens stripped to the waist.
Of course the demographic shift on hand now threatens to critically alter the party's unique feel. So is Body & Soul in danger of becoming a victim of its own success? "I think it's a little late to worry about that," replies Claussell with bemusement. "Body & Soul has definitely been overexposed. Obviously when something moves from being new to becoming trendy and overhyped...." He trails off, preferring not to elaborate on tales of ongoing behind-the-scenes tension amid the party's surge of popularity and frequent over-capacity draw. Choosing his words carefully, Claussell continues, "When you go into a place, you go there for the sole purpose of having a good time. As a dancer, you go there to dance. If you're a DJ you go to play music. And that's all I really want to be involved with. The main focus of this party wasn't to be written up in magazines or be voted 'Greatest DJ in the World.' The main focus was to party -- that's it -- to party!"


Well, this is apparently happening, as of today. There been released a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs directed to the World Health Organization offices in Brazzaville, in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). Where one of the experts came from, this being Dr. Walter Kazindi Mulumbo.
The are three more experts and doctors who was banished or “person non grata” from its territory. These are Dr. Daniel Tarzy, Dr. Ruhana Mirindi Bisimbwa, and Dr. Jean Pierre Mulunda Nkata. All of these is stated to be from the Democratic Republic of Congo or part of the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUSCO). However, I don’t have that verified. What matters is that these doctors and experts has to flee the Republic and in haste. They are not welcomed, even if they are coming there to give advice and help the authorities to deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic.
What is clearly stated by the letter is that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says their final day in the Republic is 15th May 2020. They received the letter on the 12rth May 2020. The International Airport in Bujumbura is temporary closed for international flights because of COVID-19. The reason why the team came in the first place.
Therefore, this is very peculiar, but not shocking. In a state where civil society has been battled, where political affiliation is life or death. In a state where the ruling regime rules with an iron fist. In this reality, the eviction of a few people doesn’t hurt much. Even in the midst of a pandemic. Where the Republic releases very little information nor does anything really about it. They are in campaign mode and into getting the successor on the throne at any cost.
That CNDD-FDD and Nkurunziza would do this isn’t shocking. It shouldn’t be. This is the Modus Operandi. This is what they do. They just do it sort of diplomatically and gives you a proper send-off. Take a hike Mike and find a bike or something to cross into Rwanda, Democratic Republic or something. Hitch-hike from Bujumbura to the borders and hope your lucky to pass across.
That is how it seems. Because, it is not like the state has a lockdown, has curfew or social distancing. They are parading in the streets and holding rallies. They are going from town to town paint it ready for the polls on the 20th May 2020.
That is why the state doesn’t need a WHO Report on their indifference to COVID-19 or the Coronavirus. They don’t need foreigners to questions their actions, their inactions or anything. They just need to move. That is the initial message. This is the same republic that has stopped Election Observers in the same time-frame and made it impossible have foreign observer teams to oversee the polls. Therefore, sending these home fits like a glove.
Burundi wants to be a pariah-a state, it is like its a prize and that they long to have the title. Be the Grand Dictatorship of East Africa. Be the beacon of totalitarian efforts and wants to be in the same league as North Korea. That is the dream, that’s why it wants to make things bloody and ensure total destruction of oversight. Nobody is supposed to see anything anyway. Except if your high ranking official in the CNDD-FDD, than your authorized to do everything in your power.
Well, so a WHO TEAM became “Person Non Grata” in the midst of the Global Pandemic. We know we live in a stupid timeline. When this is a thing, but so is our leaders too. Since, they lack common sense to implement proper conditions to stop the spread. Instead, they play ignorant, hoping it will just go away. Peace.
The CNDD-FDD and the appointed CENI have all together concocted this and ensured that this could happen. They have ensured that the East African Community Election Observation Mission to Burundi would end up in Quarantine. Since its not there and has not yet been scheduled to arrive according to letters released. They are ensuring that the observer mission from the EAC will earliest, if they travel today be off the hook days after the polls.
That is a smart move. They will not see the polling stations, will not see the initial drop of ballots nor the tactics used by government to get people to vote. They can do it all without foreigners intervening. Because, there is no other EOM in the Republic at that time. There is talk of a few CSOs, but these local ones will not bully or unlock it all. As they want to have a ability to work after the polls too.
This game is rigged, that is why its campaigning during the COVID-19 or Coronavirus. Where huge rallies are held by both CNDD-FDD and CNL. However, we know the game is ready and the ruling regime will continue their hold of the country. As activists and leaders of CNL is intimidate or sudden gone missing.
There is even talks of weird sudden deaths appearing, which could be COVID-19, as there is no extensive testing nor protocol of a lockdown, as the elections are going as scheduled. The spread is maybe happening within the crowds at rallies. Who knows how bad it really is and what it does to the community.
The polls, the results and everything else is already ticked off. The State is running it clockwork. That is why they are lucky to have no observer or mission looking into the legal remedies, nor the practical organizations of the elections or the legitimacy as a whole. They don’t have safari teams from the African Union, European Union, Commonwealth, EAC nor IGAD. There are no foreign mission doing it. The authorities are free to hold the elections and no one else saying a word.
So, the 20th May 2020 can go down without any interference, any questions or even some eagle eyes scoping the possible breaches of trust and credibility of the affairs. The Safari teams from abroad can only, if they will be quarantined to over the polls and can only travel across the Republic when the counting is presiding and look over the procedural things. They cannot see how they did it or what they did. The ballots can be toyed around with or the security organizations can intimidate people to vote a certain way.
What we do know is that CNDD-FDD and its allies are happy with this. They are making the world blind to the affair. They cannot state or have options to look into it. The government can do as they please. Its that easy, we know that the (s)elected leader of CNDD-FDD will win. Evariste Ndayishimiye will be next President and that on the blessing of Nkurunziza. Who surely will reign in his shadow. He didn’t battle and conquer all his enemies to retire.
So, the only foreign verification squad or safari-group will be in quarantine, if they are even coming from the EAC. It seems like the scope, the amount of people nor the EOM itself isn’t structured and therefore, soon a fishing expedition to get it done in time.
CNDD-FDD gets their way and no one will see it. The Watchmen is stuck in quarantine, while they can boil all the numbers without a question. No one seeing it and no one reporting on it. If they do, they will get into trouble as this regime doesn’t spare lives nor anyone who questions it. That’s why this government will secure their result by all means. Nkurunziza and Ndayishimiye will not accept that. Peace.


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Metro: Last Light is out now; here’s our Metro: Last Light review.
Mere weeks away from the release of Metro: Last Light and Deep Silver are filling the internet with more trailers than there are mutants in the game’s underground system. The latest trailer covers a spread of the game’s action, teasing us with snippets of story, and shots of the monsters that we’ll be facing (both human and swelled, bloated non-humans).
Shooter trailers tend to be filled out with the more scripted sections of games, it makes for action-packed shorts, just ones which are rarely representative of playing the game, so we have to be wary about what we’ve been shown. That caveat aside, 4A seemed to have nailed the tone: dark, claustrophobic, stumbling into the horrific. What the game will be like to play can’t be judged from video alone, but the coherence of the game’s world? That we can get a sense of.
I’ve not had a chance to try the sequel to Metro 2033 myself but Rob’s had a go and was quite smitten with the whole thing.
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“I’m sorry that Hillary Clinton is re-running 2016…I could take out a letter from Hillary Clinton saying, thank you, Bernie, for working so hard to try to make me the president of the United States,” Mr. Sanders, Vermont Independent, said in an interview with “Iowa Press” that ran Sunday.
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Published 12:00 am Friday, January 14, 2000
MICHAEL KIRAL / L’Observateur / January 14, 2000
LAPLACE – The clock is ticking down to National Signing Day and the recruiting process is beginning to really heat up. Local athletes arebeginning to take their visits and recruiters are making their final pitches.
One of the hottest recruits in the state is East St. John wide receiver RoyDel Williams. Williams visited Georgia Tech last weekend and wasscheduled to visit LSU this weekend.
Williams also has visits scheduled to Florida next weekend and to Tulane the weekend of Jan. 28 and has stated that he will make his decision onwhere he is going after he has taken all his visits.
Fellow Wildcat receiver Chris Bush is also being looked at by the Green Wave. Bush was scheduled to visit Tulane this weekend and has a visitscheduled to Louisiana-Lafayette next week. He will also Louisiana-Monroe on the 28th.
The quarterback getting the ball to Williams and Bush this season, Floyd Smith, will also be on the road this weekend, visiting Louisiana-Monroe.
Smith also has a visit scheduled to Nicholls State Jan. 28. Another local quarterback being hotly recruited is St. James’ CoreyWebster. Webster has already made visits to Massachusetts, Baylor andNebraska and is visiting LSU this weekend. He also has Tulane on his list. Webster, the leading scorer on the Wildcats’ basketball team, said he would like to play both sports in college.
“Every school has said I can play both as long as I keep my work up,” Webster said.
St. James tight end Alvin Bartholomew has also garnered a lot of interest.Bartholomew is looking at Nicholls State and Southern as well as Norfolk State and Kentucky State. Defensive tackle Brent Phillips and centerDamon Oubre are also looking with Oubre considering Nicholls State and McNeese State.
Lutcher running back Jerron Wishom has committed to Louisiana Tech.
Receiver Kenneth Johnson is also leaning to Louisiana Tech and is also considering Southern Mississippi, Louisiana-Lafayette, Tulane, Southern and Louisiana-Monroe.
Quarterback Thomas Ricks is also considering Southern and Louisiana- Monroe as well as Nicholls State. Running back Damian Ursin has JacksonState, Grambling and Texas Southern under consideration.
Two local linemen were also being highly recruited. Riverside tackle JoeTrosclair visited Illinois in December and has a visit scheduled to Nicholls State next weekend.
Trosclair also got calls from Tennessee last week with McNeese State, Northwestern Louisiana and Nicholls State also expressing interest.
Destrehan’s Jeremy Parquet committed to Southern Mississippi last week but will also take a visit to Louisiana Tech Jan. 14. He also consideredLSU.
West St. John wide receiver Donriel Louis committed to the Tigers lastsummer.
Quarterback Carl Gauthier is being looked at by Tulane, Southern Mississippi, Mississippi State and Arkansas.
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