Interface for the Future
Cloud-based API solution for integrating service robots is introduced
Otis has introduced Otis Integrated DispatchTM, an application programming interface (API) solution for integrating service robots with elevators. Japanese subsidiary Nippon Otis Elevator Co. recently conducted a project, one of several underway worldwide, to test the integration of its elevators and robots in collaboration with robotics provider ZMP Inc. The results show how the technology can wirelessly enable service robots to interface seamlessly with its elevators and move vertically within buildings without human interaction. Otis observes hospitals, hotels, commercial business and others are turning to service robots to enhance customer experience, offer safe solutions and improve employee productivity. Otis Integrated Dispatch features:
- Fast installation. No hard-wired integration with the elevator is needed.
- Reduction in on-site time. The API “sandbox” environment allows service robot providers to test and configure robots for elevator use before deployment onsite, and may even eliminate the need to install their own integration software.
- Increased productivity. Subscription plans come with a backup elevator integration as standard. If the primary elevator is not available, the service robot can switch to the backup and keep going.
- Optimized entry/exit. Elevator door open and close times can be adjusted to each service robot’s travel speed to help it easily move in and out of the elevator on first attempt.
- Improved robot efficiency. The solution transmits real-time elevator status data to the service robot, helping it operate more efficiently.
- Optimized cybersecurity. All API communication is over an encrypted channel. All stored data is encrypted at rest. Otis works closely with its internal cybersecurity team to ensure high levels of end-to-end security and rapid response to newly discovered vulnerabilities.
- Enhanced connectivity. The cloud infrastructure is designed for global deployment, with built-in georedundancy for fast and effective communication between service robots and elevators.
- Automated monitoring. Otis Integrated Dispatch’s automated, real-time monitoring and issue diagnostic tools help resolve network connectivity issues quickly.
Near-term enhancements will be focused on deeper dispatch integration and features designed to meet the needs of particular buildings. Future features are expected to include load-factor integration, which will allow human passengers to travel with robots, and VIP call integration, for service robots that need to travel alone or execute high-priority or time-sensitive tasks.


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Open Central Asia Magazine Features Kyrgyzstan Driver
(This article about a Leap Local competition winner was published by Silk Road Media, in the autumn/winter print edition of Open Central Asia business & society magazine.)
Alexey Drozdov, chauffeur, has never before had to phone his tour operator employer to say the words, “I’ve lost a tourist” until he met me.
It was the start of my three-week mountain bike trip in Kyrgyzstan, and I was missing in action somewhere above the Chong Kemin valley, near the 4770 metre-high peak of Chok-Tal. Due to lack of cell phone reception, the only thing Alexey knew was that I wasn’t at the meeting spot at Lake Issyk-Kol, a five-hour drive around the other side of the Tian Shan mountain chain from where he’d parted ways with me and my cycling guide, Elena Gromova.
As hours passed, Alexey and my Kyrgyz cultural guide, Cholpon Soodaeva, realized we wouldn’t be having a sizzling dinner of shashlik (juice dripping skewered mutton) and celebratory vodka shots on Issyk-Kol’s salt-lake shores. They decided to make the journey back to Chong Kemin.
I enjoy being pampered, but I don’t normally travel with an entire support crew to myself. I usually find friends to join me on my expeditions. But ever since 2010 the Canadian government has had the same high-risk travel advisory on its website, warning Canadians against “non-essential travel” to Kyrgyzstan. Nobody would join me.
That night in the “Celestial Mountains”—unable to see in the dark, except when a meteor streaked past, vomiting from altitude sickness and fermented horse milk, dragging my bike over boulders, shivering in my shorts as we reached the snowline—I wished I hadn’t joined me on my own expedition. The route was impassable. So we stumbled back down the trail along the precipice.
Alexey white-knuckled his immaculate, silver, 4x4 van across river rapids and along the bumpy track back to the yurt where his happy tourist had tried mare’s milk. No nomads had seen us. Maybe Elena and I were still on route to Issyk-Kol. Alexey hadn’t wanted Elena to take me on this ride. The night before he’d yelled at her (in English for my benefit) that I hadn’t acclimatized to the elevation and that the ride was too difficult. He now turned his van around once again and headed back to Issyk-Kol.
High in the mountains, I could see a speck of light far below. Maybe it was Alexey. Elena and I screamed. Our voices were drowned out by the roaring rapids in the gorge. She tried her walkie-talkie and phone—nothing.
Back at Issyk-Kol, Alexey and Cholpon hired a nomad to go up the mountain on his horse at first light. They gave him emergency supplies. Cholpon cried because she’d lost my running shoe in the chaos. They parked at the trail exit and watched all night for two cyclists.
At midnight, on the other side of the Tian Shan, nomads made a bed for Elena and me on the ground beside their saddles and riding boots. The next morning we continued on our bikes. We crossed icy rivers, and when the rapids were too deep, passing nomads carried our bikes and us on horseback. At four PM thunder rumbled louder than my stomach, and gale force winds swept the valley.
Near Issyk-Kol the nomad horseman told Alexey and Cholpon there was a rockslide blocking the pass. So they raced back to Chong Kemin.
I saw the silver van round a bend—a knight in shining armour.
Alexey thumbed through my itinerary. “Nope. Nope, too dangerous. ” He explained that because of the recent heavy rains all mountain crossings could offer the same scenario. He refused to separate from us gain and instead drove his van to its limits, keeping his cyclists in walkie-talkie distance, unless he was rushing ahead to a picnic spot. Each morning of my new ad-libbed trip started with Alexey’s coffee and his asking, “How far would you like to bike today?” and evenings ended with vodka toasts, a view, and shashlik at every opportunity.
To read tourist reviews or contact Alexey Drozdov, Cholpon, Elena, or other guides, guesthouses and hotels in Kyrgyzstan: http://www.leaplocal.org/locals/country/Kyrgyzstan/
is a quarterly magazine, published in the UK, which connects and highlights the links between Europe and Central Asia. It promotes the cultures, politics, events and communities of both regions and opens a discussion and exchange of ideas between them to promote both business co-operation and tourist relations. Vision: To be the first magazine published (in a number of languages), with a readership in excess of 50,000, that will highlight and enhance the connections between Europe and Central Asia for both business, academic and tourists alike. Subscriptions are available through and Amazon.uk.
Alexey Drozdov, Kyrgyzstan Driver, Guide and Interpreter, Wins International Tourism Competition
by Kirsten Koza
is a driver based in Bishkek. He was entered into Leap Local’s international tourism competition when travellers vouched for his skills by highly recommending him on Leap Local’s website.
www.leaplocal.org is described by the Guardian.UK as “a smaller, more socially conscious alternative to TripAdvisor, with a focus on the developing world.” Leap Local facilitates the connections between travellers and local tourism professionals who offer adventure travel, eco trips, and cultural experiences in the exotic destinations that they call home.
This past year’s competition winners were chosen by an expert panel of judges: Vicky Baker (the Guardian newspaper’s local travel expert), Peter Sibbald (photojournalist: TIME magazine, Fortune, Canadian Geographic), Richard Hammond (National Geographic, Rough Guide) and Dr W.B. Hafford (University of Pennsylvania Museum, Archaeology magazine).
During the live, online Skype debate, all the judges recognized the importance of having a great driver on a journey, but agreed that having one who can also act as a translator is an added bonus. It was because of Alexey’s attributes and extra care he pays to clients that a new category for drivers was added to the competition.
Alexey Drozdov grew up Soviet but his rebellious parents spoke to him only in English. He figures he was the only Soviet-born kid who spoke English as a first language. He said it made it difficult for him in school. Now he supports international clients on cycling, trekking and camping expeditions, or takes them on city tours or cultural trips across Kyrgyzstan.
What impressed the judges about Alexey (besides his skills and knowledge) is that he is greeted warmly by his countrymen from far and wide. A guide’s rapport with other locals says a lot about them.
A reviewer named Jost raved about Drozdov’s mechanical skills, after travelling with Alexey from Osh to Bishkek via Jalal Abad, Toktogul, Song Kul, Kochkor and Karakol.
The other champion tour guides, drivers and homestays this past year were from Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, Indonesia and Cuba. In 2010 Kyrgyzstan’s Sergery Gluhoverov was a winner, and Cholpon Soodaeva, a Kyrgyz cultural guide was a runner-up.
Winners of the competition receive publicity, a constant website profile, features in the website magazine and in mailings to members, as well as on social networking sites, plus support from the Leap Local team, certificates, and other prizes.
Leap Local has three annual competitions for both travellers and locals in tourism: New this year is the $1000 Splits Competition (which awards $500 to the traveller who makes the best new recommendation on the website and $500 to the local in tourism who they recommend). Plus there’s the Travel Story Competition (which has a $500 first prize and two $150 runners-up prizes) and there’s the Tour Guides & Services Competition (which Alexey Drozdov won in 2011).
To find out about the competition guidelines, annual closing dates, judging panel and last year’s winners go to Leap Local’s online magazine:


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Drugs: it devastates families, destroys lives, and threatens the whole framework of society. But in the war on drugs, who or what is the actual enemy; the consumers, dealers, or is it the American government itself.
It was 1971, when political activism, sexual freedom, and social changes initiated in America. At that time, people started utilizing mind changing drugs in quest to broaden their consciousness, and testing become addiction and even death for some. To combat the rising curse of drug addiction, President Richard Nixon declared a war against illegal drugs. Afterward seven presidents and four decades, the war on drugs became the longest running war in the American history, in which the government of the United States has spent an approximated one trillion dollars.
Drug traffickers use extremely complicated techniques both above and under the ground, and even under water in an attempt to smuggle their product across the US border and to meet the demand of American drug users. There are three elements of the drug trade: drugs, money and arms. In America, the unlawful and cash based drug economy was estimated as one hundred billion dollars in 2012. According to a recent investigation report of the US health department, there are an estimated 22 million Americans who are illegal drugs users, which make nine percent of the entire population and are the largest number per capita of any country in the world.

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Students become familiar with one of the most famous political resistance songs created in the Emslandlager concentration camps in Lower Saxony. "The Peat Bog Soldiers" is a song to hear, interpret, sing, and accompany with instruments. Through an analysis of the melody and lyrics, the students learn about the historical background.
The students are introduced to "Die Moorsoldaten" ["The Peat Bog Soldiers"], one of the best known songs of the socialist and communist political resistance [see Audio]. The song was composed and sung in the early concentration camps after 1933 and transmitted by the prisoners into the expanded German concentration camp system, where it continued to be sung after 1939. "Die Moorsoldaten" was written in the Moor concentration camps, a chain of fifteen concentration camps opened in Nazi Germany in 1933, and known collectively as the Emslandlager. One of the most famous prisoners was the journalist and pacifist Carl von Ossietzky, initially a prisoner in Esterwegen in 1933, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1935 [see Visuals].
The lesson begins with the song’s melody, which forms the basis for all text materials. "Die Moorsoldaten" is a song to hear, interpret, sing, and accompanywith instruments. The lesson takes two hours.
"Die Moorsoldaten" is one of the best known songs of the political resistance movement against National Socialism. Its forceful lyrics and folk melody have established it as an important historical source.
There are different accounts of the song’s origin, which is unusual in musicology. The reason for this may be that its authors gave only vague accounts of its origins after their release from imprisonment so they would not endanger those still in the concentration camps.
All accounts of the creation of the song agree that it was composed in the summer of 1933 at the Börgermoor concentration camp, close to the town of Papenburg in the Emsland region. Börgermoor was the first Emsland concentration camp. Conditions in the camp were especially brutal and the song was written in response to brutality by camp guards. The camp commandant prohibited prisoners from singing "Die Moorsoldaten" because of its last line. Nevertheless, the song spread rapidly and became internationally known [see Documents].
Wolfgang Langhoff and Johann Esser wrote the lyrics [see Documents]. The music was composed by Rudi Goguel and was later adapted by Hanns Eisler and Ernst Busch. Langhoff, Eisler, and Busch were all active in the German Communist party.
"Die Moorsoldaten" may only be discussed, sung, or played in the classroom, after the teacher has explained the structure of the concentration camp system. It should be made clear that various prisoner categories and groups were persecuted by the Nazis.
A unit about the song may be developed in two parts.
The instructor sings (or hums) the tune to the class (or may use a taped instrumental rendition in the classroom). The following musical aspects of the song should be mentioned:
Time/Rhythm: The song is in four-four time, a style supporting the idea of "Soldaten" ["Soldiers"].
Harmony: The harmony switches between major and minor chords. This mechanism allows the song to sound melancholy but also hopeful. The last section of the song is challenging and defiant.
Melody: In the original song, the first three notes are the same, signifying the despair of the camp. The refrain begins with a jump of six notes, which seems emotional and dramatic. The first and second bars and the fifth and sixth are the same melody, but are played two tones up. This type of sequence is used in folk songs and popular music.
The lyrics are clear, making it easy to understand the prisoners’ situation. The song also uses metaphors. The title "Die Moorsoldaten" ["The Peat Bog Soldiers"] is one example, playing on the forced labor and militarized daily routine of the concentration camps. The use of words such as "verstaut" ["stowed away"] or the sentence "Ewig kann's nicht Winter sein" ["It cannot be winter forever"] is also significant.
The success of "Die Moorsoldaten" is based on its appealing tune, which contains both textual and musical surprises.
Practical Classroom Experience
Music is an important educational classroom tool and the song "Die Moorsoldaten" is a good case study.
Students in seventh, eighth, and ninth grade in secondary schools in Schleswig-Holstein were emotionally moved by hearing and singing this song. This response can be intensified by including materials about the song’s origins.


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Sightsavers recruits 01 Programme Officer – Eye Health
Sightsavers is excited to be recruiting a Programme Officer to manage the daily activities and execution of Sightsavers Senegal Country Office health programmes in collaboration with eye health project partners.
As the Programme Officer you will support partners and stakeholders by managing all aspects of the project cycle, including planning, implementation and monitoring & evaluation. You will work with partners to ensure that all documentation and reports are made available in a timely and accessible way and identify needs to technical support.
You will work to achieve the organisation’s strategic priorities of the prevention of avoidable blindness through both service delivery and advocacy work, assist partners in the preparation of budgets, monitor expenditure of project financial resources, lead in certain programmatic areas within the Country programme team, and ensure that the fund-raising and communication department in the UK receive appropriate materials and information as required especially if restricted funding that supports projects may have special reporting requirements.
As the successful candidate you will have a degree (or equivalent) in Medicine, Development Studies, Public Health, eye health, or other relevant field and possess extensive experience of implementing programmes in developing country contexts, including experience of the health / eye health sector, ideally within an NGO. You will have a background in all aspects of project management within community development programmes, have previously worked with national governments and international institutions, and hold experience of designing/managing eye health or health systems strengthening programmes at district, national or international levels.
Closing date: 24th January 2021
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The Ugliest Man On The Mountain
Amber McCarthy is a young woman with a high IQ and a well-paid job, but it is never enough for her and she seeks the thrill of planning and executing the perfect burglary. On meeting wealthy businessman, Kane, her life changes and she relishes the challenge to win his love.
A new enemy at the door plays havoc with her plans and Kane moves to Andalusia. With just one last chance of rebuilding their relationship, Amber believes she has the answer.
A thousand miles away in Spain, Kane has a shock in store for Amber that changes everything.

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The public isn’t buying in folks and frankly neither am I since former Mandeville Mayor did the pay to play thing with city venders to the tune of $165,000 plus. Jeff Adelson has the skinny for the Times Picayune:
Former Mandeville Mayor Eddie Price’s sentence on corruption and tax evasion charges would be reduced by two years under an agreement reached by Price’s attorney and federal prosecutors, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
Given the recent sentences that have been handed down in NOLA area public corruption cases such as those involving Bolar and Dollar Bill Jefferson I now openly wonder if NOLA area perpetrators get style points for being both white and smooth in the commision of their crimes.
If anything Price deserves a longer stint in the pokey to more closely align his sentence with Bolar, not the other way around.


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Interview: ‘Green Room’ Director Jeremy Saulnier on Patrick Stewart, Inept Heroes, and “Full-Frontal Gore”
Posted on Wednesday, April 13th, 2016 by Jacob Hall
If there’s a 2016 film more intense than Green Room, I’m not sure how I’m going to survive. Writer/director Jeremy Saulnier‘s thriller has a crazy hook – members of a punk band witness a murder and take refuge inside a concert venue’s green room as a gang of deadly neo-Nazis lay siege – and the execution lives up the promise of that premise. Green Room is vicious and unrelenting and masterfully crafted by a filmmaker who has grown with each of his films. Between Murder Party, Blue Ruin and now this, Saulnier has proven himself to be one of the most exciting young filmmakers working today. Green Room is a serious frontrunner for any Best of the Year list.
So of course I jumped at the chance to speak with Saulnier about his film. Our conversation begins with his experience in the punk rock scene, touches on how to create effective cinematic violence, and yes, we do talk about casting the great Patrick Stewart as a calculating skinhead leader.
I saw Green Room at Fantastic Fest and I loved it.
Oh, wow. Cool. That was a great crowd.
I want to start at the beginning because a punks versus Nazis siege movie is such a wild concept. What aspect of that came first? Did it arrive fully formed?
Actually, I wanted to make a green room movie. Environment is very key to how I develop stories. Having been in a punk band and falling in love with the aesthetic and the energy and the music, I’ve been at lots of concert venues. I thought it would be really cool to capture that energy. What better place in a venue to set a siege thriller than the green room? It was my obsession. It’s a lost relic now, but I did a short film in 2007 as one of those 48-hour film festivals that took place in a green room. I shot it in my basement, but it was this thing I was exploring. That was sort of a dark, gonzo comedy about a heavy metal band playing a record backwards and summoning a demon. Really kind of fun and hammy with a heavy metal atmosphere. So I was always playing with that idea. When I finally got the chance to do it the right way, I leapt at it. I knew it was my next movie.
The skinheads were certainly a part of the punk movement, especially in the 1990s when I was a part of it. I was in the hardcore scene in Virginia and when we sort of crossed the bridge into Washington D.C., we had shows that were much bigger with a much more eclectic crowd. You had all kinds of different subgenres of punk rockers and hardcore kids and amongst them was the Nazi skinheads. That was definitely bizarre that people would be out in bright sunlight during a matinee show, proudly wearing swastikas. That element of danger stuck with me. I knew they were part of the world of punk and hardcore, yet very different as far as ideology and structure. They wore uniforms and were easily identifiable. They were like soldiers. They had relations with outside gangs and criminals activities. There were also SHARP, Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice, a set of skinheads with a whole different set of ethics and belief systems who fought hard for all of the right causes. But it just so happened that the Nazi skinhead element is what piqued my interest, as they’re our natural adversaries in this sort of world.
I was going to ask you about the research you did for this movie, but it sounds like many of the details were drawn from things you actually witnessed.
What was exciting about Green Room is that the idea never really advanced in my mind. I thought I should do a siege thriller in a green room. I didn’t really have time to flesh out the story. The world and the environment of the narrative was with me for twenty years. That was part of me and something that I always wanted to bring on screen. But the actual plot, how the actual film unfolds structurally, was completely uncharted for me. So when I sat down to write, I had this deep well of knowledge regarding the world of punk and hardcore. I had personal experience from being in bands and my friends being in bands and touring and falling asleep in vans. I played that Mexican restaurant show showcased in the first ten minutes of the movie. But at the same time, I had no idea where the plot was going to go. So I had this brand new energy that I injected into this old premise. That’s where I had the most fun, finally realizing what was bubbling inside of me for decades, yet having no clue where I’d take it and inhabiting the world of the characters on both side of the door. I would act both sides and always try to adhere to logic and very human choices and not play into too many genre tropes and standard, forced, contrived plot elements.

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Along Curetes Street, just behind the shops near the Library of Celsus there are six luxurious residential buildings that were in use from the 1st century AD through the 7th century AD. Because of their location on the slopes of Mt. Coressus they have become known as the Slope Houses or the Terrace Houses.
The houses were abandoned in the 7th century AD when a series of devastating Arab raids and the continued silting up of the harbor caused the Ephesians to move to Ayasuluk Hill. After being abandoned, these houses fell into decay or were buried under soil from landslides. The soil preserved the houses well, and their contents have offered archeologists a close look into the lives of the Ephesian upper class in the Roman and Byzantine periods. The excavations of the terrace houses started in 1960 and continue today. Two of the houses have been fully restored and are usually open to the public. The rest are sometimes covered by a tent due to the excavations.
These houses were built according to the Hippodamian grid style plan popular in the city during Roman times. Each one was built with multiple stories and an atrium with an entrance onto the side street. On the ground floor there were living and dining rooms, while upstairs held the bedrooms and guest rooms. They were equipped for running water and supplied with heating through clay pipes like the city’s bath houses.
Each house has an elaborate series of decorations. One of the houses open to the public has a black-and-white mosaic and a marble floor with the remains of a fountain in the center. The walls are decorated with frescoes involving theater scenes. The other house was altered and extended several times. It has mosaics and frescoes in several of the rooms and an atrium with Corinthian columns. A 5th-century glass mosaic in a niche depicts the heads of Dionysus and Ariadne. During this time Rome would have already been converted to Christianity, making the pagan subject especially interesting to archeologists.


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How I forgot the colours of the rainbow | Brett Charles SeilerWed, October 16, 2019 to Thu, November 7, 2019 Slipping on the Grass
The artist and person Brett Seiler, like his work, exudes compassion and empathy in every interaction. In some ways it is hard to separate the person from his art-making, for he is an obsessive maker and communicator and his canvasses, installations and drawings always seem to be as one for me.
Echoes from the South | Gabrielle RaaffWed, October 16, 2019 to Thu, November 7, 2019 Gabrielle Raaff describes with glee how the act of making a mark in a wet on wet painting process dissolves her intended stroke into something unexpected because of the movement of the paint. Her act of painting is thus a wrestling between intention and chance and an undoing of certainty. It is about finding a form of painterly mastery by working with the unexpected actions of her medium.

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Image of the Day Gallery, Next-Generation Space Flight
Image of the Day Gallery Next-Generation Space Flight
The Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), or Orion, being assembled and tested at Lockheed Martin’s Vertical Testing Facility in Colorado.
Drawing from more than 50 years of spaceflight research and development, Orion is designed to meet the evolving needs of our nation’s space program for decades to come.
As the flagship of our nation’s next-generation space fleet, Orion will push the envelope of human spaceflight far beyond low Earth orbit.
Orion may resemble its Apollo-era predecessors, but its technology and capability are light years apart. Orion features dozens of technology advancements and innovations that have been incorporated into the spacecraft’s subsystem and component design.
A test version of the Orion spacecraft makes a stop at the Science Museum Oklahoma in Oklahoma City today, giving residents the chance to see a full scale test version of the vehicle that will take humans into deep space.
Image Credit: Lockheed Martin
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Replacing your tatty wood with shiny new granite worktops is a great way to give your kitchen an instant boost. And even if you’re changing your whole kitchen, it seems relatively simple: kitchen out, kitchen in. So why are these 5 interior design principles so critical to creating a successful kitchen?
The quickest way to buy a new kitchen is to walk into a department store and order one. The salesperson will offer you a complete package, from appliances to replacement kitchen worktops, at one all-inclusive price. In half an hour, you can have a kitchen ordered. So why would you go to the trouble of ordering direct from a supplier? So you don’t have to pay the middleman When you order a kitchen from a kitchen shop, DIY store or department store, they’ll turn around and […]
Once upon a time marble was only used for palaces and important places of worship. While modern technologies have made marble surprisingly affordable, none of the beauty or history of the stone is lost. Here are 3 of our favourite marble buildings, and some quirky tips for bringing their style into your home.

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[KPOP/JPOP] BIG BANG’S TAEYANG TO RELEASE DUET SONG WITH JAPAN’S AOYAMA THELMA
Taeyang of Korean idol group Big Bang has unveiled his duet single with Japanese R&B artist Aoyama Thelma.
The single, titled “Fall in Love”, was released Wednesday on various music websites in digital sound source. The two Asian vocalists sing of the emotions of falling in love on the track.
Taeyang, also known as SOL, was the first Big Bang member to debut as a solo artist. His two solo albums produced several hit singles including “Prayer” and “Where U At”.
Aoyama Thelma, who debuted on the J-pop music scene in 2007, has released two solo albums and two compilation albums to date.
She is best known for the 2008 single “Soba ni Iru ne”, which received several million downloads and set a Guinness world record at the time of its release as the best-selling digital single in the country. It also ranked second on the “Top 10 Global Best Selling Digital Singles for 2008” list by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
The single record “Fall in Love” — which includes Thelma’s new track “Believe” — will be released in Korea on February 11.
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- The New York Giants have won only eight games in the last two seasons.
- Coach Pat Shurmur is hopeful he can turn the team around in 2019.
- Their last Super Bowl appearance and victory was in 2011.
NEW YORK – The New York Giants have been on a roller coaster of seasons ever since their Super Bowl win almost ten years ago. Last year, they won one out of their first eight games, despite adding new coach Pat Shurmur. In 2017, they went 3-13 for the season while 2018 gave them a record of 5-11. Under the direction of their new coach, they were able to make a slight improvement.
Pat Shurmur was hired, not because he had a stellar record as a coach but because he was known to make miracles when it comes to the offensive line. The Giants could use a miracle when it comes to their offense. Eli Manning is still their main quarterback, but they just obtained the first round draft pick, Daniel Jones. If Manning doesn’t show up to the game ready to play, he may be benched early on in the season for Jones.
What Will The Giants Look Like In 2019?
Losing Odell Beckham Jr was a huge blow for the Giants as Manning’s record is better when he played with Beckham than when he’s played with any other player. Beckham went to the Browns after becoming a free agent.
While quarterback Daniel Jones was a huge pick in the draft, he may be too green to carry an entire franchise. In truth, no one knows how Jones will play when he gets his chance on the field. The college game is a lot different than that of the NFL stage so Jones will need to learn quickly how to adapt and adapt well.
Running back Saquon Barkley had a tremendous rookie season in 2018. He went 721 yards for 91 receptions and 4 touchdowns with zero fumbles in his first year. Barkley is expected to be the shining star for the Giants offense for the second year in a row.
This could be seen as the season of rebuilding for the New York Giants. The only player they have that is also one of the oldest quarterbacks in the game is Eli Manning. When asked in December by reporters about the 2019 season, Manning said he wasn’t sure about coming back.
"Whenever you get to year 15, these things about your future come up," said Manning.
The rest of the roster looks to be a bunch of unfamiliar faces, even though some have been with the team for a few years. The question is, do we let the fresh-faced quarterback grow with the new team or do we try to fit in our older quarterback that’s almost out the door with the new squad?
SportsBettingNewYork.com is sure that once the Giants figure out their game plan, then they’ll be able to build a solid foundation for the season. As of right now, the only sure thing is the fact that Saquon Barkley will be playing. There has been no word about which quarterback will start or who will be on the receiving end of the pigskin.
Currently, the Giants have 100-1 odds of winning the Super Bowl. Anything over a 5-win season would make fans happy. The first pre-season game is on August 8th at 7:00 pm ET against the New York Jets.


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Folks, I have so much to tell you about!
The summer activities, the scrapbooking, the trip to New Orleans & Louisiana – see, tons to tell!
With all the goings-on, we found ourselves out and about a bit more than normal and eating out a bit more.
Once place we stopped and enjoyed a whole bunch was the Corner Bakery Café. I was hoping the kids would want one of the new grilled flats (all of the choices look amazing).
But instead, they chose from the Grilled Panini menu with our daughter choosing the Chicken Pomodori, and our son choosing the Meatball Panini. They were served with carrots, which earns a big thumbs up from me. Naturally, I had to try the iced latte, because I also judge a place by its’ latte.
Next tie, I am going to try their power flat, or maybe the berry almond swiss oats, or maybe the Anaheim scrambler. Oh wait, I did want to try some of the impressive salads next as well……looks like you will be able to find me in a booth at the corner bakery a few hours a day.

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Case Study: Malicious Ex Makes False Allegation of Assault
You know that feeling you get when you know someone is lying and you just can’t find the words to make people around you realise it’s a lie? Or maybe you remember that feeling from when you were a child at school and untrue stories were going around the playground?
But what about when you’re an adult? When you’re a grown man, a person in a respectable and responsible job and the allegations against you are being made maliciously try to and cause you harm?
That’s what happened to my client James recently.
He was a teacher, a professor in fact. He had split with his long term partner and was trying to move forward in a mature way – in this case there was an infant to be considered. He knew the relationship hadn’t been working for a while – they’d separated and reconciled a few times before the pregnancy and he had tried to make it work for the sake of the baby but he’d finally taken the decision that his life, and that of his child and his partner, would be better if they moved forwards and tried to be friends rather than in a relationship.
His Ex did not agree. She blocked his access to his son. She tried a number of things to ‘get even’ with him for ending the relationship.
In the end she accused him of assaulting both her and their son.
The police investigated, social services became involved, he was lost in a minefield of experts and professionals – none of whom seemed to want to actually listen to him and his protestations that:
She was making it up
He understood that they needed to check but surely the lack of physical evidence was enough? I mean she’s accused him of bruising their son – so where were the bruises? She’d accusing him of hitting their son in a manner which was impossible given the circumstances. Why was no-one listening to him?!?!?!
So he was now under arrest and on bail, with a court date and blocked from seeing his infant son. He had sought legal advice but had been told it was hopeless – it was her word against his and the courts were likely to believe her – I mean what reason did she have to lie?
Then he called Forrest Williams – and we did listen. We heard the desperation in his voice, we heard what he was saying, and we knew we could help. There were 2 areas – the first, and the priority, was the criminal investigation and charges – as desperate as he was to see his son we knew that there was little that could be done regarding access whilst the charges were against him. We liaised with the police who had determined that there was no evidence to support the allegation of assault on his son but were continuing with the assault on his Ex charge as there was now a supposed witness to the alleged attack. We arranged for him to be represented by one of our team of expert Barristers, who quickly and effectively during cross examination made it clear to the bench that the stories were fabricated – he even managed to get the witness to admit that the complainant had told her what she needed to say! He was found Not Guilty and the court ordered that he should be able to apply for a portion of his legal fees returned to him.
A wonderful result you may think, and it was, but in many ways the damage had been done as for our client it had been 9 long months in which he had not seen his son, he had not been allowed to be present for all those magical ‘1sts’, he had missed his son’s 1st birthday etc. It was a win, but it was still tinged with sadness that it had been allowed to get to that stage.
The police take allegations of Domestic Assault very seriously, as they should, but it is a sad fact that not every allegation is truthful, and in the meantime lives can be destroyed. We know this and we know that if you are accused of a crime you did not commit you need to know that the people you are trusting with your future believe in you and will fight for you. Forrest Williams is that firm, we do not advise clients to fight cases if they tell us they are guilty of an offence but equally we will never tell you to plead guilty if you tell us it didn’t happen – we act on your instructions. If you are accused of an offence and want to talk to a team who will listen to you before they give you advice then give Forrest Williams a call on 01623 397200 and we’d be happy to help.

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Kontraktova PloshchaEdit profile
Kontraktova Ploshcha (Ukrainian: Контрактова площа) is a station on Kiev Metro's Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line. The station was opened on December 17, 1976, and is named after Kiev's Kontraktova Square (Contract's Square) in the historic Podil neighbourhood. It was designed by B.I. Pryimak, I.K. Maslenynkov, and F.M. Zaremba. The station was formerly known as Chervona Ploscha (Ukrainian: Червона площа) until 1990.
The station is located shallow underground and consists of a central hall with columns. The columns and the walls along the tracks have been covered with green-brown coloured marble. Passenger tunnels connect the station to the Kontraktova Square and another street. The station hall has two exits, one of which is equipped with escalators. The exits branch further into the system of 4 elaborated underpasses, covering several city blocks.

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Legislation: FL local governments wouldn’t be able to display Pride flags
In June, a number of cities and counties throughout Florida display the LGBTQ Pride flag as a public affirmation of Pride Month and a time to celebrate the LGBTQ community.
But that would be a thing of the past if legislation is approved and makes its way to the governor’s desk.
Collins filed an amendment to his bill this week that provides a specific list of flags that would be permitted to be displayed by government entities such as cities, counties and public schools. Among those that make the cut include the POW-MIA flag, the flag of the Olympics and the flag of the United Nations.
Noticeably absent is the Pride flag.
“It turns out that in the ‘free’ state of Florida we soon won’t be allowed to hang Pride flags outside of our offices, all because some lawmakers don’t think showing solidarity with LGBTQ+ is important,” Orlando Democratic Rep. Anna Eskamani told the Phoenix. “I oppose this bill and see it as another attempt of overreach by Tallahassee and proudly display both an American flag and Pride flag at my office.”
Last year the city of Clearwater held its first Pride flag-raising event at their Municipal Services Building.
“I think cities should decide, in conjunction with their residents, what type of flags they choose to fly on government property,” Clearwater City Councilmember Kathleen Beckman told the Phoenix in a text message.
Jon Harris Maurer, Equality Florida’s public policy director, says that local governments can convey their values in a number of ways, and says that flags have historically been used to connect communities “in an exercise of free speech.”
“This effort to crack down on flags is part of a broader and deeply alarming trend of censorship this session,” he said in an email. “Countless local governments fly flags to mark special occasions or welcome communities across the state. Pride flags have flown at City Halls from Orlando to St. Petersburg to Miami Beach. Banning these sorts of displays at city halls, fire stations, and in public classrooms is wrong and offensive.”
The legislation also doesn’t list flags for athletic teams.
The City of Tampa has in recent years raised the flag of the Tampa Bay Rays , the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A spokesperson for the city told the Phoenix that they are aware of the measure and are tracking the legislation.
Collins bill has yet to be heard in any of the three committees it’s been assigned to.
It was supposed to be presented in the Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee this week, but it was temporarily postponed after a controversy of sorts erupted after the amendment he filed listed the Confederate flag as among those that would be allowed to be displayed on government property.
That amendment was “filed in error,” according to a tweet sent out by Ted Veerman, a spokesman for Collins.
“Any insinuation that Jay is a confederate sympathizer is disgusting,” Veerman tweeted from Collins twitter account. “This amendment draft was filed in error and has already been pulled as we work to ensure the wording of our bill is in line with the state constitution and statute, which is what created this issue in the first place.”
This is Collins’ first legislative session in Tallahassee. In his political campaign, he defeated Democratic incumbent Janet Cruz by nearly 10 percentage points in the Tampa-based Senate District 14 seat last November.
According to Equality Florida, there have been over 20 bills filed this legislative session targeting the LGBTQ community.
“We’re not the bogeyman, and I know that these factions want to make us the bogeyman, but we’re not,” says Luis Salazar, the president of the Hillsborough County LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus. “We’re literally the people who live next door to you. The people that sit at the dinner table with you at family dinners. We’re not here to attack anyone or hurt anyone. We just want to live our lives and be free just like anyone else.”
The Phoenix reached out to the offices of both Sen. Collins and Rep. Borrero for comment, but they did not respond back.


Dangerous goods transports must be immediately identifiable as such – and this reliably from start to finish.
Interview with Jan Weiser, Head of Corporate Communications & Sales Support at Kombiverkehr.
How safe is the transport of hazardous goods in comparison with rail/trucks? – This question was investigated by the Pro-Rail Alliance. The result: Goods are much safer on the railways than on the roads.
How to achieve optimal network utilization through intelligent loading.


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Lizzie Armitstead (Boels Dolmans) raised her finger to the air and she cemented herself as the number one rider at the Aviva Women’s Tour. The reigning world champion took victory on stage 3 in Chesterfield by a clear margin after slipping clear in a three-rider break.
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio sprinted to second place with Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle-High5) taking third. Armitstead’s victory puts her in yellow, five seconds clear of Moolman-Pasioo.
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Hebron, South Hebron Hills, Sun 9.1.11, Morning
Translation: Bracha B.A.
When we arrived at 06:40 most of the workers were already waiting on the Israeli side and there were still a few coming through. Fewer workers came today because of the rainy weather. The stall owners told us they had hired a lawyer to deal with the matter of their license with the Civil Authorities.
There is heavy fog along most of the way and it is impossible to see more than a meter ahead, but we still see the children making their way to school and the army jeeps at the curve near Bnei Na'im, at the pillbox near Dura Elfawwar, at the entrance to Kiryat Arba and the Beit Anun–Hebron Junction (near the girls' school.)
At the Sheep Junction three soldiers have set up a rolling checkpoint and are checking cars at random, inspecting ID's and the trunks of cars. The soldiers, all reservists, claim they don't delay Palestinians for more than five minutes and even that is unnecessary. On the way back the checkpoint was no longer there.
The "Tzabar" brigade of Givati is now in Hebron – and there are new flags decorating the army base on Givat Haharsina. In general, no one is detained at any of the checkpoints.
At Tel Romeida a Palestinian was receiving his ID card back from a soldier, who stopped us for questioning too. He consulted with his superiors and we were allowed to continue on our way. The streets of Hebron look even more deserted in the rain.
A patrol of Givati soldiers patrols the Shuhada Street. We haven't seen such patrols for a long time.

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By Russ and Tiña De Maris
If you own an RV and it’s not a motorhome, chances are close to 100 percent that you have portable LP containers — properly called cylinders — that you remove to have filled. Those nifty little containers are great — you don’t have to move the RV out of camp when you run out of LP, just haul them into town for a fill-up. But the hang-up can sometimes come when you go hook those cylinders back up to your rig — sometimes the gas just won’t flow. What’s the problem?
Most states require your cylinder to be equipped with an OPD, or “overfill protection device.” You’ll know if you have one by the distinctive three-cornered shut-off valve. The theory is that cylinders should not be filled beyond 80 percent of their rated capacity. The extra 20 percent allows for safe expansion of LP that might occur, for example, if you filled your container in a cold climate and then immediately headed somewhere hot. The OPD valve would provide a safety margin for heat-caused expansion of the gas. In practice, not all OPD valves cut off the flow of LP at the 80 percent mark, or so say some LP filling station operators.
Inside of a cylinder equipped with an OPD valve is a small float that is pushed up as the level of LP rises in the cylinder. When the 80 percent level is reached, bingo! The float closes off the valve, stopping the inward flow of LP. But there can be a problem. You might hook up your freshly filled cylinder and be unable to get your gas to flow out. Some blame this on a “hung-up” OPD float and recommend inverting the LP cylinder to solve the problem. DON’T! While the chance is slight, you could get liquid propane into your gas line, rather than the gaseous form of LP. Liquid propane in a line is a fire or explosion hazard waiting to happen.
If you get a “hung-up” LP cylinder, there are a couple of things to do. First, close the cylinder service valve and disconnect the gas line fitting. Reconnect the fitting and SLOWLY open the gas service valve, as in “barely crack the thing, then slowly turn it wide open.” Why? We’ll come to that in a minute. If it still doesn’t help, close the service valve, disconnect the gas connection, and locate a solid surface, like a smooth concrete walkway or solid earth. Make sure there aren’t any sharp objects like pointy rocks in the way. Grasping the cylinder by the safety collar up topside, give the cylinder a controlled drop onto the hard surface a couple of times. This often releases the “hang-up,” and you’ll be good to go.
Now, about that problem that you may have resolved by simply opening the valve slowly: That’s potentially an issue with your “pigtail.”
The assembly that connects your propane cylinder to the LP pressure regulator is often called a pigtail. That’s a throwback to the days when those assemblies were primarily a brass fitting connected to a coil of copper line. To allow safe expansion and contraction, and to reduce the chances of breakage due to vibration, the copper lines were coiled, resembling a pig’s tail. In the late 1970s, fire codes changed and mandated pigtails be made from rubber (later thermoplastic) tubing. Even then, the actual fitting to the cylinder valve was a left-hand thread fitting that screwed into the inside of the LP service valve, known as a POL valve. Why POL? Ah, an acronym for the company that originally developed them, Prest-O-Lite.
But when the new OPD valve became required, a new fitting was recommended, called ACME. No acronym here, and as far as we know, no relation to the company that supplied Wile E. Coyote all his stuff to go after the roadrunner. ACME nuts are plastic, right-hand threaded fittings that go over the outside threads on an OPD valve. They should be tightened by hand to prevent damage, and are easy to use.
ACME fittings are equipped with two safety protocols. First, they have a heat sensitive thermal bushing that if overheated, shuts down the flow of gas. Great for barbecue grills. Second, there’s an excess flow check valve. When the flow of gas is first allowed through the ACME fitting, the check valve closes, allowing just a small amount of gas through the fitting. This gas pressure builds up in the line on the far side of the ACME fitting, and provided there aren’t any major leaks or a broken line, pressure builds up in the line, backing up against the check valve. When that happens, the check valve opens fully to allow the maximum flow of gas.
If you open the cylinder service valve too quickly, the check valve will sometimes hang up and not allow the free flow of LP. Hence, the recommendation to close the valve, disconnect the fitting, reconnect, then slowly open the valve. Why disconnect the fitting? If you get a spurt of gas when you disconnect the fitting, you’ll know two things: that gas is actually getting through the cylinder service valve, and that you also had completely installed and tightened the ACME fitting.
The latter point is because there’s another safety feature in OPD valves. This safety feature prevents any gas from flowing out from the cylinder unless there is a completely installed fitting on the valve. This ensures you have a good seal between the fitting and the valve to prevent leaks, and also precludes the possibility of thermal injury. How’s that? Imagine your neighbor’s kid comes over, finds your filled LP cylinder just waiting to be hooked up, and opens the valve while the output is pointed at his face? ‘Nuf said.
We had to replace an ACME pigtail when the check valve apparently decided to quit working. To diagnose the problem we tried reconnecting the ACME fitting a couple of times and banged the cylinder a couple of times, all to no avail. Then the “light came on.” We disconnected the second LP cylinder and moved the freshly filled cylinder to that “position.” Flow was immediately good from the fresh cylinder — the problem was the pigtail. Once it was replaced, our problem was solved.
Another preventable problem is the chance of clogging the pigtail check valve. While not highly likely, here’s a tip: When you have your cylinder refilled, always use the valve dust cap to keep bugs and crud out of the valve. Foreign material could get into the valve mouth if you leave the cylinder disconnected and laying about in storage for a long period, but hey, why take the chance?


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Finclude was born from the cooperation of its founders namely one of South Africa´s leading universities, North-West University and QMuzik Technologies. The founders set out to develop an eWallet, informal trader, prepaid distribution and student grant solutions. These solution tracks later became the foundation of an encompassing eco-system wide community commercialisation solution.
To this day the NWU uses the solution on all three their campuses. Now joined by Africa´s largest retailers, utilities, banks and other champions of industry.

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The Times of India, The Telegraph India and numerous other media outlets have reported on an IUCN Cat News article written by Panthera’s Tiger Program Coordinator, Sanjay Gubbi, which outlines how roads have emerged as a new threat to leopards in India’s Karnataka State.
A new article published by Outdoor Photographer and written by seasoned photographer, Justin Black, discusses how extensive preparation, practice and particular tricks of the trade allow photographers to “get lucky” and capture stunning images of wildlife while on safari.
Read "Create Your Own Luck" to get invaluable and professional photography advice, including how to best adjust your camera’s shutter speed, embrace high ISO, set proper exposure, and choose the correct camera mode. Get tips on capturing great shots of wildlife on the move, like cheetahs, by ‘panning’ your camera, how to photograph from a safari vehicle, and more.
Check out our photo of the day of a curious leopard cub in South Africa's Ithala Game Reserve, taken through Panthera's KwaZulu-Natal Leopard Monitoring Project carried out in collaboration with Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, iSimangaliso Park Authority and Wildlife ACT. Did you know you can volunteer for this project by joining the Wildlife ACT team, who are responsible for looking after our camera traps in the field? Learn more about volunteering at www.wildlifeact.com . Also learn how Panthera's work helped rewrite conservation policy to ensure the long-term future of leopards in this region through the Munyawana Leopard Project.
The leopards of India most often make headlines due to conflict with local people, when leopard habitat abuts or overlaps land occupied by local communities, and also when spotlights are shined on other major threats facing the species, including poaching for the illegal wildlife market, on which their beautiful skins and organs fetch high prices, and loss and fragmentation of leopard habitat.
Press Release: New Global Alliance Commits $80 Million to Save the World's Wild Cats and Their Ecosystems
Commitment Unites Donors from China, India, the United Arab Emirates and the United States to Collectively Provide $80 Million in Cornerstone Funding for Panthera's $200 Million Initiative for Wild Cats
The chase is on! A male leopard hunts a warthog in South Africa's Makalali Game Reserve. Last year, Panthera launched a long-term leopard monitoring program in Limpopo province, where these photos were snapped, in partnership with the Limpopo Dept of Economic Development, Environment & Tourism & the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Coordinated by Panthera’s Leopard Program Director, Dr. Guy Balme, & lead by Panthera Kaplan Scholar, Ross Tyzack Pitman, the Limpopo Leopard Project strives to track leopard population trends in Limpopo province over the next decade to glean comprehensive data on the status of the species, its primary threats and how to mitigate and best protect the leopards of Limpopo.
Press Release: Leopard Conservation Given Spotlight It Deserves With Establishment of Critical International Agreement
Baku, Azerbaijan – New strides for the future of the Caucasian (or Persian) leopard were made last week with the establishment of a conservation agreement between Panthera, the world’s leading wild cat conservation organization, and the International Dialogue for Environmental Action (IDEA) of Azerbaijan.
Shania Twain today announced a new role in her extraordinary career, as a big cat conservationist with the world’s leading cat conservation organization, Panthera. Twain, international superstar, and the world's best-selling female country artist of all time is the Global Ambassador for Panthera's newly launched leopard conservation initiative, Project Pardus.
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The feXm jury met on 13 September. The venue was the Kunststiftung NRW in Düsseldorf. New to the round was not only the Staatstheater Darmstadt, but also the expert team of Susanne Blumenthal, Rainer Nonnenmann and Moritz Lobeck. Thirty-six applications had to be assessed in advance (the year before there were twenty-nine). Five finalists were chosen after a long day. As always, a few more would have liked to be shortlisted. They are now invited to an in-depth discussion with the jury on 26 September at the NRW KULTURsekretariat.
Among the NOperas! projects to date, “Kitesh” is the most elaborate. As in Halle, all departments in Bremen, which has two NOperas! productions in its repertoire this season, were involved in intensive work. Wisely taking into account that “Kitesh” had been “lying” for a year and a half, Bremen added an additional ten days to the agreed rehearsal time. All the effort, as the premiere shows, has paid off.
Kitesh” still consists of three parts. One in the city space (the audience is divided into groups), one in the foyer (everyone goes their own way) and a third in the traditional situation of the peep-box stage. An armed Hun storm in the stalls and wild escapes in the tiers, however, don’t really let you settle down even there.
In the opera business, whole generations of singers can be channelled through a successful production. The main task of every assistant director is to show the respective new cast ways and actions that have been developed and rehearsed by others. It is therefore better for a director not to make his work too dependent on the external appearance, personality and individuality of his premiere cast. “Hauen und Stechen” have made a name for themselves with a concept that works exactly the other way round and frees the singer-actor from being a puppet. With the largely new cast in Bremen, a new play with changed figures, characters and emphases has emerged.
“Kitesh” in Halle was a spectacle of still roughly hewn building blocks, improvisational lust patched up what was still rather unfinished. Hardly anyone complained that they could hardly follow the plot – the spectacle outweighed that. In Bremen, finer lines were now drawn that made many an interpretative intervention in Rimsky’s opera more comprehensible and wrested a new and perplexing reading from its convoluted reassurance of the afterlife.
Rimsky’s Kitesh opera was premiered in 1916, the same year as Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony. It has many enchantingly beautiful passages, but is hardly free of folkloristic kitsch in others. It is daring to simply orchestrate it downwards, when Rimsky’s much-vaunted strength seems to lie above all in the magic of the orchestral colours. In Halle, my opinion was confirmed that this could hardly go well. In Bremen, I heard it differently. Freed from all wafting and embedded in the contemporary sounds of Alexander Chernikov, Rimsky’s melodic inventiveness now comes to the fore. His music seems quotation-like or folklore, but hardly folkloristic any more.
The elaboration of the almost uninterrupted double action of stage action and simultaneous enlargement of scenic details through the observation of a live camera has also become more precise. When Kitesh sinks, the sinking trench and the film projected over it now interlock in such a way that ahs and oohs can be heard from the audience.
The rush for “Kitesh” was great and so Bremen sold additional tickets for the following performances, despite the crowds that had to be accepted for the first part.
A wind machine caused a red flag to wave while the main rehearsal was still in progress. It changed colour in the main dress rehearsal. What worked in Halle in 2020 suddenly doesn’t work anywhere in Europe. There are people who think that one should not play pieces by Russian composers at the moment. On the contrary, playing them now seems more important than before.
The grounds of the Blickfelder Festival are outdoors at the so-called Turbinenplatz directly behind the Zurich Schiffbau. Despite the festival, not many people are out and about here on this Sunday. A place in the shade seems more desirable to most than participating in an urban space project that leads up and down the Zurich hills in the scorching heat. “You’ll pass two fountains, take enough water with you anyway!” is the instruction. And off we go on an audio- and video-controlled scavenger hunt that infamously leads twice along the Limmat, where half of Zurich is cooling off in the river.
“Vier Viertel” is about the world of experience of children from four different districts of Zurich and at the same time serves as preparation for “Fundstadt”, i.e. the NOperas! project that will be performed in Gelsenkirchen and Bremen next summer.
For their audio-and-video walk, HIATUS have invented an audiovisual guidance system that will also be used later in “Fundstadt”. At first I’m annoyed by how complicated it is to put on the whole outfit: a combination of tablet, headphones, cape and hood. Then I quickly begin to realise how sophisticated it is. On this day, the hood protects me not from rain, but from heatstroke. When it comes to crossing streets, the tablet tells me to take off my headphones.
I meet four Zurich children on the way through the four Zurich districts. Hear their voices. Hear their music. I see them appear as ghostly figures on the tablet in the very scenery where I am stopping.
Four quarters, that means about an hour’s walk through different Zurich milieus. Does it seem to me, wrongly, that even the two toughest girls in Zurich’s Wunderland lead a more suspended life than perhaps some girls in Gelsenkirchen?
“Vier Viertel” is a nice and inspiring starting point for thinking about and further discussing “Fundstadt”, a project that, unlike the one in Zurich, is also to include live-action theatre. Gelsenkirchen and Bremen are to be short-circuited with each other. But how do you show Gelsenkirchen in Bremen and vice versa? And how can one at the same time stick to showing the children in “their” milieu? What takes the place of the lonely Zurich scavenger hunt adventure when whole groups of visitors are sent on their way together in “Fundstadt”?
We are still at the very beginning with “Fundstadt”.
NOperas! is launching a new call for projects. The fifth – and thus the second within a second three-year season.
Alongside Gelsenkichen and Bremen, Darmstadt is now on board as the third house. Darmstadt is an important venue in the German music theatre landscape that has repeatedly attracted attention with its daring and special projects.
NOperas! has taken a rather bumpy and winding road so far.
“Chaosmos”, the first project, premiered in Wuppertal. Rehearsals for the continuation, which started later in Halle, had to be cancelled because of the lockdown. Everything else shifted from the stage to the digital world and “Chaosmos” mutated into an interactive film project, which then found its place on the websites of the participating theatres.
Germany’s stages had opened again when “Kitesh” was then launched in Halle. Hygiene regulations complicated the rehearsals. There was a very successful premiere, but due to illness, the second performance was already dominated by short-notice cast changes. Others then fell ill and the third performance had to be cancelled.
Corona meanwhile turned the theatres into a marshalling yard where trains constantly change tracks instead of setting off at some point. Wuppertal and Bremen had to postpone further development of “Kitesh”. Then the Wupper burst its banks, flooding the Wuppertal orchestra pit, ruining the technical equipment and many expensive musical instruments. Wuppertal was literally up to its neck in water and cancelled “Kitesh”. With a delay of one and a half years, only a second stage of development is now pending in Bremen.
Meanwhile, other difficulties arose in Halle. The artistic director changed prematurely and Halle therefore dropped out of NOperas! As with “Kitesh”, only two houses were now involved in “Obsessions”.
With the last call for proposals, the second three-year season began in 2021. Gelsenkirchen took the place of Wuppertal. In times when most theatres tried to save themselves with repertoire hits like “Carmen” and “Magic Flute”, no quick replacement could be found for Halle’s departure. From the outset, therefore, this call for tenders was restricted to only two cities (Bremen in addition to Gelsenkirchen).
The current tender will run for six weeks. With Darmstadt, a third high-calibre theatre is now involved. Kirsten Uttendorf, Darmstadt’s opera director, managed the Akademie Musiktheater Heute (AMH) for a long time, a support programme of the Deutsche Bank Foundation for young musical theatre talent. Many took part in it who now belong to the créme of the independent music theatre scene.
So NOperas! has just made it back to its original model with great difficulty. Will we find ourselves in calmer waters? The signs for culture in Germany are stormy. It will probably take a lot more stamina.
Five weeks were spent working in Bremen. The result is a play that draws equally on the personality of each participant. A play in which everyone is a leading actor.
An ensemble with no division of tasks. Everyone sings, plays and speaks. The fact that one can recognise who is a singer, who is a professional actor and who belongs to the Oblivia collective only reinforces the impression of mutual rapprochement in the common crossing of boundaries.
Covid still struck after the dress rehearsal, Timo Fredriksson from Oblivia spends the premiere in quarantine. In a play that draws on the personality of everyone involved, no one is actually replaceable. Alice Flerl, Oblivia’s dramaturge, who in Bremen, unlike in other productions, should not actually be on stage herself, steps in, takes over the actions he has developed. There’s no other way if the premiere is not to fall through.
Yiran Zhao accompanied the rehearsals and took up suggestions from instrumental improvisations. The result is music that serves the scene at every moment, sometimes even taking a back seat to the action of the performers, but never abandoning the complexity of contemporary sound language and ultimately cannot do without a conductor. Therefore, the idea of including the instrumentalists in the scene could not be sustained. Only at the end of the piece do they themselves become actors.
Those who improvise need something to improvise about. For Oblivia, themes are above all a means to an end. The scenic material, which started out as a collective improvisation about obsessions, does not always reveal its origins later on, and can turn into the abstract, because in the end it is only form and scenic rhythm that count when it is put together. Some of the audience may have had false expectations as a result of the announcement texts. “I liked it, but I didn’t really understand anything,” said one person after the premiere. “Was there anything to understand?” replies his companion. Her gaze, devoted to the image and not looking for a story in the performance, was certainly the more appropriate one.
Long applause. Many in the Bremen audience broadened their understanding that evening of how many different paths musical theatre can take today.
In October, it will continue in Wuppertal. First, workshops for musicians and singers. The premiere will be at the beginning of December. The large-scale scenic structure found in Bremen will be retained in Wuppertal. Everything else – including the music – will take on a new form with new participants. Opera, drama and dance are under separate artistic direction in Wuppertal. Unlike in Bremen, it seemed impossible at first to work across the disciplines. Thanks to the efforts of the Wuppertal music theatre directors, members of the local theatre and dancers from the Pina Bausch ensemble are now also involved.
When Oblivia dedicate themselves to a new project, there is first an agreed theme, everything else is then developed from the first moment on in joint improvisation. The scenic work on “Obsessions” began during the past months. Two of the participants live in Berlin and Essen, the others in Helsinki. Although they improvised together, they were only connected via the internet due to travel restrictions. Improvisation with the local singers and musicians began in Bremen in a relaxed workshop atmosphere. For Oblivia, too, this meant uncharted territory. The challenge of developing a piece in which other people were involved for the first time in addition to the actors of the group itself led to a compromise with the previous way of working. Internally, the basic grid of an overarching structure for the piece had already been worked out, but in Bremen it was a question of approaching the open spaces for singers and musicians. Such work is not possible with all singers and certainly not with all orchestra musicians. The Bremen Theatre has made clever arrangements. Everyone showed themselves to be highly motivated to break new ground and to embark on the adventure of developing this piece as not only interpreters and performers, but also as co-creators.
The theatres participating in NOperas! have committed themselves to three-year cycles. The first of them comes to an end with this season. Together with the participating theatres, NOperas! is still laboriously manoeuvring its way through the corona-induced shunting of theatre schedules. Would it have made sense to breathe a little more air into the matter, not to announce a new project for one season, to postpone the second cycle by a year? As the only funding instrument in the German-speaking world that explicitly targets newer forms of music theatre, NOperas! is an important contact point for the work of the independent scene – to suspend it would have meant withdrawing support from this scene at a moment when many of its actors are still threatened in their existence as a result of the past theatrical lockdown.
It remains interesting: This year’s call for proposals was increasingly used by newcomers, while some of the more established players in the scene signalled that they themselves were still sitting on too many postponed projects to be able to devote themselves to new goals at the moment.
But this hardly made it easier for the NOperas! jury to select one and only one production from the many applications that deserved funding this year. In public, there is always the misunderstanding that feXm and NOperas! follow the idea of a competition, that the jury therefore connects its project selection with the statement that it is the “best” of all the submitted concepts. It is not without reason that representatives of the performing theatres are also involved in this committee alongside independent experts. Considerations based on their respective play concepts are also always taken into account in the selection of projects.
Six finalists were invited to Düsseldorf on 30 September to answer questions about their applications. At the end of the day, the jury was still not unanimous and so the decision was only made during an additional meeting on 11 October.
The first project of the new three-year season will be a (for the time being still unnamed) production by the Swiss-German group HIATUS. HIATUS are: composer Duri Collenberg, improvisational musician Lukas Rickli and theatre-maker Uta Plate – more about them soon on this website.
At the centre of their project, which fuses elements of an audio and video walk with the theatre action of singers and instrumentalists, is the experience, thinking and feeling of a selected group of children from different social backgrounds. What impressed the jury about the submitted concept was both the claim to meet the children involved at eye level and that of turning the musical and theatrical work with them into an ambitious theatre for adults. A dialectic play that takes adults back to an earlier existence of elementary conflicts, wishes and hopes. A reminder could emanate from it of our responsibility for this distressed planet, which we will soon have to hand over to the younger ones.
Within the framework of the production, a cooperation with the Zurich festival Blickfelder is planned. Initially, a version will be performed in Zurich that is limited to the digital level of audio and video feeds and will only be expanded with theatrical action in the course of further development in Gelsenkirchen and Bremen.
Berthold Schneider and his team at the Wuppertal Opera are going through difficult times. COVID has forced them to suspend operations since May and to postpone rehearsals and premieres again. Just now they had planned anew – then came the flood in July. Those who know Wuppertal know how close the opera is to the river: The floodwater penetrated into the lower part of the opera house, it flooded the orchestra pit and damaged many instruments. The damage is now estimated at around 10 million euros. The stage is not expected to be playable again until December at the earliest. It is little consolation that the Wuppertal Opera was chosen as one of the eleven winners of the Federal Theatre Prize for its artistic programme a few days before the flood – another is the Schlosstheater Moers, which presented François Sarhan’s multi-part feXm production “The Suitcase” in 2017 and 2018.
Unfortunately, the NOperas! project “Obsessions” has also been affected by the Wuppertal flood disaster. Even if it is possible to play again in December, it will take much longer to repair the damage to the submachinery. It will also be uncertain for a longer period of time whether the revolving stage, which is indispensable for this project, will be available again for the planned Wuppertal premiere of “Obessions” next March. If at all possible, the date should nevertheless be kept. The search has therefore begun for an alternative venue in the wider surroundings of the city.
NOperas! celebrated its first premiere in Wuppertal in January 2020 with the first performance of “Chaosmos”. At the time, people in the canteens talked with horror about a strange virus that had spread in China and were still convinced that they were at a safe distance. This soon turned out to be a mistake and soon after NOperas! started, the theatre was no longer the same. Corona, then, is about the same age as NOperas!, has remained an uninvited companion to this support programme ever since and continues to force it down improvised paths to this day.
The planned further development of “Chaosmos” on the theatre level did not happen, rehearsals in Halle had begun and had to be cancelled. As so often in the past, a film was made as a substitute, which Bremen and Wuppertal presented on their websites.
Under tense conditions, “Kitesh” then had its first performance in Halle in autumn 2020. But here, too, the virus got in the way. There was only one further performance, the third could not take place due to changes in hygiene regulations.
After extensive preliminary conceptual work on the Wuppertal version of “Kitesh”, the Wuppertal Opera then found itself forced to completely cancel – the lockdown had prevented the planned performances in January, “Kitesh” was initially postponed to May, but even then it could neither be rehearsed nor performed, and the house found itself unable to postpone it again. Bremen, on the other hand, has now saved “Kitesh” for the coming season, where it will be further developed and performed after (!) the premiere of the new NOperas! project “Obsessions” there.
Meanwhile, NOperas! and its partner theatres say goodbye to the season break with a small digital fireworks display that summarises once again what has been created in spite of everything within the framework of this programme:
As a substitute for the announced performances, Wuppertal Opera presents on its website a short film created as part of “Kitesh” – in its theatre productions, Hauen und Stechen work with filmic material in a variety of ways, and here it is now the other way round: a filmic work that extensively incorporates material from the theatre.
At the same time, after three and a half years of daring musical theatre explorations, the Halle-based management team around Florian Lutz is now taking its hat off by staging a festival entitled “Everything Ends” at the end. With live musical accompaniment by Marc Sinan, there will be a public viewing of the “Chaosmos” film on the forecourt of the Hallens Opera House. The event will be streamed simultaneously from a “virtual opera house” created for the festival. For both, see the calendar.
In addition to the short film, which will also be presented by Wuppertal Opera, a second film by the production team on the subject of Kitesh will be available as video on demand during the festival. It will soon be available on this website, “Chaosmos – The Film” can be found here, “Kitesh / Short Film” here.
Recently at the Zoom Symposium of the Austrian Music Theatre Days, NOperas! was presented as a competition. This can be seen as such, but it hardly corresponds to the self-image of this programme. The emphasis is hardly on putting some “best” music theatre project in the spotlight every year, let alone choosing a “winner”. Many applications would have deserved to be selected each time, but neither feXm’s funds nor the capacities of the participating theatres are sufficient for more than one production each.
This year, the jurors had to work faster and more intensively on evaluating the project proposals they received. This time, the current discourse on diversity and the distribution of power in theatre is reflected in a whole series of them. The first jury meeting took place yesterday via Zoom with a largely new line-up (→ see page Jury). Five projects made it to the finalists.

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2017-2018 Dance Program
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(AP) WASHINGTON – The Saudi government challenged the Bush administration Tuesday to prove its claims that Saudi citizens have traveled to Iraq to fight American troops, and said U.S. forces have failed to secure their side of the border.
“We are very concerned about this issue because we would like to take action,” Saudi foreign policy adviser Adel al-Jubeir said in an interview with The Associated Press. “But we have no evidence of Saudis crossing into Iraq and we have received no evidence from the U.S. government.”
Al-Jubeir said his government has offered to send its own team of investigators to help U.S. officials identify any possible Saudi expatriate who may have come through other countries, like Iran, or who made it through the porous, desert borders between Iraq and the Saudi kingdom.
“We are willing to send a team to Iraq to look at any evidence they might have,” he said. “Saudi Arabia is determined to fight terrorism and to prosecute terrorists regardless of where they are.”
Al-Jubeir was reacting to comments by Bush administration officials over the last few days suggesting some foreign fighters have crossed from Saudi Arabia and other countries to help fight the American occupation in Iraq through sabotage, and attacks on soldiers.
Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage suggested Saudi Arabia was among three countries that had not stopped these fighters from crossing into Iraq.
“The ways these people are getting into the country is from Iran and from Syria and from Saudi Arabia,” Armitage said in an interview with the Arabic-language al-Jazeera television channel. “I’m not in a position to assert that the governments of Iran or Syria and Saudi Arabia are in any way responsible. But as a minimum I can state that … these fighters are not being stopped at the borders.”
Those comments came even as the Saudi government struck a deal to allow FBI (news – web sites) and U.S. intelligence agents to create a new joint U.S.-Saudi task force to track terrorist financing in the kingdom
Al-Jubeir said Saudi guards are on full patrol along the Iraqi border, but that American troops have failed to occupy the border positions that were abandoned by Iraqi soldiers at the start of the war.
“We have raised this issue with the U.S. on a number of times, both before the war and after the hostilities ended,’ al-Jubeir said. “We have raised the importance of sealing the Iraqi border with the U.S. government because of concerns there might be smuggling of weapons from Iraq into Saudi Arabia.”
The State Department said Tuesday that Saudi Arabia is cooperating in the war on terrorism but that more could be done.
“We have always said we’ve got good, solid cooperation with the Saudis on counterterrorism,” spokeswoman Julie Reside said. “More can be done and more must be done, but we have a dialogue with them through the U.S.-Saudi joint terrorism commission to share information, to coordinate our response and to address issues that may come up where they have questions.”
Al-Jubeir said his government was disappointed that the only information it has received about possible Saudi terrorists inside Iraq was through press reports quoting American officials and he added any criticism about porous borders needs to be measured against the failure of U.S. troops to man the border on the Iraq side.
“They are the occupying force and can secure their side,” he said.
U.S. officials, who spoke only on condition of anonymity, said several foreign fighters have been apprehended by U.S. troops in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq and that papers found with them indicate they came into Iraq from countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Syria. The officials said U.S. investigators are still trying to determine their identities, origins and travel.
U.S. intelligence also is examining evidence, some uncorroborated, that money and aid to Iraqi people from charities with ties to Saudi Arabia might be diverted to terrorist causes, the officials said, cautioning much of the intelligence is preliminary.
Al-Jubeir acknowledged the border with Iraq is long and dotted mostly with hard-to-patrol desert land that could be exploited. “Patrolling of our side takes tremendous resources,” he said.
The oil-rich kingdom has long been one of America’s staunchest allies in the Middle East and helped facilitate American troops during both wars against Iraq.
But the relationship has been strained since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, in which 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.
Still-classified sections of a congressional report reviewing those attacks raise questions about possible Saudi financing of the attacks, citing a string of financial transactions and contacts between hijackers and some Saudi citizens. It also raises questions about whether two Saudis on U.S. soil who had contact with the hijackers may have been Saudi intelligence agents, AP has reported.
Saudi officials dismiss those allegations as spurious and said its country has provided enormous resources to fight al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden (news – web sites), whose family hails from the kingdom.
Some American officials have raised concerns about the level of cooperation from the Saudis but all sides agree that cooperation has improved since Islamic extremists set off deadly bombs earlier this year in Riyadh. The Saudi government has rounded up and prosecuted more than 500 terrorists inside the kingdom since Sept. 11, Saudi officials have said.


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Veteran director Ridley Scott
will produce a biopic on legendary boxing champion Jack Johnson
, who was posthumously pardoned by President
Donald Trump. The film is the second project to explore the life of Johnson after action star Sylvester Stallone also announced his plans to develop a biopic on the boxer, who was the first African-American heavyweight champion.
According to a report, the new film, titled 'The Big Blow'
, will be helmed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
with Oren Moverman
adapting the script from a Joe Landsdale
novella of the same name.
The book chronicles the epic fight between Chicago legend Jim McBride
and local heavyweight Jack Johnson. It is set against the backdrop of a giant hurricane that flattened Galveston, Texas in 1900.
Scott along with Giannina Scott will produce the project for his Scott Free banner.


Whereas Mesh has a sound fit for alternative rock radio stations, Blackcarburning trades in human guitars and drumbeats for more refined, machinelike programming that focuses even more on Mark Hocking’s emotions. The trancelike qualities may be both familiar and alien to fans of Mesh, but tracks like “The Mirror” and “The Sound of Running” can become favorites in no time if given enough space to grow.
Throughout Watching Sleepers, Hockings spreads his wings and soars through skies of synths and sorrowful vocals. Tracks seem to complement one another on a journey through the more electronic corners of his mind, the pop influences coming through on very few tracks, such as “Divide Us” or “Guilty.” The vocals are the main point, and focus isn’t given as much to the rhythmic beats and complex techno sounds that one might be familiar with in Mesh. Neil Francis’ voice on “Watch Me Die” and “Love in Control” provides an air of mystery, offering a less gritty take on the sorrow in Hockings heart from a richer tone, while Mari Kattman provides an almost siren-like quality to her delivery on “Divide Us,” her pronouncements almost pushing and pulling listeners on a rope. The programming on this album makes entire worlds out of small songs, with the only song feeling out of place being the finale “To Sleep.” To have the beautifully, serene vibe of “Love in Control” followed up by another techno track seems to throw the ending of Watching Sleepers squarely into the darkness and ends it on a macabre note.
As a first solo offering, Hockings comes out with haunting melodies that hold the listener from start to finish. With tight production by Hockings and John Fryer, each song is given room to expand itself in the space it’s given without spilling out onto the floor. Watching Sleepers demonstrates that Blackcarburning has the drive to grow alongside Mesh as a third leg to stand on for Hockings’ musical ability.


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A new survey across the UK and seven other European countries asked people about the use of veterinary medicines for the treatment and prevention of diseases in pets and farm animals.
The survey, commissioned by NOAH’s European animal health association AnimalhealthEurope, found good awareness of the benefits of medicines for the health and welfare of pets and farm animals, and of their role in helping farmers produce food more sustainably. However, some people were not aware of the strict rules already governing the authorisation and use of veterinary medicines.
For pets, preventive care was also seen as important, with 81% agreeing pets should be vaccinated regularly. Eighty-three per cent agreed that pets should be checked by a vet regularly (at least once per year) and 88% believed it was important to regularly use tick and flea prevention when keeping a pet.
NOAH chief executive Dawn Howard said: “We are delighted to see great support for our UK farmers and vets in this survey, with 83% agreeing farmers care for the health and welfare of their animals.
“We are also encouraged by the recognition of the positive contribution of veterinary medicines to our lives and the role healthy animals play in sustainable UK farming. Prevention is truly better than cure and this year in particular has shown the importance of vaccination.”

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“I Gelsi” farmhouse is situated inside an ancient farmstead belonging to the XVII century which has been renovated.
It’s right in the heart of a natural park in Montevecchia, exactly in the Valle del Curone (Brianza). Here you can enjoy walking, cycling or riding (there are riding tracks in 200meters distance) in this gorgeous area.
The gardens all around the farmstead offer a very relaxing view depending on the season, they’re always different and spectacular.
We cultivate organic vegetables, fruits and herbs.
You will find our cookery very traditional, with our lovely breakfast made of our particular products. On request, we can also make dinner for you, giving you the chance to know our typical dishes.

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Willows Bend in Miami Township is once again the site of Homearama.
The official groundbreaking is over and new construction has begun on the most recent phase of Willows Bend. Willows Bend was the site of Homearama 2012 and will host the luxury home show again in 2015. Homearama 2015 will start July 11th and run for two weeks in the prestigious Clermont County neighborhood. Custom built homes will range in price from $800,000 to $1 million.
Confirmed custom builders for Homearama 2015 in Willows Bend include; Clayton Douglas Homes, Daniels Homes, W.V. de Stefano Homes, Justin Doyle Homes, Hensley Custom Building Group, The Leland Group, Robert Lucke Homes, Somerset Homes and Jack H. Wieland Builders.
Willows Bend is located in the 45140 zip code of Miami Township, Ohio. Homes currently for sale in Willows Bend range in price from $580,000 to $990,000. There are a number of lots available for sale. Prices of lots are currently ranging in price from $125,000 – $185,000. Sizes of lots range from .5 acres to 1.75 acres. There are many wooded lots available for sale.
The Willows Bend neighborhood is regulated by a home owners’s association. The home owner’s association fee includes but is not limited to professional management, association dues, and maintenance of the pool and play areas. Some of the amenities available at Willows Bend are a clubhouse, pool, play area, tennis courts and more. Residents of Willows Bend have access to the Oasis Golf Course.
Students residing in Willows Bend attend the Loveland City Schools. The Loveland City School District is a highly rated school district. Lakota Schools have earned an excellent rating on the Ohio Department of Education’s State Report Card for more than twelve consecutive years.
Willows Bend is conveniently located near I-275 which allows easy access to both I-75 and I-71. It is near many shopping, dining and entertainment options.
For more information about Willows Bend, contact The Lowry Team Keller Williams at 513-874-1830.
The Lowry Team – Keller Williams Realty is an award winning, full service real estate firm specializing in West Chester, Liberty Township, Mason, Monroe and the Northern Suburbs of Cincinnati. The Lowry Team’s culture is that of a fun, high energy group who prides themselves on providing personal, professional real estate service.
The Lowry Team is “Different By Design”… taking a team approach to home buying and selling. The Lowry Team consists of members that are focused on areas of specialization including Listing Specialists, Buyer Specialists, Transaction/Listing Coordinator, Inside Sales Associate and a Marketing Director.
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Homearama 2012: Willows Bend – Miami Township, Ohio
Homearama 2011: Foxborough – West Chester, Ohio
Homearama 2009: Carmelle – Mason, Ohio
Homearama 2008: Long Cove – Mason, Ohio