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Q: Power Automate - Get Table returns "The ressource could not be found" I'm very new to Power Automate, and I really haven't been able to fix tis one.
I've got a set of Excel sheets, accessible by a Sharepoint folder. The idea of this is: when any one of these sheets is modified/added, I need to take the 1-line table in the sub-sheet called "Info", and copy it to another Excel file somewhere else in the Sharepoint.
For now, here's how I've tried to do it: first, list all tables in the modified Excel file. There's only one, so we know it's the good one. Then, for this table, list all lines in it. Same thing here, only one. That line will be copied to the table in the other Excel.
However, I just can't seem to get the table. It always says "The ressource couldn't be found", followed by the request IDs.
Here's a screencap of what my Automate looks like:

If any of ya'll have any idea as to what might be the problem here, that'd be great. I'll e trying on my end too, and edit this post with the results.

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Averly Amoret
Thaumaturge Born: February 03, 2019 Forum Topics Started: 3
Race: Witch Forum Posts / Replies: 39
Affiliation: Sine Metu Mail Replies Sent: 305
Home City: New Orleans Mail Sent: 52
Current Mood: Bored
We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most.
Averly Amoret's Biography
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Kira Garrett 07/18/19 Tell me, are you a fan of throwing knives?
Flahme 07/18/19 "Look, you have to understand something..."
-thinks-
"It was like this..."
-thinks some more-
-points wildly behind the blonde woman-
"What the hell is that?"
-blinks out of sight when the blonde turns to look-
Roman Godfrey 07/18/19 Something beautiful, for someone beautiful.
Jameson Orlav 07/17/19 -swats at-
Stop trying to touch my bum, woman!
Orpheus 07/17/19 Thank you very much
Kira Garrett 07/16/19 Apparently, it's what all the cool kids are doing.
Skadedyr 07/16/19 -screeches-
-immediately tosses glitter everywhere-
-grabby hands at the falling glitter-
Beatrix Nash 07/16/19 Thank you!
Tiber Loche 07/16/19 Whatever helps you sleep at night. Maybe I'm just a good person.
You managed to break out Averly Amoret.
I believe the words you're looking for are Thank you.
Tiber Loche 07/16/19 *feigns offense*
Judgy? Me?
*smiles innocently*
Tiber Loche 07/16/19 I'm not sure that dungeons are the best place to be hanging out. *clears throat* But whatever floats your boat, I guess.
Skadedyr 07/15/19 -reaches out hand-
"More shiny."
Katherine Murray 07/15/19 Thank you, love!
Roman Godfrey 07/14/19 Hearing her words, he couldn't help but to grin widely. Inching his face forward, he firmly pressed his lips to hers once again. His thumb gently brushed against her cheekbone, admiring the softness of her skin.
"You amaze me, Averly. You always have."
Lukas Leon 07/13/19 En ese caso.. Gracias, Diabla
Lukas Leon 07/13/19 Que?
Roman Godfrey 07/12/19 "Be mine, Averly." His voice was soft, the slightest hit of a plea in his words. "From the moment we've met, you've had a hold on me."
He swiftly pulled her into his lap, burying his face in her neck. His lips were delicate as he pressed pecks to her flesh. Roman was able to feel the pounding of her pulse as he did so. He placed a hand on her cheek as he brought his face to meet her level.
Jameson Orlav 07/12/19 "Fly free little-- actually, no. If you start flying I might actually sh!t."
Roman Godfrey 07/11/19 The corners of his lips turned upwards as he noticed the faint pink spreading across her face. The sight was absolutely exquisite. His arm wrapped tighter around her form as he released her hand. The now empty limb grasped under her knees, bringing her legs to rest on his own. He was practically holding the woman, fighting the desire to pull her into his lap.
She found his touch to be electrifying? He found solace in the fact that he had the same effect on her that she did on him. "If you say it, Averly darling, then it surely must be true."
Her thumb brushing across his mouth sent a shiver down his spine. Bringing his gaze to match hers, he softly pressed his lips to her digit. Roman was rather surprised at how affectionate he was being towards the blonde. He had never been one for gestures like this. He had never been one to truly care for another's feelings, if he was being frank with himself. Yet, somehow Averly brought out the most tender side of himself.
"I'll happily indulge your curiosity in any way I can. But only if you return the favor."
Roman Godfrey 07/11/19 Swiftly moving to the chair, Roman shifted slightly so he was facing her. From this distance, he was clearly able to admire the individual flecks of color in her gaze. A single arm wrapped its way around Averly, resting gently on the armrest. His fingertips gingerly brushed against her hip, soaking up the heat radiating from her body.
Feeling her touch his face so softly, he let out the faintest sigh and closed his eyes. He briefly leaned into the sweet gesture before opening his eyes. "You are absolutely intoxicating, you know that right?" His voice had dropped an octave as he spoke softly. Grasping her hand with his free one, he pressed his lips to her palm.
"Hell, who am I trying to fool? You could take every penny and I would still be bewitched by you." His lips brushed delicately over her flesh as he spoke.
"My darling, I am nothing compared to you. You are by far the most alluring creature I have ever encountered."
Katara 07/10/19 Thank you for that miss.
Kai Tsuzuki 07/09/19 Kai loathed people but this one paid him a compliment even if she did sniff at him, he was just gonna pretend she hadn't. For once he would play nice. "Dangerous? I would probably say very."
Elias 07/09/19 "So many welcomes. I'm beginning to feel popular."
Flahme 07/08/19 Flahme wandered down the street heading home and happened upon a thriving bar. She decided to get a bottle of Jamison for Janus, and reaching into her pocket realised she had no cash. Spying a blonde heading out, she quickly wrote on a small piece of paper and folded it into her palm. Accidentally crashing into the blonde, nimble fingers found some loose notes in a pocket, and upon taking them replaced them with the small piece of paper from her palm.
"I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" Flahme flashed the woman a brilliant smile, checking her over to ensure no injury. "Well, I'll leave you to it, again, sorry." Flahme moved away quickly heading for a small liquor store to get the aforementioned bottle of whiskey.
When the woman would eventually find the note, she would read: Apologies for stealing from you, but if it's any consolation it was to buy a gift for my beau.
You were successful in stealing $303.00 from Averly Amoret.
Roman Godfrey 06/30/19 Inhaling sharply, hearing the quiet noise that she made. His body tensed at the sound, desperately wanting to elicit more from the back of her throat. Clearing his throat, he took another hearty gulp.
Gently placing the glass on the table separating the pair, Roman once again leans forwards. "Would it be alright if I joined you?" Though she was only a few steps from him, he was longing to have her closer. He wanted to be close enough to her that he could feel the warmth she provided. And to be able to hear any other little delicious sounds she may produce.
"Don't tell me that you're only going to be after my bank account now. I thought my good looks and wit were the reason you kept me around."
Roman Godfrey 06/30/19 Placing his elbows on the counter, he leaned forward. His words were low, meant for her ears only. "If I exercised little self control, darling, I doubt that I would ever be able to keep my hands off of you."
Nodding his head at her answer, he poured the woman a glass of the dark liquid to match his own. Gently grasping the containers, he slowly strode towards her. He gently extended his palm, offering her the beverage. Swiftly, he took a seat on the sofa and took a generous swig.
"I'm the CEO of my family business. We started in the steel industries, but these days we're a… private institution of sorts. We mostly dabble in medical advances. Needless to say, I sit at a desk and yell at f*ck faces all day." He smirked slightly at the term.
Jameson Orlav 06/30/19 Everybody.
Everybody knew.
Theo Barnas 06/29/19 "Thanks! I appreciate the warm welcome everyone has offered up." Theo offers back a sheepish smile. "It's a really nice place. With good vibes I can enjoy."
Roman Godfrey 06/29/19 Be careful what you wish for, Averly dearest. I may end up being a man with little self control today." His lips ghosted over the shell of her ear before he pressed a chaste kiss to her knuckles and released her from his grasp.
He took a few brisk steps and glanced around the bar, which took residency in the corner of his living room. Fetching two fresh glasses, he poured himself a glass of whiskey. As he did so, his eyes raked over his guest's form. Slowly, his eyes met her own.
"What will it be?"
Bishop 06/28/19 "Thank you."
Roman Godfrey 06/28/19 A coy grin graced the vampire's features as he felt her wrap her arms around him. Averly offered a sense of security that he had never known. And as much as it intrigued him, a small part of him worried as well. He had no doubts that the woman had many other potential suitors, but he couldn't blame them in the slightest. She was the eighth wonder of the world.
As she stepped into the house, he grabbed her palm and placed it on his forearm. Even in the privacy of his residency, he still desired to court the woman who had claimed his every thought.
"Averly, dearest. You could never possibly disturb me. I was just having a drink to wind down from work. Care to join me?"
Roman Godfrey 06/27/19 HIs brows fond themselves sternly across his forehead as he heard the knock echo throughout the house. He placed his phone on the table as he lazily went to the door and threw it open.
Averly. HIs face relaxed as his eyes scanned her body. She was dressed casually, comfortably. The clothing beautifully played to her figure and Roman had to bite back a groan. She was stunning.
Charcoal dress pants were secured around the bottom of his white tank top. His dress shirt had been discarded hours ago, now taking residency on the back of a chair.
Ignoring his senses, he tugged the woman into his arms, burying his face in her golden locks. The territory was foreign and unexplored between the pair. But, damn. It was the most innocent gesture running through his mind at the moment. Releasing her, he smiled softly.
"Please, come in."
Roman Godfrey 06/27/19 Averly, darling.
I've discovered that I am rather bored without your company.
I hope that you'll grace me with your presence sooner, rather than later.
Esper Valari 06/27/19 The car rolled by again increasing his presence it was like he wanted her to know that he was always watching her. At this point he knew where she stayed, what routes she liked this wasn't the first day he would follow her. And it surely wouldn't be the last.
He took to his window one night and rolled it down slowly, his face toward the steering wheel he would stay like this till he saw the broken scared female to his left move or mutter. When she either moved or spoke his head would turn to face her, his face would stay straight no expression on his face and then drive off.
Esper Valari 06/23/19 There was nothing that would pull Esper towards the young woman, he had only seen her a few times, in Esper's eyes she was weak a glass house breakable and see through. She couldn't be any older than Esper even younger maybe. Esper drove by a few times past her walking scoping her normal routine stalking an easy prey perhaps.
Esper knew nothing about the woman. The man wore a brown leather jacket grey v-neck and blue ripped up jeans and brown leather shoes. His satchel that he always wore draped around his shoulder with tan shades that covered his eyes his hair swooped over the left side of his forehead.
I miss you too, eld själ.
You should know that that smile only exists for you.
I eagerly await the day, darling.
Because that'll be the day I leave you speechless.
Xoxo, Roman
Nemain O Breasail 06/21/19 I will have to keep that in mind. Getting eaten by wild beasts is only fun when it's consensual. Otherwise, I will know who to call when I need an assist.
Nemain O Breasail 06/21/19 Thank you for the welcome. I'm doing my best not to get thrown to the wolves.
Elowen Jocosta 06/20/19 Thank You.
Oliver 06/20/19 Thanks, i appreciate it
Melinoe 06/17/19 Mel observes the blonde woman, a lopsided grin gracing her features.
"Thank you miss. I'm delighted to be here. I'm Melinoë, Mel for short. Looks can be deceiving, even when it comes to a little thing like me."
You crossed my mind.
I look forward to seeing you as soon as possible.
Yours fondly, Roman xoxo
Mackenzie 06/16/19 Averly Braverly
Budget Thanos freed my dinner.
Do you know his most prized possession?
I'm going to steal it.
No Mercey 06/16/19 Thank You, Ma'am"
Roman Godfrey 06/15/19 Why would I stay out of trouble when I have such a beauty to break me out?
Roman Godfrey 06/14/19 Just say the word, and I will gladly volunteer my time. I yearn to discover everything you are capable of doing. Especially to a smitten fool, such as myself.
You are a beacon of wonder.
All of my attention is yours, darling woman. Never forget that.
As the only one who is familiar with my scent, I appreciate the kind sentiment.
My mouth often waters thinking about that delightfully sharp tongue of yours.
Roman Godfrey 06/14/19 Congratulations on stealing the crown for May, my darling. As I'm sure you're well aware, I am in a constant state of awe where you are regarded.
Roman Godfrey 06/09/19 If I am, would you truly be that upset?
Or should I be concerned that my name has been active on your tongue?
I look forward to all of your sweet abuse in our coven house.
Meet me at The Gallery, 7pm.
I look forward to seeing you.
Yours affectionately, Roman xoxo.
Avril Bajoliere 06/07/19 Thank you very much.
Mackenzie 06/06/19 Braverly Attractive man? I demand pictures.
Jameson Orlav 06/06/19 She's the worst though.
-grins innocently-
Jameson Orlav 06/06/19 Whatever Mack says, don't listen to her.
She's the devil!
Mackenzie 06/03/19 Braverly
You're lucky you're adorable.
LillyEmperium 06/03/19 Of course dear
Averly Amoret 06/02/19
Roman Godfrey 05/28/19 He could see the gleam in her eyes as the words fell from her tongue. Oh, cruel temptress. Was Averly aware of the leash that she was securing around his throat? Could she feel the way the tension melted from his body whenever she was near? Roman prayed to whoever was listening that the woman was blissfully unaware.
Averly, darling. You do flatter me. I'm acquiring arrangements as we speak. Shall I pick you up? Or, like the huntress you are, would you prefer to meet me there? After all, I am fully at your disposal.
I am counting the moments until I see those delightfully wicked eyes of yours.
All my admiration, Roman. xoxo
Switching screens, the man found the number to an intimate restaurant he had visited a few times before. There was a slight tinge of surprise in the hosts voice as he requested a table for two. Once their table was secure, he found his way back to his apartment and began to comb through his wardrobe in search of attire that would match the natural beauty his date possessed.
Roman Godfrey 05/19/19 A wide-eyed fascination danced over his features as he watched the blonde's form retreat. Roman's tongue darted across his lips, before he too strode away. He began to sort through the rolodex in his mind, debating about which haunt would best suit the woman. He retrieved the slip of paper from his pocket along with his phone, his slender fingers dancing across the screen.
Hello my darling, Averly. How does your schedule look for the week? Perhaps tomorrow evening, if I'm not too forward. I eagerly await your response and wish you well.
The device found its way back to the security of his pants, cigarette dangling from his lips. His eyes wandered past the people of the city. The claws of boredom had once again dig into his mind. How, in this entire city, was there only one person who could captive his mind? Even now, Roman couldn't comprehend the pull she had on his will.
Roman Godfrey 05/15/19 As the petite woman finally retreated from his hold, a smirk found its way onto Roman's face. His little eld själ had sunk her claws firmly into his resolve. Roman placed the scrap of paper into his breast pocket, gently patting it into place.
He took a few steps back, producing a fresh cigarette. Inhaling deeply, he nodded his head at her offer. The vampire couldn't help but to wonder what sort of date his companion would prefer. Was she a woman who preferred to be wined and dined? Or was she a fan of a more casual affair?
"I'll weigh my options, dearest Averly. You'll hear from me shortly, I promise. Tell me, would you like for me to be a gentleman? Shall I find us somewhere that requires a more formal attire? I can happily send you a new dress. After all, your wish is my command."
Roman Godfrey 05/13/19 His tongue clicked against his teeth at her proposal. Would he seem too eager if he accepted her offer without as much as a tease? As much as he wanted to immediately indulge the dazzling maiden, he knew that their game was far too delicious to pass.
Roman brought his vacant hand to the hollow of her cheek, delicately brushing over the highpoint of the bone. His vision wandered to her pout, crucially wanting to answer her with the intimate gesture. Dragging his eyes back to meet her own, a confident smirk formed.
"It is far beyond my capability to deny you, darling. As I have told you, I am at your beck and call."
Roman Godfrey 05/11/19 As the blonde retracted from his form, a smirk danced along his lips. The composure that Averly held so dearly was once again slipping into place, but the man could tell that he had chipped away at the slightest bit of her armored heart. The pull that she had on his being had once beguiled him. As he grew to know the woman more and more, his curiosity grew into infatuation.
He drew her other hand into his own, gripping both soundly. Averly called to a part of his being; a deep, buried part. Roman had been struggling to comprehend why the pair had spirits that were so in tune with one another. She was a delicious mystery, one that he had every intention of savoring as he pealed back each layer.
"As have I. My darling Averly, you certainly know how to keep a man on his toes. Whatever dance you are composing, I shall gladly continue."
Roman Godfrey 05/06/19 "It's rather simple, Averly. I desire to know you. Not this face for the world, but your very being. I want to study your mind, what makes you tick. The other options to occupy my time grow dull, predictable. It's not stealing if I am giving it willingly, darling eld själ My time is yours."
His fingers curled around hers, grasping fondly. The curiosity that had been awoken in Roman was something so pure, so genuine that at first it startled him. Averly was not a conquest. Her soul sung a melody recognizable to his ears that it almost made him weep when he heard it. Each word she uttered left him wanting , no needing, to hear more. Her wording was deliberate, well thought out. She was not a woman who spoke simply to hear her own voice. What she spoke carried meaning.
His forehead met hers, a soft exhale left his lonely lips. Her skin was soft compared to her harsh exterior. Would she always speak this softly towards him? Roman had no way of knowing, but what he did know was that the petite woman standing so close to him absolutely enthralled him.
Kade Thorne 05/06/19 With a roll of his eyes, he then narrowed them at her. "I will have you know I am very social, people tend to find me charming in a way." He smirked, teasing as he listened to her with a slow nod. "Good, it will keep you up and at em for a while, please don't let this one get as bad as the last one, just know I will help you fix every problem." he laughed a little. "You're coming to family night. I have someone I want you to meet anyways. I have a weird feeling you and her would make really great friends" He smirked a little bit before looking her up and down.
Roman Godfrey 05/06/19 His slender fingers danced down her arm, brushing her own as their palms touched. A warm smile tugged at the corners of his mouth. The caress of the femmes skin sent electric impulses to his core. How could a woman that he hardly knew shake him the way she did? What sort of occultism did she possess?
Flashing his gaze to her plump pout, Roman fought the desire to crush his hungry lips to hers. Averly had skirted out of his reach time and time again. The blonde was close enough that he could inhale the scent of nicotine lingering in her golden tresses. His empty hand found her neck, grazing his thumb delicately over the surface.
"Oh, my darling Averly. Like I possess the will to tease you. I am fully bent to your will."
Alexander Grimm 05/06/19 "Oh am I? I don't know about all of that." He didn't think he was ugly by any means in fact he found himself very good looking but wanted to come off modest. "Thank you very much."
Roman Godfrey 05/05/19 Lightly releasing her wrist from his grasp, the vampire delicately placed a chaste peck on her skin. Playfulness was dancing in his emerald gaze. He relinquished possession of the cigarette with a flick of his finger.
Her stormy hues never ceased to entice and fascinate Roman. On the surface, the woman was calm and collected. But her eyes, oh those eyes sung a thousand words. Unable to deny himself longer, he tucked a single strand of sunshine kissed hair behind her ear. His thumb brushed her cheekbone, ever so slightly.
"My darling tjuserska, in case it has not been made clear, your wish is my command. You need only murmur my name and I shall be at your side."
Kade Thorne 05/04/19 With an exaggerated roll of his eyes his arms slowly cross over his chest as he looked her over, she seems different in a way but he wouldn't pry. He figured she wouldn't say anything about him either, she just wasn't like that. "My poor little heart is almost broken at the mere thought of you not missing my warming presence." He grinned a little bit before he looked off to the side, contemplating how much he wanted to tell her. "I guess nothing really, work. Per usual, my social life peaked I'm pretty sure, and I got a hair cut." He pointed to his hair and grinned. "What about you?"
Kade Thorne 05/04/19 With a soft sigh, he ran his hands through his now shorter dark hair and looked down at her. "I see you judging me with those eyes of yours." He shook his head, looking back out around them with a curious smile across his face before chuckling. "I know you miss me, I know you will never admit it though."
Kade Thorne 05/04/19 Kade took in a deep breath as he grinned a little bit, having finally found Averly. With a soft sigh, he walked up next to her. "I kind of miss you, you know." He looked down to her, his hazel eyes looking her over for a second before he cleared his throat and looking around them.
Kyla Brollachan 05/04/19 Word travels quickly. Thank you.
Roman Godfrey 05/04/19 Adoration danced in his usually dead gaze as the blonde extracted the lit butt from his grasp. She was primal, a vicious conqueror; and he was her devout servant. Roman had never said such, the fuel to their game was all in those subtle gestures. From the delicate touch of her digit, delicious tremors coursed down his spine. Averly's touch was electric, addictive even.
His lips curled upwards as she enclosed him. He could tell that the femme was feeling fiery today, the trait he extolled most about her. He grasped her wrist, bringing both her fingers and the cigarette to his lips, drawing the smoke into his mouth.
"Eld själ, I'm always ready to cause devastation with you. All you need do, is say the word."
Roman Godfrey 04/24/19
Roman Godfrey 04/23/19 Roman stops at the blonde's door, dropping the letter off before walking away.
I hope you've been doing well, eld själ. As always, I've been thinking of you fondly. I hope our paths cross again soon. Stay in trouble, make sure those piggies earn their keep. Yours, Roman.
Kyon-gel 04/22/19
Roman Godfrey 04/17/19 He hold his hands up in defense, "My sincere apologies, Averly. I didn't realize that I was in the presence of such a formidable woman."
Roman Godfrey 04/17/19 "Don't all women want their men to shower them in compliments? I am just doing my sacred duty, darling eld själ." Roman shoots the blonde a coy wink. His eyes followed her fingers as they were brought to her lips and he found himself gazing a second too long at her pout. His resolve was weakening. Somehow the femme was creeping under his shell, making his skin tingle each time she spoke.
"Darling Averly, trouble is never far behind with me. We keep each other on speed dial. But I guess I've just been brooding about. Wondering when I'm going to stumble across a certain someone. And what hell have you been raising since we last saw one another?"
Kade Thorne 04/16/19 Why thank you, darling.
Roman Godfrey 04/15/19 He felt the corners of his mouth stretch widely over his teeth. Taking a swift drag from the nicotine filled stick, he points towards the blonde. "They can dream of catching you. But a woman like you cannot be captured by anyone. You're a force, eld själ. And what would they do without you? Just get more fat. Really, you're prolonging their lives."
Roman Godfrey 04/15/19 "Oh, liten problemmakare, are you making sure those policemen earn their paycheck?" His lips turn up, ever so slightly, around the lit cigarette dangling between his teeth.
Kade Thorne 04/13/19 Averly
I might dabble in the mechanics.
Send me the address and I'm yours. ;)
Kade Thorne 04/13/19 Kade chuckled as he looked at his phone.
Averly
I like Whiskey and Coffee and pretty much anything. Your choice.
Kade Thorne 04/12/19 Hearing her words he couldn't help but chuckle to himself, He better not disappoint this girl, she seemed hard to impress and he damn sure did his best. "Well I am lucky, aren't I? That you found a phone just in time to meet me, well I have my phone and I am always by my phone so don't hesitate to strike up a riveting conversation." He winked to her once more before he softly let a smile spread on his face. "I look forward to seeing you again." He turned slowly and headed right back on towards work.
Kade Thorne 04/12/19 She didn't show as many emotions as most females did, which only interested him more in getting to know her. Most females, or even males for that matter of fact, were quite easy to read on the outside but she had something different that he was beyond curious to find out. "I will have to hold up my end of the bargain then. I will not disappoint you." He took her phone gently, letting out a soft chuckle. "Does anyone travel without a cell phone anymore?" He typed in his number and saved it along with his name. "I would like it if you contacted me, I find you interesting and I think we get along pretty well."
Kade Thorne 04/12/19 "Aside from the never-ending flirting, I would love nothing more than to get to know the real you. The real Averly and everything deep down under." He grinned, not meaning for the joke to sound dirty but god oh mighty did it sound dirty. Letting the tip of his tongue run slowly over his bottom lip, he watched her closely. "I do apologize, I can be quite the flirt on occasion but I am also a very..." He paused again, finding the word. "I don't want to say genuine person because I feel that people have mistaken the word and overuse it, so it becomes a cliche."
Kade Thorne 04/12/19 "I like charming." He winked up at her, watching the warmth come to her cheeks before he let out a soft and playful chuckle. "I find myself to be charming occasionally, but only in the presence of such a beautiful and unique woman who is having a pleasant and very flirty conversation if I do say so." He gently released her hand and cracked a sweet smile to her. "I would definitely not mind getting to know such a woman a little more than I already do."
Kade Thorne 04/12/19 His eyes wandered her expression as she seemed almost taken back by the compliment. He watched her for a moment before he became only slightly nervous about how she was going to react to his wording. AS she stepped closer his left eyebrow raised only slightly before he took her small hand into his own large and definitely more rough than hers. "I find your joking..." He trailed off, trying to find the word. "Charming?" He questioned himself before he brought her hand to his lips, kissing her knuckle softly. "It is so nice to meet you, Averly. I'm Kade." Lifting his head up to make eye contact with her, the edges of his lips pulled up into a small smirk.
Kade Thorne 04/12/19 Eyeing her up and down, he let out another soft chuckle that caused him to think about what he had said and how to proceed with the conversation. "It started out as a general statement of hoping to cross paths with you once more in this realm but ended up a question on your part as to if you wish to see me again. I can see how my wording can be confusing when in the presence of such a lovely lady."
Kade Thorne 04/12/19 With a chuckle, he grinned. "Thank you for the welcome, hope to see you around?"
Roman Godfrey 04/09/19 Mischief danced on his features as his lips pulled themselves into a lopsided grin. Averly. He rolled the name over in his mind, easily deciding that it was a word he could grow quite used to speaking. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Averly. I'm Roman. And if those 'wanted' posters ever cause you trouble, I would gladly assist however I was needed."
LionaCaravaggio 04/09/19 Thank you.
Roman Godfrey 04/09/19 Smirking at the blonde, he offers his hand.
Thanks for the warm welcome, doll. I'd love to see you around.
Elijah Rasmus 04/02/19 Thanks!
Kira Garrett 03/26/19 Thanks for the welcome, Averly. I see you're in New Orleans too. Small world, huh?
Gavin McGrath 03/22/19 The thought of a bath brought a large grin to the man's face as he imagined the pure heaven that would envelope his tired body. The rigor mortis had not yet completely left his joints making him feel much older than he really was.
"Oh, you betcha, lass. And I'm gonna go all out: bath bombs, rose petals, cucumber eye thingies, maybe a face mask." As if confirming the check list to himself he nodded. "Aye. It'll be grand. Thanks, by the way!"
Gavin McGrath 03/22/19 "Thank you. However, it's more like 'welcome back.' See? Fresh out of the dirt." The man brushed a hand along the sleeve of his jacket loosening all the soil from it. "Death and I have a weird relationship."
Crimson Belladonna Jones 03/15/19 Thank you for the congratulations. I hope you are doing well.
Grown-up? How old do you think I am?
I'm a f-cking modern day Peter Pan.
With lady parts.
Stalking? Did you truly do your homework?
What's my favorite color?
That depends entirely on the drink.
Hela Jones 03/04/19 If I didn't I wouldn't be good at my job as Hells welcoming committe. *she laughed* Thanks for the help and welcome!
Kyon-gel 02/26/19 Thanks for the welcome, Averly.
Esper Valari 02/13/19 Welcome to a new level of hell.
LillyEmperium 02/12/19 *chuckling she nodded* you're welcome dear
LillyEmperium 02/12/19 Welcome to the coven, if you need anything, holler
Jamison King 02/12/19 Alright.. Welcome to Sine Metu. Need help? Ask someone else.
Jewel Valari 02/12/19 Welcome to Sine Metu.
Jasper Thompson 02/12/19 "Welcome to the club," Jasper greets the blonde with a mischievous smile. "If you need anything, let me know, be it drugs, porn, or a detailed alibi."
Elisa Stratten 02/12/19 Looking the girl over, Elisa nods in approval. She recognized the femme from an earlier encounter.
"Welcome to the crew, newbie. Would you prefer your uniform in Ravenclaw blue, Slytherin green, Hufflepuff yellow, or Gryffindor red?"
Mackenzie 02/11/19 ...wow. Blonds really are easy.
Mackenzie 02/11/19 You look particularly homeless. Tell me.. how do you feel about being kept hostage, and becoming a worker bee?
Crimson Belladonna Jones 02/11/19 Handing the guards a few special donuts from krispy Cream she smiled slipping the key from his belt and opens the cell door. "I will give you the recipe later!"
Crimson Belladonna Jones 02/10/19 Opening the cell taking her hand and running out. "No problem! I will show you a donut trick once we are out of here!"
Mystic-husky 02/06/19 The witch was all of 4'9, long curly chestnut hair falling Around her small frame. Bright Hazel eyes peering out from under a few ringlets that had fallen into her face. Clothed in legging and a long black wool button up coat, her head tips softly as a hand black gloved hand invites itself to the welcome. "Morning Miss.I am Mystic Husky and I am sorry as I am normally pretty quick at meeting up with every ones arrival. Any way Welcome to the realm. If at any time you have any question feel free to hunt me down."
Kyla Brollachan 02/05/19 "Plenty of fun to be had if you go about it the right way." The petite redhead mirrored the other woman's smile. "My pleasure. I doubt it'll be the last time."
Kyla Brollachan 02/05/19 You managed to break out Averly Amoret.
"Off you go, then. Do try to stay out of trouble, aye?"
Morgana le Fay 02/04/19 Welcome to Bloodletting. My name is Morgana, and we are glad to see you here. If at any time you need assistance please feel free to use the drop down tab of your mail, you'll find a tab saying "Mail the admins" You can contact us through it. Again welcome to Bloodletting and have fun!
Crimson Belladonna Jones 02/03/19 Welcomes to da realm Miss! *the small child walked to the new comer and gave her a blood pop.*
Elisa Stratten 02/03/19 New blood.
It was becoming a habit around here lately. New faces everywhere. The small blonde looked the new girl over, offering a stern look. She liked to remind people that she was a no-nonsense kinda female.Elisa offered the girl half of a smile. "Welcome to the realm, newbie. Enjoy your stay." Only slightly hostile this time. She was going to have to work on that. Being friendlier that is.
Johnny 02/03/19 Welcome to the realm!
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Ewan Neilson
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Ewan has more than 30 years' experience, specialising in corporate finance transactions related to energy development and funding, oil and gas upstream transactions and energy technology.
Working in the City of London and Aberdeen, he acts for management teams, banks and institutions and has been involved in a number of large scale overseas transactions in the development of game-changing new technology in the oil and gas industry.
Qualified in Scotland, England and Wales and a member of EI and AIPN, Ewan is listed as a recommended lawyer in the Projects, Energy and Natural Resources category in the 2020 edition of the Legal 500.
He is co-editor of "The Technical and Legal Guide to the UK Oil and Gas Industry" and the three volume "Technical and Legal Guide to Global Hydrocarbons", the definitive guides to all aspects of this industry (published by Aberlour Press in 2007 and 2011) which are the only energy books in the world to combine technical and commercial issues. He manages Aberlour Press, and also chairs the University of Aberdeen's law school liaison committee.


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Mehdi et Val: The adventures of Valérie and her half-brother, Mehdi, who, thanks to their mysterious swords, can travel between the present and the Middle Ages.
A key mandate for the Canada Media Fund (CMF) is to support official languages in minority settings. The CMF achieves this objective through a number of programs.
The Francophone Minority Program (FM) is designed to encourage the creation of projects that reflect the realities experienced by French-language communities living outside the province of Quebec.
*All programs included
Funding to Francophone production outside of Quebec has stayed stable at $13.4M and exceeded the mandated target of 10.0% of overall French funding by 4.5 percentage points. The Francophone Minority (FM) Program contributed $10.7M and $2.7M came from the Performance Envelope (PE) program. 16 out of 33 francophone minority language projects did not have FM program support.
The Anglophone Minority Incentive (AMI) was established in 2013-2014 to create a predictable source of official minority language support for the English market in Quebec.
Funding to English-language production in Quebec has rebounded to a five-year high of $19.7M, or 10.9% of English-language funding for 2018-2019. 22.8% of this funding support came from the Anglophone Minority Incentive. 66.4% was committed from the PE program and the remainder of funding came from the English Point of View (POV) and Aboriginal programs.
FRANCOPHONE MINORITY PROGRAM
This program is part of the CMF's Convergent Stream; thus, projects funded through this program must include content to be produced for distribution on at least two platforms, one of which must be television and the other, digital media. Funding from this program is allocated according to a selective process, using an evaluation grid. A total of $11.2M was committed from the FM program for production and development in 2018-2019.
The FM program for production supported 19 convergent projects. Total budgets rose to a five-year high. Television hours rose only slightly, pointing to larger production budgets. The average television budget per hour went to $235K per hour compared to last year's $223K. Children's & Youth received 41.4% of funding, Drama received 37.0% of funding, Documentaries received 15.1%, and Variety & Performing Arts 6.5%. A total of $487K was committed out of the FM program to support development of 13 projects.
The CMF, including the FM program, provided 33.6% of television project financing and 73.0% of digital media financing. Broadcasters matched (33.9%) the CMF for television projects. Broadcasters, CMF, government sources, and producers provided all of the financing for digital media projects. Radio-Canada licensed 9 projects and TV5 and UNIS licensed 6 projects, while TFO licensed two and produced one in-house, Bell Média licensed 2, and AMI-télé licensed one.
ANGLOPHONE MINORITY INCENTIVE
26 projects received Anglophone Minority Incentive (AMI) support totaling $4.5M. The AMI was formulated to supplement PE funding for television projects at a maximum of 15% of the budget or $0.9M, whichever is less. A total of 54.0% went to Documentary, 40.3% went to Drama, and 5.7% went to Children's & Youth projects. Television budgets were at a five-year high. Big-budget dramas and documentary series drove budgets up in 2018-2019.
Broadcasters provided 5.7 percentage points less than the CMF share of financing in Anglophone Minority Incentive projects. Distributors provide significant contributions.


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A Brief History of M.C. Hammer's Pants
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Don't call them parachute pants. "I detest the term," Stanley Kirk Burrell, better known by his stage name of M.C. Hammer, told Racked in 2016. "They're called Hammer pants."
As a colloquial term, Hammer is correct. Since breaking on to the hip-hop scene in 1990 with the chart-topping tune "U Can't Touch This," the performer has been synonymous with the flashy pants—billowy trousers that droop in the crotch and taper to the lower leg—and has inspired many fashion designers and fellow recording artists.
While Hammer has done more to entrench the pants in the public's consciousness than virtually anyone, he was not exactly their originator. Harem pants, parachute pants, or his preferred term of "Hammer pants" all have origins that can be traced back to the mid-19th century, with a radical feminist movement and the fashion sense found within Swiss sanitariums.
Although baggy, voluminous trousers initially appeared in Persia, India, and Turkey thousands of years ago, the most direct lineage of today's Hammer pants may have started with women who began insisting on more practical garments in the 1800s.
In the Victorian era, women's fashions were rather restrictive, with tight belts, bodices, and corsets squeezing their bodies. When a New York socialite/women's rights activist named Elizabeth Smith Miller traveled to Switzerland in the mid-1800s, she noticed that patients in sanitariums favored baggy pants worn under shortened dresses that made exercising and moving around easier. When Miller returned, she spread the word; so did fashion magazines and other forms of media that further popularized the idea of loose-fitting trousers.
Amelia Bloomer—editor of The Lily, America's first newspaper created for and by women—was an early advocate for this unconventional method of dress. Writing of the "freedom dress" in her own magazine, Bloomer (who inspired the term "bloomers") encouraged women to wear pants that didn't bind the legs and to comment on the gender disparity between men's and women's fashions.
For the latter reason, these "Turkish Trousers" never fully caught on: Some women simply didn't feel comfortable emulating a man's attire. It wasn't until 1911, when fashion icon Paul Poiret introduced a version of the pants dubbed "harem" trousers, that women were once again intrigued by the freedom of movement they allowed.
The pants enjoyed sporadic revivals over the next several decades, but their next major fashion wave wouldn't occur until Burrell decided he needed to stand out on stage.
Born in Oakland, California in 1962, the future M.C. Hammer had designs on playing major league baseball before being seduced by the performing arts. Going to discos in the late 1970s, he discovered that it was easy to capture attention with his fluid dance moves—which he accentuated by buying triple-pleated zoot suit bottoms that were so large they drew an audience all their own.
"The looser the pants, the more accentuated your dancing becomes," Hammer told The New York Times in 2008.
Eventually, the discos gave way to club dates—then to a record contract. In 1990, Hammer was being dubbed one of Entertainment Weekly's "Entertainers of the Year" and managed to move more than 8 million copies of his album, Please Hammer, Don't Hurt ''m.
Hammer's popularity gave him the financial means to have his own outlandish harem pants custom-made, and they became touchstones of his music videos, live performances, and contribution to fashion. Vanilla Ice, who was garnering his own fame at roughly the same time as Hammer, once boasted that his record label paid him $1 million to wear Hammer pants during a show.
"You can make a fashion statement," Hammer told ABC News in 2009 of his penchant for loose-fitting pants. "You can move in 'em. You can dance in 'em ... and it gives you freedom of movement. It's a slight delay. You move, and then the pants move, so it brings a nice little flair."
Eventually, Hammer's flair pants went the way of Steve Urkel, slap bracelets, and other '90s fads—though they've made periodic reappearances, both in parodies (like Hammer's recent Starburst commercials) and in prominent fashion collections from the likes of Dior and Burberry. They were also seen in a video from 1992 that made the rounds last year featuring the otherwise fashion-conscious Ryan Gosling appearing on what he recalled was "some kind of Canadian Star Search."
"I don't think we gave that [style of] pant enough of a shot," Gosling said during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show. "We gave up with M.C. Hammer, but we should have kept them going."
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BAND OF SLAVES- 45 MCD
(Prometheus Sound Art 1993)
There are a number of things going on with this EP from Band of Slaves. This was made by the band after been spurred on by the death of its vocalist, the late Ian Xavier, who met his misfortune at the Tornado Disco incident. As Alan Ann, the bassist puts it in an age-old interview, "it's not the motivation we would ask for but this will certainly be the impetus for us to buck up and complete the album." And hence this commemorative MCD. Band of Slaves were great entertainers with their energetic, highly groovy blues rock-reggae music and socially conscious lyrics, rocking the circuits since '87, but this EP "45" is an artwork that is somewhat dark and ominous, the handiwork of Ian and his passings. Ian wrote the song "Eternity" as an eulogy to his late father and lyrically it talks about death, which is eerily philosophical and prophetic.
Band of Slaves were few of the local bands after IGTA that did rock reggae before The Bushmen revived the movement. Musically they were very much influenced by The Police, Bob Marley, Don McClean, Lenny Kravitz and Bob Dylan. The MCD contains five songs, of which all are original materials except for "Redemption Song", a Bob Marley cover, which is a surprising choice given so many other more reggae selections from this legendary man, yet this may also seem like an appropriate choice for the sombriety of the stuffs here. Selena Wee was roped in to do some of the vocals here, like "Blue Gates" and "Another Cold War" whereby the former has a Latin soul style and the latter more roots rock. "And Justice For Some" (is this a wordplay of Metallica's "And Justice For All"?) is the only song that has a strong reggae sound, which may not seem obvious at first with its contemporary pop piano passage.
I personally think that this tribute feels rather heavy on the heart, prefering their more cheerful material on "New School Rock III", music that brings one back to the good ol' days when Band of Slaves and The Nonames were pleasing the crowds with their laidback roots and reggae. Still despite the apparent sense of seriousness with "45", it is a very strong release which is unfortunately too short in length (what else do we expect from an EP) and too limited to make it to more Singapore music lovers. This MCD of mine is handnumbered and I don't remember seeing it been sold anywhere after I purchased it many years ago (maybe I bought the last copy), like all the mysteriously elusive Singapore music CDs out there. Let's say according to popular belief that very few people support local music, then where did all those CDs go to? Burnt? There MUST be another person spinning "45" somewhere on this island.


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Mr. Spring: Several issues are covered under this group of amendments, as the Nice treaty makes a number of changes to the treaty on European Union. I shall touch on just a few of those issues.
Amendment No. 40 concerns the so-called early warning mechanism agreed at Nice. Under the revised article 7 of the treaty on European Union, the treaty of Nice allows the EU to "address appropriate recommendations" to a country if there is a risk—I repeat, a risk—of a serious breach by a member state of the fundamental principles listed in article 6(1) of the treaty on European Union: liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law.
Does the Minister agree that that runs the risk of damaging and divisive interference in the internal affairs of member states, on the basis of mere speculation? Of course, as the House knows, under article 7 countries can already take action if there is a "serious and persistent breach" of those principles by a member state.
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How exactly will the new provision work? It is no secret that it was formulated in response to recent events in Austria. Presumably, when they signed up to the article, Ministers had an idea when it might be used, so perhaps they will now tell us what the intention is. Would the provision have been exercised in the case of Haider's inclusion in the Government of Austria? If so, what would the recommendations to the Government have been, and when, if ever, would the mechanism have come to an end?
How will the article 6(1) principles be assessed, both under the new mechanism and under the existing article 7 provision? In particular, will the Minister guarantee that those principles, which include respect for human rights, will not be interpreted through the prism of the charter of fundamental rights? For example, article 19 of the charter states:
"No one may be removed, expelled or extradited to a State where there is a serious risk that he or she would be subjected to the death penalty".
If the charter will affect national law only in so far as it implements Union law, what is the point of that particular article?
Let me cite one example. Will the Minister assure the House that the provision that the Government agreed at Nice will not be used to decide that a member state that intends to extradite a suspected murderer to the United States is in danger of contravening article 6(1) principles and will therefore be given recommendations by QMV, under revised article 7 TEU? I am sorry that those are technical points, but they must be explored.
The second issue that I want to speak about is the European defence identity. We heard an absolutely outstanding speech from my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip–Northwood (Mr. Wilkinson). I was especially pleased that he referred in some detail to Turkey, which feels concerned about the recent developments in Nice. As the House will appreciate, although European defence policy is not contained in the treaty, some changes were agreed to pave the way for it.
First, references to the Western European Union in article 17 TEU have been deleted. Amendment No. 41 would deal with that problem by removing paragraph 2 from article 1 of the treaty. Secondly, article 25 TEU, as amended by Nice, provides an enhanced role for the Political and Security Committee. Under the authorisation of the Council, the committee will exercise
"political control and strategic direction of the crisis management operations"
and may, with Council authorisation, take decisions in that context.
Finally, declaration 1 of the final act of the intergovernmental conference, which does not form part of the Bill, relates to European security and defence policy, which it says will become operational quickly. It foreshadows a decision to be taken by the European Council no later than the Brussels summit.
New clauses 7 and 8 would ensure greater parliamentary scrutiny of those developments. New clause 7 would require a report to be submitted to Parliament on their effects on NATO and the WEU, and new clause 8 would require a Bill to be introduced before any decision on common defence is taken.
The House has debated those issues several times, and I do not intend to cover familiar ground for too long, but I should like to make some specific points in relation to new clauses 7 and 8. The background to the debate is that the Conservatives strongly support greater European defence co-operation and a stronger European commitment to NATO. Indeed, it was a Conservative Government who started that process. We genuinely believe, however, that the European defence policy that is currently being developed represents an evolution towards a European army in all but name. The documents agreed at Nice and elsewhere make it clear that the force will exist outside NATO, which flatly contradicts repeated assurances made by Ministers and confirms the major reservations of the Americans. We believe that the structures agreed at Nice will weaken and undermine NATO.
I have some specific questions for the Minister. First, how does he reconcile the removal of references to the WEU in article 17 TEU and the decline of the WEU with what the Prime Minister said to the House four years ago? He said that
"getting Europe's voice more clearly heard in the world will not be achieved through merging the European Union and the Western European Union or developing an unrealistic common defence policy."—[Official Report, 18 June 1997; Vol. 296, c. 314.]
Does the Minister accept that although changes to the WEU were agreed at Maastricht, it was developed as the forum for expressing European defence interests within NATO and was formally recognised as such by the EU? The idea was that the WEU was to be balanced halfway between NATO and the EU. Its development posed no threat to NATO and all the units available to it were either to be borrowed from NATO, or if they were outside NATO they were available to it in an emergency.
Does the Minister not accept that the establishment under the Nice treaty of the Political and Security Committee is another sign that, by creating new, stand-alone EU structures, the European security and defence policy duplicates existing NATO structures? What is the point of doing that unless it is to rival NATO, with all the consequences that flow from that?
Despite assurances from the Prime Minister that planning for military operations would happen in NATO, the Nice accords and the statements of the Secretary of State for Defence make it crystal clear that many operations can and will be planned outside NATO. National headquarters can be used under the auspices of the EU. The Nice accords further make it clear that there is no onus on the EU to involve NATO at any stage of a crisis. It is evident that a defence entity that is a clear rival to NATO is being established. It could undermine the Atlantic alliance and the United States' commitment to Europe's security.
The hon. Member for Broxtowe (Dr. Palmer) made a thoughtful contribution. I emphasise to him that the Americans want burden sharing, and they are not getting it. Our anxieties are shared by the head of the EU's military staff, Major General Messervy Whiting, who said earlier this year that the EU's rapid reaction force would start to compete with NATO when it acquired a full range of strategic military assets. He said:
"In the early years, we'll be looking at things below the NATO threshold, things NATO doesn't do, like disaster relief and evacuation of citizens. In due course, once our collective capabilities
are developed and we have strategic transport, the EU should be in a position to go higher . . . At that point, there will have to be a critical conversation between the European Union and NATO over who takes on what".
In the light of such issues, we have tabled new clauses 7 and 8. One attempts to provide for analysis of the developments that I have outlined and their effect on NATO and WEU. The other proposes a mechanism to provide parliamentary scrutiny by means of a Bill. The changes have serious implications for the future of NATO, and I trust that the Minister for Europe will understand the need to be open about them so that the House can hold a rational debate on the matter. The future of NATO and our relationship with it are crucial to the continued security and stability of Europe.
Amendments Nos. 46 and 47 and new clause 33 deal with Eurojust. After the Tampere summit in October 1999, when Eurojust and related measures were discussed, the Conservative party made it clear that we supported moves to improve co-ordination. We do not intend to oppose Eurojust if co-operation and co-ordination are involved. However, we seek a guarantee that we shall not go beyond that, and that the Bill does not pave the way for harmonisation. New clause 33 would provide for a report from the Attorney-General about the implications of Eurojust for the criminal and judicial processes of the United Kingdom.
Perhaps the Minister will take the opportunity to update hon. Members about developments on Eurojust since the Select Committee on European Scrutiny published its sixth report in February. The Committee welcomed the Government's view that they could not accept any wording on Eurojust's remit that accorded the Commission any operational role in national investigations or prosecutions. However, it expressed anxiety about what is described as ambiguity in the draft documents, which related to the amount of influence that Eurojust is expected to exercise.
The report stated:
"The requirement that a prosecuting authority in a Member State should be obliged to account to Eurojust for its reasons for not complying with a request to prosecute, or for not complying with a request to co-ordinate prosecutions with those of another Member State, suggests to us that Eurojust is intended to have some influence over prosecution discretions; otherwise there would seem to be little point in asking for the reasons to be stated".
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Summer's fast approaching – in case recent clouds had left you confused – and with it a handful of life's small pleasures. Top of our list? That first ice cream of the year, the one that confirms the season has well and truly arrived and brings back a rose tinted nostalgia for trips to the ice cream man after school.
Clearly Jeremy Scott and Cara Delevingne are on the same page (clearly) tapped by freezer section megabrand Magnum for the latter's new campaign, 'Release the Beast', a celebration of the Magnum Double.
While Delevingne fronts the project, the Moschino creative director has directed a new short, above, working with legendary animator (think Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Space Jam), Uli Meyer. "The collaboration, from designing the beasts to directing the film has been beyond fun for me," notes Scott of the campaign.
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by Brandy McDonnell
Published: Thu, December 5, 2019 10:27 AM Updated: Thu, December 5, 2019 11:02 AM
Austin Rindler and Catherine McDaniel will reprise their roles as Amahl and his mother in Painted Sky Opera's "Amahl and the Night Visitors." [Wendy Mutz photo]
A version of this story appears in Thursday's Life & Style section of The Oklahoman.
Kingly Christmas show: Painted Sky Opera brings back family-friendly yuletide show 'Amahl and the Night Visitors'
Mark Johnson is tapping into his family history as he reprises the role of a "slightly deaf and somewhat daffy" kingly scholar in Painted Sky Opera's encore production of "Amahl and the Night Visitors."
"I had a quirky aunt, Aunt Clara, and she was the kind of lady that decorated her walker later in her life for every season that she went through. So, you would see her around Thanksgiving time, and she had a turkey stuck on the front. ... And then it would switch to Christmas, then it would switch to the shamrock," Johnson recalled. "She used to say, 'Mark, listen to old people and listen to children because they're closer to the eternal and closer to the creative than all of the rest of us in the middle.'"
The Oklahoma City actor is returning as King Kaspar, one of three kings following a star in the hopes of finding the newborn Christ in Painted Sky's Dec. 13-14 sophomore presentation of the family-friendly yuletide favorite. After last year's successful debut, OKC's only professional opera company is adding a third performance for its weekend run at the First Baptist Church of Oklahoma City, along with two Enid shows Sunday with the Enid Symphony Orchestra.
"That's one of my favorite parts is just seeing the excitement that children get when they get to see a production and they get to hear what the human body can actually produce and see this wonderful, colorful story come to life," said Rob Glaubitz, Painted Sky co-founder and artistic director.
Austin Rindler will reprise the role of Amahl in Painted Sky Opera's "Amahl and the Night Visitors." [Wendy Mutz photo]
The first opera written for television, the one-act show by Gian-Carlo Menotti was originally performed on NBC in the 1950s. Performed in English and running about 45 minutes long, the Christmas show is ideal for introducing children to the art form, said Barbara Fox DeMaio, Painted Sky executive director and co-founder
"Menotti wrote it for children, basically. That's why all the numbers are short," she said. "I grew up watching it on TV."
The show follows the Three Wise Men as they stop to rest in the home of a poor widow and her young son Amahl, who is clever but crippled. The family's life is forever changed by their encounter with the "Night Visitors."
It is work of the richest kind to collaborate once more on this beloved opera. I get chills every time I hear this music and read the libretto. And the sound of this year's singers is glorious," said Molly Cason Johnson, who is returning to direct Painted Sky's production.
"This year, the opera's themes of provision and providence have spoken loudly to me. The Mother has nothing, yet immediately and willingly opens her home to provide a respite for the Kings. Amahl provides comfort to his Mother with his unconditional love and optimism. The neighbors gather from their humble pantries to provide refreshment for the special visitors. God's providence comes through a baby and a miracle. ... I hope that we, through this beautiful score and story, provide our listeners with a renewed spirit of generosity and thankfulness."
Painted Sky Opera is again partnering with First Baptist of Oklahoma City to collect food and clothing items for its CareForOKC ministry. In addition, the Dec. 13-14 performances in the downtown church's sanctuary will include pre-show entertainment, a talk with Painted Sky Music Director Jan McDaniel, free cookies and a 10-minute performance on the church's majestic pipe organ.
"We basically sold out at First Baptist last year. The place was full ... and they're very anxious to have us back," DeMaio said.
While the cast with perform with a small ensemble - two pianos, oboe, percussion and string bass - in OKC, Sunday's Enid shows will give the company the opportunity to sing with a full orchestra in the elegant Joan L. Allen Symphony Hall.
"I'm excited to see what happens this year and how many people come back. I'm expecting a lot 'cause of last year. I'm excited," said Austin Rindler, who is playing Amahl.
Austin Rindler and Mark Johnson will reprise their roles as Amahl and King Kaspar, respectively, in Painted Sky Opera's "Amahl and the Night Visitors." [Wendy Mutz photo]
Returning players
Most of the cast from last year's production is returning for this year's presentation, including Austin, who made his opera debut last year in the title role.
"The only thing I did before was things like school plays, and we never talked about things like blocking. We never used technical terms like that. So, I was new to this whole thing and all, and I learned a lot of the stuff that I know now. I think it's going to be a really good show this year since I'm already really prepared," said the Edmond youth, who turns 12 on Friday.
"I didn't remember it very well, but once I sang it a few times, it just flooded right back into my head. The cast has a lot better chemistry than it had before ... and we can focus on other things, like giving it that extra spark."
That chemistry is especially important between the Casady School sixth-grader and Mark Johnson, since Amahl and quirky King Kaspar forge a fast friendship in the show.
"Kaspar is at the end of his life ... and as a guy who's looked at the heavens all his life, this is it. This is the thing in all the books and all the prophecies - here it is. ... The other two guys are obviously younger and they're excited about it. But they still have their lives in front of them," Johnson said. "It's a big moment for him as a scholar and sky-watcher."
The jaunt to Enid will present a big moment for the actor who is known for his work with Oklahoma Shakespeare, Guthrie's Pollard Theatre and Carpenter Square Theatre: He made his professional debut there in 1984 singing the tenor role in "Elijah" as he was finishing his graduate studies at Oklahoma City University.
"It will be a really cool symmetrical thing for me to now be back as a late-career professional performing with the opera company in the same space where I had my very first ever performing gig as a professional," he said.
Painted Sky Opera's "Amahl and the Night Visitors"
When: 2 and 8 p.m. Sunday.
Where: With the Enid Symphony Orchestra at the Joan L. Allen Symphony Hall, 301 W Broadway, Enid.
Tickets and information: www.enidsymphony.org.
When: 7 p.m. Dec. 13 and 1 and 5 p.m. Dec. 14. Pre-show activities begin one hour before show times.
Where: First Baptist Church of Oklahoma City, 1201 N Robinson Ave.
Tickets and information: www.paintedskyopera.org.
-BAM
Brandy McDonnell
Brandy McDonnell, also known by her initials BAM, writes stories and reviews on movies, music, the arts and other aspects of entertainment. She is NewsOK's top blogger: Her 4-year-old entertainment news blog, BAM's Blog, has notched more than 1... Read more ›
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By Glen Turk on May 12, 2017 Tournaments
The field for the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships, to be conducted May 19-24 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois, has been determined.
Four regional competitions were held May 8-10 and the top six teams and three individuals not on a qualifying team advanced to the national championships from each regional site. The four regional sites included Albuquerque, New Mexico; Athens, Georgia; Columbus, Ohio; and Lubbock, Texas. Of the 384 regional participants, 132 advanced to the finals. Northern Illinois University will serve as the host of the championships and the Golf Channel will provide live coverage for the final three days of the championships May 22, 23 and 24. The teams and individuals advancing to the 2017 championships finals are listed below.
Albuquerque Regional Site: Individuals: 1. Stanford 1. Martina Edberg – Cal State Fullerton 2. Duke 2. Bianca Pagdanganan – Gonzaga 3. Pepperdine 3. Nadine White – Campbell 4. Southern California 5. California 6. Miami (Florida)
Athens Regional Site: Individuals: 1. Alabama 1. Jennifer Kupcho – Wake Forest 2. Northwestern 2. Laura Fuenfstueck – College of Charleston 3. Michigan State 3. Maya Walton – Princeton 4. Baylor 5. Clemson 6. North Carolina
Columbus Regional Site: Individuals: 1. Florida 1. Cara Gorlei – Arkansas 2. South Carolina 2. Camila Serrano – Florida International University 3. Florida State University 3. Maddie Szeryk – Texas A&M 4. Ohio State 5. Purdue 6. Michigan
Lubbock Regional Site: Individuals: 1. Arizona State 1. Julienne Soo – Oklahoma 2. Furman 2. Alex White – Brigham Young 3. Oregon 3. Susie Cavanagh – Oregon State 4. Texas 5. Texas Tech 6. Kent State
For ticket information visit www.ncaa.com/tickets or https://2017ncaagolf.eventbrite.com or contact David Gennett at Rich Harvest Farms at 630-466-7610. The championship format consists of all 24 teams and 12 individuals completing 54 holes of stroke play, and then the top 15 teams along with the top nine individuals not on an advancing team will advance for one additional day of stroke play to determine the top eight teams for match play competition and the 72-hole stroke play individual champion. The top eight teams then compete in match play for the championship. Live results from the championship can be found online at www.ncaa.com.
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Abi joined FFI in 1996, and has undertaken a range of roles within the organisation before being appointed as a Senior Conservation Director in 2022. She currently has oversight for our Marine programme, Conservation Capacity & Leadership programme, our work on Design and Impact and Halcyon Land & Sea, and she led the recent review of FFI's organisational strategy.
After studying Zoology at Oxford University, Abi completed a PhD in bat ecology and conservation at Aberdeen University, and joined FFI on the back of a project aiming to assess and recover an endangered fruit bats. Since then her career at FFI has evolved through roles including International Projects Officer, Senior Scientist, Director of the Eurasia Programme and Director, Conservation Science & Design. She helped to develop and implement a wide range of projects and programmes around the world, supported the development of a range of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and managed a range of internal and external grant funds. Abi led the development of FFI's Marine Programme and Marine Plastics work and was also strongly involved the conceptualisation of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative. Abi also spearheaded organisational impact tracking processes at FFI, and has engaged externally on a range of initiatives relating to conservation grant making and assessing conservation impact and effectiveness. She sits on a number of external Trustee Boards and was a member of Defra's Darwin Expert Committee for six years.
Last year one of our most generous and longest-standing donors – Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin – commissioned a review of the work it had funded through Fauna & Flora International (FFI). As the manager of one of the programmes that Arcadia supports I was at the forefront of this process, and wanted to share my reflections on the experience and what we have learned.
Arcadia's relationship with FFI began in 1998, when Lisbet Rausing developed the idea for a fund that would secure highly threatened sites and protect them into perpetuity under local management. This fund is now known as Halcyon Land & Sea and has since supported 46 projects across 25 countries, protecting some 55.8 million hectares of critical habitat. Since 2012, Arcadia has also provided large-scale support to our marine programme, which has since grown to support 34 initiatives across 18 countries.
FFI has grown and flourished over the last two decades, and Arcadia's long-term support has been vital to our success. Conservation takes time to realise results, in the region of 10-20 years compared with typical donor cycles of 3-5 years. The long-term partnership behind Halcyon Land & Sea has enabled us to persevere with projects and sites, however tricky, until they reach their full potential as well as investing in, and empowering, local organisations to manage these sites into the future. In addition, the flexibility built into Halcyon Land & Sea funding has allowed us to adapt, experiment and learn; this freedom to take risks has driven innovation.
An expert view from the outside
In April 2015, Arcadia commissioned an external review of the work it had funded through FFI. This decision was in line with an increasing trend towards external evaluation among the donor community – particularly in the US, where major foundations regularly use an independent third party to verify and advise them on the impact and effectiveness of their investments.
Nevertheless, this was a big deal for us – the review covered 18 years of Arcadia support to FFI, and would reveal whether its US$20 million+ of funding had been used effectively over that period. FFI is, of course, well used to evaluations; however, this review was of an entirely different scale, focusing on two of our most significant flagship programmes, and requiring a broader examination of FFI's underlying way of working, ethos and psyche. Furthermore, any review or evaluation of this type is generally pretty intimidating; providing external consultants with access to your documents is a bit like allowing someone to rummage through your bedroom drawers!
By September 2016 we had the results of the evaluators' assessment.
Delving into the detail
In January 2016, the process began. The review team, headed by an experienced external evaluator, interrogated a sub-set of Arcadia-funded projects (not only those we considered successful, but – just as importantly – our most problematic or challenging projects as well), while also working to understand the wider operations and organisational style of FFI.
This involved site visits to see projects in action, desk reviews of reports and supporting documents and extensive interviews with FFI staff, partners and other organisations to get an effective 360-degree perspective of our work. Around 130 representatives of around 60 external organisations were consulted, along with some 35 FFI staff.
I had the chance to accompany one of the visits, and observe the evaluation of two Arcadia-funded initiatives in Romania. The project teams took us to a wide variety of field sites to demonstrate the different elements of the projects and to showcase local Romanian culture. The highlight of this visit for me, was finding fresh wolf footprints within Vorta forest – an area of woodland in the Carpathian foothills – and part of the Zarand Landscape Corridor – that the project helped to purchase, and which will be transferred into local ownership in due course.
The report also reiterated our own internal perspectives of FFI's unique role.
Reaffirming successes, learning lessons
By September 2016 we had the results of the evaluators' assessment, condensed into a 75 page report. Happily, this provided positive conclusions about FFI as an institution, about our achievements and, specifically, about our use of Arcadia funding and the success of the projects it had supported. The report also made useful suggestions about where we could improve our operations.
We were all delighted that the reviewers found FFI to be an effective organisation and that we had used Arcadia's grants well. To quote the report: "Compared to what others are attempting and achieving in this field, and considering the opportunities and constraints faced, FFI has performed very well indeed."
The evaluators were able to clearly articulate FFI's role within the wider conservation movement, and celebrated the value of our relatively modest size, stating that we appeared to combine some of the best characteristics of being a big organisation with those of being small.
The report also reiterated our own internal perspectives of FFI's unique role, which they articulated as "(i) collaboration through lasting partnerships, (ii) leadership through innovative models, and (iii) a lean entrepreneurial style allowing fast and flexible engagement on critical issues." The evaluators particularly noted our commitment to, and persistence with, long-term engagements within our projects.
Since 1998 Halcyon Land & Sea has supported 46 projects across 25 countries.
The review makes some very clear statements about how FFI works with partner organisations, referring to FFI as "a genuine collaborator in these relationships, respecting their partners' own goals even while pushing for progress, remaining in the background while their partners take credit for any gains, and recognising individual projects as components of longer-term relationships."
"Playing such a role effectively has required considerable skill, judgement and sometimes patience and fortitude in a variety of different contexts, where FFI's capacity to adapt its approach to local conditions has been critical," it continued.
The report also stated that "few other NGOs can match FFI in the quality of their work with local partners."
There is, of course, room for improvement. The evaluators made a number of recommendations about how we can improve our operations, including how we handle some of the risks inherent in the type of work we do, and around the ongoing challenge of making projects financially sustainable in the long term.
In all of this, Arcadia's support has been crucial to success. The report clearly recognises the invaluable role that Arcadia has played in helping FFI evolve into the organisation it is today, by providing long-term and flexible funding for a considerable and effective body of work.
The review states that Arcadia's trust "has been rewarded by the considerable care FFI has taken in using the funds and the impressive results obtained by both Halcyon Land & Sea and the marine programme."
Arcadia is a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin. Link to the full review document is here.
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@media (max-width:767px){footer{margin-left:-20px;margin-right:-20px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px}}#wrap>.container{padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:60px}
.container{width:auto;max-width:780px}
footer .container p{margin:20px 0}
footer p a.login{margin-right:15px}
footer p a.email{margin-left:15px}
.contact-menu{cursor:pointer}
#content{padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px}
a.btn-navbar{margin-bottom:5px}
.me{margin-top:60px}
input.parsley-success,textarea.parsley-success,div.parsley-success{color:#FFF !important;background-color:#468847 !important;border:1px solid #D6E9C6 !important}
input.parsley-error,textarea.parsley-error,div.parsley-error{color:#FFF !important;background-color:#B94A48 !important;border:1px solid #EED3D7 !important}
ul.parsley-error-list{font-size:11px;margin:2px;list-style-type:none}
ul.parsley-error-list li{line-height:11px}