Geri and Joe are a delightful pair of humans and it was a pleasure to photograph their wedding at Pennard House this summer. It was touch and go as to whether they'd be able to have the outdoor wedding ceremony they wanted. Rain threatened all morning but they decided to brave it. The weather held, right up until the moment drinks were served, when the heavens opened.
Geri and Joe met through a friend and became housemates. Romance blossomed and before long they had moved into their own place. 6 years later, on new years eve, Joe and Geri booked a beautiful house to stay in. It was then that Joe popped the question.
Geri wasn't expecting a proposal at all, as Joe had always told her he wasn't really 'into' marriage. On that trip they drove all over Somerset and agreed that it would be great to get married there.
Here's what Geri and Joe had to say about working with me for their Pennard House wedding photography.
Laura put me at ease immediately, it was as though you were another family member or friend getting ready with us in that giant bedroom. It seemed as though you could see into the future as you were in the right place to capture every moment as it happened. We rarely have our photo taken as we are often uncomfortable and shy but you put us at such ease.
The advice you gave us before and during the day was spot on and we found your blog invaluable. Laura's assistant was also fantastic and made Joe feel so comfortable. We can't thank you enough.
We chose Babb Photo based on photos we saw on your instagram page. Such vibrant colour and storytelling through photography. It appealed to us instantly and gave us confidence in the way that we wanted our day documented. After speaking with Laura by skype, we knew we had made the right choice!
To read more about Geri and Joe's wonderful wedding day in their own words scroll down to the bottom. If you're looking for Pennard House wedding photography or wedding photography in Bath, Bristol or Somerset get in touch.
Pennard House was the only venue we saw – as soon as we drove into the venue's grounds I knew it was for us. It was so relaxed, peaceful and rural but you got the feeling that you could throw a hell of a party in the coach house! We wanted an outdoor, relaxed wedding but most of all we wanted laughter and dancing, lots of dancing!
I am not the girliest of girls. My main aim was to be comfortable and to have the kind of dress that made me feel super glamorous but also made me still feel like me. The 1950's tea dress style is so easy to wear and so much fun to dance in. Also, you get to show off your shoes! I wore a beautiful pair of vintage style Jenny Packham's which were comfortable long into the night. My hair was styled to wear down (as I always do) and I wore large vintage inspired droplet earrings to add some sparkle.
Joe wore a 3 piece navy suit from Richard James, Mayfair. His accessories were from the same designer, along with Ted Baker shoes. Our best best man (my nephew, Cillian) delivered my present to Joe on the morning of the wedding. It was a double Hunter pocket watch. I had often caught Joe looking at pocket watches online and thought it was the perfect time to surprise him.
After seeing Pennard House we realised that we didn't need to use a lot of decoration as there is so much character in the venue itself. We decided that we would make as many of the decorations as we could ourselves. We thought this would add to the fun and build up to the wedding.
Our place names were Polaroid style photos of our guests. It was so much fun choosing the photos however this was so time consuming! We loved hearing the laughter as our guests tried to find their seats.
Our centre pieces were simple foliage and candles of different sizes. We made our table numbers using old scrabble letters and photo frames which we spray painted gold – I think they looked quite effective.
For the coach house, we hung simple paper decorations and I made some bunting to add some cheerful colour.
For as long as I can remember I have loved peonies and I wanted to get married during peonie season so that I would be able to have my favourite flowers as the main focal point in my bouquet. I sent some pictures of my ideas for the bouquet to the brilliant staff at the Walled Garden at Mells Florist and they made my vision come alive. My flowers looked and smelled amazing.
I had pictures of my two grandmothers attached which made it all the more special to me. Also, my father is a beekeeper and naturally bees are very special to us. As I walked down the aisle, a small honey bee followed my bouquet the whole way and flew away as my dad handed me over to Joe – I felt this was a sign, it made my nerves disappear completely.
Joe's button hole had a small thistle as a nod to his Scottish heritage.
We also had a lovely shelf of peonies and foliage hanging outside in our ceremony area which framed the scene and was exactly what I had imagined.
We spent such a long time deliberating over music for our ceremony, music is a huge part of our lives and we often find that our tastes differ considerably! We had 'Into the mystic' by Van Morrison while my dad walked me down the aisle and Tom Jones 'It's not unusual' to walk up the aisle to as a newly married couple – it was so much fun and made most people laugh and dance immediately!
We chose a 1950's rock and roll band for our evening reception which went down an absolute storm – there was never much room on the dance floor which was exactly what we had hoped for! I got to put my dress through its paces and the kids (and the adults) threw some serious shapes. Our faces hurt from laughing! We had Chuck Berry's 'You never can tell' as our first dance song. It's one of our favourites and our band did such a great cover of it!
Our speeches were great sources of entertainment. The father of the bride and best man did us proud and Joe's speech was lovely and heart felt. But I think all our guests would agree that the 9 year old best, best man absolutely stole the show with his outstanding gags and comedy timing. I think we have a star in the making!
Take time to reflect, be in the moment and try not to sweat the small stuff. It's definitely easier said than done but it's so important that the happy couple enjoy the build up to the big day as it goes by so quickly.


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IND vs SL 2017: Malinga, Chandimal Set To Be Overlooked For Limited-Overs Series
by Prince December 5, 2017
Sri Lanka will reportedly not include veteran pacer Lasith Malinga and Test captain Dinesh Chandimal in the squads for the upcoming limited-overs series against India. According to Cricbuzz, Asela Gunaratne and Nuwan Pradeep are in line to return to the team that will be announced on Tuesday (December 5).
Malinga, who has struggled to perform well since his return, was also overlooked for the ODI series against Pakistan and had pulled out of the subsequent T20I series due to security reasons. The pacer has looked like a pale shadow of his former self since returning after a 19-month ODI layoff during the Champions Trophy. The 34-year old has managed to pick up just ten wickets in 13 games at a paltry average of 62.30 since his comeback including the poor series against India where he took only three wickets in as many games.
Malinga has picked up only 10 wickets in 13 games since his comeback (Credits: AFP)
Even in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League, the right-arm pacer has struggled to deliver as per expectations. Playing for Rangpur Riders, he has picked up just six wickets at an economy of over eight runs per over and an average of over 36 in seven games.
Chandimal is also set to face the same fate despite a good outing in the ongoing Test series. The Test captain has scored two half-centuries and a fighting century but he too is reportedly in line to get dropped. The right-handed batsman had a forgettable outing in the five-ODI series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates which Sri Lanka had lost 5-0. Chandimal had registered scores of 4, 2, 19, 16 and 0 in the five games.
Chandimal scored only 41 runs in five ODIs against Pakistan (Credits: Getty)
Meanwhile, Gunaratne, who has been out of international action since injuring his fthumb in the first Test against India at home in July this year, is likely to be named in the squad. Sadeera Samarawickrama, who made his debut in the Pakistan series, is also likely to retain his place despite flopping in UAE. Pradeep is also set to be recalled to the ODI team. The fast-bowler last played an ODI in the home series against Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile, the Islanders will be led by Thisara Perera in the limited-overs series. The ODI series will get underway on December 10 in Dharamsala. The three-match ODI series will be followed by as many T20Is.
Perera will lead Sri Lanka in ODIs and T20Is (Credits: AFP)
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Benfica clinch title in style, meanwhile Porto claim bragging rights over Sporting in end-of-season Clássico
Published: Saturday, 18 May 2019 19:58
Benfica have claimed their 37th league title with a comprehensive 4-1 victory at home to Santa Clara, this Saturday, as the Primeira Liga season drew to a close.
The Eagles required just a point to nail champion status, meanwhile anything but a win for Porto in their Clássico versus Sporting would also take the title back to the red half of Lisbon.
Bruno Lage's men went one better, however, turning on the style at the Estádio da Luz with a 4-1 triumph. Porto took the bragging rights against the Lions with a 2-1 turnaround in the opposing game, meanwhile there was one final win for Sporting de Braga to pick up in their encounter versus Portimonense. PortuGOAL rounds up the top action from the final day of the season.
Benfica 4-1 Santa Clara
The Eagles came into their final game of the season requiring just a point against Santa Clara to reclaim the Portuguese league title, but all eyes were firmly on a win to crown the evening as champions.
Haris Seferovic took an important step towards doing just that for his side in the 16th minute, sneaking in behind the Santa Clara defence to meet Andreas Samaris' lofted pass before converting.
[To watch match highlights click on the screen below]
Ex-Benfica man Fábio Cardoso threatened to peg a goal back for the Azoreans soon after before João Félix popped up to make it 2-0, working his way into shooting range before a powerful strike inside the box left Marco helpless between the sticks.
Rafa Silva amplified the score in the 39th minute, racing in from Seferovic's glancing header to finish first time and set the Eagles into the break with a comfortable 3-0 lead.
Clear in the race for the Golden Boot, Seferovic made it four in the second half moments before César was on hand to turn in a goal for Santa Clara at 4-1 in the 59th minute. The Eagles held onto the score-line through to the final whistle, celebrating in style their return to the Primeira Liga summit.
Related: Five reasons why Benfica are champions
FC Porto 2-1 Sporting
A real heavyweight curtain-call came to test Porto, still hanging onto a glimmer of hope of winning the title, in their final outing at the Estádio do Dragão in a Taça de Portugal rehearsal between the hosts and third-placed Sporting.
The visitors' odds looked less favourable in the 17th minute after a Bruno Gaspar pass back to Cristian Borja caught the Colombian with ground to make up before pulling back the goal-bound Jesús Corona, aiming to burn past Sporting's defence. Borja initially claimed a yellow card for the foul before a VAR review turned it into a red for a last-man challenge, much to the discontent in the Lions' dugout.
Porto paid the price in the second half for not taking the lead in the 58th minute via Danilo Pereira, volleying just wide on the turn via a minor deflection, as Sporting took their chance on the break to go a goal up via Luiz Phellype minutes later.
After hitting the bar, Danilo was the man to drag Conceição's men level with a close-range header, setting up a tense finale that almost saw the score swing Porto's way late on, had it not been for the heroics of Renan Ribeiro and Jeremy Mathieu protecting the Sporting goal.
Héctor Herrera's persistence overpowered the Green and Whites in the 87th minute, however, turning the game on its head with an acrobatic finish across goal. The Dragons bowed out with a 2-1 win, but not before tensions boiled over in the latter stages of the game, consequently earning Corona a red card that rules him out of next weekend's cup final.
Sp. Braga 2-0 Portimonense
Capping off an at times pulsating, yet ultimately underwhelming campaign, Braga were the first of the big four in action when hosting Portimonense on Friday night, hoping for a last hurrah to put an end to three straight league defeats.
Earning a rare start, Xadas was quick to repay Abel Ferreira for a spot in the Arsenalistas' XI in the 12th minute with the game's first goal, keeping his strike low from Ricardo Esgaio's cut-back.
The best Portimonense could offer in response came from Bruno Tabata's whipped cross, catching his teammate, Jackson Martinez, somewhat flat-footed before the latter shinned the delivery wide of the target in the 34th minute.
A handball from Jadson just before the hour-mark gave Dyego Sousa the opportunity to add to his goal tally and make it 2-0 from the penalty spot, with the Brazilian-born forward making no mistake for his 15th in the league.
Braga could've had more goals to celebrate had it not been for Shūichi Gonda in the Portimonense goal, meanwhile the misfiring Aylton squandered his fair share of opportunities at the other end in his failure to alter a 2-0 score-line.
By Patrick Ribeiro
Belenenses 3-0 Nacional
Feirense 2-1 Desp. Aves
Marítimo 0-1 Boavista
Vit. Setúbal 1-3 Rio Ave
Tondela - Chaves
Moreirense - Vit. Guimarães
Primeira Liga,
Sporting de Braga,
Haris Seferovic
We were 7 points behind Porto, languishing in 4th place -- all hope seemed lost. Enter Bruno Lage. What that man accomplished was nothing short of extraordinary. We went up to Guimaraes and beat Vitoria, we went to the Alvalade and demolished...
We were 7 points behind Porto, languishing in 4th place -- all hope seemed lost. Enter Bruno Lage. What that man accomplished was nothing short of extraordinary. We went up to Guimaraes and beat Vitoria, we went to the Alvalade and demolished Sporting, and then, in the game that would ultimately decide the title, Benfica went up north and thoroughly outplayed Porto.
Rumo ao 38!!!!!!!!!


Ms. Bowers has been a director of Activision Blizzard since January 2018. Ms. Bowers has served as an independent governance and organizational consultant for non-profit organizations since 2016. From 1972 to 2016, she served as a teacher and administrator at The Center for Early Education, an independent school for children. She is also a member of the board of directors of the L.A. Philharmonic, the board of advisors of the Edward E. Ford Foundation, the board of councilors of the Rossier School of Education, the advisory board of the Dream Fund for Scholars, the board of directors of the Teachers College, Columbia University, and the board of directors of FEDCO Charitable Foundation. She also serves as the chair of the national board of directors of Common Sense Media, and as a seminar faculty member at the California Teacher Development Collaborative (CATDC). From 1993 to 2003, she served on the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company. Ms. Bowers holds a B.A. in humanities from the University of Southern California and a M.A. in developmental psychology from the College of Developmental Studies.
Mr. Corti has been a director of Activision Blizzard since December 2003. Mr. Corti has more than 25 years of experience at Avon Products. Mr. Corti joined Avon Products' tax department as a tax associate in 1976 and held positions of increasing responsibility in the company's finance department throughout his tenure there, including serving as an executive vice president and the chief financial officer of Avon Products from 1998 until he retired from the chief financial officer role in November 2005 and as an executive vice president in March 2006. Mr. Corti has served on the board of directors of Bacardi Limited since June 2006. In addition, Mr. Corti served as a member of the board of directors of Avon Products Foundation since 1998 and as its chairman from 2006 to 2015, and has served as a member of the Manhattan Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation since January 2012, where he serves as the president of the board. In addition, he was a director of ING Direct from January 2008 until January 2012. Mr. Corti holds a B.A. degree in accounting from Queens College and an M.B.A. degree in taxation from St. John's University. Mr. Corti is also a certified public accountant.
Mr. Hartong has been a director of Activision Blizzard since July 2015. Mr. Hartong is the chairman and chief executive officer, and chairman of the executive committee, of Brynwood Partners. Mr. Hartong joined Brynwood Partners in 2004 as a managing partner, after the firm's divestiture of one of its portfolio companies, Lincoln Snacks Company. Mr. Hartong was the president and chief executive officer of Lincoln Snacks from 1998, at which point the company was publicly traded, until 2004. Prior to joining Lincoln Snacks, Mr. Hartong held various sales and marketing positions of increasing responsibility with Baskin Robbins USA Co. and Nestlé USA, Inc. and, from 1996 to 1998, Activision Publishing, then our principal operating unit. Mr. Hartong currently serves as the chairman of the boards of directors of Harvest Hill Beverage Company, Joseph's Gourmet Pasta Company and Pearson Candy Company, all of which are private companies in which Brynwood Partners has a controlling interest. Mr. Hartong holds a B.A. degree in history from Lafayette College and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard University.
Mr. Kelly has held various positions of responsibility with Activision Blizzard since 1991, including serving as a director of the Company since July 1995, the co-chairman of our Board from October 1998 until October 2013 and as chairman of our Board since 2013. In addition, Mr. Kelly is the co-founder of the Call of Duty Endowment and the founder and chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance. Mr. Kelly holds a B.A. degree in accounting from Rutgers University and a J.D. degree from Fordham University School of Law.
Mr. Kotick has been a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Activision, Inc. since February 1991 until July 2008, when he became Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games.
By merging Activision, Inc.'s top selling portfolio of console and handheld games with Blizzard Entertainment's leading PC and online subscription franchises, Activision Blizzard is the largest, most profitable pure-play interactive entertainment software publisher in the world with leading market positions across every major category of the rapidly growing interactive entertainment software industry.
In addition to his responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard, Mr. Kotick is also a member of the Board of Directors for The Coca-Cola Company, a member of the board of trustees for Harvard Westlake School and The Center for Early Education, and he is chairman of the committee of Trustees at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where he serves as vice chairman of the board of directors. In addition, Mr. Kotick is the founder and co-chairman of the Call of Duty Endowment.
Mr. Meyer has been a director of Activision Blizzard since January 2014. At the end of 2013, Mr. Meyer retired as the chairman of Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc. He joined Warner Brothers as a director of business affairs in 1971 and held positions of increasing responsibility throughout his tenure there, eventually serving as Warner Brothers' chief executive officer and chairman from October 1999 until March 2013 and as chairman through December 2013. Mr. Meyer founded the consulting firm North Ten Mile Associates, LLC following his retirement from Warner Brothers, and currently serves as the manager and co-chief executive officer of that firm. Mr. Meyer is a member of the board of councilors of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, a member and former governor of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and a member and former director of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society. He also serves on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Human Rights Watch, on the advisory board of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Mr. Meyer holds a B.A. degree in English from the University of Rochester and a J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Mr. Morgado has been a director of Activision Blizzard since February 1997. Mr. Morgado is chairman of Maroley Media Group, a media entertainment investment company he established in 1995. He previously served as the chairman and the chief executive officer of Warner Music Group from 1985 to 1995. Mr. Morgado serves on the board of directors of the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. He is also a member of the board of managers of Nest Top, the controlling shareholder of Nest Family and Nest Learning Systems, a children's entertainment company, and Kaanapali Kai, a real estate investment company, where he serves as its chairman. Mr. Morgado holds a B.A. degree in history and philosophy from Chaminade University of Honolulu and an M.P.A. degree from The State University of New York.
Mr. Nolan has been a director of Activision Blizzard since October 2013. Mr. Nolan is a senior advisor to Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. and was previously the managing partner of Leonard Green & Partners. Prior to becoming a partner at Leonard Green & Partners in 1997, Mr. Nolan served as a managing director and the co-head of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette's Los Angeles Investment Banking Division from 1990 to 1997, as a first vice president in corporate finance at Drexel Burnham Lambert from 1986 to 1990, and as a vice president at Prudential Securities, Inc. from 1982 to 1986. Prior to 1982, Mr. Nolan was an associate at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company. Mr. Nolan served on the Company's Board from December 2003 until July 2008, when he resigned in connection with the consummation of the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games. Mr. Nolan currently serves on the board of directors of AerSale Holdings, Inc., Diamond Wipes International, Inc. and Golden Road Food Services, LLC. Mr. Nolan holds a B.S. degree in agricultural economics and finance and M.B.A. degree, both from Cornell University.
Mr. Wasserman has been a director of Activision Blizzard since July 2015. Mr. Wasserman is the chairman and chief executive officer of Wasserman, which he founded in 2002. Mr. Wasserman also serves as the president and chief executive officer of the Wasserman Foundation. He also serves on the board of directors of Saban Capital Acquisition Corp and Vox Media, as a trustee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and as a member of the executive committee for the UCLA Centennial Campaign. Mr. Wasserman is currently chairman of the LA2028 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2028. Mr. Wasserman holds a B.A. degree in political science from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Ms. Wynn has been a director of Activision Blizzard since October 2013. Ms. Wynn is a co-founder of Wynn Resorts and served as a director of Wynn Resorts from its inception in 2002 to May 2015. Prior that, Ms. Wynn served as a director of Mirage Resorts from 1976 to 2000. Ms. Wynn is the founding chairman of Communities in Schools of Nevada and the chairman of the national board of Communities in Schools. In addition, Ms. Wynn is president of the Nevada State Board of Education. She is also a member of the board of trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, a member of the board of trustees of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and a member of the board of governors of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Ms. Wynn holds a B.A. in political science from George Washington University.


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Adley Bruneau revved up young Lantern Festival goers last year by filling the Tofino Botanical Gardens with bubbles. (Photo - Andrew Bailey)
Tofino Lantern Festival an illuminating experience
You should expect to have your mind blown."
Aug. 9, 2018 6:00 a.m.
Locally crafted lights will illuminate the Tofino Botanical Gardens on Sunday at the Raincoast Education Society's 18th annual Lantern Festival.
"When it comes to the Lantern Festival, you should expect to have your mind blown, your soul rejuvenated, your senses stimulated and happiness to flood over you," the society's executive director Mark Maftei told the Westerly News. "It's going to be great. We're, obviously, really excited."
There will be no parking at the Gardens during the event, so goers are encouraged to take advantage of a free shuttle, which will be offering rides to and from the festival from Tofino's Village Green from 7-11 p.m. Admission will begin at 7:30 p.m. with the trails opening up at 8:30 p.m. Admission costs $15 and is cash-only at the event. Children 12 and under can explore the festival for free.
"The Botanical Gardens will be illuminated with 1,000 shimmering candles in hundreds of beautiful, one of a kind, artistic, creative lanterns," Maftei said.
The festival will include a children's lantern parade at 8:15 as well as live music and a multimedia art installation created by 'Capturing the Coast' photo contest winner Nicolas Teichrob.
"What I think is really cool about the Lantern Festival is you're going down all these little paths and you never know what's around the next corner. It's always something different. Whether it's some crazy lantern or whether it's someone doing some kind of performance art," Maftei said. "It's an awesome time. You're in nature and you're surrounded by all these great people and all this beautiful stuff to look at."
He said approximately 1,200 people attended last year's festival and that the event is the society's largest annual fundraiser with proceeds going towards free educational programming throughout the West Coast.
Anyone wanting to create their own lantern to bring to the festival can build one at daily workshops being offered at the Raincoast Education Society's office inside the Botanical Gardens Ecolodge building from 12:30-5 p.m., Aug. 6-10.
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In follow-up to my June 20th post about the difference between dissolved oxygen and TPO, I want to share a conversation I recently had with a customer about the dO2 results he was seeing on his canning line, and the way simple dO2 measurements of shaken and unshaken packages were able to help him sort out a problem.
I told him that the oxygen had to be coming from air trapped in the foam, then did a quick calculation to show that it really could rise that much. If all of the headspace in a 12 oz. package were air, the can or bottle would pick up between 3 to 5 ppm of oxygen, depending upon the size of the headspace: the more air that got into a particular package, the higher the shaken dO2.
If the dO2 of the package increases, the majority of the oxygen was in the headspace – it shifted from the headspace to the liquid upon agitation.
If the dO2 in the package decreases, the majority of the oxygen was in the liquid – it shifted from the liquid to the headspace upon shaking.
My final thought is that a simple test like comparing the dO2 on shaken and unshaken packages can tell you a lot about where to focus your troubleshooting effort.


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namespace Foggyline\PaymentBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;

class CardController extends Controller
{
    public function authorizeAction(Request $request)
    {
        // Incoming request should/might contain the CardType form
        // Imagine we are calling the real payment processor API here, and getting some transaction id back
        $transaction = md5(time() . uniqid()); // Just a dummy string, simulating some transaction id, if any

        if ($transaction) {
            return new JsonResponse(array(
                'success' => $transaction
            ));
        }

        return new JsonResponse(array(
            'error' => 'Error occurred while processing Card payment.'
        ));
    }

    public function captureAction(Request $request)
    {
        // Incoming request should/might contain the CardType form
        // Imagine we are calling the real payment processor API here, and getting some transaction id back
        $transaction = md5(time() . uniqid()); // Just a dummy string, simulating some transaction id, if any

        if ($transaction) {
            return new JsonResponse(array(
                'success' => $transaction
            ));
        }

        return new JsonResponse(array(
            'error' => 'Error occurred while processing Card payment.'
        ));
    }

    public function cancelAction(Request $request)
    {
        // Imagine we are calling the real payment processor API here, and getting some transaction id back
        $transaction = md5(time() . uniqid()); // Just a dummy string, simulating some transaction id, if any

        if ($transaction) {
            return new JsonResponse(array(
                'success' => $transaction
            ));
        }

        return new JsonResponse(array(
            'error' => 'Error occurred while processing Card payment.'
        ));
    }
}

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Do It Better, Social Impact
5 New Business Rules to Help You Smash the Patriarchy
Rather than win-lose, let's shift the focus to be for the greater good.
Gender equity in the workplace needs to go further than paid family leave or flexible schedules. Our capitalist system was built on the principle of constant growth, which can come at a steep cost for people and the planet—all for the sake of profit. Those who created this structure win, and mostly everyone else loses. Business today still follows their rules.
Well, I've always been a rule breaker. It's time to break apart the underlying system and make something new that works for everyone.
I can tell you from my own experience: Patriarchal structures and systems are baked into everything we are told to do as business owners. I've had a lot of coaching and have taken a ridiculous number of business seminars, and the advice seemed to come from an Old White Man-centered system, which I've always been determined to take down. I think about how to break down this inequity in everything I do, from how our team works to how we structure our contracts.
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Report: ISIS Buried Thousands in 72 Mass Graves
By Editor on September 3, 2016 4 Comments
HARDAN, Iraq (AP) — Surrounded by smoke and flames, the sound of gunshots echoing around him, the young man crouched in the creek for hours, listening to the men in his family die.
On the other side of the mountain, another survivor peered through binoculars as the handcuffed men of neighboring villages were shot and then buried by a waiting bulldozer. For six days he watched as the extremists filled one grave after another with his friends and relatives.
Between them, the two scenes of horror on Sinjar mountain contain six burial sites and the bodies of more than 100 people, just a small fraction of the mass graves Islamic State extremists have scattered across Iraq and Syria.
In exclusive interviews, photos and research, The Associated Press has documented and mapped 72 of the mass graves, the most comprehensive survey so far, with many more expected to be uncovered as the Islamic State group's territory shrinks. In Syria, AP has obtained locations for 17 mass graves, including one with the bodies of hundreds of members of a single tribe all but exterminated when IS extremists took over their region. For at least 16 of the Iraqi graves, most in territory too dangerous to excavate, officials do not even guess the number of dead. In others, the estimates are based on memories of traumatized survivors, Islamic State propaganda and what can be gleaned from a cursory look at the earth.
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Council says it would be 'unfair' to release senior staff pay-offs under FOI
Shropshire council has said revealing the pay-offs made to senior staff under the Freedom of Information Act would be "unfair".
The Shropshire Star report:
Director of places Tom McCabe and head of finance
and commerce Rachel Musson drew a combined annual salary of more than £210,000.
They both left the authority recently as part of a management shake-up.
The council's information governance team today refused a Freedom of Information request from the Shropshire Star – claiming it would be 'unfair' to reveal what pay-offs they were given.


Here is a link to an excellent hour long radio show about morality that was recommended to me by Aeneas in a comment to this blog.
The show starts off with the posing of two moral problems that appear to be the same, but are consistently decided in opposite ways by 90% of those who are asked. Later in the show they return to the lab that does functional brain scan studies using these kinds of moral questions and they look at the results of posing a true moral paradox in which the decisions made by respondents are about 50/50.
There are five workers on a set of train tracks and the train is coming but they are completely unaware, and unable to become aware, of its approach and you have no means of communicating with them. You are certain that they will all be killed if the train hits them.
Variation 1: you have a lever for a track switch that will divert the train onto a siding but there is one worker on that track who will be killed.
Variation 2: you are on an overpass over the train tracks between the workers and the train with a very large man who happens to be standing on the edge of the over pass such that if you push him over he will fall to his death on the tracks but stop the train from killing the five other workers.
Question: Do you push the man?
As I said the interviewers emphasized the idea that these problems are similar, as if what really matters is simply the math of sacrificing one to save five. This is a mistaken view of what is important in deciding a moral question, which makes the results that 90% of respondents answer, "yes" to the first question and "no" to the second answer seem odd. The mistake is in assuming, as the Western Philosophical Tradition has for a very long time, that we are mere rule following moral calculators. If you can calculate the cost of every action against the cost of all the alternatives then you can arrive at a solution that will maximize the return on the moral risks taken.
Our moral concepts are complex and, as pointed out in the second part of the show, derive from an evolutionary history that preceded our analytical abilities. They are based on experiences of well-being and the most effective ways to achieve those experiences in a variety of situations that may have logical structures that are mutually exclusive of each other. Thus we are able to use the moral calculation metaphor to guide our thoughts when people we do not know are in a situation in which we cannot interact with them and our only possible intervention is through an isolated lever pulling action. But, when we can sense the presence of a real person with whom we can sympathize then our thoughts are guided by deep unconscious conceptual metaphors that dictate against sacrificing the immediate compelling interest of our compatriot on the overpass in continuing to live.
In the moral paradox presented later in the program the choice is the death of your whole village, who are hiding from enemy soldiers together, or killing your sick baby whose coughing will alert the soldiers to the village hiding place, with respondents splitting 50/50 on killing the baby or the whole village.
I predict that the first train scenario would elicit closer to a 50/50 response if it were posed as pulling a lever to kill your mother on the one track versus killing your five best friends on the other. Or if you presented the second scenario as the choice between pushing Hitler, Osama bin Laden, or another infamous mass killer off the overpass versus saving your five best friends then the distribution of answers might be different.
What counts in moral deliberation is not the objective "facts" of the situation, but the understanding of the person in the situation at the moment when they are called to make a decision. If they understand the problem as one involving the action of pulling a lever to save a lot of people with no further information, then it's easy. If they understand that they have to look their own child in the eyes and then kill him or her then it doesn't matter what else is at stake normal people will put up resistance to making that choice. What is probably most important in the decision making process is how the person imagines their experience of taking the action options they understand are available, and secondarily, what consequences they can then imagine occurring as a result of their imagined actions.
If we want to help people to make morally appropriate choices then we have to help them to develop better ways to assess their own understanding of the situations they face and to be better able to imagine themselves taking courageous, kind, compassionate, or other virtuous courses of action. This is a substantial change from the traditional Western Philosophical view that we, as moral calculators, just need the right set of rules and an appropriate system of punishments and rewards for obedience to them. Looking at the 90% of the people who respond to the first two questions in opposite ways; the only problem is in the questions, not the answers. The questions activate very different experiences in the imagination of the decision maker and they provide very limited choices. Real life is rarely, if ever, that simple. While the questions were undoubtedly good for brain imaging studies that want to isolate different moral processing activity in the brain, they are not very good for gaining insight into real moral decision making skills nor assisting people with improving them.


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Q: How to upload video from camera that created using AVFoundation I have created a app that record only video and send it on the server, I have used AVCam project for help. And using MKNetworkKit for upload video on the server.
But when i convert my output url in NSData it will give me unlimited data in my NSLog and both my xcode and iPhone will be hang, so plz help.
here what i have tried :
@implementation AVCamRecorder (FileOutputDelegate)

- (void)             captureOutput:(AVCaptureFileOutput *)captureOutput
didStartRecordingToOutputFileAtURL:(NSURL *)fileURL
                   fromConnections:(NSArray *)connections
{
                           //
    if ([[self delegate] respondsToSelector:@selector(recorderRecordingDidBegin:)]) {
        [[self delegate] recorderRecordingDidBegin:self];
    }

}

- (void)              captureOutput:(AVCaptureFileOutput *)captureOutput
didFinishRecordingToOutputFileAtURL:(NSURL *)anOutputFileURL
                    fromConnections:(NSArray *)connections
                              error:(NSError *)error
{

    videodata = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:outputFileURL];   //video data is my NSData

    NSLog(@"output video data is :%@",videodata);   //Here i have get non stop output data and hang
    NSLog(@"output file url is: %@",anOutputFileURL);

    if ([[self delegate] respondsToSelector:@selector(recorder:recordingDidFinishToOutputFileURL:error:)]) {
        [[self delegate] recorder:self recordingDidFinishToOutputFileURL:anOutputFileURL error:error];
    }

    //NSLog(@"captureOutput is: %@",captureOutput);

    //videoPath = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:anOutputFileURL encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];

    //videoPath = [anOutputFileURL absoluteString];

    //videoURL = anOutputFileURL;
   // videodata = captureOutput;
   // NSLog(@"video path is: %@",videodata);

    UIAlertView *message = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:nil
                                                       message:@"Do you want to upload this content to the yes stream network ?"
                                                      delegate:self
                                             cancelButtonTitle:nil
                                             otherButtonTitles:@"Yes",@"No",nil];
    [message show];
}

- (void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
{
    NSString *title = [alertView buttonTitleAtIndex:buttonIndex];
    if([title isEqualToString:@"Yes"])
    {
        NSLog(@"Yes was selected.");

        self.flUploadEngine = [[fileUploadEngine alloc] initWithHostName:@"manektech.net" customHeaderFields:nil];

        NSMutableDictionary *postParams = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                           @"testApp", @"appID",
                                           nil];
        self.flOperation = [self.flUploadEngine postDataToServer:postParams path:@"/dilipvideotest/savefile.php"];

        [self.flOperation addData:videodata forKey:@"uploadfile" mimeType:@"video/mov" fileName:@"output.mov" ];

        [self.flOperation onCompletion:^(MKNetworkOperation *operation) {

            NSLog(@"response string is : %@", [operation responseString]);

            /*
             This is where you handle a successful 200 response
             */
        }
                               onError:^(NSError *error) {
                                   NSLog(@"error : %@", error);
                                   UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Error"
                                                                                message:[error localizedDescription]
                                                                                delegate:nil
                                                                         cancelButtonTitle:@"Dismiss"
                                                                         otherButtonTitles:nil];
                                   [alert show];
                               }];

        [self.flUploadEngine enqueueOperation:self.flOperation ];

    }
    else if([title isEqualToString:@"No"])
    {
        NSLog(@"No was selected.");
    }
}

@end

And here my log file:
2012-11-02 11:16:25.585 AVFoundationCam[322:707] output file url is :file://localhost/private/var/mobile/Applications/4B2E02E5-3EE2-493E-8ECF-4B1DA29B9387/tmp/output.mov

2012-11-02 10:38:20.172 AVFoundationCam[157:707] output video data is :<00000014 66747970 71742020 00000000 71742020 00000008 77696465 0048f6a2 6d646174 00cc4007 010299cc 3dbd55cc 24c445ef bf3ae6f8 d24efffc 37c1ae35 2e5820d7 9111eef2 78c4b828 851be773 17f438d7 ed6ff47e afd5f439 cc3f2bed f60e0fb1 f2f6ba5e 81fcfbe2 df2b758e 373963b2 2b84f47e 0757c80a baf7abc8 cb0004a6 52001ff2 b257cbfb df66f0b6 3a325664 76dd35fa 758fa705 c1feeb4d 31376570 c4a967da 4d8d2fc2 d5b7c66b 30bc4477 9f0d0701 3099fe12 35a697bd 270d7556 3b24b833 7198a99a 314dcb28 32505930 9ac1a7a3 484c07a4 22d55921 115aae8f 481d2742 35c71af9 c94bd590 f841bf1d e2b9866b 10ecc5ba 333a9da7 9f1c5cb5 8f1a8686 619954c8 d4437dfb 4caa68bd 1164561c 2e15751a c29b0b41 34b1990e a6454c32 c472e79c 26d31699 95a6e164 e2c159ab 9a065e1f 1eaeec74 4445ddb1 11092ed0 b4f66d1a 68bb5a53 a1ee7eec a612b540 1a912034 07c7bffa 6733ad30 c8c43801 26d520c9 12220486 61153df9 ad6624a6 ab716849 25ca924b 912aab41 c16316eb 21a409d6 4175a0f6 9675e80f fbbe61ba 12cf4f7e af73a9a6 029961d7 0bed268a 97a116a0 e27add77 68de97c4 a476a450 9504cb0d d539f984 9b3af0f2 30c4632b AND STILL showing much more data and hang...............

A: Do not try to NSLog the data. Your video file may be very big. NSLog will print out every byte of the data in text representation. You can print out the number of bytes if you need to have an idea how big is your movie is:
NSLog(@"output video data size is:%d", videodata.length);

I am not familiar with MKNetworkOperation, you need to figure out whether is has any data size limitations or not.
Also, movie files are usually pretty big. So, your application may run out of memory when allocating a huge data chunk. I would think about sending the movies via stream piece by piece if the server side is capable to receive it in this way.

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Subject: JAMN Receives Analyst Coverage ADMD Trending Up
JAMN Receives Analyst Coverage ADMD Trending Up
Company: Advanced Medical Isotope Corp. (OTCQB: ADMD)
Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation (AMIC) (OTCBB:ADMD) is a U.S.-based public company engaged in the production and distribution of medical isotopes and in the development and identification of medical isotope technologies that are changing the practice of medicine and revolutionizing the standard of medical care.
Company Information Sheet
Company: Marley Coffee (OTCBB: JAMN)
Marley Coffee Receives Analyst Coverage
Leading analyst and contributor to CNBC and Bloomberg TV
LOS ANGELES, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Marley Coffee (OTCBB: JAMN), a sustainably grown, ethically farmed and artisan roasted gourmet coffee, announced that they have received coverage from noted analyst Francis Gaskins , Editor in Chief at IPODesktop.com.
Harvard and Princeton educated, Gaskins insights are valued, and his commentaries are seen frequently in the Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, Bloomberg News and CNBC. His website was awarded as one of Forbes Best IPO Sites, and he is the number one most widely read IPO contributor on SeekingAlpha.com. He is also the primary video IPO analyst at Jim Cramer's thestreet.com website.
Company: Prince Mexico SA (OTCBB: LUVE)
Prince Mexico SA Launches New Corporate Website
JALISCO, Mexico, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Prince Mexico SA (OTCBB: LUVE) ("Prince Mexico" or the "Company"), a distribution company focused on expanding the retail reach of high-end Prince sporting goods and related products, is pleased to announce the launch of its new corporate website, http://www.princemexicosa.com.
"We're excited to provide this new and improved online corporate platform for our partners and investors," commented Francis Duncan Forbes, President and CEO of Prince Mexico, SA. "The new website acts as a hub to all things Prince. Visitors can access product brochures, videos, corporate updates, and more. Prince is a world class product and the new website accurately reflects our standing in the global marketplace."
Company: PositiveID Corporation (OTCBB: PSID)
PositiveID Corporation Publishes Report on Market Opportunities for M-BAND and Dragonfly
Research Report is Available on PositiveID's Website
DELRAY BEACH, Fla., March 25, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PositiveID Corporation ("PositiveID" or "Company") (PSID), a developer of biological detection and diagnostics solutions, today announced it has published a report on market opportunities and positioning for its M-BAND (Microfluidic Bio-agent Autonomous Networked Detector) and Dragonfly technologies. A copy of the report is available on PositiveID's website at http://www.positiveidcorp.com/files
Company: GroveWare Technologies Ltd. (OTCQB: GROV)
3 Million Dollar Annual Market Opportunity for GroveWare Technologies GROV- for Paperless County Government Solution on Apple iPad
TORONTO, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GroveWare Technologies Ltd. (OTCQB: GROV) - a provider of enterprise/government mobile solutions connecting mobile workforces by smartphones and tablets devices, presented the company's product line this week in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for senior Allegheny County officials. Allegheny County hosted the presentation for the purpose of learning more about the significant financial and efficiency benefits available upon implementation of GroveWare's paperless document solution county wide.
By Nick Timiraos: The Wall Street Journal
Investors Pile Into Housing, This Time as Landlords
LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Jeff Pintar had buyer's remorse as he purchased 12 foreclosed homes in five Southern California counties on a single day. His regret: that he didn't buy more homes a year earlier.
"Things have turned around faster than anyone anticipated," said Mr. Pintar, who first began buying properties here four years ago and now owns or manages 1,700 homes, which he rents out for between 1,000 and 3,800 dollars a month. Here in Orange County, nearly every home listed for less than 400,000 dollars "is being pursued by institutional investor capital," he said.
By Jeff Macke: Breakout
3 Ways to Play the Quiet Rally in Natural Gas
Did you hear about Google (GOOG) breaking through $800? How about Blackberry's (BBRY) comeback? Are you thinking of buying the dip on Apple (APPL)?
Just stop. Please. Momentum names are fine but big money is made in assets hiding under the radar. In the attached clip, Greg Troccoli, technician and co-founder of ChartLabPro.com has some stock ideas in a sector that's been long out of favor.
Strategically Troccoli screens markets looking for charts that are climbing the fastest using his rating methodology. He's not interested in calling bottoms or tops, but catching the middle of moves in stocks or sectors. It's a less glamorous but a higher percentage way to trade.


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Hear stories about Woodstock from musicians and organizers who were there. Whether you remember the news from the day or have seen photos in histories, this weekend festival continues to intrigue and entertain 50 years later. In addition to a panel discussion with Roger Kaufman, Bruce Pollock, Rob Fabroni and Michael Friedman, there will also be a short concert of favorite hits from that legendary festival performed by the Woodstock All-Stars. Wear your tie-dye and daisy chains!
This Westporter/Westonite wears many hats as bandleader, bass player, producer, and closet historian; and is the moderator for this spectacular panel discussion. Kaufman's musical roots run deep –his grandfather Mel Kaufman wrote over 60 compositions including "Me-Ow" in 1918. His passion for 1960s Memphis Soul and R&B can be heard locally in his band, Old School Revue. Recently, Kaufman has been assisting the Smithsonian in the acquisition, archival and exhibition of donations from celebrated composer/producer Steve Cropper and Westonite Jose Feliciano.
Since 1969, when he had his first song published, Bruce has been a full-fledged player in the deviant sub culture of Rock and Roll. The author of By the time We Got To Woodstock:The Rock and Roll Revolution, he has written 15 books on music, interviewed hundreds of pop/rock/folk/soul/blues and jazz musicians, produced nearly 100 record compilations and self published an annual musical reference book for 17 years. He was founding Editor in Chief of the magazine Guitar for the Practicing Musician, an Executive A&R Producer at BMG and Sony BMG and a columnist for Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Viva, Video Review, the Gannett Westchester Newspapers and Songfacts.com. He currently resides in Fairfield and was recently a guest lecturer for two semesters at Fairfield University, teaching a course on the History of Rock and Roll.
A Weston resident, Friedman was manager and music producer in the '60s and '70s, and had the opportunity to work with Janis Joplin, The Band, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Todd Rundgren and others. An avid photographer, Friedman captured up close and intimate moments, both on stage and off, of numerous legendary performers. His "The Lost Negatives of Michael Friedman " is headed to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
World- renowned musicians Abhik Mukherjee (sitar), Apratim Majumdar (sarod), and Ranendra Das (tabla) will take you on an extraordinary journey with a Jugalbandi of North Indian classical music. Experience the transcendent power of this art form, steeped in centuries of tradition and history, as we welcome spring.
This concert compliments the year-long study of Indian culture and arts in the public schools. Through its annual Global Arts Initiative, the Westport Public Schools Music & Visual Art Department selects a specific global culture and partners with community and various school disciplines to provide students with the opportunity to increase their understanding of the diversity and uniqueness of global cultures.
The Shack Sackler Foundation is the primary benefactor of this music series.
Born in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Ranendra Das began learning tabla from his father at the age of 3. After immigrating to the United States in 1995, he began studying tabla with Pandit Samir Chatterjee and Dr. Shouri Lahiri.
Ranendra has performed at Madison Square Garden, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Symphony Space in New York City, and has participated in renowned jazz and music festivals such as the Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) in Black Mountain, North Carolina, the Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival in Mystic, Connecticut, and the Arts and Ideas International Festival in New Haven, Connecticut. In 2010, Ranendra was honored to performed for President Barack Obama at the Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Dedication in Washington, DC. Ranendra Das have been teaching World Music at University of Bridgeport.
Abhik's first public performance was at the age of nine at the Governor's House, Kolkata. He has since performed in ten countries on four continents. Some memorable concerts include performances for the inauguration of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial (Washington D.C.); at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City); the Indian Habitat Center (Delhi); Doordarshan (Kolkata); and a summer tour of Italy, Germany, and Switzerland. Abhik currently lives in New York City and is a founding member of Brooklyn Raga Massive, an Indian classical music artists' collective.
Sarod virtuoso Apratim Majumdar is the most thinking and creative Sarod Player, a composer and a brilliant performer. Apratim (born in Kolkata) was initially tutored and groomed by Prof Rabin Ghosh, disciple of Ustad Alauddin Khan in strict discipline and style of Senia Maihar Gharana. He also received training from Shree Partho Sarothy, disciple of Ustad Dhyanesh Khan and Pandit Ravi Shankar. Presently he is under training of Dr. Pradip Kumar Chakraborty, one of the senior most disciples of Pt. Ravi Shankar.
Opus87 is a Manhattan-based piano quartet specializing in classical and contemporary chamber music. Formed by friends at the Manhattan School of Music in 2016, opus87 continues to explore the piano quartet repertoire together. The group is comprised of violinist Francesca Abusamra, pianist Brian Daurelle, cellist Thea Mesirow and violist Dudley Raine.
The members of opus87 hail from across the country and have made it a core part of their mission to bring high-quality chamber music to their home states and other communities. They aspire to bring fresh and exciting music to new audiences. While their programming centers around the classics of the piano quartet repertory, they reserve a special place for new and neglected music. Through collaboration with living composers, they seek to expand the body of works for their instrumentation. In addition to contemporary music, they seek to find and share lesser-known gems of the quartet repertoire with their audiences.
opus87's recent concert engagements include a chamber opera premiere as part of Victoria Bond's 'Cutting-Edge Concerts' series, a program exploring the New York-Czech connection at Manhattan's historic Parish of Calvary-St. George's, and a summer east coast tour with stops in Maine, Massachusetts and Virginia, culminating in a performance at Merkin Hall at Lincoln Center in NYC. Their upcoming projects include commissioned works from composers Thomas Feng and Chelsea Komschlies.
Based in New York City, Francesca Abusamra is a violinist dedicated to creating an engaging and accessible musical experience. She is a founding member of the opus87 Piano Quartet, an ensemble that aims to bring both new music and classical repertoire to a variety of audiences. Their recent east coast summer tour included everything from performing in the rural woods of Maine to their culminating performance at Merkin Hall; their repertoire spanned from Haydn and Schumann to Walton and Weir.
As a prizewinner in the American Protégé concerto competition, Ms. Abusamra performed at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. She has also performed in the Detroit Symphony's Orchestra Hall, playing the Bach Concerto for Two Violins with DSO Assistant Concertmaster Hai Xin Wu and chamber orchestra.
Ms. Abusamra is passionate about performances that interact with other artistic disciplines. Recently, she performed Hindemith Solo Sonata No. 2. in a collaboration with choreographer Allison Armstrong of Golden Hour Dance where live solo violin interacted with dancers. Abusamra also participated in a performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Gloria at Symphony Space with the Manhattan School of Music Chamber Orchestra, together with Dakshina Indian Dance Company.
She also enjoys orchestral performances, regularly serving as principal second violin in the MSM orchestras. Ms. Abusamra is joining the Symphony of Westchester as a section violin beginning this season. She currently studies with Peter Winograd, first violinist of the American String Quartet, at Manhattan School of Music.
Brian Daurelle is a pianist, composer and sound artist based in New York City. Originally from Salt Lake City, Brian moved East to pursue classical training with Nina Svetlanova, a noted pedagogue in the Russian-German tradition of piano playing. The rich musical scene of New York allowed him to pursue his passion for new and experimental music; in 2016, he joined the Manhattan School of Music's resident contemporary ensemble, TACTUS, which presents 12 concerts of contemporary music each year. He is a founding member of opus87 piano quartet.
As a committed chamber musician, Brian has kept a foot in the world of traditional classical chamber music while also participating in many groups dedicated to new music. His ensemble Scorrevole commissioned and premiered three new works at the Cortona Sessions in Italy, and the opus87 piano quartet received its first commissioned work from award-winning film composer Charles Sydnor. He has worked with such composers as Hans Tutschku, Kate Soper, Eric Wubbles, Alvin Singleton, Reiko Füting, Marjorie Merryman, Nina C. Young, Zosha di Castri, Mary Kouyoumdjian, David Adamcyk, and Suzanne Farrin.
Apart from the piano, Brian is an adept user of the Max MSP programing environment. He has composed two concert electro-acoustic works for his colleagues; 'Nature Mort', for clarinet and live electronics, and 'traCiel', for cello and live electronics, as well as a number of purely acousmatic pieces. In addition, he has produced or assisted with electronics on pieces such as Luigi Nono's 'Ha Venido' and Philippe Leroux's 'Voi(Rex)'. Brian's focus is on creating flexible and reactive sonic environments for live performance and improvisation, and on allowing musicians to idiomatically extend the capabilities of their instruments.
Thea Mesirow is a cellist with a diverse musical background and an artistic sensibility. Motivated by a passion for connecting with people through sound, she performs contemporary and classical music, as well as rock, pop, musical theatre, and recording for film.
As both a soloist and collaborator Thea has been fortunate enough to work with composers such as Michael Pisaro, Reiko Füting, Annie Gosfield, and Sophia Gubaidulina, among others. In their debut season her duo, Berrow Duo, alongside flutist Leia Slosberg, had their international debut in Montreal, QC, a weekly pick by I Care if You Listen, a performance presented by Metropolis Ensemble, and a performance as part of NYU's Music Department Conference. She is a member of The Nouveau Classical Project and Quartet121, and has performed at venues throughout LA and New York including the Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Redcat, Roulette, and National Sawdust.
Thea received a BFA from California Institute of the Arts where she studied with Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick. She completed her Masters at the Manhattan School of Music in May of 2017 where she studied with Fred Sherry. She is inspired by artistic collaboration, Jane Austen, Animal Welfare Activism, and glitter.
Dudley Raine, IV, is a New-York based violist who is classically trained and also experienced in many styles of music, including contemporary and traditional irish music. Dudley is a founding member of the opus87 piano quartet, and in addition to his classical roots, advocates for new music and commissions to be programmed in the ensemble's concerts. He has performed at Carnegie Hall on multiple occasions with the New England Symphonic Ensemble with conductors from across the country. Dudley has also recorded music for an independent film, performed in a fashion show, and played in the Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival.
In his upcoming projects, Dudley will curate a concert featuring scordatura works for solo viola, and perform in his own chamber arrangement of the Franck violin sonata. Dudley can be seen performing for SPN Events, the New England Symphonic Ensemble, as a resident artist in the City Concert Society, and in the resident ensemble at Calvary Church.
As part of the opus87 piano quartet, Dudley's recent engagements include premiering composer Eric Salzman's final stage work. His quartet was presented in the Calvary Chamber Series, as well as in the Bradley Backstage concert series in Fryeburg, Maine. Raine has appeared in masterclasses with Craig Mumm, Jeffrey Irvine, Sheila Brown and Susan DuBois. Dudley has attended summer music programs including the Chautauqua Institute, Cortona New Music Sessions, and Wintergreen Summer Music Academy.
Arturo Toscanini is widely recognized as the most famed conductor of the 20th-century and was once one of the most famous people in the world. But his legacy reaches far past his musical contributions.
In author and musical historian Harvey Sachs's acclaimed biography, Toscanini: Musician of Conscience, Toscanini is revealed as a man who was incapable of separating his spectacular career from the call of his conscience. In this talk, Sachs will show us not only the Toscanini that brought audiences to their feet, but also the man who opposed totalitarianism with a personal bravery that would make him a model for artists of conscience.
The evening will also include a brief Q&A with Sachs and a rare film footage of the Maestro in action with the NBC Symphony in 1943.
Note: This event was re-scheduled from from November 15.
Riverrun is the meeting of two remarkable musicians, pianist/composer Jeremy Wall and flutist John Ragusa. The magic of their sound comes from the spontaneity of their interplay and the unique range of their repertoire. They create a seamless blend of jazz, Latin, classical and rock styles featuring the multi-faceted compositions of Grammy nominated composer Jeremy Wall, as well selections from Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Eric Satie, and lesser known gems by Brazilian composers Vinicius de Moraes, Carlos Lyra, Ivan Lins, Baden Powell and Egberto Gismonti. The dynamic range of their shows are highlighted by the virtuosity John Ragusa displays on a variety of flutes. As the audiences at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC have discovered, Riverrun's scintillating performances are attractive to a wide variety of music listeners.
Jeremy Wall is a co-founder of the Jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra and has recorded extensively as producer, keyboardist, composer and arranger in all genres of music. He has released over 70 of his own compositions and has been nominated for several Grammys as a producer, pianist and composer. His composition "Shakedown" was nominated for a Grammy award for "Best Pop Instrumental." He has worked extensively with celebrated clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, writing, recording and producing 9 albums and is currently a professor of music at SUNY Oneonta.
John Ragusa has been called "One of today's finest improvisational flutists" by the legendary Paul Horn. He is one half of the award-winning roots/blues duo, Mulebone, and has been featured in concert and recordings with the acclaimed Nashville singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman for 20 years. He is also a featured member of the Jazz/Bluegrass band the Alison Brown Quartet, led by Grammy winning composer Alison Brown. John has several recordings under his own name and is featured on over 50 albums, television and movie soundtracks.
Enjoy the earthy, organic soundscapes of Hiroya Tsukamoto's Japanese guitar compositions in a concert presented in partnership with the Connecticut Guitar Festival. His music is an innovative, impressionistic journey that imparts a mood of peace and tranquility.
Hiroya Tsukamoto is a guitarist and composer originally from Kyoto, Japan. In 2000, he received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and came to the US. Since then, he has been performing internationally including several appearances with his group at Blue Note in New York and released six albums as a leader. He also performed and appeared on major television stations internationally such as NHK (Japanese National Television) and EBS in Korea. In 2018, Hiroya won 2nd place in International Finger Style Guitar Championship.
The New World Chorus is a Stamford-based community inspirational choir, under the direction of founder, composer and music director Beth Styles and choir director Jason L. Terry, which combines voices from diverse backgrounds and traditions. With the vision of "One World, One Voice, United in Love," the choir performs original, uplifting contemporary spiritual music throughout the year, bringing people together in the name of love and unity.
Beth Styles is an award winning composer/producer/artist whose work is devoted to bringing people together. She has written an extensive catalogue of original music ranging from Contemporary Spiritual, Jewish Liturgical, Gospel, Jazz, R & B, Theater, Folk and Funk to Film Scoring and Children's Music.
Since founding the New World Chorus in 2011, Beth has collaborated with diverse houses of worship and community leaders to produce compelling annual interfaith events including Thanksgiving's "A Time to be Grateful", "Season of Miracles", a joyful celebration of Spring and "Street Angels," holiday singers that go out to inspire the community. With passionate spiritual roots as well as a long time education in transformational studies, Beth is devoted to bringing the NWC vision to fruition "One World, One Voice, United in Love."
Jason Linwood Terry is a gifted vocalist and choir director. Beloved and in demand, Jason sings and directs for the New World Chorus, the Good New Gospel Choir of Westport, CT (Founder Chris Coogan), and renowned gospel recording artist, Pastor Hezekiah Walker.
Jason grew up in Danville, Virginia, where both his spiritual and musical journey began with singing in church choirs. He later studied music at Shaw University and received a degree in Music. After traveling with the Shaw University concert choir throughout the country and abroad, Jason was appointed Minister of Music for the Thomas J. Boyd Chapel and served as director for the campus's New Vision Gospel Choir in Raleigh, North Carolina.
As a professional studio artist, Jason has sung background vocals for many different gospel artists such as Shirley Caesar, Karen Clark-Sheard, Kurt Carr and many others.
This event is RE-SCHEDULED due to the inclement weather. THE NEW DATE IS Saturday, March 9 at 3 pm.
Hear Broadway performers Frank Mastrone and Terry Eldh, accompanied by Heather A. Hamilton, pay tribute to the great maestro through his songs and their stories. This all-star line-up of local professional musicians have performed on Broadway and in major venues from Lincoln Center to the stages of Europe.
Note time of performance: Sunday evening at 7:30 pm.
Heather Amlin Hamilton, Ed.D., a native of Fairfield, CT is the Director of Music at Saugatuck Church, UCC in Westport, CT and is also the owner of Hamilton Music Services where she teaches piano, theory and history to students of all ages and abilities. She is also a former conducting student of Bernstein at Tanglewood. Dr. Hamilton attended the Mannes College of Music and holds two Master's Degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. She has the distinction of being the first fellowship recipient as pianist in the Orchestral Performance Degree Program at MSM studying with Harriet Wingreen, former pianist with the NY Philharmonic. In 2010 Heather received her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Bridgeport, CT.
Dr. Hamilton has performed as pianist, accompanist, organist, percussionist and conductor throughout the United States and Europe. She has performed in many venues including Merkin Hall, Symphony Space, Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center. This past May she performed at the Metropolitan Club with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Branford Marsalis in a piece by Miles Davis. As a graduate student, she premiered over eighty new works and was fortunate to work with acclaimed composers Aaron Jay Kernis, Richard Danielpour and John Corigliano. Heather was a piano fellow and attended the National Orchestral Institute, The Waterloo Music Festival. She was an assistant to Jeaneane Dowis at the Music Studies Abroad Program in Provence, France for two summers and was a conducting student at the Tanglewood Music Center in 1987 learning from Leonard Bernstein, Gustav Meier, and Seiji Ozawa. Dr. Hamilton has performed under the batons of Marin Alsop, Leonard Slatkin, Kurt Masur, Gerard Schwartz, Gunther Schuller among others.
Terry Eldh, a Westport 'home-grown' talent, is at home on the stages of Broadway, opera houses, and concert halls. She was Carlotta in the Broadway Company of The Phantom of the Opera and has enjoyed principal roles in La Boheme, La Traviata, the Marriage of Figaro, among other operas, throughout the United States and Europe including Michigan Opera Theatre, Dayton Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Français of New York, Opera Theatre Company of Ireland, and Teatro Lirico of Spoleto, Italy.


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Bolsonaro won't concede defeat in Brazil election
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (BBC)
More than 17 hours after Brazil's electoral chief declared Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva the winner of the presidential election, defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has yet to concede.
The far-right president is said to have gone to sleep after he narrowly lost to his left-wing arch rival.
His silence is raising concern that he may not accept the result.
He has in the past cast unfounded doubts on the voting system.
Combative statements from Bolsonaro in the past – such as that "only God" could remove him from office – mean there is a tense wait for him to appear in public.
Brazil's Superior Electoral Court announced that Lula had won the run-off of the presidential election just minutes before 8 p.m. local time on Sunday.
With all the votes counted, Lula had 50.9 per cent of the valid votes against Bolsonaro's 49.1 per cent.
In his victory speech, Lula touched on the political rift running through Brazil which further deepened during a bitterly fought and often acrimonious election campaign.
"This country needs peace and unity. This population doesn't want to fight anymore," he said, promising to govern for all Brazilians and not just for those who had voted for him.
Congratulations have poured in from across the world, including from the leaders of Britain, China, France, India and Russia. US President Biden said the win came "following free, fair and credible elections".
But even though it is traditional for the losing candidate to phone the winner, and to make a statement acknowledging their defeat, Bolsonaro has so far remained silent.
People close to the president said that after the result he had "gone to sleep" at the presidential palace in the capital, Brasilia.
In the morning, a presidential adviser and Bolsonaro's vice-presidential running mate were seen arriving at the palace, but it is not clear if he met them and what was said.
Later, Bolsonaro was seen leaving the palace and travelling to the building where his official office is located.
Brazilian media are reporting that everything has been set up for a presidential news conference but that no one knows if one will be held in the next hours.
Meanwhile, close allies of Bolsonaro have acknowledged Lula's election win, among them the powerful leader of the lower house of Congress, Arthur Lira, and Tarcísio de Freitas, who is the new governor of São Paulo state.
The strong backing Lula has received both at home and abroad so quickly after his win will make it more difficult for Bolsonaro to contest the result, analysts say.
However, an uncooperative outgoing president could make the two-month transition period until Lula is due to be sworn in on 1 January 2023 a lot bumpier.
Some disruption has already been caused by lorry drivers loyal to Bolsonaro, who have blocked roads in at least 13 states. (BBC)
Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures as he speaks during a news conference, March 10, 2021. (Reuters)
Supreme Court annuls Lula's convictions
A majority of Brazil's Supreme Court confirmed on Thursday a decision to annul criminal...
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (GP)
Lula sworn in
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been sworn in as the new president of Brazil - the third time he has...


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The World's First Vagina Museum Is Officially Opening
When Florence Schechter discovered that there's a penis museum in Iceland, but no vagina museum anywhere in the world, she was "pretty miffed." "There is no physical space wholly dedicated to vaginas and the people who have them," she said. So, she decided there was only one thing to be done: "Make one."
Schechter set about creating the Vagina Museum back in March 2017. It all started with a pop-up. Two and a half years later, the Vagina Museum will finally open its first brick-and-mortar premises in London's Camden Market.
The first exhibition will be called "Muff Busters" and will debunk some of the most "pervasive and problematic myths surrounding 'the notorious V.A.G,'" per a press release.
The Vagina Museum opened to the public on Nov. 16 and admission is free of charge.
Like most museums, there will be a bustling program of events including film screenings, workshops, stand-up comedy, quiz nights, not to mention a gift shop bursting with vagina and vulva merchandise. You'll also be able to hire the museum as a venue for things like hen parties, first period parties, or even conferences.
"This is a part of the body that should be celebrated," Schechter said in a statement about the museum's opening.
--Would you go out of your way to visit a vagina museum? The entrance has to be one of the best parts!
--Bit Idea: Let's fake excerpts from a made-up "audio tour" that they give to visitors!


Everyone is waiting for the run to turn on and be in full swing. I wish I could report that it was. However, there are fish in the river from top to bottom. More fish and more fishing pressure in the lower half of the river. If you are willing to work for your fish you will catch some. You will also enjoy a few less people on the river than normal for this time of year.
The trick is to get on the river early and pick a spot you believe the fish will be in that morning. If when day light comes the fish are there then game on. If they are not give it an hour or so to make sure they aren't just down stream of you and headed your way. If they don't show get in the truck and head to a new spot. Keep moving until you find them. Don't necessarily follow the crowds. During my trip on Friday we moved to a section of the river that we had to ourselves and we found more than enough fish to keep us busy.
The other option is to hire a drift boat guide that will cover water until you find fish or take you out in mouth of the river at night. I will say as of lately the night fishing still hasn't been what it should be. I have a feeling by this weekend the run will be on but if it isn't follow these steps and you will find enough fish to keep you happy.
Finally we got the rain we have been waiting for. The small streams have water and are fishing very well. The Sandy's have plenty of water and lots of fish. Grindstone is also fishing well with good numbers of fish in it. My friend Shawn sent me a video of the Little Salmon River yesterday and it was LOADED with fish.
If you have been waiting to fish the smaller waters of Oswego and Jefferson County the time is NOW!!! There is more rain in the forecast so the fishing should stay good. If the water does drop remember to drop down in leader and weight size. Also stay back and fish the deeper pools.
If you have been waiting for steelhead the Salmon River is the place to be. There have been more and more caught each day. The lower half of the river will be your best bet. If you want to get away from the crowd spend the $50 and fish the Douglaston Salmon Run. It seems like a lot of money to fish for the day but believe me it's worth it. If you break it down by the hour it's less than $6 an hour to fish a beautiful stretch of the river.
This can be a great time to swing streamers on a sink tip if you are fly fishing. If you are spin or pin fishing Salmon Skein or egg sacs are your best bet. Good luck and C U on the water.
October is time to target monster Salmon in the small waters of Oswego and Jefferson counties. There are many great streams in the area that support large runs of these amazing fish.
Fishing these waters requires a change in approach and gear from fishing the larger waters of the area.
First the change in gear that will need to be made. Many people fish heavy line and weight when Salmon fishing on the Salmon, Oswego, or Black river. This is unnecessary on the big rivers and will not work on the small waters. These streams are often shallow and clear. The Salmon will see the heavy line and shy away from it almost every time. I recommend fishing no heavier than 12 pound test main line and using a 10 pound leader. If the water is very clear I will fish as light as 8 pound. As far as the weight goes only use just enough to tick bottom. The streams being much shallower and to much weight will cause you to snag bottom often.
I also like a rod that is more of a Steelhead rod than a Salmon Rod. Actually something in between is best. You want to make sure that you will be able to cast the light weight and line whatever distance is needed. That is why I prefer a 9 to 11 foot rod. This allows you to cast when needed or at times just drop the bait in front of the fish or in the top of the hole.
When it comes to your approach much more stealth is in order. It is best not to wear bright colored clothing so that the fish will not see you. When you walk up to the stream make sure to walk slow and watch for fish moving in the water. Polarized Sunglasses are a must for small water Salmon fishing. If you do spook fish watch where they go and give them time to rest. Chasing after them will do no good as they are not going to be willing to hit right after spooking from a hole.
I am often asked where is the best place for small water Salmon fishing. This changes constantly based on the rainfall. These waters are not damn controlled and therefore require rain to bring the water levels up. One of my favorites is the Little Salmon River in Mexico, New York. This stream has no public access however there is a section in the town of Mexico where you can get permission with a donation. As of last year it was $50 for a year long pass.
Grindstone creek is another that provides great fishing and unlike the Little Salmon River it has a lot of public access. There is access at Selkirk State Park where the creek empties into Lake Ontario. This is a great place to cast spoons into the lake before the Salmon start to run or when they first start entering the river. From there if you travel upstream on County Route 28 you will find 2 more public access points. There is also public access off Krebbs Road and County Route 41A. This stream is well known and does see fisherman but not nearly as many as the Sandy Creeks.
Little Sandy Creek, South Sandy Creek, and North Sandy Creek are all great Salmon fishing streams. As you travel Route 3 north out of Port Ontario you will cross all 3. Little Sandy has access of Norton road. This is a very small stream as far as width goes but it can hold impressive numbers of fish when the water is right. Down stream from the parking lot you will find deeper holes on bends in the stream.
South Sandy Creek has access along Route 3 and along South Landing Road. At the parking lot along Route 3 you will find a very slow moving and deep river. This is a good place for casting lures or fishing with a float and large egg sacs. Along South Landing road you will find more of what you would expect in a Salmon stream, shallower fast moving water with deep holes.
North Sandy Creek is my favorite to fish and there is a nice parking lot where Route 3 crosses the stream. This area is often heavily fished and is best to be avoided on the weekends. There is a great hole right above the bridge that is very deep and will almost always be holding fish.
There are many other small streams and creeks that see an annual run of Salmon each fall. I can't list them all as I am a guide and must keep a few secrets.


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