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2015 Chesapeake Watershed Forum in Jefferson County, W.Va. by Chesapeake Bay Program

The 2015 Chesapeake Watershed Forum in Shepherdstown, W. Va. on Sept. 27, 2015. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

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180117-Z-II459-0022 by SC National Guard

S.C. Army National Guard Soldiers and fire department/EMS rescuers with the S.C. Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (SC-HART) program, S.C. Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 (SC-TF1), arrive to Table Rock, S.C., and initiate pre-mission operations during their first, 2018, quarterly rescue training event Table Rock, Pickens County, Jan. 17, 2018. The three-day training event includes both day and night operations, with focus on land and water-based rescue, along with incorporating a variety of additional challenges for crews and rescuers, such as extraction of survivors from mountain-wooded areas and other “constricted” scenarios. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine)

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U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development (RD) Legislative and Public Affairs employee Edgardo Vasquez helps construct the Mutual Self-Help Housing Program’s 50,000th home in Bridgeville, DE on Jun. 8, 2015. Volunteers from Congressional staff, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development (RD), and local lenders helped the Tony Tilsen family frame their new house in Bridgeville, DE on Jun. 8, 2015. The volunteer effort helped take two weeks off the expected construction time, and was part of June’s National Housing Month celebrations. The Tilsens are building their house with the help of other local Self-Help participants and the assistance and supervision of the Milford Housing Development Corporation, a non-profit. USDA photo by Steve Thompson.

HU Outlet Pass by RWM

In scratching out a 64-61 win over Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday evening at the HU Convocation Center, the Hampton University men's basketball team snapped its six-game losing streak.

The Pirates improved to 9-14 overall and 5-5 in the MEAC on the season.

Head coach Edward Joyner Jr. won his 91st career game in the process, becoming the program's all-time winningest Div. I coach – surpassing Steve Merfeld.

Guard Reginald Johnson registered his second straight 20-point game, leading all Pirate scorers with 21 points on 7-for-15 shooting. Guard/forward Dwight Meikle added 16 points and a team-high 11 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season.

Guard Deron Powers added 11 points and four assists.

The Pirates shot 44.2 percent (23-for-52) from the floor – thanks in large part to a 14-for-25 effort (56.0 percent) in the second half. Hampton scored 25 points off of 16 UMES turnovers, and Hampton held a 26-22 edge in points in the paint.

A layup from Devin Martin with 2:14 left in the game tied the contest at 58-58, before Johnson answered with 1:11 left by converting an acrobatic 3-point play to put the Pirates up 61-58. Dominique Elliott cut that lead to 61-60 with a jumper with 55 seconds left.

But Meikle put his stamp on the game with 42 seconds left, finding space on the fast break before floating in the air, making it look as if he would finger-roll the ball into the hoop, before slamming the ball home with one hand to give the Pirates a 63-60 lead.

The two teams traded free throws down the stretch, but Martin missed both of his 3-pointers in the closing moments to hand the Pirates the hard-fought win.

The UMES led much of the night, though – particularly in the first half. The Hawks opened the game with six straight – thanks to back-to-back 3-pointers from Ryan Andino – before the Pirates cut the lead to 6-5 on a jumper in the paint from junior forward Jervon Pressley.

The Hawks opened the game back up, taking a 22-10 lead at the 8:37 mark after a 3-pointer from Martin. A dunk from Michael Myers and a layup from Devon Walker gave UMES a 29-16 lead with 2:39 left in the half.

But Hampton scored the last seven points of the frame – a jumper and 3-pointer from Meikle and a jumper from Powers – to cut UMES' lead to 29-23 at the break.

That momentum carried into the second half, as the Pirates cut UMES' lead to one on three separate occasions before taking their first lead of the night on a Johnson layup with 15:12 left – putting Hampton up 36-35.

Johnson then hit a trey to put the Pirates up 39-35 at the 13:32 mark.

Johnson added a layup with 13:14 remaining to give the Pirates a 41-37 lead, before UMES went on a 10-1 run to take a 47-42 lead with 10:39 left to play after a dunk from Elliott. Elliott later gave the UMES a 53-48 lead at the 6:29 mark with a free throw.

After a pair of Martin free throws gave the Hawks a 55-50 lead, the Pirates went on a 7-0 spurt, taking a 57-55 lead with 3:13 left to play after a jumper from Powers.

Red Weasel Media was sitting on the baseline to capture all of the high flying action. Go Pirates!

03/16/18 - SAS blanks Allegany-Limestone in final minutes for 55-50 win in Class C girls basketball semifinal by Syracuse Academy

Eighth-grader Alexius Pierce made the go-ahead layup in the game's last minute, and junior Diamonne Harris hit four straight free throws in the final 10 seconds as the Syracuse Academy of Science held off Allegany-Limestone, 55-50, in a Class C girls basketball state semifinal at Hudson Valley Community College.

The Section III-champion Atoms (20-4) will play in the 8-year-old program's first state final at 4 p.m. Saturday against Section IX champion Millbrook.

"It feels unbelievable," said Harris, who led all scorers with 20 points. "We worked so hard - day after day - it was all worth it. It feels so good."

"We just willed our way (to the win), said senior leader Lyrik Jackson, who scored 14 points, grabbed eight rebounds and made five steals for the Atoms. "Coach said keep pushing. We didn't want to go home."

SAS, which trailed by six points at the half (32-26) sparked its second-half offense with a pressing defense that forced Allegany-Limestone into 22 turnovers and yielded a dozen steals.

The #SASAtoms also held Gators' star senior center Morgan Davis to 14 points, about five below her season's average. Morgan only had six in the second half.

"Amazing. Just amazing," said #SASCS head coach Reggie Pickard. "I'm still kind of dreaming - like are we here or not, you know? We're doing everything possible to win a championship. We've worked hard for eight years, and here we are."

The Atoms trailed by as many as eight points late in the second quarter but caught the Gators just two minutes into the third using a press that started paying off in turnovers.

"Our pressure has been the key for us all year," Pickard said. "We force turnovers, make the game kind of ugly.

I thought if we pressured a little more in the second half it would harder for them to get the ball to their bigs."

Allegany-Limestone, from Section VI near Olean, still led by two at the start of the fourth quarter, but SAS sophomore Xyel Bradford's 3-pointer put the Atoms ahead, 41-40, with just under 7 minutes left. Pierce hit another huge three with 2:30 left to play that gave SAS a 47-46 advantage.

But the Gators continued to make big baskets, too, and Allegany-Limestone had a 50-49 lead, and the ball, with just under a minute left to play.

On the in-bounds play, Harris dove for a steal and somehow got the ball to Pierce, who drove in for what would turn out to be the winning points, making it 51-50, Atoms.

The Gators began fouling, but Harris proved worthy against the pressure, hitting two sets for free throws in the final eight seconds.

"It was very nerve-wracking, but we do this all of the time in practice," she said. "I have to stay calm."

Allegany-Limestone coach Frank Martin said his team just couldn't quite hold it together in the final minutes against the SAS quickness.

"I'd love to have the last minute and a half back," he said. "We weren't as good as we needed to be to close this game out. We just weren't as good as we needed to be at the end."

The Atoms had a scare in the final seconds when Jackson took a shot to her head when she went down chasing a loose ball and an Allegany-Limestone player fell on top of her. She had to be helped off the court but was up and talking in the aftermath.

Harris said she hoped to go swimming in the hotel pool later in the day, but her coach wasn't hearing it.

No, no. We're not going to do any swimming," he said, laughing. "Too much muscle movement. They got mad at me last night because I took their phones from them. I'm doing that again tonight, too."

Article posted at highschoolsports.syracuse.com/news/article/-7252830500074...

Manteca by Rhona-Mae Arca

MRU Jazz Program's Farewell Concert

UL tour - Хмельницький by Collegium Management

///English below///

Ukrainian Live Tour — знати, слухати, любити українське наживо.

Соковитий плейлист із добірної музики команда Ukrainian Live збирала в архівах впродовж двох років. Тур “Повернення української класики” — це захоплива розповідь про міфи, час, пристрасті та Галичину. У тринадцятьох містах України в рамках великого концертного туру Ukrainian Live, за підтримки Українського культурного фонду.

З понад 1000 композиторів було обрано 10 митців, які жили і творили музичну культуру на зламі епох. Вони — ніжні та романтичні, трагічні та мрійливі, бурхливі та медитативні — їх твори, об’єднані в унікальну добірку, з акцентом на Час, Пристрасть і Міфи.

Час

Час, помножений на швидкість — це відстань. Міст між минулим і майбутнім.

Сидір Воробкевич — ранній професійний галицький композитор, фортепіанна “Фантазія” якого розпочинає музичну подорож Ukrainian Live Tour. Автодидакт, його постать однозначно знакова для української музичної історії. Лістівські традиції простежуються у творах Воробкевича расподійністю форми та наративністю викладу музичної думки.

Столітній класик українського мистецтва Станіслав Людкевич. Без нього важко уявити Львів ХХ століття. Він переносить у сферу споглядальності, мелодійності та мрій.

Пристрасть

Пришвидшує биття серця, тиск крові граничний.

Пізній романтизм Нестора Нижанківського — згусток емоцій та насичених фарб, від глибокої лірики до потужного драматизму.

Так само пристрасним був Зиновій Лисько. В культурі його закарбували сміливі експерименти з музичною мовою та формою, в найкращих тенденціях нововіденців, Берга та Веберна, та розгалужена ритмічна структура створюють незабутнє відчуття гри з часом та простором.

Міфи

Дві трагічні історії двох галицьких митців.

У концерті прозвучать дві фортепіанні мініатюри Бориса Кудрика — митця з трагічною долею, зламаною тоталітарним режимом. Попри це, Кудрик до останніх днів залишався безмежним оптимістом, його творчість світилася любов’ю до життя. Василь Барвінський пройшов тернистий шлях від ректора львівської консерваторії до полоненого у концтаборах тоталітарного режиму. Його твори спалювали у внутрішньому дворику консерваторії, а зараз увесь світ шукає його загублені рукописи, аби відновити історичну справедливість. Так склалося, що з Борисом Кудриком вони були ув’язнені у сусідніх концтаборах - проте лише Барвінський був реабілітований за життя. Йому вдалося привести назад до України декілька мініатюр Кудрика, а безліч фортепіанних сонат, якими славився композитор були назавжди втрачені.

З 15 вересня до 26 жовтня, у 13 містах України, за маршрутом - Львів, Тернопіль, Хмельницький, Вінниця, Житомир, Рівне, Київ, Чернігів, Харків, Кривий Ріг, Дніпро, Кропивницький та Одеса.

Команда Ukrainian Live ретельно працює над тим, щоб класичною музикою могли насолодитись якомога більше людей, щоб українці пізнали та цінували своє національне культурне надбання.

ЗА ПІДТРИМКИ УКРАЇНСЬКОГО КУЛЬТУРНОГО ФОНДУ

Музиканти:

Микола Гав’юк, Адріан Боднар – скрипка

Богдана Неділько, Сергій Коров’яцький – віолончель

Дмитро Микитин – фортепіано

Директор проекту: Тарас Демко

Артистичний директор: Іван Остапович

Менеджер: Дмитро Микитин

Програма:

С. Воробкевич – Фантазія для фортепіано

С. Людкевич – "Голосіння" для скрипки і фортепіано

В. Безкоровайний – "Спомин з гір", "Пісня без слів", "Вечірні мрії" (для фортепіано)

Н. Нижанківський – Тріо

З. Лисько – Соната для фортепіано

С. Людкевич – Тріо "Ноктюрн" (Мале тріо)

Б. Кудрик – Вальс для фортепіано

Л. Мазепа – Елегійний ескіз (Тріо)

Б. Кудрик – Гумореска для фортепіано

В. Барвінський – Соната для віолончелі та фортепіано

Р. Сімович – Фантазія для фортепіано

А. Кос-Анатольський – Романс з балету "Хустка Довбуша" для скрипки і фортепіано

В. Барвінський – Колискова (Тріо)

Організатор:

Громадська організація «Колеґіум Музікум»

Співорганізатор:

Львівський будинок органної та камерної музики (Львівський органний зал)

За підтримки:

УКРАЇНСЬКОГО КУЛЬТУРНОГО ФОНДУ

ЛЬВІВ - 15 ВЕРЕСНЯ, 19 00 - Львівський органний зал

ТЕРНОПІЛЬ - 17 ВЕРЕСНЯ, 18:30 - Тернопільська обласна філармонія

ХМЕЛЬНИЦЬКИЙ - 19 ВЕРЕСНЯ, 18:30 - Хмельницька обласна філармонія

ВІННИЦЯ - 23 вересня, 18:30 - Вінницька обласна філармонія

РІВНЕ - 24 ВЕРЕСНЯ, 18:30 - Органний зал Рівненської обласної філармонії

ЖИТОМИР - 26 ВЕРЕСНЯ, 18:30 - Житомирська обласна філармонія ім. С. Ріхтера

КИЇВ - 15 ЖОВТНЯ, 20:00 - НМАУ ім. П. Чайковського, Малий зал

ЧЕРНІГІВ - 16 ЖОВТНЯ, 17:00 - Чернігівський філармонійний центр

ХАРКІВ - 18 жовтня, 16:00 – Харківський національний театр опери і балету ХНАТОБ «Схід-Опера», малий зал

ДНІПРО - 20 ЖОВТНЯ, 18:30 - Дніпропетровська обласна філармонія

КРИВИЙ РІГ - 23 жовтня, 15:00 – Криворізьке державне музичне училище

КРОПИВНИЦЬКИЙ - 25 ЖОВТНЯ, 19:00 - Кіровоградська обласна філармонія

ОДЕСА - 26 ЖОВТНЯ, 17:00 - Urban Music Hall

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Ukrainian Live Tour — know, listen and love Ukrainian live.

A rich play list of selected music the Ukrainian Live team had been gathering through archives for two years. The "Return of Ukrainian Classical Music" tour is an exciting tale about myths, time, passion, and Galicia. In thirteen cities of Ukraine, in the framework of the Ukrainian Live grand concert tour with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.

10 artists who lived and created musical culture at the break of eras were chosen from over 1,000 composers. Their creations are tender and romantic, tragic and wistful, wild and meditative and they are combined into a unique selection with emphasis on Time, Passion and Myths.

Time

Time multiplied by speed is distance. A bridge between past and present.

Sydir Vorobkevych is an early professional Galician composer. His "Fantasy" for the piano begins the musical journey of the Ukrainian Live Tour. Being a self-taught man, he is uniquely significant for Ukrainian musical history. Traditions of Liszt can be traced in the works by Vorobkevych with a rhapsodic form and a narrative expression of the musical thought.

Stanyslav Lyudkevych is a centennial classic of Ukrainian art. It's hard to imagine the XX century Lviv without him. He brings us into the realm of observance, melody and dreams.

Passion

The heart is quickening its pace and blood pressure is up to the limit.

Late romanticism of Nestor Nyzhankivsky is a cluster of emotions and rich colors, from deep lyrics to powerful drama.

Zynoviy Lysko was just as passionate. His work is a part of our culture and he is remembered for bold experiments with musical language and form in the best trends of the newcomers Berg and Webern and the ramified rhythmic structure, which when combined create an unforgettable feeling of playing with time and space.

Myths

Two tragic stories of two artists from Galicia.

At the concert you will hear two miniatures for the piano written by Borys Kudryk, an artist with a tragic fate destroyed by the totalitarian regime. Despite all of that, Kudryk remained an optimist till his last days and his work shines with love for life. Vasyl Barvinskyi went through a thorny path from being the Head of the Lviv Academy of Music to a prisoner in the concentration camps of the totalitarian regime. His works were burnt in the inner yard of the Academy and now the whole world is searching for his lost manuscripts to restore historic justice. It so happened that both he and Borys Kudryk were imprisoned in neighboring camps. However, only Barvinskyi got exonerated while still being alive. He managed to bring several miniatures by Kudryk back to Ukraine, but numerous piano sonatas the composer was so famous for were lost forever.

From September 15 till October 26, in 13 cities of Ukraine with the following route — Lviv, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsya, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Kropyvnytskyi and Odesa.

The Ukrainian Live team puts in a lot of effort so that classical music can be enjoyed by as many people as possible and so that Ukrainian know and value their national cultural heritage.

WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE UKRAINIAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION

Musicians:

Mykola Haviuk, Andrian Bodnar — violin

Bohdana Nedilko, Serhiy Korovianskyi — cello

Dmytro Mykytyn — piano

Project director: Taras Demko

Art director: Ivan Ostapovych

Manager: Dmytro Mykytyn

Program:

S. Vorobkevych — Fantasy for the piano

S. Lyudkevych — "Keening" for violin and piano

V. Bezkrovnyi — "Memory from the Mountains", "A song without Words", "Evening Dreams" (for piano)

N. Nyzhankivskyi — Trio

Z. Lysko — Sonata for piano

S. Lyudkevych — Trio "Nocturne" (small trio)

B. Kudryk — Waltz for piano

L. Mazepa — Elegiac sketch (Trio)

B. Kudryk — Humoresque for piano

V. Barvinskyi — Sonata for violoncello and piano

R. Simovych — Fantasy for piano

A. Kos-Anatolskyi — Romantic song from the "Khustka Dovbusha" ballet for violin and piano

V. Barvinskyi — Lullaby (Trio)

LVIV — SEPTEMBER 15, 7 P.M. — Lviv Organ Hall

TERNOPIL — SEPTEMBER 17, 6:30 P.M. — Ternopil Regional Philharmonic

KHMELNYTSKYI — SEPTEMBER 19, 6:30 P.M. — Khmelnytskyi Regional Philharmonic

VINNYTSYA — SEPTEMBER 23, 6:30 P.M. — Vinnytsya Regional Philharmonic

RIVNE — SEPTEMBER 24, 6:30 P.M. — Rivne Regional Philharmonic Organ Hall

ZHYTOMYR — SEPTEMBER 26, 6:30 P.M. — Richter Regional Philharmonic in Zhytomyr

KYIV — OCTOBER 15, 8 P.M. — P. Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, Small Hall

CHERNIHIV — OCTOBER 16, 5 P.M. — Chernihiv Regional Philharmonic

KHARKIV — OCTOBER 18, 5 P.M. — Kharkov National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre "East Opera", Small Hall

DNIPRO — OCTOBER 20, 6:30 P.M. — Dnipro Regional Philharmonic

KRYVYI RIH — OCTOBER 23, 3 P.M. — Kryvyi Rih Academy of Music

KROPYVNYTSKYI — OCTOBER 25, 7 P.M. — Kirovohrad Regional Philharmonic

ODESA — OCTOBER 26, 5 P.M. — Urban Music Hall

Host:

NGO"Collegium Musicum"

Co-host:

Lviv House of Organ and Chamber Music (Lviv Organ Hall)

With the support of:

THE UKRAINIAN CULTURAL

FOUNDATION

170129-Z-II459-137 by SC National Guard

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South Carolina National Guard Soldiers, and fire department/EMS rescuers with the S.C. Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (SC-HART) program, S.C. Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 (SC-TF1), perform hoist-training operations during the preliminary phases of “Patriot South Exercise 2017” (Patriot South 17), a joint training-exercise focused on natural disaster-response and preparedness, Gulfport and Port Bienville Industrial Complex (PBIC), Mississippi, Jan. 29, 2017. Patriot South 17 is taking place at multiple locations across Mississippi, from January 23 through February 7, 2017, and it offers the National Guard and its local and federal partners a realistic-training opportunity to test response capabilities, procedures, and readiness through a simulated earthquake and Tsunami scenario “hitting the coastal areas of the state.” Specifically, in preparation for future operations, South Carolina’s Headquarters and Headquarters and (-) Company A 2-151st Security and Support Aviation Battalion, 59th Aviation Troop Command, deployed both its current HART-capable platforms, the UH-60L Black Hawk utility helicopter and its LUH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter--the latter being a recent addition to the HART program for South Carolina. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine/Released)