JEFFERY SHIFLET (Mitchell Rock) 04/04

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Green Canyon Pangandaran

Green Canyon tourist attraction was located in the Kertayasa Village, Ciamis, West Java, Java Island, approximately 31 km from Pangandaran. The Green Canyon name was introduced bytourists from France. The color of the river water that greenness possibly became this place reason was acknowledged as Green Canyon. Whereas the name before, Cukang Taneuh meant land bridge because of the existence of bridge in a wide manner 3 meters and long reached 40 meters that connected between the Kertayasa Village and the Batukaras Village.

Cijulang River that became the aim of being the tunnel resembled the cave that was under land bridge that was known with the Green Canyon Cave. To reach this cave, tourists must follow the Cijulang River used the boat that was mentioned as “Ketinting”. This boat could be only occupied by 5 passengers. The rental price of the boat or “Ketinting” is Rp 75,000. - per boat. Time that was needed to carry out the trip that was begun from the Ciseureuh quay towards the cave approximately 30 minutes.

Beside the Cijulang River, tourists could enjoy the hill that was overgrown green bushy trees and the stone that decorated it. The trip will not bore because its picturesque and relaxed scenery enjoyed the river current. Rise “Ketinting” also could create the special uniqueness, especially for children who liked water.

During almost arrived, the route will narrow so as the boat must take turns to enter this route. There was also the organizer who gave the directive for the boat drivers in order to be able to progress in an orderly manner. Approaching the cave mouth, “Ketinting” was not again able to take tourists and the party because of the route that was not possible to be passed through.

The Green Canyon Cave, picturesque scenery waited tourists after descending from the boat. Tourist could enjoy the side of the cave that was firm with saw stalactite and the stalagmite that still was dropping water. Water was continually issued in hill so as this area was mentioned as eternal rain area. Tourists could also swim in the cave by using the buoy. Tourists will feel water that was felt to be cold and refreshing. Scenery was increasingly pretty when witnessing the Palatar waterfall that was gotten in the Green Canyon Cave. Swam in cold water while enjoyed high hills and saw stalactite and the stalagmite must be the not forgotten special experience.

Green Canyon or Cukang Taneuh indeed was the tourist attraction that was beautiful in the Pangandaran area. But, when tourists intended to visit this place better visit in the dry season because in this season, the Cijulang river water was green tosca. Whereas in the rain season, during the high rainfall, the river water will be brown.

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Oddities and the Open Road

This is the freedom we experienced on the open road.  Just the desert sky and maybe a little too much vroom on the accelerator.

In Arizona, there were blue skies and cacti aplenty, and in Sedona, the cacti were covered in flowers and surrounded by red rock.

It was easy to get diverted by scenic turn-offs, national parks, and a natural phenomenon or two.  We had to constantly remind ourselves to keep our eye on the next destination point.

Meteor Crater, Arizona

New Mexico stayed true to its namesake between Santa Fe and the stunning plains it really was the Land of Enchantment. 

And what's a road trip without a few oddities to stop you in your tracks and keep you entertained?

Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas

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Great conductors of the 20TH century EMI VOL.6 - Andre Cluytens

CD1 [76:28]

Bizet: Symphony in C
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française; Studio des Champs-Élysées, Paris; October 1953

Debussy: Images
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire; Salle Wagram, Paris; September 1963

Ravel: La Valse
Philharmonia Orchestra; Kingsway Hall, London; November 1958

CD2 [75:54]

Schumann: Manfred Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker; Grunewaldkirche, Berlin; February 1957

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire; Metropolitan Festival Hall, Tokyo (Live); May 1964

Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris; Salle Wagram, Paris; June 1959

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov: Prologue, Scene 2 - Coronation & Entry of Boris
Boris Christoff (Boris) & John Lanigan (Shuisky)/ Chorus of the National Opera of Sofia Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire; Salle Wagram, Paris; September 1962



THE BIOGRAPHY - ANDRÉ CLUYTENS (1905-1967) Best known for his interpretations of French music and his cycle of Beethoven symphonies with the Berlin Philharmonic, André Cluytens was a native of Antwerp, where his father was conductor of the Théâtre Royal. In 1927, he succeeded him, making his début with Bizet's Pêcheurs de perles. In 1932 he conducted at the Toulouse Opera and from 1935 at Lyon and Bordeaux, becoming a French national. After the war he was appointed to the Opéra-Comique in Paris (1947-53) and in 1949 succeeded Charles Munch as conductor of the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra. He was the first French conductor to appear at Bayreuth, and, after Munch, the most respected French conductor of his day, recording with such artists as Solomon, Gilels, Oistrakh and Shostakovich.
THE RECORDINGS
This compilation features a representative selection of Cluytens's recordings of the French, German and Russian repertoire with which he was associated throughout his life. His live performance in stereo of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique with the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra in Tokyo in 1964, a rarity given the small amount of good broadcast material available, is a must for collectors. Bizet's Symphony in C (acclaimed on its first release in 1954) appears on CD for the first time and the stereo recording of Debussy's Images (from 1963) is also a rarity. La Valse, with the Philharmonia Orchestra in 1958, is new to the CD catalogue and predates Cluytens's complete edition of Ravel's orchestral music with the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra in the early 1960s. Schumann's Manfred Overture (from 1957) represents Cluytens's close association with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he recorded a famous Beethoven symphony cycle. The short Wagner excerpt (from 1959) is a reminder of the conductor's connections with the Bayreuth Festival. Cluytens performed and recorded a great deal of Russian music, but the most celebrated is his complete recording of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov made in 1962 with Boris Chistoff in the title role.




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IFBB Pro Grigori Atoyan

Grigori is for the moment the hugest Armenian bodybuilder known.
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Grigori with Manolis Karamanlakis (Greece)

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