Review: FABRICATED CITY, Mediocrity Hidden Behind Big-Budget Thrills
By Pierce Conran
Twelve years after the success of Korean War comedy-drama Welcome to Dongmakgol, director Park Kwang-hyun is finally back in theaters with the action-thriller Fabricated City. A tale of gamers and conspiracies in modern Seoul, Park's latest presents itself as a high concept twist on a familiar story but quickly abandons its ambitions and proceeds as a gratingly by-the-numbers effort.
Unemployed Kwon Yoo spends his days in internet cafes as an ace gamer until one evening he is framed for a young woman's rape and murder in a motel room. The court case draws plenty of media attention and it doesn't take long for him to wind up behind bars for life. In prison, he has to learn to fight back as he faces daily beatings until one day he manages to escape. On the outside, he connects with his gamer friends, whom he's never met in real life, and tracks down the mysterious organization that may be responsible for his predicament.
Much of the marketing for Fabricated City surrounds the opening sequence, which sees Kwon Yoo as his character within a game, called the captain, as he and his friends enter a war zone in a city. Courtesy of top Korean VFX house Dexter Studios, the visual effects in this sequence are impressive, unlike the standard camerawork and editing that accompany them. Once Kwon Yoo is back in the real world we're down to standard thriller business. Visually, the film doesn't perk up again until a scene in the villain's secret control center, where a large room's floor essentially becomes a massive fancy iPad.
Following Welcome to Dongmakgol, director Park tried for years to mount the sci-fi martial arts project Kwon Bob but ultimately moved on to Fabricated City. While it teases a high concept it's a decidedly less ambitious sci-fi project, though some traces of a more interesting project do exist. Elements such as the maximum security prison built out of a mountain, and the black birthmark covering a third of a character's face indicate a more stylized alternate universe that for whatever reason wasn't fully brought to fruition.
TV star Ji Chang-wook takes on his first leading film role in Fabricated City, bringing along his good looks but not much else with him from the drama world. Though never bad, he never makes the role his own, and could easily have been swapped out with any number of young Korean actors. As his hacker friend, Shim Eun-kyung channels her robot character from last year's Sori: Voice from the Heart in a role that asks her character to communicate solely through her phone, even when beside who she's speaking to, and, despite her clear abilities, frustratingly turns her into a damsel in distress.
Though lacking imagination, Fabricated City's story moves clearly from start to finish and director Park does a decent job with several set pieces. However, take away the budget and all that remains is a mediocre middle-of-the-road Korean thriller.
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Jul 13, 2019 · 08:38 pm
Karnataka crisis: BS Yeddyurappa says BJP is ready for Assembly floor test
On Friday, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy asked Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar to fix a date and time for the trust vote.
Karnataka BJP President BS Yeddyurappa with party leaders and MLAs at a resort in Bengaluru on Saturday. | PTI
Bharatiya Janata Party president in Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa on Saturday said his party would ask for Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy to seek a trust vote on the floor of the Assembly on Monday to prove his government’s majority, PTI reported. This came a day after the chief minister asked Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar to fix a date and time for the floor test.
The Monsoon session of the Assembly will resume on Monday even as the state government remains perilously close risk of losing its majority. Sixteen legislators of the ruling alliance of the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) have stepped down since the start of this month, plunging the state into a political crisis.
“Monday morning at business advisory committee meeting we will advise that chief minister’s commitment should be fulfilled,” Yeddyurappa said. “The chief minister himself has said in the Assembly that without the support of MLAs, he would not like to continue and hence would be moving a motion seeking trust vote. Let us wait till Monday, if he is going to move confidence motion we have no objection. We will wait till Monday.”
The former chief minister asserted that the coalition government had lost majority and its collapse was imminent. Yeddyurappa said it was better for Kumaraswamy to resign and for him to allow a new government to take over for the people of the state.
Earlier in the day, five rebel Congress MLAs aapproached the Supreme Court against Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar for not accepting their resignations. The legislators – K Sudhakar, Roshan Baig, MTB Nagaraj, Muniratna Naidu and Anand Singh – alleged they were “being forced to support the government on the threat of disqualification”.
One of the MLAs, MTB Nagaraj, however said he was reconsidering his resignation from the Assembly, and would talk to K Sudhakar about withdrawing his resignation. He made the statement after Congress leader DK Shivakumar and other senior leaders requested him rethink his decision because of his 40-year association with the party. “I have asked them to give me some time because I have to discuss this with Sudhakar as well, who resigned along with me,” he was quoted as saying. “I told the leaders that I will also bring him for a discussion.”
Yeddyurappa said he does not think Nagaraj “will go back” on his decision to resign. “Some people may have tried to put pressure,” he added. “I heard that DK Shivakumar was at his residence since 5 am. I feel that as they have produced affidavit before the Supreme Court, Nagraj or Sudhakar cannot go back and they will not go back.”
Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar also filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Saturday, saying he did not avoid meeting the rebel MLAs from the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular). The legislators had alleged that speaker wanted to prolong the life of the ruling dispensation in Karnataka. Kumar reiterated that resignations were not submitted in the prescribed format.
This came a day after the Supreme Court ordered status quo on the resignations of 10 MLAs, who filed a petition on Wednesday, till it decides larger constitutional questions. The matter will be heard again on July 16. Until then, disqualification proceedings cannot be initiated against the legislators.
The state units of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party moved their legislators to hotels in Bengaluru after the first day of the Assembly proceedings on Friday.
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Sasaram, Bihar, India
Sasaram is a small city located in southern Bihar, with the number of residents close to 150,000 people. It is an ancient city with a good number of old historic buildings and religious establishments located there. It is also a famous center of education, with a few great colleges offering excellent educational services on the fields of engineering, law, and medicine. The city's economy is heavily agricultural, and there are plenty of medium size agricultural companies operating in the city.
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The latitude of Sasaram, Bihar, India is 24.953514, and the longitude is 84.011787. Sasaram, Bihar, India is located at India country in the Cities place category with the gps coordinates of 24° 57' 12.6504'' N and 84° 0' 42.4332'' E.
Sasaram, Bihar, India elevation is 112 meters height, that is equal to 367 feet.
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Mick: I got it wrong over Doc positional switch
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Mick McCarthy admitted his experiment in playing Wolves’ Matt Doherty as a right winger in Ireland’s 1-0 Euro 2020 qualifying win over Gibraltar didn’t work.
Doherty played as an orthodox right-winger, having spent this season impressing as a right-wing back, while captain Seamus Coleman played right-back in the 1-0 win.
The pair linked up neatly during the first-half, but Doherty made way for Robbie Brady just 11 minutes into the second-half.
“No. It didn’t particularly work well, that,” said the Ireland manager and former Wolves boss when asked about his decision to play the 27-year-old in a more advanced role.
“He’s been the best attacking wing-back in the Premier League to be quite honest, but there’s probably been more room on the pitch.
“When teams are sitting back, has he got the silky skills to go past people? I’m not sure.
“He’s more of a passer and a runner. We did have a little bit of joy down that side in the first-half, but I always thought I might have to put Robbie (Brady) on.”
McCarthy also confirmed Brady was unfit to start having completed 90 minutes just twice for Burnley all season.
“I’m certain Robbie wouldn’t have lasted 90 minutes if I started him,” he added. “But he has a winger’s instincts, rather than a full-back’s.”
While McCarthy refused to make a mountain of the conditions at the foot of the Rock ahead of the game, afterwards he reflected on the artificial pitch and high winds as complicating his side’s job.
“It was a horrible game. I’ve not enjoyed one single minute of it,” he said. “Playing against a team with nothing to lose and everything to gain.
“It was a difficult surface, but no excuses, we didn’t play particularly well on it.”
Elsewhere, McCarthy said he and the squad were unaffected by the negative chants regarding now former chief executive John Delaney.
A banner critical of Delaney was flown among the Irish fans during the game, and was accompanied by anti-Delaney chants.
An FAI statement announced Delaney would assume a new role as the association’s executive vice-president.
“No, when fans told me I’m a w****r or I’m getting sacked in the morning it was annoying”, said McCarthy.
“I didn’t realise they knew me that well, to be honest! It didn’t affect me.
“I kept smiling, and then I had that bulge in my pocket at the end – the three points.”
Ireland now prepare for Tuesday’s qualifier against Georgia in Dublin.
Asked if he could promise a better performance in front of a home crowd, he replied, “I’d take the same if we get a 1-0 win. We’ve only got eight games.”


It’s a changing market – where innovation is key
Peter Backman, Managing Director of Horizons, tells us about the trends in the market and explains how innovation is key…
At the beginning of 2016, Horizons issued its annual forecast for the trends we were likely to see in the UK’s foodservice sector in the year ahead. Their overriding theme centered on overcapacity in the sector, which is likely to slow in the longer term by putting downward pressure on like-for-like sales, while competition amongst operators for new sites will continue to intensify.
Relentless growth amongst group operators has driven outlet numbers upwards, largely offset by a drop in independently-run businesses. Over the past decade growth in the number of food-serving outlets has been strongest in the pub sector where operators have moved primarily from wet-led sales to food-led.
The number of chain restaurants has also shown strong growth, from 7,700 outlets in 2001 to some 11,900 in 2014, a 55% rise. Quick service restaurants [primarily takeaways, home delivery and counter-order outlets] have seen a 78% growth, from 7,600 outlets in 2001 to 13,500 in 2014.
It’s difficult to see how this level of growth in the number of food outlets can be sustained in the longer term and competition is likely to intensify. One outcome of that has been a blurring of eating out formats. With food outlets already having moved into new locations such as shopping malls, leisure outlets and transport hubs, businesses continue to broaden their offer away from their core niche – with Pret a Manger, for example, developing a sit-down evening food offer; Starbucks turning its London Covent Garden site into a high-tech, wine bar offering platters of food in the evening; and Costa, as well as Starbucks, joining forces with a healthy food brand.
We have also seen a strong growth in the numbers of American-style restaurants such as barbecue pits, smokehouses, burger bars, and diners which could be about to replace Mexican outlets as the biggest growth area on the UK’s eating out scene over the next few years,
Our biannual Ones To Watch report, which tracks the growth of new and emerging brands with between five and 25 outlets and which have shown over 20% growth over the past three years, lists a number of US-themed outlets in its list of the top10 fastest growing brands, either by number of new outlets or percentage growth, and an even larger number of US-themed fledgling ‘Bubbling Under’ brands.
While Dunkin’ Donuts tops the latest chart of the fastest growing brands by percentage growth rate (2013-2016), US themed Red’s True Barbecue comes in jointly at number six alongside Grillstock Smokehouse while Coast To Coast, the Restaurant Group-owned American-themed outlet, now has 21 sites with another four planned to open this year.
American-style restaurants are opening across the UK on high streets in affluent market towns and secondary cities, many in converted pub premises, which offer the size, location and parking facilities that suit these all-day diners.
American casual dining certainly isn’t new to the UK but we are seeing a steady resurgence in its popularity as operators have modernized and upgraded the concept. They appeal to a broad range of consumers, whether dining as a couple, a family or a group of friends. Not only that but they are good value, often offer a broad range of dishes of various cuisines, with friendly service and sophisticated marketing.
While Mexican burrito bars and restaurants were the growth story of the past few years the market now seems to have reached a point of consolidation whereby the main players continue to expand but fewer new operators are emerging.
In terms of other food trends Horizons’ most recent Menu Trends research has recently noted the popularity of humble macaroni cheese, as mac ‘n’ cheese clocks growth of over 550% on British restaurant menus since 2010.
Mac ‘n’ cheese has become a firm favourite on British menus loved by both consumers and restaurant operators who can add simple twists to the classic dish with the addition of a range of ingredients or crunchy toppings for a relatively low price. The dish is also being served in restaurants in a variety of ways such as inside a burger or calzone or as a side dish.
Horizons’ biannual Menu Trends survey, which tracks changes on the menus of 120 high street eating out brands, also reveals that the pulled pork phenomenon is far from over, with 20% more menus featuring the dish year-on-year.
Hash potato dishes are another revamped dish growing in popularity, listed on 18% more menus this year than last. Hash is being served with ingredients such as halloumi and beetroot, duck confit, eggs or chorizo.
Like macaroni cheese, coleslaw has undergone a similar makeover and re-emerged as ‘slaw made with ingredients such as bacon and cranberry, fennel & beet, or as chilli slaw. The popularity of ribs continues too – up 11% year-on-year – appearing as a main course or on sharing platters topped with a variety of sauces.
Beefburgers and pizzas are still the nation’s more frequently listed dishes although rump steak is becoming more popular with steady growth over the past two years.
Concerns over healthy foods appear to be increasing too, with 45% more menus mentioning ‘superfoods’, while the words ‘allergy’ or ‘allergen’ increased 20% year-on-year. The number of vegetarian dishes listed on menus has also risen since last winter, up to 27% of menu items from 23% last year.
There is no doubt it is a challenging market and one in which no operator can afford to stand still – innovation and the importance of keeping your offer fresh remain paramount.
Peter Backman is the managing director of Horizons, the analyst and specialist information consultant for the foodservice and hospitality sector. Peter is an expert on the structure and dynamics of the foodservice sector, and its supply chain, in the UK and across Europe. He has been involved in foodservice, as an analyst, researcher and consultant, for almost 30 years.


Review - The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women
Exploding the Estrogen Myth
by Barbara Seaman
Seven Stories Press, 2009
Review by Cecile Lawrence
Jan 4th 2011 (Volume 15, Issue 1)
Gloria Steinem is alleged to have described the author of The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women (2003), Barbara Seaman, as "the first prophet of the women's health movement." From her mid-twenties, Seaman spent her entire career, until her death in 2008 of lung cancer, writing about problems with how women were treated by the U.S. medical system, especially when it came to their hormones. She blazed upon the national consciousness with her incriminating first book The Doctor's Case Against the Pill, published in 1969. Thirty-four years later, Seaman's fierce advocacy for the particular needs of women in a male-oriented medical culture still shone brightly.
In The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed Upon Women, Seaman presents a wealth of evidence of the misuse and misunderstanding of the role of estrogen in a woman's body over her lifespan. She uses the feminist technique of interspersing narratives of individual women's lives in tandem with laying out chapter and verse of the decade after decade of experimentation upon women, done, from Seaman's perspective, either out of arrogance and/or inexcusable ignorance. Amongst the chief perpetrators of the series of almost criminal behaviors are pharmaceutical companies.
In her words, her purpose in writing this book was to arm women with the information they need in order to resist and to fight back. Inferred is the message that women, in order not to lose their health or their lives, and no matter how meek and quiet they may have been acculturated into being, they must perforce become militant activists. It is not enough to have the knowledge and information, as crucial as those ingredients are, women must also act to protect not just themselves but the entire female half of the human race. Seaman perceives the situation to be nothing less than a war on women through their subjection to dangerous hormones, "for the sole purpose of increasing the wealth of drug companies, akin to the attack on Pearl Harbor."
Her underlying premises go to the very heart of what it means to be a woman in a society that, in spite of advances, continues to maintain many of the trappings of patriarchy. In the general culture, estrogen is associated with the female although both genders have varying amounts of all the sex hormones. One bizarre example of this association is the existence of a company selling women's cycling, running, and fitness apparel having the name TeamEstrogen©. With this association came the notion, including in the medical profession, that a higher level of estrogen can be a good thing as it feminizes and increases fertility, e.g. bigger breasts, as well as a bad thing if it gets in the way of male lives and capitalist productivity, e.g. premenstrual syndrome. Therefore, according to Seaman, and others, for the good of women and humanity, the estrogen levels of women have to be monitored and manipulated. Seaman, over and over, advocates for the precautionary principle, while railing against the dominance of the management of risk precept, because sex hormones, including or especially estrogen, are too complex with so many unknowns that to prescribe or to inject them into bodies constitutes dangerous experimentation.
Considering the tone and premises of this book, a better title might have been The Most Dangerous Experiment . . . or something other than "Greatest" but perhaps that was the publisher's decision so as not to scare away potential readers, even though there's a disconnect between "greatest" and "performed upon."
And "performed upon" is truly what Seaman means as, at one point, she compares the products invented for administration, including from the sex organs of animals, to treating women as laboratory rats. Seaman dissects the poor understanding of hot flashes, of menopause, of the deleterious effects of hysterectomy, which used to often include removal of the ovaries. She goes into extensive and detailed descriptions of the experiments done by the Nazis upon women in concentration camps, easily leading the reader to infer that what was being done to women in the U.S. in the 20th century was not much different. She excoriates what she describes as the callous attitudes of some researchers even when faced with the evidence of the dangers of birth control pills and estrogen replacement "therapy" for women going through menopause. She delves into the role of U.S. birth control researchers in "pressuring poor women in public housing in Puerto Rico to be subjected to dosages ten times higher than in use today," drawing a link between Auschwitz and the Rio Pedras housing projects. In relating a long series of acts, which she clearly regards as crimes, at times she interjects personal comments such as "I began to wonder if it was the doctors, not the patients, who might need head exams." For those oriented towards "pure" science, this might be a drawback, while for others these inserts brings to life the kind of outraged response Seaman seems to be demanding from her readers. The story of Rio Pedras continues to be carried in Puerto Rican culture, although in the 21st century with its distractions, younger Puerto Ricans might not be so strong in this race memory.
Relevant to current events in the early part of the 21st century are her analyses of the start of what she calls the control of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) and the legislators in Washington D.C. by the pharmaceutical cartel (her term), what activists now call Big Pharma. She names names. Seaman also describes what she calls the complicity of women in promoting the very drugs that have the potential to maim and kill them. So much of what she describes would resonate with the history of the subjection of African-Americans and the existence of internalized racism.
Some of the flaws of this book involve areas of disjointedness where Seaman takes the reader back and forth in time, possibly leading to confusion as to who did what and when, but I have no problem with excusing Seaman as the issues are very complex. There's little to no chance of the reader of this book being bored but, just in case, I would recommend a short run through those sections where Seaman relates astounding and infuriating anecdotes of the actions and statements of physicians.
This book would play a valuable role in an undergraduate course in the history of women's health in the U.S. as well as being worthy for helping women understand how they have been used and abused by the interrelationships between the medical, the pharmaceutical and the legislative. As increasing amounts of evidence point to our entire environment having become deeply saturated with endocrine disrupting chemicals, hormones in our food, birth control pill residues being found in our drinking water, we need a new Barbara Seaman to continue her valuable work in fervent information collection, confrontation, dissemination and advocacy.
© 2011 Cecile Lawrence
Cecile Lawrence, NY


Svitlana Kmit - Violin
Svitlana Kmit Antons was born in Ukraine and has been playing the violin since she was seven. She received her education from the Lviv Musical College and one of the most prestigious Ukrainian conservatory – Lviv National Conservatory. While in the Ukraine, she performed in orchestras and taught at Sambir music school for 10 years. Many of her students continued her love and passion with music and became teachers themselves. Svitlana had the honor of playing in the orchestra conducted by the famous Ukrainian composer and conductor, Professor Mykola Kolessa.
Since coming to the United States, Svitlana has continued to perform in area orchestras. She has performed with North Shore Chamber Orchestra, St Vincent Orchestra, and has collaborated with pianist Dr.Alexander Zintchenko and conductor Anatol Lysenka. She has been deeply involved with teaching students of all ages and abilities in several local community schools such as Hinsdale Community House, Fairview Music School and St Joseph Ukrainian School.
Svitlana’s teaching style has a unique touch of a traditional European music school. Her curriculum is fun with a pleasant blend of theory and playing the violin. She has a wide variety of method books that keep students engaged and excited to learn!
Svitlana is a real pet lover. She has a lovely and very friendly boxer named Indi who loves to sing while she is playing the violin at home.


Selena Gomez on Social Media: ‘You’re Worth More Than an Instagram Like’
Bradley Stern
Donato Sardella, Getty Images for Coach
Selena Gomez commands one of the biggest platforms in the world, especially among teenagers — she's the most-followed person on Instagram, after all — and she's hoping to use her position in the spotlight to empower her impressionable fanbase.
During a Today segment, the Revival singer visited a L.A. high school to meet young girls involved in the Step Up organization, a youth empowerment program, as part of her work as a Coach ambassador.
While speaking to the group, the "Kill 'Em With Kindness" pop princess, who took off time in 2016 to deal with depression and anxiety issues brought on by lupus, opened up about opening up in the public eye — which she says is something that wasn't exactly her decision.
"I didn't really have a choice. I think a lot of people saw my life, whether I liked it or not. I had two options: either I would succumb to what everyone was saying or assuming, or I could take that opportunity to be vulnerable with my specific audience, which is the people who've been with me since the beginning, and I think that's what I chose to do."
As a result, Selena's using her platform to instill some self-confidence in her devoted following.
"I just hope they know that they're worth more than an Instagram like, and they're worth more than a comment on any other social platform," she says of young girls stressing out over social media.
As for SelGo herself? She's enjoying her less-is-more approach to sharing on social.
"I'm actually enjoying finding moments for myself, whether I'm in the studio and I've been in the studio for a week straight, and I haven't said anything about it....I like having a little mystery to where I'm at. I think that makes me feel very empowered and very in control of where I'm at. I'm also taking time to have a personal life, so I'm enjoying mixing that because I've always been kind of straight work. Now it's just taking my time."
Watch Selena's full Today segment below.
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The Best of Mozart, simply it is the Best Classical Music. Mozart Orchestra | The Blue Danube | Waltz @ Vienna State Opera The concerts are performed in the style of 18th century "Musical Academies" at which it was usual to perform single movements from his many symphonies and solo concertos, as well as overtures, arias and duets from his best-known operas. 13/7/2015 في دار الأوربيرا في فينا النمسا. يتم تنفيذ الحفلات في أسلوب القرن الثامن عشر من خلال "الأكاديميات الموسيقية" التي كان من المعتاد لأداء الحركات واحدة من له العديد من السيمفونيات وكونشيرتو منفردا، فضلا عن مبادرات، ألحان وثنائيات من له أفضل المعروفة المسلسلات.
Gianluca Marciano conducted the great Tbilisi State Opera Orchestra when they performed Antonin Dvořák's 9th symphony. As an integral part of the Al Bustan Festival 2014, we couldn't be happier that Gianluca Marciano agreed when we asked if we could film all 63 musicians on stage. Images by Roy Jamhouri Brought to you by: https://www.facebook.com/AlBustanFestival Sponsored by: https://www.facebook.com/caimanfilms Special Thanks to: https://www.facebook.com/wickerparkfestival and Soul Arch
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Join me for a wonderful evening at the Opera House in Budapest on Andrassy street where I attend a concert of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra ( Budapesti Filharmóniai Társaság Zenekara )
Recorded in 1928. Thanks to Rolf for allowing me to use his excellent transfers. You can find this and many other wonderful selections and information at his website: http://www.satyr78kl.blogspot.com Manfred Ludwig Hugo Andreas Gurlitt was born in Berlin on 6 September 1890 to the art dealer Fritz Gurlitt (1854-1893) and Annarella Gurlitt (1856-1935). He studied for a time with Engelbert Humperdinck. From 1908 to 1910, he was a coach at the Berlin Court Opera and in 1911 acted as musical assistant to Karl Muck at Bayreuth. In 1911-12, he was second conductor in Essen, then in Augsburg for two years. in 1914 he was given the post of first conductor at the Bremen Stadttheater, a position he held until he became general music director there in 1924. In 1920 he founded a Society for New Music in Bremen to encourage avant-garde and rarely heard pre-classical works. His first opera Die Heilige, set in 12th-century Japan, premiered in Bremen in 1920. His opera Wozzeck after the play by Georg Büchner premiered with Gurlitt conducting in Bremen on 22 April 1926 four months after the opera of the same title by Alban Berg. Berg called it "not bad or unoriginal" but added that "the broth in the kettle of this opera, that is, in the orchestra, is too watered down". Like Berg, he used selected scenes from the play, added a lengthy elegy after Wozzeck's death, and added an epilogue. He used an offstage choir of sopranos that, in addition to commenting on the action, began and ended the opera with the text "we poor people". Unlike Berg, he provided a distinct musical setting for each scene without connecting interludes. In another assessment, "Musically, he stands closer to Strauss and Hindemith than to Schoenberg. His instrumentation is less sophisticated and complex than Berg's; his orchestra is subordinated to an accompanying role in the drama". Gurlitt's work attracted much attention at the time and marked the zenith of Gurlitt's career. Malicious gossip, charges of "debauchery and loose living", caused him to move to Berlin in 1927 where he taught at the Charlottenburg Musikhochschule and conducted for the Staatsoper, Krolloper, Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater, and Berlin Radio. He wrote Die Soldaten (1930) based the 1776 play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz and Nana (1932) based on the novel by Émile Zola. In the former he anticipated the operatic treatment of the same Lenz play by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, which premiered in 1965. In Nana he took on a subject similar to Berg's Lulu, also written 1933, but not premiered till 1937. Gurlitt's Nana had a libretto by Max Brod, and productions were cancelled because Brod's Judaism and Zola's politics offended Nazi ideology in Cologne and Mannheim. Gurlitt's music was banned by the Nazis when they assumed power, but his presence in Berlin was tolerated as he undertook to bring his music in line with the aesthetics of the Third Reich. His mother Annarella tried to satisfy the Nazis of his non-Jewish heritage by certifying first that his Jewish paternal grandmother had converted to Protestantism and second that Gurlitt was not the son of Fritz Gurlitt, but of Willi Waldecker, the man Annarella married not long after Fritz died in 1893. Manfred Gurlitt was accepted as a member of the Nazi party on 1 May 1933. He was ejected from the party by court order on 3 May 1937. The court declared that Gurlitt was a "Jew of Mixed Race of the 2nd Order". German authorities frustrated his attempts to secure a teaching position in Japan for months, until he managed win readmission to the Reichsmusikkammer (State Music Institute) and proposed a trip abroad for "study, observation, and documentary" activities. He emigrated in April 1939 and arrived in Yokohama, Japan, with his third wife on 23 May. Japan was then an ally of Germany, both soon to become parties to the Axis Pact in September 1940. Gurlitt became active as an opera conductor with Fujiwara Yoshie's company, the Fujiwara Opera. In 1940, he became Musical Director of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. In these positions he presented the Japanese premieres of many works from the standard repertoire by Mozart, Wagner, and Richard Strauss. Gurlitt's attitude to the Nazi regime remained equivocal, and he was a regular guest at the German Embassy in Tokyo. In 1952 he founded the Gurlitt Opera Company in Tokyo.
Digitized from the LP above, released in 1968 on the Vanguard label, catalogue number VSD-2086. "David Hertzberg"
Varios - Classical Music in Hollywood Vol. I Artista Intérprete: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Compositor: Richard Strauss Orquesta: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Director: Janos Sándor
W. A. Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 Adonis Gonzalez - Piano Robert Ward - Conductor Slovak State Opera Chamber Orchestra Primaciálny Palác - Hall of Mirrors Archbishop's Palace - Bratislava, Slovakia Performed on July 30th, 2017
Bohuslav Martinu: Saltarello from the opera Mirandolina Conductor, Charles Olivieri-Munroe Prague State Opera Orchestra Live Concert 'Martinu Gala' from the Prague State Opera October 2, 2009
Franz Josef Haydn - Symphony No. 101 in D major, "The Clock" (Hoboken 1/101) 0:00 Adagio - Presto 8:46 Andante ("The Clock") 17:43 Menuetto - Allegretto 25:12 Finale - Vivace Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Mogens Wöldike Recorded in 1956 or 1958 Another early stereo recording, this one for Vanguard. Vanguard changed hands a number of times over the years, and is currently a subsidiary of Entertainment One (also known as eOne), a Canadian company. Many items of the classic Vanguard catalog are being re-released in cheap digital "box sets" on Amazon under the "Bach Guild" label.
From Wikipedia: Leo Blech (21 April 1871 – 25 August 1958) was a German opera composer and conductor who is perhaps most famous for his work at the Königliches Opernhaus (later the Berlin State Opera / Staatsoper Unter den Linden) from 1906 to 1937, and later as the conductor of Berlin's Städtische Oper from 1949 to 1953. Blech was known for his reliable, clear, and elegant performances, especially of works by Wagner, Verdi, and Bizet's Carmen (which he conducted over 600 times), and for his sensitivity as an accompanist. Blech's stylish account of the waltz from 'Der Rosenkavalier,' recorded in December 1928, has long been a favourite of mine, and I hope others will also enjoy it. I have made the transfer from a laminated Australian 78 rpm pressing.
The Rehersal of Bohemia Symphony Orchestra Prague at State Opera Prague www.bohemiaorchestra.com
State Opera may refer to :
Bavarian State Opera
Hamburg State Opera
Staatsoper Hannover
Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden
Hungarian State Opera House
Prague State Opera
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The State Opera (Czech: Státní opera), is an opera house in Prague, Czech Republic. It is part of the National Theatre of the Czech Republic, founded by Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic in 1992. The theatre itself originally opened in 1888 as the New German Theatre and from 1949 to 1989 it was known as the Smetana Theatre. More recently it was known as the Prague State Opera.
New German Theatre
The history of the theatre currently known as the Prague State Opera dates back to the late 19th Century. While often overshadowed by the more prominent National Theatre of Prague, the company has its own distinct history. The birth of a magnificent Czech Theatre, the National Theatre, in 1883 indirectly created a longing among the Prague German community for a German-speaking opera house of its own. At that time the Czech lands were part of the Austro-Hungarian empire and there was a large German minority living in Prague. On 4 February 1883 the Deutscher Theaterverein was founded with the goal of raising funds for the new theatre. The plans were developed by the well-known Viennese firm Fellner & Helmer along with Karl Hasenauer, architect of the Burgtheater in Vienna. The resulting Neues deutsches Theater (New German Theatre) was designed by the Prague architect Alfons Wertmüller and built within 20 months. With its spacious auditorium and elaborate neo-rococo décor, the theater was one of the most beautiful in Europe.
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The Vienna State Opera (German: Wiener Staatsoper) is an opera house – and opera company – with a history dating back to the mid-19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria. It was originally called the Vienna Court Opera (Wiener Hofoper). In 1920, with the replacement of the Habsburg Monarchy by the First Republic of Austria, it was renamed the Vienna State Opera. The members of the Vienna Philharmonic are recruited from its orchestra.
History of the building
The opera house was the first major building on the Vienna Ringstraße commissioned by the Viennese "city expansion fund". Work commenced on the house in 1861 and was completed in 1869, following plans drawn up by architects August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll. It was built in the Neo-Renaissance style by the renowned Czech architect and contractor Josef Hlavka.
The Ministry of the Interior had commissioned a number of reports into the availability of certain building materials, with the result that stones long not seen in Vienna were used, such as Wöllersdorfer Stein, for plinths and free-standing, simply-divided buttresses, the famously hard stone from Kaisersteinbruch, whose colour was more appropriate than that of Kelheimerstein, for more lushly decorated parts. The somewhat coarser-grained Kelheimerstein (also known as Solnhof Plattenstein) was intended as the main stone to be used in the building of the opera house, but the necessary quantity was not deliverable. Breitenbrunner stone was suggested as a substitute for the Kelheimer stone, and stone from Jois was used as a cheaper alternative to the Kaiserstein. The staircases were constructed from polished Kaiserstein, while most of the rest of the interior was decorated with varieties of marble.
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An orchestra (/ˈɔːrkᵻstrə/ or US /ˈɔːrˌkɛstrə/; Italian: [orˈkɛstra]) is a large instrumental ensemble used in classical music that contains sections of string (violin, viola, cello and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. Other instruments such as the piano and celesta may sometimes be grouped into a fifth section such as a keyboard section or may stand alone, as may the concert harp and, for 20th and 21st century compositions, electric and electronic instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ὀρχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus. The orchestra grew by accretion throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, but changed very little in composition during the course of the 20th century.
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The Berlin State Opera (German: Staatsoper Unter den Linden) is a German opera company. Its permanent home is the opera house on the Unter den Linden boulevard in the Mitte district of Berlin, which also hosts the Staatskapelle Berlin orchestra. Originally the Hofoper (court opera) from 1742, it was named Königliches Opernhaus (Royal Opera House) in 1844, and Staatsoper unter den Linden in 1918. It is also known as Deutsche Staatsoper, and short as Lindenoper. From 1949 to 1990 it was the state opera of East Germany. Since 2004, the Berlin State Opera belongs to the Berlin Opera Foundation, like the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Komische Oper Berlin, the Berlin State Ballet, and the Bühnenservice Berlin (Stage and Costume Design).
King Frederick II of Prussia shortly after his accession to the throne commissioned the original building on the site. Construction work began in July 1741 with what was designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff to be the first part of a "Forum Fredericianum" on present-day Bebelplatz. Although not entirely completed, the Court Opera (Hofoper) was inaugurated with a performance of Carl Heinrich Graun's Cesare e Cleopatra on December 7, 1742. This event marked the beginning of the successful, 250-year co-operation between the Staatsoper and the Staatskapelle Berlin, the state orchestra, whose roots trace back to the 16th century.
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The Clock or The Clocks may refer to:
"The Clock", another name for Haydn's Symphony No. 101
The Clock (comics), the first masked comic book crime-fighter character, initially published in 1936
The Clock (1945 film), a 1945 American film
The Clock (2010 film), a 24-hour art video by Christian Marclay
The Clock (radio), a dramatic anthology radio series from 1946–48
The Clock (TV series), television series
The Clock (The Americans), the second episode of the first season of the television series The Americans
The Clocks
The Clocks (novel), by Agatha Christie
The Clocks of Iraz
Clock (disambiguation)
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The Clock is a fictional masked crime-fighter character created in 1936, during the Golden Age of Comic Books. According to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, he was the first masked hero to appear in American comic books.
Created by cartoonist George Brenner, the Clock first appeared in two Comics Magazine Company publications: Funny Pages #6 and Funny Picture Stories #1 both cover-dated November 1936. His first appearances were in two-page features, with little room for character development. The Clock's secret identity was eventually disclosed as Brian O'Brien, a wealthy member of high society.
The Clock may be a “missing link” between pulp and comic-book heroes. A hypnotist with a secret underground lair, his minimalist costume as a master of disguise was a three-piece suit and mask. The Clock used a number of gadgets (including a cane whose head becomes a projectile, and a diamond stud which fires tear gas), and customarily left a calling card with a clock face and "The Clock Has Struck".
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Tbilisi State Opera Orchestra - Symphony No. 9 (Antonin Dvořák) | Beirut Jam Sessions
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Silcher / Erich Kunz, 1965: Die Loreley - Anton Paulik, Vienna State Opera Orchestra
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ADONIS GONZALEZ - Mozart Concerto K. 467 - Slovak State Opera Chamber Orchestra
Martinu: Saltarello - Charles Olivieri-Munroe / Prague State Opera Orchestra
Haydn - Symphony No. 101 "The Clock" (Wöldike / Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
Leo Blech and the Berlin State Opera Orchestra - Der Rosenkavalier Waltz (R. Strauss) (1928)
The Rehersal of Bohemia Symphony Orchestra Prague at State Opera Prague.mp4
Recorded in 1928. Thanks to Rolf for allowing me to use his excellent transfers. You can find this and many other wonderful selections and information at his website: http://www.satyr78kl.blogspot.com Manfred Ludwig Hugo Andreas Gurlitt was born in Berlin on 6 September 1890 to the art dealer Fritz Gurlitt (1854-1893) and Annarella Gurlitt (1856-1935). He studied for a time with Engelbert Humperdinck. From 1908 to 1910, he was a coach at the Berlin Court Opera and in 1911 acted as musical assistant to Karl Muck at Bayreuth. In 1911-12, he was second conductor in Essen, then in Augsburg for two years. in 1914 he was given the post of first conductor at the Bremen Stadttheater, a position he held until he became general music director there in 1924. In 1920 he founded a Society for New Mu...
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Gianluca Marciano conducted the great Tbilisi State Opera Orchestra when they performed Antonin Dvořák's 9th symphony. As an integral part of the Al Bustan Fes...
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W. A. Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 Adonis Gonzalez - Piano Robert Ward - Conductor Slovak State Opera Chamber Orchestra Primaciálny Palác...
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Bohuslav Martinu: Saltarello from the opera Mirandolina Conductor, Charles Olivieri-Munroe Prague State Opera Orchestra Live Concert 'Martinu Gala' from the Pr...
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Bohuslav Martinu: Saltarello from the opera Mirandolina Conductor, Charles Olivieri-Munroe...
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The ISO and the Cooper Tire lockout
By Barry Grey and Charles Bogle
Some 1,050 workers at the Cooper Tire & Rubber plant in Findlay, Ohio are entering the second month of a bitter struggle against the company’s demands for new concessions, including revamped production targets that could slash wages by 40 percent, as well as cuts in health care and vacations. The workers were locked out November 28 after they rejected the company’s offer.
Three years ago, the United Steel Workers of America (USW) union agreed to a two-tier wage at Cooper, with new hires making a mere $13 an hour. They also agreed to a wage freeze and other concessions amounting to $30 million over the period of the contract. The claim then was that Cooper needed the concessions in order to reverse falling profits, with the alternative being the shutdown of the factory.
The company is now making large profits, and its CEO has nearly doubled his compensation since 2008 to $4.7 million. But Cooper is demanding even more onerous give-backs.
In standing up to the company’s blackmail, the Cooper workers are fighting for workers all across the country—and, indeed, internationally—who face ever more brutal demands for cuts in wages, jobs and conditions. And like workers in auto, steel, transit, communications, the service industry and the public sector, the Findlay Cooper workers face in the trade union apparatus a hostile force that is working to isolate and betray their struggle.
Neither the international union nor USW Local 207-L has called a strike or taken any action to halt company-organized scabbing. The union has made it clear that it opposes joint action with USW workers at Cooper’s plant in Texarkana, Arkansas, where the contract expires in January. Although it sits on a $150 million strike fund, the USW has refused to provide strike benefits to the workers, who were denied jobless benefits by the state for several weeks.
At a rally held in Findlay December 17, union leaders told workers nothing about their talks with the company. They proposed no action beyond impotent protests in the form of a “corporate campaign”—a diversionary tactic pioneered by the Steelworkers union in the 1980s, when it and the AFL-CIO as a whole were repudiating any form of class struggle and embracing labor-management “partnership.”
In opposition to the mobilization of the broad support that exists for the Cooper Tire workers, the union is telling them to place their faith in worthless appeals to the National Labor Relations Board and Democratic politicians. The USW, along with the rest of the unions, is backing Obama’s reelection bid, despite the Obama administration’s support for wage-cutting in auto, steel, and manufacturing in general.
In the name of reviving US manufacturing and boosting “made in America” exports, the Democratic Party, along with the Republicans, is using mass unemployment to permanently reduce the wage gap between American workers and super-exploited workers in the cheap-labor havens of Asia and Latin America.
In the face of this treachery, the International Socialist Organization (ISO) is doing its best to disorient and confuse the rank and file and give a boost to the union leadership. The fake-socialists of the ISO are seeking to do in Findlay what they have done in the mass protests and strikes earlier this year in Wisconsin and in every other struggle of the working class—use hollow rhetoric to disarm the workers and protect their own alliance with the trade union apparatus and the Democratic Party.
An article by Shaun Harkin posted December 16 on the ISO’s web site, socialistworker.org, is little more than a hack piece written for the benefit of the USW officials. There is not a word of criticism of either the USW International or Local 207-L. Nor is there so much as a suggestion that more aggressive action should be taken to halt the scabbing, or that the union should call out the other Cooper Tire plants, including the Texarkana plant, in solidarity with the Findlay workers. The idea that the union should provide strike benefits to the workers is not broached.
The ISO, supposedly an “international” organization, does not criticize the union’s promotion of “America first” economic nationalism as a means of lining US rubber workers up behind “their” bosses and pitting them against their class brothers and sisters internationally.
The method employed by the author is to impute to the union the determination and principled stand taken by the workers. Thus Harkin uncritically quotes Local 207-L President Rodney Nelson as saying, “They [management] have to understand that people are not going to keep working for less and less.”
But when it comes to the massive concessions imposed on the workers in 2008, the union is suddenly out of the picture. It was entirely, it would seem, the responsibility of the workers themselves. Harkin writes: “In 2008… workers reluctantly accepted steep concessions—a wage freeze and a two-tier wage rate for new hires…”
The ISO does not mention the sabotage of the 12-week Goodyear Tire strike of 2006-07 by the USW, or the union’s support for two-tier wages at a growing number of plants.
Instead, it quotes a length and without criticism the USW’s statement on the unfair labor practices charges it has filed with the National Labor Relations Board—a legal ploy by the bureaucracy to attempt to work out a rotten compromise that will include most if not all of the company’s concessions demands.
Finally, the ISO holds up as a model for the Findlay workers the referendum mounted by the unions and the Democratic Party that overturned an anti-workers’ rights law imposed last year by the Republican governor and Republican-controlled state legislature of Ohio. “The struggle against SB 5 [the anti-worker law] galvanized Ohio’s labor movement and demonstrates the spreading mood of resistance,” the article declares.
The unions and the middle-class “left” groups like the ISO that are allied to them are cynically using the repeal of SB 5 to promote the fiction that workers can defend their rights and conditions through the Democratic Party and by seeking to pressure the institutions of the capitalist state. In fact, the unions opposed SB 5 only because it undercut their institutional and financial interests, not because they oppose the cuts in jobs, wages and social programs being carried out at every level of government—federal, state and local.
The Findlay struggle is another indication of the coming entry of the American and international working class into historic battles. There are critical political and programmatic issues that must be clarified in order for the working class to defend its past gains and achieve new ones. Among them are the need to establish the political independence of the working class from all parties and politicians of the capitalist class and the necessity to fight consciously for a fundamental, revolutionary—i.e., socialist—change in economic relations, in order to end social inequality, poverty and unemployment.
The old official trade unions are an implacable obstacle to such a struggle. They have long ceased to represent the workers. They have become businesses that serve the interests of a right-wing, wealthy layer of officials who provide cheap labor to the companies and receive in return a share in the profits extracted from the exploitation of the workers.
These rotten organizations have to be swept aside and new, democratic organizations of struggle formed by the workers themselves. A new, revolutionary leadership must be built among the workers to lead these struggles. Key to this fight is exposing and politically defeating the “left” organs of the bourgeoisie and the trade union apparatus such as the ISO.
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Alpine snowboarder Robby Burns is making his own path to the 2022 Olympics
News | December 28, 2018
Alpine snowboarder Robby Burns, who trains with the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, missed the 2018 Olympics by one spot. He currently works a night-time security job to pay for his training in Steamboat Springs. (Photo courtesy of Carrie Kizuka)
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — At 11 p.m., Robby Burns checks into his shift as a security officer at Steamboat Resort.
He’ll get off work at 7 a.m., go to sleep a half an hour later, then wake up in three hours to start training for the 2022 Beijing Olympics as an Alpine snowboarder.
Burns spends two to three hours on snow, then eats before taking another three-hour nap before hitting the gym. He’ll rest before his shift, then repeat it all again the next day.
It’s not normal for an athlete of Burns’ caliber to work a full-time job and spend only eight hours on snow and 10 hours in the gym per week. Ideally, Burns would get eight hours of sleep, eat a well-balanced meal that isn’t microwaved rice or protein shakes and train 10 hours on snow and 15 hours in the gym every week, but when he fell just one spot short of the 2018 Olympics, that luxury was lost.
“I don’t want to give up on this because it’s hard right now,” Burns said. “I’m sleeping where I can sleep to make it to training; it’s a little bit of survival time. I’m making it work. It’s challenging but also beautiful. There’s not another thing on this earth I want to dedicate my time.”
Burns was the third-best American Alpine snowboarder, but the U.S. Team only took two athletes. Knowing that he may not have the means to compete in Alpine snowboarding was not just a question of making it, but a question of the 28-year-old’s own identity.
“I spent five years creating this program to go to the Olympics and didn’t reach that goal,” Burns said. “I had to take some time for myself to re-evaluate — is snowboarding still my passion? When I took time away from snowboarding, it was great, but it was also like, this is my life. I don’t have any intention of walking away from snowboarding yet.”
Burns is originally from California but has been training with the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club for six years. He wanted to stay with his coach Thedo Remmelink, and to bring down the costs of training, the Winter Sports Club helped him find the security job and allowed him to coach snowboarding once a week.
“Before I even started looking, the most realistic thing is a night shift,” Burns said.
Tori Koski, the head of the SSWSC snowboarding program, found Burns the $14-an-hour security job and a roommate, Millie Bongiorno, who also trains in Alpine snowboarding.
With few sponsorships, Burns limits his travel. He won’t be making any World Cup appearances but hopes to compete in the World Championships in February. He won both the parallel and giant slalom at the SSWSC Race to the Cup and the parallel slalom at the Buck Hill Race to the Cup. Burns ranks second to Steamboat Springs’ own Cody Winters in the NorAm cup standings.
Remmelink believes Burns’ race in Steamboat was one of his best.
“It’s not easy, but it’s really fun,” Remmelink said. “At big events something can happen to anybody in the preparation. You can have an injury or a bad night of sleep. As an athlete you have to learn how to perform at a given time and a given place whether you’re ready or not.”
Burns is still young in the sport, having only 19 World Cup starts. More seasoned
Alpine snowboarders are in their 30s with over 100 World Cup starts.
Robby Burns is focused on training for the 2022 Olympics, rather than traveling to every World Cup. (Photo courtesy of Cale Conner)
“We’ve tried to give him a home where he can rebuild himself this year and then move forward in a strong way,” Remmelink said. “I think he can be in a very strong spot for the next Olympics.”
Not competing in World Cups puts Burns at a disadvantage for making the World Championships in Salt Lake City in February. To be a part of the A team, athletes must medal at a World Cup event. The B team requires two top-eight finishes at a World Cup event. He hopes he can hold onto his NorAm ranking and make his case.
“If the goal was to just be a part of the U.S. Team, going to World Cups is the obvious choice,” Burns said. “In a four-year program, a lot more goes into it. Are you riding well enough to achieve a good time at the World Cup race?”
Funding a World Cup season is impossible for Burns right now. If it’s done right, the cost can average from $60,000 to $90,000 a year. Remmelink believes that training should be the focus, allowing Burns time to peak at the right times, and hopefully, that will be at races like the World Championships.
“In a competitive atmosphere, you measure yourself against somebody else and you hope to learn from that,” Remmelink said. “What we teach at the club is we also measure yourself against yourself and your own goals. Solid fundamentals play a huge role in peaking and that’s both on a technical level and on a mental level.”
While the training has lessened due to the demands of a full-time job, Burns believes that the strict schedule has allowed him to keep a focused mentality.
“It just really brought me to living in the moment,” Burns said. “I’m not going to worry about what tomorrow brings. Before, I’d start stressing about a race two weeks out, three weeks out and that affects my ability to focus. In my current situation, I don’t have a ton of time to worry about what tomorrow’s going to bring. Race day comes up, and I’m like alright I’m tired, but now I have this.”


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A Buddhist approach to the Inauguration
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I’m not qualified to speak on behalf of all Buddhism, an ancient and worldwide system with innumerable regional and cultural variations. However, if I was forced to generalize, it would be safe to say that most schools of Buddhism are decidedly apolitical. That’s because most are based on a belief in the human potential to experience life without evaluations, mental categorizations and judgments. This kind of perspective frees up the opportunity for compassion.
I would argue that compassion is not a state but an active effort, at the center of which is a striving to understand other people, many of whom use different evaluations, mental categorizations and judgments than you. Therefore a Buddhist approach to the inauguration might have something to do with letting go of the fear and anger characterizing both sides of the deeply disturbing rift in our national consciousness, and to see what kinds of solutions may arise from that open space between our thoughts.
Toward an enlightened society
Very much in the spirit of these principals, the Shambhala tradition, founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, talks about an “enlightened society” founded on the radical idea that people are basically good. An enlightened society might sound sort of political. Really, it is just a collection of people striving to live their lives free from passion, aggression and ignorance (or “apathy”), those inevitable human mental states that cause us to chase after this or that thing at the expense of the present; to push away uncomfortable ideas, missing an opportunity to grow courage and learn from them; and to ignore the deeper reality of human suffering. All of these mental states are rooted in a fear that what we need or value will be taken away from us.
Kung Fu, kittens, and the true art of war
Letting go of fear is even more terrifying than the original fear. Fear and anger are hardwired into the armored tactical survival suit that is our human body. We feel afraid that if we take off our armor and stop fighting, the “other side” will win, or those suffering under the causes we care about will be left to suffer. But there must be some way to continue acting on our beliefs without making ourselves miserable and potentially harming our own cause. This is where the principal of non-violence becomes paramount. Personally I look at this in two ways. First, I draw on my love of Kung Fu movies. Second, I think about kittens.
In the famous “be as water” quote, Bruce Lee suggests that yielding and flexibility are the roots of strength. This means calming our minds. It means allowing our clear thinking to see the naturally-occurring, strategic opportunities to redirect whatever it is we are trying to stop. I encourage each of us to think about ways we have been defeating ourselves and our causes by missing obvious and auspicious opportunities. When we keep quiet in a potentially contentious argument, for example, we inspire respect, and we portray a confidence in what we believe that may give our would-be opponent pause. We allow him or her to feel listened to. Sometimes when you allow someone to see their thoughts through to the end, you and they both realize there is something you can agree on. Enter the second perspective, kittens.
Only a true beast remains unmoved by a good interspecies pile-on. (Please ignore the mess in the background.)
Few Republicans or Democrats would stomp on a kitten or run down an old lady in the street. Personally, I’ve had to remind myself of this throughout the past year. If you won’t stomp on a kitten, you and I have something to work with, no matter how awful, naive, misguided or hateful I think your other beliefs may be.
I love this quote from Shepherd Book, one of my favorite characters in one of my favorite science fiction movies, Serenity:
“I don’t care what you believe in, just believe in it.”
The kind of belief he’s talking about is not a belief in gravity (or something else it would be difficult for anyone to argue against). It’s a belief that there is something greater than ourselves more important than our individual whims. I believe that if, from a calm state, we examine our minds and our beliefs and follow them to their roots, we will discover the first terrifying but eventually liberating experience of emptiness. Of formlessness. Formlessness doesn’t mean non-existence. It means that even our most closely-held values are just thoughts. How much are my values, some of which I might kill and die for, rooted in my own attempt to slice and dice reality into digestible chunks—categorizations—that in fact don’t really “exist” anywhere?
“I don’t care what you believe in. Just believe in it.” – Shepherd Book’s last words in Serenity
Carl Sagan on human existence
As I like to say, the stars and planets don’t give a crap what you believe in. Carl Sagan said it a lot better in his deservedly famous excerpt from Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space. “The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.” This snippet doesn’t capture the majesty and wisdom of the full quotation. Please, promise you will read it!
“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.” – Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Just believing in something
I’m reading what I’ve written so far and it seems trite, except for the part about the survival suit. Taking that thing off, and, as some Tibetan Buddhists say “leaning into the sharp edges” of the things that terrify us, takes tremendous courage. That fundamental terror—based on vulnerability—is shared by everyone from fascists to saints. Segue to another quote from a great film, one inadvertently containing some great Buddhist wisdom, The Big Lebowski:
Donny: “They were Nazis Dude?”
Walter: “Oh come on Donny they were threatening castration! Are we going to split hairs here?”
Donny: “No.”
Walter: “Am I wrong?”
Dude: “Man, they were nihilists, man! They kept saying they believe in nothing.”
Walter: “Nihilists! F*** me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.”
In the film, Walter says this even though he is a very enthusiastic and vocal convert to Judaism (“I don’t roll on Shabbos!”).
I don’t know how I got here, but let’s get away from the subject of Nazism, fast. Suffice it to say I’m more afraid of someone who operates without a code than someone whose code condones even the most deplorable act of hate. With a code, at least there is a fundamental belief in the value of belief. With analysis and self-examination, there may be some hope for the opportunity to believe in something else.
Seven words to summarize “Buddhism”
For what it’s worth, here’s what I believe:
Even my most cherished and undeniably unassailable values—for example, don’t stomp on kittens in the street—are still ultimately just choices. The sun and the planets and the stardust and carbon know nothing from right and wrong, and that is the stuff I am also made of and whose laws I am completely subject to. However, everything I have read, from Taoist scripture to the Bible to Buddhist dharma, suggests that life is more satisfying when we try to think about other people. That’s why I started meditating and studying Buddhism. Not because I’m a nice guy. But because I was looking for a way out this essential “askewedness,” often mistranslated as “suffering,” that Siddhartha Gotama discovered first on the marathon meditation that led to his enlightenment. It’s called the First Noble Truth, and it basically says that human life is effed up. Among other things, we are still wired to run from tigers and club the guy stealing our food even though we spend most of our time in temperature-controlled buildings pulling the food we need out of a magic box.
Any time you find yourself baffled over the stupid crap we do, you are experiencing the First Noble Truth.
I called this post “a” Buddhist approach to the inauguration and not “the” approach, because, again, I can’t speak on behalf of something much bigger than me, that I have profound respect for, that isn’t really an “ism” to begin with. But here’s how I would summarize Buddhism, if asked:
Slow down, pay attention, and be nice.
Truth be told I am going to fight, and fight hard, for the things I believe in, harder than before. But I’m pledging to do that without sharing Memes of Despair and Gloating on the internet (pledging to. I won’t always succeed). I’m pledging not to accuse people who voted differently than me of being terrible people (again, I will sometimes fail).
Like The Dude, I plan to abide.
– Eric Hayward
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(Pictures courtesy of Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Pups are Fun Enterprises, Universal Studios and Carl Sagan).
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Teen Pot Use Stalls as States Regulate Use
by your humble narrator | Dec 28, 2012 | Activism, Law Enforcement | 0 comments
by Sabrina Fendrick, NORML Women’s Alliance
Despite several attempts by the media and policy makers to associate the rising number of state regulated medical marijuana programs (and popular legalization efforts) with a rise in use and a drop in associated risk, the 2012 Monitoring the Future Survey reports that there was no rise in daily or annual marijuana use among teens. According to the report, “annual marijuana use [among 8th, 10th and 12th graders] showed no further increase in any of the three grades surveyed in 2012… [And the] daily use of marijuana…remained essentially flat.” Also of note, despite the sharp decline in perceived risk of marijuana use across all three grades, there was a statistically significant decline of use among 8th graders. These numbers are consistent with other recent studies showing that states with regulated marijuana programs have not seen an increase in teen use. Some have even seen a decrease in pot use among their youth population.
“This study suggests that exposure among teens to the concept of marijuana regulation policies (one third of whom live in such states) does not cause an increase in use. It is also important to consider that a drop in perceived risk is likely associated with their rejection of the overzealous scare tactics used in most schools’ drug education programs” said Sabrina Fendrick of the NORML Women’s Alliance.
It is important to note, however, that marijuana use rates and availability nationwide remain at relatively high levels, while alcohol use rates remain historically low. This is most likely due to the fact that the former is illegal and thereby not subject to government controls, while the latter substance is legally restricted to adults only. The same goes for tobacco. We did not have to outlaw cigarettes to reduce the use among minors. A policy of education and regulation (not prohibition) has created an environment in which cigarette usage has fallen to an all time low. According to the principal investigator of the study, Lloyd Johnston, “[A] lowering teen smoking rates…likely…depend[s] on…changes such as raising cigarette taxes, further limiting where smoking is permitted, bringing back broad-based anti-smoking ad campaigns, and making quit-smoking programs more available.” It has been proven that age restrictions, coupled with the imposition of government regulation and education are the most effective at reducing youth access to adult-only recreational substances. According to the 2011 MFS report, the drop in alcohol use can be attributed to a strict regulation scheme that include educational campaigns focusing on responsible use and age restrictions which, in turn, lowers availability.
The report concluded; “In the 1980?s a number of states raised their minimum drinking age to twenty-one, which these researches were able to demonstrate reduced drinking.” It goes on to say “the proportion of 8th and 10th graders who say they could get alcohol ‘fairly easily’ or ‘very easily’ had been declining since 1996 and continued to drop in all three grades in 2011. Various other factors of likely importance include…higher beer taxes and restrictions on alcohol promotion to youth.” The 2012 survey reported that again, “there was no increase in perceived availability of alcohol.”
One can therefore conclude that the only sensible answer to restricting marijuana access to [as well as use among] minors is through state and local government regulation and a message of moderation.
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SENSATIONAL SOLIDARITY DEFINES CONFERENCE IN JERUSALEM
Hadassah International Conferences 30 April, 2004
As the enthusiastic voices in many different languages filled the King David Hotel, an onlooker could sense the diversity of the over 250 delegates from 18 countries who came to Jerusalem, March 13-15 for Hadassah International’s Solidarity Conference.At the same time, the bond that transcends this diversity came to life during the standing ovation and continuous applause for Founder of the Hadassah International Medical Relief Association, Bernice S. Tannenbaum.
The strong connection was vivid again with the expressions of empathy for the victims of terrorism, whether in Madrid or Israel, and in the respect and admiration for our Hadassah Medical Organization physicians, nurses, and social workers. Clearly, these delegates were powerfully linked by their love for Hadassah International and HMO as premier bridges to nations through medicine.
As Amos Attali, Chair of Young Hadassah International, stated: “Our commitment unites us.” Amos led a delegation of over 35 young people from Argentina, Holland, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom, who expressed pride in their mission of health care without discrimination.
From the opening session, it was evident that the Israelis were thrilled to have Hadassah International’s presence and support. As Israeli Minister of Health Danny Naveh said, in thanking the delegates for
coming to Israel:
“You can be proud that you are part of the family of Hadassah. Thanks to your involvement, we can keep high standards of medical treatment, despite the need for budget cuts in these difficult times.”
Minister Naveh also expressed the conviction that “we must show the terrorists that there are no political fruits from terrorist acts.”
Hadassah France President Dr. Sydney Ohana, who led a delegation of over 100 from his home country, noted, “With optimism, we can confront terrorism and achieve the upper hand. We feel the hope that no other mothers should cry for their kids; that we can live in a world without terror.”
A wonderful highlight of this opening session was the tribute to Hadassah International President Nancy Falchuk by HMO Director General Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef. “HMO is in Nancy’s soul,” he noted, adding that “a labor of love is what volunteerism is all about.”
Another touching moment came with the presentation of the first Bernice S. Tannenbaum Young Volunteer of Distinction Award to Dr. Enrique Bassat, a pediatrician from Barcelona. Dr. Bassat has reached out with his medical expertise to needy children all over the world.
The opening session featured the showing of a video created by Dr. Alain Salimpour, President of Hadassah Nice, and his wife, Ruth, “in appreciation of Hadassah’s giving us the opportunity to give.” The video showcased the song, “Hadassah, For Peace,” composed by the Salimpours especially for Hadassah.
Dr. Raanan Gissin, Israel’s Foreign Press and Public Affairs Advisor, gave the delegates a comprehensive update on where the Middle East conflict stands today. While he did not downplay the seriousness of widespread terrorism, he maintained a measure of optimism about the future. He expressed his thanks to Hadassah International for its staunch support. He commented that just as back-up troops behind Israeli soldiers tap lightly on the helmets of the soldiers in front of them so they know they are not alone, “your coming here is tapping on the helmets of all the Israelis who are standing on the front line.”
The opening session also proved extremely uplifting as Young Hadassah International leaders from Holland, Spain, and Israel told of their commitment to Hadassah International and to the Hadassah Medical Organization.
The next two emotion-packed days featured tours of our Medical Centers as well as a myriad of presentations on absorbing educational topics. Professor Yoel Donchin gave a presentation on the history of the nine-decade partnership between Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America (our parent organization ) and Israel, whose steadfast goal was elevating the country’s standard of health care. Psychiatrist Daniel Sibony offered a perspective on the Arab-Israeli situation which emphasized that current events are perceived differently, depending on each person’s beliefs about the history of the Middle East.
There ensued a panel discussion with HMO physicians Professor Moshe Gamori, Chief of Neuroradiology, Professor Meir Liebergall, Chairman of Orthopedic Surgery, Dr. Esti Galili-Weisstub, Head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Director of External Relations Ron Krumer. During this emotionally charged session entitled “Coping with Terror in Real Time,” the panelists described their conflicting emotions when a terrorist attack hits. They explained the pressure they feel when their personal worries for their loved ones’ safety combine with professional responsibilities to care for victims who might be the terrorists themselves.
As the delegates walked through the halls of the hospitals at Ein Kerem and Mount Scopus, witnessing the work of their hearts, they were touched by the spirit of hope and harmony pervading the treatment rooms.
The excellence of HMO’s three pillars—healing, teaching, and research—filled the delegates with admiration. Outfitted with hard hats, they walked through the construction site of the new Center for Emergency Medicine, seeing with their own eyes what their volunteer efforts have made possible.
They reveled at the fact that the Hadassah Medical Organization is truly a state-of-the-art health facility, and they expressed enthusiasm that they can now return home and describe to their community the cutting-edge clinical care provided at Hadassah.
On Sunday, surrounded by the Chagall Windows in the beautiful Abell Synagogue, representatives from HIMRA units around the world accepted certificates of
appreciation for major gifts to further the work of HMO. Making the event particularly special was the presence of many of the physicians whose departments are the beneficiaries of HIMRA’s donations.
Monday brought another very special event: the dedication of the Bernice S. Tannenbaum Play Area in the Center for Children with Chronic Diseases at Mount Scopus, brought to fruition by HIMRA donations in memory of Bernice’s son, Richard Salpeter. “From both my grandmother and my father,” noted Bernice’s granddaughter, Ellen Salpeter, “my family has learned to respect the past, embrace the present and dream into the future. Let this playground be the site of thriving generations of new leaders for families, Hadassah, Israel, and peace.”
Fun and festivities marked the evenings of the Conference. On Sunday, there was the gala dinner, chaired by His Excellency Ambassador Zalman Shoval, honoring Eli Hurvitz, Chairman of the Board of Teva Pharmaceuticals, as “Hadassah’s International Man of Distinction.” Held at the beautiful Mercaz Shimshon with its breathtaking view of the Old City of Jerusalem and attended by over 450 people–from Conference delegates to Israeli businessmen and dignitaries– it featured a touching dedication to Mr. Hurvitz (who is the immediate past Chief Executive Officer of Israel’s premier drug manufacturer), as well as an elegant dinner and lively dancing well into the night.
The following evening, delegates enjoyed the camaraderie of their colleagues and, after Israeli dancing and dining at the Carmel Winery of Zichron Ya’akov, said good-bye until next year!
Participants left Jerusalem, bolstered by pride in their show of solidarity with Israel and the Hadassah Medical Organization during these difficult times. They headed for home, filled with mesmerizing images of a Medical Center that is empathetic, cutting-edge, and a true bridge to nations. They carried home with them, too, memories of emotion-packed experiences they shared with HIMRA colleagues, old and new, from all around the world–colleagues who hold a mutual vision for a better world through universal medicine.


Rest and Relaxation (often abbreviated to R&R) was a short vacation given to members of a military force.
While preparing a survey on an uninhabited planet, Jonathan Archer suggested he and Tucker could spend some R&R after completing the mission. (ENT: "The Catwalk")
In 2154, Jonathan Archer suggested that Hoshi Sato take some R&R in Norway or Canada after the Xindi crisis had been averted. (ENT: "Zero Hour")
The Starfleet crew of Deep Space 9 often took R&R in Quark's. The concept was alien to Tosk, as he felt that the Alpha Quadrant had too much "down" time. (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")
After he was assigned to the former Federation colonies in the Demilitarized Zone, Calvin Hudson had hoped to spend some R&R time with his old friend Benjamin Sisko, but, as Sisko himself pointed out, "Who's got R&R time?" (DS9: "The Maquis, Part I")
In 2374, Admiral William Ross was motivated to spend his next R&R on Bajor, following Benjamin Sisko's descriptions of the planet's beauty. (DS9: "Favor the Bold")
After talking to many people on the USS Defiant later that year, Captain Lisa Cusak suggested that the crew could use some R&R. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")
In 2375, after Rom told him Grand Nagus Zek was missing, Quark suggested that he may be having "a little rest and relaxation" on Risa. (DS9: "The Emperor's New Cloak")
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Planning for College
How College Rankings Work
by Jacob Silverman
Efforts by Colleges to Spread Information
College counselors say that rankings can be a useful starting point, but in-depth research and campus visits, whenever possible, are an essential part of the college search.
Photo by Jose Gil courtesy Dreamstime
Though some colleges have turned away from rankings and no longer use them in their marketing materials, these schools say that it's important not to deprive prospective students of the data they need. As a result, colleges are trying to present more comprehensive information that better reflects their institutions. In September 2007, a consortium of schools expects to launch a Web site on which prospective students will find information about colleges and universities. It will be useful information like the real cost of a year at a school, rates of acceptance , matriculation and graduation and demographic information. The site will also feature descriptive graphics and comparison tools.
The National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, which represents more than 600 public colleges and universities, is considering its own Web site. It would include even more information like survey results showing how much students feel they are learning. Another organization, the Association of American Universities, a group of 62 schools, claims to be considering a site as well.
Schools dropping out of the U.S. News ranking will likely generate some confusion and controversy at first but should also bring about some welcome changes. Numerous interscholastic associations, education nonprofit organizations and other groups are meeting, discussing initiatives, lobbying for changes to ranking systems, and brainstorming more comprehensive materials and more accurate rankings. The process should facilitate better communication between colleges, administrators, publishers of rankings and past, present and future students.
If this ranking- and information-sharing revolution comes about, the Internet will play an important role. Nearly every proposal calls for sharing information online and making it descriptive, easy to access and useful. Then, if publications still want data for rankings, they can just go to a school's Web site, the same place where many prospective students will get their information.
Already, some of these changes are taking place. Sites like collegeboard.com, which also handles SAT registration, allow students to learn about and conduct side-by-side comparisons of the colleges that interest them.
So with all of this controversy and potential change, how should rankings be used? Most college counselors say that they have their uses, but they're only one of many tools and are best considered as starting point. Pay attention to the facts and data they provide, but know that the rankings may not be entirely accurate. In the past, schools have, sometimes intentionally, submitted incorrect information, throwing off their scores. And some publishers may change how they determine the rankings of schools that no longer provide data.
College counselors recommend visiting schools whenever possible. Talk to current students and alumni. E-mail a professor if you can and find out what truly distinguishes this school from another. After all, Americans are lucky: We have hundreds of diverse schools from which to choose, and college counselors generally agree that there is more than one "right" school for a person.
For more information about college rankings and related topics, please check out the links below.
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NOVATEK and CNOOC Sign Entrance Agreement to Arctic LNG 2
Beijing, 25 April 2019. PAO NOVATEK ("NOVATEK" or the "Company") announced today at the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation that NOVATEK and CNOOC Ltd. ("CNOOC") have signed a binding agreement on the acquisition by CNOOC of a 10% participation interest in the Arctic LNG 2 project.
"We are very glad that CNOOC has joined our Arctic LNG 2 project as our new partner, since China represents one of the key consuming markets for our LNG sales," noted Leonid Mikhelson, NOVATEK's Chairman of the Management Board. "Arctic LNG 2 will be a game-changer in the global gas market, and our proven track record to successfully build an LNG facility in the Arctic zone, combined with a proven logistical model with access to prospective markets and large hydrocarbon resource base will ensure the successful implementation of this world class project".
The Arctic LNG 2 project envisages constructing three LNG trains at 6.6 million tons per annum each, using gravity-based structure (GBS) platforms. The Project is based on the hydrocarbon resources of the Utrenneye field. As of 31 December 2018, the Utrenneye field's 2P reserves under PRMS totaled 7,981 million barrels of oil equivalent. Under the Russian classification reserves totaled 13,835 million barrels of oil equivalent. OOO Arctic LNG 2 owns an LNG export license.
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PAO NOVATEK is one of the largest independent natural gas producers in Russia, and in 2017, entered the global gas market by successfully launching the Yamal LNG project. Founded in 1994, the Company is engaged in the exploration, production, processing and marketing of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons. The Company's upstream activities are concentrated mainly in the prolific Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region, which is the world's largest natural gas producing area and accounts for approximately 80% of Russia's natural gas production and approximately 15% of the world's gas production. NOVATEK is a public joint stock company established under the laws of the Russian Federation. The Company's shares are listed in Russia on Moscow Exchange (MOEX) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) under the ticker symbol «NVTK».
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