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'Don Giovanni' review: Merola's women in fine voice
The tribulations of last month's dubious revival of André Previn's "A Streetcar Named Desire" only made it more delightful to return to the Everett Auditorium on Thursday night for the second production of the Merola Opera Program's summer and find the young artists deploying their gifts on Mozart's "Don Giovanni" - an entirely worthy undertaking.
It was an even greater pleasure to hear how successfully most of them tackled their assignments.
Whatever else may be true about the role of repertory staples in the larger operatic world, Mozart is always going to be central to any singer's activities, so this was an enterprise that rewarded the artists' efforts. And Thursday's opening performance shined a spotlight on several gifted singers who seem likely to go far.
Perhaps appropriately for an opera whose protagonist's motto is "Cherchez les femmes," it was the women in the cast who proved most scintillating on the vocal front.
Soprano Amanda Woodbury gave a powerful, transfixing performance as Donna Anna, the noblewoman whose traumatic encounter with Don Giovanni sets the opera in motion. Her singing was bright, beautifully colored, and full of strength and passion, with a fluidity to the phrasing that did nothing to lessen the overall potency of her delivery. "Or sai chi l'onore," the Act 1 aria in which she first realizes the Don's culpability and dedicates herself to vengeance, was a crowd-pleasing thrill.
No less striking was the Donna Elvira of soprano Karen Chia-ling Ho, a whirlwind of fury and vulnerability expressed through peals of tightly focused passagework and sumptuous melody. Yujin Kim, as the simple, tenderhearted Zerlina, completed the feminine trio with distinction, especially in her shapely account of the sweet-toned "Vedrai, carino."
As the lecherous title character, baritone Edward Nelson offered a bold combination of demonic ferocity and suave charisma. It took a fair piece of Act 1 before he found his vocal footing - the first few vocal selections sounded tentative - but his performance grew inexorably in weight and assurance, and the finale, in which Giovanni is dragged defiantly to hell, found him in splendid form.
I was impressed by the limpid clarity of tenor Benjamin Werley as Don Ottavio, but less so by the Leporello of bass-baritone Szymon Wach, who too often used his rich-hued vocal tone to compensate for uncertainties of rhythm and pitch. Scott Russell was a capable Commendatore, Rhys Lloyd Talbot a vivid but light-toned Masetto.
One thing all of these singers will have to contend with in their future careers is artistic leadership that doesn't quite do the job. Thursday's performance prepared them to cope with leaden, rhythmically scattered conducting by putting them in the charge of Martin Katz, and with unfocused stage direction at the hands of James Darrah.
Darrah's production, which conceives of Giovanni as an artist and sets the action in his studio, begins promisingly: The catalog of conquests becomes a sketchbook full of nude drawings, and the young lovers Masetto and Zerlina come on the scene to have Giovanni take their wedding photograph.
But the single setting soon becomes constrictive - the Act 1 finale is particularly static - and well before the halfway point, Darrah simply gives up on the concept, opting instead for abstract choreography. Only the final tableau - a writhing, sensual sculpture of bodies - works as intended.
Merola Opera Program: "Don Giovanni," 2 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 2). Everett Auditorium, 450 Church St., S.F. $25-$60. (415) 864-3330. www.merola.org.
Joshua Kosman is The San Francisco Chronicle's music critic. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @JoshuaKosman


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Biggest Exercise Blunders
Stop sabotaging your workout with these surprisingly common mistakes and you'll see the pounds disappear in no time.
Common Slip-ups
Wondering why after all those hours you've spent sweating on the treadmill, the scale still hasn't budged? Unfortunately, small fitness mistakes can make getting and staying in shape much more difficult. Here are some common slipups that even the most seasoned exercisers are guilty of. Try the following quick fixes and, rest assured, you'll completely transform your fitness routine. Soon you'll be gazing at a trimmer image in your full-length mirror.
Zoning Out Instead of Honing In
So you climb on the exercise bike and lose yourself in a magazine? You may battle boredom, but you won't burn as many calories or challenge your muscles as much as when you focus your mind solely on exercising, says Michael Meyers, PhD, director of the human performance research laboratory at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas.
The Right Way
- To set the seat height, put your heel on the pedal. When your foot is at the lowest point, your leg should be almost, but not completely, straight.
- Your upper body should be relaxed, with your elbows just slightly bent. Your arms should in no way interfere with the motion of your knees.
- Place your hands lightly on top of the handlebars instead of gripping them tightly.
The Wrong Way
- Flipping through a book or magazine while pedaling.
- Positioning the seat too low so that your legs are cramped, or setting it so high that you have to pedal on your tiptoes.
- Crouching over the handlebars like Lance Armstrong.
Using Your Hands, Not Your Feet
Climb on the StairMaster or treadmill and you'll burn calories — but only if you use the machine the right way. Focus on moving your legs, and leave your arms out of the picture as much as possible.
The Right Way
- Hold the bars lightly or just touch them briefly when you need to balance.
- Face straight ahead, shoulders back and abs tight.
- On the StairMaster, keep your entire foot flat on the pedal as much as possible.
The Wrong Way
- Leaning on the side rails and supporting your body weight with your hands.
- Going so fast you have to hold on to keep up.
- Standing on your toes, which can aggravate your Achilles tendon.
Letting Gravity Do the Work
"Yanking"and "dropping" are terms that shouldn't be used when working with weights. To get the most out of strength-training and stretching, movements should be smooth and controlled.
The Right Way
- Maintain an upright posture with head up, shoulders back, ab muscles engaged, and feet shoulder-width apart.
- Raise and lower the weights slowly and smoothly, pausing slightly after each repetition.
- Keep your palms facing up. Don't rotate your wrists as you lift or lower the weights.
The Wrong Way
- Leaning back as you yank up the weights when performing biceps curls with handheld weights.
- Using momentum to raise and lower the weights.
- Letting your elbows drift away from the sides of your body.
Rushing to Finish
If you hurry to get through your workout, you're not doing your body any favors. Many people rush through things they don't like, such as crunches.
The Right Way
- Lift and lower your head and chest together in a slow and controlled movement.
- Keep your fingers lightly on the sides of your head, with your elbows directly out to the sides, or cross your arms over your chest.
- Keep your feet flat on the ground the whole time, with your knees slightly bent.
The Wrong Way
- Lacing your fingers behind your head and pulling your neck forward with your hands.
- Going too fast.
- Not bending your knees (which helps support your back).
Guessing at Technique
At the gym, do you jump on the leg-extension machine (or any weight machine) as soon as the woman ahead of you climbs off? Your intentions may be good, but using the wrong settings increases your risk of injury and compromises your workout. Take the time to set the equipment properly; if you don't know how to use it, ask a gym employee or a personal trainer for advice.
The Right Way
- Keep the axis of rotation through the knee joint. Machines often have a dot indicating where to line up your knee.
- Press your back against the back pad throughout the entire exercise.
- Don't look down. Instead, keep your shoulders back and head facing forward.
The Wrong Way
- On the leg-extension machine, keeping your seat pulled too far forward or pushed too far back.
- Going at a rapid pace and not controlling movement.
- Grasping the hand grips and using your upper body to help lift and lower the weight.
Other Common Pitfalls
Pitfall #1: You Consume More Calories Than You Burn.
Your regular workout probably burns far fewer calories than you might think. Chances are, it doesn't give you license to treat yourself to a postworkout doughnut. The metabolism-boosting benefits of exercise have been exaggerated, says Meyers. Don't expect to burn off more than about 300 calories in even an intense 45-minute workout. If you're exercising to lose weight, you have to use more calories than you take in to see a difference on the scale.
Pitfall #2: You Never Pick Up the Weights.
Strength-training won't "pump you up." One study found that women who lifted weights for 24 weeks increased their muscle size by only 3 to 11 percent while they boosted their strength by 12 to 24 percent. "Getting big, bulky muscles is impossible for women, as they don't have enough of the male hormone testosterone," says study author William Kraemer, PhD, professor of kinesiology at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. "Women who lift heavy weights actually gain lean tissue mass and lose fat mass, leading to leaner and smaller dimensions."
Pitfall #3: You Don't Have a Fitness Plan.
It's not enough to simply show up at the gym. A study conducted at the YMCA in Atlanta found that exercisers who didn't set goals were more than twice as likely to quit their programs as those who did. "You wouldn't go on a long road trip without a map," says certified personal trainer Lori Incledon, author of Strength Training for Women (Human Kinetics). "Your workout program is exactly the same."
In other words, don't just say, "I'll exercise more." Instead, commit to swimming with a friend before work Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, or to a postdinner walk every night. Specific goals will help guide you to your fitness destination.
Pitfall #4: You've Allowed Your Routine to Become Routine.
You've overcome the biggest hurdle: committing to a regular workout routine. Unfortunately, doing the same thing workout after workout not only leads to boredom, but repetitive activities like jogging, biking, and even walking can cause injury. A recent study conducted at the University of Virginia found that about half of all sports injuries are due to overuse of certain muscles.
Bust out of your rut by switching between aerobic activities that use different muscle groups — mix walking with swimming or biking with rowing. When you strength-train, try different moves (like push-ups instead of chest presses) every six weeks to continually challenge yourself.

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Sir Duncan of Fegredo issued a drawing challenge, and I felt the sting of his white glove on my already chapped face (hey, it's unusually cold here in NC!) - I had to give it a shot. Meh, I did what I could. Go easy on me, Duncan! And Dave- hope this doesn't disappoint!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Star Wars Daily Figure: Jabba
Posted by Kyle T. Webster at 1:47 PM
7 comments:
- Dave Stolte said...
You captured his menacing squint and mass perfectly.
- November 3, 2010 at 2:02 PM
- Mark Kaufman said...
You are too hard on yerself. I like it.
Since you did such a good job on this and are taking Sci-Fi requests, can you draw The Blob next?
- November 3, 2010 at 2:08 PM
- Duncan Fegredo said...
He's bloody great! Love all of these Kyle, Yoda was a particular stand out, stunning dynamics.
- November 4, 2010 at 1:37 AM
- BTillustration said...
Kyle. I like how you've given yourself new inspiration for this blog. Looks great!
- November 4, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Logan York said...
Yes, this is fantastic, Kyle -- the likeness and character are spot on (not easy to achieve with an obese alien slug, I'm sure!)
- November 6, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Curious Art said...
Your figures are killer-- this one & Yoda are my favorites. Wonderful yin/yang pair, torpor vs. motion!
- November 19, 2010 at 10:48 AM
- Kyle T. Webster said...
- November 25, 2010 at 5:38 PM
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I am NOT in the top of my class and at over 40, I have firms offering me summer positions. I have not had to look. Then again, I am not taking any of them because I want to take summer school and finish earlier. Your value comes with your experiences and with the assumed difficulties you will experience as an older law student. But lest you think you are ancient or something... our class average this year was at 29. We have a half dozen over 45 just in my section. the other section has someone over 60. All job prospects are tough... may as well be doing what you want to do!
I am 36, about to start (Fall 2010) as a 1L, graduating a bit before 40.With my BS/MBA and 18 years of work experience in the financial services industry, I hope I am making the right choice. Time will tell.
I recently turned 30 and I'm considering changing careers.
I'll be competing with law school grads who are in their mid 20s.
How badly will my age affect my chances? Lets assume I graduate from a top 30 school in the top 10% of my class.
I know the type of law I choose to pursue will play a major factor. Ideally I'd like to become an environmental lawyer, either at a non-profit such as the NRDC or at a large firm advising corporations on environmental law. I'm open to other fields of law as well so if I have a better shot landing a job in another field please let me know.


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After regulation, three overtimes and a combined 220 points, the difference between the Estes Park Bobcats and the Heritage Christian Eagles was a single basket. The Eagles handed the Bobcats their third loss of the season, 111-109.
The match up showed signs of an epic tilt from the start. Out of the gate, the Bobcats were hitting nearly everything, while confusing and frustrating the visitors. The 'Cats got out to a 24-12 lead at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Eagles used a combination of rough, physical defense and their height advantage to storm back. Heritage Christian outscored the Bobcats 28-18 in the second quarter to bring the score to within two points at the half, 42-40, Estes Park.
The rest of the game was a see-saw battle, with neither team dominating. In the final OT, the Eagles outscored the Estes Park boys 6-4 for the win.
"This is about the third time we've had a big lead in the first quarter and ended up losing it," observed Estes Park High School boys head coach Chad Nachtrieb. "I don't think they really make many adjustments, they just pick up their intensity and we're not able to match it."
Taylor Marshall started out on a first-quarter tare, scoring nine points, all from three-point shots. Andrew Cirone scored eight more in the opening quarter. Five Bobcats finished the game scoring double figures, four over 20 points.
"We start off shooting so well," said Coach Nachtrieb. "Maybe in practice we can work on shooting when we're tired."
Marshall scored six three-point shots for 18 of his 23 points. The captain also shot three of four from the free-throw line. Marshall hauled in 10 rebounds, five steals and blocked a shot.
Andrew Cirone led the Bobcats in scoring with 29 points. Cirone shot five of eight free throws. He grabbed four rebounds and three steals, as well.
Both Ben and Isaak Cirone scored 23 points. Isaak shot two three pointers and seven of eight free throws. The younger Cirone corralled nine rebounds and one steal, as well as four assists, all while leaving early after a technical foul.
Ben Cirone made three of five from the three-point arch and five of eight from the charity stripe. Cirone had seven rebounds, three more assists and a steal.
Josh Hays scored 10 points, three field goals and four of six free throws. He led the team in assists with six, contributed two rebounds and a steal.
Chris Moody added two more points and a rebound.
The Bobcats are now 5-3 with the Patriot League looming. The boys headed to Broomfield on Thursday, where they took on the Jefferson Academy Jaguars, beginning at 7 p.m. The Jags are 4-3 so far, averaging 53.3 point per game. Their top scorer, 6'4″ sr. Brody Hornaday, is averaging 19.2 points per game and 7.7 rebounds.
On Saturday, the Estes Park boys host the Sterling Tigers in a double-header with the Ladycats. The Boys varsity plays at 4 p.m.
The Tigers are 5-2 and average 47.7 points per game. They beat Skyline 44-35, and Coronado, who beat the 'Cats early in the season, 57-48.


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Italy Front-Runner Vows Steady Hand
Pier Luigi Bersani, considered front-runner to be Italy's next leader, pledged to uphold his country's economic commitments to Europe amid the debt crisis if elected in a coming national vote. Alessandra Galloni joins Markets Hub with details.
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The CPA and the Business Public
by JOHN W. QUEENAN Partner, Executive Office
Presented before the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Chicago — November 1961
IT HAS BEEN customary on these occasions in the past for the incoming
president to present a theme or goal for his administration. Mark Eaton, whose memory is woven into the fabric of our profession, never formally adopted a theme, but his deep concern for the economic health of CPAs led to the Management of Accounting Practice project. Perhaps his most important statement during his year in office, made here in Chicago, concerned the problems of financial reporting in a changing society and the profession's responsibility, through the Institute, for leadership in the search for better reporting methods.
Following logically his predecessor's call for leadership, Al Jennings
proposed in his acceptance speech the creation of a new research organization to further the development of accounting principles.
Lou Penney selected for special emphasis during his administration
the improvement of the CPA's competence as the key to personal recognition and greater personal income. He thus promoted the new professional development program, urging state societies to make it available to members, particularly in smaller communities.
On his election to office, Jack Seidman announced a program for bringing the Institute closer to its members. He proposed greater personal contact by Institute officials with members throughout the country, increased membership participation in Institute activities, and expansion of the committee structure, in terms of both size and number, including new committees devoted to the affairs of members with special interests.
Louis Pilié set as his major objective of the year, improvement of the lot of the largest single group in the Institute, the small and medium-size practitioners. Relying on cooperation between large and small firms and utilizing the new CPA Consultation Service, he proposed
measures to improve competence in the specialized areas of practice. A year ago Louis promised to subordinate all else to the interests of the Institute and the profession. He has kept that pledge. In the past year Louis has spared no effort in pursuit of his objectives and the profession is better for his service. Few have demonstrated


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Travel Apps Endanger Paper Guidebooks
Travelers' use of Lonely Planet and other guidebooks is on the decline, according to consumer research firm Nielsen. Smartphone apps for travel are increasingly taking over. The WSJ's Maya Pope-Chappell tests three new applications for travelers.
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By Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London:
Julian Robertson, a legend in the hedge fund world for having run a highly successful hedge fund for 20 years, is also known for having mentored some of the brightest in the field, now known as the "Tiger Cubs." What is less known about him, though, is that after his fund closed in 2000, he seeded quite a few young sparks too. He revealed, in a video interview with Opalesque, the decisive factors for selecting managers – and many other things.
About the Tiger
Julian H. Robertson was born in 1932 in North Carolina, served as an officer in the U.S. Navy until 1957, then worked as a stock-broker. He later spent a year in New Zealand with his family to write a novel. When he returned in 1980, Robertson launched Tiger Management, one of the earliest hedge funds, and one that was to become a legend in the industry.
Robertson is credited with turning $8m in start-up capital from friends and family into $22bn in 1998, and for returning more than 20% net yearly for 20 years. He gathered the smartest stock-pickers on Wall Street to work on the fund – which closed in March 2000, when poor stock picking – a lesson about the smartest -, together with the shorting of technology stocks caused sharp losses and investor withdrawals.
Tiger Cubs
Many of the traders and managers Robertson employed and mentored at Tiger Management – the "Tiger Cubs" – are now running some of the best-known hedge fund fi......................
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Currently: Short Looking to: Cover at 1.0854As of 1/26/20 as of 10:34pm EST: 1.1029LAST WEEK: We suggested selling longs / getting short at 1.1171 with stops on a close above 1.1208 and with a target of 1.0982 for covering and 1.0879 for getting long again.UPDATE: The EURUSD is on the slide over the last several trading days and is reaching a point where a bounceshould commence. If it does, we would look for either 1.1104, 1.1130 or 1.1157 to act as a ceiling for the bounce. We would look to short bounces anew to 1.1104 with stops honored on a daily close above 1.1160 and with a target of 1.0854.
Currently: Short Looking to: Cover at 1.0854
As of 1/26/20 as of 10:34pm EST: 1.1029
LAST WEEK: We suggested selling longs / getting short at 1.1171 with stops on a close above 1.1208 and with a target of 1.0982 for covering and 1.0879 for getting long again.
UPDATE: The EURUSD is on the slide over the last several trading days and is reaching a point where a bounceshould commence. If it does, we would look for either 1.1104, 1.1130 or 1.1157 to act as a ceiling for the bounce. We would look to short bounces anew to 1.1104 with stops honored on a daily close above 1.1160 and with a target of 1.0854.


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NRA sponsoring NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The National Rifle Association is taking its relationship with racing to a new level as the title sponsor of a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
Texas Motor Speedway announced Monday that its April 13 race, the first night race on the Cup schedule this season, will be known as the NRA 500. It is a one-year agreement with a renewal option.
TMS president Eddie Gossage said the NRA has been involved in racing for several years and a generous supporter of Speedway Children's Charities, donating more than $500,000 to the charity's Texas chapter since 2000.
"This race entitlement is just another extension of that business relationship," Gossage said. "We look forward to another successful partnership with the NRA for our April race week."
The deal comes at a time when the NRA is involved in a renewed debate on gun violence in the wake of the December shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
This is not the NRA's first title sponsorship in NASCAR. The group sponsored a Nationwide race last September at Atlanta, which like Texas is owned by Speedway Motorsports Inc.
Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's executive vice president and CEO, expressed his excitement about the deal in a video message played during the track's media day. Gossage said LaPierre wasn't able to attend because of a scheduling conflict.
"The NRA 500 is the latest announcement in the long history of a growing partnership between the NRA, Speedway Motosports and the NASCAR community," LaPierre said. "NRA members and NASCAR fans love their country and everything that is good and right about America. We salute our flag, volunteer in our churches and communities, cherish our families and we love racing. On April 13, we'll all come together at Texas Motor Speedway."


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Mother reunited with children who were held for ransom in Mexico
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A woman was reunited with her two children after a nightmarish 18 months during which they were held for ransom in Mexico, with the captors demanding more and more money and threatening to kill her if she tried to reclaim them or told police, according to a federal indictment.
The U.S. Department of Justice made the announcement Monday that the children -- whose ages were not specified -- have been back with their mother since Friday, after a law enforcement effort that crossed state and international lines.
According to the indictment, the unnamed mother, who is a Mexican national, gave birth to her children in the United States and was living in Washington state until 2008, when she returned to Mexico with her children. She stayed there a few years but illegally returned to the United States in search of work, leaving her children with their grandmother in Mexico until she could make arrangements for them to join her.
The indictment states that's when she came into contact with Jesus Salinas and Patricia Delatorre of Mt. Vernon, Wash. The pair -- also Mexican nationals -- agreed to bring the children to their mother for a fee.
After receiving $1,300, the children were placed in the care of Maria Guadalupe Valenzuela Castaneda in Juarez, Mexico, in June 2011. But the trio said they wouldn't bring the children north until more payments were made. She eventually sent them about $5,000.
"For months, the mother sent payments to the conspirators, but the children were never returned," reads a DOJ news release. "The conspirators also threatened to kill the mother if she contacted law enforcement or if she went to Juarez in search of the children."
Last December, the FBI, working with Mexican authorities, located the children and took them from Castaneda. They were placed in the care of Mexican social services until Friday.
"The FBI worked closely with our law enforcement partners in California, Washington, Texas and Mexico to safely recover these children from their kidnappers and reunite them with their mother," stated FBI officials. "We will continue to actively pursue and bring to justice those individuals who kidnap children and extort family members for money. These crimes take a terrible toll on the victims and we will hold the perpetrators responsible."
The indictment charges the defendants with one count of kidnapping minor victims in interstate and foreign commerce, and two counts of unlawful seizure and detention of a U.S. citizen. They face 20 years to life in prison and fines of up to $500,000.
Salinas and Delatorre were arrested in Washington in January and remain in custody. An arrest warrant was issued for Castaneda, and authorities ask anyone with knowledge of her whereabouts to contact the FBI at 408-369-8000.


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I certainly have great affection for Richard Armitage, which is still a bit weird to me. Not because it's weird to have great fondness for someone well-known who you don't know. I've had several celebrities whom I think of fondly. Jack Lemmon was the first one. He did so many wonderful pieces. I remember the first time I saw Some Like It Hot. I was smitten with Jack Lemmon. I think I was about 11 years old at the time. I was a fan for life. But I have to confess, I never stared dreamily at Jack Lemmon's eyes. It wasn't that kind of relationship. You know what I'm sayin'.
But back to Richard Armitage and this place which can still have me examining my navel. I used to wish that weren't so, that I could just move on and not wonder how and why I'm even here. But I don't do that any longer. I'm here (maybe not as much recently), and I'm fine with the continual examination of why I'm here. The day I stop asking myself what's motivating me or what's motivating others is the day I don't want to be around. Motivation is huge to me. Yep, that's right, I do wonder what drives people. It's an obsession with me. I admit it! Why do people (including myself) do what they do? I have had that question in my mind since I was old enough to remember anything. My parents used to complain about my incessant questions about everything but most of all my wondering aloud continually at why someone did something or didn't do something.
SO has said on more than one occasion that I question everything that moves, and if it doesn't, I kick it until it does. He's right. I know he's right, but is that so wrong? SO's answer was that I needed to be writing about it instead of talking about it. I resisted that because hey, I'm a math person. I'm a techie. I'm a bean counter type. We don't write. That was the goofy thinking that infested my head. I was also raised by a writer. She won awards for it, and she didn't think I could write (or so I thought), and therefore, I didn't think I could write. I was encouraged to do math, because she wasn't that great in math and was elated that I was.
But there's something about being a writer that I've discovered. It took me a while to figure it out because I was so entrenched in my stupid slot of STEM person. And it's this — if you're a writer, you cannot help it. You are going to write. You are going to delve and ponder and discuss. You cannot help it. It's who you are. You are driven to do this no matter that you adamantly refused to ever, ever, ever associate the word writer with yourself.
So where was Richard Armitage in all of that? He's the catalyst, man. SO was a little concerned about my Richard Armitage obsession until he realized Richard Armitage was instrumental in getting me to write. And man, am I writing. I've been writing and writing and at some point I stopped calling it a memoir for my kids. Oh, I am still writing for that reason as well, but I've gone way beyond that. I now want to publish something dammit. We'll see if I can pull it off, but that's my goal. And it's my goal because I am a storyteller. I've been doing that for years. When I worked for a large corporation and traveled around to speak to customers or employees, one of my greatest strengths was not just my technical knowledge, but that I could engage the audience with my storytelling. Sadly, it doesn't matter how technical someone may be. If they can't talk, they won't be heard. Truth be told I used to want to think my success at that company was due to my great technical ability. That wasn't the case. Oh, I do have good skills (not great but good). I'm also a realist and know it was my ability to communicate that allowed me to move up so quickly. That simple. I just got confused with all the technical stuff. But I've figured it out now. It was my engagement with the audience and my ability to convince someone to follow what I was saying that made me successful.
Maybe I can do that with fiction. No, scratch that. I plan to do that with fiction.
Bold words? Certainly, but then the timid are the ones who are not in the arena, and the arena (whatever it may be) is where you find the fun.
Should I write a letter to Richard? Nah, I'll save it for another day. I'm crunched for time this morning.
How 'bout a picture:
Phew. A great screencap of Richard. I snagged this from Twitter, but it's from Larygo.tumblr. Whoever that is, you, or whoever, did a great job enhancing it. Thank you!
Photo of Jack Lemmon from the movie "Some Like It Hot", directed by Billy Wilder. Jack Lemmon as 'Daphne'. Initial theatrical release March 29, 1959. Screen capture. © 1959 Ashton Productions. Credit: © 1959 Ashton Prod. / Flickr / Courtesy Pikturz. Image intended only for use to help promote the film, in an editorial, non-commercial context.


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In high school, Ross started interning at KWCH in hopes of learning more about weather and forecasting, and to see firsthand what the broadcast world included.
As a Kansas native, weather has always been a real passion for Ross for many different reasons.
Growing up on a family farm and ranch near Ellsworth, it was easy to see how weather affected almost every aspect of agriculture and how important it was for us to know what kind of weather was on the horizon. Ross started attending storm spotter training classes with his dad while he was still in middle school because he wanted to learn more about thunderstorms.
In high school, Ross started interning at KWCH in hopes of learning more about weather and forecasting, and to see firsthand what the broadcast world included. With the help of a charitable foundation in Ellsworth, Ross was able to install a weather station in the high school so that other students could watch the weather change throughout the day.
Ross attended college at the University of Kansas and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Atmospheric Science. His broadcast career started at 19 years of age at Channel 6 in Lawrence where he had the opportunity to work as both the morning meteorologist and as a Chief for about 2 years. Ross has done some fill in work at WIBW in Topeka, and then moved to Wichita in 2004 to work at KWCH. He earned my National Weather Association Seal of Approval in 2004, and received the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designation in 2006 from the American Meteorological Society.
Ross doesn't have a great deal of spare time because Millie (his beloved Welsh Corgi, The Weather Dog) takes up most of it. But he does enjoy being outdoors, doing everything from mowing and landscape work to traveling back home to help with the family operation. Be sure to check out Millie's web bio while you are here. He wants to thank you for watching.


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Ellis Mast Sowell, The Evolution of the Theories and Techniques of Standard Costs (The University of Alabama Press, 1973).
Reviewed by Kenneth S. Most Texas A & M University
This university press publication of a history of standard costing, a previously unpublished 1944 doctoral dissertation, fills a curious gap in the English language literature. Charles Weber's history, in German, dates from 1960, but covers only the American contribution. Sowell reviews evidence of cost calculation and bookkeeping before the late 19th century and identifies Garcke and Fells, an engineer and an accountant, as the first to recommend integrated financial and cost accounting. He traces the transformation of English cost estimating procedures into systems of standard costs and em-phasizes the influence of engineers throughout.
Shortly before 1900, American and English accountants took up the engineering ideas of standards, comparison with actuals and analysis of variances; starting with Emerson and Nicholson (1908-9), American theory and practice prevailed. The two national influences, however, met in the person of Charter Harrison, an English bom and educated accountant who practiced in the USA, and who started laying the foundations of the theory of standard costing around 1911.
Besides tracing the progress of cost estimating in English manu-facture, including the medieval guilds, and the influence of the scientific management movement on cost accounting, Sowell de-votes chapters to the history of accounting for materials, labor and "burden"; his remark on the paucity of principles in works on standard costing rings as true today as it did in 1944. It is interesting to note that neither direct standard costing nor the behavioral prob-lems which arise out of the influence of wage premium systems on the development of standard costing, was important enough to merit attention thirty years ago.
The only major defect in Sowell's argument is his distinction between an estimate and a standard, which remains unclear throughout the book. In one place it lies in the fact that "an estimate is a cost which will be as nearly representative as possible of the actual costs to be incurred," but some of the standard cost pro-


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ALPHAFUNDING +FAILED+ | TEAM GOT DISPERSED In order to continue development, we have to put a new team together, and fund the game through alternative source of funding. That will take some time. This project has not been abandoned. Unless information comes from the official source, please disregard online rumors. Indie game dev is a very tough business and the year 2013 is even tougher due to many new indie studios funded by former AAA developers. Competition for human resources and funding is fierce. People who believed it the game and ordered alpha - huge thank you, you will never be forgotten and when the game is resurrected, we will make it up to you, somehow. Thank you for understanding.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
ABC Preview Reel (1974)
Posted by Kliph Nesteroff at 12:04 AM
Labels: 1974, abc, ernie anderson, soap operas
3 comments:
- Booksteve said...
The 3rd clip has scenes from EVERYTHING MONEY CAN'T BUY with Jose Ferrer--a show that never aired! It was retooled later as a vehicle for Carl Reiner but ran only a handful of episodes.
- February 10, 2011 at 4:08 AM
- Barbara said...
God, I love these old promos.
- February 10, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- greg6363 said...
The revamped version that made the ABC schedule as a mid-season replacement in 1976 was called "Good Heavens".
- February 10, 2011 at 5:21 PM
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Oslo, Norway and Copenhagen, Denmark – February 26, 2013 – Xellia Pharmaceuticals, a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on the global anti-infective market, announced today that it is developing new antibiotics effective against multi-drug resistant (MDR), Gram-negative bacteria.
This four year development project at Xellia is a collaboration with SINTEF Materials and Chemistry (Trondheim) and the Statens Serum Institut (Copenhagen). The project is being supported by a $3 million grant from the Research Council of Norway (NFR). The project also includes contributions from laboratories across Europe.
Xellia is aiming to develop new antibiotics that target Gram-negative bacterial infections, caused by, for example Pseudomonas, Klebsiella, Acinetobacter and Enterobacter species. Severe sepsis and septic shock due to such infections take up to 135,000 lives each year in Europe and 215,000 in USA.
Resistance to existing antibiotics has become a major healthcare issue worldwide. In the EU alone, infections due to serious hospital-based MDR infections have been reported to cost between EUR 28,500 (in hospital units and ICUs) and EUR 70,100 (in MDR ICUs) per surviving patient.
Recently, pan-drug resistant (PDR) and even so-called extensively drug resistant (XDR) Gram-negative bacteria have started to appear, taking the treatment situation to a critical point. The lack of novel antibiotics is significantly compromising the survival and recovery of patients suffering from these infections. At present, only two antibiotic subclasses are still available to treat XDR infections, polymyxins and tigecycline.
Last-line polymyxin drugs such as polymyxin B and colistin have been used for 60-70 years without developing a significant resistance. However, these antibiotics are known to exhibit elevated nephrotoxicity (affecting kidney function) and are, therefore, not ideal for systemic treatment of XDR-infections.
VP R&D of Xellia, Dr. Aleksandar Danilovski, said, "As the world's leading supplier of both polymyxin B and colistin, Xellia has the experience and capability to develop new, polymyxin-like drugs with less side-effects. These drugs have the potential to address the immediate global need for antibiotics to overcome MDR infections, in particular those caused by PDR and XDR Gram-negative bacteria." He added, "The SINTEF and Statens Serum Institut research groups are specialists in fermentation development and drug testing. Combined with the drug development expertise of the Xellia team, this collaboration represents a highly competent task force in the battle against bacterial infection."
Carl-Åke Carlsson, CEO of Xellia, added, "I am convinced that with Xellia's intellectual resources, and its decades of pharmaceutical developmental and manufacturing experience, we can make substantial progress in meeting this challenge. If successful, the results for patients of these infections and the potential market for these new drugs could be huge. This is a great opportunity to develop new drugs where there is an immediate and pressing medical need. As these development activities progress, we would intend to seek a partnership with a larger pharma company to expedite the development and commercialisation of these drugs for the benefit of patients."
Notes to Editors
About Xellia
Xellia (former Alpharma division) is a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on the global anti-infective market, with over 100 years expertise in supplying fermented and semi-synthetic, active pharmaceutical ingredients and finished dose products employed in life saving therapies against serious infections. The Company has growing sales in more than 70 countries to over 700 customers across the healthcare industry. In particular, Xellia is the world leading supplier of Vancomycin and CMS which together combat life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections across Gram-positive and Gram-negative species. Further information can be obtained at the Company's website: www.xellia.com.
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How am I billed?
In the website Homepage, i see a data at the end of the page which says "2,919,012 Droplets Launched".
Is this the count for the active droplets billed till date? or do this even include the inactive droplets?
In the website Homepage, i see a data at the end of the page which says "2,919,012 Droplets Launched".
Is this the count for the active droplets billed till date? or do this even include the inactive droplets?
Q: Am I charged while my Droplet is in a powered-off state?
A: Yes. Your diskspace, CPU, RAM, and IP address are all reserved while your Droplet is powered off. If you want to save a Droplet for future use take a snapshot of it and then destroy it. You'll be able to create a new Droplet from the snapshot image anytime to bring it back online.
So let say for example I didn't used my droplet for the whole month? Is the charge still $10 for 1GB RAM 30GB SSD ? Or does it has something kind of less payment? Is the reservation value vs Monthly rate is the same?
Yes, you will still be charged $10 for the droplet. This is because your droplet's disk space, CPU, RAM, and IP addresses are all reserved for your droplet even if you are not using it or if it is powered off.
As for the hourly/monthly rate, there is no difference between monthly and hourly billing. All droplets are billed hourly, up until a monthly cap. We have estimated that each month has about 672 hours (28 days). If you use your server for less than 672 hours during the month, you will be billed for each hour that you used it. If you use your server for more than 672 hours that month, you will be billed at the monthly cost, which is no greater than 672 hours.
Sorry to have mention my alternative but other VM that i using is not charging up while its power off.
By when you turn off your VM they will move your stuffs some where then resource of your VM will
be clear for other person to be use but all of your stuffs still keeping somewhere else. This thing is
called Azure but for rate in bandwidth and resource is quite expensive. So if DO can use this idea to
handle how VM will poweroff and let other using these resource. :P


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I have created a web service that search products and return them for consuming in my client application. Say now I want to put the web service into two or more servers (with different IP) and I want my client to ask all these services in order to gain product.
When I do that in visual studio I do it manually and I add a web reference for the one web service and a web reference for the second web service, I add the namespaces and I call the method for each service manually.
Now I need to do this automatically. Thats it to have the final exe and add the link of the web service I want (say in a configuration file) and my client working OK.
Can this can happen (as I Know each time that you add a web reference it created a proxy, so it happen code generation) and how?
I use VS 2005 and C# (VS 2003 is still ok)


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This course will investigate the means by which various systems of drawing and representation function as methods of communication. How do historical, cultural and social contexts frame an artist's ability to send messages through their work? And, like in a game of telephone, in any system of communication it is inevitable that potential problems may occur- misunderstandings, errors, and falsehoods. Can these absorbed into the content of the work? Illusionistic, abstract, allegorical, diagrammatic, mathematical and idiosyncratic systems of drawing and representation will be investigated through this course, through studio practice, readings, critique and in-class discussion. Required of all junior Drawing majors.
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The Internet is a global network comprising millions of smaller networks and individual computers connected by cable, telephone lines, or satellite links. The Internet permits individuals to connect with other computers around the world from the privacy of their own homes. Although the terms Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) are often used interchangeably, the web specifically refers to the worldwide collection of electronic documents and other files stored throughout the Internet (on web pages and in websites). The web accounts for 90 percent of Internet usage.[91]The web allows individuals to search for and download text, graphics, audio, and video on topics of interest from around the world. They can also upload their own electronic files for others to access. In addition to the World Wide Web, the Internet enables a number of other services and forms of communication, including e-mail, mailing lists, e-groups, newsgroups, bulletin boards, chat rooms, instant messaging, and peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. These services permit a user to engage in conversations with other individuals and share electronic files. Specific terms associated with the Internet, the World Wide Web, and related communication services are in the following table:
|The Internet
|Definition [92]
|Any computer or network connected to the Internet.
|Device for connecting a host to the Internet. Includes dial-up modems that may use standard telephone lines and dedicated cable modems.
|Internet Protocol (IP) address
|A number that uniquely identifies each host using the Internet.
|A computer configured to provide a service to other computers in a network, including access to hardware and software and centralized data storage. Different servers may be used to perform specific functions (e.g., web server or email server).
|Internet Service Provider (ISP)
|A business that provides individuals or companies access to the Internet (e.g., AOL, MSM, Earthlink). ISPs use authentication servers to verify customers passwords.
|File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
|A protocol that permits the downloading and uploading of electronic files. Downloading is the process by which a computer receives an electronic file from the Internet via an FTP server; uploading is the process of transferring electronic files from a computer to an FTP server on the Internet.
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|Web page
|An electronic document that may comprise text, graphics, audio, and video, as well as links to other pages.
|A collection of related web pages and associated media stored on a web server.
|Home page
|First page displayed on a website that usually acts as an introduction to the site.
|Web cam
|Video camera that permits live images to be displayed via a web page.
|Universal Resource Locater (URL)
|A web pages unique location or address.
|Web browser
|Software that allows web pages to be accessed and viewed (e.g., Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla-Firefox).
|A link provided within a web page to connect other related web pages. Pop-up links not requested by the user may also appear on some web pages.
|Search engine
|A program (e.g., Google, Alta Vista) that locates websites and web pages using key words.
|Communication Services
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|A method of communication between individuals connected to the Internet involving the transmission of text messages and attached files.
|Mailing lists
|A group of e-mail addresses given a common name so all members on the list receive the same message. There is a central list owner who controls who is on the list and what material can be sent. Individuals may subscribe to have their name and address added to the mailing list.
|Groups established to share information on a topic of common interest. Potential members need to subscribe to the group. In addition to email, an e-group may offer other features such as a chat room, a bulletin board, and a central home page.
|A site, stored on a news server, that allows contributors to have discussions about a particular subject by posting text, pictures, etc., and responding to previous posts. In most cases no one owns a newsgroup and there is no central authority. However, in some cases a password may be required, and some newsgroups filter posts through a moderator. The network of newsgroups is called Usenet.
|Bulletin Board Systems (BBS)
|Bulletin board systems, which predate the Internet, are similar to newsgroups, but tend to be in real time to allow contributors to engage in conversations. Bulletin boards are often hosted by an owner rather than a server, and may be accessed directly via a modem without going through the Internet.
|Chat rooms
|A chat room is a location on a server that permits multiple users to engage in real-time conversations and exchange electronic files. Many chat rooms are open to anyone to log into, but some are closed. They may employ a moderator, but users can nominate a pseudonym.
|Instant messaging (IM)
|Similar to chat rooms, but instant messaging permits private conversations with nominated contacts. Once a connection is established, direct contact between users is possible without the need for a central server.
|Peer-to-peer (P2P)
|A network in which each computer is an equal partner and all work cooperatively together. All computers in the network have a common file-sharing program (e.g., KaZaA, Morpheus, Limewire), allowing users to connect directly to each others hard drive to search for and exchange files.
A variety of law enforcement agencies have a stake in preventing and investigating Internet child pornography. Some of these agencies have specific programs or sections to focus resources and coordinate ongoing responses. In the United States, key agencies and services include: [95]
A number of major law enforcement operations demonstrate the need for interagency and international cooperation. A summary of major operations is shown in the table below.
Appendix C: Examples of Coordinated Law Enforcement Operations
|Operation Avalanche/Ore [96]
|The Problem
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|Landslide Productions was a child pornography company operating out of Fort Worth, Texas. Landslide had a complex network of some 5,700 websites worldwide (especially in Russia and Indonesia) that stored child pornography images. The operation in Fort Worth acted as a gateway into the network. Online customers provided credit card details to obtain network access. Landslide scrambled these credit card numbers to protect customers identities. There were more than 390,000 subscribers from 60 countries, generating a monthly turnover of up to $1.4 million.
|The investigation began in 1999 when the U.S. Postal Inspection Service discovered that Landslides customers were sending monthly subscription fees to a post office box or paying them through the Internet. A joint investigation between the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC), comprising more than 45 officers, was conducted over two years (Operation Avalanche). Officers cracked the code that scrambled the credit card numbers and then tracked down the card owners. Landslides bank accounts were seized and 160 search warrants were executed that recovered large quantities of child pornography. The investigation was expanded to include the U.K. police (Operation Ore).
|To date, 120 arrests have been made in the U.S., including the two principal operators who were given life and 14year sentences respectively in 2001. In the U.K. some 7,000 customers were identified, 1,300 people arrested, and 40 children taken into protective custody. Despite closing down Landslide Productions, there has been criticism that relatively few offenders have been successfully prosecuted.
|Operation Cathedral [97]
|The Problem
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|The Wonderland Club was an exclusive online pedophile ring in which members reportedly had to produce 10,000 child pornography images for membership. At least 180 individuals from at least 33 countries had met this criterion, and seven members between them had contributed 750,000 images.
|In 1996, two U.S. offenders charged with online child pornography offenses (the Orchid Club) cooperated with police and provided information about a British offender. Evidence from that offenders computer hard drive led to the discovery of the Wonderland Club. The operation, conducted between 1998 and 2001, involved U.S. and British police coordinating through Interpol. Although agents were unable to gain undercover entry into the club, they were able to monitor transactions and gather evidence from the outside. Eventually, 35 members were identified. Police forces in 12 countries carried out more than 100 simultaneous raids on suspects.
|The Wonderland Club was destroyed, and there were 107 arrests around the world, 14 of which were in the United States.
|Operation Candyman [98]
|The Problem
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|Candyman, was an open e-group maintained by Yahoo that was involved in exchanging child pornography. It had 7,000 members, 4,600 of which were in the United States and the remaining 2,400 lived around the world.
|Undercover FBI agents identified and infiltrated the e-group in a year-long undercover operation ending in 2002. The task force comprised 56 FBI field officers. A court order was obtained to compel Yahoo to provide the unique e-mail addresses of all members, and subpoenas were issued to all ISPs to provide the addresses of U.S. users.
|The FBI was able to obtain 1,400 addresses, from which 707 suspects were identified, 266 searches carried out, and 89 arrests made to date. Those arrested include a school bus driver, a teachers aide, law enforcement personnel, and clergy members.
|Operation Pin [99]
|The Problem
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|The operation is directed at the general proliferation of child pornography websites and the number of people accessing these sites. In particular it is aimed at casual or first-time offenders.
|The operation was started in 2003 by West Midlands (U.K.) police and expanded to include the FBI, the Australian Federal Police, the Royal Canadian Mounties, and Interpol. Far from being a covert operation, it was officially launched with media releases by the relevant police forces. It is a classic honey trap operation. A website purporting to contain child pornography was set up. Visitors to the site were required to go through a series of web pages, which appeared to be identical to real web porn sites, searching for the image they wanted. At each point it was reinforced that they were in a child pornography site, and they were given the option to exit. When they did try to access an image they were told they had committed a crime. They were tracked down via their credit card details, which they were required to provide to login.
|This crime prevention operation has resulted in numerous arrests; however, precise numbers are not available. Its main purpose is to make searchers of child pornography on the Internet uncertain that they can do so anonymously. Details of the sting operation were widely publicized on child pornography sites, contributing to the deterrent effect.
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WINONA, Minn. – A Catholic school in Minnesota has suspended a 9-year-old boy for performing a crotch-grabbing Michael Jackson dance move during a fundraiser.
Mindy Boberg told the Winona Daily News the principal at St. Stanislaus in Winona informed her that her son was being suspended because his performance of "Billie Jean" constituted gross misconduct.
She says principal Pat Bowlin was particularly unhappy with the handful of times the boy, Lenny, reached for his groin area to imitate Jackson's dancing Thursday night.
Bowlin told the newspaper he plans to meet with the family Monday. He declined to comment further, saying it was an internal issue.
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Adam Tooze, Quinn Slobodian, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian discuss neoliberalism, globalization, and the future of democracy.
At Verso Books in Brooklyn, September 20, 2018.
Ten years after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers nearly shattered the global economy, basic questions about the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression remain unanswered. What drove the accumulation of private debt and financialization of the economy that made the downturn possible? Was this a crisis for neoliberalism? Given its association with globalization, is a defense of national sovereignty the only way to take back democratic control from neoliberal forces? How has this shaped the populist revolts now transforming the global order, and how might the left respond?
Adam Tooze is Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History at Columbia University, where he also directs the European Institute. He is author of "Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World."
Quinn Slobodian is associate professor of history at Wellesley College. His most recent book is "Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism." Forthcoming is "Nine Lives of Neoliberalism" (Verso Books), co-edited with Dieter Plehwe and Philip Mirowski. He is currently writing a book with the working title "Hayek's Bastards" on the neoliberal roots of the far right.
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Duke U. discovers new use for laser in art world
DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke University professor who developed a laser to study melanoma has discovered a new use for the system: uncovering what's underneath artwork without damaging the pieces in any way.
Dr. Warren S. Warren was at the National Gallery in London, looking at an exhibit on art forgeries, when he realized that the art world used imaging technologies that were 30 or 40 years old. So he began investigating whether lasers could be used to uncover the mysteries underneath layers of paint without damaging the art.
So far, the answer is a qualified yes.
Warren and others in Duke's Center for Molecular and Biomedical Imaging, which he heads, have discovered they can use Warren's pump-probe laser to create three-dimensional cross-sections of art that let researchers see colors and layers and maybe, at some point, discover the source of materials.
"It's not ready for prime-time, but it's showing some real promise, and that's exciting," said John Delaney, senior imaging scientist in the conservation division of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Delaney, who researches how to adapt noninvasive analytical imaging methods to help identify and map artists' materials, has traveled to Durham to see the laser system at work.
The first beneficiary of the laser is the N.C. Museum of Art, about 60 miles southeast of Durham. The museum and the school are figuring out together how to make the pump-probe laser work optimally for art conservationists.
The museum's 14th-century "Crucifixion" by Puccio Capanna was the first painting to get a pump-probe laser exam. It revealed a thick layer of lapis lazuli over Madonna's mantle, said William Brown, the museum's chief conservator. Typically, that blue is achieved with a layer of the less expensive azurite, covered with a thin layer of lapis, which was more expensive than gold at the time, he said.
"This tells us it was a really important painting," said Brown, adding that it could be part of an altarpiece at the Vatican.
The museum is contributing about $12,500 a year in grant funds to research its paintings, while the school received a three-year grant of about $700,000 from the National Science Foundation to investigate the laser's use for both cancer and art research. Warren's lab will use part of the NSF grant to develop a portable version of the pump-probe so it can go to the paintings, rather than the other way around, and so it can be used to examine larger works of art.
The research matters well beyond telling visitors that another face lies under the one they see now or that the red glaze and lapis paint were mixed, rather than layered, Brown said.
"Through these techniques, you're also understanding the technology that went into the creation of these paintings," Brown said. "And you can chart the whole history of the world through technology and technology innovations. It affects the economy, it affects everything."
Typically, an art conservationist uses a scalpel to remove tiny samples from a painting to learn more about both the painting itself and the materials used. That method damages the painting and also is limited in where a conservationist can nick at the paint -- corners and background, for example, and but not faces.
The pump-probe laser system provides a three-dimensional view of any part of a painting without taking a chip. Researchers can zoom in and out, like looking at a layer cake, and separate colors to see what was originally on the canvas.
Warren explained that the pump-probe laser uses two laser pulses of different colors and varies the delay between the pulses. The first one "pumps" the pigment and the second one "probes" what happened to the energy deposited by the first one.
Other science applications need two well-synchronized lasers, and they also could be used to examine paintings, Warren said. It could have happened a decade ago, but apparently no one thought to do it until he wandered into London's National Gallery.
The scientists are adjusting the laser wavelengths and looking for more colors than are needed for medical work.
"Biological samples are less complicated than paintings, and we didn't need to be flexible," Villafana said. "We had the system set up for the melanoma we were studying, and we didn't really need to change wavelengths anymore. Now we've got God knows how many pigments sitting in a mixture or a layer, and you need to see all of them."
So far, she's seen red, blue, yellow, brown and one green. The laser is tuned to the edge of green but "all we would need to do is rearrange some of the optics in there and we could make it put out green light or any color that we want," Warren said.
Art conservationists also push the scientists, Villafana said.
"Sometimes you want to see if there are previous restorations. Sometimes you want to say, what's the binder they used here? What thickness was this layer? It's about coming up with new and different ways to investigate a different problem."
While the laser system isn't yet optimal, it is attracting attention from other conservationists, including those who care for the Dead Sea Scrolls, Warren said. They want to know if the pump-probe can let them read what's in scrolls that are too fragile to unwind. And Brown hopes the laser one day will provide evidence that the Puccio was part of the Vatican altarpiece, perhaps by proving the lapis has the same chemical composition.
"It's not going to replace other tools, but it gives us different information," he said.
And it doesn't have to do everything, said Delaney, of the National Gallery in Washington. "Nothing has to be perfect," he said. "We're looking for what can help us solve problems that we don't have a good way to solve now. And this shows some potential."


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Taiwanese students and expatriates gathered in central London on Sunday afternoon to show their support for the occupation of the Legislative Yuan and democracy back home.
More than 200 people marched from London's Piccadilly Circus to the Houses of Parliament, passing the British prime minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street on the way. Many carried Republic of China (ROC) flags, while others displayed sunflowers or placards criticizing the cross-strait service trade pact.
Meanwhile, in the US, about 100 Taiwanese-Americans gathered on the National Mall in Washington over the weekend, waving placards and chanting in support of the student action in Taipei.
In front of London's iconic Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament at Parliament Square, speakers voiced their support for the "Sunflower Revolution" and the crowd sang Do You Hear the People Sing? from the musical Les Miserables, an unofficial anthem of various recent protests in Taiwan.
Events at the Legislative Yuan galvanized Chen Szu-wei (陳思維) to use social media to organize Sunday's march in London.
"Due to the Taiwanese government's stubborn attitude on the cross-strait agreement with China, which is a far-reaching agreement that has not been carefully reviewed and has not been subject to transparent review, we decided to rally together and stand up to fight against the decision of the Taiwanese government and protect the democracy of our country," he said.
Chen, 30, works in London and was keen to show solidarity with protesters.
"We can't fly back to support them, but we can show our determination to preserve democracy," the Greater Taichung native said.
Ukrainian tourist Viktor Kripak saw the protest and felt obliged to address the crowd in light of recent events in his homeland.
"I think it's very important to show people in London that in Taiwan there is such a situation," Kripak said.
A 27-year-old from Hong Kong — who gave only the name Chas — was also sympathetic.
"Recently the government in China has been curtailing freedom of speech [in Hong Kong], so that's why I can understand how bad [the Taiwanese protesters] feel. I guess it's good to come out and give support to them," Chas said.
A Chinese student also declared his encouragement, expressing his wish that one day young people in China would have their voices heard.
Anna Peng from Taipei, who is studying for a master's degree in psychology in London, also addressed the crowd.
"I felt the need to come out to kind of stand up for my country and express my opinions to the [ROC] government that we are not comfortable with the way the government is dealing with China at the moment," she said.
Long-time London resident Liu Yu-chuan (劉鈺娟) said that Taiwanese of all political persuasions should be concerned about the way the service trade agreement has been handled.
"It's a simple request for transparency," she said. "The service agreement impacts on immigration and Taiwan's tax, health and benefit systems, and hence deserves a public hearing and thorough scrutiny."
Londoner George Mills, who is married to a Taiwanese, was worried about the potential effects of the cross-strait pact and wanted to attend Sunday's event to give his backing to the struggle for freedom.
"A lot of people in Taiwan know what it's like to live in a dictatorship, and it's a young democracy that they have, and I'm here to support that," Mills said.