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Musical. It's been called the best musical in the world. Now a completely new version of the timeless classic West Side Story will be performed at the Göteborg Opera.
Premiere September 17, 2011
"It is - quite simply - extremely good." GöteborgsPosten
"A musically charged West Side Story." Sveriges Radio Cultural News
"Both the dancers, soloists and the orchestra maintain an ease and a fascinating sound." GöteborgsPosten
"They (Tony and Maria) have made the roles their own, fully exploring all the feelings inherent in each role." Sveriges Radio Cultural News
Watch a clip from the performance.
Perhaps it's the timelessness of the theme: a conflict between people from different backgrounds, a portrayal of the teenage years when everything is just as much a game as deadly serious, a story about breathtaking, absorbing love and its mirror image counterpart – consuming hatred. Maybe it is the form: the big dance numbers that brilliantly drive forward the action just as much as the dialogue and the singing. Perhaps it is the exquisite music: composed by Leonard Bernstein when he was at the pinnacle of his career and was one of the world's leading conductors, equally skilled in classical music as interested in interpreting and expressing his own time in music. West Side Story is known for a variety of different reasons as "the world's best musical" and since its premiere in 1957 has been interpreted and reinterpreted, seen and loved by people throughout the world. Loosely based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet it is a tragic love story in a big city environment with two rival youth gangs at its centre.
"Everyone must be, or appear to be teenagers, be able to sing following a very difficult musical score, be able to play very difficult roles and dance very difficult dances" Leonard Bernstein commented the cast before the first performance.
Watch pictures from the performance.
Watch a movie from the rehearsal.
Watch a movie from the rehearsal.
In The Göteborg Opera's new production, Stina Ancker, Nick Davies and Peter Svenzon have carefully selected the 39 artists who will be embodying their particular vision. Stina Ancker has previously directed Mary Poppins (2008) at The Göteborg Opera, Nick Davies conducted Guys and Dolls (2009) and Peter Svenzon, head of the dance company Art of Spectra, choreographed Prolog (2009). Irena Kraus is responsible for the new translation into Swedish. In season 2010/2011 she wrote the libretto to Min mamma är en drake (My Mum is a Dragon).
Costume sketches by Kajsa Larsson.
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It was groundbreaking at the first performance and raises issues that are just as relevant today. Add the music, which was created by one of the giants of the 20th century, legendary choreography and a film version that became as popular as the musical. The result is: West Side Story.
West Side Story is rightly listed amongst the foremost works within American musical theatre. Its creators were already (Bernstein and Robbins) or were just about to become (Laurents and Sondheim) giants within their respective disciplines in the show's conception. Right from the Broadway premiere in September 1957 the work was talked about as groundbreaking. Never had so much dance been used in the narrative of a musical. In addition there was much reference, and in appreciative terms, of the artistically courageous portrayal of the conflict between first and second generation immigrants.
In 1961 came the touched up musically and lyrically adapted film version, greeted with skepticism by the creators (especially Bernstein) but with jubilation from both critics and the public. The following year it was awarded ten Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and further acclaim from the international public. 1962 was also the year that the Jets and the Sharks clashed for the first time on a Swedish stage. It took place in an English language guest performance at Oscarsteatern (Oscars). It would however, be another three years before Maria and Tony sang to each other in Swedish.
The first Swedish language production, also with the premiere at Oscars, included Eva Serning (Maria), Arne Strömgren (Tony), Lill Lindfors (Anita) and Eva Rydberg (Anybody) in the ensemble. The stage setting was clearly related to the Broadway original and not, as was often the case later, to the more famous film version. To try to make the gang conflicts between the Jets of Polish descent and the Puerto Rican Sharks understandable to Swedish observers, who at most had one or two workforce immigrants and the quarrels between indigenous 'raggare' gangs to relate to, was not relevant. Instead emphasis was placed on the romanticising of the attractive, but dangerous USA and on the tragic love story. During the following decades touring guest performances came from the USA and the United Kingdom at regular intervals to the country's major venues, but just as often Swedish productions were staged. A common feature of the latter was the varying degree of attachment to the film version and – in line with the fact that the understanding for the original environment and the original problem intensified through television series, tourism and the convergence of other popular culture – an increased focus on gang rivalry. There have been several attempts in Swedish productions to link the musical to the present day. Many directors have in one way or another, tried to make the Jets and the Sharks into more or less pronounced Swedes and immigrants to Sweden. The equivalent has also occurred widely in other countries, despite the text in its original form providing very little scope for such temporal and spatial reinterpretations. When the work's screenwriter Arthur Laurents directed the return of the work to Broadway in 2009 he was very keen to make the production authentic in terms of time, space, culture and expression.
Laurents' main immediate intervention was to allow the Sharks for the most part to speak and sing in Spanish. He suggested that this would have been impossible at the time of the first performance, but that the audience now represents several cultural backgrounds and that the understanding therefore is more immediate. For him the important change was a theatrical matter. The young people who played the Jets and the Sharks should in themselves exude and constantly embody all the youthful aimlessness, aggression and frustration that in the earlier productions could only be suggested in choreography and music. The production was a new start for a work, which is currently strictly controlled by publishers and legislation but which, within these frameworks in all honesty, still has the potential to provoke.


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My Finishline Road: Six Races, Six Continents
Before lining up on Dig Me Beach in Kona this October, Bob Shuler has a swim-bike-run world tour to complete. He'll check the final box this weekend in Brazil.
by Bob Shuler
Editor's Note: We spoke to Bob Shuler shortly after he found out he'd been selected to race as part of the IRONMAN World Championship Lottery program. Shuler lives and trains in Austin, Texas, where he worked for nine years as a director of manufacturing until three months ago, when he lost his job. Beginning in January, Shuler used his new free time to embark on a unique "six on six" challenge: completing six full-distance triathlons within a calendar year. He began with one in January in Florida, the Asia-Pacific IRONMAN Championship Melbourne in March, IRONMAN South Africa in April, full-distance races in Taiwan and Spain and will compete at IRONMAN Brazil this weekend. In October, Shuler will cap off the adventure with a "bonus" race—the IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
Shuler says his best IRONMAN memory actually happened in one of his most trying races, IRONMAN South Africa, when IRONMAN CEO Andrew Messick spent 30 minutes helping him get to the finish line—albeit five minutes past the cut-off time. "He didn't have to do that, but he did," says Shuler.
Following is his story, in his own words.
Experiencing an "aha" moment—where the concept of trying to make a difference comes to the forefront of your mind—is a rare thing. I was lucky enough to have such a defining moment in the middle of an IRONMAN race. It was August 11, 2012, around 6 p.m. That is the beauty of an IRONMAN day, you remember just about every moment, even two years later.
While preparing for the IRONMAN U.S. Championship in New York, I read in the New York Times of a Wall Street warrior, Guy Adami, who was training for the race as well. Guy is one of the original personalities on CNBC's "Fast Money." The article explained how Guy, at 230 pounds, was training with a group to tackle the race with less than eight months of training. I had recently written a book on how to complete an IRONMAN on minimal training—a guide for those with little more than seven to 10 hours a week to devote to training. I immediately saw a connection between my plan and Adami's life. I had written the book for people like him. I sent Adami a copy of my book and thought little more of it until race day.
The IRONMAN U.S. Championship marathon course started with two seven-mile loops in New Jersey before heading over the George Washington Bridge to finish along the Hudson River in New York. As I was completing my first loop I spotted Adami, who is hard to miss at 6 feet four inches. He was on his first loop and, after I made my turn, I was able to catch him in about five minutes. I asked how he was doing and he told me it had been a long day. It was obvious that, although he was physically alright, he was lacking the mental strength to get to the finish within the cut-off time. I decided to spend the next seven miles with Guy giving him some on-course coaching on aid station fueling and pacing.
Shuler carrying the jerry can at IRONMAN South Africa
Adami happened to be raising money for TNT (Team in Training) which supports leukemia research. He was wearing the TNT race kit and during the course of our two-hours' time together, every time he passed another teammate, they'd greet each other with "Go Team." This was the beginning of my own "aha" moment. I realized that even though I tried to help individuals like Adami with my book, I could do so much more if I wanted to.
When we parted ways around 6 p.m. the clarity of what I needed to do was like a light coming on in a dark room. I'd spent my whole career manufacturing chemicals to clean water for people in the developed world. But, with seven billion people in the world, nearly one billion do not have access to clean water. I finished the race that day in New York around 9:20 p.m and, in the span of time between 6 and 9:20 pm, I had decided I would raise money for a water charity. But that wasn't the end of it. I also made the decision to do what no one else had ever done in history. I would race a 140.6 mile (226km) triathlon on every continent in less than 5 months. If that was indeed possible. But most of us around here know the answer to that.
It's now two years later, and my mission is almost complete. With this weekend's completion of IRONMAN Brazil, I will have checked off all six continents. Thanks to the IRONMAN World Championship Lottery program, I'll cap off an amazing year by racing in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The recipient of my fundraising is called Well Aware, a charity that for a single $15 donation, accomplishes a two-pronged effort in poor communities. By installing wells near schools, Well Aware enables children who usually have to collect water from distant streams and wells for their families, to attend school and carry the water home after attending school from the strategically located wells. This addresses two dilemmas: that of access to clean water, and lack of education.
If a 59-year-old guy who weighs just under 200 pounds can tackle six 140.6 mile races in six months time, then maybe, just maybe, giving developing countries a small helping hand might help them define their own "Anything is Possible" moment.
Look for me carrying my symbolic five-gallon jerry can along Ali' Drive this October.


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In appreciation of the Cary Institute's most loyal donors, Irene and Jack Banning hosted the Aldo Leopold Society's annual Autumn Celebration at Black Sheep Hill in Pine Plains on October 13, 2012.
Cary Institute staff members have developed a range of citizen-science initiatives in which benefits flow equally between researchers and volunteers.
The Cary Institute's Environmental Monitoring Station instruments track air pollution, precipitation patterns, and solar radiation, among other things. These measurements provide a window into powerful storm systems, like Hurricane Sandy.
Fog study workshop, spring Writer in Residence, staff distinctions and other Cary announcements.
On January 14, a week before President Obama said Americans must respond to climate change in his inauguration speech, a draft of the 2013 National Climate Assessment (NCA) was released.
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Namco Bandai's idol simulator The Idolm@ster features teenage girls. But in Japan, it's not only young girls who are idols. Young boys are, too.
Besides its stable of girls, Idolm@ster 2 will feature a boy band unit called "Jupiter". There is 17-year-old Touma Amagase, 20-year-old Ijuuin Hokuto and 14-year-old Shouta Mitarai.
In the clip, the group performs its tune "Alice of Guilty". It's...not catchy.


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Some congenital cardiovascular defects let blood flow between the heart's
right and left chambers. This happens when a baby is born with an opening
between the wall (septum) that separates the right and left sides of the
heart. This defect is sometimes called "a hole in the heart."
If the opening is small, it doesn't strain the heart. In that case,
the only abnormal finding is a loud murmur. But if the opening is large,
open-heart surgery is recommended to close the hole and prevent serious
problems. Some babies with a large ventricular septal defect don't
grow normally and may become undernourished. Babies with VSD may develop
severe symptoms or high blood pressure in their lungs. Repairing a ventricular
septal defect with surgery usually restores normal blood circulation.
The long-term outlook is good, but long-term follow-up is required.
People with unrepaired ventricular septal defects are at risk for getting
an infection of the heart's walls or valves (endocarditis). After
a VSD has been successfully fixed with surgery, antibiotics should no
longer be needed. If surgery or other procedures do not completely repair
the VSD, the person is still at risk for developing endocarditis. Please
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Friday, March 1, 2013
Sesquicenteniall Stories: The Promise of UK #105
Doris Wilkinson was one of the first African Americans to integrate as a freshman at the University of Kentucky after the Supreme Court declared public school segregation illegal. She received her B.A. in 1958 from the University of Kentucky. Her graduate degrees are from Case Western Reserve University, M.A., 1960, Ph.D., 1968.
Doris Wilkinson became the first full-time female African American faculty member at UK.
As a UK professor in the department of sociology, Wilkinson also designed the African American Studies and Research Program, the Carter G. Woodson Lecture Series, and the Black Women's Conference.
In 1988, she received a grant from the Kentucky Humanities Council to study and plan a community wide exhibit on early African-American physicians from 1890-1950. That same year she was awarded the American Sociological Association's national DuBois-Johnson-Frazier award for her exemplary contributions to minority research and the field of race relations.
Doris Wilkinson has a long and significant record of professional and scholarly research and achievements. In addition to many other achievements, Wilkinson won UK's Great Teacher Award and was a visiting Ford Foundation Fellow at Harvard University in 1989-1990. She has published numerous articles and books.
Doris Wilkinson was named to the UK Hall of Distinguished Alumni on October 13, 1989 making her the first African-American elected to the Hall.
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So, I'm heading for this hotel this weekend with about 500 of my closest friends and of course I am bringing beer. Need three kegs to load Beer Cart II.... Have one Kölsch ready to go......and then I got a little behind.... I have an American Stout and a Belgian strong in the buckets, brewed 1-8-12 in the fermenters at a perfect 65ºF since then and down to 32ºF for the last 24 hours....Will keg tomorrow, stick them in the back of my truck, hook up to service pressure plus a little bit and drive 339 miles.....I've heard this works, I will let you know.
Every time one of my friends comments about the beer being cloudy, I smile and nod and take a swig and say"you can't buy beer like that in a store". They usually nod back and take a swig too and never mention it again


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Getting Started with Lua
Lua is an extremely simple scripting language known for it's speed. no it's not c++ but as far as dynamically typed languages go it pretty well takes the cake.
Lua is well known in the gaming industry and has been used in many games. it has been used in major games including some of my favorites Crysis and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Lua is capable of OO via what are known as meta methods. it's an extremely interesting language and is definitely worth a look. also one of the big reasons it's used in so many games is becuase of how easily you can embed it in your own applications.
* write a program that prints it's own source code, this is known as a quine
* write a sorting algorithm
* write a linked list class (this one is a little tricky as Lua provides no direct means of making classes)
* write a program to find the nth highest prime number
* make a simple Lua embedded application in c/c++ that exposes a function to Lua
print("hello world") print("5+5=" .. 5+5) MyTable = {ishka="bible"} for first,second in pairs(MyTable) do if first=="ishka" and second=="bible" then print(first.." + "..second,"=",first..second) end end for i=0,10,1 do print(i) end i=10 while i~=0 do i=i-1 print(i) end function Foo() local MyStr = "see how easy Lua can be!!" print(MyStr) end Foo()
RESOURCES (mostly on embedding, the first one is on the language it'self):
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Make it so: Magneto's marrying Professor X - in a manner of speaking.
During an appearance on a British talk show this weekend, Sir Ian McKellen revealed that he will officiate at the upcoming nuptials of his old pal and X-Men co-star Sir Patrick Stewart, 72, to fiancée, Brooklyn-based jazz singer Sunny Ozell, 35.
"I'm going to marry Patrick," McKellen chirped on The Jonathan Ross Show while discussing upcoming flick, X-Men: Days of Future Past. "How else do you put that? I'm going to officiate at his wedding."
Asked whether he would legally be able to pull off the gig, McKellen explained: "I don't know, but in Massachusetts, in the middle of America somewhere, you get a friend along, and I read out the words, and Sunny and Patrick will then be married. I declare you man and wife."
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Massachusetts' Secretary of Commonwealth offers a "one-day marriage designation" that, for a $25 fee and a character reference, allows a friend or family member of the couple to legally conduct a wedding ceremony.
McKellen also dished on the show that he isn't new to officiating.
"I've done it once before with two guys having a civil partnership," he told the talk show host. "I was crying my eyes out."
And when asked what his sartorial plans were for the big day, McKellen said that the last time he donned a "sort of gown, white...something I bought in India."
"You mustn't upstage the bride," he quipped.
Countered Ross, "How can you not upstage [the bride] if you're floating in like some sort of cherub?"
Stewart has been romantically linked to Ozell since 2009. The pair met while the actor was performing in a production of Macbeth at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, according to the New York Times.
The wedding date was not announced. This will be the third marriage for Stewart.
Check out Ross' full interview with McKellen below. The wedding talk kicks in at the 11:00 mark:
McKellen and Stewart are set to reprise their superhero roles as Professor X and Magneto in director Bryan Singer's upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past, which is due to be released in July 2014.
And finally...
* Love is in the air? Rumour has it one of Hollywood's most eligible bachelors, Bradley Cooper, is officially off the market. The Silver Linings Playbook star, 38, was spotted with Suki Waterhouse, a 20-year-old British model, in Boston on Monday, according to Us Weekly.
The pair was first linked after they were spied together in London on February 12, when they hopped into a limo together after exiting the Elle Style Awards.
"It's new but they're hanging out," a source dished to Us Weekly. "He's really into her."
Cooper, who is in town to shoot the yet-to-be-titled film directed by David O. Russell, has been single since splitting from actress Zoe Saldana late last year.
A rep for the actor declined to comment on the rumoured romance.
* And it's splitsville for pop music powerhouse couple Katy Perry and John Mayer - they've reportedly called it quits again, People reports.
Perry and Mayer began dating shortly after her divorce from Russell Brand was finalised in February 2012. They quietly split in August, before reuniting a few weeks later.
"It's sad," a source told Us Weekly, while noting that the split might not be permanent.
"It's not over until it's over. You have to see how things play out." Adds another source, "She's leaving the window open. They have both been so focused on work."
In February, Mayer said of dating Perry: "I don't feel like I'm in a celebrity relationship. For the first time in my life, I don't feel like I'm in a celebrity relationship, I really don't.
"I'm not in a high-profile - I know it's high-profile, it's hard to explain. It doesn't feel that way to me - and great."
* If looks could kill: Lindsay Lohan has yet another mug shot to add to her burgeoning collection.
The 26-year-old starlet pleaded "no contest" to the charge of giving false information to a police officer and reckless driving stemming from a June 2012 car crash in court on Tuesday. She was officially booked yesterday at the Santa Monica Police Department, and posed for a new mug shot - her sixth to date.
* Jane Got A Gun, but not a director. Lynne Ramsay (We Need To Talk About Kevin), who was attached to direct Natalie Portman and Jude law in Western drama Jane Got a Gun, was a no-show on the first day of shooting on Monday, Deadline reports.
"I'm shocked and so disappointed someone would do this to 150 crew members who devoted so much time, energy, commitment and loyalty to a project, and then have the director not show up," producer Scott Steindorff told the website. "It is insane somebody would do this to other people.
Ramsay has not yet commented on what went down.
* A sibling for Suri? Katie Holmes poses for new magazine shoot and says she's "open" to having more kids one day ... and becoming a lawyer.
* Gwyneth Paltrow, who graces the April issue of SELF magazine, says that her low-carb, gluten-free diet has affected her relationship with husband Chris Martin for the better.
* Harrison Ford on returning to Star Wars: "It's not in the bag yet, but I think it's happening."
* Watch: Pink stops her concert to console a young girl crying in the audience.
* Russell Brand Jokes about marriage to Katy Perry: "Marriage is a bond that can last up to 14 months."
* The wedding's back on (was it ever off?): Miley Cyrus spotted wearing engagement ring.
* Lady Gaga's manager says singer is recovering nicely after hip surgery, working on new album.
* Kelsey Grammer and ex-wife battle over bed.
* Adele, boyfriend Simon Konecki reportedly planning secret wedding.
* Holly Madison debuts baby daughter Rainbow Aurora.
* James Bond will return...within the next three years.
* Bobby Brown turns himself in for 55-day DUI jail sentence.
* Watch: Justin Timberlake drops a two-part video for his new single Mirrors
Earlier this week, the singer revealed that The 20/20 Experience will have a 10-track companion album set to drop later this year.
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2016 BMW X7 is a luxury SUV car that will enliven the world automotive market competition. New BMW X7 has undergone changes and revisions. The all New BMW X7 is prepared to compete with the Mercedes Benz SUV G-series, the Audi Q7, Infinity XQ 80 or the Lexus LX. X7. BMW X7 to come will be using machines that have better performance than the current model. BMW X7 latest edition will use the larger platforms and the rear overhang is again providing a seven-seat cabin. We will discuss about the specifications and changes in 2016 BMW X7 for car SUV lovers.
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2016 BMW X7 is a luxury SUV that car will give you changes and revisions. Exterior design 2016 BMW X7 will offer a more modern and sophisticated. New BMW X7 will have larger dimensions and a handsome model. Interior design 2016 BMW X7 will give the impression of a sophisticated and wide-ranging. The all New BMW X7 will give you ample scope with passenger seat about seven-seat cabin. Latest BMW X7 is equipped with advanced equipment to provide better driving experience.
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2016 BMW X7 is rumored to be adding features an impressive performance. New BMW X7 will use the 3.0-liter V8 engine with twin turbo that will produce a smooth acceleration. 2016 BMW X7 will be offered some additional machine intelligence, especially in hi-performance diesel unit and hybrid technology. BMW X7 2016 rumored, will come with a new 8-automatic transmission speed. Latest BMW X7 is equipped with an exclusive six-and eight-cylinder and all-wheel drive configurations. 2016 X7 is so appropriately called as its flagship SUV.
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2016 X7 car is BMW SUV is right for family selection. New BMW X7 offers a new engine which will have a strong engine performance and impressive. BMW has yet to provide official information about the release date of 2016 BMW X7. But according to rumors circulating, the BMW X7 will be launched later this year. As for pricing information 2016 BMW X7 is expected to be sold for about $ 60,000. Even much higher recall of equipment could come in several variants that are better.


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Flat Abs Fast: The Core-Strengthening Workout
These belly-flattening exercises work your core from the front, sides, and back for strong, sculpted abs.
Alex Palombo
How This Workout Works
How do you create the ideal belly-flattening routine? You start with a short list of exercises that have been proved in the lab and then hand them to a fitness pro to give them a little twist. "These nine moves not only work your core from the front, back, and sides, but they are also adjustable to any level," says Chelsey Korus, an instructor for YogaWorks studios in New York City, who adapted this seriously cinching session for FITNESS.
The synergy of doing a workout that strengthens your entire core also means extra support for your spine and more power when you do everything, including playing tennis and pushing a stroller. All you'll need is a pair of yoga blocks, such as Gaiam's Yoga Essentials Blocks ($21 a pair, gaiam.com) and a towel. Aim to do three sessions a week on nonconsecutive days.
Alex Palombo
Bird Dog Gets Down
Targets back, rectus abdominis, obliques, and transversus abdominis
- Start on mat on all fours, then tuck toes under and press hips back and up as you step back to form an upside-down V; lift right leg behind you.
- MAKE IT EASIER: Keep both feet on mat.
- With right leg lifted, shift body forward to come into full push-up position, shoulders over wrists. Hold for one count; return to start. Do 10 to 15 reps; switch sides, repeat. Do 2 to 3 sets.
Alex Palombo
Tolasana on Blocks
Targets rectus abdominis, obliques, and transversus abdominis
- Sit on mat with knees bent and ankles crossed, and place each palm atop a yoga block on either side of hips, fingers pointing forward.
- Straighten arms and exhale as you contract your abs to lift butt and legs off mat. Hold for 10 to 15 seconds. Lower.
- MAKE IT HARDER: From lifted tuck position, try to extend legs midair.
- Do 5 reps, alternating leg that's crossed on top.
Alex Palombo
Side Plank Variation
Targets rectus abdominis, obliques, and transversus abdominis
- Start in full push-up position with feet together. Grab a yoga block with right hand and rotate body into side plank: Shoulders and hips stacked, balancing on left palm and side of left foot. Extend right arm up.
- MAKE IT EASIER: Stagger feet.
- Bring right arm underneath rib cage. Raise arm.
- Do 10 to 15 reps. Switch sides and repeat. Do 2 to 3 sets.
Alex Palombo
Magic Carpet Ride
Targets rectus abdominis, obliques, and transversus abdominis
- Start on an uncarpeted floor in full push-up position, balancing on hands and toes, arms extended, a folded towel underneath feet.
- Contract abs and bring knees in toward chest.
- MAKE IT HARDER: Keep legs straight and lift hips high to bring feet toward hands.
- Hold for one count, then return to start. Do 3 sets of 10 reps, resting 45 seconds between sets.
Alex Palombo
Pass the Block
Targets rectus abdominis and transversus abdominis
- Lie faceup on mat with arms extended behind head, both hands holding a single yoga block.
- Curl up to reach arms toward toes, bending knees to place block between feet.
- Holding block with feet, lower back to mat as you extend arms behind head and legs forward.
- Reverse motion back to start to complete 1 rep. Do 3 sets of 10 reps.
Alex Palombo
Wide-Legged Criss-Cross
Targets rectus abdominis, obliques, transversus abdominis, and inner thighs
- Lie faceup on mat with hands behind head, elbows bent out to sides, and legs extended directly up, squeezing a single yoga block between thighs.
- Curl shoulders off floor and rotate torso to bring left elbow toward right.
- Return to center and repeat toward left.
- Do 2 to 3 sets of 20 reps, alternating sides.
Alex Palombo
Balancing Act
Targets rectus abdominis and transversus abdominis
- Lie faceup on mat and bend knees into chest to place a single yoga block atop soles of flexed feet; place arms on floor slightly out to sides and slowly extend legs straight up.
- MAKE IT EASIER: Do not use block.
- Without rocking, slowly lift hips a few inches off mat and then lower them.
- Do 2 to 3 sets of 10 reps.
Alex Palobo
Lean Back
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- MAKE IT EASIER: Keep both feet on mat; use a rolled-up blanket behind you for more support.
- Lean back a few inches; return to start.
- Do 2 to 3 sets of 25 reps; switch legs each set.
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Warrior III Curl
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- Place yoga blocks shoulder-width apart on floor so that blocks are at their tallest. Hinge forward 90 degrees at hips and place palms atop each block, shoulders aligned over wrists; extend left leg behind you parallel to floor with toes pointing down.
- Contract abs and round back as you bring left knee toward forehead.
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01 Magazine is pleased to present their traveling group exhibition, 01, at the No.6 Gallery in New York. Curated by Redia Soltis and Jennilee Marigomen, the exhibition showcases 34 inspiring artists of different disciplines that have been previously featured in the magazine. The exhibition in New York is the second showing of 01, following its Toronto debut.
On view: October 16 – 24, 2010
Monday – Friday 2 – 7pm / Saturday 12 – 7pm / Sunday 12 – 6pm
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Participating Artists:
Peter Sutherland, New York
David Horvitz, New York
Sam Falls, Brooklyn
Niall Mc Clelland, Toronto
Leo Fitzpatrick, New York
Jason Dill, New York
Bree Apperley, New York
Alexander Binder, Germany
Ali Bosworth, Victoria
Becky Brisco, Vancouver
Coley Brown, Brooklyn
Maryanne Casasanta, Toronto
Alana Celii, Brooklyn
Jessica Eaton, Montreal
Seth Fluker, London
Nicholas Gottlund, Baltimore
Nicholas Haggard, Brooklyn
Steve Halo, New York
Daniel Jackson, New York
Robert Johnson, New York
Todd Jordan, New York
Ryan Kearney, New York
Andrew Laumann, Baltimore
Jennilee Marigomen, Vancouver
Heather Martin, Vancouver
Bob Myaing, Philadelphia
Jeff Otto O'Brien, Vancouver
Melissa Paget, Vancouver
Nathalee Paolinelli, Vancouver
Les Ramsay, Vancouver
Melinda Santillan, Monteal
Dan Siney, Vancouver
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Young Kyu Yoo, Brooklyn
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Today's Times of London reports that if you're looking for love online you've got to choose your screen name carefully. According to study by Dr. Monica Whitty, a lecturer in cyber-psychology at Nottingham Trent University, playful and flirtatious names like "fun2bwith" or "imsweet" were ranked top by men and women as those they would most like to contact. Close behind were names that were physically descriptive, like "cutie" or "blueeyes." Less appealing? Money-grubbing names like "wealthyandwise," "lovemyporsche" amd "entrepreneur." "We know from other research that women are generally attracted by wealth, but it seems they are well aware people embellish themselves online and it makes them suspicious," Dr. Whitty says. As we all know, dating isn't the only place one uses a screen name: Monikers are also used for IMing and to comment on blogs. Ahem.
Is there anything weirder than meeting someone you think you like and then finding out their IM name is "mansondude13"? Or "diztieblondie"? What about when a commenter on a blog has a screen name like "manhattangrrl" but lives in Ohio? What is the ideal screen name? Something simple? Straightforward? Meaningful? Witty? Descriptive? How do you choose? And, knowing that those few letters represent you — what do you think your screen name says about you?


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Totally nude with a slightly darker background would work for me. I see what he tried to do, but he should have lost the wrap, and used a chair of solid light green or even a creamy tan
Very pretty face and sexy figure. This set could have been much better if the blouse and socks were dumped after the first few shots. I prefer totally nude babes.
Some lovely revealing shots of this stunning, Nordic looking Czech beauty.
Nordica is appropriately named and a total babe. The white cotton panties and explicit close ups are extremely uplifting!
Thank you Slastyonoff, for this lesson in how NOT to shoot a beautiful model. Your use of light haze to obscure the model is some of the beyond compare.
I like the disparity of Nordica's fancy stylish lacy top with her everyday white cotton panties. I'm going to pull a fer_realz, though, and say that I really would have liked to see some rear view shots before the panties came off. Based on evidence later in the set, I think that would have been quite pleasing to the eye.
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Love Nordica, love the cool color palette of this photoset – it really brings out her blonde gorgeousness – and I especially appreciate all the panty shots :-)
Rose. as much as I like you and hope to see you pose for Alex Lynn, I must disagree on the background colors. They are too cool for a blonde as pale as Nordica, and bringing in the chair to try and brighten the background was a total mistake. Nordica is worth a 10 to infinity herself but Slastyonoff blew the presentation in my book, and the panty shots simply advertised the fact by being so good.
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Commercial video download sites like CinemaNow and the iTunes Store will soon have the option of allowing customers to burn copies of downloaded movies to DVDs that will playback in standard DVD players, thanks to an amendment recently approved by the DVD Copy Control Association.
To date, movies bought from online services could not be burned to the venerable commercial DVD format because of legal restrictions. The ubiquitous commercial DVD format is "protected" against copying by an encryption system known as CSS, and the DVD Copy Control Association has been reluctant to let consumers gain access to the CSS technology needed to make movies compatible for DVD players.
Until the change of heart, licensed implementation of CSS technology was limited to commercial manufacturers of discs and players, but the emerging download market needs access to CSS in order to grow. Consumers want to watch their movies on their big screen TVs, but Hollywood isn't interested in allowing consumers to burn DVDs without some kind of copy protection.
This creates a bit of a ridiculous situation because copyright holders demand protection for their movies, but the only universally supported protection for commercial DVDs is a cryptographic method that has been cracked since 1999. In fact, CSS is so broken that a Finnish court decided that circumventing it cannot be illegal because it's no longer an effective protection mechanism.
Regardless, the decision to allow download services to support CSS clears the last major legal hurdle in bringing the commercial DVD format and encryption standard to download services and DVD kiosks.
It's not all roses, however. DVD-R support for CSS will require special discs, and sources tell us that not all existing DVD burners will work with it, either. If firmware updates cannot enable the majority of DVD burners out there to burn CSS-supporting discs, and if the special discs are not price-competitive, all of this will be for naught.
The DVD CCA has yet to finalize the language of the contracts that will be used, but that process is expected to take place next week, according to Video Business.


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Hey, thanks for sticking with us. It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Robert Smith. And now, time for some music.
BIG FREEDIA: (Singing) Big Freedia coming one more time. Big Freedia coming one more time.
My name is Big Freedia the Queen Diva. I'm a bounce artist, straight born and raised from New Orleans, Louisiana, and I love what I do.
SMITH: And what she does is to roll into a town, set up at a club and drive the audience wild. You can't just listen to Big Freedia. You have to be there to experience Big Freedia.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: Just get out there and get sweaty, get dirty, dance.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Bootylicious, shaking everything, everywhere, every body.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: We are older group. That's what we call working your body.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: I did what was called a handstand. What you do is get on your hands, you put both legs in the air, you just shake until you fall down.
SMITH: There has been so much discussion here at WEEKEND ALL THINGS CONSIDERED about how to refer exactly to the thing which you shake. And we know we're a family friendly program, so there's many different words we can use.
FREEDIA: I would say booty shaking.
FREEDIA: How that sound?
SMITH: Booty? Behind? Or does that, like, does that make me sound like a square?
FREEDIA: Yeah, definitely.
SMITH: You're looking at me like this is the worst thing ever.
FREEDIA: You know, you're like, you come shake your booty, come and shake your rump shaker.
SMITH: All right. OK. Now, that we've settled the matter of terminology, let me tell you a little about Big Freedia. Big Freedia's name during the day is Freddie Ross when he is an interior decorator. But at night, he is a she - Big Freedia. And that's how she arrived at our studios - six-foot-something, hair down her back, earrings. Big Freedia is the queen of bounce music.
Describe to me bounce music. It's more than just the sound, right?
FREEDIA: My definition of bounce music is up tempo, heavy bass, call-and-respond type music. It's strictly in - born and raised out in New Orleans, and they love it. Like, they listen to it morning, noon and night.
FREEDIA: (Rapping) Now, now, now, now, now, now...
It has a lot to do with dancing, as well, call and respond, you know, where if I will say, (singing) I got that gin in my system. And then the crowd would say, (singing) somebody going to be my victim.
FREEDIA: (Singing) I got that gin in my system. Somebody gonna be my victim. I got that gin in my system. Somebody gonna be my victim...
SMITH: Now, these lyrics are pretty simple, but that's intentional, right?
FREEDIA: Oh, yeah, definitely.
SMITH: Why? Because you want to leave room for the bass?
FREEDIA: You've got to leave room for the bass and the boom and the knock and just for people to be able to just free themselves and express themselves through dance.
FREEDIA: (Rapping) Do you enjoy your baby daddy? Shake it like your baby daddy. Want it, want it like your baby daddy, shake it like your baby daddy. Go pow. These songs never beat...
You know, lately, they say Big Freedia has the best dance party going on around the world right now. So I definitely want to leave that open for a lot of dancing.
SMITH: So describe to me the history of bounce music.
FREEDIA: It started about two decades ago, two DJs out of New Orleans. And they started, like, colliding these two beats, which was the Triggerman beat by the Showboys and the Brown beat. And the Triggerman is that (humming) dum-du-dum-dum.
THE SHOWBOYS: The rhymes you are about to hear are true. MC's names have been changed to protect the innocent.
FREEDIA: When you would hear that come on, everybody in the whole club just rocking and jumping. I would be at middle school dances, high school dances, and that would be something that was very epic to the sound when they would put on The Showboys or there would be Brown beat. And we used those beats in just a lot of our music. And we know how to flip it a million and one ways. And the producers, they know what to do with it to make the crowd jump.
FREEDIA: (Rapping) This is Big Freedia, the Queen Diva, you best'a believe her. And I wanna thank all my fans and all my haters for making me famous.
About 1998, my best friend, Katey Red, was the first transsexual male to come out with bounce music. And I background Katey for about two years. And then that's when the game totally switched when me and Katey jumped in it. And, yeah, we messed their heads up big time.
SMITH: Wait. Why? Why? New Orleans has a rich gay culture. Why was it unusual for two gay guys to be doing bounce music?
FREEDIA: Because it was a new music, you know, a new sound. And New Orleans does have a very rich gay culture, but that wasn't something new for everybody.
FREEDIA: (Rapping)(Unintelligible)
SMITH: When you're up on stage, when you do the bounce music, there is a particular kind of dance that goes with this. Describe the scene for me. Like, what does it look like?
FREEDIA: Well, you have a lot of butt shaking going on, you know, definitely onstage. You have guys on stage doing the shoulder hustle where you're like kind of moving your shoulders and you're, like, moving them side to side and you're making them jump up and down, and you're moving your arms with it and your legs. That's kind of what the fellows do.
The girls kind of, you know, hands on the floor, butt in the air, bent over, shaking up and down like a basketball, you know, kind of round in a circle like a mixing bowl, you know? So they do it a little different. They swivel their bodies a little different like a snake while they're dancing. We go in all different kind of ways. Everyone is unique to the way that they dance in New Orleans.
SMITH: You actually bring dancers with you. Like, you say this is how it's supposed to look.
FREEDIA: Right. I have my divas, and I have my dudes. That's the Big Freedia team. And we definitely have to show them exactly how it go. And, you know, in some of the cities that I go to, I offer my dance class that I, you know, do before the show. The video is coming soon, too, workout video.
SMITH: There's a workout video, or this is the way you have to prepare to go to your show?
FREEDIA: Well, there's going to be a workout video, too, because a lot of people use it at home to work out. This definitely will get you moving.
SMITH: Now - not to get personal here - but, like, I don't have much of a butt.
FREEDIA: Everyone has a butt. No matter what size it is, you can work it.
FREEDIA: That's my motto.
SMITH: No, you think anyone can do it.
FREEDIA: Anyone can do it. I saw the skinniest girl to the biggest girl do it, as well as the guy. And everyone can do it.
SMITH: You know, when I talk to people about Big Freedia, about yourself, they say: Oh, you have to see her live. It's all about seeing her live, which is great, but where does the music go from here? Do you have to convert people, sort of, one fan at a time, one show at a time?
FREEDIA: I don't say it'd be one at a time, because people who come to the show, they all bring their friends, and they come in numbers. So I'm picking up a dozen of fans at a time, yes.
SMITH: But that's a lot of hard work rather than shipping out CDs to every radio station in the country.
FREEDIA: That's why I'm the hardest working girl in bounce music.
SMITH: I don't deny it. Big Freedia the Queen Diva is on tour, coming to a town near you. She also has a documentary coming out about her life and a dance instruction DVD so you, too, can bounce in your own home.
FREEDIA: Yes.
SMITH: Thanks for coming in.
FREEDIA: Thanks for having me. Appreciate it.
SMITH: Very nicely done, and we didn't have use the terms caboose, tush or derriere or fanny. Would you use fanny?
FREEDIA: No. That's like a fanny pack. Why would I use fanny? They'd be having the fanny packs in the front. I wouldn't use fanny at all.
SMITH: Now, derriere. That's...
FREEDIA: Yeah.
SMITH: You got the French thing with New Orleans? Like, derriere, maybe?
FREEDIA: Yeah.
That's Beyonce, though, derriere.
SMITH: Oh, Beyonce owns derriere.
FREEDIA: Yeah. Yes.
SMITH: She'll sue you if you use that.
FREEDIA: Exactly.
FREEDIA: (Rapping) Boom, she taking in. Boom, she marveling in. Boom, she wiggle in. Boom, she's all here. Here, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock. Queen Diva. You are ready now.
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It was taunt and tense. It was a sweaty, nervous little game.
And ultimately, one extremely frustrating game for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Dodgers lost the opener of the National League Championship Series, 3-2 in 13 innings, on Friday night when Carlos Beltran singled off Kenley Jansen to finally drive in the winning run in St. Louis.
The Dodgers had chances all night to win the game but left 11 runners on base, hit into three double plays and had the potential winning run thrown out at the plate in the 10th inning.
Beltran was the Cardinal who threw out Mark Ellis at the plate. And Beltran was the Cardinal who doubled in the St. Louis' two runs in the third inning to tie the score only minutes after the Dodgers took the lead on Juan Uribe's two-run single.
It wasn't the best managerial game for Don Mattingly, who saw most every move he tried backfire, including sacrifice bunts and running for Adrian Gonzalez in the eighth.
Game 2 is scheduled for 1 p.m. Pacific time on Saturday.
Friday's game took 4 hours 47 minutes and saw the Dodgers waste an excellent start by Zack Greinke.
An inning-by-inning recap of Game 1 of the NLCS:
Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2 (final in 13):
Carlos Beltran, king of St. Louis.
Beltran, who had driven in the Cardinals' only other two runs, singled in the game winner in the bottom of the 13th inning Friday off Kenley Jansen.
After Daniel Descaiso singled and Matt Carpenter walked off rookie Chris Withrow, the Dodgers called on Jansen.
Beltran singled on a 3-1 pitch and the Cardinals had won the opener of the National League Championship Series.
The game took four hours and 47 minutes.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (middle of 13th):
Three up, three down for the Dodgers.
My kingdom for a run. It's after midnight in St. Louis
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (end of 12th):
At this rate, they have have to delay the start of Game 2.
The Dodgers went to rookie reliever Chris Withrow in the bottom of the 12th, and he retired the side in order. The Cardinals have only five hits through 12 innings.
Withrow will likely be the first Dodgers reliever asked to throw more than one inning.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (middle of 12th):
How many opportunities can the Dodgers waste?
Lance Lynn became the sixth St. Louis reliever, and immediately got into trouble by giving up a leadoff single to Carl Crawford.
It was time for Don Mattingly's favorite frustrating move -- he had Mark Ellis sacifice bunt Crawford to second.
Which naturally, immediately took the bat out of the hands of their best hitter. Hanley Ramirez was walked intentionally.
That brought up Michael Young, who promptely bounced into a double play.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (end of 11th):
Neither team may ever score again.
After both scored a pair of runs in the third, it's been all zeros.
J.P. Howell took over for the Dodgers in the bottom of the 11th and gave up a leadoff single to Matt Carpenter. But then, as this game is going, retired the next three Cardinals.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (middle of 11th):
The Cardinals went into the series with a nine-man bullpen, and they may need the all.
John Axford became the fifth Cardinals reliever in the 11th, but he pitched just like all the rest, almost teasing the Dodgers.
The Dodgers got a two-out walk to Andre Etheir and single from A.J. Ellis, but Axford struck out pinch-hitter, and ex-Cardinal, Nick Punto.
The Dodgers are living dangeriously. They've now left 10 men on base and are 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (end of 10):
Relax, Ronald Belisario took over to start the inning, and lo and behold, it was the good Belisario.
Belisario retired the side in order on just seven pitches.
The last time the Dodgers were in extra innings in the postseason was in the 1996 division series against the Braves.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (middle of 10th):
First Carlos Beltran strikes with the bat, then with the glove.
The Dodgers got a one-out triple from Mark Ellis, which brought up Michael Young, who had replaced Adrian Gonzalez after he left for a pinch runner in the eighth.
Young lifted a fly ball, but only to medium right-center. Center-fielder Jon Jay backed off the ball so Beltran could make the catch and fire home. And fire he did.
Ellis broke on the catch and sprinted for home, but Beltran's throw was a bullet right on line to catcher Yadier Molina, who tagged out Ellis and held onto the ball after a solid collision at the plate.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (end of nine):
The first game of the NLCS will be decided in extra innings after the Cardinals missed out on a chance to win it in the bottom of the ninth.
Brian Wilson took over for Zack Greinke to start the ninth. He retired Carlos Beltran and Matt Holliday, but then walked Matt Adams and Yadier Molina.
Jon Jay worked the count full, but then got the biggest out of the night thus far, when Jay flied out to center. It took Wilson 28 pitches to get out of the inning.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (middle of ninth):
St. Louis went to their fourth reliever to start the inning, so at least the Dodgers have a big edge in arms used if this game drags into extra innings.
Hard-throwing Trevor Rosenthal retired the Dodgers in order, including striking out Skip Schumaker, who hit for Greinke.
Greinke allowed only four hits in his eight innings, walking one to go with his season-high 10 strikeouts. If Andre Ethier is able to make that catch, he had a four-hit shutout through eight innings.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (end of eight):
Zack Greinke has completed eight innings and struck out 10, a season-high. And it may not be enough.
That was probably Greinke's last inning. He's thrown 104 pitches and -- don't get nervous now -- Ronald Belisario is warming up in the bullpen.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (middle of eighth):
The Dodgers are going to have to try and win this one without Adrian Gonzalez the rest of the way.
Reliever Carlos Martinez started the inning for St. Louis and immediately walked Gonzalez. Manager Don Mattingly elected to use Dee Gordon as a pinch-runner.
But Gordon was erased at second on a Yasiel Puig bouncer, and then Juan Uribe hit into a double play.
Now the Dodgers are without Gonzalez in the tie game, and have lost Gordon for later use as a pinch runner. Michael Young took over for Gonzalez at first.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (end of seven):
Yasiel Puig has struggled at the plate so far (0 for 3, six runners left on base), but the series got its first glimpse of the talent he posses in the seventh.
With Jon Jay on first with one out, David Freese hit a sinking liner. Unfortunately for Freese, it was to Puig in right.
Puig sprinted in to make the catch at his knees, then while on the run, quickly fired to first to double up Jay, who had gone too far to second and could not return to first in time to beat the throw.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (middle of seventh):
The Cardinals have gone to their bullpen, and through one inning it was must more of the same. Ex-Dodger left-hander Randy Choate got Carl Crawford to pop up, and then right-hander Seth Maness got Mark Ellis to ground out and struck out Hanley Ramirez.
St. Louis starter Joe Kelly settled down after a rough start. He gave up two runs in his six innings on six hits and two walks. He struck out five.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (end of sixth):
The Cardinals again went in order. Zack Greinke has now retired the last eight consecutive Cardinals.
This is starting to look like a game for the bullpens, which will quickly test the Dodgers plan to shake it up this round.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (middle of sixth):
The Dodgers got a leadoff single from Juan Uribe, who has two of the Dodgers' six hits and has driven in both runs.
Uribe advanced to second on a two-out groundout, but Manager Don Mattingly elected to let right-hander Zack Greinke bat. He flied out to center.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (end of fifth):
Zack Greinke appears firmly back in control. He struck out the side in the fifth. He has eight strikeouts through five innings.
Greinke has thrown 73 pitches, 48 for strikes.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (middle of fifth):
Offense has become rumor.
Both teams are failing to mount anything really resembling a rally. Adrian Gonzalez singled with out out, but otherwise is was all quiet.
Joe Kelly has thrown 76 pitches through five innings, and the Cardinals have Lance Lynn up in the bullpen.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (end of fourth):
The Cardinals got a one-out single from Yadier Molina, but otherwise went quietly. Zack Greinke looked back in control.
Manager Don Mattingly told TV between innings that shortstop Hanley Ramirez was OK after being hit in the ribs by a pitch in the first. He's remained in the game.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (middle of fourth):
Maybe seeing his team rally to tie the game back up relaxed right-hander Joe Kelly.
The Cardinals' starter got is first 1-2-3 inning, quickly retiring the Dodgers in order.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2 (end of third):
The Cardinals finally managed their first hit off Zack Greinke, and it came from the least likely source -- right-hander Joe Kelly. It hardly looked like anything was about to change, given Zack Greinke had struck out the first two Cardinals.
Only that was followed by a walk to leadoff hitter Matt Carpenter, and Greinke suddenly was struggling. He got a 3-1 changeup too far over the plate and Carlos Beltran hit a drive off the center-field wall.
Andre Ethier, making his first start since Sept. 13, sprinted over and appeared to have a play on the Beltran drive, but missed it as he lept at the wall. Both runners scored to tie it.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 0 (middle of third):
It's Juan Uribe, the Dodgers' sudden Superman.
The Dodgers threatened in each of the first two innings and looked in danger of coming away empty again in the third after loading the bases with one out on a Carl Crawford double and a pair of walks.
Yasiel Puig hit a comebacker that Joe Kelly bobbled momentarily and then went to the plate with, but Uribe -- who managed something of a big hit in his last game -- banged the first pitch he saw up the middle for a two-run single.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0 (end of second):
Hanley Ramirez came back on the field in the bottom of the second. He was hit by the Joe Kelly pitch in the left ribs, so it's not his throwing side. In the first, though, he did have to go high to snare a Matt Holliday soft liner.
Zack Greinke, meanwhile, continued to look sharp, retiring the Cardinals in order for a second time.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0 (middle of second):
Hanley Ramirez, hit in the ribs by a Joe Kelly pitch in the first, was receiving treatment in the dugout and in obvious pain while the Dodgers batted.
Andre Ethier returned to the lineup with a one-out single to center. He was forced at second on an A.J. Ellis bouncer, and got up slowly after sliding into second.
Kelly got Zack Greinke on a comebacker for the third out.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0 (end of first):
Zack Greinke looked sharp to start it off in the bottom of the first. All his pitches seemed on the edges of the plate.
He dispatched the Cardinals in order, needing only eight pitches (six strikes).
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0 (middle of first):
And they're under way.
The Dodgers threatened with one out when Mark Ellis singled and Hanley Ramirez was hit by a Joe Kelly pitch. Both runners advanced on a Kelly wild pitch.
But Kelly, the 25-year-old right-hander from Corona High School, struck out Adrian Gonzalez and Yasiel Puig. He actually struck out the side, having got Carl Crawford to start off the game. All were swinging.
That new Dodgers playoff roster -- the improved part still waiting to be determined -- is set with two new members of the bullpen.
Manager Don Mattingly and staff elected to leave left-handers Chris Capuano and Paco Rodriguez off the roster for the National League Championship Series, in favor of Edinson Volquez and Carlos Marmol.
Detalied explanations were not offered.
"I don't know if I really want to go into all the reasons why, but obviously, we feel like this is the best club with St. Louis, for where we're at right now," Mattingly said.
Mattingly did announce before the Friday's game that Hyun-Jin Ryu and Ricky Nolasco will be the starting pitchers for Games 3 and 4, respectively.
If Mattingly keeps Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw on normal rest, that means they would come back for Games 5 and 6. Which also means if there is a Game 7, Ryu is lined up for it. Ryu who was very shaky in his division-series start againt Atlanta. Nolasco was so shaky at the end of the season, he never did get a division series.
This is the first time the Dodgers and Cardinals have met since the 1985 NLCS, when Manager Tommy Lasorda infamously chose to pitch to Jack Clark. Maybe you remember how that turned out.
The series also features Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire in the opposite dugout from when he served in the same capacity for the Cardinals and they won thge 2011 World Series. Clearly, he knows most of their hitters, which can't hurt the L.A. cause.


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July 06, 2005
LOS ANGELES––Eleven students in the Doctoral Program in Management at UCLA Anderson School of Management are concluding their academic studies this year and preparing to take on their first career assignments in academia or industry. Nine doctoral graduates of the class of 2005 have accepted tenure-track or visiting professor positions at educational institutions around the world, while one graduate has decided to pursue a research career in industry and another graduate will continue scholarly endeavors by pursuing post-doctoral research.
The academically challenging Doctoral Program prepares students for research and teaching careers at leading academic institutions and research careers in industry and government. Each student's academic endeavors culminate in a dissertation that makes a significant contribution to the advancement of knowledge in their chosen field of study.
"The doctoral program is an integral part of our research milieu," noted UCLA Anderson Professor Burt Swanson, associate dean of UCLA Anderson's Doctoral Program in Management. "As students pursue their scholarly research, they do so in partnership with the faculty. It's a mutual journey that's rewarding not just to the doctoral students, but also to the faculty and to the global academic community.
"We all benefit from their intellectual curiosity and their discovery through research," he added.
Fall 2005 Entering Class of Doctoral Students
This coming fall, UCLA Anderson School of Management expects to enroll 20 doctoral students—its largest class in some time. The competition for admission to a top-flight doctoral management program like UCLA Anderson's is fierce. The school receives between 550 and 750 doctoral applications each year and accepts about 6% percent of these applicants.
"We're glad to welcome this new group of eager scholars-to-be," said Rakesh Sarin, senior associate dean and chair of the faculty. "UCLA Anderson faculty are well-known—and highly rated—for their research productivity, so it's only natural that doctoral students consider and choose UCLA Anderson to pursue what I would call a 'research apprenticeship.'"
UCLA Anderson's Doctoral Program in Management is a research-oriented program leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Students from around the globe possessing a broad range of research interests and experiences conduct independent research in one of nine major areas:
- Accounting
- Decisions, Operations & Technology Management
- Finance
- Global Economics and Management
- Human Resources and Organizational Behavior
- Information Systems
- International Business and Comparative Management
- Marketing
- Policy
UCLA Anderson Doctoral Graduates
The 2005 UCLA Anderson doctoral graduates and their first academic or industry appointments are as follows (listed alphabetically):
Murat Bayiz
Field: Decisions, Operations & Technology Management
Placement: University of Southern California
Dissertation Title: Coordination and Incentive Contracts in Stochastic Project Networks
Elissa Beth Grossman
Field: Human Resources and Organizational Behavior
Placement: University of Southern California
Dissertation Title: New Venture Creation and Network Tie Formation: A Longitudinal Study of Nascent Entrepreneurs' Efforts in Business-Building
Amit Joshi
Field: Marketing
Placement: University of Central Florida
Dissertation Title: The Direct, Indirect and Feedback Effects of Marketing Actions
Feifei Li
Field: Finance
Placement: Research Affiliates, LLC (Pasadena, CA)
Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Finance
Emily M. Nason
Field: Human Resources and Organizational Behavior
Placement: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Dissertation Title: Uncertainty and Fairness Judgment: the Role of Information Ambiguity
Charlotte Ren
Field: Policy
Placement: Purdue University
Dissertation Title: Learning by Firms and Technological Innovation
Elena Sernova
Field: Finance
Placement: Pursuing post-doctoral research
Dissertation Title: Adios to the Long-Bond: Will We Miss It?
Selale Tuzel
Field: Finance
Placement: University of Southern California
Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Asset Pricing
Ping Wang
Field: Information Systems
Placement: University of Maryland
Dissertation Title: Fashion in Information Technology
Mingshan Zhang
Field: Accounting
Placement: Hong Kong University of Science &Technology
Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Accounting
Deming Zhou
Field: Decisions, Operations & Technology Management
Placement: Chinese Hong Kong University
Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Supply Chain Competition with Different Network Structures
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management is perennially ranked among the top-tier business schools in the world. Award-winning faculty renowned for their research and teaching, highly selective admissions, successful alumni and world-class facilities combine to provide an extraordinary learning environment. UCLA Anderson students are part of a culture that values individual vision, intellectual discipline and a sense of teamwork and collegiality.
Established in 1935, UCLA Anderson School of Management provides management education to more than 1,400 students enrolled in MBA and doctoral programs, and some 2,000 executives and managers enrolled annually in executive education programs. Recognizing that the school offers unparalleled expertise in management education, the world's business community turns to UCLA Anderson School of Management as a center of influence for the ideas, innovations, strategies and talent that will shape the future.


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The Millport collection is a great option if you are looking for Casual furniture in the area.
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