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TV Land will honor the life and work of comedic actor Sherman Hemsley with a four-hour marathon of his memorable episodes of The Jeffersons on Saturday, July 28th from 12pm-4pm ET/PT. Hemsley, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 74, is beloved for his portrayal of George Jefferson on the groundbreaking Norman Lear sitcom. The TV Land Facebook page (www.facebook.com/tvland) will also pay tribute to Hemsley, celebrating some of his greatest moments on television.
"We are deeply saddened by the passing of Sherman Hemsley," said Larry W. Jones, President, TV Land. "Sherman was part of the TV Land family and his many contributions to television will be treasured. He will be sorely missed."
Born in South Philadelphia, Hemsley made his Broadway debut in 1970 as Gitlow in Purlie. Soon after that, he was offered the part of entrepreneur and dry cleaner owner George Jefferson on Lear's sitcom All in the Family. Hemsley's character, George Jefferson, became so popular that Lear created a spin-off in 1975 – The Jeffersons. The character of George Jefferson garnered Hemsley Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. The Jeffersons ran for ten years and continues to run on TV Land today.
Hemsley later created more history by playing the egotistical, know-it-all deacon/lawyer at the First Community Church of Philadelphia on Amen. The series broke ground by being the first hit sitcom centered on religion and ran from 1986 to 1991. In addition to these memorable series, Hemsley continued in other supporting roles in feature films and television shows such as Love at First Bite and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He was also a professional singer and released an album in 1992.
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Panettone is a large cylindrical bread which is traditionally served around Christmas in Italy. Pan means bread, but by adding tonethe word means large bread. Panettone is originally from Milan and recipe has at least 500 years, but wasn't widely produced until the early 1900s.
Unlike the quicker made recipes where fresh or dried yeast are added to ingredients,
authentic panettone uses a starter, similar to a sourdough starter, to raise the bread. The dough goes through 3 different leavening stages, and it takes two days to prepare one panettone. Due to the unique leavening process, it's difficult to make panettone at home.
The dough for panettone is quite rich and contains plenty of butter and eggs. Aside from the butter and eggs, most of the flavor of the panettone comes from the add-ins. The most traditional have dried fruits, candied citrus, lemon and/or orange zest and may be doused with amaretto before serving.
If you buy an artisanal Panettone you will notice immediately the difference with an industrial one: the freshness is what makes it delicious. This year we found one pasticceria (pastry shop) where they make artisanal panettone with traditional recipe. It's so beautifully packed so I'm sorry to unpack it.
Happy Holidays!


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Vasodilators work on different substances
in the body to help widen (dilate) blood vessels. It is easier for the heart to
pump blood if the blood vessels are widened.
Vasodilators can improve
heart failure symptoms by:
Vasodilators are often combined with
other medicines to treat
heart failure. Hydralazine taken with a nitrate may be
used as an alternative to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors if ACE
inhibitors cannot be tolerated.1
For heart failure, hydralazine is
typically used along with a nitrate. But nitrates may be used alone, without
hydralazine, if you are taking it to relieve
angina symptoms.
If you take hydralazine
with a nitrate, you will also take other medicines for heart failure such as
ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers. This combination of medicines may help
relieve symptoms and lower the risk of early death. This benefit has been shown
in African Americans but has not been shown in other groups of people.2
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor right away if you have:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
See Drug Reference for a full
list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
Do not take an erection-enhancing medicine such as sildenafil (Viagra), tadalafil (Cialis), or vardenafil (Levitra) if you are taking a nitrate. Combining these two drugs can cause a life-threatening drop in blood pressure.
If you have angina, you might take nitroglycerin to manage your symptoms. Nitroglycerin for angina is taken as a
pill or a liquid spray. Skin patches or paste are also available to prevent
angina. For more information, see:
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
For tips on taking medicine for heart failure, see:
If you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant, do not use any medicines unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. And make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
CitationsDrugs for treatment of chronic heart failure (2009). Treatment Guidelines From The Medical Letter, 7(83): 53–56.Hunt SA, et al. (2009). 2009 focused update
incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2005 guidelines for the diagnosis and management
of heart failure in adults. A report of the American College of Cardiology
Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.
Circulation, 119(14): e391–e479.
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We Have Come to Declare the Beauty of the Lord
Posted by Unknown | | Posted On Friday, August 28, 2009 at 10:10 AM
This week on the way to and from taking Hezekiah and Eli to school we have been listening to a CD a friend had sent me a few years ago. Anyhow, I have been loving it because it sets me in such a wonderful state of worship while on our ride. It is really soothing, but also awesome to hear my little ones sing along and get those precious words in their hearts and minds. Anyhow, I was looking through some pictures of Maggie Beth and remembering her birth and just praise God for her, that umbilical cord was wrapped around that sweet little neck twice and her heartbeat kept fluctuating and My God protected her. Oh, I just want
to declare the beauty of the Lord. He is so faithful! Here are the lyrics.
We Have Come To Declare
by Shane Barnard
Your heart was torn
Forgiveness was born
Yet through your pain
You called us by name
That we would be free
Yes free indeed
Free to run with you and be all that you created us to be
In you it is true we are free
Oh, we've come to declare the beauty of the Lord
Declare the beauty of the Lord
Oh, we've come to declare the beauty of the Lord
To Declare the beauty of the Lord
Hallelujah, we sing Hallelujah,
Yes we praise you oh Lord singing Hallelujah
We are free Oh Lord we are free
McKee Botanical Gardens
Posted by Unknown | | Posted On Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
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Friday we visited Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. You use to be able to take a tour of their facilities, but since the hurricanes in 2004, they had a bit of damage so they are not doing the tours right now but hope to do them again in the future. They have an interactive area there for the kids and has information on the research they conduct at their Institute. Hezekiah came home Tuesday from school with a fever. So we went to the doctor Wednesday and got Tamiflu and he had not ran a fever since Wednesday evening. Since the doctor gave us an excused note up until Monday I decided we should have some fun and not stay cooped up at home, so Page came along with us on our adventure. We had such a good time that today we visited McKee Botanical Gardens.
Eli's First Day of Preschool
Posted by Unknown | | Posted On Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Today was Eli's first day of preschool. He was super excited and his face was beaming with a smile from ear to ear. He has waited for 2 years now to go to preschool, watching his older brother attend. Walking his older brother to his classroom each day and then picking him up from his fun day away. But now it is Eli's turn and there was no turning back. There was not even one hesitant bone in that little boys body. He got in the classroom and he found his cubby and put his bag away, went on in and started playing and planted kisses upon Page and I and he was fine! I was a bit surprised I have to admit, I thought for sure there would be a bit of hesitancy. But no, he was so excited. So, since the little guy was so content Page, Maggie Beth, and I took off. I really felt such a weird sense of accomplishment, with two little boys now in school. I also felt this whole welling up of a new stage though, kind of surreal and it makes me a little sappy. I miss my little guys a lot (and really that is an understatement). It really gives me teary eyes to think about it. They have been so much apart of my life that it is difficult to share them with others, but it is important for them to learn and make friends and right now with Maggie Beth at the age she is she is a pretty needy little thing wanting to be held by "Mooo MY!" as she would say. So, I am pulling some apron strings these days and oh my it is a difficult thing and it gets me choked up a bit.
When I picked up Eli from school today he was still beaming from ear to ear. He had a beaded necklace on and a picture that he had made at school today, it was a flower he had made and he billowed as he got into the car, "Mommy, I made this flower for you and I am going to make one for Daddy tomorrow!" Again, a proud but tearful mommy. I asked him how he liked school, and he smiled and said "I had fun!" He said he read a Curious George book, played on the playground, and has a new buddy Garret. He had fun making his flower and he said he also made a heart. He has 6 girls in his class this year and he has one other boy with him, Garret. I think he and Garret will need to pair up and stage a coup against dress up. Crack me up! Anyhow, he has some cute kids with him in his class and he is already looking forward to tomorrow. Since he looks forward to school, it definitely makes it easier on Mommy.
The Kindergarten Experience For Mommy & Hezekiah -- Spiritual Lesson
Posted by Unknown | | Posted On Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Ephesians 3:14-18: For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and the depth and height – to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
So, I asked Hezekiah how he liked school and he said he got to listen to African music and it was like Madagascar. He listened to it while he laid on a carpet (quiet time). He also said he got to play with some candy puzzles, fire engine puzzles, and tools with screw drivers. He told me they read a book and that he did not get to finish his peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He also said they got to play outside and there was a yellow slide and some rings. He told me he made two new friends, but does not remember their names. After we got home though he had a bit of a meltdown telling me he did not want to eat lunch at school because he did not get to watch a show. (I let the boys watch a cartoon at lunch). I informed him that Eli did not get to watch a show today either, and that seemed to make everything fine. All in all I think he did fine. Mommy, me, well I am still thinking 6 hours is a bit too long. Therefore, I had a little extra cuddle and hug time with my little man. Oh, Kindergarten what do you have in store?
The New Superhero Look - Just in case you were wondering!
Posted by Unknown | | Posted On Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 5:53 PM
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Blueberry Scones & Cream
Posted by Unknown | | Posted On Monday, August 10, 2009 at 6:33 PM
We have been wanting scones and cream for awhile so yesterday we got our ingredients to make our blueberry scones & cream! The boys and I had a good time, but it did take a bit longer than I had anticipated. It took us probably a good hour from start to finish (including baking time). Page arrived home just in time to eat a scone right out of the oven so we had a scone party. It took a bit longer for our scones because we did make a streusel topping and we also had to make the cream. However, the cream I made I did not like. Page made another one later this evening and it was awesome. Anyhow the recipe for these wonderful scones is from joyofbaking.com (blueberry streusel scones) and there is another recipe I found that I am wanting to make which is Lemon Blueberry bread again on the same website. I could not get my scones into a triangle shape so instead we made biscuit shapes. I did find this nice scone pan in Palm Bay this past weekend though while Page and I were on a date, but I was not going to pay $35 for it. Maybe a prize for the future. The recipe for the Devonshire cream for scones was found by Page. I made another one it had rum extract and I think I put too much in it, I did not like it. But the cream is 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream, 1 Tablespoon of powdered sugar (or more), and 3/4 cup of sour cream. Whip the cream until you have soft peaks, add powdered sugar and whip more, and then add sour cream and beat until fluffy. Happy scone eating!


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The best thing about Hearthstone, Blizzard's digital collectible card game, is that just about anything can happen. The worst thing about Hearthstone is that just about anything can happen.
Witness the video above, captured by YouTuber CptnFabulous, who drew two Innervates and a Coin—all cards that give you extra mana crystals for a turn—and used all that spare energy to summon a ridiculous 9-7 card on turn #1. When you have a card like that on your first turn, and your opponent has no cards that can deal with it, you win. GG. Hearthstone is the best. Also the worst.


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West Virginia: Pro-Gun Legislation to be Heard in Senate Committee Tomorrow
West Virginia: Pro-Gun Legislation to be Heard in Senate Committee Tomorrow
Tomorrow, Senate Bill 298, introduced by state Senator John Unger II (D-16), is scheduled to be heard in the West Virginia Senate Natural Resources Committee. SB 298 will clarify the distinction between hunters and shooters in the field and would allow shooters who are in possession of a firearm, in or near the woods, to be protected from unnecessary interference by a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officer based solely on possession of a firearm. This Senate committee is scheduled to meet at 2:00 p.m. in Room 451M of the state Capitol. Using the contact information provided below, please contact members of this Senate committee and urge them to support SB 298.
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So anyway, on Friday, I wrote again to the press contact person at the Global Secular Council to ask the question the GSC's Twitter account never did answer, and first insulted me and then blocked me for asking.
Why did the Global Secular Council launch before inviting more "global" people to be on its panel of Experts?
She replied that she wanted to be sure I would not "not misconstrue or "twist" [her] text reply, and perhaps repopulate that misconception publicly."
I couldn't quite fathom how I would be able to do that as long as I quoted her exactly, which obviously I would do; I said as much, and with that she answered my question. Here is her answer:
What I will say to you is that most of my answer was dictated by me to the Social Media Team (at their request) and, as I understand it, sent back to you in snippets (or "tweets"). I looked over what actually was sent back to your questions and it seems, though loaded with a little too much "internet personality", to be congruent with the reply I intended; although, perhaps because of the forced brevity of those responses, those remarks were not received by you as actual answers. So far, those answers seem to have been missed, "twisted", or at least, misconstrued, consistently by you and your loyal followers. But, I'm happy to recap here, and you can perhaps help me to fill in the blanks in my answer. This is my personal understanding of the situation, and by no means represents every single member of our organization:
The Global Secular Council "launched" only its website and social media at the behest of many involved, mainly donors, and not without concern from many others involved, similar to yours. I speak for myself, but echo others, when I say many agreed that on the face of it, we did not yet display enough racial, gender, and national diversity in our Council Members. However, since we were by no means at the close of some finite process, but rather, at the beginning of a far-reaching project, we did not determine there would be any actual harm done announcing that the Council was being formed, while further "human resources" continued to gather and make commitments. Taslima Nasreen, for instance, has agreed to join, but we have not yet solidified. We were and are excited! To that end, from the start, the name "Global" was a statement of purpose, as well as an indication of what we were already doing–gathering resources such as surveys, articles, and academic papers from around the world in support of a secular cause.
So the answer to my question is: they "did not determine there would be any actual harm done announcing that the Council was being formed, while further "human resources" continued to gather and make commitments."
As you see, she had also said "you can perhaps help me to fill in the blanks in my answer" so I basically asked my question all over again:
Since you suggest I help fill in the blanks, I'll ask again about why you launched before getting more global people on board. You say you (plural) did not determine there would be any actual harm done, so I would ask why not? It's the same question all over again, really. It seems to be an obviously bad idea to launch a global project with no one "global" on the roster.
I know you've invited Taslima; she's a good friend of mine. But you invited her after you invited other people, people with less experience and knowledge of matters outside North America and the UK. That seems like a slight. I would think you (plural) would want to avoid giving that impression.
I hope she doesn't see that as me misconstruing or twisting her reply, much less repopulating that misconception publicly. I see it as just pressing the question, which wasn't very satisfactorily answered. Why didn't they think there would be any harm done?
Why did they think it would be a good idea to set up a panel of people they dubbed "Experts" for a council to deal with global issues when the experts have no obvious expertise at all in the global issues in question? American and British physicists, biologists, zoologists – how are they experts in global issues? I see of course how they are "Experts" tout court, but what does that have to do with anything? Having a PhD in field X doesn't make you a universal seer. Given the completely random qualifications of the people on that list, it certainly would have helped to have had at least a broader geographical reach.
In one way it's obviously none of my business, but then again they certainly sent out press releases asking us all to spread the word about their new council, plus there are all these people who seem to expect our infinite loyalty, so from that point of view it is my business, it's all of our business. And then, I know a lot of people they should have asked to be on that panel but didn't, and it annoys me. (No, I emphatically don't mean me. I mean people from other parts of the world.)
Then again, the description of their planned activity that she ends with perhaps indicates that none of this matters after all:
…the name "Global" was a statement of purpose, as well as an indication of what we were already doing–gathering resources such as surveys, articles, and academic papers from around the world in support of a secular cause.
Oh. That's their plan? To gather papers?
Oh. Oh well, never mind then.


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Dear idiot, in seat 5A, and others!
Fine, I'll get to the title matter in a minute, but for now…
Sunday evening started with a change of plans, a trip to the cinema, to see It. No, not the 1927 silent movie starring Clara Bow, though I'm sure she would have looked adorable, even in a clowns outfit. No, this was the recent (shock horror) movie based on the Stephen King book instead. Something very different for me, but impressed with it, all the same. Mind, the final outcome (of this section at least) appealed to me no end. The actress playing Beverley caught this actresses eye, as someone to watch for the future, just saying…
After that, a dose of 'The Orville' which is a new series on Fox over there, which seems to be a witty take off of Original Star Trek, among other things. Yes, the big attraction for me, the chrome robot, no surprise. Yes, if they ever want an actress to play his female companion… 😉 Suspect its just CGI, in truth, sadly. Not sure when I see any more of it mind, over here, but will keep an eye out for that.
Yesterday was the last full day (for a while) in the US, most of which I just spent relaxing, before heading for home, via JFK, in a shuttle. Yes, wisdom prevailed, given the state of my body at present, only way to go. Before that, I did get to see the Creature from the Black Lagoon thing, though sadly not wearable lol. But if anyone wants to make one, and let me wear it…?
Beyond the traffic levels to JFK (its NYC, for pity's sake), that all went smoothly, and so did the ride through security. Then the fun began! I was taken to the gate on my boarding pass, for my plane home, fine. Thing was, the departures board was showing a different gate, some distance away, and some 'know all' told me my plane was going from there. So I struggled down there, only to find a short while later that my pusher had known what she was doing, and the know all was an idiot! So yes, I struggled back to the original gate I'd been left at.
There was 1 wheelchair waiting there, mine, and yes, someone came this time, and took me to the plane. At this point, someone asked me to swap seats, so he could sit with someone, and I agreed. Unfortunately, the idiot I soon discovered I had the 'delights' of sitting next to on the way home, thought rules were for everyone but himself. As in, mobile phones must be switched off before leaving the gate, and only be put back on, in flight mode, when we were in the air. Him, oh no! Trying to hide from everyone (very badly) that he was still using his phone after this point, and indeed continued to use it, until after the plane accelerated for take off. Even then, I'm not sure if he switched it off, or just hid it away. He was certainly still doing something with it post take off (not meant to be switched back on while seat belt light is on), so who knows? Put it this way, he was still using it this morning, up to, and including landing, long again after having been told to turn it off. Oh, and then everyone else decided to be an idiot, as more than half the people in the plane were standing up, long before the seat belt light went off at Manchester.
Then it got, err, better! There was only 1 wheelchair used at JFK to load a passenger, mine! So, at Manchester, only 1 is sent to the plane, to disembark me. Thing is, seemingly, 5 other people then decided they needed a wheelchair to disembark, despite not requesting one. My name was called, I stood up to get in, and another woman took my chair! She clearly wasnt going to move willingly, so in the end, they tried to round up another wheelchair for me, only to discover 4 more people wanting one! No, Manchester Airport doesnt employ psychics, to know that all these additional people suddenly would want a chair.
Finally, and I do mean finally, I was on the move. Snag was, with 4 pushers, and 6 chairs, movement was erratic, and slow. Not improved when I finally got to passport control, and there is a group of 3, from the sub continent, who were clearly being shifty about their reasons for entering the country. Finally, he decided to let them in, I passed through quickly, but then we had to get all these wheelchairs down to baggage claim. Then pick out the right black expanding suitcase, from dozens of them, but we got there in the end. So only about an hour later than expected, freedom, and greetings! Then at last, go home!
Oh, and one last thing before we move on from the holiday, and back to more mundane events, one of the movies shown on the flight across. A movie called Blended, which given my knowledge of modern movies, I had to look up when I got home. Take my advice, give it a miss. It has a shocking review rating, and the actress in the main female lead role was dreadful. One look on her face throughout the movie, basically rabbit caught in headlights! Yes, I swear even now, after a few years off, I could have acted the pants off her! So come on Hollywood, let me prove it, lol!
Thats it, then. Lets close by thanking Kate, Stacie, and Eric (mainly, but there were others) for such a marvelous holiday experience. Yes, being Maid of Honor, at a wedding, very special.
So what happens now? Another suitcase, in another hall (Evita)? Probably not! To a big degree, a lot depends what the doctors say about my back in the next couple of weeks, and how many days of work, per week, I can get through, post medication. I'm currently suspecting the answer will be 4, but we will see. Maybe a magic cure, or a nice new cybernetic body lol? Oh, I wish for the latter! I suspect I will be getting the airport wheelchair experience again too, but we will see?
In theory, if I could get there next month, I could go to NYC again for a reading for a production by 2 friends, surrounding the life of Clara Bow, but money (definitely), and holiday time (possibly) mean thats unlikely to happen. Ah well, might have knocked them over on Broadway, especially if they were looking for a middle aged woman confined to a wheelchair for a role lol. Still, keep on dreaming…
Right, video time. One thing a plane is called, is a silver machine, though I doubt thats what they're talking about here! Dont think its a robotizing pod either, but its almost more likely! Yes, thats Lemmy, of Motorhead fame!


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Graduate student Zehra Özkan Shahidi is working to bring an international perspective to the University of Illinois Springfield. She a graduate assistant for the UIS Office of International Student Services, president of International Student Association, president of Global Sisterhood, vice president of the Association of Graduate Employees, and is a member of the UIS Student Union Committee and several others organizations on campus. As an undergraduate at UIS, Özkan Shahidi organized a conversational language program, which was offered free of charge to all members of the UIS community. The program gave students, faculty, and staff a chance to learn other languages. She also helped to establish International Month at UIS. Özkan Shahidi earned her bachelor's degree in Communication in 2013.
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My husband came to the United States from El Salvador, so you really don't have to sell me on the idea of immigrants being admirable people that we can learn a lot from. That being said, The Immigrant Advantage by Claudia Kolker, is an excellent read – whether you need convincing or not.
You see, you may not realize it, but it's something of an American tradition to pick and choose the best of all cultures and make it our own. This is a phenomenon the author talks about, and encourages, in The Immigrant Advantage. My favorite example that the author sited was this:
"In the mid-nineteenth century, an American cowboy in Colorado so admired the Mexican vaqueros' wide-brimmed hats that he paid Stetson to craft one for him. The Mexicans deemed his knockoff tan galan, "so gallant," a label that evolved into the "ten gallon" hat." – The Immigrant Advantage / Claudia Kolker
The subtitle of the book is, "What We Can Learn from Newcomers to America about Health, Happiness, and Hope" and within the pages, Kolker gives us solid examples we can apply to our own lives. From Vietnamese money saving clubs, (also known as "tandas" in some Latin American countries), to Mexican "cuarentenas" – (a 40 day rest for new mothers), Kolker explores the most beneficial customs of immigrants from around the world that are still practiced in communities right here in the United States.
As Kolker explains, studies have shown that immigrants, "even those from poor, violent lands, who live hard lives in the United States, tend to be physically and mentally healthier than the rest of us." What are they doing differently? — This book attempts to find the answer and succeeds in providing real, useful examples to take with you long after you've turned the last page.
Got a question for the author? Feel free to ask it in comments as she'll be by to answer you!
About the author: Claudia Kolker has reported extensively from Mexico and Central America, as well as the Caribbean, Japan, India and Pakistan. A former Los Angeles Times bureau chief and member of the Houston Chronicle editorial board, she has also written for The Economist, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, O: The Oprah Magazine, Slate, and Salon. She lives in Houston with her family. For The Immigrant Advantage, Kolker visited Korean and Chinese afterschools, West Indian multigenerational households in New Jersey, and Chicago's "Little Village," among others.
About the book: The Immigrant Advantage is a fascinating look into the lives of immigrant enclaves in the United States that we so seldom gain access to, and an inspiring exploration about how these customs can enrich our own lives. You may purchase a copy of this book at Amazon.com.
Follow The Immigrant Advantage book tour at these other blogs!
October 24, 2011: Juan of Words
October 25, 2011: Voto Latino
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November 1, 2011: Chicano Soul
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November 3, 2011: Atzlan Reads
November 4, 2011: Multicultural Familia
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Rotarians from Southwest Florida recently gathered for a chance to meet an international leader.
"We are so honored here today to welcome such a prestigious Rotarian, 2007 Rotary International President Wilf Wilkinson, to our luncheon," Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch President Ladd Waldo said.
The guest of honor Feb. 21 at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club spoke about about the work of Rotarians throughout the world in keeping with the "Service Above Self" motto.
Rotarians organize service projects that address critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, illiteracy and violence. They also support programs for youth, educational opportunities and international exchanges for students, teachers and other professionals, and vocational and career development.
When Wilkinson was Rotary International president in 2007 and 2008, he traveled the world participating in Rotary projects, including polio vaccine immunization days in India. The country has been polio-free for two years; the remaining countries reporting cases of polio are Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
The Rotary International Foundation is a separate, nonprofit corporation that helps Rotarians fund goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, support of education and alleviation of poverty.
As the current foundation trustee chairman, Wilkinson, of Trenton, Ontario, Canada, continues to visit Rotary clubs throughout the world.
There are 34,000 community-based service clubs with 1.2 million members worldwide. Rotary District 6960 includes more than 50 clubs from Palmetto to Marco Island.
District leaders attending the luncheon included current District Governor Stephen F. Schlueter of the Anna Maria Island club, District Governor-Elect Tim Milligan of the Bradenton club, and District Governor Nominee Pete Doragh and District Governor Nominee Designate Cyndi Doragh, both of the Fort Myers South club.
Other area dignitaries in Rotary leadership in attendance were Paul Sandborn, Roger Hayward, Joan Hayward, Jerry Hearn, Charles Clemons, Dick Rehymeyer, Anthony Gallo, Gary Israel, Denise Hearn, Donna Marie D'Agostino, Pamela Akins and Dave Riggleman.
As part of the celebration, Lakewood Ranch Rotarian Ron Myers introduced and welcomed Carl and Kate Baldwin as honorary Rotarians for their help with the Clean Water Project. Also recognized were Paul Harris Fellowship recipients Carl Ritter and Rhonda Kaplan.
For more information about Rotary District 6960 and its clubs, visit www.rotarydistrict6960.org.
-- Wendy Dewhurst, correspondent
International leader visits area Rotarians
Rotarians from Southwest Florida recently gathered for a chance to meet an international leader.


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The Long and Short of Parallelism
Ten years ago, multi-core processors were just on the horizon. Today they are mainstream and have become the impetus for a revolution in computer programming that can make best use of the two, four, six, or eight cores. Along with multi-core processors, we have seen the rise of manycore processors (having 32 or more cores) in the consumer market. GPUs from nVIDIA and AMD plus the forthcoming MIC line from Intel all fit this category.
So, what can we do with all those cores? Graphics and visual computing are the obvious first answers. Scientific problems that model some large domain or employ hundreds of thousands of data points — all computed on in the same way — can decompose the data set across a large collection of cores. Many of these applications are really outside of the experience or usage for the average computer user, though. I like to think of my 70+ year old mother as an average user. The last time I checked, she reads her email, surfs the web, views pictures from friends, and plays some solitaire games. No heavy duty graphics processing, no modeling fluid flow around the latest submarine hull design, and no hurricane path forecasting that I'm aware of.
There is obviously enough of a market to drive the development of manycore products, but what if we could use them more frequently in less specialized applications? To do this will require a reexamination of how parallel algorithms are constructed. This is the topic of this post (and the next two or three afterwards).
I got the ideas and the example I'll be using from the keynote address Guy Blelloch gave at the 2009 Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming (PPoPP) conference entitled "Parallel Thinking." Since I only have access to the slides, I have probably missed out on the main message Dr. Blelloch was trying to put forth, but there was an interesting approach to parallel algorithms that I saw and wanted to play with. That's what I'm going to look at. Before we get to that, let me define a couple of measures of (parallel) algorithms: work and span.
Work, in terms of computation, is the total amount of time required to get all processing done. Think of the serial execution time or the serial complexity of the algorithm if you want to use something a tad more abstract. Even if you're running things in parallel, you sum up the total time spent in each of the threads or time spent on each core that was executing part of the application. This metric is directly affected by the added overheads (division of work, spawning threads, synchronizing shared access) to make the application run in parallel. Keeping the overhead time to a minimum should be a goal for any parallel code you write, but you already knew that.
To define span, we need to imagine a computation being laid out as a directed acyclic graph (DAG). The execution proceeds along the directed edges of the graph from node to node, executing the task represented by that node, until complete. A serial code has a single path through the graph. Parallelism is denoted by multiple exit arcs from a node (splitting into two or more task paths) to be "joined" at the end of independent computations. With the DAG in mind, the span of an algorithm is the critical path length, or the longest (time of execution) path running from start to finish. The shorter the span, the shorter the execution time of the algorithm (assuming your execution platform has enough resources to cover all parallel computations within the graph). You should always balance the load of independent tasks to achieve the shortest span. If one task is much longer than the others, it sits on the critical path; if all tasks take the same amount of time, your computation will be executed in the shortest time.


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A new poll from Gallup investigating how people perceive their standard of living found that, in recent years, young people and minority groups have never been as optimistic as they are today.
In 2013, 61 percent of Democrats say that their standard of living is improving. Only 39 percent of Republicans agree, and a larger number — 41 percent — believe it is getting worse.
In fact, groups that typically lean Democratic are much more optimistic than their Republican counterparts.
A whopping 80 percent of 18 to 29 year olds believe that their standard of living is getting better and merely 12 percent believe it is getting worse. Racial and ethnic minorities also see their own situation improving as well — 68 to 71 percent of Hispanics, Asians and Blacks agree their situation is getting better.
Still, things are not going as well for traditionally Republican constituencies. Thirty-seven percent of people 65 years and older believe that their standard of living is getting worse while only 28 percent believe it is improving.
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Nurse Practitioner & APRN Education
What do nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners do in their daily routine?
In most states, APRNs can prescribe medications, order medical tests, and diagnose health problems. APRNs may provide primary and preventive care and may specialize in care for certain groups of people, such as children, pregnant women, or patients with mental health disorders. Some APRN job duties are the same as those for registered nurses, including gathering information about a patient's condition and taking action to treat or manage the patient's health.
- Take and record patients' medical histories and symptoms.
- Perform physical exams and observe patients.
- Create patient care plans or contribute to existing plans.
- Perform and order diagnostic tests.
- Operate and monitor medical equipment.
- Diagnose various health problems.
- Analyze test results or changes in a patient's condition, and alter treatment plans, as needed.
- Give patients medicines and treatments.
- Evaluate a patient's response to medicines and treatments.
- Consult with doctors and other healthcare professionals, as needed.
- Counsel and teach patients and their families how to stay healthy or manage their illnesses or injuries.
- Conduct research.
APRNs are trained to perform many additional functions, including ordering and evaluating test results, referring patients to specialists, and diagnosing and treating ailments. APRNs focus on patient-centered care, which means understanding a patient's concerns and lifestyle before choosing a course of action. APRNs also may conduct research or teach staff about new policies or procedures. Others may provide consultation services based on a specific field of knowledge, such as oncology, which is the study of cancer.
The following are types of APRNs:
Nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) provide anesthesia and related care before, during, and after surgical, therapeutic, diagnostic, and obstetrical procedures. They also provide pain management and some emergency services. Before a procedure begins, nurse anesthetists discuss with a patient any medications the patient is taking as well as any allergies or illnesses the patient may have, so that anesthesia can be safely administered. Nurse anesthetists then give a patient general anesthesia to put the patient to sleep so they feel no pain during surgery or administer a regional or local anesthesia to numb an area of the body. They remain with the patient throughout a procedure to monitor vital signs and adjust the anesthesia as necessary.
Nurse midwives (CNMs) provide care to women, including gynecological exams, family planning services, and prenatal care. They deliver babies; manage emergency situations during labor, such as hemorrhaging; repair lacerations; and may provide surgical assistance to physicians during cesarean births. Nurse midwives may act as primary care providers for women and newborns. They also provide wellness care, educating their patients on how to lead healthy lives by discussing topics such as nutrition and disease prevention. Nurse midwives also provide care to their patients' partners for sexual or reproductive health issues.
Nurse practitioners (NPs) serve as primary and specialty care providers, delivering advanced nursing services to patients and their families. They assess patients, determine the best way to improve or manage a patient's health, and discuss ways to integrate health promotion strategies into a patient's life. Nurse practitioners typically care for a certain population of people. For instance, NPs may work in adult and geriatric health, pediatric health, or psychiatric and mental health.
What education is need to become an APRN?
Nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners must earn a master's degree from an accredited program. These programs include both classroom education and clinical experience. Courses in anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology are common as well as coursework specific to the chosen APRN role.
An APRN must have a registered nursing (RN) license before pursuing education in one of the advanced practice roles, and a strong background in science is helpful. Most APRN programs prefer candidates who have a bachelor's degree in nursing. However, some schools offer bridge programs for registered nurses with an associate's degree or diploma in nursing. Graduate-level programs are also available for individuals who did not obtain a bachelor's degree in nursing but in a related health science field.
Prospective nurse anesthetists must have 1 year of clinical experience as a prerequisite for admission to an accredited nurse anesthetist program. Candidates typically have experience working as a registered nurse in an acute care or critical care setting.
Licenses, Certification
Most states recognize all of the APRN roles. In states that recognize some or all of the roles, APRNs must have a registered nursing license, complete an accredited graduate-level program, and pass a national certification exam. Each state's board of nursing can provide details.
The Consensus Model for APRN Regulation, a document developed by a wide variety of professional nursing organizations, including the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, aims to standardize APRN requirements. The model recommends all APRNs to complete a graduate degree from an accredited program, be a licensed registered nurse, pass a national certification exam, and earn a second license specific to one of the APRN roles and to a certain group of patients.
Certification is required in the vast majority of states to use an APRN title. Certification is used to show proficiency in an APRN role and is often a requirement for state licensure. The National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA) offers the National Certification Examination (NCE). Certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) must recertify via the Continued Professional Certification (CPC) Program every 4 years.
The American Midwifery Certification Board offers the Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM). Individuals with this designation must recertify via the Certificate Maintenance Program every 5 years. There are a number of certification exams for nurse practitioners because of the large number of populations NPs may work with and the number of specialty areas in which they may practice. Certifications are available from a number of professional organizations, including the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board.
What salary do nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners earn?
Nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners held about 203,800 jobs in 2017. The median annual wage was $107,460 in May 2017. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $74,300, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $175,170. Most advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) work full time, although APRNs working in physicians' offices typically work during normal business hours. Those working in hospitals and various other healthcare facilities may work in shifts to provide round-the-clock patient care. Some APRNs, especially those who work in critical care or those who deliver babies, also may be required to be on call.
Overall employment of nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners is projected to grow 30 percent during the coming decade, much faster than the average for all healthcare occupations. Growth will occur because of an increase in the demand for healthcare services. Some APRNs spend much of their day on their feet. They are vulnerable to back injuries because they must lift and move patients. APRN work can also be stressful because they make critical decisions that affect a patient's health. Because of the environments in which they work, APRNs may come in close contact with infectious diseases. Therefore, they must follow strict, standardized guidelines to guard against diseases and other dangers, such as accidental needle sticks or patient outbursts.


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A group of Montana Freemen (see 1993-1994) file a $50 million lawsuit against Governor Marc Racicot (R-MT) and Garfield County Sheriff Charles Phipps (see April 1994), alleging violation of their civil rights. The claims are signed by William L. Stanton as the "honorable justice" of a "common law Supreme Court." (Billings Gazette 3/25/2006)
William L. Stanton, a 64-year-old rancher and self-styled "justice" of a "common law Supreme Court" (see April 23, 1994), is arrested in Billings, Montana, on felony criminal syndicalism charges. The rarely-invoked criminal syndicalism statutes make it a crime to defend, advocate, or set up an organization committed to the use of crime, violence, sabotage, or other unlawful means to bring about a change in the form of government or in industrial ownership or control (see June-July 1994). (Mark Pitcavage 5/6/1996; Encyclopedia.com 2005; Billings Gazette 3/25/2006) Stanton will be convicted, sentenced to 10 years in prison, and fined $10,000 (see February - March 1995).
Montana Freeman William Stanton is convicted on charges of criminal syndicalism (see June-July 1994 and October 17, 1994). Stanton, an elderly rancher whose property suffered foreclosure in 1993, joined the Freemen after Freemen leader LeRoy Schweitzer offered him a $3.8 million loan to cover the foreclosure debt (see 1993-1994). The loan was worthless, but instead of reacting angrily to Schweitzer's fraudulent loan offer, Stanton blamed the local and federal government for his predicament. As an increasingly active Freeman, Stanton has issued fraudulent money orders, offered a $1 million bounty for Garfield County officials (see January 1994), and threatened to hang the Garfield County sheriff from a bridge. Stanton is sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine. The FBI learns that the Freemen might be planning to retaliate against Garfield County Attorney Nick Murnion, who successfully prosecuted Stanton, Murnion's fellow prosecutor John Bohlman, and the judge who sentenced Stanton, Roy C. Rodeghiero. The FBI informs the local sheriff that the Freemen intend to kidnap the judge, "try" him in their "court," sentence him to death, and videotape his hanging. In response, Musselshell County puts reserve deputies in the courthouse to protect Rodeghiero and accompany him to and from work. On March 3, a Musselshell County deputy stops two Freemen, Dale Jacobi and Frank Ellena, for driving a pickup truck with no license. The deputy finds both are carrying concealed weapons without permits. A subsequent search finds a hand-drawn map of the town of Jordan, with the office and home of Murnion labeled. The truck contains a plethora of weapons and ammunition (including armor-piercing rounds), 30 sets of plastic-strip handcuffs, $60,000 in gold and silver, $26,000 in cash, duct tape, a video camera, a still camera, and radio telecommunications gear. The deputies are sure they have captured two of the intended kidnappers. That evening, three Freemen walk into the Musselshell County Jail and demand that the deputies on duty give them the items seized from the truck. Two other Freemen wait outside the jail. One deputy notices one of the Freemen concealing a handgun, and the two deputies manage to arrest him without incident. One of the arrested Freemen is John Trochmann, the founder of the Montana Militia (sometimes called the Militia of Montana, or MOM—see January 1, 1994); it is later learned that Trochmann has become something of a Freemen enthusiast. Deputy Orville Jones later says of Trochmann's presence, "If this isn't evidence that some type of evil intent was afoot, then I'm not a very good policemen." Jones is sympathetic with the plight of Stanton and many of the other Freemen, but not of their tactics, saying: "My Grandpa lost his ranch during the Depression.… I go by that ranch every day, and I see the trees my Grandma planted, and I see where my dad was born. And it just tears at my heart. God, I understand them almost to the point that it scares me. But I do not tolerate crimes of violence." The arrests bear little fruit. The sheriff's office is bombarded with hundreds of phone calls, most threatening violence. Bohlman receives at least 40 of what he will call "straight-out death threats" against himself and his secretary. Bohlman's secretary moves her daughter temporarily to Minnesota after one caller threatens the child. Many of the long-distance calls demand Trochmann's immediate release and are clearly from Montana Militia members, though Montana Militia co-founder Randy Trochmann denies any connections between his group and the Freemen. A judge will throw out most of the charges against Trochmann and the six Freemen, because of irregularities in the search procedures. Ellena and Jacobi jump bail. (Mark Pitcavage 5/6/1996)
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'Amazing Spider-Man 2′ Reviews: Early Buzz is Mixed on the Web Slinger's Return
'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' is opening internationally weeks before it hits the American market, which means that today offered the first tweets and reviews of the movie. And with a number of reports in it's fair to say the film, which stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, and Dane DeHaan, is not being greeted with the same enthusiasm that 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' was, that's for sure.
The most positive review for the Marc Webb film comes from Stefan Pape over at Hey U Guys, who gives the film four stars out of five, and says that the film "remains gloriously faithful to its rather boastful and presumptuous title." Less positive is the three star review (out of five) by Simon Reynolds over at Digital Spy:
Amazing Spider-Man 2 seems more like an exercise in calculated franchise architecture than its does a cohesive stand-alone blockbuster. Still, you can't fault returning director Marc Webb for skimping on entertainment value.
Ben Nicholson over at Cine Vue also gives it three stars out of five, and says that "while it shares problems with its predecessor, it also confirms Garfield as the very best big screen iteration of Spidey." The most negative of the early reviews comes from Oliver Lyttelton over at The Playlist, who gave it a D rating:
The sequel… doesn't just double down on what didn't work in the first film, it manages to undo some of the good qualities of the original as well. The result is a film that kicks off the summer blockbuster season with a resounding thud.
Though there's obviously a spectrum of opinions on the film, all four reviews mention the movie being stuffed, with too many cooks in the kitchen a similar refrain. Almost everyone is positive on Stone and Garfield, while Foxx's villain is usually noted out as the film's biggest weakness 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2′ starts opening internationally on April 16, which means there will be a lot more reviews before Americans get to see it on May 2.


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We have an active Criminal Justice Association for students. Some activities include tours to various correctional facilities, such as the Omaha Correctional Facility and Madison County Jail, hosting speakers to discuss various criminal justice career fields, and demonstrations of the Mobile Crime Lab and repelling wall. There are several opportunities to get involved with community events. In past years, we have assisted with security at the Cattleman's Ball, assisted with a missing person search, and conducted a security assessment for campus.
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Opera. Poignant drama about being an outsider, about love and oppression. Song and music are in focus in every way in this grand opéra.
Frighteningly topical opera
"full of strong, powerful scenes" Göteborgs-Posten
"The drama gets right under your skin" Dagens Nyheter
"The singers in the Göteborg Opera Chorus give me goose-bumps. They are the foundation of the production, they rampage like a mob and comfort like a chorus of angels." Expressen
"A performance well worth making a trip for." Dagens Nyheter
"An extraordinary opera experience" Borås Tidning
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With its particularly strong and poignant action this grand opéra highlights two Jewish people's outsider status through intrigue, love and oppression. This work, from 1835, was extremely popular at first but later sank into oblivion, for reasons such as Wagner's bitter attack against Jewish composers.
Although the work is almost 200 years, La Juive has a frighteningly powerful connection to the current social climate. In this production from Vilnius, the action has been relocated to the time of the Second World War, when xenophobia spread all over Europe. At The Göteborg Opera, director Günter Krämer has chosen to further emphasise the danger in all forms of fundamentalism.
The romantic, dramatic music is very demanding of the singers and requires the very best practitioners. Here, the international French soprano Mireille Delunsch is making a guest appearance as the young Rachel, while heroic tenor Lars Cleveman is playing her father, the Jewish goldsmith Éléazar. It is a case of love that cuts across boundaries when Rachel falls in love with a Christian prince, unaware both of his identity and that he is really betrothed to Princess Eudoxie. The prince's almost inhumanly high tenor voice is performed by Finnish tenor Tuomas Katajala, while Eudoxie's virtuosa coloratura is sung by Lithuanian soprano Regina Šilinskaitė who performed the role at the opening at the Lithuanian National Opera. For this interpretation, she recieved the Lithuanian Golden Cross of the Stage Award.
The sparse production bears the signature of Günter Krämer, who previously produced another version of this work at the Vienna State Opera. Conductor Pierre Vallet is an expert in this type of repertoire and is otherwise active at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
La Juive is a production of Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, first staged on 15 October 2004.
An image gallery from La Juive
A grand, poignant musical drama
Halévy's La Juive is considered to be one of the most outstanding works of grand opera. This genre was hugely popular until around 1900, before it gradually petered out. But in recent decades, these operas have once again begun to be performed on the continent. Strictly speaking, a grand opera is an opera that premiered at the Paris Opéra between the 1830s and 1860s. These were large-scale works in five acts with a huge orchestra, chorus, extras and dancers in amazing grand stage sets and costumes. They indulged the emerging upper bourgeoisie's taste for luxury, extravagance and drama. Musically, they were written in a kind of continental style, not excessively French but rather a mix of the Italian, German and French. The vocals were fiercely demanding, requiring power, a great range, lyrical singing and a capacity for coloratura.
Its first performance in 1835 was an enormous success, and the production was performed over five hundred times before it was closed.
"The eighth wonder of the world"
The librettist behind almost all the grand operas was Eugène Scribe, who composed thrilling stories using a dramaturgical "cliff-hanger" technique. The plot revolved mostly around a specifically defined historical event, which formed a backdrop to the characters' complex emotional relationships to one another. The grand master in this field was the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer, with Robert le diable, Les Huguenots, Le prophète and L'Africaine, but Fromental Halévy's La Juive has also remained in the repertoire. Its first performance in 1835 was an enormous success, and the production was performed over five hundred times before it was closed. A spectator described the grand procession which ended the first act as the eighth wonder of the world. The opera immediately spread abroad, for example to Vienna the following year. Halévy was then a relatively untested composer but would eventually write a total of 36 operas, although only La Juive is still known today. He became a teacher of composition for, among others, Gounod, Saint-Saëns and Bizet, of which the latter would become his son-in-law. Major opera composers like Verdi and Wagner have been highly inspired by La Juive in particular.
Halévy's own inspiration is unmistakable, as he in a near feverish joy got to set to music the renowned Scribe's libretto. He also had own personal perspective on the poignant drama about a minority's struggle for survival in an oppressive culture. Halévy was himself a Jew, and his father Elias Levy had left Germany shortly after the French Revolution to try to carve out a better life in Paris.
Hidden identities and oppression
The captivating story revolves around the Jewish goldsmith, Eléazar, and his daughter, Rachel. The Christian Prince Léopold has started a relationship with her, disguised as a Jewish apprentice. Rachel knows nothing of his true identity and when she learns that he is married to the Princess Eudoxie she reveals their relationship to everyone. Léopold, Rachel and her father are imprisoned on the orders of Cardinal de Brogni. But Eudoxie persuades Rachel to withdraw her accusation and Léopold is released. Rachel and Eléazar on the other hand, are sent for execution. At the same moment that Rachel is executed, Eléazar reveals to the Cardinal that she is in fact the daughter whom he has sought for years. Then Eléazar himself is triumphantly executed.
The two title roles of Eléazar and Rachel were written for the star singers Adolphe Nourrit and Cornélie Falcon. Nourrit was probably the greatest tenor of his time and it was initially thought that he would have performed Léopold's role, while the paternal role of Eléazar would in the usual way have been played by a baritone or bass. But Nourrit became much more interested in Eléazar's score and persuaded Halévy to change his role and also to make Eléazar much more nuanced, because the character was initially more one-sidedly vindictive and ill-natured. The singer also insisted on getting an aria in the fourth act, where the character expresses his love for his foster daughter and is hesitant to let her be sacrificed. Nourrit even composed the first lines of text for the aria, and "Rachel, quand du Seigneur" has in fact become the opera's real show stopper and its most famous aria. It is often performed separately and many great tenors have it on their repertoire.
In director Günter Krämer's production...the action has been relocated to just before the Second World War
Dramatic sopranos and
popular tenors
With Rachel's role, Cornélie Falcon, aged 21 years, created a completely new voice category, "falcon soprano", a more dramatic type of soprano with a greater range than before. She also achieved great success, with Meyerbeer's operas as well, in a career that only lasted a few years, however. Although it is Rachel who holds the title role, La Juive has become an opera for the tenors, and many prominent tenors have had Eléazar as their signature role, ranging from Enrico Caruso to Richard Tucker and Neil Shicoff.
In the original version, the plot unfolds during the Council of Constance in 1414, but in director Günter Krämer's production which The Göteborg Opera is taking over from the Lithuanian National Opera in Vilnius, the action has been relocated to just before the Second World War - obviously a very relevant point in time for the work, given the repression that Rachel and Eléazar were exposed to.
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The second public performance of Debussy's L'Après-midi d'un faune in 1912 was enthusiastically applauded by Rodin. He was particularly impressed by the dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950), just as he had previously been fascinated by Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan and the Cambodian dancers. The ground-breaking work of these different dancers and the exoticism of the Far-Eastern ballets provided him with a new repertory of gestures and movements which he studied through drawings and sculptures.
Nijinsky supposedly agreed to pose for him, probably in July 1912, to thank the sculptor for the support he had given him during the controversy over the Ballets Russes then raging in the press. The dancer is depicted here gathering momentum, drawing all his weight together in his heart, ready to leap into the air. The spectator is thus confronted by a person, who, in Rilke's words, "pressing down on this center,would lift himself up and share himself out into movements, no, who would immediately take them all back." It should be noted, however, that this interpretation was called into question in the 1980s, because the dance movement portrayed in the sculpture was not part of Nijinsky's repertoire.


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Usain Bolt's famous Olympic camera is up for auction
The camera Usain Bolt playfully took from a photographer and used to snap pictures of teammate Yohan Blake after winning the 200 meters at the London Olympics is up for auction.
Bidding for the Nikon D4 camera has already passed $7,000 for the eBay sale, which is set to end Oct. 9. The auction was set up by Jimmy Wixtröm, the Swedish photographer whose camera Bolt took in the moments after the race.
Bolt snapped a number of photographs of Blake and the horde of photographers assembled at Olympic Stadium.
Later on, he etched his name into the top of the camera with a screwdriver.
The exchange between Bolt and Wixtrom wasn't as spontaneous as it may have seemed. The Swede admitted it was his idea for Bolt to take the camera. The two had done the same routine at other meets and the Swedish photographer was eager for it to happen on the world's biggest stage.
"Every time he sees me, he says, 'Usain, take a picture, Usain, take a picture.' So I gave a promise," Bolt told reporters at the Games.
Wixtrom says proceeds from the sale will go toward the Swedish Cancer Society and Bolt's Jamaican charity.
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Tomorrow, DiS launches a brand new section of the site, Drownloads. This new and lawyer-approved feature is, essentially, what is known as an mp3 blog. Hardly something revolutionary, then, but it's a little different than most: content will be hand-picked by the DiS editorial team and the people behind Drowned in Sound Recordings, the label that has helped to put the likes of Bat for Lashes, Blood Red Shoes, Emmy the Great, Metric, Martha Wainwright, Jeniferever, Kaiser Chiefs and Youthmovies on the map. Unlike many em-pee-free blogs you may have come across before, the Drownloads will be totally legal, with tracks acquired from labels and artists we're very excited about. Some of it will be exclusive. Some of it will be so brand new that the bands in question will barely have played a gig. There will be remixes and live tracks and other things we've not even thought of yet. Excited? We sure hope so.
In an age where local specialty record shops are biting the dust, a network of blogs has sprung up online, which maintains a vibrant and well-rounded range of new music. Blogs have managed to succeed where no-one deranged enough to invest in a print publication has; subsequently, fanzines and established titles alike have breathed new life into their online presences. mp3 blogs like 20 Jazz Funk Greats, detailing LA noise-merchants Barrabarracuda alongside a recent interest in 1970s Euro-pop compilations with much vigour, have reinvigorated the notion of the fanzine, relocated online, away from being sat rotting in the corner of some sodden venue floor; these new-breeds cast their nets wide, roping in obscure and really fucking weird pop music.
This got us thinking: how many of you use such things, and is all the media furore about blogging just a lot of hot pixels? To help our argument to procure stuff which you can download - rather than just stream - from record labels, how much has using mp3 blogs led to you buying music, either on record or from download stores. Or, at least, have you grabbed yourself some tickets to a gig by an act you previously wouldn't have heard of?
Like a parent attempting to cover their eyes and ears with one arm as they inadvertently walk in on their darling daughter's sexual exploits, the music industry, for all the occasional gusto, has largely turned its back and shrugged its shoulders to the mp3 blog. Not only in acceptance that there is little to stop the ravenous bandits from running amok, but that a healthy scene also exists where all want in on material that would have previously gone unloved.
DiScuss: Which mp3 blogs do you find yourself coming back to? Do you even use blogs? Do you buy music because of them? Do you trust them? What do you hope our Drownloads will provide? Is blogging killing the accepted industry or simply just adding even more choice to a world full of new music looking for direction?


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According to S&P's latest Monthly Dividend Action Report [Excel spreadsheet], the month of November 2012 was a record month that saw some 3,327 U.S. companies make some kind of declaration involving their dividends (that's not the record!) Here are the astounding numbers:
197 companies acted to increase their cash dividend in the 8th best month on record (since January 2004), and the most in any November on record. The all-time record for regular dividend increases announced in a single month is 246, which was set in February 2007.
228 companies acted to make a special cash dividend payment to their investors, the most ever. To put that number in context, the most announcements that companies would pay an extra dividend in an entire year was 233 in 2007. For the period of time for which we have data, the average number of extra dividends announced per month from January 1994 through October 2012 is 33. The previous record of 97 in one month was set in December 2010.
But this drive to pay out dividends in 2012 before the tax rates on them goes up in 2013 masks the deteriorating situation for many companies in the U.S. The number of companies announcing they would cut their cash dividend payments in the month of November 2012 rose to 27, up one from the previous month.
To put that increase in perspective, the average number of companies that act to decrease their cash dividends in a non-recession month is 4. The 54 dividend cuts that have been announced in just the last two months alone is more than would be expected in an entire average non-recession year.
In the chart above, it takes at least 10 companies announcing dividend cuts in a given month for the U.S. economy to be considered to be in recessionary territory. Through November, U.S. companies have announced 151 dividend cuts in 2012.
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