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Martin Scorsese's family film is an astonishing love letter to cinema. It's about a young boy (Asa Butterfield) who lives in a Paris train station in 1930 and falls in with a sour toymaker (Ben Kingsley.) Shot in superior 3-D, it's a love letter to the early days of cinema, and the magic of our dreams.
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen
Rating: Four and a half stars out of five
"Come and dream with me," says a character in Martin Scorsese's amazing new movie Hugo, and it's an invitation Scorsese is extending to us as well. Hugo is an intricate clockwork -- a Dickensian contraption about an orphan boy, a secret key, and a hidden past -- placed carefully inside a film that is about cinema itself.
It takes place in Paris in 1930. Hugo (Asa Butterfield) is a young orphan who lives inside the massive timepiece of a train station. It's all gears and levers and long tracking shots past swinging pendulums. All the while Hugo stares out of the spaces in the giant clock face at the lights on the Eiffel Tower, or at the little dramas below in the vast concourse: a portly man courting a woman with a small dog, a pretty flower girl, a dealer in antique books, a sour old man named Georges (Ben Kingsley) who runs a toy store.
Hugo steals food and tries to keep away from the station attendant (Sacha Baron Cohen), a bit of a clockwork himself: a heartless war veteran with a bum leg and a Doberman pinscher who grabs children with no parents and ships them off to the orphanage. Hugo mostly hides in his clock, keeping time and trying to repair the passion of his dead father, a broken mechanical man whose metal chest has been robbed of the tiny gears that keep him running.
The boy finds an ally in his loneliness. Isabelle (Chloe Grace Moretz) is another orphan, the charming and bookish goddaughter of Georges and a girl who's always up for an adventure. "I think we have to be . . . clandestine," she adds, in the manner of a young girl whose vocabulary, as well as her spirit, has been formed by reading.
Together Hugo and Isabelle go to a movie: Safety Last, the comedy in which Harold Lloyd dangles precipitously from the hands of a clock high above the streets. Later, they read about the first-ever motion picture, Train Pulling Into A Station, made by the Lumiere brothers in 1895. It showed a locomotive coming down on the tracks, and the image frightened the audience so much that they screamed.
Scorsese replicates that scene in Hugo, although his train crashes right through the station, sending people scattering. It's a playful homage made with delirious craftsmanship: "If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from, look around you," says a character in the film.
Hugo is made in ideal 3-D, giving it the look of a fully formed universe and at the same time creating a hyper-realistic fantasy. It's not just the snowflakes or the puffs of smoke that come off the screen: we see around and behind the characters. The long snout of Sacha Baron Cohen's Doberman pinscher is especially effective in this rich, rounded look, so, indeed, is the long snout of Sacha Baron Cohen.
There's a secret in Hugo -- which is based on Brian Selznick's book The Invention of Hugo Cabret -- that is like a good magician's trick. It can't be told, but it doesn't matter anyway because the showmanship is so inspired. It's enough to say that the signature image of Hugo becomes a special-effects moon with a rocket in its eye, the famous scene from the 1902 silent movie A Trip to the Moon.
The genius of the early days of cinema, the magic of its invention, is at the other end of what Scorsese is doing here, with his green screens and computer effects. But he connects them in what becomes a salute to those movies: Scorsese is an enthusiastic advocate of film preservation, and Hugo is inspired by a love of what came before. It's far from the movies that made him famous -- violent gangster tales on the mean streets of American cities -- but it's assembled with the care of a watchmaker. The opening shot, which travels along train tracks and through the long station, is at once a salute to the famous nightclub scene in Goodfellas and a loving embrace of the whirligig machinery of the past.
At 130 minutes, Hugo is too long, and the opening half-hour is carried along mostly by its technique, but its flaws are excusable: they're the faults of a filmmaker so enamoured of his subject that he wants to astonish us. Hugo is a movie for people who love movies.
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(1809 - 1847) Romantic Period - Germany
Felix Mendelssohn was a child prodigy who, along with his sister Fanny Mendelssohn, was performing concerts and composing music before his teenage years. Mendelssohn was responsible for the J.S. Bach revival that now honors him as the "father of harmony". Mendelssohn wrote instrumental music including, symphonies, chamber works, and compositions for piano and organ. Browse Felix Mendelssohn sheet music and scores and experience the genius of one of the most intelligent composers in history.


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Emory Orthopaedics, Sports and Spine physicians Kyle Hammond, MD and Oluseun A. Olufade, MD recently participated in "Ladies Night Out" at Emory Johns Creek Hospital.
The Ladies Night Out event is an annual health fair held by Emory Johns Creek Hospital for women to talk with physicians and other providers in the Johns Creek and North Atlanta communities and learn about services near them.
At the Emory Orthopaedics, Sports & Spine table, Drs. Hammond and Olufade spoke with women about potential injuries that could occur from wearing high heeled shoes and what women might be able to do to help prevent injuries to their backs, ankles, feet, hips and knees.
As a fun activity at the Ladies Night Out event, we also had a free drawing for high heeled shoes that were displayed at the table. Five lucky women went home with a new pair of shoes and lots of tips to prevent orthopedic injuries.
Below are 5 orthopedic conditions or injuries related to wearing high heels and tips on how you can prevent them:
Symptom: Pain & swelling in lower calf and heel cord resulting in decreased calf flexibility
Achilles Tendinitis Prevention:
- Calf stretches with towel or band
- Calf raises / strengthening exercises
- Heel pads
- Wear short heels or flats
Symptom: Pain, bruising, swelling and inability to walk
Ankle Sprain & Fracture Prevention:
- Wear short, wide heels (no stilettos)
- Single leg balancing
- Ankle 'A, B, Cs'
Bunion Symptom: Tenderness and prominence inside of the big toe joint
Bunion Prevention:
- Ensure proper shoe size & fit
- Wear short heels with wide toe box
- Use pads to cushion bunions
- Wear heels for brief periods of time if possible
Symptom: Muscles in your hip and knee have to work harder when you wear heels as muscles become fatigued and more prone to injury
Possible Injuries:
- Muscle strain
- Tendinitis
- Meniscus tear
- Hip impingement
Hip & Knee Injury Prevention:
- Stretch hamstrings, quads, & hip
- Strength training for lower body
- Alternate heels with flats during the work week
- Balance exercises
Low Back Pain Causes: Normal center of gravity changes, increasing the curvature of your low back and tilting your pelvis forward.
Low Back Pain Prevention:
- Change into flats for long walking distances
- Strengthen your core (crunches & low back extension exercises)
Although high heels look nice and are fun to wear at special events, try to limit the high heels to special occasions and stick with flats for your day to day activities. Your body will thank you!
About Dr. Kyle Hammond
Dr. Hammond is an orthopaedic surgeon new to the Emory Orthopaedics faculty. He recently completed his fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. While at the University of Pittsburgh he was the Associate Head Team Orthopaedic Surgeon for both the Duquesne University Football team and the University of Pittsburgh Men's Basketball team. He also worked as a Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the University of Pittsburgh athletics, Robert Morris College athletics, as well as the Pittsburgh Ballet.
Dr. Hammond sees patients at Emory Johns Creek Hospital, as well as Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center in Atlanta. Dr. Hammond has a special interest in the overhead/throwing athlete, ligament injuries to the knee, Tommy John surgery, joint preservation surgery, and is one of the few fellowship trained hip arthroscopists and concussion specialists in Georgia.
About Dr. Oluseun A. Olufade
Dr. Olufade is board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Interventional Pain Medicine. He completed fellowship training in both Sports Medicine and Interventional Pain Medicine. During his fellowship training, he was a team physician for Philadelphia Union, a major league soccer (MLS) team, Widener University Football team and Interboro High School Football team.
Dr. Olufade employs a comprehensive approach in the treatment of sports related injuries and spinal disorders by integrating physical therapy, orthotic prescription and minimally invasive procedures. He specializes also in concussion, tendinopathies and platelet rich plasma (PRP) injections. He performs procedures such as fluoroscopic-guided spine injections and ultrasound guided peripheral joint injections. Dr. Olufade individualizes his plan with a focus on functional restoration. Dr. Olufade sees patients at Emory Johns Creek Hospital.
About Emory Ortho, Sports and Spine in Johns Creek and Duluth
Emory Orthopaedics, Sports & Spine has recently opened two new clinics, one in Johns Creek and one in Duluth. Emory physicians, Kyle Hammond, MD, and Oluseun A. Olufade, MD see patients in Johns Creek. Mathew Pombo, MD and T. Scott Maughon see patients in Duluth. Our new clinic locations care for a full range of orthopedic conditions including: sports medicine, hand/wrist/elbow, foot/ankle, joint replacement, shoulder, knee/hip, concussions, and spine.
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Miami gets first win of season over S. Illinois
Zac Dysert passed for 226 yards and a touchdown and two Pat Hinkel interceptions led to Miami University scores as the RedHawks defeated Southern Illinois 30-14 Saturday.
Dysert, who completed 28 of 36 with no interceptions, started the scoring for Miami (1-1) with his 50th career touchdown pass, a 10-yarder to Andy Cruse in the first quarter. Cruse caught a career-high 12 passes for 60 yards.
The Salukis (0-2) answered by driving 71 yards in 10 plays, scoring on Mika'il McCall's 1-yard run. But on their next possession, Hinkel intercepted Kory Faulkner's pass at the SIU 24 and returned it for a touchdown and a 14-7 Miami lead.
After the RedHawks added a third-quarter field goal, Hinkel intercepted Faulkner again to put Miami at the SIU 27. A defensive holding penalty moved the ball to the 12 and Jamire Westbrook ran it in to make it 24-7 after three quarters.


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Marseille by train
Founded 2,600 years ago by the Greeks from Phocaea, Marseille is the oldest French town and the second in terms of population size after Paris. Nearly 900,000 people live in intramural neighbourhoods that have maintained an authentic village character. The city is located in the Provence region, on the southeast coast of France.
Marseille offers an extraordinary coastline, a harbour which is the envy of all sailors in the world and an insolent sunshine which shines over 300 days a year!
The natural heritage in Marseille is exceptional with numerous parks located in the city centre and calanques (coves) which are a few kilometres away from the Old Port. The calanques, which are classified as National Nature Park, offer year-round practice of outdoor sports. Spread over 20 km, you will find these famous creeks, which are sometimes inhabited and sometimes still wild, where the turquoise water invites you to relax...
During your walks in the streets of Marseille, you will discover the amazing heritage of this Mediterranean city. From the historic Panier district to the buildings of the Second Empire and Romanesque churches, Marseille has more than one secret to reveal to those who know how to look for them.
Day 1
Imagine a weekend in Marseille where all would be calm, luxury and pleasure... To discover Marseille, it is imperative to get to Notre Dame de la Garde to admire the extent of France's second city and visit the 19th century Basilica. The interior is sumptuous with thousands of tiles that make up the Byzantine decor and many offerings that are exposed.
Going down in the city, mark a stop at the Abbey of St. Victor. Walk a little more to reach the Four des Navettes, a pastry shop, to taste its speciality flavored with orange blossom. Go back to the Old Port to enjoy the sunny terraces facing Notre Dame de la Garde or opposite the Old Marseille which is locally known as the Panier.
After lunch, go to the assault of this district that the Greeks chose to lay the foundations of Marseille, over 2,600 years back. From the City Hall to museums of the Vieille Charité through the Place des Moulins or the Accoules church, discover 26 centuries of history.
In the morning, sitting outside a café on the Old Port, admire the view. In the distance, the pink reflections of the sunrise on the Fort Saint-Jean and Saint Nicolas along with the constant coming and going of fishing boats and sailboats heading to the Iles du Frioul and the Castle, are signs of another beautiful day ahead...
Do not leave the Old Port without a visit to the fish market to discover the species that make up the bouillabaisse which you can enjoy during dinner. Then head towards the Corniche which overlooks the magnificent harbour of Marseille. Admire the famous folies of the Corniche and the popular small beaches nestled at its foot.
In the afternoon, make some time to shop in the many shopping areas located in the city centre. The best brands compete in the Paradis, Grignan, Montgrand and Sainte street, which are semi pedestrian streets. If you are looking for a younger atmosphere, go to Saint-Ferreol where all the trendy shops lie.
A few kilometres from Marseille is Cassis (25 min trip by TER), a lively resort but charming little fishing village known for its white wine which is served with a grilled fish. You can stroll through its streets or through the creeks and plunge into the turquoise waters of the Mediterranean.
If you prefer a more bourgeois atmosphere, you can visit Aix-en-Provence easily from Marseille (10 min trip by TGV).
Our tip: Purchase a Marseille City Pass which is valid for 24 or 48 hours and which will allow you to have access to museums, public transport, boat linking Castle If, tourist train to Notre Dame de la Garde, discounts and much more.
Day 2
Being the European Capital of Culture in 2013, the city of Marseille will offer a rich and entertaining program throughout the year. Over 400 events will follow one another in three stages: artists' performance, street art, exhibitions, theatre plays, and Mediterranean cuisine on the show. A dozen of museums with various collections from ancient to contemporary collections as well as expositions by many young artists can be visited in Marseille.
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You may have noticed that our online catalog is looking snazzier these days. We have enhanced it with Novelist Select, offering over 5 million reading suggestions to help you find your next book.
The Readers' Advisory database known as Novelist Plus is not new to us, as we have offered it for several years. OPL patrons have often been delighted to find a NoveList match made in reading heaven for their interests. Here you will find "read-alikes" for favorite titles, authors, and series, or browse by topic or genre for lists of recommended titles. Access to NoveList Plus is also available through a mobile interface.
Novelist Select is an extension of this service that has turned our catalog into a place for book discovery, with reader-focused features such as recommendations, series information, book reviews and more. We are seeing NoveList Select gather a community of OPL readers extending beyond the library walls. If you are at home looking for a book recommendation or want to expand your librarian recommendations, NoveList Select can be like a well-read friend who always thinks of the right book just for you.
Say, for instance, you search in the catalog for Flash Boys, a very popular new title by local author Michael Lewis (Moneyball, 2003), holding steady with around 60 holds on our 11 copies. Of course, we have many more copies on order, as we endeavor to maintain a 1 to 3 copies to holds ratio on books. But, while you wait for the supply to catch up with demand, you may scroll down to the bottom of the results screen to find some helpful suggestions about what might interest you in the meantime:
Among the titles and authors recommended here is David Wolman's The End of money.
Great. You follow the link to that title and look at reader ratings and reviews on GoodReads, also embedded in the catalog:
You further scan the professional review literature included right there in the catalog:
You place a hold, and pick it up within the next week.
Done. And, who knows? It may end up being your next favorite book.


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We value your trust and assure you that we will always strive to be responsible in our management, truthful in our advertising, and cost-effective in our fundraising.
To most efficiently use the resources you entrusted to us, we may disclose to select third parties information regarding donation history. Information of this kind is used to enable HPIC to identify others like yourself interested in partnering with us to help children and their families. Information provided in donation history may include statistics such as total number of donations and value of donations for a set period of time. This information disclosure is done very carefully to ensure that your personal information is protected.
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Patrimonial companies have always been considered as the ideal way for the acquisition and transmission of property assets.
Over the years, this efficient structure has however been penalized in the transfer of real-estate assets.
The legislator is strengthening the pressure by increasing the liquidation bonus to 30% at present.
Owners who want to separate themselves from their real estate, in particular to dispose of cash or to avoid conflicts in case of inheritance, are faced with 2 choices:
But still it is necessary to know questions such as "at what price" and especially "to whom to sell"?
It is precisely to answer this double question of the market that TREVI Group created the TREVI PATRIMONIAL department.
As a leader in the Belgian real estate market, TREVI GROUP offers an exclusive structure benefitting from a unique know-how that combines real estate, accounting, legal and tax expertise to value and sell your patrimonial company under optimal conditions.
The 9 stages of our approach:
Taking advantage from a network established throughout Belgium and focusing on all types of property, from residential to professional, TREVI is THE ideal partner to value the properties belonging to your company according to their specificities. The valuation takes into account the following parameters in particular:
Our department works also in close collaboration with several expert offices, if necessary.
The accurate valuation of the shares/partnership shares is a very important element. It requires high-level technical skills. In order to guarantee a realistic valuation, TREVI Patrimonial will also take into account the following elements:
Our department works also in close collaboration with an accounting office, if necessary.
Based on the valuation obtained, we will study together how to optimize the transfer of your units or shares in order to obtain the best possible result when it goes on sale.
As an essential document, a precise, objective and fair presentation file is the guarantee of an effective negotiation (see list of necessary documents below).
Our team can call upon the services of a professional photographer if it is useful, in order to better enhance the real estate property (properties).
The sale of your company and the commercial experience of our TREVI Patrimonial department is the essential element of the sales process.
Integration into our database of acquirers looking for investors interested in the profile of your company.
The verification of the solvency of the candidate purchasers.
We will present and promote your sales file to buyers and investors in our database. In order to protect you from any unpleasant surprises, we will check the creditworthiness of the proposed acquirer.
Once the candidate has been selected, it will be important to negotiate the best price, but also all conditions related to the sale before undertaking the "due diligence" exercise.
We will centralize the documents and organize the planning of the due diligence in an efficient and fast manner. Carried out by the buyer, it will benefit from our support and follow-up.
Established by our department, this agreement will secure the entire transfer process in your best interests.
Finally, we will assist you with the signature of the agreement, the shareholders' register, the creation of possible guarantees, the minutes of general meetings and other mandatory steps about any change of shareholders ownership.
TREVI Patrimonial, a unique professional partner to accompany, guide and advise you to make this transfer a successful operation.
You are the only one to determine the confidentiality level: the identity of your company will not be communicated without your permission.
TREVI Patrimonial owns a constantly updated database of Belgian or foreign acquirers, ensuring you to get the best possible buyer for your company.


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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
YMCA hosts Healthy Kids Day
On Saturday, CC stretched her little muscles, made a puppy mask and even milked a cow at the Culver-Palms YMCA's Healthy Kids Day.
OK, so maybe the cow wasn't exactly as real as the goat she milked at the fair, but CC got the idea with a little help from her imagination -- and a rubber glove.
The Westside YMCA hosted a parking lot full of exhibitors, including photographers, dietitians and Trader Joe's. There was also a petting zoo and performances from kids band The Hollow Trees (below left).
CC was eager to try everything, and she rushed from one exhibit to the other in a heated preschooler frenzy.
Of course, she couldn't miss the bouncy slide or an opportunity to make a mask or a picture frame.
But it was watching her boogie down to homespun kiddo tunes from The Hollow Trees that really made me smile.
Posted by Laura Clark, L.A. Story at 7:46 AM
Labels: Culver Palms YMCA, Healthy Kids Day
2 comments:
- Skin Care and Laser Center | Lisa Benest MD said...
YMCAs do the greatest things. Thanks for sharing this!
- April 21, 2010 at 11:47 AM
- L.A. Story said...
Absolutely! It was a fun day. They do have the greatest things.
- April 21, 2010 at 1:40 PM
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Looking forward to the fall season? Brisk afternoons, warm apple cider, pumpkins in the fields, fall festivals on weekends, sights of the beautiful colors in the leaves? Then we have some fun and an activity for you to do since autumn is just around the corner: create a fall-themed Buncee and share it as a Seasons Greeting!
Here's your basic recipe for a Great Fall Buncee Greeting:
-One YouTube Video (the video in the Buncee above is Neil Young's "Harvest Moon")
-One Gorgeous Fall Photo with Foliage
-One Inspiring Quote or Poem
-Collect "Ingredients"
-Mix, Re-Size, Rotate, and/or Arrange "Ingredients" all together in a Buncee
-Share with Your Friends!
Isn't it cool how those simple things, or "Ingredients" can come together into a unique, multi-media Greeting? That's Buncee for you! Simple to create, stylish and sophisticated to see, and so much fun to create!
Buncee Tip: Did you know you can search through Google images without leaving the Buncee creation page? Check out the "Video & Sound & Image" tool next time you create a Buncee!


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"Have I missed the mark, or, like a true archer, do I strike my quarry? Or am I prophet of lies, a babbler from door to door?"
— Cassandra, from "Agamemnon," by Aeshylus
By Paul Ben-Itzak
Copyright 2000, 2017 Paul Ben-Itzak
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NEW YORK — Every choreographer I have known is, to some degree or another, manic depressive. Clairvoyant in his or her highs, doomed in the lows. Sean Curran seems, on the surface at least, more manic than depressive. Roger Sinha, both in the choreographic text of his "Burning Skin" and in his performance of it, is more obviously darkly manic. But I am thinking of this, to tell you the truth, not so much because of the performances of these two choreographers and their companies last night at Central Park SummerStage, but because of the news I heard, belatedly, just before the concert — and which struck me like a blow to the solar plexus, taking the life out of me — of the death by suicide, at age 36, of Ranjabati Sircar.
I met Ranja in 1995, when I had just started working at Dance Magazine and was something of a neophyte to dance in general, let alone dance from the sub-continent, let alone the distinctions between the various genres of that dance, let alone choreographer-teacher-dancers, like Ranja, who melded classical forms to contemporary ideas, not always to a warm popular reception among audiences or choreographers of an older generation. On top of this burden, Ranja had familial expectations, her mother Manjushree Chaki Sircar being a well-known choreographer and teacher in Madras.
"Is it all right to smoke?" asked the tightly wound, striking young woman who entered my compact office that Fall day. "No," said I, and for the next hour, while Ranja was forthcoming in discussing her work and Indian dance and hybrid classical-modern dance, she fidgeted and remained tightly wound. Still, we hit it off, and, after some hesitation at its appropriateness, I called her a day later an asked her to a Maria Benitez concert that night. "I would love to go!" Ranja said.
It was a moving concert: Benitez's conception of the de Falla/Sierra 1915 flamenco ballet classic "El Amor Brujo," about an older woman driven mad by love and her own demons, followed by a tablao-style second half. We were transported, in fact, to a tablao, notwithstanding that the performance was actually happening in Chelsea at the Joyce Theater. Ranja was positively glowing afterwards; I could feel that she wanted to dance Flamenco right then and there, and indeed she explained to me some of the linkages between that form and certain classical Indian dance forms.
To prolong our virtual visit to Andalucia, we decided to repair to "El Cid," for tapas and sangria. Something about the Flamenco left us both less tightly wound, we spoke not just as choreographer and journalist but as man and woman. The sangria loosened things further and by the time I walked Ranja to the 14th Street subway stop, we had that automatic, slightly giddy, elbow-knocking intimacy that, in the right circumstances, even strangers can sometimes find when the planets are aligned.
We met up again a couple of days later for San Francisco Ballet at City Center — it was either Val Caniparoli's African-ballet hybrid, "Lambarena," or David Bintley's AIDS fantasia, "The Dance House" — and I can still see Ranja, emerging from the crowd: intent look, oval face, olive complexion, intent eyes finding me right away across the crowded sidewalk.
This time we repaired to Baryshnikov's Russian Samovar for horseradish-flavored vodka. More significantly, from a culinary perspective, Ranja shared her curry recipe with me. She could never eat at Indian restaurants in the U.S., she said, because the food was too bland, so she carried with her a curry kit packed with the various spices that go into the national dish. Having previously only used a generic Spice Islands "curry powder," I asked her what the ingredients were: cumin, turmeric, coriander, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, mustard seed OR onion seed, cloves, and fenugreek. (The fenugreek is tricky; put it in last or it dominates the whole.) I still make Curry a la Ranja Sircar to this day.
Afterwards, sensing the imminent end of this visit and Ranja's return to India, I invited her over for tea. We spoke about everything — life, relationships — and oh, I am trying so hard right now to remember the specifics. About visualization, I think, and astrology. If I close my eyes I can see her face in front of me…. I think we spoke of gurus… and of something magic and inchoate… and she told me about Cassandra. There's a word in Urdu — which I know is the Pakistani and not the Indian language, but still I think it applies here — "Janoon," which, I'm told, means obsession. Ranja's Janoon was Cassandra, about whom she'd written and choreographed a piece, because of what Cassandra says about the position of women in society.
Given the gift of prophecy by Apollo, this daughter of the King of Troy was then deprived by Apollo of the power to make people believe her prophecies, after she refused to sleep with him. Thus, when she accurately warned the Trojans about the Trojan Horse, no one believed her warning that an armed force was hidden in the horse, and Troy was sacked, and Cassandra raped. When Troy was captured, Agamemnon took Cassandra as his prize; both were ultimately murdered by his wife, Clytaemnestra, and her lover Aegisthus. This too Cassandra predicted: "… for me waits destruction by the two-edged sword." [Cassandra. Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1149] In many realms, Cassandra was and is looked at as "mad," driven so by her visions.
Ranja invited me to see her "Cassandra" that week at the studio of Mary Anthony, so dear to one of my dance mentors, the late Joseph H. Mazo. From what I can recall, it was a dance of vulnerability and pain, but seemed at its beginnings, Ranja not yet able to externalize a story that obviously resonated so deeply with her.
Ranja and I lost touch until 1998, when I asked her to write a preview about the pioneering Indian choreographer Chandrelekha. Ranja made clear that there was a fission between her and the older choreographer, but that she recognized her importance on the Indian scene. When the article came in, I perpetrated what I now see as an irrevocable minor cruelty; there was no interview with the story, so I declined to use it, or to pay Ranja. This upset her, and we lost touch again. Today I grieve not only Ranja, but that I will never be able to make this right, to compensate for a minor cruelty with a later kindness. And I wonder if this was just one of a series of "small" cruelties that added up, in Ranja's mind, to only one solution and antidote.
It's hard to fathom suicide, and I almost don't want to go to the dark and hopeless place Ranja found herself in on October 23, 1999, when, as police believe, she hanged herself from the ceiling fan in the flat of a family friend in Borivili. According to a report in India Today, just two days before her death, Ranja e-mailed a friend: "I am battling the dark spaces within myself."
The same report in India Today makes all sorts of conjectures about what drove Ranja as an artist, and what in society and in her own family life — particularly her complicated relationship with her mother — might have driven her to kill herself.
Here, I can only offer the observation of someone who once observed Ranja close-up, in what seems now like a lifetime, indeed a different life ago: Alternately driven and insecure, confident and unsteady. Beautiful and yet perhaps burdened by that beauty. Heir to a pedagogic legacy, and yet burdened by that as well.
In what now seem our all-too-brief but nonetheless intense conversations of five years ago, it seems Ranja and I only started to ask the important questions…. Okay, now it comes back, one thing we talked about, both of us, was how we were trying to live healthier lifestyles; she in particular to give up smoking…. It seems Ranja hit a black impenetrable wall in her own searching and maybe… maybe, for as I write this I am still too stunned, numbed really, from the news of her suicide to barely begin processing what it means… but it seems that even if Ranja was not able to find the insight that would save her from her own hands, she offers one insight, I think, to choreographers — not just artists, but choreographers specifically.
Roger Sinha's piece, "Burned Skin," had to do with insecurity about identity — no, with self-hate of one's racial identity, based on an apocryphal tale of an Indian boy who jumps into a vat of boiling water because he's heard it will turn his skin white. Alternating with scenes of Pascale Leonard's serenely brewing chai, the dance that ensues is nonetheless manic, as Sinha tries on all sorts of racial archetypes, from a swaggering, chick-chasing Dean Martin in shirt and tie to a kilted Scotsman. It's a comic romp, but performed with a mania that suggests the character is not so much whimsically playing with other identities, trying on other masks, as running from his own.
Sean Curran presents a similar contradiction. His Chaplinesque stage persona never really completely hides — and perhaps this is why it resonates! — some sort of tragic, invisible burden. He's ultimately a sad clown. In "Folk Dance for the Future," when he gives up and then hangs his head after suggesting he might follow Amy Brous's pivot-less somersault, it's funny, but it's painful too. Curran's kinetic skill and particularly his gift for inventing new dance geometries is apparent in "Abstract Concrete," premiered last night, and it's an enjoyable diversion, expertly danced by a group of performers who are clearly getting inside Curran's choreographic vision… but it has nowhere near the emotional resonance of his recent "Six Laments." This dance — and particularly Curran's own performance, as he gets up, stumbles, and gets up again, repeatedly, always looking over his shoulder, it's surmised at a departed friend, as if he is being reminded every time he stumbles that the friend is no longer there — is anything but a facile tragedy with cheap plays to the emotion; it's obviously based on real experience.
I'm thinking also of Mark Dendy. As hysterically funny as "Dream Analysis" was — this 1998 hit conjures Nijinsky, Martha Graham, and Judy Garland among others — it is ultimately a psycho-familial journey that also drove Dendy nearly to hysteria. During the creation, he told me when I interviewed him for the New York Times, he was haunted in his nightmares by an aunt who he also conjured in this dance, the idea being that she couldn't believe he was going to bare her story in his dance.
Since "Dream Analysis," interestingly, Dendy has followed an easier route, a pure dancey direction. In one sense I want to scold him for this — Why is he relying on his natural musicality for easy successes, when he can go so much deeper? — but after the death of Ranja, I can see the danger inherent in mining those deep waters.
Here's what all this is leading up to, at least as close to coherence as I am able to express it this morning. Recently I have been discussing with another choreographer-dancer-teacher from the sub-continent how dance is not looked at seriously by society in general as a career. You've probably all heard this after you tell someone you're a dancer: "Okay, but what's your real job?"
The suicide of Ranja Sircar — and to a less obvious extent, the work of the artists I saw last night — gives me this epiphany: Dancing, and particularly choreographing, is not only not "not a real job." It is an expedition no less fraught with peril than the most snake-ridden excavations of Indian Jones. Not all of these prophetic men and women, thank G*d, find their visions so ultimately and unremittingly black and hopeless that they are moved to take their own lives. But I have no doubt that the small deaths are real, and the stakes high.
Notes (from original article): Ranja's mother passed away this spring. Thanks to Anita Ratnam for her insight.


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ALCS Game 5
The Texas Rangers will have to wait for another day. And if the Yankees have their way in the end, they will have to wait for another year.
Facing elimination in Game Five of the American League Championship Series, the New York Yankees pulled through and beat the Rangers 7-2, coming off three consecutive losses. The ALCS will now move to a Game Six on Friday night with the Yanks now trailing three games to two.
No A.L. pennant for Texas yet. The Yankees are alive.
The Bronx Bombers broke out of their offensive slump in the bottom of the second, plating three runs to take command. Jorge Posada brought some redemption to himself following his unproductive pinch-hit at bat last night. The Yankee catcher ignited the offense with an RBI single to score Alex Rodriguez.
Later in the frame, Curtis Granderson singled to score Lance Berkman and Posada came around to score on a throwing error by Jeff Francoeur.
With the Yanks leading 3-0 in the bottom of the third, a scuffling Nick Swisher came out of his funk with a solo home run to left field, his first of the ALCS, putting the Yanks ahead 4-0.
Right after Swisher's shot, Robinson Cano took Texas starter C.J. Wilson deep with a home run of his own, his fourth of the ALCS, giving the Yanks a convincing 5-0 edge. With the homer, Cano tied a record for home runs in the ALCS, becoming the 10th player in Major League Baseball history to have four homers in an LCS.
Josh Hamilton, who was 1-for-4 with a strikeout today, also has four homers this series.
In the bottom of the fifth, Berkman drove in a run with a sacrifice fly scoring Swisher, and Granderson smacked a solo home run in the eighth, sticking the proverbial nail in the Rangers' Game Five coffin.
"I saw something in the players' eyes; I saw determination and there was a good mood during batting practice," Yankee manager Joe Girardi said to the media after the victory.
"I felt like they would do it, because as I have been saying they are resilient. We have been through difficult games and have bounced back. As a manager, you appreciate it."
Texas only managed two runs off Yankee ace CC Sabathia, who was certainly in better control than he was in Game One of the series. Sabathia threw six innings and gave up two runs on 11 hits. He walked no batters and struck out seven.
Sabathia bent, but he did not break.
The only real pest for Sabathia was Matt Treanor, who hit a solo home run to left field in the fifth and drove in a run with a groundout to third in the sixth, which plated David Murphy.
Other than Treanor's RBIs, Sabathia battled valiantly.
Kerry Wood followed Sabathia nicely and held the Rangers to no runs in relief, tossing two scoreless innings and only allowing one hit. He also picked Elvis Andrus off second base, his second pickoff of the ALCS. In Game One, Wood picked Ian Kinsler off first.
Mariano Rivera closed the game out with a scoreless ninth, giving the Yankees their first win of the ALCS since Game One.
Now the Yanks and Rangers will get their boots, spurs, 10 gallon hats, and stirrups, because they are heading back to Texas for Game Six on Friday night.
Phil Hughes (1-1, 5.70 ERA) will take the hill for New York, looking to push the series to a Game Seven on Saturday night. Hughes will be opposed by Colby Lewis (1-0, 1.69 ERA).
As I am well-aware, I did not blog about Game Four, because it was too difficult to even think about; too painful. Game Four basically personified this ALCS up until today, as the Yankees seemed to be in control only to have everything collapse on them. A.J. Burnett was dealing and pitching nicely, but along came Bengie Molina; he spoiled it with the two-run home run.
And from there…it turned ugly. A 10-3 loss and the Yankees' backs are against the wall.
But they responded in a huge way this afternoon. Facing elimination the offense woke up and did what they needed to do to win. I had posted something derogatory about Swisher earlier in the day and (of course) as soon as I said something bad about him, he homered.
"Nick Swisher walks into a bar. The bartender says, 'We have a drink named after you.' Swisher replies, 'Really? You have a drink named I stink in the postseason?'"
And as soon as I said that, he went deep. Figures. I'm just thankful he did something productive.
But if the offense clicks on Friday the way they did today, the chances of a Game Seven are very likely. Every Yankee hitter has practically been dormant for the past three games, but they awoke from their slumber today. Seven runs, nine hits, and they drew six walks.
They need just two more games like that and the pennant is theirs.
If you ask me, I am looking at this situation the same way I looked at the American League Division Series. Right now, there are factors working in the Yanks' favor and things working against them…
For the Yankees
· Phil Hughes in Game Six.
Not only has he pitched in an elimination game and dominated (Game Three of the ALDS, October of 2007 vs. Cleveland) but he has done better on the road. Especially in Texas; after all (as noted several times) he nearly no-hit the Rangers in May of 2007. Not to mention, Hughes has not really had two consecutive starts in a row where he has been knocked around. When he lost this season, he usually bounced back with a solid game.
· Andy Pettitte in Game Seven.
Pettitte is the winningest pitcher in postseason history and in the only game he pitched in the ALCS, he was a stud. He made one mistake to Josh Hamilton, but other than that, he was lights out. Pettitte clinched Game Three of the ALDS this year and was on the mound for every clinching game in 2009, including the World Series.
· Game Seven, if the Yankees get there
The Yankees know what it's like to play in a Game Seven. Texas has never been there. If the Yankees win on Friday, it's a brand new ALCS; it's winner-take-all. Game Seven is basically a one-game playoff. The Yankees know what it's like to be in the position of win or go home in the ALCS. Texas has faced elimination in the past, but never in a Game Seven; not in the Championship Series.
And as we have all seen in the past, especially 2003 and 2004, ANYTHING can happen in Game Seven.
Anything goes and everyone is available. "No holds barred," if you will.
· The Way Alex Rodriguez Swung the Bat Today
If the Yanks want to win, they need their cleanup man to hit. That's the bottom line. Today A-Rod picked up one hit, walked twice, and scored a run, letting everyone know that he is not asleep and can come through when need be.
Rodriguez spent three years in Texas, dominating in offensive categories. Hopefully he can brush off some of that Texas power and dominate Arlington the way he did when he played there.
If A-Rod is on, look out Texas pitchers.
· Texas Record at home this Postseason
At home this October, the Rangers have only won one game, which was Game Two of the ALCS. They are 1-3 in Arlington, and they have only averaged 4.3 runs per game in their home ballpark this postseason.
Against the Yankees
· Cliff Lee in Game Seven.
It's hard to ignore the giant elephant in the room. There's no doubt that Lee was a monster in Game Three. A scary monster; more terrifying than Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Dracula, The Frankenstein Monster, Jaws, the Wolfman, and the Boogeyman combined.
I understand Halloween is almost upon us, but I really do not want to see a monster like Lee in a big game. I'd rather wait until Halloween to be afraid of things like that.
· Josh Hamilton
He has killed the Yankees this whole ALCS. With his fans in Texas cheering him on, and the fact that people are already talking him up to be the MVP of the series, Hamilton (like Lee) frightens me. He also has four homers off Yankee pitching, solidifying his status as a thorn in the Yanks' side.
· Absence of Mark Teixeira
Yesterday, the Yankees' first baseman was lost for the remainder of the postseason, running awkwardly to first base on a ground ball and injuring his hamstring in the process. Although "Big Tex" had not being producing much in the ALCS (0-for-14 in the series) he is still a presence; he still has that force about him that can scare pitchers and he has the ability to make a pitcher labor.
As bad as he was performing, he is still Mark Teixeira. He was there when the Yanks needed him to come through in Game One of the ALDS; that home run to untie the game is not far from my mind.
· Lance Berkman's Fall
Going for a popup in foul territory today, the newly appointed Yankee first baseman took a bit of a tumble and landed squarely on his rear end. According to Girardi, Berkman will have to undergo some treatment before the game on Friday night.
"He hurt his lower back/upper glut," the skipper said.
After the fall, Berkman stuck it out and played the remainder of the game. Today he was 0-for-2 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored, but he did not pick up a hit. That being said, there's no telling how Berkman will swing the bat the rest of the postseason.
· David Murphy in Game Six
The 29 year-old outfielder smacked a home run and drove in two runs in Game Two off Hughes. If he does anything close to that in Game Six…needless to say, it might be a hugh-mongous problem.
Everyone must keep in mind that the Yankees know where they are. As Manager Girardi said, they are resilient; the have been down before but have come back to win, much like they did today. The skipper said that he is confident with his club and they went out today and played a good game.
And that they did. The Yankees undoubtedly played with soul today.
Now what every Yankee fan has to do now is just believe.
Believe in Phil Hughes.
Believe in the offense and their ability to score runs.
Believe in the bullpen.
Believe. Believe. Believe.
And to paraphrase Johnny Damon after Game Three of the ALCS in 2004,
"If there's a group of guys who can do it, it's us!!!" (I'm sorry I cannot call the Yankees "idiots." Sorry Johnny. Wish you were still here, by the way)
See you all after Game Six.


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Are you a die hard Supernatural fan? Then we have some exciting news for you!
The CW is developing a spin-off of the long-running hit show. Executive producer, Bob Singer, first announced the project during a press event at Comic-Con.
Details are scarce right now since it is still early in the process, but here is what we know: a new character will be introduced in episode 20, which will also serve as the pilot for the spin-off, and that character will go on to star in the spin-off.
This is not the only spin-off The CW is working on. It is launching another spin-off this fall with the "Vampire Diaries" offshoot "The Originals."
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NCIS has joined Crime Stoppers, the Jacksonville Department of Public Safety, family and friends and area businesses, including the bingo hall, in upping the reward for information in the case. The reward is now up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest.
JACKSONVILLE � Kim Hua Flournoy, a 65-year-old grandmother who frequented TNT Beach Bingo on Henderson Drive, was shot and killed at around 7:40 p.m. on Dec. 30.
NCIS has joined Crime Stoppers, the Jacksonville Department of Public Safety, family and friends and area businesses, including the bingo hall, in upping the reward for information in the case. The reward is now up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest.
Flournoy was the mother of two adult children, one a federal law enforcement officer and the other a social worker. She had one grandson. Family said Flournoy loved Jacksonville and loved playing bingo. The widow of an active duty Marine, Flournoy worked aboard Camp Lejeune for several years until her death.
�She deserves everything we can give her,� said Joe Kennedy, special agent in charge of NCIS Carolinas Field Office, which added $2,500 to the reward pot Friday.
Jacksonville Public Safety Director Mike Yaniero said someone in the community knows who killed Flournoy.
�I truly believe someone out there has the exact piece of information we need,� Yaniero told the Jacksonville Daily News in a sit-down interview Friday that included Yaniero, Kennedy and Capt. Jason Bettis, supervisor of the JPD Investigations Division.
Bettis said detectives are working the case like the shooting happened yesterday.
�We want the public and the suspect to know we�re not stopping,� Bettis said, adding that investigators continue to conduct interviews and collect evidence. He said they have a person of interest in the case, but didn�t want to elaborate. The suspect has been identified and questioned by investigators but no arrest has yet been made.
Surveillance video shows a man walking up to Flournoy and shooting her in the face.
�This is our man,� Bettis said.
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The black-and-white footage already turned over to media outlets including The Daily News shows a suspect get out of a white or silver Dodge Avenger, walk across the back parking lot of the bingo hall, briefly struggle with someone off camera, then fire a shot.
Flournoy died of a gunshot wound to the face, according to her death certificate.
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Multi-Asset Insights: Where next for the US dollar?
Multi-Asset Insights: Where next for the US dollar?
Over the past 15 years, the global economy has had a tailwind from US dollar weakness, the recycling of petro dollars and trade surplus reserves, and considerable US dollar borrowing.
However, the sharp appreciation in the US dollar over the past two years has placed considerable stress upon the global economy.
Impact on China
The most direct and meaningful impact of a stronger US dollar has been on China, with the nation's pegged exchange rate importing US monetary conditions into the nation. Growth in China has slowed as export growth has diminished due to a loss of competitiveness (Figure 1).
Downward pressure on growth has led to domestic easing in an attempt to counter this, with the combination of reduced investment opportunities and lower interest rates leading to capital outflows (Figure 2) – placing downward pressure on the Chinese yuan (CNY) peg and exporting deflationary pressure on the global economy.
Impact on the US
A strengthening US dollar has contributed to tighter US monetary conditions. US dollar strength has diminished the competitiveness of the US economy and weighed on what were previously bright spots: the manufacturing and industrial sectors.
This is a result of a decline in the demand for US exports as the exchange rate has appreciated, but also due to the import substitution effect.
This has caused the US trade deficit, ex-energy products, to return to levels reached in the mid 2000s – the height of the US-China circular trade relationship.
Potential for USD to weaken
A weaker US dollar would provide relief to the various pressures weighing on the global economy, such as Chinese capital flows, the CNY, commodities, emerging markets and the US economy.
A weaker US dollar, however, requires an appreciation in other major currencies. We see little ability or willingness for this to take place.
We believe appreciation in either the yen or the euro would slow these economies quickly, while both the Bank of Japan and European Central Bank appear unwilling to allow meaningful strength in their currencies because of this.
We believe we have reached the point where policy divergence has become destructive, with any further sharp appreciation in the dollar coming from a rebound in US growth in turn putting pressure on global growth.
We also see limited ability for the dollar to weaken against major crosses given the lack of ability or willingness for these economies to accept stronger exchange rates.
Our expectation is therefore that major currencies will likely remain range-bound until there is greater evidence that economies have been able to adjust and withstand the pressures being placed upon them by a stronger US.
If the US economy slows and the Fed becomes increasingly dovish, this is supportive of assets like gold, given a lack of ability or willingness for the dollar to weaken against other major currencies.
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Algerian middle-distance runner Taoufik Makhloufi has been kicked out of the London Olympics for not trying hard Monday in an 800-meter preliminary heat.
Makhloufi, who stopped running in the first lap of the 800, had already qualified for Tuesday's 1,500 final, and he appeared to be saving energy for that race, where he was a likely medal contender.
The International Association of Athletics Federations says race referee found the 24-year-old African champion in the 800 guilty of "failure to compete honestly with bona fide effort."
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IAAF rules state that "an athlete shall be excluded from participation in all further events in the competition."
After Makhloufi was expelled from the Games, his team came forward, saying he had a knee injury.
An IAAF spokeswoman said if this is true, he can be reinstated for Tuesday's final if a doctor's certificate can be produced, reports Reuters.
He was disqualified a week after four women's badminton doubles teams were disqualified for playing to lose in order to get a more favorable position in a later round.


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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...An unexpected flush of small field strawberries and a photo I had seen on the Huffington Post led to the dessert I'm featuring tonight. I was able to trace the origins of the dish back to an old issue of Food and Wine magazine and a recipe that had been developed for them by Gerald Craft. I love old-fashioned desserts and this one harkened back to the English crumbs and crumbles that I so enjoy. There was, however, a twist. The base of the dessert was a quantity of stewed berries, three pounds worth. The berries were covered with cake batter and topped with a layer of crumbs. I was curious to see if stewed berries retained enough flavor to compete with the other elements that topped them. This is why we test, and this is why the success or failure of a recipe depends on individual taste as well as the developers vision. Some will love this, others will view it as a curiosity and move on to other things. I am in the later camp. While the fault may be found in the way I handled them, I don't think the stewed berries added much, save expense, to this dessert and I will not be making it again. Mine, by the way is a minority opinion, so, please don't be put off by my comments. Here's the recipe for those of you who would like to try it in your own kitchen. Be sure to serve this warm.
Warm Strawberry Crumb Cake...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite inspired by a Gerald Craft recipe from Food and Wine magazine
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
2-1/2 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in 2-1/2 tablespoons of water
1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
generous pinch of salt
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed and chilled
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
1-1/4 cups sugar
3 large eggs
1-1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup buttermilk
1) To make filling: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, toss strawberries with sugar, lemon juice, cornstarch slurry and vanilla seeds and let stand until berries release some of their juices, about 30 minutes. Pour fruit filling into a 9-by-13-inch glass or ceramic baking dish set on a sturdy baking sheet.
2) To make crumb topping: Combine light brown sugar, flour, butter and salt in a medium-sized bowl. Mix ingredients, using fingers, until a coarse meal forms. Press into small clumps.
3) To make cake: Whisk flour, baking powder and salt in a medium-sized bowl. Set aside. In a separate large bowl, use a handheld electric mixer and beat butter and sugar at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well between additions. Beat in extract, scraping down sides of bowl. Add dry ingredients to batter in three additions alternating with buttermilk.
4) To finish: Spoon batter over fruit filling, spreading it to edges of pan. Sprinkle with crumb topping. Bake in center of oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until fruit is bubbling, crumb topping is golden and a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out with a few moist crumbs attached. Transfer pan to a rack to cool slightly. Serve crumb cake warm or at room temperature. Yield: 8 servings.
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Posts Tagged 'One Britain'
One Israel =/= 1Malaysia
I wrote this email to a friend a week ago and felt it worth sharing, on this accusation of One Israel and 1Malaysia being the same.
I find this issue to be a bit silly, as though it were brought up to distract the public from whatever Zahrain has mentioned. One Israel was a political alliance formed for an election campaign in the early 80s, no different from Barisan Alternatif in 2004. You could also say that at the time One Israel was trying to present a political alternative that was moderate and not extreme.
1Malaysia looks to me like a feel-good public relations (PR) exercise by the ruling government to win over the hearts and minds of the people, by making it appear as a multi-ethnic and not extreme regime.
They are two different things – a political coalition and a PR campaign. The easiest difference being that any politician whether BN/Pakatan/Independent can publicly say they support 1Malaysia. If I was a Pakatan leader I would say I support 1Malaysia and start a bunch of 1Something initiatives in the Pakatan states. This would confuse the rakyat because they can't psychologically link 1Malaysia to BN if Pakatan supports it. It is an advantage that PR has – it's not like the tagline for 1Malaysia is 'BN Sayangkan Semua' haha!
I know this won't happen. Sad to say our PKR party grassroots are not educated enough to understand the logic of supporting the enemy platform to defuse it. Much easier to continue to tar and feather BN and hound them non-stop. Our party foundation is built on hating the enemy.
You know what I found funny? One Israel was a combination of left-centrist Social Democrats, Socialists and a religious party.
Doesn't that sound a lot like Pakatan Rakyat? Haha!
So One Israel = Political Coalition
If Apco is confirmed to have come up with both campaign titles, the issue that PKR wants to highlight is that an Israeli government linked entity is directing Malaysian government public relations with the people.
Ultimately PKR needs to prove that Apco has Israeli government links. By that I mean the company is currently run by members of the Israeli government. Yusmadi Yusoff alleged as much today (http://malaysiakini.com/news/127181)
Having three members of an advisory council that were formerly working for the Israel government is a weak connection. It demonises Jews and places PKR in the same Jew-hating camp as UMNO. It is like saying any board that Tun Daim Zainuddin sits on is under the control of the Malaysian government by virtue of him being an ex-Finance Minister.
The fact is there are far more Americans sitting on the advisory council than Israelis (or maybe even Jews, but you can't always tell a Jew by the name alone 😉 ). The member list is at http://www.apcoworldwide.com/content/international_advisory_council/members.aspx
One escape route would be to settle for attacking govt over-expenditure on this foreign company. But Anwar has closed the door on that by saying he will prove the Israel connection, which I'm interested to see.
One Alternatives
One Australia was an immigration and ethnic affairs policy that called for an end to multiculturalism. The fear then was that Australia would lose its identity if more Asians kept coming in. I don't think the fears have gone away.
I could find no evidence of 1Britain or One Britain online. Perhaps it was an anti-immigration movement under a different name. It might be referring to the British National Party which has a strong anti-immigration platform, so one of their old slogans might have been 1Britain. Or Tian Chua/Harakah could have made it up.
I'm suddenly reminded of a saying that, 'if you can't attack a man for his ideas, attack the clothes he wears instead'. Talking about 1Australia, 1Israel or 1Britain (which I consider fiction) without linking it with the 1Malaysia campaign seems superficial. 1Malaysia is not a political coalition or anti-immigration political agenda. Is Pakatan so weak that we resort to attacking phrases? What happened to attacking ideas, principles and actions? One Israel was not even referred to as 1Israel until Pakatan chose to spin it!
In Closing
An MP cannot mislead the House so I have no issue with Anwar being referred to the Special Rights & Privileges Committee if the House votes on it. If Anwar does not produce the evidence then the only valid criticism I can see are:
1) How much is being spent for Apco's services? Assuming the figure is high, why is the taxpayer money being wasted?
2) Why a foreign company instead of a local one?
I'll admit, these criticisms are not as entertaining or dramatic as what they are alluding to now.
Further reading (http://www.aijac.org.au/review/1999/244/oneisrael.html )


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Convex Hulls with GPS + GPX + HXT
October 22, 2010
GPS, a toy library for basic Latitude/Longitude based calculations, has just received a small face lift. I now leverage the GPX library and its classes/data types of Lat, Lon, and Time so GPS no longer needs to declare Latitude, Longitude, Coordinate, or Location.
In addition to the old addVector, restLocations, heading and divideArea functions GPS now also includes a convexHull function. Here's how to get a convex hull from a gpx trace produced by a logger:
import Text.XML.HXT.Arrow import Data.GPS import Data.Geo.GPX import System.Environment import Control.Monad main = do fs <- getArgs g >> xpickleDocument xpickle [(a_indent, v_1)] "convexHull.gpx") return ()


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Giants release RB Jacobs after 7 years
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Brandon Jacobs was released Friday by the New York Giants after he could not reach agreement on a restructured deal.
The running back spent seven seasons with New York, winning two Super Bowls.
Jacobs, 29, ran for 571 yards and seven touchdowns last season as a backup to Ahmad Bradshaw.
Jacobs is the fourth-leading rusher in franchise history with 4,849 yards, but saw his role diminish with the emergence of Bradshaw.
"Brandon helped us win two world championships," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. "He always did what was in the best interest of team. No matter what you asked him to do, he performed and played in whatever role we asked him to perform. He really was a team player."
"I have always felt like Brandon could be counted on. He's a guy that is very, very good in meetings for me. He pays attention. He picks up on the message. He loves the excitement of the game. He loves everything about it: the pregame routine, the talking to his teammates, trying to motivate his teammates. He loves every part of it."
A fourth-round draft pick in 2005, Jacobs rushed for 56 touchdowns. He had 1,000-yard seasons in 2007 and 2008, but his carries and yardage dipped the past two seasons. He gained 823 yards in 2010, and had just 152 carries and a 3.8-yard average last season.
"We tried, couldn't reach an agreement," Jacobs said. "It's been great, though. I can't say anything negative about anybody in the organization."
Bradshaw, who has battled foot injuries in recent years, will be backed up next season by D.J. Ware and Da'Rel Scott, who saw little action this past season as a rookie. Former draft pick Andre Brown spent last season on the practice squad and could figure into the mix.
Jacobs expressed hopes after the 21-17 Super Bowl win over New England that he would be able to work out a deal and stay with the Giants. But with other needs, and a salary cap to manage, New York had other ideas.
"It's been a great ride," Jacobs said.
Jacobs was drafted out of Southern Illinois. He began his college career at Coffeyville Community College and transferred to Auburn before finally settling in with the Salukis.


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Portland Timbers vs. FC Dallas | MLS Match Preview
PORTLAND TIMBERS vs FC DALLAS
PROVIDENCE PARK, Portland, Ore.
June 11, 2014 (WEEK 15, MLS Game #137)
10 pm ET / 7 pm PT (ESPN2/Deportes)
A crucial match in the Western Conference rounds out the MLS schedule before the World Cup break as the Portland Timbers return home to take on FC Dallas on Wednesday evening before an ESPN2 audience. The Timbers come back to the Rose City after extending their club record road winning streak to three games in a 3-1 triumph at Real Salt Lake last weekend. FC Dallas put an end to an eight-game winless run at home with a 3-2 victory against Colorado. The teams are separated by just two points in the division standings.
REFEREE: Alan Kelly. AR1 (bench): Fabio Tovar; AR2 (opposite): Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho; 4th: Tyler Ploeger
MLS Career: 4 games; FC/gm: 29.8; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 2; pens: 2
SUSPENDED: none
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: POR: Pa Modou Kah, Diego Chara … DAL: Fabian Castillo
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: POR: Norbetto Paparetto … DAL: Matt Hedges, Michel, Je-Vaughn Watson, Victor Ulloa
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
ALL-TIME (9 meetings): Timbers 3 wins, 10 goals … FC Dallas 3 wins, 17 goals … Ties 3
AT PORTLAND (4 meetings): Timbers 3 wins, 7 goals … FC Dallas 0 wins, 4 goals … Ties 1
FUTURE MATCH: 10/25: FC Dallas vs. Portland Timbers, 7:30 p.m. CT
• The teams are meeting for the second time this season. A late Blas Perez goal gave FC Dallas a 2-1 victory, March 29 at Toyota Stadium.
• The road team has never won in the series, in nine meetings all-time. The Timbers have won three of the four meetings all-time in Portland.
• Coaches record: Oscar Pareja vs. POR: P7 W3 L3 T1 … Caleb Porter vs. DAL: P4 W2 L1 T1
3/29: DAL 1, POR 1 (Perez 47+; Díaz 84 – own goal 66)
• Before halftime, both teams were a man down as Portland's Michael Harrington and FCD's Je-Vaughn Watson were both sent off by referee Sorin Stoica in the 39th minute for an off-the-ball incident.
• FC Dallas took the lead in first-half stoppage time. Jair Benitez played in a far-post cross which was headed into the ground by Kellyn Acosta, and then headed past Timbers goalkeeper Andrew Weber by an unmarked Blas Perez.
• But the visitors drew level on an odd play in the 66th minute. Portland forward Maximiliano Urruti's pass for substitute Kalif Alhassan deflected off the foot of Dallas captain Matt Hedges, wrongfooting goalkeeper Chris Seitz as it caromed into the net.
• Yet FC Dallas had one final answer. After the ball was sent back into the danger zone following an FCD free kick, Mauro Díaz shifted to his right in the heart of the area and fired a low shot past Weber for the 84th-minute match-winner.
• FC DALLAS (4-2-3-1): Chris Seitz - Kellyn Acosta, Matt Hedges, Stephen Keel, Jair Benitez - Michel, Victor Ulloa (Zach Loyd 87) - Je-Vaughn Watson (ejected 40), Mauro Diaz, Fabian Castillo (Moises Hernandez 90) - Blas Perez (David Texeira 66).
• PORTLAND TIMBERS (4-2-1-3): Andrew Weber - Jack Jewsbury (Frederic Piquionne 87), Pa Modou Kah, Norberto Paparatto, Michael Harrington (ejected 39) - Diego Chara, Will Johnson - Diego Valeri - Darlington Nagbe (Alvas Powell 46), Maximiliano Urruti, Gaston Fernandez (Kalif Alhassan 62).
The Portland Timbers won their third game out of the last four, going to Real Salt Lake and coming away with a 3-1 victory, Saturday evening at Rio Tinto Stadium. The Timbers are in sixth place in the Western Conference with 19 points from 15 games.
• RSL took the lead in the 23rd minute. Defender Chris Schuler's header off a corner kick was deflected and the ball fell right to the feet of midfielder Luke Mulholland, who struck it hard inside the left post past Portland goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts.
• But the Timbers equalized on a corner kick of their own in the 36th minute. Midfielder Diego Valeri put in a perfect service to the heart of the area where Fanendo Adi headed home inside the right-hand post of RSL goalkeeper Jeff Attinella.
• The visitors took the lead in the 45th minute. Racing away downfield on a counterattack following a cleared Real corner, the Timbers broke on a four-on-two break. Attinella made a spectacular save on Darlington Nagbe, but Adi was there to slam home the rebound.
• Real Salt Lake went a man down less than 10 minutes into the second half when referee Ismail Elfath pulled two yellow cards out of his pocket in the space of less than two minutes. RSL defender Beltran was first cautioned for grabbing Nagbe's jersey, and sent off after taking Nagbe down with a poorly timed tackle.
• The Timbers iced the game in the 73rd minute when Schuler's arm blocked a flicked cross from Nagbe as he slid in the box, and Elfath whistled for a penalty for Portland. Will Johnson stepped up and calmly put the resulting spot kick into the net.
• Timbers head coach Caleb Porter made three changes to the team that fell 4-3 to Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Providence Park. Norberto Paparatto came into central defense in place of Pa Modou Kah, Gaston Fernandez started in the midfield for Steve Zakuani, and Maximiliano Urruti came in up top for Fanendo Adi.
• PORTLAND TIMBERS (4-2-3-1): Donovan Ricketts - Jack Jewsbury, Norberto Paparatto (Danny O'Rourke 60), Rauwshan McKenzie, Jorge Villafana - Will Johnson, Diego Chara - Diego Valeri, Darlington Nagbe (Kalif Alhassan 88), Gaston Fernandez (Steve Zakuani 68) - Fanendo Adi.
• The Timbers extended their MLS club record winless streak on the road to three matches, and are now unbeaten in their last four away from Providence Park.
• "I'm just happy that we got three points," Timbers head coach Caleb Porter said. "We haven't gotten results at home like we needed to, but we've now gotten three victories in a row on the road and that says a lot about this group. And it shows that even though we're dropping a few points at home that we can make up for it. We have a lot of games left, home and away, and we need to do better at home starting with Dallas on Wednesday."
• The Timbers also won for the third time in the last four matches and have lost just once in their last eight games, dating back to April 27.
• Returning to the starting lineup for the second time in three games, Fanendo Adi hit for his second two-goal game in that span, coming in each start. Adi has four goals and an assist in his last three games.
• "It's not just me scoring the goals, but it's the whole team. Without the guys playing fantastic, I wouldn't be able to get a goal as a striker, so it's not just about me, it's about the whole team. We played a nice game," Adi said.
• Diego Valeri recorded his league-leading eighth assist of the season, his fifth assist over the last three games. All eight of Valeri's assists have come in the last seven games, since the May 3 win vs. D.C. United.
• "[Adi] is on fire. The goal that he scores, and Diego [Valeri] as well. Those two guys are really producing," said Will Johnson. "The goal where Adi just muscles a guy – you can't teach that, it's just instinctive. A big physical guy and the way that he scored that first goal, it just kind of opened them up a little bit, and really it was tough for them to bounce back from that. Those two guys are playing great and I think that everyone else is pitching in too."
• The Timbers also scored three goals in a game for the third time in the last five matches, and have scored multiple goals in five consecutive games. They are averaging 1.73 goals per game, the third-highest average in MLS.
• "We've been handicapped a few times early in the year especially with some injuries. I think that line of three, having that fluid line, playing with more inverted wingers underneath, a true target-type nine really seemed to work ... I think basically our group of five guys with the two holding mids, [Diego] Chara and [Will] Johnson, and obviously [Darlington] Nagbe, Gaston [Fernandez], and [Diego] Valeri, those five guys really did a nice job on both sides of the ball with controlling the midfield," Porter said.
FC Dallas put an end to their winless run after eight games, coming back for a 3-2 win against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday evening at Toyota Stadium. FC Dallas sit in a tie for fourth place in the Western Conference with 21 points from 16 games.
• The Rapids opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Drew Moor nodded a cross back across the face of goal and Deshorn Brown reacted quickest to it, chipping FC Dallas goalkeeper Raul Fernandez from inside the six-yard box.
• The home side were level just eight minutes later. Jair Benitez hammered a free kick straight out from goal, just beyond the restraining arc. The ball took a deflection off FCD striker Andres Escobar and wrong-footed Colorado goalkeeper Clint Irwin on its way to goal.
• FCD took the lead in first-half stoppage time when Fabian Castillo saw his dribbling run halted just before reaching the Colorado penalty area, but Moor drove the loose ball goalward, again leaving Irwin little chance as it deflected slightly off a defender before reaching the back of the net.
• The Rapids again leveled terms in the 52nd minute when a corner kick by Dillon Powers was powerfully headed on goal by Jose Mari. Benitez nearly nodded the ball off the line, but the ball still crashed into the top of the goal.
• That set the stage for a brilliant match-winner. Castillo won the ball near the center circle, beat three Rapids defenders directly off the dribble and then took a quick shot from the left side of the penalty area for the 62nd-minute winner.
• FCD head coach Oscar Pareja made four changes to the team that dropped a 2-1 result to the San Jose Earthquakes at Toyota Stadium. Raul Fernandez came in between the posts in place of Chris Seitz, Jair Benitez came back in at left back for Moises Hernandez, and Peter Luccin and Andres Escobar entered the side in place of Je-Vaughn Watson and the suspended Adam Moffat.
• FC DALLAS (4-4-2): Raul Fernandez - Zach Loyd, Walker Zimmerman (Stephen Keel 44), Matt Hedges (Je-Vaughn Watson 46), Jair Benitez - Fabian Castillo, Peter Luccin (Andrew Jacobson 57), Victor Ulloa, Tesho Akindele - Blas Perez, Andres Escobar.
• FC Dallas won for the first time since the April 19 victory vs. Toronto FC, going 0-6-2 over their eight-game winless skein, tied for the fourth-longest winless run in the club's 19-year history. The club record is 13 games, set during the 2012 season.
• "It was a really long stretch and the struggle, the adversity, the red cards; all those things have been frustrating. Since they have not stopped working, the game rewarded them with three points before the break and gives us the momentum to go to Portland and fight," said FCD head coach Oscar Pareja. "We're trying to get people healthy to try to fight the second half of the season with a complete roster. That would be great."
• Fabian Castillo scored his fourth goal of the season, and has two goals and an assist over his last five games.
• "Fabian creates a lot of options. We have to be patient with a player that is young, but has a lot of potential. There was an improvement in his finishing; he created the play, he took the people on and the finishing was fantastic," said Pareja.
• Making his first start for the club (after five appearances off the substitutes' bench), Andres Escobar was credited with his first MLS goal, after the Jair Benitez free kick deflected off him into the net.
• "I'm very happy for Andres. He's been working hard to come back from being injured. He worked very hard in the game. I'm not only happy for him because of the goal but he worked very hard throughout the game to get the win," said Castillo.
• Jair Benitez was credited with his third assist in the last five matches, returning to the starting lineup after coming off the substitutes' bench in each of the last two games.
• Raúl Fernández was credited with his first victory between the posts this season, in his sixth start. FCD was 0-4-1 in his first five starts, his last the 2-1 loss to the LA Galaxy on May 21.
• The FCD back four underwent a makeover on either side of halftime. Walker Zimmerman came off just before halftime and Matt Hedges came off during the break. Zach Loyd shifted inside to play in central defense while Je-Vaughn Watson came on for Hedges.
• "[Matt Hedges] was tired – his hamstring was bothering him very early in the game. We've been playing six games with 10 players, which, though we sometimes don't think about that part, will create a lot of extra miles for a player. There has to be consistency in the lineup and under those circumstances I just wanted to put someone in that was 100 percent," said Pareja.
• Said Loyd: "[Stephen] Keel and I sat here at halftime and talked about what we wanted to do. I got to talk to Oscar [Pareja] a little bit about what he wanted out of me. So to have that good 10-15 minutes to discuss what we wanted to do going forward definitely helped, instead of having to make that change on the fly."


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Just over a week after Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie married in a secret ceremony in France, the first photos of the event are out.
Jolie's Atelier Versace dress was decorated with artwork by her children, with designs based on their drawings sewn into the fabric and veil by Luigi Massi, according to People and Hello!, which published the photos.
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"It was important to us that the day was relaxed and full of laughter," Pitt, 50, and Jolie, 39, told People about their wedding day. "It was such a special day to share with our children and a very happy time for our family."
The couple's six children — Maddox, 13, Pax, 10, Zahara, 9, Shiloh, 8, and 6-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox — helped write their parents' vows for the big day, and all of them played a role in the ceremony. Pitt also had to borrow a tie from one of his sons because he forgot to bring one with him to France.
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