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Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)
Simon Boccanegra - Melodrama in a Prologue and
Three Acts (1881)
Simon Boccanegra, a sometime corsair and Doge of Genoa - Leo Nucci (baritone);
Maria Boccanegra, Simon's daughter known as Amelia Grimaldi -
Tamar Iveri (soprano); Jacapo Fiesco, a Genoese nobleman - Roberto Scandiuzzi
(bass); Gabrielle Adorno, a Genoese gentleman in love with Maria - Francesco
Meli (tenor); Paolo Albiani, a courtier - Simone Piazzola (baritone)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio, Parma/Daniele Callegari
Staging: Giorgio Gallione
Stage Director: Marina Bianchi
Set and Costume Designer: Guido Fiorato
Lighting Designer: Bruno Ciulli
Video Director: Tiziano Mancini
rec. live, Parma Verdi Festival, 23, 25, 28 March 2010
Sound Formats: DTS-HD MA 5.1. PCM Stereo
Filmed: HD 1080i; Aspect ratio: 16:9
Booklet languages: English, German, French
Subtitles: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish,
Chinese, Korean, Japanese
Also available in DVD format
[137:00 +11:00 bonus]
Called Tutto
Verdi, this series of the operas, plus The Requiem, is
being issued to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Italy's
most celebrated composer. The performances are mainly based on the Teatro
Regio, Parma, which is the most important opera house near his birthplace
and home as well as being host to an annual Verdi Festival.
The title Tutto Verdi is misleading as the series omits two titles,
these being Jérusalem and Aroldo. These are re-writes
of earlier operas using some of the original music. The former derives
from I Lombardi the composer's fourth opera (see review
in this series). Written to a French libretto for the Paris Opera, in
my view it can well be considered a distinct work. The second is a rewrite
of Stiffelio (see review in this series) taking away all the
references to church activity, particularly a married priest that offended
many audiences. It has an entirely new last act in a significantly more
mature orchestral style than its progenitor.
The matter of re-writes can be seen as contentious in an endeavour such
as this series, none more so than in respect of Simon Boccanegra.
Verdi's first version of the work was written for a commission
from the Teatro la Fenice in Venice for the 1856-57 season; like Il
Trovatore it was based on a play by Garcia Gutierrez. The subject
was ideal for Verdi, involving both parent-child relationship and revolutionary
politics. The political aspect caused the local censor to give composer
and Piave, his librettist, a hard time despite the action being set
in 14th century Genoa. The gloomy subject-matter, perhaps
allied to Piave's rather rambling libretto that includes a twenty-year
gap between the prologue and the resumption of the plot, did not help
audiences. At its premiere on 12 March 1857 Verdi's 21st opera
was in his own words "a greater fiasco than La Traviata".
The critics of the time wrote about the lack of easily remembered arias
and melodies. A production at Naples went better but that at La Scala
in 1859 was a bigger fiasco than Venice. The composer had moved his
musical idiom much too far for his audiences and he wrote "The
music of Boccanegra is of a kind that does not make its effect immediately.
It is very elaborate, written with the most exquisite craftsmanship
and needs to be studied in all it details."
Although Simon Boccanegra fell into neglect Verdi regarded his
composition with some fondness, believing the work to be more worthy
than its initial reception and subsequent fate indicated. Consequently
the possibility of revision and revival was never far from his mind.
In 1879 he had written nothing substantial since his Requiem
in 1874 and no opera since Aida ten years earlier. His publisher,
Ricordi, raised the subject of a re-write of Boccanegra. Although
in private he was seriously considering Boito's proposals for
an opera based on Shakespeare's Otello, in public he gave
the impression that he had hung up his pen. When Ricordi told Verdi
that Boito, who was providing him with synopses and other suggestions
for Otello, would himself revise Piave's libretto, the
composer agreed to undertake the task. The Otello project, codenamed
'the chocolate project', and a close secret, was put on
hold but not forgotten The revised Simon Boccanegra was a triumph
at La Scala on 24 March 1881 and it is in this later form that we know
the opera today and which is featured on this recording.
The story of Simon Boccanegra concerns the political conflict
between the Patricians of Genoa lead by Fiesco and the Plebeian faction.
Fiesco's daughter Maria has loved the eponymous corsair and borne
him a daughter. In the Prologue Simon wishes to make peace with Fiesco
and marry Maria. Paolo Albiani and Pietro, members of the Plebeian faction,
propose to nominate Simon for Doge. He refuses until persuaded with
the thought that if he were Doge Fiesco would be unable to thwart him
but it is too late as Maria has died and her daughter, in Simon's
care, has disappeared. Twenty years later, in act one, the missing daughter
is discovered as the unknowing ward of the incognito Fiesco. Simon discovers
the fact after promising her hand to Paolo as reward for helping him
to power. His reversal of that decision sets the scene for her later
abduction. Simon, as Doge, tries to placate the differences between
the parties in a new, highly dramatic scene that Boito added to act
1. This added scene takes place in the Council Chamber and is one of
the mature Verdi's most dramatic musical creations. Its music
is clearly a near relative of that in Otello. Its drama contrasts
sharply with the first scene of the act with its quiet E major chords
that are so evocative of the sea and flowing tides and which precedes
Amelia's Come in quest'ora bruna (CH.10).Thismood,
and that of the short prelude, reflects Verdi's intimate knowledge
of a town where he and his wife spent most winters and owned an apartment.
As well as the addition of the Council Chamber scene there are many
other differences between the 1880 revision and the 1857 original that
make comparisons captivating for Verdi enthusiasts. An audio recording
of the original version of 1857 is available from Opera
The booklet for this recording does not explain the fact that this staging
had a previous life in Bologna under the direction of Giorgio Gallione.
In the credits Marina Bianchi should, perhaps, be described as 'revival
director'. The original Bologna production is available on DVD
from a performance in 2007. The costumes are in period whilst the set,
dominated by a steeply raked mosaic floor, is often representational
rather than realistic. The Fiesci Palace of the prologue is represented
by large block-like structures, striped horizontally, one with a door
for the funeral procession to exit. Elsewhere a moonlit garden and tree
on the ubiquitous mosaic suffices. It is simple but effective and is
enhanced by some creative lighting and curtain drops.
The solo singing is adequate and often more than that and dominated
by Leo Nucci's portrayal of the eponymous role, one of seven assumptions
he takes in this Tutto Verdi Series. Whilst not of the quality of his
Rigoletto (see review)
his singing is powerful for a man of any age let alone one in his sixty-eighth
year. There are moments in the Council Chamber scene where he shows
signs of strain as he attempts to invest the drama of the words Plebi!
Patrizi! as Boccanegra pleads with those present (CH.20), and then
as he forces Paolo to in effect curse himself (CH.21), with a wide variety
of vocal nuance and colour. In the Council Chamber scene in particular,
Nucci seems to wish for more drama from the rostrum, justifiably in
my view, where Daniele Callegari is somewhat flaccid and certainly no
match for Abbado in the justifiably renowned CD recording that followed
the Strehler's La Scala staging (DG Originals). Nor in this scene
is the staging at its best with the Doge at the top of a flight of stairs,
somewhat divorced from the action below, rather than on a throne where
he could better impose his histrionic will on those present.
Roberto Scandiuzzi as Boccanegra's implacable foe, Fiesco, is
sonorous and acts well without erasing memories of Christoff and Ghiaurov
on CD, and more recently, Ferruccio Furlanetto on DVD (see review).
The young Tamar Iveri as Amelia sings with warm womanly tone if rather
too carefully and lacking the floated high notes of some renowned interpreters
in her entrance aria (CH.10). Nonetheless she later creates a believable
and involved character coming into her own in the dramatic scene and
duets with her lover, Gabrielle Adorno, and father (CHs.26-30). As Adorno,
Francesco Meli sings strongly with clear forward open tone. He acts
well and seems easier at forte than in the few more reflective moments
demanded of him. He has an appealing stage presence and I hope to hear
more of him where the vocal demands are for a wider range. I did not
rate his Riccardo from the 2011 Parma Festival performance of Un
Ballo in Maschera in this series, finding his vocal strength allied
to a hard edge and an overall monochromic tone that thins at the top.
(See review).
In this performance his acting and singing was well received by the
audience. Notable by his steady sonorous singing and committed acting
is Simone Piazzola as Paolo. I was impressed both by his acting as well
as his singing. Although he has contacts on social network sites and
an extensive repertoire and bookings I was unable to find a date of
birth for him, but on the basis of this performance he could be an Italian
hope to replace Nucci in the Verdi repertoire when the latter hangs
up his vocal chords.
Simon Boccanegra comes in at eleventh of performances
of Verdi operas and seventieth overall of all operas, after the likes
of Berg's Wozzeck and Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame
(Queen of Spades).
Robert J Farr


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There may be no more classically American film than a gangster flick set in Los Angeles on the cusp of the fifties—that pre-tabloid golden age when movie stars were magnificent creatures captivating the public imagination. "It was a glamorous time," says director Ruben Fleischer, whose Gangster Squad is based on a seven-part series of articles by Los Angeles Times reporter Paul Lieberman. "L.A. was the place to be." Evidently, Mickey Cohen—a pugilistic Brooklyn mobster, played by Sean Penn—arrived at the same conclusion. Cohen headed west to claim his lot and, with the notoriously corrupt LAPD in his pocket, soon ran all the vice operations in Tinseltown—except for one clandestine crew of renegade cops, led by Sgt. John O'Mara (Josh Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling). Known as the Gangster Squad, they had one sole purpose—to take down Cohen, by means legal or otherwise. In the film, Fleischer throws in an illicit romance: The roguish Wooters, who according to Lieberman was the most reckless of the Gangsters, courts potentially lethal trouble by chasing Cohen's flame, Grace Faraday (Emma Stone).
"It's been a while since people really fell in love with an American gangster movie," says Fleischer, 37. He may have a point: In recent years, the genre has found its most potent expression overseas, in the likes of Italy's Gomorrah and France's Mesrine and Carlos. So when Warner Bros.—a studio built upon the pinstriped shoulders of Jimmy Cagney and Edward G. Robinson—sought to revive one of its most storied cinematic traditions, it called upon Fleischer, who'd previously helmed the surprisingly successful horror comedy Zombieland, for some new energy. "It's a modern take on the tradition," Fleischer says, "and hopefully a return to form."


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"A particular feature of the dinner was the strength of the feminine contingent. There were fully as many women there as men, and they were not present as mere appendages of their husbands, but as individuals representing the art of imaginative writing no less than the men. An observer looking over the host of diners, after having scanned the list of guests and noticed that every feminine name in it was familiar to all readers, could not but wonder that the women he found corresponding to those names were all young and pretty. The whole gathering did not seem to include half a dozen women with streaks of gray in their hair."
Gray hair? Well, the past is a different country; and to put these views of women guests into context, Harpers points out: "At Whittier's seventieth birthday, women were admitted into the room only after dinner, to hear the toasts. At Grant's Chicago banquet they were not admitted at all."
Now to meet some of the women.
At the height of their friendship, Jean Webster and my grandmother Winnie (Onoto Watanna) frequently went to plays together, and Jean was Winnie's literary mentor and advisor, writing the foreword to her memoir, Me. Those days were a decade in the future, though they probably knew each other by the time of the Twain party in 1905, as Winnie's husband had grown up with Jean in Fredonia, NY. Jean was present despite the mixed feelings she must have had about her great-uncle Mark Twain. He fired her father, his publisher, who later committed suicide, and their relations can be guessed by this anecdote, from an historical site about Fredonia: http://app.co.chautauqua.ny.us/hist_struct/Pomfret/20CentralPomfret.html
[Charles Webster] was proud of the honor bestowed on him by the Pope when he visited Rome during his European travels. He now had the right to wear the uniform of a Knight of the Order of Pius. It was a pale blue jacket with gold epaulets, white cashmere pants, and a tricorner hat. On occasions he appeared in the village wearing it with sword in hand. His neighbors called him Sir Charles. His bitter uncle, Mark Twain, was said to have commented, "If Charles deserved to be a Papal Knight, Twain deserved to be an archangel."
Karen Alkalay-Gut writes, on her website about Jean Webster: http://karenalkalay-gut.com/web.html
"In later interviews she never charged her famous ancestor with crimes against her father, but covered up her relationship with Twain until it became a matter of public knowledge, and the expression on her face when photographed at Twain's seventieth birthday tells what she was not allowed to express."
And now we see that expression! Jean is lovely in her delicate gown, hair piled high, hands primly folded in her lap, but she is a little slumped, and is frowning. She looks depressed, a bit alienated. The man nearest
her, Richard Le Gallienne, has his back turned to her; he is an elegant piece of work himself, rather Oscar Wildeian. Looking him up, I see his dates are 1866-1947, he is an English man of letters, literary critic and
Elizabeth Bisland was a journalist who in 1889 was ordered by her boss to race Nelly Bly on her round-the-world journey. Protesting the assignment, Elizabeth went in the other direction. Her personality was utterly unlike that of outgoing Nelly; we're told she was "dignified, autocratic, flighty, sybaritic, temperamental, patronizing, powerfully intellectual and effusively romantic...a minefield of complexity. Diminutive, half-blind Lafcadio Hearn, the bohemian journalist who worked with Miss Bisland when, at age 17, she was culture and society editor for the New Orleans Times-Democrat [described her thus]...'She is a witch - turning heads everywhere - but some of her admirers are afraid of her. [An admirer] felt as if he were playing with a beautiful dangerous leopard, which he loved for not biting him. As for me, she is like hasheesh. I can't remember anything she says or anything I myself say after leaving the house; my head is all in a whirl, and I walk against people in the street, and get run over and lose my way - my sense of orientation being grievously disturbed. But I am not in love at all - no such foolishness as that; I am only experiencing the sensation produced upon - alas! - hundreds of finer men than I."
A review tells us that the story is about "the lovely young Mrs. Wing Tee (of course married reluctantly to an aged husband) who nurses a young British gentleman thrown from his horse outside her gates, despite having been warned about the foreign devils. She dreams of a future with him, while he dreams about his fiancee. When the husband returns, tipped off by a nosy neighbor, there is a feast in which a ginger jar figures prominently (and tragically)." The notes comment, "The author provides local color in this story by describing an exotic milieu, and by attempting to render the heroine's dialogue in pidgin English. There is no evidence the author had any direct knowledge of Tientsin (or indeed China), but an oriental setting would appeal to a popular audience at the time." How jealous she and Winnie must have been of each other!
Well! One could chase Internet stories all day and all night, in fact I have, but to calm us down, let's close with a look at Willa Cather's quiet table.
Charles Major, Arthur Colton, Elinor Macartney Lane, Lilian Bell Bogue, Frederick A. Duneka, Willa Silbert Cather, Edward S. Martin, Anne O'Hagan.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Cather's lifelong friend and sometime enemy, was there too, at another table, but much as I love The Deepening Stream and The Homemaker, we have to stop somewhere. I certainly have quite enough material for several more posts about Twain's gala, but shall next turn back to the more restful pastures of my thrift store finds, interspersed with sleeping cats.


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And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris
Just after the war, when it was safe again to speak and write freely, Jean-Paul Sartre claimed that the French, especially French writers and artists, had only two choices under Nazi occupation: to collaborate or to resist. He had chosen the latter, naturally: "Our job was to tell all the French, we will not be ruled by Germans."
In fact, Sartre's behavior during the occupation, though he was never a collabo, was less heroic than his immediate postwar views might suggest. Alan Riding, whose judgment of the French intelligentsia under occupation is neither moralistic nor indulgent, places Sartre very much on the periphery of the resistance. Sartre's plays, such as Huis Clos (No Exit), were read by some admirers (and certainly by Sartre himself, in hindsight) as veiled expressions of anti-Nazi protest. But they were passed without problem by the German censors, and German officers were happy to attend first nights, as well as the postperformance parties.
Sartre was surely being more truthful, about himself at any rate, in an interview given more than thirty years later. "In 1939, 1940," he recalled,
we were terrified of dying, suffering, for a cause that disgusted us. That is, for a disgusting France, corrupt, inefficient, racist, anti-Semite, run by the rich for the rich—no one wanted to die for that, until, well, until we understood that the Nazis were worse.
When I grew up in postwar Holland, painful memories of the German occupation were still fresh. The story we were told was very much in the spirit of Sartre's earlier pronouncement: people had either been "good" or "wrong," resisters or collaborators. Needless to say, all our teachers, relatives, and family friends had been "good," and we knew which shops to avoid, because they were run by people who had been on the "wrong" side (the woman selling candy in the tobacco store at the end of our street, for example, was rumored to "have been with a German soldier"; a reason not to buy candy from her, even twenty years on). We were also avid readers of boys' adventure stories, celebrating the derring-do of war heroes. It took a few decades for us to find out that this image was false, that these categories of good and wrong had been far from straightforward, that most people had been neither especially good nor egregiously wrong, and that heroes and villains had been relatively few.
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Police investigate double stabbing in Perry Hall
2 people taken to Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore County police are looking into a double stabbing in Perry Hall.
Officers found the two victims suffering stab wounds in the 8600 block of Winding Way shortly after 7:30 p.m. Thursday in response to a 911 call.
Police said the men got into an altercation with another man just before they were stabbed.
Officers found the two victims suffering stab wounds in the 8600 block of Winding Way shortly after 7:30 p.m. Thursday in response to a 911 call.
"There were a mess of police vehicles coming this way. I think it was like 10 to 12 cars on this narrow street," said Allen Cunningham.
The victims, ages 19 and 20, were rushed to Bayview Medical Center. Neighbors in the Perry Hall community told WBAL-TV 11 News while seeking help the men went to a house and kept banging on the door. It's where they found a Harford County Sheriff's Office patrol car parked in the driveway.
"As he traveled down this dead-end road that's when he saw the Harford County sheriff's and that's when he knocked on the door to get help. Get help right away," Cunningham said.
Baltimore County police are still trying to sort out all of the details. They aren't sure what led to the stabbings or a possible motive. They said they do know this actually happened in the 5000 block of Hilltop Acres Road less than a mile away from where the victims were found.
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Man pleads not guilty after body found in his home
A December trial has been scheduled for a 30-year-old Marshalltown man charged with murder.
Online court records show Jeremy Gartin has pleaded not guilty to killing 59-year-old David Warnell, of Garwin. Police say Warnell's body was found in Gartin's home on Oct. 1. He'd been shot.
The Marshalltown Times Republican reports police found fingers, teeth and patches of tattooed skin in garbage bags at the home.
Search warrants reveal other items were later recovered from the garbage bags, including the body parts, blood-soaked carpet, rags and a sheet.
Search warrants in the case were unsealed by order of Judge James Ellefson on Friday and made public on Tuesday.
Fifty-five-year-old Max Nelson also is charged in the case. He's pleaded not guilty to charges of being an accessory, theft, and abuse of a corpse.
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For The Queen Of Hip-Hop Soul, A Sequel About Strength
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Guy Raz. Seventeen years ago, Mary J. Blige shook up the world of R&B when she released the record "My Life." And she ushered in a new sound: the sound of soul music over hip-hop beats. And instantly, Mary J. Blige became known as the queen of hip-hop soul.
MARY J. BLIGE: (Singing) If you looked in my life and see what I've seen. La-la-la-la. If you looked in my life and see what I've seen. La-la-la-la.
RAZ: This record, "My Life," was about pain, about Mary J. Blige's rough childhood and her battles with addiction and depression. Seventeen years on, she's revisited that album, a sequel of sorts. This one is called "My Life II: The Journey Continues."
BLIGE: (Singing) ...because tonight I'm ready, yeah. I'd rather be with my baby. I think it's time that me and him go to the next level. Go to the next level, yeah. Oh, I don't bother like crazy. I hope he's ready because we're going to go to the next level.
RAZ: Mary J. Blige has won Grammys in pop, rap, gospel and R&B. "My Life II" debuted this week on the Billboard charts at number five. And when we spoke with her, Mary J. Blige explained what it's all about.
BLIGE: Strength. It's about strength, because there was so much pain on the "My Life" album, the first one, but there's been so much growth and evolution and strength gained through all the years of, you know, putting out albums. And the thing that we gained is strength and understanding, and that's what I want people to celebrate because we were not celebrating strength and understanding or even life on the "My Life" album. We were just trying to figure out how we were going to dodge death.
RAZ: You open up with a song about how you feel inside. Tell me about that feeling.
BLIGE: (Singing) I want to make you happy.
Well, "Feel Inside" is basically about a woman, any woman, and so many women have felt this, including myself, just - she cannot tell everyone how she's feeling, you know, in public. Everyone thinks her life is so great, think that she's being loved and respected at home. And the truth is that she can't tell anybody how terrible she feels because she's not being respected or paid attention to or probably even loved at home.
BLIGE: (Singing) Now, I was hoping we get through this together. Yeah, yeah yeah. You said you'll love me through all the times of stormy weather. Wasn't it you who said we'd be together for all time? But you (unintelligible).
RAZ: It's interesting because I've seen videos of some of your recent performances, and what's notable is you see a lot of women crying in the audience. Women - I mean, obviously, you have many, many fans who are men as well, but women connect with your music in a visceral way.
BLIGE: Well, women connect with my music in a visceral way and, you know, just period because I'm a woman, and I don't run away from that, and so I get every woman out there. I am every woman out there. And they honestly connect with me because I'm honest with all my feelings.
BLIGE: (Singing) I gave you everything that I've got, watch my feelings walk on by. Every guess, simple try. This is how I feel inside, how I feel inside, how I feel inside. This is how I feel inside. This is how I feel...
RAZ: I want to ask you about your childhood. Your mom was a nurse. Your dad, he was a jazz musician. He left home when you were just a kid, and you've been public in your life about having been sexually abused as a child. You dealt with addiction and depression, and you sang about these things in different ways over the course of your career. But on this new record, it sounds like you've really reached a place where you've kind of come to terms with all of those things. Is that right?
BLIGE: That's absolutely right. I can't, you know, the things I can't change, you know, all I could have done in my life was what I did: forgive my abuser, move on with my life and, you know, just try to make the best of what I have, you know? So I'm in a place of, you know, I'm comfortable with what and who I am.
BLIGE: (Singing) Anything you say to me and everything you do, you can't deny the truth because I'm the living proof. So many thoughts to fight, they just don't make it through, but look at me. I'm the living proof. Oh, yes, I am.
RAZ: I wanted to talk to you last year, actually, already because of an amazing story. You actually went back and managed to get your GED, the high school equivalency. I mean, you're successful. You're rich. You're respected. And yet, you felt like you needed to do this. Why? Why did you it?
BLIGE: Well, I didn't finish high school, and for years I felt like I just was embarrassed and ashamed about so many things. It was - even more embarrassed than when I couldn't articulate myself. It was even more embarrassing when I would watch other people articulate themselves and speak slowly and not blink and not stutter. And I still do all those things, but at least I can get my thoughts out now. And it gives me confidence. I have confidence now because I can sit here with you and not be afraid of how I'm going to answer your questions or...
RAZ: Were you...
BLIGE: ...not be afraid.
RAZ: Was there a time when you were afraid?
BLIGE: Absolutely. I was afraid because I was ashamed of, you know, ashamed of the fact that I couldn't articulate myself. I couldn't get the things out that I wanted to get out.
RAZ: It's amazing to hear that because what you sing about is - requires so much intelligence and thought and empathy, and yet you never thought of yourself that way.
BLIGE: I know it's weird. It's weird when you think about it, but I guess the only thing I really, really knew is what the streets and the world taught me. So I had to unlearn a lot of the negative stuff. I kept a lot of the stuff that is saving my career right now, which is common sense.
BLIGE: You know, humility, manners.
BLIGE: (Singing) You ain't got to worry about me. No. Ain't no question at my loyalty. You've been there for me even when nobody cared enough to check to see if I was breathing. See, don't nobody really know me. Know me. You and me, we got history. So I give you a part for loving me, boy. Put your hand in my hand. I'll lead the way.
RAZ: This record is a journey as you aptly titled it, and you've traced that arc. Where are you going now?
BLIGE: I'm going to live further than this. I'm going to excel. I'm going to grow. I'm going to be better than what I am because I am still not perfect. I have so much more to learn. I have so much further to go. I don't feel complete about, you know, my life, and not in a negative way, but I just know in my spirit there's so much further to go. There's so much more to learn. There's so much more to do.
BLIGE: (Singing) Yeah, yeah. Every day, baby. Every night, baby. On a weekday. On any day. On every day, I'm alive, baby. I'ma love you. Help me sing it out.
RAZ: Mary J. Blige, thank you so much.
BLIGE: You're welcome. Thank you.
RAZ: That's Mary J. Blige. Her new record is called "My Life II: The Journey Continues."
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Brief Summary
The big news with the latest version of the Formula 270 Bowrider is the reconfiguration of the boat's interior. This improvement which required new tooling was a direct result of customer feedback. The layout is now more functional, and more aesthetically pleasing. As a result the 270 Bowrider's utility has been significantly enhanced creating a huge entertaining platform that moves the party from the dock to the water. New hull graphics, optional hull colors, and new styling details all work to make the new 270 Bowrider look as fast as she is.
Key Features
- 10-year structural warranty
- Imron graphic A, B or C with cockpit accent striping
- 6 custom Formula logo-cast cleats
- Tilt steering wheel with wood or silver brushed metallic accents
- Extended integrated swim platform with concealed stainless ladder
- Clarion stereo with high-power output, and waterproof dash-mounted remote control
- L-shaped aft lounge seating with Igloo cooler below
- Aft-facing sun lounge convertible to sun pad with storage below
- In-floor ski and wakeboard storage
Test Results
|Length Overall
|27' 0'' / 8.23 m
8' 6''
2.59 m
|Dry Weight
6,200 lbs.
2,812 kg
|Tested Weight
6,890 lbs.
3,125 kg
1.02 m
|Max Headroom
|Bridge Clearance
8' 7''
2.62 m (w/ tower)
|Fuel Capacity
100 gal.
|Water Capacity
14 gal.
|Total Weight
6,890 lbs.
3,125 kg
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Acceleration Times & Conditions
|Time to Plane
|3.4 sec.
|0 to 30
|8.6 sec.
|15.5 X 24P LH SS 4 BL Front 14 X 24P RH SS 3 BL Rear
|2 persons, 9/20 fuel, no water, 50 lbs. of gear
|48 deg., 74 humid.; wind: 5-10 mph; seas: calm
Engine Options
|Tested Engine
1 x 380-hp MerCruiser 8.2 MAG BIII
|Std. Power
|Opt. Power
1 x 300-hp MerCruiser 350 MAG ECT Bravo III
1 x 320-hp MerCruiser 377 MAG ECT Bravo III
1 x 380-hp MerCruiser 8.2 MAG ECT Bravo III X
1 x 430-hp MerCruiser 8.2 MAG High Output ECT Bravo III X
3 single Volvo Penta V8 engine options
Captain's Report
Mission Statement
Formula created the 270 Bowrider to serve as an upscale open platform bowrider with plenty of seating for friends while still allowing room for everyone to move about. Being designed and built by Formula, she also has the premium fit-and-finish that we've come to expect from the Decatur, Indiana builder. But the real news is in the redesigned layout that adds functionality and the styling treatment and upholstery design looks rich and plush.
Distinguishing Features
Choice of Graphics.
Many builders have a "one-and-done" policy regarding hull graphic choices. Not so with Formula. Formula's leading position in design appeal is confirmed in fresh new updates combined with a unique flexibility program, FormulaFlex™, for exterior, cockpit and cabin offerings. The FormulaFlex allows the a specific look that owners are striving for.
Imron Graphics.
Definitely a feature that separates Formula Boats from the rest of the pack. Look at most any boat in the marina… closely. Notice the graphics are applied with a decal. Formula paints the graphics on with high-quality AXALTA™ Imron. It's as durable as a polyurethane paint can be.
Polished to Perfection.
Formula's are always easy to spot among a throng of boats. They're the ones that look far and away better than the rest. On our tour of the Decatur Formula plant, we paused at the end of the line to watch a boat being finished out. No less than four workers were at the hull with orbital buffers bringing out the perfect shine. When one of them stepped back to admire her work, we joined in and looked at the mirror-like shine. We saw no flaws or imperfections in the reflection. Looking at it from the side showed no waving or distortion whatsoever. This process goes on for hours achieving a gloss and shine that belies the man-hours it took to achieve it. It's that good.
Major Features
Formula Cast Cleats.
The cleats have the Formula logo cast into them. Not a big deal but indicative of the lengths this company will go to ensure that its boats are classy and different.
Polished Stainless Steel Engine Vents.
Where we often see chromed plastic vents that peel over time, these vents not only look good, they're durable.
Extended Integrated Swim Platform.
This not only adds to the usable space to enjoy the platform, but keeps the sharp edges of the outdrive well clear of any swimmers boarding from the concealed ladder.
Digital Depth Sounder.
This is part of the standard equipment package. And it's one of the most looked at gauges on the panel. Bar none.
Waterproof Stereo Components.
While the stereo itself is not protected, and therefore remains concealed, the remote at the helm is, as are the four 6 ½" (16.5 cm) marine-grade speakers. Naturally, an MP3 port and 12V supply for the player are included but we'd like to see Formula join the trend of Bluetooth-enabled stereos so the music can be controlled from anywhere, by anyone.
All-Weather Cockpit Seating.
These are made to withstand the elements. It starts with seat bases fabricated from StarLite XL synthetic marine panels. Top it off with DriFast foam that allows water to flow right through to drain holes underneath. Then upholster it with marine-grade vinyl covered with PreFixx stain inhibitor and stitch it together with Tenera UV resistant thread, and voila, a seat that can last.
L-Shaped Aft Lounge Seating.
Provides maximum use of available space and includes molded in cooler and trash container below.
Aft-Facing Sun Lounger.
This lounger converts easily to a full sun pad now and there's storage below. As it's right over the engine compartment, it makes a great place to store wet bathing suits and towels to dry off thanks to the heat of the engine.
Bow and Cockpit Covers Included.
It's very surprising to see this as a standard feature but Formula apparently doesn't want to run the risk of a short-sighted owner failing to cover this premium boat. These aren't giveaways either… they're color matched, and made from non-fading Sunbrella acrylic fabric with SeaMark and vinyl undercoating.
Automatic Discharge Engine Room Fire Extinguisher.
Another item often set as an option but one we'd never want to be without. Likewise, for the standard engine room fume detector.
It should be noted that on test day in south Florida it was 45-degrees with calm seas. The Formula 270 Bowrider has a LOA of 27' (8.23 m), a beam of 8'6" (2.59 m), and a draft of 40" (1.02 m). With an empty weight of 6,200 lbs. (2,812 kg), half fuel and 2 people onboard, we had an estimated test weight of 6,890 lbs. (3,125 kg).
WOT Speed.
With the single 380-hp MerCruiser 8.2 MAG turning a B3 outdrive we reached a top speed of 52.1 mph at 5000 rpm. At that speed we were burning 32.3 gph giving us a range of 145 miles.
Best cruise
came in at 3000 rpm and 25.8 mph. That reduced the fuel burn to 10.6 gph, which meant a range of 220 miles and an endurance of 8 ½ hrs while still holding back a 10% reserve.
Hole Shot.
We reached planing speed in 3.4 seconds, accelerated to 20 mph in 6.2 seconds. 30 mph came and went in 8.6 seconds, and we continued through 40 mph in 12.4 seconds.
Upon hitting the throttle, the bow of the 270 Bowrider will come up 16-degrees, which brings her just under the level of the horizon, so there's no concern about loss of visibility. Once up on plane, just a couple of shots of up-trim will move the spray from the helm to the aft quarters and the boost in speed can easily be felt. If the trim is brought up any further, then the 270 starts to porpoise rather than ventilate the propellers.
With 2 ½ turns
on the steering wheel from lock-to-lock the 270 Bowrider is quite responsive. She has comfortable turning characteristics in that she doesn't dig in to the turn to the point where everyone and everything gets tossed to the outside. Rather, she has a slight slide and comfortable 22-degree max bank angle that keeps everyone settled into the seats. She also tends to stay stabilized in the turn, as opposed to oscillating throughout the turn.
As for visibility
, at no-wake speed the windshield frame is only slightly above my line of sight. However, in cruise mode, the bow is at a 5-degree bow high attitude, which had me looking right through the dead center of the windshield. Of course when sitting up on the bolster, I was above it all.
Features Inspection
The Stern
A Remarkable Swim Platform.
The optional extended swim platform on the 270 Bowrider is a "must-have" option for owners planning on engaging in serious watersports. It is here that all of the staging and preparation takes place for waterskiing, wakeboarding and general swimming and frolic. For that reason, the swim platform needs to be large and functional and with the 2'3" (.69 m) extension, it is.
With the extension
the platform is over 7' (1.82 m) wide and 5' (1.52 m) fore-and-aft which creates a huge staging area for all sorts of watersports activities. This platform design extends well beyond the lower unit which means swimmers can slip into the water without worry about cutting a foot on metal.
The reboarding ladder
is now in the center of, and right underneath, the platform, making it much easier to deploy from the water. The 270 Bowrider is one of the few boats in class that has the reboarding ladder on the centerline – due primarily to the fore-and-aft dimension of the extended platform.
This optional extended platform
has all been gracefully sculptured by the much-acclaimed yacht designer John Adams, Formula's exclusive designer. It looks like an integral part of the boat and not an ugly bolt-on -- something that is often long on utility but short on beauty. We think Formula has done a masterful job tooling this fiberglass extension to fit snug and not look like an afterthought (even though it was, by popular demand).
Two Hand Rails.
A stainless steel grab handle surrounding the platform serves to absorb errant hits into the dock -- that is why it is so large and robust -- as well as to be a place for swimmers to hang on. In addition, designer Adams has insisted upon a second, recessed stainless steel hand hold in the surface of the platform along both the trailing edge and on the sides. Belt and suspenders? Maybe, but we think it is more as a (successful) design element to break up what might otherwise be a visual excess.
More Amenities.
In the center of the platform is a mount for an optional ski-tow pylon that has dedicated storage. Two drink holders are accessible from the water as well. These together with the ss hand-holds make in-water entertaining another virtue of the 270. There are blue courtesy lights to both port and starboard. Imagine how cool that is at night?
Teak-grain vinyl decking is available for the swim platform in several shades, $2,760.
The Sun Pad
A sun pad/aft chaise
on top of the engine box utilizes a flip-seatback which replaces a rumble seat in the previous iteration. The beauty of the new design that now there is both a sun pad, and an aft-facing chaise that serves much the same function as the rumble seat. It's double-wide and makes a good place to watch the kids swimming off the stern, or the sunset over the horizon. Formula is quick to state that this seat should not be used while the 270 Bowrider is underway, and they are correct to do so.
3-in-1 Function.
When the cockpit bench seat back is moved forward, the bench seat automatically comes up into position to meet flush with the sun pad. Poof, that's all there is to it. This even exposes storage under that aft cockpit bench seat. And the whole setup is much more comfortable and looks like it was more purpose built, which, of course, it is.
is under the aft facing sun pad, and this is a good place to dry out wet bathing suits, as well as holding fenders, lines, towing equipment and tools.
The Cockpit
The cockpit is accessed via a starboard side walkthrough and features L-shaped seating, with storage for a cooler and trash receptacle underneath. Opposite is a single seat to starboard with an opening seat base for accessibility to the storage beneath. A pedestal base is located in the center of the deck for the standard table.
New Seat Design.
The 270 Bowrider's cockpit seat design has changed in three major ways.
, the buckets seats on pedestals have been replaced with seats on stationary fiberglass bases. Since the seats don't have to swivel and turn, they can be made far wider than before.
The helm seat is double-wide
and can hold both the captain and a co-pilot. The companion seat to port is extra-wide. Both seats have bolsters.
, Formula has created two convertible chaise seats in the cockpit. Because both of the forward seat backs rotate fore and aft, they serve double duty, and in the forward position create
two chaise seats, one port and one starboard
. When towing, the companion seat can be turned into a chaise for the spotter.
, both the
design of the seats and the styling of the upholstery
have been re-invented. Formula has long been an industry leader in seating execution and with the 270 Bowrider it has opened a new chapter. Not only have the colors of the vinyl been changed, but also their texture, shapes, décor and styling. Proud pads with contrasting color piping have been placed on the shoulders of the seats and centered. Dark, horizontal stripes have been placed midway up the seat backs and elsewhere to create what look to be plush, yet firm, seats made for both running and relaxing.
That's Entertainment
. With the aft bench seat, the bench seats to port and starboard facing inward, and the helm and companion seats facing aft, eight adults can comfortably sit in the cockpit of the 27-footer (8.23 m). In entertainment mode, the cockpit becomes a cozy place for a small cocktail party or a picnic lunch at anchor. Even at the dock, the cockpit of the 270 Bowrider will be an inviting place to hang out.
Engine Room Check
A switch at the helm activates the electric lift hatch to the stern providing a sizeable opening for daily engine room checks and maintenance. We'd like to see hatch open a bit higher to make the engine room easier to enter. But once inside, this compartment offers a roomy installation that even includes dedicated storage for the cockpit table and pedestal. This is one of the advantages to having a large boat with a single engine.
Details of Installation.
The interior of the compartment is completely finished off thanks to the back-gel. Cockpit, and storage drains all lead overboard, rather than into the bilge. Batteries are easily accessible and secured properly with all terminals covered. Formula went the extra step to ensure that all hoses are double clamped. The automatic discharge fire extinguisher is mounted to the forward bulkhead. There is also a fume detector. Courtesy lighting makes work easier inside both day and night.
All veteran boaters know that Murphy's prevails no place more ardently than on boats. For that reason, Formula has added an access port right next to the top of the hydraulic ram supporting the engine hatch. Should the motorized opening device fail for some reason, the hatch can still be opened manually.
The head compartment in the port console on the 270 is standard, as is the portable head unit. Formula includes an opening portlight for ventilation, and a grab handle. Cargo netting is secured to the back of the door for those occupants that like to take their time and read while… well, you know. The door itself is contoured to open past the observer's seat.
We'd be hard-pressed to say that the compartment lends itself to a changing room as the headroom is only 3'9" (1.14 m) but as a head it's well suited, as there is adequate sitting headroom.
The Helm
The helm console is a single dark fiberglass piece and the trim is grey to reduce the glare effect in eyes as well as in the reflection on the windshield. The 270 Bowrider's helm presents an uncluttered layout with dual columns of rocker switches to either side of the panel. Instrumentation includes two SmartCraft gauges in the center allowing selectable data to suit the operator's taste/needs. Ancillary gauges are below with a depth gauge and trim gauge above. Centered in the top of the panel is an aircraft-style compass.
The leather-wrapped
three-spoke cast Isotta steering wheel is mounted to a tilt base. The stereo remote is to the left with a horn button correctly standing out in red directly adjacent. To the right is the control panel for the engine room fire extinguisher discharge, and next to that are the trim tab rockers.
Trim Tabs.
While our test boat was equipped with Bennett hydraulic with the trim tabs we never used them. However, we could easily tell that they would come in handy to level against an uneven distribution of weight. There's more seating offered to the port side of the 270 Bowrider centerline, so if there's a likelihood of loading up, then we'd give serious consideration to adding this optional feature ($1,060).
Windshield Walkthrough
There's no strap-n-snap for Formula. This windshield is held open by a latch at the bottom. When closed, rubber gaskets ensure that there's no vibration to drive anyone nuts. With the top section closed off, a lower air dam will completely block the wind on chilly days.
Helm Console Storage.
With the air dam opened, there's good access to the interior of the helm console. Formula also added the thoughtful touch of adding a switch to the doorjamb to automatically turn on the interior light upon opening the door. There's also a removable panel to allow separating the storage for the filler cushions.
Bow Riding Seating
Moving forward, the bow seating offers some versatility. Seats can be configured in the "normal" layout with lounge seats wrapping around from one side to the other. A pedestal base allows for the installation of the cocktail table. Flip-down armrests (which are superior to flip-up armrests as they don't need to be unlatched to stow) are comfortable and a space in the bolsters would allow for holding a drink. Stainless steel rails are outside the armrests for added security without affecting the comfort.
The next configuration is for two forward facing seats. By removing two cushions, one to either side, these two seats allow sitting, facing forward with feet on the deck rather than stretched out. We find this the most comfortable way to ride in the bow, particularly at high speeds. The forward seats also provide a convenient footrest.
Engine Choices and Pricing
The MSRP base price of the Formula 270 Bowrider is $134,420 when powered with a Volvo Penta 300-hp V8-300C with Duoprop. Our test boat powered by a Mercury 380-hp 8.2 L V-8 with Bravo II drive has a MSLP base price of $146,530.
Formula makes available eight engine choices ranging from 300-hp to 430-hp from its two engine suppliers -- Volvo Penta and Mercury. For those who want to be the fastest 27-footer on the lake, we suggest consideration of the optional Volvo Penta V8 430-hp 6.0 L engine which will give the boats an MSRP of $157,940. However, we suggest that only for people who can handle all of that power -- and the price tag.
To find out more about these engines visit BoatTEST.com's engine section under MerCruiser and Volvo Penta.
Optional Equipment to Consider
Here is where boat selection gets interesting. Most builders leave expensive options off the base boat both to keep the price down, but also to not waste buyers' money on equipment they will never use. For the buyer, the pocket-book decisions on optional equipment force a decision as to what the real mission of the boat will be. Is she for watersports, entertaining, family cruising, or blasting around to be the biggest, coolest boat on the lake? Here are some options--
•Bennett Trim Tabs $1,060
•12V Inflator for water toys $260
•SS custom arch/light/swivel $7,490
•Extended swim platform $5,000
•Woven cockpit mat $1,145
•Bow seating filler cushions $730
•Bimini top $1,795
Family Cruising:
•Manual Porcelain head with tank $1,600
•Bow beach ladder with grab handle $435
•VHF radio $1,410
•Removable ski/wake pylon $945
•Transom gate $290
•Front and side curtains for Bimini $2,460
•Remote control fob for blue courtesy lights $520
•200W cockpit subwoofer $620
•Polished SS windshield header $1,380
•Razor wake arch/Halogen lights/speakers $8,675
•Tea-grain vinyl for swim platform $2,760
Painted Hull.
The most important option for any Formula boat is not on the list above. It is DuPont Imron polyurethane paint on the hull sides. Formula offers 24 combinations of two-tone colors, for $3,155. This is roughly 2% of the price of the boat. Imron, plus Formula's process for applying it and buffing it to a high shine, should keep the boat looking like new for nearly 10 years with minimal maintenance. Imron oxidizes far slower than does even the best gel coat. Boat buyers who cannot afford this option, in our opinion, should consider another brand.
From the consoles forward the inside of the new 270 Bowrider model is pretty much the same as the previous version -- except for the upholstery. The new model has a different approach to the cockpit, the stern, and the external graphics and paint colors. Also, there are some new engine options, including the new Volvo Penta V8 6.0 L 430-hp engine.
We would recommend one of the mid-hp engines for all but the hot shots. Those planning on filling every seat and towing might want to consider a larger engine.
The Ride Counts.
All Formula boats are built for both freshwater and saltwater applications. As a result the 270 Bowrider has a deadrise at the transom of 22-degrees. She is also one of the heaviest boats in class and her added material and equipment is one of the reasons she costs more. On the other hand, that deep V, plus her tested weight of 6,800 lbs. (2,812 kg) will give her an optimal ride in choppy conditions at speed. That is the strong suit of Formula hulls and the 270 is no exception. Sunshine sailors on small lakes probably don't need all of the capabilities that the 270 Bowrider has to offer.
Absolute Value.
Then there is the value of the 270 Bowrider as perceived beyond her bill of materials. That is where her design artistry, many man-hours of buffing, compounding and dry sanding, comfortable rough-water ride, and sheer status come into play. For those who want the very best, boats such as the Formula 270 Bowrider have a value that is personal, and can't really be objectively compared.


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Launched in 2011, U-report began as a grassroots text-messaging system that conducts weekly polls for youth to share observations/opinions and speak out on issues affecting their lives. To date, more than 240,000 young adults in Uganda have joined the program. In addition to responding to surveys, U-reporters send in 'unsolicited' text messages, hoping to be heard on topics ranging from health, education and gender-based violence.
Today, UNICEF receives an average of 170,000 text messages per month. Approximately 20,000 of these are unsolicited messages and initial analysis suggested that seven percent of these require immediate action from community leaders or the government.
As a result of U-report's growth, the volume of diverse data was becoming a challenge for the existing system, making it difficult to identify what emerging issues were trending and which were the most urgent messages. Since February 2013, U-report has been using text analytics and machine learning technologies from IBM Research to help deal with the flood of information by automating the classification of messages. UNICEF Uganda and IBM Research deployed A-Class, a text classification system trained to understand the content of the text messages and analyzes the data much faster, and with much more accuracy.
IBM analytics, working in combination with UNICEF Uganda's existing classification process are being used by UNICEF, partners and community leaders to make more informed decisions about where to place, and how to prioritize, development and relief work efforts.
"This project has the potential to change the lives of young people in Uganda simply by giving them a platform to communicate and be heard," said Dr. Sharad Sapra, Representative, UNICEF Uganda.
"Today we've created a richer U-report that makes sense of streams of data in real-time," he said. "This technology helps us understand the real impact of policies and development programs, the pulse of the nation at any given time and it even provides an early warning system on disease outbreaks or where we need to focus relief work."
"We are working toward removing the guesswork out of knowing where to put resources in areas where they are most needed."
Since its deployment, the A-Class system has contributed to a number of efforts. For example, in May, messages on what was confirmed to be flooding in the Kasese district of Uganda were identified in real time, allowing accurate and official information to be sent to relief workers and other partners who were able to respond to the disaster quickly. UNICEF provided a wide range of emergency supplies to help thousands of vulnerable people affected by the flooding that included emergency non-food items, temporary shelter and cholera kits to help prevent disease outbreaks within the camps.
As part of its further adoption, A-Class has the potential to help UNICEF Uganda pinpoint issues that might not immediately get picked up among the thousands of incoming messages, as well as automate the classification of messages that require immediate action. For example, if a disease outbreak is initially restricted to a village, even a small number of text messages could be picked out by the system and brought to the attention of necessary partners for action to be taken before the disease spreads to other areas.
Today, all 386 Members of Parliament in Uganda are now subscribed to U-report and through this system they receive SMS updates on reports pertaining to key issues in their districts. This enables the MPs to stay abreast of the latest issues affecting their constituents, and to take parliamentary actions to address these issues. By elevating the voice of youth to political levels, the U-report program has already resulted in notable policy changes in Uganda. For instance, the requirements for accessing a youth loan scheme, called the Youth Fund, were changed after U-reporters complained of the O-levels (high-school diploma) requirement for eligibility.
"This collaboration is a powerful demonstration of the value of analytics. We are very proud that text-analytics algorithms developed by IBM Research have made U-report a smarter and even more innovative tool that allows UNICEF to more accurately identify what matters most to the youth in Uganda," said Dr Rick Lawrence, Manager of Machine Learning, IBM Research.
The A-Class text classification model was developed by IBM Research using a combination of supervised machine learning, the latest advances in text mining and keyword matching. The objective of the model is to classify each incoming text message into one of 12 UNICEF message categories – this classification task is particularly challenging given the brevity and frequent misspellings in SMS text messages. Much like some of the machine learning technologies found in IBM Watson, the A-Class model was also trained against 54,000 messages labeled by UNICEF volunteers so that it understood the full lexicon of words to classify and rank messages appropriately. Evaluation of the model has shown a classification accuracy of approximately 85%.
In August, a joint IBM – UNICEF paper, "Amplifying the Voice of Youth in Africa via Text Analytics" received the Best Paper Award in the Industry and Government Track at the 19th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, the leading international applied data mining conference.
Based on the success of the U-report program in Uganda, UNICEF has launched it in Zambia, Burundi and South Sudan, with a roll out expected in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The technology collaboration with IBM will also continue to explore how to automatically assign action status to messages, making the system portable in other countries and understanding how the system could be implemented in non-English environments.
U-report relies on RapidSMS, an open source software framework that works with any cell phone on the market, enabling UNICEF to connect with communities using a low-cost and popular device. Results from U-report surveys are publicized via the Polls Results section of the web site, and messages classified by A-Class are captured in real-time and displayed on the National Pulse page, allowing the public to visualize what issues are trending within each district in Uganda. Reports are also shared with government officials via newsletters and national media channels to ensure decision makers have access to information regarding their districts.
This initiative is supportive of IBM's mobile computing vision, MobileFirst, which is rooted in the notion that innovative organizations connect with mobile users, build insights through more powerful analytics, deliver more convenient and relevant engagements, and improve management and customer service with seamless integration of front-end functionality and back-end data.
For more information on how the collaboration started, please visit A Smarter Planet blog post about IBM research scientist, Dr. Solomon Assefa.
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) works in more than 190 countries and territories to save and improve children's lives, providing health care and immunizations, clean water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF's work through fundraising, advocacy, and education in the United States. Together, we are working toward the day when zero children die from preventable causes and every child has a safe and healthy childhood. For more information, visit www.unicefusa.org.
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Lily Nasur, a U-reporter from Nakapiripirit district, North Eastern Uganda helps mobilize members of the community to attend Family Health Days. UNICEF Uganda, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Faith Based Organizations, have instituted the Family Health Days, during which an integrated package of health interventions is offered at various places of worship for free. (Credit: UNICEF Uganda/2013/Yusuf Atef)
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Orlando police said family members were home at the time of the stabbing and that a disturbance occurred. They believe the incident was family-related.
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A dollar doesn't go as far as it used to -- at least not at Wendy's.
The fast-food chain is doing away with its 99-cent value menu.
Instead of a variety of menu items priced at just under a dollar, Wendy's is offering options called "Right Price Right Size."
Those items range in price from $0.99 to $1.99.
The restaurant chain established its Value Menu in 1989 and, according to a company news release, was the first of its competitors to offer a number of meals at the $0.99 price.
Burger King and McDonald's have already inched their prices past the $1 price point making Wendy's the last of the big fast-food chains to hold on to the $1 pricing model.
The chain also announced Wednesday it will be offering a $1.99 kids meal after 4 p.m.
Three months ago, the Dublin, Ohio-based fast food company updated its logo in a move intended to signal its ongoing transformation into a higher-end hamburger chain.
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Selena Gomez Reacts to Miley Cyrus Flirting With Justin Bieber
Have you heard those rumors about Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus flirting quite a bit at a club? Yeah, we have too. Apparently Selena Gomez has too and she is not happy about them.
A source said (via Perez Hilton), "It was already over with Justin, but seeing him hang out with Miley was the last straw for Selena." Girl, your friends hating on the Biebs should have been a good indication as to whether he was a good boyfriend, but who are we to criticize?
They continued, "She's not a Miley fan by any means and feels like Justin purposely did it just to piss her off. She's completely severing ties with him now." Do we smell a Disney Channel Battle Royale coming on? JK, we hope it doesn't get to that point, especially because Miley is engaged, which sort of makes this gossip a little ridiculous. Also, she totally denied doing anything wrong and dismissed the rumors as "impossible."
Either way, it seems like Jelena are no longer. According to RadarOnline source, Selena broke up with the Biebs for good last week. The source explained, "She doesn't see herself getting back together with him and just needs to move on."
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The 2008 fifth-round pick out of Old Dominion began the year with the White Sox's lowest full-season affiliate, the Kannapolis Intimidators, in the South Atlantic League. It would be the first of five stops for the right-hander, who finished the season in Chicago. It's for that reason — as well as the success he had every step of the way — that he was the obvious choice for the 2009 MiLBY as Overall Starting Pitcher of the Year. …
Hudson was Mayo's 2009 MiLB Pitcher of the Year on October 7. Here are some videos of Hudson.
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and practice tap dancing. LET'S GO!
CELEBRITY APPRENTICE – 9:00PM Sunday (NBC) The Donald has amassed his usual group of has-beens and losers for this latest installment of the reality show: David Cassidy, Star Jones, Mark McGrath, Dionne Warwick, and so on and so forth. But he's also pulled an ace out of the deck, and that ace goes by the name of BUSEY. Oh yes. It's Gary Busey. The man who makes Charlie Sheen look like George Will. You really never know when Busey will snap and start biting into people's limbs and noses. Matter of time, really. So no matter how badly Busey does in these challenges (and he will do badly), don't expect the Donald to fire him until he's at least down to the final 5. You'd be a fool to throw away a goldmine like Busey so quickly. ANTICIPATION: BUSEY!
TAKING ON TYSON – 10:00PM Sunday (Animal Planet) Moving on with crazy people, Mike Tyson got himself a reality show, but it's not the usual "follow me around because my life is krayzee!" type shows. This Animal Planet show focuses on Tyson's hobby of racing pigeons. It's not for show, either. Tyson is a well-documented pigeon lover. That kinda came out wrong, but you know what I mean. Expect to see a softer side of Tyson, the side that doesn't assault motorists with a golf club. ANTICIPATION: TYSON!
AMERICA'S NEXT GREAT RESTAURANT – 8:00PM Sunday (NBC) NBC's latest reality competition has good pedigree (it was created by the people behind "Project Runway" and "Top Chef") and a fairly solid premise: a group of aspiring restaurateurs compete to have their proposed restaurant chain turned into a reality. On hand are Bobby Flay and the dude who founded Chipotle. Ah, Chipotle. Where you stand in line for 25 minutes for a 4,000-calorie burrito. It's the ultimate success story. Anyway, I hope the winning chain turns out to be a Korean taco joint. Ever had a Korean taco? INSANE. ANTICIPATION: FOODIE!
SECRET MILLIONAIRE – 8:00PM Sunday (ABC) ABC's answer to "Undercover Boss" is this new reality show featuring really rich people who are kind and wonderful enough to go undercover and help out poor people (they're cute because they have no money!) and give back to people in need. You see, America? Trickle down economics works! ANTICIPATION: PEDANTIC!
NAACP IMAGE AWARDS – 8:00PM Tonight (FOX) Tyler Perry is nominated for 19 awards tonight. You sure that's the image you want out there? ANTICIPATION: PERRY!
Weekend Watch List: Let's Get Busey
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Daytona Road Course
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Made by Ginetto and Sergio Loro.
Track Location: Daytona Beach FL-USA
Track Type : Race Track
Track Length : 6.132km.- 3.81mi.
Track Num. Turns : 10
Track Year : 1967
Track Editor : Ginetto and Sergio Loro
This track was developed by Sergio Loro and myself, it reproduces the 1967 Daytona 24 hours.
Sergio started the project then passed it to me to be revised and fine tuned, we did a lot of research to find out how exactly was the layout in 67 and it is quite different than how it started, I did my best to recreate it the most accurate as possible, keeping an eye to the performance on the lower systems as mine is.
The track is a mandatory addon for the SportCar MOD.
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The GT MOD team for testing .
John Bradley for the wonderful Program Cover.
Stefano Zampedri for the cars and trucks 3do.
Phil W. for helping with the flags srbs and CAM file.
The GPL Repository for hosting the private forum.
The SimRacingMirrorZone for hosting the track.
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All the special guys that developed the tools for editing every GPL related thing!
The notorious Papyrus for giving me lots of fun!
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Is it finally happening? Has the world finally reached its Kim Kardashian saturation point?
According to a new poll conducted by Parade magazine, the reality TV star took the top spot in the "Most Annoying Celebrity" category with 29% of the vote. Putting that in perspective, Kardashian beat out Charlie Sheen (27%), "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi (21%), Lindsay Lohan (16%), Donald Trump (5%), and "The Bachelor" star Brad Womack (1%).
The voting was part of Parade's "Pop Culture Poll 2011." Other categories included "Most Likely to Succeed From Harry Potter" (Emma Watson, with a crushing 79% of the vote), "Coolest Couple" (Will and Jada Pinkett Smith edged out Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck for top honors), and "Hottest Summer Tune" (Adele's "Rolling in the Deep").
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The Kardashian wedding special is due to air on E! on October 10th. Maybe Kim will have the last laugh.
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24 Oct 2014: Copyright notice: this blog and all content on it is created by me and owned by me Gloria Poole residing in Missouri but born in the state of Georgia, and it is covered by U S copyright law. I, Gloria Poole, own all rights to this blog and to all content on it, all words, all photos, and all art represented by photos that I photographed. I have the actual, tangible art I created and photographed. This blog and or its individual posts may not be transferred to anyone anywhere,nor have domains forwarded to it that do not belong to me, nor be saved to disk, nor downloaded, nor printed at remote, nor copied, nor photo-copied [screen-captured] , nor in any way with any method be reproduced. I, Gloria Poole, own all rights to all words, art and photos I create with any method of technique or medium on any surface anywhere any location any reason or no reason, whether or not I photograph it on any camera, phone, etc, and whether or not I publicly display it anywhere. I have never signed a blanket waiver of my copyrights to art I have created and do not have an artist's rep [agent], nor literary agent to represent me, and never did. I drew, painted, signed, photographed and uploaded all art on this blog and on any blog of mine.
For the record and to establish provenance of art I have already created also: the art I have created and signed and posted to this blog of mine is part of an on-going series of art I created since year 1991 beginning in Atlanta, GA that "blossomed" in year 2005 in Aurora, Colorado when I lived there for one year [May 2006-May 2007], and art began to really become an integral part of my efforts to save the baby humans from premeditated destruction. In 2005, I began to realize I could use the art to illustrate my talking points in some cases, and to build a secondary "career' for me as artist. In the year 2006 when I had endured and lived to tell about it a violent crash down a flight of stairs and had trauma, fractures, concussion, because my then-husband DBP tried to kill me to 'make it look like an accident" and he tried to twist off my broken leg, I had immobility for months except on crutches and walking boot after surgery to repair fractures and implant metal. As I sat with leg propped up I began to draw daily and paint to occupy the time and my mind. I also began to post art to the web on my blogs and websites, and also photographs I had photographed. I began a series of art then that is named "ethnic series by Gloria" [me] to attempt to draw and paint an art work of every ethnic group tribe, language, culture in the world and I created eight initial oil paintings in the first batch and posted them to the web on domains of mine. I moved from Aurora to zip code 80203 for 2 and 1/2 years and then moved to Missouri on Oct 31, 2009 with the art I had in my possession at that time. I paint some of the sketches I created in do-overs into oils on canvas and those are very visible on the web. I put many of them on my mini exhibit of art at https://mini-exhibition.blogspot.com, and also on my Picasa albums at https://picasaweb.google.com/gloriapoole; and also on https://picasaweb.google.com/gloria0817; and on my Live albums and on my Flickr albums.
I, Gloria Poole, am a white, Southern Baptist Christian, brown-haired woman, single-again, twice-divorced,natural mother of only two children who are grown daughters named Jennifer and Leigh, and also a republican, personhood promoter, prolife activist-blogger, photographer, artist in all mediums, poet, author, illustrator, cartoonist, writer, University of Georgia alumna, U S citizen born in the state of Georgia [but I lived in several places including New York, UK briefly, Nebraska, South Carolina, Colorado, Virginia, North Carolina], former TV producer,tweeter, Registered Nurse licensed in Missouri [but before that in Georgia, UK, other states], owner/writer/illustrator/blogger/ photographer for words that WORK, and also for Tapestry of LIFE, photographer, and citizen journo . Gloria Poole is my real, born with legal name and I resumed my full maiden name including my surname of Poole legally by Court order at the time of divorce from male DBP in Colorado in Oct, 2007 at Centennial, Colorado; and I also removed the Pappas name from my name forevermore at the time of final decree in Oct 2007 . I was glad to end that four year horrible marriage of multiple trauma and injuries to me caused by male DBP, [which I testified about in Court on several occasions ]. That second divorce is public record in the state of Colorado, and my first divorce is public record in the state of Georgia. I have created art regularly since 1991, and I had formal training in drawing and in mixing colors /paint and painting in oils and I post much of the art I create on blogs of mine. You can see some of that art on one of my name blogs at https://gloriapoole.blogspot.com and see the about me page of that blog for the list of art blogs I own and post art too, that are all different. .
I am not putting links for a reason but the blogs I have included here belong to me and I create them.
Copyright. Gloria Poole also known as Gloria on art I create and sign and in real life since it is my real, born with first name; and as Gloria Poole, RN, artist and on the web as : gloriapoole; gloria-poole; gloria.poole; artist-gloriapoole; @gloriapoole; @gloria_poole; gloria0817; gpoole817; Ms. Gloria Poole; Poole.Gloria; gloriapoole-paintings; cartooning-by-gloriapoole; photo-by-gloriapoole; gloriapoole.RN; gloriapooleRN at yahoo in which the RN is standard abbreviation for Registered Nurse, and other variations of my real, born with, legal name of Gloria Poole, at my own, private apt in Missouri which is not shared with anyone, on 24 Oct 2014 at 3:25pm.


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Well, it's Saturday night and time for a Sepia Saturday post before I miss the boat.
This week's inspirational photo is of young boys with football boots. I thought that I had a photo of Army personnel playing footie in a field of tents, but on close inspection, I couldn't see a football so decided to go with the general theme of youngsters. On checking Great Granny's album, I was struck by this photo
This is Granny – the one you all know from her previous antics. She would have been about 32 but seems to appear much older due to the way she is dressed. Check out the ankle socks and brogues :-). Auntie has found a piece of fascinating beach treasure and is desperate to show it off. There's another little hand trying to grab Granny's attention.
Granny is holding what I think may be a camera, but what on earth is Dad up to in the background? Tsk.
Get your football boots on and head over to Sepia Saturday and see who has scored goals this week.


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