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So far our American road trip has seen us call in at Seattle, Portland and Chicago. It was rather inevitable that the giant EFW Winnebago would eventually pull in at Washington to seek out the black-and-red of D.C. United. That's because DCU are often credited with being the first club in the MLS to establish a proper fan base. Also, as Director Kyle Sheldon proudly pointed out to EFW this week "We're the most successful team in U.S. Soccer history having won 12 trophies in 14 seasons, including our domestic championship and the MLS cup on four occasions".
DCU can also boast three major supporters groups in La Barra Brava, La Norte and the Screaming Eagles. Each of these groups occupies a different area of the stadium making for quite a sight and plenty of noise on matchdays. The Washington Post captured the magic of the Barra Brava in an excellent article published a couple of years ago. We asked Kim Kolb of the Screaming Eagles to tell us more about their group:
The Screaming Eagles are an original Supporter's Group of DC United. In fact, it predates United by a year, as our founder started the group as soon as MLS teams were announced. We're a non-profit entity that has over 1200 members. The background that started it was more European than the other DC groups, but truth is that the style have both morphed into something between at Euro and South American style. Singing, chanting, group sarcasm, streamers, banners. In the stadium, the Screaming Eagles now takes up three sections of RFK, and sometimes expands into others. The organization and execution of all Screaming Eagles activities is purely voluntary and lots of folks pour in hours of effort each week. Away from the field, the Screaming Eagles are active in a lot of charity work both with DC United and on its own in trying to spread the word and joy of soccer around the area and to help out other worthy causes.
Are the club themselves supportive of the group? In a word: Yes. The team has given the groups a lot of leeway on a lot of things, especially concerning things like stadium rules. They understand that the atmosphere is a benefit to them, and if/when issues arise, they're very willing to work with all three of the major groups (or any other groups of fans) to come to a solution that will work for everyone.
For more info on Kim and the Screaming Eagles you can check out his rather splendid SE Nest Liner Blog. Of particular interest, was the interview he gave to our friends at Pitch Invasion in which SE founder Mat Mathai gives a great insight in the first steps of the Eagles.
So what more is there to DCU!? Well, who better we thought than fan Max Rosenthal to tell us more:
So aside from Barra Brava and the Screaming Eagles, there is a third "group" of supporters? Yes, La Norte is another group that stands "behind" the north goal at RFK. "Behind" because RFK actually no longer has stands directly behind the goal, so they are off to the side. They're another group in the South American tradition that stands, beats drums, waves flags, and sings for 90 minutes. They're significantly smaller than the Barra or the Eagles, but they're a great group with a lot of passion.
Is the RFK stadium ideal for soccer matches? RFK really isn't ideal for anything, since it's a) ancient and crumbling, b) designed as a multisport stadium, and c) costs the club a fortune to rent and use. But, financial issues aside, it's a good home for United. What's left of the lower bowl is a great size for a typical MLS crowd, and the decks above tend to trap in sound and make a great atmosphere. Also, the "Loud Side" sections where the Barra and Eagles stands are mounted on huge rollers that used to move back and forth for football and baseball configurations. That makes them bouncy if jumped on, and the Barra puts that to good use, which is great to take part in or just watch. There's very much a "it's a dump, but it's OUR dump" mentality. But we'd all like a new stadium on the whole.
Is it one of those out of town stadiums? Absolutely not. It's right in DC proper and accessible by the Metro. It's not downtown, but it's most definitely an urban stadium.
What sort of crowds do you attract in terms of numbers? Usually about 17 or 18K, though crowds were down last year. 20K or better isn't uncommon.
Any advance on that report in the Baltimore Sun last year which mentioned a new purpose-built 20,000+ capacity stadium for DC United? Not too familiar with that particular report but the stadium situation is kind of a mess, and no one but the ownership seems to know what's going on. The past two years have seen plans fall apart in both the District and Prince George's County in Maryland, with no Plan C at present that the fans are aware of. For now, United is stuck in RFK, which is obviously making fans nervous. There's significant worry about the possibility of the club being moved to another city, though Will Chang, the owner, says that he doesn't want to relocate.
How does soccer rank in Washington when compared to other sports? Definitely towards the bottom. You have to remember that DC is a four-sport town, so you have the Redskins, Wizards (NBA), Caps (NHL), and Nats (baseball) ahead of us, plus college sports. That having been said, though, United definitely isn't neglected.
How much coverage do you get in the local media? A good amount, actually, United is treated as a truly major league team in DC. The Washington Post has a soccer beat writer in Steven Goff, and there has been regular coverage in the Washington Times (though I think this may have ended now due to budget cuts) and the Washington Examiner, two other smaller local papers. The team also seems to do a lot of stuff on DC 101, one of the local radio stations. Sports talk radio is definitely not very United-friendly, but that's par for the course in the States. On the whole I'd say we're much more on the media radar than most other MLS clubs.
DC United are the most successful club in MLS history right? Yep, United has won four league titles, four Supporter's Shields (the trophy that goes to the club with the best regular-season point total), two US Open Cups, and one each of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup and the Interamerican Cup. United was also the first MLS team to win an international competition. It's a proud record, but the fans are definitely hungry for another title.
We like a beer with our football...sorry soccer here in England. What is the beer of choice in Washington? Ha, there's no standard, though Guinness is a perennial favorite. Tailgates are very much BYOB, so you'll get everything from Bud to Latin American beers to microbrews. And whiskey. Lots of whiskey.
If we came over from England for a match, where would be the best place to meet up with the home fans for a beer and a chat? Lot 8 at RFK is the only place to be for a home game. For away games there are a few bars that United fans tend to congregate, like Molly Malone's in southeast DC and Summer's in Arlington, VA.
Is there a tailgating culture at home games? Yes, a huge one, all of the groups camp out in Lot 8 for hours before every game. It's just hours of amazing food, drinking, kickarounds, tifo and song prep, sports on the TV, etc. The standard advice to people who want to start coming to games with the supporters groups is to come out to the tailgate with a bottle of booze. It works. Even our owner is a regular sight at Lot 8.
Do you have an alliance with fans of any other teams? Not really. There are some clubs with whom fan relations are pretty good, Houston and Toronto come to mind.
Who are your rivals? We hate the Metroscum (New York Red Bulls) above all, which works out for us since they're shit in nearly every possible sense. There's nothing more fun than ruining them again and again and again. There's also tough rivalry with Chicago, who we have an unfortunate habit of losing to in the playoffs. We always want to beat them both in the field and in the stands. LA Galaxy, Columbus, and New England are definitely teams DC fans love to hate, and there is a brewing thing with Seattle based on their arrogance and whining about the location of the US Open Cup final last year.
I don't suppose - given the size of the USA - you have what we would call a local derby or local rivals, so what do you consider to be your biggest match of the coming season? Metroscum away, there's no doubt. There's nothing better than watching their pathetic fan base suffer yet another home defeat, and we usually get to enjoy that every year (we used to refer to Giants Stadium as RFK North). Now they've got their new stadium, Red Bull Arena, which is admittedly gorgeous, and we want to spoil their party with another ass-kicking.
Do you take fans to away matches? Definitely, though the size of the away support depends heavily on the game and also the day, with weekday and Sunday games being less conducive to a road trip. We might see 500 going up to New Jersey, 200 to Columbus or Chicago, and 25-50 to somewhere like LA or Seattle. There are, of course, other DC fans in the stadium, but those are generally the sizes you'd expect for the "away fans" section.
Who is the club mascot? Talon, a big white eagle in a DC jersey.
Are there any off-the-field cheesy shenanigans before, during or after matches such as music after goals, confetti, firing t-shirts into the crowd that sort of thing?
Not really, United really lets the supporters dominate things atmosphere-wise. No cheerleaders, no promotional wackiness, etc. If there's confetti and streamers around, it's coming from the Barra.
Do DC United fans follow other codes of sport in Washington? Absolutely, nearly every other sport you can think of. During the fall, you'll usually find a good number of TVs at the tailgate turned to college football. Lots of United fans are big-time Redskins fans, there's a pretty decent collection of people that follow the the Capitals, Georgetown and Maryland basketball fans, etc. etc. And of course, nearly everyone has a favorite club in another league, especially England, Spain, or the Latin American leagues that a lot of people followed before they moved to the States.
What are your hopes for the coming MLS season? Personally, I don't have too many. I haven't been terribly impressed by our choice of a new coach, Curt Onalfo, or our off-season acquisitions. And the team has yet to score a goal in the preseason. If we make the playoffs, it'll be a good year.
Which players should we look out for? Definitely a few. Our keeper, Troy Perkins, is back in MLS after two years in Norway and it will be interesting to see how much he's developed. He was one of the best in the league before he left and I really think he's going to be stellar now. Christian Castillo is our new left winger and I'm really curious to see how he does, he's the one off-season signing I'm excited about. Playing actual wing players in the midfield is not par for the course for DC, we've developed a habit of playing converted A-mids or strikers, so this is a great change of pace. Chris Pontius had a great rookie season playing in a ton of positions last year, hopefully this year he'll be settled as a striker and rack up the goals. He's currently in the USA training camp, potentially a star in the making for club and country. And as always, you have to pay attention to how Jaime Moreno will fare. He's the heart of the club and it seems that no matter how old he gets, no one can quite replace his creative role, so we'll have to see how he slots in this year.
And finally, can you sum up DCU in a Tweet of less than 140 characters? Nothing less than the flagship of American soccer, now and forever.
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NEW YORK (AP) Carmelo Anthony scored 22 of his 30 points in the first quarter, and the New York Knicks held on after he departed with a sprained left ankle to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 116-107 on Thursday night in coach Mike D'Antoni's return to Madison Square Garden.
Firing in 3-pointers and moving the ball to open shooters, things they often struggled to do under D'Antoni, the Knicks won for the eighth time in nine games and improved to 9-0 at home for the first time since the 1992-93 season.
Meanwhile, things are starting as poorly for D'Antoni in Los Angeles as they ended in New York. The Lakers, still without Steve Nash and Pau Gasol, were never really in the game while losing their fourth straight and falling to 9-14.
Raymond Felton scored 19 points, and Tyson Chandler and J.R. Smith added 18 apiece for the Knicks.
Kobe Bryant had 31 points and 10 rebounds for the Lakers. Metta World Peace finished with 23 points and Dwight Howard had 20.
ATLANTA (AP) - Devin Harris scored 20 points, Josh Smith added 18 and the surging Atlanta Hawks handed Charlotte its 10th straight defeat.
The Hawks are 12-3 since losing three of their first five games this season. Atlanta has won two straight and five of six.
Gerald Henderson had 17 points and Ramon Sessions 16 for the Bobcats.
Lou Williams had eight of his nine assists in the first half for Atlanta. Williams, who finished with 13 points, matched his career high in assists, and Ivan Johnson added a season-high 16 points.

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I am wondering peoples opinions on Bismarck schools and Grand Forks schools being able to be putting there schools together to play High School Hockey. What are your opinions?
I think that if Hazen can put together a girls High School team Bismarck Century and High, and Red River and Central can put together teams. If they can not affiliate themselves with a school mabye they should be placed in 19U and play the club programs with Bottineau and Wahpeton.
It is hard to believe that they have to put schools together to make a team in those 2 cities. If Hazen or Williston can put together a team with Hazen/Beulah (500 students) Williston(900 students) how can Bismarck High(2100 students) not be able to?


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In the darkest hours before dawn, Keith Mills—Baltimore's personable, ebullient sportscaster—is juggling his usual three morning gigs at WBAL on Television Hill.
He dashes into the AM-radio room on the third floor and tells early risers about the Orioles' latest loss. Then, he tosses his headset and sprints down the steps to the second-floor TV studio, where meteorologist Tony Pann greets him as "The Man" before he mic's up for home viewers, again reeling off the latest sports happenings.
After that segment, he's on the move again, this time to his computer in a communal office to check on breaking news, delighted to find that Michael Phelps has won a gold medal at the World Swimming Championships in Shanghai. He's back on AM with that tidbit, heads to the TV camera again, and adds a session on 98Rock to his crazy weekday schedule.
When he goes back to his desk to prep for another round of updates, the night scene outside his window has given way to glorious daylight. It's an apropos analogy of his recent life.
Five years ago, Mills, now 54, was in a bleak tailspin. He was arrested for stealing prescription drugs from a neighbor, entered a celebrity-named rehab for his hydrocodone addiction, was fired by then-employer WMAR-TV, and put under house arrest.
Today, he's back on track, working full time at WBAL. He also has been honored with the prestigious 2010 Maryland Sportscaster of the Year award and inducted into the Anne Arundel County Sports Hall of Fame. Recently, his court record was expunged. He makes it look easy. It hasn't been.
His climb back to respectability has taken quiet determination, emotional pain, and the support of dedicated friends and family. But perhaps the biggest motivator has been his dogged efforts to regain the trust of his children, Alexandria (Ally) and Nicholas (Nick).
"I looked into my kids' eyes. I had lost their respect," says Mills, recalling the aftermath of his arrest. "It was bad when my kids had to deal with it. It broke my heart."
His children are now students at Towson University, their dad's alma mater (class of '79). Ally, 20, is a senior, majoring in criminal justice and religious studies with a minor in Arabic. Nick, 19, is a sophomore, studying business and economics. They're happy, polite, and busy young adults. In addition to their academics, Ally works as a part-time nanny; Nick is involved in club soccer and track.
During summer break, soon after their dad's five-year probation ended in May, they talked about his very public arrest. Ally was 15; Nick, 13, at the time. They still remember the vivid details.
It was January 25, 2006. They were picked up at their separate schools just as classes were ending, taken to an aunt's house where the family gathered, and told what had happened to their dad. "I was embarrassed, really angry," Ally recalls. Her brother felt the same. "I was very angry," he says. "He abused our trust for the second time. I couldn't look at him."
This wasn't their dad's first struggle with addiction.
In 2004, Mills—who was taking pain medications for back and ankle injuries he suffered while playing sports as a teen—was losing control. He knew it, he says, but didn't fully realize the cruel power of dependency. "I didn't understand the disease of addiction," he says. "I thought you could will yourself out of anything."
Mills eventually ended up detoxing at GBMC in Towson. At that time, WMAR-TV was more understanding, giving their longtime sportscaster time off to go to Father Martin's Ashley rehab center in Havre de Grace. His friend and WMAR colleague Scott Garceau stood by him, asking what he could do to help. "He's my shining knight," says Mills, who is still close to Garceau. "He's the big brother I never had."
Garceau worked on air with Mills for almost 19 years and now hosts an afternoon sports talk show on 105.7 The Fan. He downplays his involvement. "I didn't do anything extraordinary," he says. "When he had issues, I'd just try to be there like any friend."
There were no obvious signs of addiction, Garceau says, though Mills told him about taking painkillers. "He never missed work," he says. "There wasn't an impact on his job performance."
Mills's children weren't as hurt by their dad's behavior then. "I was a lot more sad," shares Nick. "I was more worried about him." Ally agrees: "That time, it wasn't as big a deal."
After a month, Mills left the upscale treatment facility in Harford County that overlooks the picturesque Chesapeake Bay with new resolve. "I thought I had a handle on it," he says. And he did. For a while.
Mills is a people magnet—a trait that would later help him when he struggled during his second rehab stint. Just ask his kids about his popularity. When Mills took them on an Alaskan cruise a few years ago so they could bond and heal from his troubles, he ran into a guy he knew on a bus in the middle of nowhere. When the family goes to the mall, "he gets stopped 12 or 13 times," says Ally. She and her brother are used to their father's draw. "Nick and I just keep on walking," she says. She knows her dad will catch up.
Even WBAL radio's Scott Wycoff has a tale: "We're in Cooperstown [N.Y.] and walking down Main Street, and people are shouting, 'Keith, Keith,'" he says with a laugh. Wycoff, Mills, and other WBAL staff were in town for Cal Ripken Jr.'s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. Baltimore fans just wanted to hobnob with the likeable sports guy from their hometown.
Mills, an Anne Arundel County native, started in the business as a production assistant/gopher at the defunct Baltimore News American in the late '70s. He absorbed lessons from esteemed sports writers like John Steadman and Frank Lynch as he checked the teletype for race results and eventually covered high-school sports.
He's interviewed his share of big names in the field. He is perhaps most impressed by former basketball player Wes Unseld, who founded the Unselds' School with his wife, Connie, in Baltimore. The private school reaches out to inner-city youth. "He's making a difference," Mills says. "He built a school for kids who need it."
Not surprisingly, Mills is a walking encyclopedia (or Google) of sports. He rattles off names and dates with impressive recollection. He admits that he's stumbled over some pronunciations. "I'm king of the butchered name," he says sheepishly. But one of his biggest on-air gaffes was with his own name. He chuckles at the memory, relating how he was reading the teleprompter one day before realizing he'd called himself what was mistakenly written on the screen, "Keith Miles." Even the on-floor director cracked up.
That was almost as bad as the time he showed up to anchor an Orioles opening day wearing two different colored shoes—one brown, the other black. To his embarrassment, the cameraman panned down on his shoes at the end of his spiel. Mills admits he's colorblind, a fact his TV cohorts are aware of.
Today, Stan Stovall and Mindy Basara, co-anchors of WBAL's morning show, can't help ribbing Mills as he waits for his on-air cue. "What are you wearing today?" they tease.
He actually looks natty in his charcoal-gray suit, super-starched white shirt, and regimental gray-and-pale green tie. Because he is color-challenged, daughter Ally helps her father coordinate his wardrobe. "She's moving back in at the end of summer," Mills says excitedly before he goes on camera.
He still lives next door to the neighbor he burglarized, in a ranch-style, white-siding house in the established, 1950s Crestwood section of Linthicum. Mills, long divorced from the mother of his children, has been there since 1999.
It was in this peaceful, suburban setting while walking his lively golden retriever Enoch that he got into trouble. He knocked on his neighbor's door, asking if she wanted him to cut the branches from an overhead power line. That's when he saw the bottle of pills on a nearby table.
With an addict's obsessive nature, Mills couldn't get the painkillers out of his mind after he left. He later returned to the next-door brick rancher to pocket the drugs, unaware there were security cameras in the house.
The police showed up at his door to arrest him. "I knew the cops," Mills says. "They were friends of my father's."
His dad, George Mills, is an icon in the community. As a local athletic youth coach, he knows everyone, his son says. Mills felt as if he betrayed him, too. "It was difficult for my father," he says. "He was so devastated. It crushed him."
As a kid, Mills would tag along with his dad when he went to work. His father, who is 80 and lives in Brooklyn Park with his wife, Mary, would take him to WJZ-TV, where he was one of the studio's first cameramen. Later, Keith would work there, too, starting as a sports producer in 1980.
Mills credits his dad with instilling in him a passion and drive to succeed. "I was raised on hard work and discipline," he says. "He told me, 'The next game has to be the best you do. The next show has to be the best you do.'"
After his arrest, Mills knew the next thing he had to do best was kick his addiction.
Scott Garceau tried to bolster his friend. "I told him, 'You're a good guy with a bad problem,'" he says. "I knew professionally things wouldn't be the same. His job was on the line."
Mills, who also covers the Ravens for WBAL, often remembers events by what's happening on the football field. He recalls the year of his first rehab because Kyle Boller was the Ravens quarterback then, he says. He knows when he left Baltimore for his next rehab because it was Super Bowl Sunday and the Steelers and Seahawks were playing that day.
Pittsburgh would later overcome Seattle, 21-10. By that time, Mills was in Antigua at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Centre for residential drug treatment. He would soon be trying to leave.
Mills was just checking into the nurses' station when he got the phone call telling him he was being fired from his job at WMAR. It was a corporate decision, made far from Baltimore. "I hung up. I thought, 'I'm out of here,'" he says. "My whole life was crumbling around me."
He took a walk outdoors while plotting how to get back home. "The campus was beautiful," Mills says. "It was 85 degrees in early February."
That's when life intervened. Mills looked up and saw a guy smiling at him. In his six-degrees-of-separation universe, he realized it was someone he knew from Baltimore.
Mills had once done a story on this former lacrosse player from Towson University. The man urged Mills to give Crossroads a chance. "You gotta stay," he told him. "Give it one night."
That chance encounter—as well as the support of his only sibling, Diane Bennett—kept Mills there.
Bennett, a retired elementary- and middle-school principal who lives in Severna Park, told him on the phone, "You are not to leave." She and her husband, Steve, were soon on their way to the Caribbean island for a family session. "My sister really stepped it up," Mills says.
As an older sister and a former educator, Bennett wanted to fix the problem. Her visit to Crossroads helped her to understand her brother's addiction. "We learned a lot about recovery and relapse, and what he was dealing with on a daily basis," she says. "It's not that easy."
A doctor explained to her that addiction is like having a sleeping tiger on your shoulder 24/7. "The challenge is to make sure that tiger stays asleep," Bennett says. "That was so powerful to me."
She and her husband picked up Mills at the airport when he returned from the month-long treatment. "He looked wonderful," she says.
But Mills was still without a job and had a looming trial date for his drug charges. Scott Garceau testified in his favor as a character witness. "I told the judge, 'I'm betting on Keith Mills to beat this thing,'" Garceau recalls.
Mills was sentenced to five years' probation and placed on house arrest for nine months. (It was eventually cut to 4 ∏ months.) He was allowed to leave for AA meetings, gym sessions, and to go to work if anyone would hire him.
"I stayed under the radar socially," Mills says. "I watched sporting events."
Not for long. WBAL radio came calling when it was beefing up its staff for Preakness coverage that year. Mills went to the job interview wearing his ankle monitor. "We knew how sincere he was to make his recovery work," says Mark Miller, then director of news and programming. "Everybody admired him. It was a pretty easy thing to do."
The part-time position eventually led to full-time employment. "Keith positioned himself to do it," says Miller, who recently left WBAL radio after 31 years to pursue other opportunities. "It was terrific for Keith. It was terrific for the station."
On a recent workday morning, Mills is anticipating an even busier schedule as the NFL gears up for its season. He will pretty much live and breathe Ravens coverage for the next several months in addition to his regular duties at WBAL.
For a man who gets up at 2 a.m. to get to work by 3, hard work is an elixir—that and his Turbo-sized iced tea, never coffee. "I love it," Mill says. "I got a second chance. I'm going to savor the opportunity to do it."
But he hasn't forgotten about that sleeping tiger on his shoulder. "I'm much more aware of the signs. I don't take it for granted," Mills says. "I don't drink. I don't do anything."
His family still worries about him, though the concern has lessened over the years. "We don't think about it as much. We breathe a little easier now," his sister says. "My dad had his faith restored by what he is doing now."
His children are still a main incentive. "He wanted to prove to his kids that you can pick yourself up," Bennett says.
Ally and Nick are coping. They're still wary and have felt the after-effects of their dad's addiction. "I can't swallow pills," says Nick, who had anxiety attacks and couldn't sleep in the beginning. "How can we ever fully trust him?" Ally asks. "It can always happen again."
Mills does everything he can to stay connected to his children, calling each day, hanging out with them, going to events, and taking family trips to Ocean City. They know he cares. "It's gotten a lot better in the last two years," Ally admits. Nick also appreciates what his dad is doing. "He's taking a big interest in remaining in our lives," he says. "It helps me build up trust."
A new day is dawning for Keith Mills.
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Earth Day Interview With Gaia
In celebration of Earth Day I've decided to take a moment to sit down with Gaia, the Earth Goddess. Hello, Gaia. Thank you for sitting down with us today.
Oh it's so good to be here, or anywhere for that matter. And thank you for celebrating Earth Day. It's a small step towards saving my beautiful creation. So many people are so fucking oblivious to what is happening to this magnificent planet it boggles the mind, so thank you for the opportunity to shed a bit of light.
It's been an unusually warm winter here in the United States. What do you attribute that to?
Well, I certainly had nothing to do with it despite what Zeus may have told you. He tried to tell me I was just having a primordial hot flash, but he's almost as stupid about these things as most of the people on the planet. You people need to get your heads out of your collective asses and get a fucking clue. Do you think that over a century of burning coal and gas while at the same time cutting down my beautiful trees on a massive scale is having no effect on the atmosphere? If you don't get your act together soon, the Earth is going to resemble Venus.
The world's population is about to reach seven billion people. How has this affected Earth as you see it?
It's making it damn hard for me to see the Earth. You know, almost all of the world's problems can be attributed to one thing – too many people. When birth control was invented I thought you'd at least have the good sense to use it. But noooo. And now, people are a planetary problem. At least most of you seem to congregate in the same areas so there are still a few pristine places where you can experience this beautiful planet in all its glory.
You have quite the following among the New Age Hippie crowd. Which do you prefer as worshipers; the Hippies or the Greeks?
Ahhh, the Greeks – the wine, the debauchery, the bacchanalia – I love me a good bacchanalia. But then the Hippies, and not just the new age Hippies, but the old age ones, too, are all about peace and love and sex and getting high and hugging trees and the music. Yes, I think the music tips the scale in their favor.
I've done some research and discovered that you have over twenty children. Which one is your favorite?
I think it was way more than twenty but I lost count of the little bastards long ago. I know most mothers don't refer to their offspring as little bastards but I never married any of their fathers, so they were all technically bastards. Now I'm not going to give you the standard mommy lie of 'I don't have a favorite, I love them all the same,' because that is such a crock of shit. Of course, every mother has a favorite, it's just that some mothers are better at hiding it than others. I simply adored Phoebe but Aergia was a huge disappointment.
Which God was the best in the sack?
Ahhh, I had some wild times with Uranus. There was nothing that guy wouldn't do. And I mean NOTHING. It was SO hot! But he got a little mean in his old age so I got the kids to kill him. Pontus was so much fun, too. We would do some role playing, the pirate scenario was my favorite – always a hoot. Zeus had a huge ego, but sadly his manly parts weren't so big.
How does it feel to be the original MILF?
Fucking fantastic! Though I prefer GILF or Goddess I'd Like to Fuck. There is fucking power in being so fuckable. Every woman deserves to feel like this. I think that's what all those poser Wicca chicks are trying to achieve by invoking my name and dancing naked under the full moon.
What does Earth's future hold for mankind?
I think you have that question backwards. It's more a case of what does mankind's future hold for the Earth. If you stay on your current path, the Earth is doomed. Earth is the only fucking planet you have. It is a glorious planet full of beauty and wonder. It can feed you and sustain you. All she asks in return is that you take care of her and nurture her. So get a fucking clue. Recycle, reuse, embrace sustainable farming, find viable sustainable energy, clean up the place. Tread lightly on the Earth and every now and then hug a tree.


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International Visitors and Events
The Arabic program at CMC has invited a variety of special guests from all around the country and the world. The program concentrates on creating opportunity for the students to learn more about the Arabic culture by ensuring that every guest can shed light on a different facet of life in the Arab Middle East. All activities and guests that have been hosted by the Arabic program are relevant to the continuation of the students' learning. These workshops introduced the students to the beauty and richness of the Arabic language and culture. International guests include the President of Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, Sari Nusseibeh and the Syrian Ambassador to the U.S., Imad Moustapha. Both guests had an opportunity to speak directly to the students of the Arabic program, this gave the students a chance to ask in-depth questions about the situations in the Middle East.
The program has also invited an assortment of musical guests. "Kan Zamaan", a traditional Arabic band from Los Angeles performed at CMC with a beautiful collection of Arabic instruments, including the oud, nay, qanun, and a violin. John Bilezikjian, a Master Oud player, who plays a variety of styles of Middle Eastern music, was invited to play for the students of the Arabic program as one of the most acknowledged master. His wonderful performance allowed the students to hear the beautiful sounds of the Middle East as they have been heard for centuries. The students were also able to enjoy the music and poetry of Omar Offendum, an Arabic Hip-Hop artist from Los Angeles. His blend of modern rap and the Arabic language demonstrates how the two cultures have come together in these modern times. These opportunities have given greater insight into the musical culture of the Arab World and its place in American culture today.
These guests are only some of many special visitors that contributed to the Arabic class' learning experience during its first year established at CMC. See the Gallery for pictures of the students participating in these special events. There will be many more events planned for next year.
Speaker on September 28th: Mohja Kahf
Born in Damascus, Syria, Dr. Mohja Kahf graduated from Douglass College, founded as New Jersey's first women's college, and took her Ph.D. in comparative literature at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, in 1994. Kahf has been a professor at the University of Arkansas since 1995. Her books include Western Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant to Odalisque (University of Texas Press, 1999), a poetry volume, Emails from Scheherezad (University Press of Florida, 2003), and a novel called The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (Perseus, 2006), about an American Muslim girl in 1970s Indiana, at the crossroads of Islamic dress and bad polyester. Kahf teaches courses in Arabic literature, literature of the American religious experience, the Quran, medieval Spain, and Muslim feminist thought.
She will read a medley of poetry and fiction from new writings as well as published works. Kahf is also excited to share some of her translations-in-progress of a pagan Arab woman from the sixth century, Safiah bint Thalabah, and will read some of Safiah's poetry in the original Arabic.
Dr. Kahf's presentation is open to all students and faculty from the Claremont Colleges and the community. She will be speaking from 7 to 9 p.m. September 28th in Bauer Forum on Claremont McKenna Campus.
Cultural Activity on October 12th: Middle Eastern Dance
Students from the Arabic program will be taught the basics of Middle Eastern Dance in Pickford Auditorium from 7 pm tp 9 pm.
Speaker on October 19th: Fayeq Oweis
Fayeq Oweis is an Arab American artist, educator, and linguist. He holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies with Concentration on Arabic and Islamic Studies focusing on Creative & Visual arts. Oweis is currently teaching Arabic Language and Culture at Santa Clara University and San Jose State University. He works on contemporary Islamic art and Arabic calligraphic compositions and has participated in a number of exhibits throughout the United States. He designed the exterior entranceway murals and the calligraphy of the dome at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. He also co-designed and directed the first Arabic/Islamic mural in San Francisco, and was a lead artist for the Palestinian Cultural mural honoring Dr. Edward Said at San Francisco State University. Oweis is a board member of ZAWAYA, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Arabic art and culture. He has written a number of articles and gave numerous presentations on Arab American Artists, Arabic Calligraphy, and Islamic art. He is the author of an Award winning book "Encyclopedia of Arab American Artists," which features about 100 Arab American visual artists. In addition to his academic and artistic work, Oweis also works as an Arabic localization consultant for major Internet companies in the Silicon Valley. More info can be found at his web site www.oweis.com.
Mr. Oweis will be giving a presentation entitled "Geometry of the Spirit: the Art of Arabic Calligraphy" on Tuesday, October 19th from 7 pm to 9 pm in Bauer Forum on Claremont McKenna College campus. His presentation is open to all students and faculty from the Claremont colleges and community members.
Speaker on October 26th: Paul Roochnik
Paul Roochnik did his graduate studies in Arabic and Linguistics at Georgetown University and taught under the supervision of Dr. Bassam Frangieh, now the director of the Arabic program at Claremont McKenna. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1993, he worked in the field of Arabic machine translation. The classroom, however, called him back relentlessly, and finally he returned to teaching in early September 2001 at Princeton University. A few days later, terrorists crashed jets into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. To support the war against terrorism, Roochnik applied for an Arabic teaching position at the U.S. Army's prestigious Defense Language Institute (DLI). A year later, after completing his commitment at Princeton, he moved to Monterey, California to join the DLI faculty, where he has taught Arabic since then as an Associate Professor.
"Our military students," remarks Roochnik, "have a tough job, with six classroom hours per day plus homework, on top of physical training and various military obligations. Far too often, overwhelmed by stress and fatigue, they fall down in their capacity to learn and retain language. Their performance deteriorates as the months go by, not because of incompetence or ineptitude, but because of cerebral burnout. College students face much of the same burnout that military students endure. This stress crisis cries out for an advanced technology of brain-training to reverse our students' stress and fatigue, increase their brain coherence, and bring out their full linguistic and intellectual potential."
Dr. Roochnik will address this issue, in Arabic, in his presentation on October 26th from 7 pm to 9 pm in Bauer Forum on Clarmont McKenna Campus. Dr. Roochnik's presentation is open to all students and faculty from the Claremont Colleges as well as community members.
If you have any questions,comments or suggestions, please let us know! Also, if you would like to receive updates on the Arabic Program's upcoming speakers and cultural activities, send your contact information to the Arabic Program Cultural Coordinator Melissa Carlson at firstname.lastname@example.com to join the Arabic Program Activities email list.
National and International Visitors and Speakers:
- His Excellency Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
- Joumana Nammour
- Imam Zaid Shakir
- Her Excellency Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo, Ambassador from the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States
- Aysha Murad Ali, Cultural Councilor of the Kingdom of Bahrain
- Mohamad Saadoun
- His Excellency Imad Moustapha, Syrian Ambassador to the United States
- Sari Nusseibeh, President and professor of Philosophy of Al-Quds University, Jerusalem
- Master Oud player, John Bilezikjian
- Kan Zamaan Traditional Arabic musical group
- Arabic Calligraphy with Imad Beyoun
- Arabic Hip-Hop and Poetry by Omar Offendum
His Excellency Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
His Excellency Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah visited Claremont McKenna College on May 3rd, 2010, to receive an Honorary Degree from the college for his exemplar service to the world community. He received this award during an Honorary Degree Award ceremony at the Marian Miner Cook Athenauem. After the award ceremony, his excellency met with students from the Arabic Program and discussed the Bedouin in Kuwait, the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, and U.S.-Kuwait and U.S.-Arab relations.
His Excellency is the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the State of Kuwait. He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2003, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2005, by the Amir of Kuwait. Prior to these positions, HE Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah was the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 2001-2003, and previously he served as the Kuwaiti Ambassador to the United States from 1993-2001. Other ministerial positions that he has held include Acting Minister of Finance, Acting Minister of Planning, and Acting Minister of Social Affairs and Labour.
In addition to his senior governmental positions, HE Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development since 2003. The Kuwait Fund, founded in 1961, has more than $15 billion in total assets, and the object of the Fund is to assist Arab and other developing countries in developing their economies. The Fund's operations are focused primarily on the sectors of agriculture and irrigation, transport and communications, energy, industry, water and sewage.
He was a founding member and a member of the Executive Committee of the Kuwait America Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based charitable organization. Its mission, inspired by Kuwait's liberation by Allied Coalition forces in the Gulf War, is to express gratitude for American sacrifice and strengthen ties among the peoples of the two countries. Since 1991, The Foundation has focused its resources on education, cultural exchange and programs for youth and disadvantaged persons in the United States and internationally.
HE Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah has represented Kuwait at numerous bilateral and multi-lateral summits, international conferences, and GCC ministerial meetings. He meets regularly with the U.S. Secretary of State, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, and other senior U.S. officials.
HE Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah graduated from CMC in 1978 with a BA in Economics (cum laude). He earned a MA and Ph.D. in Economics and Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard in 1985. Following his graduate work, he was an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Kuwait. He is married to Sheikha Feryal Duaij Al-Salman Al-Sabah, who accompanied him to Claremont, and they have two sons and two daughters. He is the father of Duaij Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, who will graduate in May, 2010. His hobbies are sailing and classical music.
Pictures of His Excellency's Visit
Joumana Nammour:
Joumana Nammour visited the Arabic Program at Claremont McKenna College on April 13th and 14th, 2010. Ms. Nammour is one of the most popular news anchors at Al Jazeera Satellite Television Channel. She joined Al Jazeera in 1998, and has become on of the leading program hosts and anchors at the 24-hour news channel. During the past twelve years, Ms. Nammour has interviewed numerous heads of state, prime ministers, senior government officials and leading political figures in the Aran and international world. She has also covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Ms. Nammour has her own daily political talk show, called "Behind the News," which focuses on current and political events and leading international news stories. "Behind the News" is one of the most widely watched political news and public affairs programs in the Arab World, and Ms. Nammour received an award in 2008 for being the first Arab woman to host a regular political talk show. The award was presented to her at the "Women and Global Leaders Forum" meeting in Dubai.
Ms. Nammour began her career in Lebanon as a news reporter and then presenter on Lebanese television channel NTV. She also worked as a producer and anchor on Lebanon's Future TV, where she launched the Arab World's first daily morning news program in the 1990's, called "The World this Morning." The program was very popular, and it became the most watched morning show in Lebanon. Ms. Nammour earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees in anthropology and sociology in Lebanon. She is married and has two children, and she resides in Doha, Qatar.
Launched in 1996, Al Jazeera Satellite Channel quickly became one of the largest and most viewed Middle Eastern news channels, and the first channel in the region to offer news coverage 24 hours a day. The station's headquarters is based in Doha, Qatar, and today Al Jazeera Network has more than fifty bureaus around the world with 180 employees. More than one thousand journalists, directors, producers, and administrative staff work at the Al Jazeera headquarters in Doha. The station is viewed throughout the Middle East and internationally, and has some 75 million viewers.
Pictures of Joumana Nammour's Visit
Imam Zaid Shakir
Imam Zaid Shakir is among the most respected and influential Muslim scholars in the West. Born in Berkeley, California, the second of seven children he accepted Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force. He then obtained a BA with honors in International Relations at American University in Washington, D.C. and later earned his MA in Political Science at Rutgers University, where he emerged as an active leader in campus activities, helping to revive the Muslim Student Association, co-leading a successful South Africa divestment campaign, and co-founding a local Islamic center, Masjid al- Huda. After a year in Cairo studying Arabic, he settled in New Haven, Connecticut and continued his tireless community activism, co-founding Masjid al-Islam, the Tri-State Muslim Education Initiative, and the Connecticut Muslim Coordinating Committee.
As Imam of Masjid al-Islam from 1988 to 1994 he spearheaded a community renewal and grassroots anti-drug effort in the local neighborhood, and taught as an Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Arabic at Southern Connecticut State University until his departure for Syria to further his studies in the traditional Islamic sciences. For seven years in Syria and briefly in Morocco he immersed himself in an intense study of Arabic, Islamic law, Qur'anic studies, and Islamic spirituality with some of the top Muslim scholars of our age. In 2001, he graduated from Syria's prestigious Abu Noor University and returned to Connecticut to continue his work with the Muslim community in America.
Teaching regularly as the Imam of Masjid al-Islam, writing numerous articles for various magazines, journals, and newspapers, and lecturing frequently at many of America's largest Muslim conferences and conventions, he soon emerged as one of the most popular and sought after American Muslim leaders. Among several works that he has authored and translated from Arabic into English are, his translation of The Heirs of the Prophets in 2001, Scattered Pictures: Reflections of An American Muslim in 2005 and Treatise for The Seekers of Guidance in 2008. In 2003, he moved to Hayward, California with his family to serve as a scholar-in- residence and lecturer at Zaytuna Institute, where he now teaches regular courses on Arabic, Islamic law, history, and Islamic spirituality. He has since lectured at many of the Bay Area's top universities, including Stanford and U.C. Berkeley, and is a frequent speaker at local Muslim events. He is widely regarded as an articulate voice on Islam and African-American issues and as a visionary leader in the emergence of an Islamic community and tradition and that is indigenous to America.
Pictures of Imam Zaid Shakir's Visit
Her Excellency Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo
Before Her Excellency was appointed the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Untied States by His Majesty the King of Bahrain in July of 2008, Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo served as the Financial Director of both Gourmet and Jetflair International in the United Kingdom. She has also served as the managing director of Gulf Computer Services in the Kingdom of Bahrain. In 2006 Her Excellency was appointed by His Majesty the King to the Shura Council, the main legislative body of Bahrain, where she has been serving on the Committee for Finance and Economic Affairs. She is one of the founding members of Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society (BHRWS) and was elected as General Secretary of BHRWS in September of 2005. In October 2008, Her Excellency was officially welcomed as an honorary member of the board of directors of the U.S. – Bahrain Business Council.
Throughout all of her career, Her Excellency has been persistent in improving working conditions in factories, raising awareness of the rights of women and children, campaigning for family and domestic law and raised awareness of the plight of domestic workers.
Pictures of Her Excellency's Visit
Cultural Councilor Aysha Murad Ali
Aysha Murad Ali, the Cultural Councilor at the embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has dedicated her life to the development of education within her country. Before being appointed Cultural Attache in December 2006, Mrs. Aysha worked as a Senior Education Specialist in the Directorate of Private Education at the Ministry of Education of Bahrain. Mrs. Aysha has served on many different committees working on researching and developing education and has been a part-time lecturer at the University of Bahrain. She has also served as the Ministry of Education Representative on several private school boards. Through her position as the Cultural Attache, Mrs. Aysha has strongly worked towards expanding educational opportunities for Bahraini students; she has given students access to every resource and opportunity within her power; she has made it her main goal to spread knowledge and nurture the minds of students throughout her country.
Pictures of the Cultural Councilor's Visit
Mohamad Saadoun
Mr. Saadoun is the founder and owner of the largest Arabic book distribution outside of the Arab world. His Arabic book store Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi is located in Southern California and provides an extensive range of classic and contemporary Arabic literature to the entire nation. Mr. Saadoun is also a Lebanese-American intellectual and publisher.
Mr. Saadoun has an extensive knowledge of classical and contemporary Arabic literature and history. He lectures on both Islamic jurisprudence and the Arabic language and culture. Mr. Saadoun visited the Arabic Program at Claremont Mckenna College in October 2009 and gave a presentation on ancient Arabic manuscripts.
Pictures of Mohamad Saadoun's Visit
His Excellency Imad Moustapha
His Excellency Imad Moustapha, the Syrian Ambassador to the United States, is the rare ambassador who blogs. He recently posted on his favorite Syrian artists, the history of the Arab-Israeli war, and his summer vacation. Beyond blogging, he is influential in both Damascus and Washington. He writes frequently in both the English-language press and the Arabic-language press, and he is a guest on many television programs in the U.S. and Syria.
His Excellency became Ambassador to the United States in March 2004. Prior to that, he was Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Damascus, and Secretary General of the Arab School on Science and Technology. He is co-founder of the Network of Syrian Scientists, Technologists and Innovators Abroad (NOSSTIA), and was an active consultant to several international and regional organizations on Science and Technology policies in the Middle East (UNDP, UNESCO, ESCWA, ALECSO). He was also a member of the Syrian team responsible for drafting reform strategies for the ministries of Culture, Education, and Higher Education. Ambassador Moustapha holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Surrey, UK. His interests include globalization, cultural identities, social and economic impacts of the Internet, Syrian art and artists, and Western classical music. Ambassador Moustapha's visit to CMC was hosted by Professor Bassam Frangieh and the Athenaeum.
Pictures of His Excellency's Visit
President Sari Nusseibeh:
In 1987 President Nusseibeh became noteworthy for his meeting with representatives of Israel's Likud Party, one of the first meetings between prominent Palestinians and the right-wing Likud Party. During the First Infitada, Nusseibeh worked to author the Palestinian declaration of independence and created the inner workings of a future Palestinian government.
One of the most important issues of our time is the fate of the Palestinian people. With the elections in Israel, the Israeli invasion of Gaza and a new president in the White House, 2009 promises to be a pivotal year in the pursuit of peace in the Middle East. Sari Nusseibeh, however, has heard this all this before and nothing has changed.
During the first Gulf War, Nusseibeh collaborated in Tel Aviv with Israeli Peace Now, a group that worked to prevent civilian deaths during the Gulf War. Nusseibeh was arrested by the Israeli government and accused of being an Iraqi spy. He was released from custody 90 days later, and was never formally charged with any crime. From 2001-2002, Nusseibeh served as the Palestinian Liberation Organization's (PLO) chief representative in Jerusalem. While serving as the PLO's representative in Jerusalem, Nusseibeh championed the idea of a two-state solution, suggesting that Palestinians give up their right to the pre-partition land in exchange for a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In 2002, Nusseibeh and Shin Bet director, Ami Ayalon created The People's Voice, an Israeli-Palestinian publication that encourages peace between the two parties. Mr. Nusseibeh's memoir, Once Upon A Country: A Palestinian Life (2007) has won critical acclaim from local and international critics.
Sari Nusseibeh was born to a distinguished Palestinian statesman, attended Christ Church at Oxford, and received his Ph.D. in Islamic Philosophy from Harvard University. After leaving Harvard, Nusseibeh became a professor of philosophy at Birzeit University in the West Bank and at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. While at Birzeit, Nusseibeh founded the Federation of Employees in the Education Sector for the West Bank. Later Nusseibeh taught philosophy at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, the only Arab University in Jerusalem. Nusseibeh became president of Al-Quds University. He also serves on the advisory board of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University.
Pictures of President Sari Nusseibeh's Visit
John Bilezikjian:
John Bilezikjian is considered on of the greatest Oud players of this generation. His mastery of this ancient instrument is the result of decades of practice and dedication to the art. He is renowned for the diversity of style in which he can play his instrument. For example, he can sing in 11 different languages including Arabic, Persian, Armenian, and English.
Bilezikjian is an acclaimed musician, singer, composer, and teacher. He has been performing for over 30 years. He also plays other instruments proficiently including the violin. He has also developed his own style of playing the oud that he performed for the Arabic class. Along with his own style, he played styles that would be found in a variety of countries such as Armenia, Turkey, the Arab World, and Eastern Europe.
His music gave the students an introduction to the traditional music of the Arab World that has been part of its culture for centuries. It was a great honor for Claremont McKenna College to host such a famous artist.
Pictures of John Bilezikjian's Visit
Supporting the Arabic Program:
All contributions go towards cultural activities, speakers, and sending students to study Arabic in Middle Eastern countries. If you would like to make a contribution to Claremont McKenna College's Arabic Program, please contact Steven Siegel at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This Sunday, KPAC continues their summer rebroadcasts of the Symphony's 2009-2010 season. Sunday, August 1 at 2 p.m. Texas Public Radio will air the concert that featured Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 led by Alondra de la Parra. These programs continue every Sunday through the end of September.
As we enjoy hearing the concerts from last season again, I'm reminded that the 2010-2011 season is almost upon us. After the October 2 "Meet Your New Maestro" concert, the Classics season opens on October 8 and 9 with a concert led by Christopher Seaman. Christopher did such a great job the last two seasons as our artistic advisor. I especially appreciate that he brought us an Elgar symphony last year and in October will led the Vaughan Williams second symphony. Both English composers are far too under appreciated by American orchestras. The program will be:
October 8 & 9, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. at the Majestic Theatre
Christopher Seaman, conductor and Jeffrey Swann, piano
Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2, "London"
Our soloist for the Chopin is Jeffrey Swann. Although he now lives in New York City and is head of a music festival in Italy, Jeffrey Swann is a Texas pianist. He was born in Arizona, but grew up in the Dallas area. I've known Jeff for YEARS. In fact, he was a real hero for me just before my daughter was born 17 years ago.
In April of 1993, I was the Orchestra Manager of the Jacksonville Symphony and Jeff was scheduled to be our soloist in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3. The other work on the program was Beethoven Symphony No. 3, "Eroica." Eroica means heroic in Latin and Jeff really saved the day for me. Three days before the concert our Music Director had to have emergency back surgery. Our Associate Conductor took over the program. This particular Music Director loved to give 45-minute pre-concert lectures before every concert and that hole had to be plugged too. The Associate Conductor was brand new and he asked me to do the lecture so he could concentrate on preparing the music and the rehearsals. (This concert was now his unexpected debut with the orchestra.)
Jeff landed in Jacksonville the next day and learned the news. To make this even more intense, we were expecting our daughter to be born any second. I wasn't the most relaxed person at the Jacksonville Symphony that week! Jeff offered to do half the lecture: he would talk 20 minutes about the concerto and play a few excerpts from the work. Then I would only have to prepare a 25-minute lecture on the symphony.
The day before the concert, Jeff casually asked me what I was planning to say about the Beethoven Symphony. I explained that I'd found time to outline my remarks, but I hadn't yet found time to get a recording and mark the excerpts I needed to play to demonstrate my points. I said I'd probably be up half the night getting it prepared. Jeff said, "Don't worry. I'll just stay at the piano after my part of the talk and play whatever parts of the Symphony you need me to play." I asked him if we needed to rehearse this or if he needed a list of the sections of the 50-minute long symphony I needed. He said, "Don't worry about it. I'll just wing it."
So, the next day I was standing in front of several hundred patrons talking about Beethoven's "Eroica." When I made a musical point, I'd turn to Jeff and he'd play the passage at the piano. Pretty impressive, eh? What really stunned me was that he didn't even have THE MUSIC! He was playing everything from the symphony by memory! Jeff isn't a conductor and therefore there is no real reason he should have anything but piano concertos by memory. But, he's such a fantastic musician that he knows it all. He has lectured (speaking in German) about Wagner operas in Germany and often leads musical talks (speaking in Italian) at his festival in Italy. In New York City, he has become well-known for his lecture/recitals where he combines music with a talk about the culture of the time and the lives of the composers.
This is one of the best parts of my job. Getting to know artists like Jeffrey Swann is a complete delight. I know you'll enjoy his Chopin in October. Here is a brief bio:
Jeffrey Swann enjoys an international performing career which has taken him throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia. He won first prize in the Dino Ciani Competition sponsored by La Scala in Milan, a gold medal at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, and top honors at the Warsaw Chopin, Van Cliburn, Vianna da Motta and Montreal Competitions, as well as the Young Concert Artists auditions in New York City. His large and varied repertoire includes more than 60 concertos as well as solo works ranging from Bach to Boulez.
In addition to presenting lecture/recitals worldwide, Mr. Swann has performed with the symphonies of Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Indiana, Dallas, Saint Louis, Phoenix, Houston, Lexington, Baltimore and Minneapolis; and in Europe with the orchestras of Rotterdam, The Hague, Belgian National and Radio, Santa Cecilia, La Scala, Maggio Fiorentino (Florence), RAI Turin and Rome, Südwest Rundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Prague Philharmonic, Radio France de Montpellier, and the London Philharmonia, among many others. The conductors with whom he has performed include Zdenek Macal, David Robertson, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Marek Janowski, Kazimirz Kord, Myung-Whun Chung, Roberto Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Daniele Gatti and Leonard Slatkin. In addition, he continues to lecture regularly at the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Germany, and at Wagner Societies in the United States and Italy. Mr. Swann has also served as a judge at many competitions, most recently at the Utrecht International Liszt Competition.
A native of Northern Arizona, Jeffrey Swann studied with Alexander Uninsky at Southern Methodist University and with Beveridge Webster and Adele Marcus at The Juilliard School, where he received his B.M., M.M. and D.M.A. Degrees.
Mr. Swann can be heard on Ars Polona, Deutsche-Gramophon, RCA-Italy, Replica, Fonit-Cetra, Music & Arts, and Agorá recordings. His CD, "The Virtuoso Liszt" (Music & Arts) won the Liszt Society's Grand Prix, and his first volume of the Complete Beethoven Sonatas (Agorá) was chosen one of the Best of the Year by Fanfare magazine. His most recent release features works for piano and orchestra by Chopin with the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano.
Since 2007 Jeffrey Swann has been Artistic Director of the Dino Ciani Festival & Academy in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Since 2008 he has been the Adel Artist-in-Residence at Northern Arizona University, and in the Fall of 2010 will join the faculty as Professor of Piano at New York University.
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Summer School in Biophysics at ORNL: Computational and Experimental Challenges
The summer school will be held at UT Conference Center, 600 Henley Street, Knoxville, TN 37902, on August 3-5, 2009. The participants will arrive on August 2. Only public information will be presented.
The scientific program consisting of 18 lectures by leading scientists starts in the morning of August 3 and ends at 5 p.m. on August 5. We will have a dinner poster session on August 4 in which participants will be presented with interdisciplinary research opportunities at ORNL and University of Tennessee.
We have confirmed 118 participants.
Registration is now closed. No walk-ins will be accepted.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided at the conference.


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Caramelised red onion, prosciutto & mushroom tart
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Nutrition: per serving
- kcal521
- fat39g
- saturates16g
- carbs33g
- sugars6g
- fibre3g
- protein13g
- salt1.38g
- 4 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
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- 5 red onions, thinly sliced
- 1 tsp dried thyme or 2 tsp fresh
This popular herb grows in Europe, especially the Mediterranean, and is a member of the mint…
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Balsamic vinegarbal-sam-ick vin-ee-gah
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- 500g pack puff pastry
- 4 thin slices prosciutto
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Heat 3 tbsp oil in a frying pan, add the onion and gently cook until softened, about 10 mins. Add the thyme, vinegar, salt and pepper and cook for 5 mins more, stirring occasionally to stop them burning. Set aside to cool.
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Roll out the pastry, trim to a 28cm round, then put on a non-stick baking sheet (or one lined with baking paper). Fork the pastry all over.
Spread the onion over the pastry to within 3cm of the edge. Tear the prosciutto into strips and arrange over the onion in a rippled effect. Arrange the mushrooms on top and brush them with the reserved oil. Slice or crumble the cheese and arrange over the tart. Season with salt and pepper.
Push the side of the tart up with your fingers to form an edge. Bake for 30-35 mins until the pastry edges have puffed up and the mushrooms are tender. Cool for a few minutes, then scatter with rocket just before serving.
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Bulghar wheat, basil & pine nut saladCook 200g bulghar wheat for 12 mins in a pan of boiling salted water, drain and cool. Tip into a large bowl with 4 tbsp toasted pine nuts, a good handful torn basil leaves, 200g halved cherry tomatoes, a handful raisins and some snipped chives. Stir in 3 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp lemon juice, salt and pepper. This salad can be made a day ahead and stored in the fridge. Bring to room temperature before serving.
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There's only one contender for the Twat of the Week award and that's Papa John Szymanski, the Labour party lackey who moonlights as the editor of the Shields Gazette Malcolm Fanzine.
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Papa John ignored his own senior management, preferring instead to seek the advice of alleged election fraudster councillor Iain Malcolm. Apparently he told him to use the council's code of conduct to lodge a formal complaint against the author of the article.
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Theater Review: Narnia, the Musical
Near the beginning of the musical, "Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe", a cranky housekeeper at a historic English country estate warns four newly arrived children, "I see you all have that 'I'm going to explore Marbleton Manor' look. Forget it. The Age of Exploration is OVER. Understood?"
Fortunately the children ignore her and, through the agency of the Berkeley Playhouse, local audiences are drawn into a fascinating and fun world of imagination and allegory that plays through Sunday, April 3, 2011 at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts on College Avenue.
It's a good show and from the online ticket website it looks (as of this writing) that seats are still available for several upcoming performances.
The show is a musical adaption of the enduring C.S. Lewis novel. Jon Tracy directs this particular production, with musical direction by Amy Dalton.
If you don't know the plot of the book, it's easily summarized. The four Pevensie children—Peter, Susan, annoying Edmund, and precocious little Lucy—are evacuated from London during the Blitz to a mysterious country estate where they find a strange portal that leads them into the magical land of Narnia.
Narnia's mythical creatures-come-to life and talking animals unhappily dwell in a perpetual winter imposed by the vain and capricious White Witch. "A witch doesn't have to keep promises," she says at one point. "All she has to do is make them." Imagine Sarah Palin given supernatural powers, waving her wand to turn critics to stone.
On the run from the Witch's wolf minions, the siblings discover that they are the humans ("Sons of Adam", "Daughters of Eve") described in an ancient Narnian prophecy as saviors of the land. And Aslan—a Christ-like lion (not a leonine Christ)—is on the move as well, returning to Narnia with his own methods and motivations to defrost the frigid rule of his nemesis.
After being separated by Edmund's childish cupidity, then reunited, the children take up arms in the defense of Narnia and Aslan's cause, and begin to grow up at the same time. Betrayals, battles, and redemption ensue until Good wins out. End of story (until the next book in the series).
The stage version consolidates several of the scenes and settings from the already spare novel but gracefully retains the essence of the plot while turning it into a musical.
The music by Thomas Tierney and the lyrics by Ted Drachman are workmanlike but didn't, for me at least, make this the most memorable musical imaginable. The morning after the performance I could only recall the tune and some lyrics from a single one of the songs ("You can't imagine, how beautiful it was—you had to be there…" Mr. Tumnus sings about Narnia before the Witch.)
Still, the Berkeley Playhouse makes it a lively and accomplished production and you will remember the performances.
The standouts are Edmund and Lucy, played on the night we attended by Alexander Franklin and Dakota Dry. (Will Reicher and Maytal Bach alternate in the parts, so you may see them instead).
The eight-year-old Dry is a remarkable performer, both poised and emotive. The experienced 12 year-old Franklin—this is listed as his seventh Berkeley Playhouse production—has a thoroughly confident stage presence and convincingly conveys the most complex character in the show.
I thought Peter, the older brother, was directed as a bit of a prig, and Susan, the older sister, as something of a pacifist worrier, making them less than likeable characters in some respects. It's initially hard to see even the simplest creatures flocking immediately to their cause. But they do play their parts well.
An adult cast with extensive acting credits backs up the four children. Several of them are Shotgun Players veterans on the local scene. Reid Davis and Mary Gibboney chew up the scenery (but, fortunately, not the Julia Morgan woodwork of the building) as the comic and lusty Mrs. and Mr. Beaver who bicker their way through the plot "Who ever heard of desperate beings fleeing for their lives with a sewing machine?!" he complains.
Michael Barrett Austin is a whimsical and pensive Mr. Tumnus (rather oddly attired like an English toff), and Terry Rucker has a pitch-perfect cameo as Father Christmas and the lead, of course, in one of the more vigorous musical numbers.
As Aslan, Anthony Rollins-Mullens is capable and convincing and sings with a deep, mellow, voice. He also portrays the professor of Marbleton Manor at beginning and end of the play.
Charisse Loriaux, the White Witch (and the straitlaced housekeeper Mrs. Macready) probably gets the most stage time of the adult performers and turns in an icily evil performance with a comic overlay.
I couldn't quite get past her flowing white fur robes—I half expected her to break into an Andrew Lloyd Webber number at any moment—but, truth be told, after looking back at the book that's sort of the way C.S. Lewis wrote the character.
There's a skilled and versatile supporting ensemble of both adults and children. Almost all of them play at least two parts—some take on three—and they do it so well that you don't really notice the slavering wolf soldier in one scene is a serene, suited, servant in the next.
Before the show I wondered how a small company could produce convincing sets for this mythical world, especially in the converted confines of the Julia Morgan originally a church sanctuary. I shouldn't have worried. The performance is well staged, from snow flurries to battle scenes.
Outdoor Narnia—the setting for most scenes—is an abstract spiky white and gray (Winter), or multi shade green (Spring) backdrop on a central turntable, and smaller sets—such as the Beaver lodge or the cave of Mr. Tumnus—rotate into view on an outer ring. Freestanding windows, doors, and monumental wardrobe wheel in to create the England scenes at Marbleton Manor. It's simple and clever.
The one drawback in production values at the performance I saw was that the amplification of the off-stage musicians occasionally competed with the singing and spoken dialog, particularly in the case of some of the younger singers. But that's a minor issue in what is otherwise a creatively and capably staged show.
During that same show a cloudburst drummed down on the roof of the Julia Morgan Theater but it was not so much a distraction as a reminder that this was genuine community theater carrying on a long-standing Berkeley tradition.
I have wondered before if the current Berkeley Playhouse (founded in 2007) team realizes that nearly a century ago in the 1920s there was an original "Berkeley Playhouse", as well as a later, "Berkeley Playmakers" company?
The first Berkeley Playhouse also performed in an old brown-shingle church, Berkeley's original First Baptist Church that then stood Downtown on Allston Way, across from the present day Brower Center.
It relied on both acting professionals and talented locals, and some of its participants developed national reputations, including Everett Glass and Irving Pichel (who later led the famed Pasadena Playhouse).
Community theater in those days was inspired by the fear that as motion pictures grew in popularity and traveling, professional, acting companies died out, there would be an end to the ancient tradition of live, local, drama performances.
The fact that this never came to pass is due to people like the leaders of both Berkeley Playhouses—then and now. Go see this show and be part of a Berkeley tradition that is older and richer than the current performers may know.
"Narnia" plays through April 3 at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts on College Avenue, at Derby. Shows are on Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturday at 2 and 7:00, and Sunday at 11 and 3:30.
See berkeleyplayhouse.org for details and ticket prices. This Thursday, March 24, is a "half price / pay what you can" performance. You can either order tickets on line for $15, or pay what you can at the door if seats are still available.
The on-line ticket service lets you to see which seats are available at each remaining performance without committing to a purchase, and will also allow you to purchase specific reserved seats.