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Cut2D is Windows-only, but it does run well in a virtual machine. There are also reports that it runs under Wine.
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Not in Florida but that is a bad idea and a bad law, where oh where will that warning shot go
This is a discussion on Florida Carriers -- Would you fire a warning shot? within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; The 'warning shot statute' just passed the Florida Senate today and will be going to Gov Rick Scott to be signed into law. This will ...
The 'warning shot statute' just passed the Florida Senate today and will be going to Gov Rick Scott to be signed into law. This will now make it lawful to not only draw your weapon sooner and not have to worry about brandishing, but also legal to fire a warning shot.
I can imagine that for most the way we are trained is to give no warning and that won't change. But now that it is legal, would you consider any situation where you might fire a warning shot in a safe direction before deploying full on force?
Here you can read more about it:
Senate Passes 'Warning Shot' Bill | Sunshine State News
Not in Florida but that is a bad idea and a bad law, where oh where will that warning shot go
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I'm not as against the idea of a warning shot as others on here may be, but I do feel this is going to cause a lot more problems then it will solve.
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One of my questions now is, can it be brought up in a self defense case that you did not try a warning shot first? I like all the other provisions of this bill, which the warning shot was only one part of.
Just to play devils advocate.....what's the ratio between shots fired and hits? Even experienced LEO's have a high percentage of misses (from what I remember reading, my apologies if I'm incorrect). So, if you take a civilian in a high stress situation where do the majority of their misses end up?
Spoke with my county sheriff just this week about this very legislation. He does NOT think this is a good idea. He's concerned about where that warning shot ends up. When you pull the trigger on your weapon, as we all know, you are responsible for each and every round discharged. Besides, with the cost of ammo, I am not wasting any with a warning shot.
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I likely would not. However, a warning shot into the ground would have merit in some situations.
The other provisions in the bill are really well thought out.
Difficulties may arise if a warning shot is not used first (courtroom). We'll have to see.
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If this passes all the way you'll hear after a self-defense shooting, "Why didn't you fire a warning shot first?"
This is a BS law championed by the same groups fighting Florida's stand-your-ground law.
YOU are the weapon, your firearm is just a tool!
I would not. But like the poster above me said, hopefully not using one won't work against you.
I could see a warning shot going into the dirt possibly helping. But.... not enough to want to test that theory.
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to expect my boyfriend to make more of an effort with my kids?(171 Posts)
My boyfriend has been living with us for 3 months now and generally it's gone well. He's a good guy, he cares about me, he works hard and I'm happy with how things are going.
However, the one thing that is bothering me is his lack of an effort to build any real relationship with my 2 kids. He seems completely disinterested in them at times and I can't help but think he sees them as a chore rather than something to be a part of his life. Don't get me wrong, he helps me out with them & he's never voiced anything negative about them to me (he knows what would happen if he ever did) but he doesn't go that extra mile.
I made a thread earlier about the behavioural problems I'm currently having with my 7 year old, both at home and at school. I'd love it for him to step up and try and play a part and help him as the 'male figure' in his life but it doesn't seem to be happening. I've raised it tentatively with him and he says the right things but rarely, if ever, acts upon them.
I feel like this is something that I shouldn't need to ask him and that he shouldn't need persuading to do - it should be automatic. I know he's not their father but that shouldn't stop him from being a father figure or male influence in their lives. I don't think I'm expecting too much am I?
I read your thread about your son. It sounds like his behaviour is linked to your bf moving in. Think you need to reassess this living situation, put your son's current issues first and then think of having someone be a male figure to your kids.
1st question: why did you invite him to live with you so soon?
2nd question: are you on glue?
Move him back out. You can still date him but right now isnt the time to live together. Your child isnt coping with it and your boyfriend doenst seem to have the right attitude at the moment. Move him out. Get your child behaviour sorted get to know your boyfriend better, get your dcs to know him better then reconsider living together when you get to a point where you both share the same ideas about how your family should work.
I've been with my BF for almost two years. He has children of his own (grown up) and I have a 3 year old DD. They adore each other and he's a vital part of our lives. We're not at the moving in together stage yet, partly because of my ow insecurities, but that's another thread. BUt when we do move in together there is no way I would ever expect him to suddenly become DD's father figure or automatically take on childcare duties.
So he moved in without getting to know your children and you never discussed how this was going to work or anything? I HOPE this a joke thread.
Yab massively u.
Do not expect him or your kids to suddenly adopt a "father" type role after 3 months living together
I can't think of anything more guaranteed to push your 7 yr old behaviour into overdrive than some random bloke laying down the law!
That's your job btw or his actual fathers...
I wouldn't be at all surprised if your 7yo's deterioration in behaviour is directly linked to you moving your boyfriend in, perhaps your little boy's way of trying to tell you how unhappy he is?
Sorry, but moving in with someone three months into a relationship - no matter how long you might have known them previously - is just not a good idea when you have young children. If it was just you, then fair enough - but you have to prioritise your children. From what you say they had pretty much never even met him or spent any kind of time with him prior to his moving in? I feel really sorry for your children tbh.
I would be suggesting to your boyfriend that you take a bit of a step back, that he moves out and that you just perhaps build up spending time with him and your children gradually. A day out to the zoo, a trip to the park, or for a pizza, etc etc. Small, less threatening chunks of time that would allow them to build a relationship with him and vice versa.
As I've said, I've known him far, far longer than 6 months - that's only long we've been in a relationship. He is not a stranger in anyway, I first knew him from back in school!
To get back to the point, my eldest has no contact with his father. My youngest does.
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It doesn't matter how long you have known him Vikki. Your 7 yr old DS does not like him and you have moved him in after dating him for 3 months.
Why doesn't your DS like him?
People are so nasty and judgemental on here sometimes. Somebody has come asking for help and/or advice, there's really no need to be so mean and rude.
Sorry OP I don't really have any advice as this isn't something I have any experience of.
Look, I know being a single parent is tough, but don't you see that you've rushed into this a bit?
Just take a step back, and enjoy dating for a while, what's the rush to move him in?
you have moved a man into your childrens home who is a stranger to them. I feel very sorry for your children.
Certain comments probably aren't helpful, but what do you expect people to say to help when you have knowing set yourself up for issues?
You have brought this situation on yourself, and the only solution is to move your boyfriend back out and concentrate on your children. But you probably don't want to do that.
Regardless of how long you've known him as a friend it is far, far too soon to move him in. Whatever happened to "dating"?! That's when you get to know someone (and being with them in a relationship is very different to knowing them as a friend). You would have graduallyinvolved him with your children and this sort of thing would have shown up... then you'd give him the boot!
Move him out. Start dating. If he isn't brilliant with your dc he is not right for you.
How long has your DS known him?
From your op I'd guess he doesn't so you knowing him liner is a totally moot point sorry.
Why did you move him in after only 3 months?
But Vikki regardless of how long you've known him, you have said yourself that his relationship with them was minimal because they were usually with their grandparents when you met up.
You know him well.
Your children don't know him at all.
And therein lies the problem. You need to give them time to get to know him, and him to get to know them. And allow a relationship to develop healthily in its own time. Moving him in this early is just too much too soon.
I think that if he tried to take on a parental role at this point he might well be told "you aren't my Dad, stop trying to be my Dad". And that would be a perfectly reasonable response to someone your DS has only known for 3 months.
I am genuinely surprised/shocked at the level of reaction on here. I can't help but think that maybe I've described the situation badly? No-one in 'real life' has reacted in a similar way.
My kids come first in absolutely everything I do, this is the whole reason I made this thread as I want my bf to step up and show more interest in them than he currently is. I want him to have a relationship with them, and I want them to have a father figure they can look up to.
Littlemisssarcastic Even though I said he doesn't like him, what I really meant is he doesn't like the change. And I understand that. If he asked me to move my bf out the house, I'd do it right now.
Why did you move him in after only 3 months?
That is putting an awful lot of responsibility on a 7 year old, expecting him to have to ask you to move him out. You should make appropriate decisions in the first place so that it doesn't come to that.
I can't help but think that maybe I've described the situation badly?
How can you describe moving someone who's a virtual stranger to your children into your home any differently?
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
Jesus. I knew Dp for years and moved in with him after three months. But I would not have done that with kids on the scene! You're mad, your kids don't know him that well and needed a lot longer than three months to get to know him. Put your kids first, move him out and take things very slowly with this guy!
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Victims of domestic abuse and gun violence have gathered in Washington DC to share their stories as the Senate holds a first-of-its-kind hearing on how to keep guns out of the hands of abusive partners.
Former champion boxer Christy Martin will be among the victims who are set to testify during the Senate judiciary hearing on Wednesday in support of a bill that would block abusive partners and convicted stalkers from legally buying or carrying firearms.
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"If it could happen to me, it could happen to anybody because I was in good shape and I was pretty strong," she said, adding that women in abusive relationships are especially vulnerable in the period after they leave their partner.
Martin, a West Virginia native nicknamed "the coal miner's daughter", said she was raised in a hunting family and always had guns in the home. While she doesn't support broad gun control measures, she said it's a no-brainer that batterers should not be allowed to possess guns.
She said being shot gave her "a little more respect" for guns' lethal capacity.
Current federal law bans people convicted of abusing their spouse, including those placed under a restraining order for such a crime, from carrying a gun. It generally doesn't extend to abuse by a dating partner, or someone who is not a spouse.
The bill being discussed Wednesday, introduced by US senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, would expand the definition of "intimate partner" to mean someone who has been in a romantic or intimate relationship with the abuser.
The bill would also prohibit convicted stalkers from buying guns. While US law does ban stalkers who are convicted of felony offenses from possessing guns, it does not prevent those convicted of misdemeanor stalking offenses.
New Hampshire father John Cantin said he plans to speak to this during the hearing.
His daughter Missy was shot and killed by her estranged husband who was under a restraining order for previously strangling her, Cantin said, his voice wavering. Cantin was there when it happened, and was shot as he tried to carry his daughter's limp body out of the house.
"It's too bad we have to have all of these laws to try to help protect people – there's no guarantee – but it does work," he said. "If we can prolong a person getting a gun they might change their mind. Sometimes people do things in the heat of the moment."
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Everytown and Moms Demand Action have helped push through similar laws in six states across the country, including Wisconsin and Louisiana. Kentucky took a different approach. A new state law fast-tracks the process for domestic abuse victims to get a firearm, allowing people with an emergency protective order or domestic violence order to get a concealed carry permit in a day.
Former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, a survivor of a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, has been vocal on the issue of guns and domestic abuse, and called on the committee's chairman, Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, to give the bill a hearing.
Giffords said during a June speech in DC: "Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women. Criminals with guns. Stalkers with guns. Abusers with guns. That makes gun violence a women's issue."
And specifically, it's a US women's issue. A 2003 study in the Journal of Trauma – which is often cited by supporters of the bill – found that American women are 11 times more likely to be murdered with a gun than women in other high-income countries.
While the bill has its detractors – the National Rifle Association is reported to be in opposition – it seems to have found broad, bipartisan public support. A poll by the Huffington Post and YouGov found that two-thirds of American voters support both provisions in the bill.
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ATLANTA, May 5— Women are spending 37 percent less time in the hospital for childbirth than they did in 1970, as insurance companies push for shorter stays to rein in costs, Federal health officials reported.
The average length of stay for hospital deliveries dropped to 2.6 days in 1992 from 4.1 days in 1970, and the decline has not stopped, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
Women spent 46 percent less time in the hospital for vaginal births, with the average stay dropping to 2.1 days from 3.9 days. The stay for Caesarean sections was reduced almost by half, to 4 days from 7.8.
The decline has the centers and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists worried.
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The rise of managed care and the increase in hospital costs are pushing the decline in hospital stays for childbirth, the centers said.
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Dr. Danel said the decline in hospital stays might have been even greater had it not been for a dramatic increase in Caesarean sections, to 23.5 percent of births in 1992 from 5.5 percent in 1970. One reason for the rise in Caesarean sections is that the procedure is now safer and easier. But some experts attribute much of the increase to doctors who are practicing defensive medicine because they fear malpractice suits.
From 1977, when the centers began collecting information on how deliveries were paid for, through 1992, the average length of stay of women with private insurers, Medicaid or self-payment all dropped. The decrease was about 37 percent for vaginal deliveries and about 40 percent for Caesarean sections.
The few studies on the risk of shorter hospital stays are limited either by the small number of women studied or because the only women studied had little risk of complications, Dr. Danel said.
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Novel food product and method of use
Johnson, PS; Lee, S; Altalhi, ASD (2016-03-03)
Massey University
The invention includes a composition when used for the subsequent preparation of an egg white foam, characterised in that the composition includes an amount of egg white material and at least one thickener. The amount of thickener(s) is at least about 2.0%w/w in the composition and the composition has been heat treated at or above about 40°Cprior to preparing the egg white foam. The invention also encompasses method of use, novel food products, cooked or uncooked, and methods of manufacture.View record details
GPE Analogues and Peptidomimetics
Abood, NA; Brimble, MA (2003)
The University of Auckland Library
This invention relates to analogs and peptidomimetics of glycyl-L-prolyl-L-glutamic acid (GPE). In particular, this invention relates to GPE analogs and peptidomimetics that are anti-apoptotic and anti-necrotic, to methods of making them, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their use.View record details
Neuroprotective Bicyclic Compounds and Methods for their Use
Brimble, MA; Sieg, F; Guan, J (2007)
The University of Auckland Library
Embodiments of this invention provide novel cyclic compounds structurally related to diketopiperazines and methods for their therapeutic use. Such compounds are neuroprotective and have utility as therapeutic agents for treatment of diseases, injuries and other conditions characterised by neuronal degeneration and/or death. Compounds are also useful for manufacture of medicaments useful for treatment of such conditions.View record details
Inductively Powered Mobile Sensor System
Malpas, Simon; Hu, AP; Budgett, David (2004-09-16)
The University of Auckland Library
The present invention provides an inductively powered sensor system having a primary conductive path capable of being energized to provide an electromagnetic field in a defined space. An inductive power pick-up is associated with a sensor and is capable of receiving power from the field to supply the sensor. The system includes a first sensing unit to sense the power available to the pick-up and a control unit to increase or decrease the power available to the sensor dependant on the sensed power available. A method of inductively powering a sensor, an inductively powered sensor and an animal enclosure including one or more primary conductive path of an inductive power supply are also disclosed.View record details
Compositions and Methods for Regulating Plant Gene Expression
Espley,, RV; Hellens,, RP; Allan,, AC; Chagné,, D (2008)
The University of Auckland Library
The invention provides a method for producing a chimeric promoter polynucleotide capable of controlling transcription of an operably linked polynucleotide in a plant cell or plant, wherein the method comprises combining: a) at least one sequence motif comprising a sequence with at least 70% identity to SEQ ID NO:1, 11 or 12, and b) another polynucleotide sequence. The invention also provides chimeric promoters polynucleotides comprising the sequences defined in a) and b). The invention also provides constructs, vectors, host cells, plant cells and plants comprising the chimeric promoter polynucleotides of the invention. The invention also provided methods for modifying gene expression and phenotype of plant cells and plants by transforming the plant cells and plants with the chimeric promoter polynucleotides of the invention.View record details
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Bloksberg, LN; Bryant, C; Connett, MB; Emerson, SJ; Forster, RLS; Frost, J; Gause, K; Grigor, M; Havukkala, I; Higgins, C; Lasham, Annette; Lund, ST; Magusin, A; Phillips, J; Puthigae, S; Rottmann, WH; Veerakone, S; Westwood, C; Wood, M (2012)
The University of Auckland Library
The invention provides polynucleotide sequences isolated from plants encoding transcription factors. Polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides are also provided. Products and methods of use are disclosed.View record details
Cascaded Raman Laser
Martinelli, C; Leplingard, F; Sylvestre, T; Vanholsbeeck, Frederique; Emplit, P (2006-02-07)
The University of Auckland Library
A cascaded Raman laser (10) has a pump radiation source (12) emitting at a pump wavelength λp, an input section (14) and an output section (16) made of an optical medium. Each section (14, 16) comprises wavelength selectors (141, 142, . . . , 145 and 161, 162, . . . , 165) for wavelengths λ1, λ2, . . . , λn−k, where n≧3, λp< . . . <λn and λn−k+1, λn−k+2, . . . , λn being k≧1 emitting wavelengths of the laser (10). The laser further comprises an intracavity section (18) that is made of a non-linear optical medium, has a zero-dispersion wavelength λ0 and is disposed between the input (14) and the output (16) section. The wavelengths λ1, λ2, . . . , λn−k of the wavelength selectors (141, 142, . . . , 145 and 161, 162, . . . , 165) and the zero-dispersion wavelength λ0 of the intracavity section (18) are chosen such that energy is transferred between different wavelengths by multi-wave mixing.View record details
Kinase inhibitors, prodrug forms thereof and their use in therapy.
Smaill,, JB; Patterson, AV; Lu, G-L; Lee, Ho; Ashoorzadeh, A; Anderson, RF; Wilson, WR; Denny, WA; Hsu, A; Maroz, A; Jamieson, SMF; Mowday, AM; Carlin, KM (2011-03-10)
The University of Auckland Library
The present invention relates to pyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidine compounds of formula (I) suitable as kinase inhibitors, kinase inhibitors in prodrug form, their use in compositions and medicaments which are suitable for the treatment of diseases related to kinase activity such as cancers.View record details
Oral formulations of Glycyl-2-Methylprolyl-Glutamate.
Wen, Jingyuan; Thomas, G; Bickerdike, MJ (2009)
The University of Auckland Library
Oral formulations of G-2MePE including microemulsions, coarse emulsions, liquid crystals, tablets and encapsulated forms of G-2MePE have improved bioavailability than conventional aqueous formulations. In particular, microparticles, nanoparticles and microemulsions can exhibit great neuroprotective effects after oral administration. In a microemulsion formulation, G-2MePE can nearly completely inhibit cerebral infarction in an animal model of stroke even after the stroke had been initiated. Thus, improved oral formulations can be desirably used to treat a variety of neurodegenerative conditions with improved convenience and improved efficacy.View record details
Marker assisted selection of a mammalian subject for desired phenotype
Davis, S; Lehnert, K; Berry, SDK; Snell, Russell; Beattie, EM (2011)
The University of Auckland Library
The present invention provides methods of genotyping mammalian subjects for desired lactoferrin phenotypes by determining the lactoferrin genotype of the subject. The invention particularly provides methods wherein the presence or absence of the T allele or the C allele at the 30126 T/C polymorphism, of the A allele or the G allele at the 7447 A/G polymorphism, or of the C allele or the G allele at the -7 G/C polymorphism in the bovine Lf gene, is associated with increased or decreased lactoferrin production or secretion, including increased or decreased milk or colostrum Lf content.View record details
Dielectric elastomer self-sensing using plane approximation
O'Brien, BM; Gisby, TA; Anderson, IA (2011)
The University of Auckland Library
The present invention provides a method for obtaining feedback parameters related to the state of a dielectric elastomer (DE). The method comprises introducing a small-scale oscillation to the voltage difference between electrodes of the DE, monitoring or repeatedly measuring several measurable electrical characteristics of the DE, deriving other relevant data from the measurements, deriving an equation for a plane of best fit through the relevant data when defined as orthogonal axes, and deriving the feedback parameters from coefficients of the plane equation. The method thus provides important feedback regarding the capacitance, leakage current and/or electrode resistance of the DE. Also disclosed are a computer program and a system adapted to perform the method.View record details
Adrenocorticotropic hormone analogs and related methods
Brennan, MB; Costa, Jessica; Dores, RM; Hochgeschwender, U; Haskell-Luevano, C (2007)
The University of Auckland Library
ACTH analog compounds of the present invention include compounds comprising an ACTH peptide sequence with one or more structural modifications that can have one or more of the following preferred ACTH analog biological functions: (1) reduction of corticosteroid secretion by adrenal membrane in the presence of the ACTH analog compared to unmodified ACTH, (2) reduction of corticosteroid secretion by adrenal membrane in the presence of endogenous ACTH and (3) increased MC-2R binding affinity with reduced activation of the MC-2R receptor compared to unmodified ACTH binding to the MC-2R melanocortin. The ACTH analog compounds of the present invention are therefore useful for treatment or prevention of diseases and disorders related to ACTH, ACTH receptors or corticosteroid secretion, such as premature labor and Cushing's Disease.View record details
System and method for tracking facial muscle and eye motion for computer graphics animation
Sagar, Mark; Scott, R (2009)
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Back by popular demand! Moby-Dick, which "opened in a blaze of glory" in 2010, has been met with thunderous applause and critical acclaim in ports of call around the world since its maiden voyage at The Dallas Opera. Composer Jake Heggie, and librettist Gene Scheer based their work on Herman Melville's epic tale of Captain Ahab's obsession with the great white whale, Moby-Dick.
Starring Jay Hunter Morris • Stephen Costello • Morgan Smith • Musa Ngqungwana • David Cangelosi • Jacqueline Echols
Conductor Emmanuel Villaume • Production and Original Director Leonard Foglia • Revival Director and Choreographer Keturah Sitckann • Set Design Robert Brill • Costume Designer Jane Greenwood • Light Design Gavin Swift • Projection Design Elaine J. McCarthy
Opera in Brief
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Scenes 1 to 4. Day One: The whaling ship Pequod has been at sea for one week
Captain Ahab stands alone on deck in the hours before dawn. Below deck, while most of the crew sleeps, the harpooneer Queequeg prays and wakes Greenhorn, a loner and newcomer to whaling. Dawn breaks and the call is made for "All Hands!" While the crew is raising the ship's sails, Starbuck, Stubb, and Flask talk about Ahab, whom no one has seen since the ship left Nantucket.
The crew sings of whales, wealth and home when suddenly, Captain Ahab appears. He tells them of Moby Dick, the white whale that took off one of his legs, then nails a gold doubloon to the mast and promises it to the man who first sights him. This is the real reason they have sailed, he explains: to search the globe to find and destroy this one whale. His rousing call of "Death to Moby Dick!" excites everyone but the first mate, Starbuck. To no avail, he confronts Ahab about what he sees as a futile and blasphemous mission.
Starbuck instructs Greenhorn about the dangers of whaling. When he ponders never again seeing his wife and son, he is overcome with emotion and orders Queequeg to complete the lesson. Stubb sights a pod of whales, but Ahab will not allow the eager crew to hunt since they have not yet found Moby Dick. Starbuck orders the crew to sail on and sends Greenhorn up to the lookout on the masthead, joined by Queequeg.
As the sun begins to set, Ahab looks over the wake of the ship and mourns that his obsession deprives him of any enjoyment of beauty. All is anguish to him. At the masthead, Queequeg and Greenhorn look over the world, while Starbuck, on deck, bemoans Ahab's madness.
Scenes 5 to 7. Day Two: Three months later
After three months without a single whale hunt, Stubb jokes with the young cabin boy Pip about the sharks circling the ship. The song ignites a dance for the full crew, but rising tensions take over and a dangerous racial fight erupts. When Greenhorn suddenly sights a pod of whales, Starbuck is at last able to persuade Ahab to let the men hunt. Starbuck and Stubb harpoon whales, but Flask's boat is capsized and Pip is lost at sea.
On board the Pequod, an enormous whale is being butchered and the oil rendered in the burning tryworks. Flask tells Ahab that the search for Pip is under way, but Ahab thinks only of finding Moby Dick. As they butcher the whale, the crew imagines Pip lost and struggling in the heart of the sea. Flask tells Starbuck that many oil barrels are leaking and he goes below to tell Ahab they must find a port for repairs.
Ahab is unmoved by Starbuck's report, and is concerned only with the white whale. When Starbuck refuses to leave, Ahab grabs a musket and orders him to his knees. From afar, Greenhorn shouts that Pip has been found. Ahab orders Starbuck out of the cabin.
On deck, the crew listens to Greenhorn describe how Queequeg rescued Pip. As the men return to work, Greenhorn pleads with Starbuck to get help for Pip, who has gone mad. But, the first mate ignores him. Greenhorn observes how life really works on the ship and decides to befriend Queequeg.
Starbuck returns to Ahab's cabin, where he finds the captain asleep. He picks up the musket with which Ahab had threatened him and contemplates what he should do. Pull the trigger and he may survive to see his wife and child again. When Ahab cries out in his sleep, Starbuck replaces the musket and leaves the cabin.
Scenes 1-3. Day Three: One year later
An enormous storm is approaching, but Stubb, Flask and the crew sing a jolly work song. From the mastheads, Greenhorn and Queequeg talk of traveling together to his native island. Greenhorn wants to learn Queequeg's language and write down their adventures. Suddenly, Queequeg collapses. The crew gets him down and Ahab announces he will take the masthead watch himself, as he wants to sight Moby Dick first.
Below deck, Queequeg tells Greenhorn that he is dying and asks that a coffin be built for him. Pip enters from the shadows and sings a lament, joined by Greenhorn.
The massive storm now surrounds the Pequod. As Ahab sings defiantly to the heavens, bolts of lightning engulf the ship and the masts glow with St. Elmo's fire. Ahab demands that the men hold their posts, promising them the white flame is a sign from heaven to guide them to the white whale. The crew is inspired once again by the captain, much to Starbuck's distress.
Scenes 4 to 7. Day Four: The next morning
The ship has made it through the storm. From afar, the voice of Gardiner, captain of the Rachel, calls out. He pleads with Ahab to help him search for his 12-year-old son who was lost in the storm, but Ahab refuses. Pip shouts to Gardiner of the Pequod's own lost boy. Pip cuts himself and gets blood on Ahab's clothes. The captain orders the ship to sail on, leaving Gardiner behind. Ahab contemplates the heartless God who devastates so many lives and baptizes his new harpoon with Pip's blood.
Below deck, Greenhorn sees Queequeg's newly built coffin and contemplates the madness that seems to surround him.
On deck, Ahab and Starbuck gaze over the horizon. Ahab describes his forty years at sea and all he has left behind. And why? To what end? He cannot say. But he sees in Starbuck's eye a human soul and it touches him deeply. Starbuck seizes the moment and persuades Ahab that they should return to the wives and sons who wait for them in Nantucket.
Just as Ahab appears to relent, he sights Moby Dick on the horizon. Great excitement ensues and the whale boats are lowered. Ahab looks again in Starbuck's eye and orders him to stay on board. The crew declares its loyalty to Ahab. During the chase, Moby Dick destroys two whaleboats in succession, drowning their crews. Then, the Pequod is rammed and sunk, killing all aboard. Ahab's boat is then attacked and all but the captain jump or fall off. Finally alone with the white whale, Ahab cries out and stabs at Moby Dick before being dragged down into the sea.
Epilogue: Many days later
Greenhorn floats on Queequeg's coffin, barely alive, softly singing his lost friend's prayer. Gardiner calls from afar, thinking he has at last found his missing son. Instead, he learns that Ahab and all the crew of the Pequod have drowned, except for this one survivor.
Cast Biographies
Jay Hunter Morris (Ahab) Called the quintessential Siegfried of our time, he sang the role at the Metropolitan Opera in a new production that was broadcast live to cinemas worldwide and won a 2012 Grammy Award; and again last season at Houston Grand Opera. Previous appearances here include Paul Die Tote Stadt. He sang Captain Ahab at San Francisco Opera, San Diego Opera and in Australia. With a busy international career, Mr. Morris recently appeared in the title role Tristan und Isolde at Polish National Opera; he returns to the Metropolitan Opera later this season as Erik Der Fliegende Holländer. Mr. Morris won great acclaim for the role of the villain Teague in Santa Fe Opera's Cold Mountain last season, which also played at Opera Philadelphia.
Stephen Costello (Greenhorn) Stephen Costello is "a prodigiously gifted singer whose voice makes an immediate impact" (Associated Press). The Philadelphia-born tenor quickly established a reputation as a "first-class talent" (Opera News) after coming to national attention making his Metropolitan Opera debut on the company's 2007-2008 season-opening night. Stephen later won the prestigious Richard Tucker Award, and has since appeared at the world's most important opera houses and festivals. Recent engagements include Duca Rigoletto and Lord Percy Anna Bolena (Metropolitan Opera); Duca Rigoletto (Teatro Real Madrid); Des Grieux Manon (Dallas Opera); Edgardo Lucia di Lammermoor (Covent Garden); Nemorino L'elisir (Wiener Staatsoper); title role Roméo et Juliette (Santa Fe) and Alfredo Traviata (Bayerische Staatsoper). Costello returns to the Met as Duca Rigoletto and Roméo and will make his Paris Opera début as Camille Merry Widow.
Morgan Smith (Starbuck) Appearing as Starbuck in its world premiere presentation here, Morgan Smith appeared in Moby-Dick in several other cities and in the PBS Great Performances broadcast. With frequent appearances at Oper Leipzig in roles such as Papageno Die Zauberflöte, Marcello La bohème and Guglielmo Così fan tutte, his US appearances include Sharpless Madama Butterfly, Count Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro, Escamillo Carmen, and in the title role Don Giovanni and as Four Villians Les contes d'Hoffmann he won high acclaim. Sought-after for his interpretation of contemporary roles, Mr. Smith features the work of Jake Heggie, Kevin Putts and David Martin Levy in his repertoire, and won outstanding reviews as Tadeusz in Weinberg's The Passenger at Houston Grand Opera and at Lincoln Center.
Musa Ngqungwana (Queequeg) A native of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, bass-baritone Musa Ngqungwana has been praised by The New York Times for his "rich, glowing voice and elegant legato." Recent operatic engagements include Mr. Ngqungwana's Los Angeles Opera company debut as Queequeg in Moby-Dick, his Glimmerglass Festival and role debut as Gottardo in La gazza ladra, his Palm Beach Opera debut as Zuniga in Carmen, a return to Washington National Opera in the role of Stephen Kumalo in Kurt Weill's Lost in the Stars, and Handel's Messiah at the U.S. Naval Academy. Highlights of future seasons include his Dallas Opera debut in Eugene Onegin and as Queequeg in Moby-Dick, his debut with the Canadian Opera Company as Angelotti in Tosca, and role of Leporello in Don Giovanni with Florentine Opera.
Jacqueline Echols (Pip) Lyric soprano Jacqueline Echols has been praised for her "dynamic range and vocal acrobatics" (Classical Voice) in theaters across the United States. Her 2016-17 season begins with her debut at The Dallas Opera as Pip in Moby-Dick. Echols debuted the role last season in her company debut with Los Angeles Opera, for which Opera Today noted that "the voice of Jacqueline Echols' Pip soared gracefully over Heggie's orchestra, soloists and chorus." Echols performs another of Heggie's most popular works in February in her return to Washington National Opera as Sister Rose in Dead Man Walking. She finishes the season with her house debut at Pittsburgh Opera in April when she creates the role of Helen in the world premiere performances of The Summer King.
Peter McGillivray (Stubb) Baritone Peter McGillivray reprises the role of Stubb in Moby-Dick after his acclaimed debut with Calgary Opera. The 2016-17 season also sees McGillivray as Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola with Edmonton Opera and Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opera de Quebec, a role previously sung with Pacific Opera Victoria and Opera Lyra Ottawa. Last season, McGillivray sang the role of Barrett in the world premiere of Rocking Horse Winner, a co-production between Scottish Opera and Tapestry Opera Theatre. Recent credits include Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro (Manitoba Opera, Opera Lyra Ottawa), Father Palmer in Silent Night (Calgary Opera), Sharpless in Madama Butterfly (Opera de Quebec, Saskatoon Opera), Schaunard in La bohème (Manitoba Opera) and Handel's Messiah (National Arts Centre Orchestra).
David Cangelosi (Flask) David Cangelosi has established himself as an artist who combines both excellent singing with winning characterizations. In 2004 he made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Mime in Das Rheingold, conducted by James Levine, and has returned in multiple principal roles over the past twelve years. Upcoming highlights include continuation of a multi-year performance/recording project of the 'Ring' with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Der Rosenkavalier with the Boston Symphony, and Madame Butterfly with Dallas Opera. He recently made his company debut with Houston Grand Opera, and reprised his signature role of Mime for the 'Ring' with Washington National Opera. Other career highlights include appearances with Paris Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Venice Film Festival, and recordings with EMI Classics.
Mark McCrory (Gardiner) One of America's leading young basses, Mark McCrory has attracted considerable attention for an imposing voice and galvanizing stage presence. He has appeared on the stages of The Dallas Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Florentine Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Indianapolis Opera, Kentucky Opera, Madison Opera, Minnesota Opera, Mobile Opera, Nashville Opera, New Orleans Opera, Opera Pacific, Opera Philadelphia, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Portland Opera, Opera Longview, and the Wichita Grand Opera. As an alumnus of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, he sang numerous roles with the Lyric Opera of Chicago
Mr. McCrory is currently an Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Oklahoma.
Production Biographies
Emmanuel Villaume (Conductor) Entering his fourth season as Music Director of The Dallas Opera, Mo. Emmanuel Villaume returns for three productions in the 2016/17 season. He opens TDO's season leading performances of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, followed by the highly anticipated return of Jake Heggie's Moby Dick, which debuted at The Dallas Opera in 2010. In March, Villaume revisits his acclaimed interpretation of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette at The Metropolitan Opera. The Chicago Classical Review praised Villaume's conducting of Roméo et Juliette at the Lyric Opera of Chicago last season, proclaiming, "Villaume is almost without peer in this repertory, and his conducting provides a virtual seminar in how French opera should be performed." Villaume returns to TDO to conduct Norma in April, followed by his return to the Santa Fe Opera.
Leonard Foglia (Production and Original Director) Leonard Foglia (Director) Opera World Premieres: Moby-Dick (filmed for PBS), Everest, Cold Mountain, The End of the Affair, Three Decembers. His production of Dead Man Walking has been seen across the country. As a librettist, he wrote (and directed) El Pasado Nunca Se Termina with composer Jose Martinez for Lyric Opera of Chicago, A Coffin In Egypt with composer Ricky Ian Gordon and Cruzar La Cara De La Luna with composer Martinez for Houston Grand Opera. Original Broadway productions: Master Class (West End, National tour), Thurgood (filmed for HBO), The People In The Picture (Roundabout). Broadway revivals: The Gin Game, On Golden Pond, Wait Until Dark. Off-Broadway: Let Me Down Easy (filmed for PBS), One Touch of Venus. Upcoming: Heggie and Scheer's It's a Wonderful Life at Houston Grand Opera.
Keturah Stickann (Revival Director & Choreographer) Keturah Stickann's recent credits include La traviata for Chautauqua Opera, Orpheus and Euridice for The Vermont Opera Project, Macbeth for Kentucky Opera, Il trovatore for Knoxville Opera, Madama Butterfly for Opera Colorado, and Don Quichotte for San Diego Opera. She is a frequent collaborator of Leonard Foglia's and their projects include Jake Heggie's Moby-Dick (Associate Director/Movement Director), Ricky Ian Gordon's A Coffin in Egypt (Assistant Director) and Jennifer Higdon's Cold Mountain (Assistant Director). Other credits Don Giovanni for the Janiec Opera Company, Flight for Opera Fayetteville as well as Rigoletto for Opera Memphis, The Tales of Hoffman and Manon for Knoxville Opera. Upcoming productions include Lucia di Lammermoor for Opera Colorado, L'elisir d'amore for Opera Birmingham, and The Dialogues of the Carmelites for Rutgers University.
Robert Brill (Set Designer) designed the world premiere of Moby-Dick for Dallas Opera, as well as its productions in Australia, Canada, San Diego, and San Francisco. His other designs for opera include Faust for the Metropolitan Opera and English National Opera, Doubt for Minnesota Opera, as well as the world premiere productions, Cold Mountain and The Manchurian Candidate. His designs for Broadway include Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar, Assassins (Tony nomination), Guys and Dolls (Tony nomination), A Streetcar Named Desire, Design for Living, Buried Child, and many others. Other designs include Sinatra at Radio City Music Hall, On the Record for Disney Theatrical,American in Paris for Boston Ballet, A Clockwork Orange for Steppenwolf, Anna Deavere Smith's Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 for the Mark Taper Forum and McCarter Theatre, and The Laramie Project for BAM and other theaters throughout the U.S.
Jane Greenwood (Costume Designer) Jane Greenwood, costume designer, was trained at Central School of Arts & Crafts, London. She has designed 135 Broadway productions, as well as designs for film (Arthur, Can't Stop the Music, Glengarry Glen Ross) and TV (Kennedy miniseries and American Playhouse. Her many regional theatre credits include The Guthrie, American Shakespeare Festival (Connecticut), Mark Taper Forum, and the Shakespeare Theatre (Washington). At the Metropolitan Opera she has designed Dialogues of the Carmelites and The Great Gatsby. Professor of Design at Yale School of Drama since 1976, her numerous awards include Irene Sharaff Award 1998, Helen Hayes Award 2010, Lucile Lortel Award 2001, Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement 2014, and 19 Tony Award Nominations including this year for Long Day's Journey Into Night.
Gavan Swift (Lighting Designer) graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1994. He has been in constant demand as a lighting designer for plays, musicals, dance, and corporate events. His musical lighting designs include The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, Hot Shoe Shuffle, Little Shop of Horrors, Sweet Charity, Fiddler on the Roof, Jolson, Buddy, Oh What A Night, Footloose, Hair, Xanadu, and Saturday Night Fever, both in Australia and on London's West End. He has also designed the lighting for the Production Company's concert versions of Anything Goes, Sugar (Some Like It Hot), The Music Man, Hair, Mack & Mabel, and their inaugural production of Mame. For Bell Shakespeare, Swift has designed the lighting for The Winter's Tale, Pericles, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Elaine J. McCarthy (Projection Designer) maintains an international career in projection design spanning 20 years and encompassing nearly every area of live performance. Her opera credits include Everest, La wally, Moby-Dick and Tristan und Isolde with the Dallas Opera, Mazeppa with the Metropolitan Opera, Dead Man Walking with New York City Opera, War and Peace with the Metropolitan Opera and Kirov Opera, Tosca with Opera Festival of New Jersey, and The Peony Pavilion at the Wiener Festwochen. Additional career highlights include the Broadway productions of Wicked, Spamalot, Assassins, Man of La Mancha, Into the Woods, Thurgood, and Judgment at Nuremberg, as well as the Off-Broadway productions of Frequency Hopping (set and projections), and Distracted (set and projections).
Alexander Rom (Chorus Master) is a native of Kharkov, Ukraine, and holds a Master's Degree in Choral Conducting from Leningrad Conservatory of Music. Since immigrating to the U.S., he has worked as a performer, conductor, educator, voice teacher, opera coach, and composer. He has been the chorus master for The Dallas Opera since 1990 and an opera coach with the Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Savonlinna Opera Festival, Cincinnati Festival, and Ravinia Festival. He has worked with world renowned singers including Paul Plishka, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Jorma Hynninen, Helga Dernesch, Martti Talvela, Joyce DiDonato, and Jerry Hadley. Maestro Rom is an honorary Visiting Professor at Sibelius Academy Helsinki Conservatory and was a Visiting Professor at Savonlinna Opera Festival Music Institute.


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Earlier this year, mayors from across Europe and China signed an agreement on urbanisation, committing to the creation of "harmonious societies based on sustainable and inclusive development". It was a deal borne out of a shared view that the challenges of urbanisation are common to all; if we are to find sustainable ways to manage our cities, we need to pool experiences and co-operate.
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The difficulties that urbanisation brings are well documented, from the pressure on infrastructure to overcrowding and social disintegration, but it can also spark innvoation and spearhead economic growth. The meeting of Chinese and European mayors in Brussels was an opportunity to share successful urban development projects in Europe.
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With structural funding making up almost a third of the EU budget, spending on regional development is a priority for Europe. We need to maintain investment in this field. We need to continue supporting projects such as the London green fund – where €50m (£40m) was provided by the EU budget – if we are to encourage growth.
The Chinese government has no doubt about the strategic importance of urbanisation and is looking to inject €1tn into green transport that connects smaller cities, public welfare, renewable energy and projects to improve the resilience of cities, such as disaster management. It understands that adequate funding is needed not just to fund necessary infrastructure and services, but to encourage economic prosperity.
Local and regional authorities across continents are taking the initiative to co-operate, to learn and to share ideas. These partnerships brings political benefits, improves international relations and presents serious business opportunities.
Today, national leaders will sit at the negotiation table to discuss the next EU budget. The minds of many member states already been made up: if we want financial consolidation we need to also cut investment. Yet the EU-China Mayors' Forum shows there is an alternative path.
As the EU Committee of the Regions has consistently repeated, only by investing effectively in cities, sharing common goals and having meaningful and constructive dialogue, can we spur on much-needed growth. If we are to jump start the economy we need a commitment – not a disinvestment – to our regions and our cities.
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