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Name: Hector
Gender: male
Age: 17
Location: Tujunga, CA
I'm afraid my penis isn't right. I worry because it doesn't look like other guys. For one thing I'm a lot smaller. I'm afraid to have sex or show my penis. Is there any way for me to know for sure? I hope to hear from you because this is making me real nervous. Thank you.
I'd chill out, if I were you, Hector. Lots of guys your age mistakenly think there is something wrong with their unit, when actually their willie is quite normal. This heightened concern, as you suggest, can lead to anxiety or even a complex about one's cock size and shape. You don't really give me much to go on as to why you think your pinga is not like the other guys. That leads me to think you don't really know all that much about your package in general. Do you? I mean, who are you comparing yourself to anyway?
Since I don't have a lot of information to go on, I suppose we oughta start with some essentials. Here's Part 1 of my primer — Your Cock; A Complete Owners Manual (abridged). That's supposed to be funny, BTW.
We all know that there are big ones and little ones, fat ones and skinny ones. Some are bobbed; some are whole. Some curve and bend; some are straight as an arrow. Some have a mushroom cap; some sport more of a helmet look. Some grow; some show. And they come in a veritable rainbow of colors.
Despite the amazing diversity, there are lots of things that each of our members has in common with everyone else's. The average length of a flaccid cock is 3.7 inches with a diameter of 1.25 inches. The average length of a hardon is 5.1 inches, with a diameter of 1.6 inches. If you are over the age of 17, you pretty much have all the cock you're gonna have. That's not to say that as we age and as our muscles slack, our pal won't hang a bit differently than when we were a young buck. But there's not gonna be significant change in length or girth after puberty is done with us. Keep in mind that all this stuff is determined by genetics and heredity, like your overall body type, the color of your eyes, your hair pattern, and how tall you are. So the likelihood that any guy will add even one permanent inch to his dick either in length or girth, without surgery, is about as likely as him adding even an inch to his height.
The head of your dick is called the glans. (It's the thing that can be shaped like a mushroom or a helmet.) It is made up of soft tissue called the corpus spongiosum. Just below the glans, on the underside of your cock is a waddle of skin called the frenulum. This puppy is chock-full of nerve endings that make it ground zero for dick-centered pleasure.
All uncut (uncircumcised) men have a prepuce, or foreskin that covers and protects his dickhead. Cut (circumcised) men don't, because it has been surgically removed. If you are lucky enough to be intact, your foreskin is a highly specialized, sensitive, and functional organ of touch. No other part of the body serves the same purpose. Please note: circumcision actually removes 50% of the skin of a guy's dick. And who among us would choose that if we were allowed to choose?
You know the old adage, "Use it or lose it"? They may have had a penis in mind when that maxim was coined. Researchers agree — erections are good for you. When you get a woody, your cock is engorged with oxygen-rich blood, which is essential for the upkeep of the smooth muscle tissue. This kind of tissue makes up about 90% of your cock. You can see how a healthy circulatory system is vital to a vibrant sex life. An oxygen-deprived cock will build up a kind of plaque in your cock, which resembles scar tissue. This will cripple your rod (Peyronie's disease) or rob you of your wood altogether.
I also want to alert you of some startling new data that came out of recent research about masturbation. Australian researchers questioned over 1,000 men who had developed prostate cancer and 1,250 men who had not, about their sexual habits. They found those who had ejaculated the most between the ages of 20 and 50 were the least likely to develop prostate cancer.
The protective effect was greatest while the men were in their 20s. And get this; men who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer later in life. But let's not get off topic too much.
The other big part of your package is the family jewels. We mind as well take a look at them too while we're at it. Your nuts (testis) and the sack (scrotum) they're housed in are an evolutionary marvel. Your testicles are about 4°F cooler than your core body temperature. Lucky for us, this is the ideal climate for healthy sperm production. 90% of the male hormone, testosterone, is manufactured in our balls. Evolution has even provided that one nut, generally the left, hangs slightly lower than the other. The lower nut will also be slightly larger. I suppose this keep them from knocking into each other so much.
Ok so you think the outside of your junk is pretty impressive, well you ain't seen nothin' yet! Here's where things get really interesting. First, there is no "bone" in your boner. Don't laugh! Humans are one of the few mammals (horses, donkeys, rhinoceros, marsupials, rabbits, whales and dolphins, elephants and hyenas are the others) that don't have a penis bone. Most males of our species have a unique bone called baculum in their penis. The baculum is designed for speed fucking. Sliding a bone in and out of a sheath is much faster than waiting for hydraulics to kick in. This enables our mammalian relatives to spend very little time actually mating. Which is, after all, a vulnerable position for them to be in.
If there's no bone in there what make our dick hard? Good question. If you dissected your woody and looked at a cross-section you'd see three distinct spongy tubular structures, each are made up of smooth muscle tissue. Two of these tubular structures — one on either side of your cock, both of which run the length of your cock — are called the corpora cavernosa. These marvelous structures become engorged with blood lifting and thickening your cock to erection. The corpus spongiosum, the third tubular structure is located just below the corpora cavernosa. This baby houses your urethra, through which urine and semen pass during urination and ejaculation, respectively. This may also become slightly engorged with blood, but less so than the corpora cavernosa.
There are several points of interest in and around your balls too. I already mentioned your urethra, which stretches from your bladder to the tip of your dick. It carries your piss and cum, but not at the same time, I'm happy to report. Your prostate is an almond shaped gland that sits between your bladder and the root of your dick. Slightly in back of that is a pair of glands called the seminal vesicles. These tubular glands open into the vas deferens as it enters the prostate gland. They secrete the lion's share of your spooge (ejaculate) about 70% to be precise. Most of us have two vas deferens tubes to correspond to the pair of ball (testicles) most of us have. These convey your mature sperm, the ones that have been comfortably relaxing in the epididymis, which is a tube filled mass at the back of each of your balls.
To conclude, the average male, between the ages of 15 and 60 will ejaculate 30 to 50 quarts of jizz (semen), containing 350 to 500 billion sperm cells. How amazing is that?
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Prom 29: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Vasily Petrenko conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in music by Varèse, Muhly, Messiaen and Meredith
Here's a chance to catch-up with a past Prom. Recorded on 4 August, this concert features the National Youth Orchestra in a stunning programme of modern works. Conducted by Vasily Petrenko, the orchestra will 'tune up' with Varèse, before launching into the London premiere of Nico Muhly's Gait, commissioned by the BBC.
After the interval the NYO turns to Messiaen's ecstatic Turangalîla Symphony, and Anna Meredith's Cultural Olympiad commission HandsFree. A varied and satisfying programme.
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MUMBAI (MarketWatch) — Asian shares were under pressure after a choppy session Monday, as investors weighed political developments in Europe and China's weekend move to loosen monetary policy.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index (HSI) fell 1.2% after opening higher, while the Shanghai Composite Index (000001) lost 0.6%.
South Korea's Kospi (SEU) finished with a 0.3% loss.
Japan's Nikkei Stock Average (100000018) and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index (XJO) held onto slim gains, both rising 0.2%.
Hong Kong stocks skidded 5.3% last week, Japanese stocks lost more than 4.5%, Korean stocks fell 3.6%, and Australian stocks dropped 2.5%, for their worst weekly fall so far this year.
The losses came as market concerns over the euro zone were revived by elections in France and Greece, where voters massively rejected austerity measures.
On Sunday, Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Greek radical-left party, Syriza, said he would not join a coalition government to implement a harsh and deeply unpopular austerity program.
The election in Greece left the country without a majority needed to implement the program and conform with the lending terms imposed by international creditors, with the nation now likely headed back to the polls. Read report on Greek political negotiations.
"It is clear that risk sentiment remains subdued amid uncertainty surrounding the Greece political situation," said Stan Shamu, strategist at IG Markets.
Additionally, toward the end of last week China released a raft of data generally presenting a weaker picture of growth in the country that markets are counting on to support a global economic recovery.
Still, on Saturday the People's Bank of China introduced more monetary easing by cutting the amount that banks are required to hold as reserves. a move that Deutsche Bank analysts linked to the weaker data. Read more on China's RRR cuts.
"We believe that the timing of this action reflects policy makers' intention to support growth after seeing disappointing April data and renewed uncertainty in the European economy," the analysts said. See report on Chinese economic data.
Major movers
Property companies first rose in Hong Kong after the reserve ratio cut but lost gains by the close. Hang Lung Properties Ltd. (101) HLPPF, +4.27% held onto a 0.2% advance, while China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. (688) CAOVF, +2.56% fell 0.3% and Wharf Holdings Ltd. (4) WARFF, +1.56% dropped 0.1%.
Deutsche Bank analysts said that the RRR cut should mean about 400 to 500 yuan of extra liquidity for the Chinese economy which it believes will boost infrastructure project financing and first time buyer mortgages.
"In our view, this is positive to the property sector" they said, given speculation of tight liquidity in the banking sector.
But Hong Kong firms that generate a significant proportion of their sales in Europe lost ground as the euro EURUSD, +0.0980% traded below $1.29, with apparel firm Esprit Holdings Ltd. (330) ESHDF, +0.00% slumping 5.8%. Read more on currencies
Japanese firms exposed to Europe also traded lower Monday, including car maker Nissan Motor Co. (7201) NSANY, +0.34% which saw its shares fall 2%, even after reporting late Friday that its net profit more than doubled. Read more on Nissan earnings.
Takeda Phamaceutical Co. (4502) TKPHF, -2.01% fell 3.2%. after announcing a hefty drop in fiscal-year profit due to restructuring costs linked to the firm's acquisition of Swiss pharmaceutical Nycomed.
Panasonic Corp. (6752) PC, -0.73% managed to regain some ground lost earlier in the session, trading up 1.4%. On Friday, the firm reported a record fiscal-year loss late Friday. Read more on Panasonic results.
Shares of Sony Corp. (6758) SNE, -0.54% hovered around multi-decade lows but also pulled back from earlier losses to advance 1.7%.
Heavyweight Japanese retailer Fast Retailing Co. (9983) FRCOF, -1.54% owner of the Uniqlo casual apparel brand, rose 2.3%, offering some support for the Nikkei Average.
Japanese financials gained broadly after losing ground on Friday after banking group J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM, -0.99% unveiled a surprisingly large trading loss.
Among the gainers, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (8601) DSECF, +1.47% climbed 1.1%, Matsui Securities Co. (8628) MAUSF rose 1.2%, and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (8316) SMFG, -0.57% moved 1% higher. However, Resona Holdings Inc. (8308) RSNHF, +1.19% dropped 4.3%.
Banks mostly gained in Australia as well, with Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) , ANEWF, -3.18% up 0.7%, and National Australia Bank Ltd. (NAB) , NAUBF, +0.90% up 1%.


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Brussels, 20 November 2012
State aid: Commission opens in-depth inquiry into state measures in favour of Slovenian airline Adria Airways
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to verify whether a number of public support measures in favour of the Slovenian airline Adria Airways are in line with EU state aid rules. These measures include four capital injections between 2007 and 2011 amounting to around €85.5 million. The Commission has doubts that they were granted on market terms. The opening of an in-depth investigation gives interested third parties an opportunity to submit comments on the measures under assessment. It does not prejudge the outcome of the investigation.
The majority State-owned company has been facing financial difficulties for several years and has had a negative net result since at least 2008. In order to address these difficulties, Adria Airways adopted a "Financial and Business Restructuring Program" plan in September 2011.
The Commission identified several public measures in favour of Adria Airways.
Four capital injections were carried out in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011, amounting to approximately €85.5 million. These capital increases were carried out either directly by Slovenia or through the State-owned holding Posebna družba za podjetniško svetovanje d.d. (PDP) or its predecessor Kapitalska druzba d.d. (KAD). The 2007 and 2009 capital injections were subscribed almost in their entirety by KAD. The 2010 capital increase was funded at 80% by PDP and at 20% by two tourist agencies. In 2011, Slovenia and PDP injected €50 million in cash into Adria Airways, while a number of banks – including the majority State-owned Nova Ljubljanska Banka d.d. (NLB) – converted into equity €19.7 million of debt.
In addition, the Commission found that PDP and the majority State-owned manager of Ljubljana's airport respectively acquired 52.3% and 47.7% of Adria Airway's subsidiary Adria Airways Tehnika between October 2010 and March 2011.
The Commission will now investigate whether one or more of the identified measures constitute state aid in the meaning of EU rules, i.e. if they have procured an economic advantage to Adria Airways over its competitors in the EU Single Market. In the affirmative, the Commission will investigate whether they can be found compatible with EU state aid rules that allow certain categories of aid.
Public interventions in companies that carry out economic activities can be considered free of state aid in the meaning of the EU rules when they are made on terms that a private player operating under market conditions would have accepted (the market economy investor principle – MEIP).
If the MEIP is not respected, the public intervention constitutes state aid because it procured an economic advantage to the beneficiary that its competitors did not have. The Commission will then proceed to assess, whether such aid can be found compatible with the common EU rules that allow certain categories of aid.
The non-confidential version of the decision will be made available under the case number SA.32715 in the State Aid Register on the DG Competition website once any confidentiality issues have been resolved. New publications of state aid decisions on the internet and in the Official Journal are listed in the State Aid Weekly e-News.
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All of the stories are facinating and appeal to those of us who, for whatever reason, are drawn to the outdoors and extreme adventure challenges. This book creates an interesting problem however in that all of the stories are snapshots of larger stories. In many cases, the storytellers do a tremendous job of painting the visual and emotional pictures of their struggles. However, because a snapshot by it's very definition is not the complete story, the listener is often left wanting to listen to the rest of the story to understand the final resolution. One assumes that since the author wrote the first-hand account, he or she survived the ordeal, but it's still difficult to find yourself fully engaged in the tale, only to then be left on the side of the mountain, or still sailing on the seas, when the story ends.
If you love adventure writing in it's purest form, this is a great listen. But, if you want the full story including it's final resolution, you may want to pass on this one and read the individual books in their entirety.
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- 11-03-12
I disagree with the other two reviews
One thing that the other two reviews didn't mention is you get all 3 (three) books for the price of one credit. You get the High, Epic, and the Rought Water series. I freaked out when I saw that I bought 3 books, but in reality its like getting a 3 for 1 deal.
Ok about the books, yes its true that you only get snip its from the best parts of many books. For example you are read the best chapters from Shackelton's Voyage. The Best parts from "Minus 148 degrees below zero". After listening to these selections I went a bought more books so I could hear the whole story. Consider this the sampler plate of the out door world. I did not enjoy some selections and now I won't buy them. I also did not agree with the actor reading the words to you and forcing emotion on you. After reading the reviews I was listening for it and didn't hear it. Oh well. I loved these books. I felt like it was drinking from a fire hose because it was so much crammed into a short time. I enjoyed relistning to some selecions again and again. That said many selections are 15-40 minutes long. Just long enough for the drive to work, or the trip to town. I would definatly recomend this to any arm chair mountaineer.
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- Betty
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Total Disappointment
Stories with little or no depth read by an overexcitable narrator who insists on slamming you over the head with whatever emotion you're supposed to be feeling. He's Kind of like the Celine Dion of narrators. Okay This is the scary part..it must be because the narrator is hyperventilating.
This was just plain boring and bad. Best of the Genre? Was Stephanie Pratt the judge?
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With red-headed lady spies, the Winter Olympics, a Formula1 race in 2014, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, it is time to trot out some more James Bond references, and turn to thoughts of
Mother Russia. Word is spreading that Infront Motorsports has begun talks to take World Superbike further afield than Western Europe with a future round in Russia. The 2011 WSBK season has only two flyaway races (Miller Motorsports Park in the US, and the season opener at Phillip Island in Australia). Thus, a future round in Russia would help expand both the physical and marketing reaches of the series.
With no track built yet, it is clear that there is still a long way to go before racing could happen. Then there are the always tricky negotiations that could easily scupper plans, no matter how public they might be. Once the F1 track is completed at least one of the obstacles to this dream will be removed, though a F1 circuit built around a Winter Olympics site (yes, that is exactly what is going to happen, complete with February to autumn turnaround) might not be the first choice for two-wheeled racing enthusiasts.


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All you have to do is read between the lines in the new German book, Schoepfung und Evolution (Creation and Evolution), and it is pretty evident that Pope Benedict is an agnostic who is trying to keep his sham religion alive (all religions are shams, but some are shammier than others).
First off, the Pope stayed clear of the ID "argument" altogether, which is a pretty clear admission that knows Behe and Dumbski are full of garbage, and he also stayed clear of creationist crapola too.
Lets look at the quotes shall we:
"Science has opened up large dimensions of reason ... and thus brought us new insights.....science has narrowed the way life's origins are understood and Christians should take a broader approach to the question."
What you really are saying that science has disproved the idea of a young earth and creationism, and the only way to keep the Catholic church alive in light of scientific fact is to come up with new bullshit reasons for why God would have done things the way he did it.
"the Darwinist theory of evolution is not completely provable because mutations over hundreds of thousands of years cannot be reproduced in a laboratory....We cannot haul 10,000 generations into the laboratory."
Notice the word "completely"? Yes, scientists know that it is impossible to do millions of years of evolution in a lab. And yes, many people will say that unless they see something for themselves it can't be "completely" provable. But what you the Pope, does admit, is that the earth is much older than 10,000 years. And that your only defense against evolution is that fact it takes too damn long for species changes to occur. Popey, you are admitting that evolution is fact, in other words.
"But it is also true that the theory of evolution is not a complete, scientifically proven theory."
Well duh. There is no such thing as a scientifically proven theory. You are trying to pull a fast one here, in order to keep the Catholics, who would think about changing religions, if you admitted to being an agnostic evolutionist.
"The question is not to either make a decision for a creationism that fundamentally excludes science, or for an evolutionary theory that covers over its own gaps and does not want to see the questions that reach beyond the methodological possibilities of natural science."
Yep, the old theistic evolution argument. I like it much better than the YEC argument. Actually, I like it a lot better. But see, here is the thing. You realize that scientific theory is based on observable facts. But you have to come up a reason to keep the flock together by trying to invent a big picture, that you have no proof of, or no evidence of. This makes you agnostic. An agnostic is someone who deep down hopes there is a God, knowing full well there is no evidence of one. They hope that there is a bigger picture and a guiding hand, but really know that there isn't. As gaps become less and less, more agnostics have the courage to state they are atheist. I doubt you will admit you are an Atheist, Benedict. You are too old to change your agnostic ways.
"I find it important to underline that the theory of evolution implies questions that must be assigned to philosophy and which themselves lead beyond the realms of science."
Well actually the theory of evolution doesn't have to imply philosophical questions, unless you are hoping for something that almost for sure isn't there. Without philosophical questions about evolution, you have no reason to keep up the charade of Catholicism, right Popey?
"The process (evolution) itself is rational despite the mistakes and confusion as it goes through a narrow corridor choosing a few positive mutations and using low probability.....This ... inevitably leads to a question that goes beyond science ... where did this rationality come from?..... it came from the creative reason of God."
So evolution is confusing because scientist don't ask why it is happening philosophically? I got you Popey, nudge nudge wink wink. It is about time you threw in the word "God." I was starting to worry about you forgetting about what your job is. Like I said, without making evolution (which you seem to embrace as 100% fact) philosophical, you got zero, and you might as well turn the Vatican into a Mosque, because Muslims aren't as enlightened as you are.
"Just who is this nature or evolution as (an active) subject? It doesn't exist at all!....evolution has a rationality that the theory of purely random selection could not explain."
Are you now saying evolution and nature are God? Isn't that just renaming evolution and nature? You are starting to sound like a Buddhist now.
C'mon Popey, don't start pretending you don't know what evolution and that it is a lot more than purely random selection. I can see right through you. You are worried, as you should be that Catholics start leaving your church and become Muslims or Evangelist Christians, science forbid. Actually, I have respect for that, you are trying to help out mankind by not admitting your true beliefs, and creating more ass backward Fundies.
Hey Popey, how come no mention of Jesus? You must be reading my blog, and have concluded that the dude never existed.
I might as well add this video that AngloAmerican posted in my comments since it fits with the Catholic theme. Most atheists probably have seen this already. I saw it yesterday for the first time:


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The Spider-Man Musical Needs to Call It Quits
In light of the most recent accident at the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, we just cannot stay silent any longer! This is a terrible and, evidently, dangerous show that they need to pull the plug on.
I saw the show a few weeks ago and resisted writing too much about it because it's considered a bit tacky to "review" a show before it's formally opened. But at this point, with the show's opening date continually being pushed back, who cares? The fact is that people are still buying tickets to it, paying hundreds of dollars for an evening out, and they need to know that they really shouldn't be. The show has squandered any theater-tradition we're-still-in-previews good will by being such a catastrophic mess while still in said previews. Previews should be a time to tweak here and there, absolutely, but it should not be a time to say "Heh, heh, sorry this show is terrible and a technological hazard, but we're still in previews!" Not when people are paying $140 of their hard-earned money to see the damn thing. That disregard for people's time and money is, as I said after I left the show angry about the $60 I'd spent on my balcony ticket, robbery.
The important thing to note here is that the technological stuff is really the least of the show's problems. The real problem of director Julie Taymor and U2's unwieldy catastrophe is that it is really, truly horrendously and unfixably bad down to its bones. The book is a travesty, the music is lazy and awful — it's like listening to the scraps left on the floor after U2 recorded "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" — and the actors, including the voice-cracking lead Reeve Carney, are just not up to the vague, sloppy task set before them. If every flying element worked pretty much perfectly, as it did when I saw it, the show is still one of the worst things, if not the worst, I've ever seen on Broadway.
There is a moment of transcendent Taymorian beauty at the top of the show, with a bunch of flying girls acting as something of a human loom, that really gets you excited for all the glorious visuals to come. You know, the ones that you've paid a lot of money to see. And then there are... cardboard cut-outs, used in the big fight scenes. It's my understanding that Taymor was trying to create a sense of the jokey-jokey comic book aesthetic with things like cardboard cut-outs and a tiny Spider-Man doll that flies up the length of the stage during a climactic falling moment, but it just comes off as a huge middle-finger to the people who, again, paid hundreds of dollars to take their families to the show. "Ohhh you wanted the theatrical grandeur you were promised? Well here, you dumb low-brow sap looking for cheap thrills, here's a fucking cardboard cut-out, deal with it." The cheapness of the show's aesthetic, beyond the hokey actual flying moments or the elaborate and distracting moving set, seems aggressive and pointed, like Taymor and company are punishing us for being promised something huge and then actually expecting it.
So the show is ugly — the villain costumes trotted out in the second act range wildly from super cool (Swiss Miss is awesome, but has nothing to do) to heinously dumb (one guy is just an inflatable dinosaur swim toy, basically) — and it is also nonsensical. In an effort, I'm guessing, to feel like she was working on something more profound than the silly comic books she clearly disdains, Taymor has thrown in some faux-profound story about the original spider-bitch, Arachne from Greek mythology. (Hence the loom.) And yet the whole thing is done so clumsily, complete with a most-numbingly-stupid-musical-number-ever scene about spiders and shoes, that by the end of the second act you will honestly have absolutely no idea what the blessed fuck is going on on stage. And lest this begin to sound like a fun "Ohhh girlllll" theater disaster like Carrie, it is not. Spider-Man's biggest sin is that it is criminally boring. Just eyeball bleedingly boring. All the jerky flying (a lot of which, by the way, you can't even see from the balcony — good considering of sight-lines, Jules!) in the world can't make up for the fact that the core of the show is muddy, incoherent glop.
I'm inspired to write this because people keep getting hurt trying to make this thing work, and people keep buying tickets and then, when they are upset about the embarrassingly low quality of the show, they are being told in bitchy theater tones "It's previews, give them time." Well, I'm sorry, but they've had time. And they still can't get their shit together. People are injuring themselves, tech is a mess, and while they struggle to figure all that out, they're trotting out a dying turkey of a book and score and hoping that'll suffice. They shouldn't be charging money for tickets at this point. This thing is baaaad, guys. Really, really bad. And before you say it, this is not me trashing some ambitious can-do theater folks simply for their ambition. These are people spending tens of millions of dollars — you could do ten good, expensive shows with the money they're spending — to create a commercial product that's so cynical it seems to operate under the assumption that a good story is unnecessary so long as there's neat-o flying. And then they're charging you $140 a seat.
Dammit, I hate it when Riedel is right.
UPDATE: Actor's Equity appears to have halted performances until this safety stuff can be figured out. Well, that's a start.
UPDATE 2: OSHA and the New York state Labor Department are also looking into the accident which sent Chris Tierney plummeting 30 feet during the show.


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Washington, D.C. (December 8, 2009) — As part of its efforts to expand awareness of the importance of medical progress in the United States, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) is announcing today the addition of seven new member companies [view members].
PhRMA's Board of Directors recently voted to expand its membership to include an impressive list of progressive companies that represent some of the most innovative ideas and talent in America. With these new additions, PhRMA further bolsters its representation of a diverse group of biopharmaceutical research companies that all share the important mission of discovering and developing new medicines that can help patients win their battle against disease.
The seven new member companies will also be joining PhRMA in its support for comprehensive health care reform. America's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies have played a constructive role in helping ensure that a comprehensive health reform bill that is good for all Americans – particularly one that supports medical innovation and improves patient care – gets to President Obama's desk in the near future.
The new PhRMA members are Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Lexington, MA; OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Melville, NY; Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cheshire, CT; Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Parsippany, NJ; Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc., Raleigh, NC; Vifor Pharma, Basking Ridge, NJ; and Xoma Ltd, Berkeley, CA.
In addition to developing cutting-edge medicines that help advance patient care in the U.S. and abroad, the new members – which have a presence in six different states – have contributed to America's economy by supporting thousands of jobs.
Today, America continues to lead the world in the discovery and development of new medicines. In fact, more than 3 million jobs – both direct and indirect – have been created in the U.S. by America's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies. Health care reform, if done right, can help spur even more jobs, improve the quality of care for all Americans and provide a more stable foundation for future generations, according to industry officials.
"The addition of these member companies is a testament to the hard work PhRMA has been doing over the years, which has attracted enormous new talent to our ranks," said David Brennan, Chief Executive Officer, AstraZeneca and PhRMA's Chairman of the Board. "We welcome the new member companies with open arms and look forward to working with them on one of the most important issues of our lifetime – health care reform."
Cubist President and Chief Executive Officer Michael W. Bonney said, "I am grateful to the PhRMA Board of Directors for electing me to serve among the most highly regarded leaders in our industry. Within the context of the health care reform debate and the current economic struggles and well into the future, I look forward to contributing to the dialogue surrounding our changing industry and our role in shaping that change. PhRMA members have always shown leadership on issues concerning patient care, and I am looking forward to ensuring that those issues remain paramount in the organization's mission."
"As a growing biopharmaceutical company, membership in PhRMA will enable OSI Pharmaceuticals to expand our ability to fully engage in important policy discussions at the federal, state and global level," stated Colin Goddard, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer at OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. "We look forward to collaborating with other PhRMA members to ensure companies like OSI can continue to flourish in providing important life changing therapies to patients around the world."
"Advocacy organizations are operating in a very difficult environment, so we are particularly heartened to be growing our membership," says PhRMA President and CEO Billy Tauzin. "This is the result of biopharmaceutical companies – both large and small – seeing a tremendous opportunity to work together on important policy issues that impact patients around the world. Our primary goal is to help preserve and strengthen public policies that foster the development of new medicines – something policymakers should consider critical if we want to develop new treatments and cures for diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's disease and heart disease."
Tauzin continued, "We are an organization committed to putting the needs of patients first. For years, PhRMA has wholeheartedly supported the notion that people do not check into the doctor's office as a Republican or Democrat, but rather as a patient. PhRMA's advocacy efforts reflect this belief and it remains to this day, a primary reason why we support public policies that encourage medical innovation in the U.S."
Today's announcement follows a recent decision by the PhRMA's Board of Directors to establish a new Committee on Small Biopharmaceutical Companies, which is composed of full and research associate members. The committee was created to address the particular issues facing these smaller specialty companies, including the impact public policies may have on such an important sector of our economy.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country's leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to inventing medicines that allow patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. PhRMA companies are leading the way in the search for new cures. PhRMA members alone invested an estimated $50.3 billion in 2008 in discovering and developing new medicines. Industry-wide research and investment reached a record $65.2 billion in 2008.
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European Commission Report Says Open Access At 'Tipping Point'
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Techdirt has been reporting for some time on the growing number of moves towards making academic work freely available to the public -- for example this recent major boost from the University of California. But what about the bigger picture? How is open access doing overall? The European Commission has just published a new report trying to answer those questions, which offers an extremely upbeat assessment:
The global shift towards making research findings available free of charge for readers -- so-called 'open access' -- was confirmed today in a study funded by the European Commission. This new research suggests that open access is reaching the tipping point, with around 50% of scientific papers published in 2011 now available for free. This is about twice the level estimated in previous studies, explained by a refined methodology and a wider definition of open access. The study also estimates that more than 40% of scientific peer reviewed articles published worldwide between 2004 and 2011 are now available online in open access form. The study looks at the EU and some neighbouring countries, as well as Brazil, Canada, Japan and United States of America.
Despite that good news, there's no room for complacency. As we've noted before, publishers reluctant to come to terms with open access have started pushing back in various ways. But as the EU report indicates, they are clearly on the wrong side of history now.
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Boxer Arthur Abraham lost his last two super middleweight championship fights convincingly. But he would not be denied a more dubious title last Wednesday evening: the Berlin land speed record. According to various media reports out of eastern Europe, Abraham was spotted driving his Ferrari along a Berlin motorway where the posted speed limit is 80 km/h (around 50 mph). Abraham was going 230 km/h (around 143 mph). Impressive.
When the police pulled the boxer over, he told them he was running late for an awards ceremony. That's the best excuse he could come up with? At least telling the cops you have to make some trouser chili isn't self-aggrandizing. Somehow, the police let Abraham go and followed him to the ceremony, possibly to make sure he hadn't lied to them. Because that would be super naughty. Abraham now faces a three-month driving ban and a fine of €1,360.
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A holiday on the sunshine island of Fuerteventura is one which will open up a whole world of possibilities. The activity options you will find available means that you will have a great deal of demand on your time and fitting everything in to your busy schedule will not be easy. Renting your own holiday apartment or villa on Fuerteventura is an excellent way of ridding you of unnecessary restrictions. Holiday rentals can also represent a considerable cost saving in comparison to other accommodation options.
If traditional, lively resort fun is what you are looking for on Fuerteventura, renting a holiday apartment is the ideal way to make the most of what is available. Corralejo in the north is the resort with the liveliest clubs and nightlife. Its older parts, however, are quieter and the music square has plenty of more laid back bars and restaurants. The resort's water park is a must visit for family fun. Costa Caleta, in the centre of the island, is very popular with British holidaymakers and is ideally located for those looking to perhaps rent a car and explore. Costa Caleta is a more modern resort and although a little quieter than Corralejo, still enjoys a lively nightlife. An unusual attraction to visit with families is Chipmonk Mountain, where the small rodent population can be admired and fed by hand.
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The beautiful sandy beaches around Fuerteventura are sure to form a big part of your holiday plans. Renting your own apartment or villa will allow you the freedom to spend whole days enjoying beach fun with your family, unfettered by meal time or other restrictions. Hiring a car is an excellent way to enjoy the different types of beach locations on the island. Caleta de Fuste is an ideal beach for families, with clean sands and relaxed sailing or submarine trips on offer in the area. If more energetic watersports are on your mind, Cotillo or Jandia beaches are popular with surfers and windsurfers. Shore fishing is available around the island and boat fishing day trips are available from both Corralejo and Caleta.
It is not only water sports which are available on Fuerteventura. The island now has two golf courses, at Costa Caleta and at Las Playitas, in the south of the island. Bikes and mountain bikes are available to hire as an excellent means of exploring as well has having energetic fun. Beach kiting instruction is available for any daredevils and tennis is popular around the island.
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Diwali, the festival of lights, reminds us of our tradition, culture and how we come together for this occasion wholeheartedly. It is all about the victory of good over evil, homecoming and about seeking the blessings of goddess Lakshmi. Apart from these historical reasons, the happiness in the aura of the entire city imparts a celebratory feeling. You prefer a traditional decor in your home with lights, rangolis and diyas.
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1- Rangoli- Rangoli is an inseparable part of Diwali decorations; Diwali decor is not complete without a Rangoli. You can show all your creativity while making a beautiful Rangoli. Even if you are not an artist, stencils of Rangolis are available in the market. It is easy to design and less time-consuming. Adorning a simple Rangoli with earthen pots and Diyas will add more creativity to it.


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Building your own personal brand is a must in the online design community. In order to get work as a designer or freelancer, you have to establish a virtual presence — who you are, what you do and how you can do it better than your competition.
To help spread this message, we're running a 99designs community contest to encourage designers to create their personal brand. We're asking you to create a logo for yourself!
The community team will be giving feedback and critiques to help designers push their work and bring it to its highest potential. In the end each designer will come out of the contest with at least a start to their logo – So everyone wins, whether you receive the prize or not!
Start 2013 fresh with a brand new personal logo and enter!
Here is our guide to getting started with your personal branding:
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It takes thought and preparation to figure out how you want clients to see you as a designer. The most important step you can take is to brainstorm and focus on what story you want to tell.
Ask questions
- What are your goals as a designer? What do you want to achieve and why?
- What skills do you possess in order to achieve these goals? What is your history as a designer?
- What do you see as your future and how you fit into the larger community of designers?
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We all take inspiration from the world around us, so what inspires your design? Create a moodboard of your favorite images, colors, designs, photographs — anything!
- Gather: All of your inspirational materials.
- Refine: Narrow your board down to the elements that are the most important for you.
- Analyze: Look for patterns. What is is about these images that inspires you? You can use these overarching themes to help form your personal design identity.
Your mood board can be a collection of images on your computer, a Pinterest board, or a collage on your office wall — you just have to go for it!
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Once you have a general idea of what aspects of your work and personality you want to represent, you have to decide how you're going to do it.
Take a look at what your fellow designers are doing! Think about how they make themselves stand out from the competition and how you can do the same in your own individual way.
Keep it Simple
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Infuse it with your personal design style
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Make it iconic
Dustin K. Friesen uses a badge-style logo: easily recognizable and unique, but still able to easily alter for different uses.
Play with meaning
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Give them a peek into your personality
OnlyDee Studio from 99designs does her own take on the monogram, and her use of transparency speaks to her love for other more physical art forms, like watercolor painting.
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The New Oxford book of Canadian verse in English
Oxford University Press, 1982 - Poetry - 477 pages
This selection of poetry covers the entire range of Canadian history and culture as represented in 120 different poets.
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Eleven Sunni "insurgent" organizations have reportedly told the Iraqi government that they will lay down their arms in exchange for a series of concessions, the key one being that American forces cease all offensive operations against them and set a timetable for withdrawal within two years. The insurgents' position is actually more moderate than the liberal Democrats'; the Democrats wanted to pull out within 18 months, not 24, without getting anything in return–not even an empty promise to lay down arms. So the insurgents must really support the troops!
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2K games really swung for the fences with Mafia II. Unfortunately, at the last second, a ridiculously fast outfielder scaled the wall and caught the ball to deny the homerun. Then the fielder turned around and threw it back. After that the metaphor kind of falls apart.
Mafia II is a great game, with high technical marks and a compelling story tailored for an adult audience, but its lack of depth and substance will ultimately drop it from being a classic to just being a good game. Which is a shame, because it really is a fun game, and with a little more time, 2K Czech's Mafia II could have been something special.
Mafia II will both benefit from and suffer from inevitable comparisons, and the release date will be the best and worst thing to happen to the game. With the shadow of Red Dead Redemption still looming, fans of the open world genre hungry for more will likely flock to a mafia-inspired game, but the depth and surprises that made RDR (and Grand Theft Auto IV before that) such a hit, are noticeably missing from Mafia II.
Welcome to Empire Bay
After a brief tutorial level in 1943 Italy, the game begins in 1945, as juvenile delinquent turned war hero, Vito Scalleta, comes home to the New-York-esque Empire Bay. Scalletta, the son of Sicilian immigrants, returns to find that when his father died, he left the family with $2,000 of debt, and the bill is due. Vito talks with his childhood friend, Joe Barbaro, and the two embark on a life of crime that entwines them with the three dominant crime families in the city, the Clemente family, the Falcones, and the Vincis.
Although Mafia II starts in 1945, the majority of the game is set during 1951, and both eras have their own look and feel. Empire Bay itself is meticulously detailed, and while it does serve as a New York fill in, it's also a mash-up of American cities from the time that draws upon Midwestern and West Coast influences.
The various neighborhoods feature multiple locations to interact with, including clothing stores where you can give Vito a touch of class, garages where you can pimp your (stolen) rides, and gun shops to stock up on the tools of the trade. In the tradition of most open world, sandbox-style games, Mafia II will have you explore the city of Empire Bay from the docks, to the affluent neighborhoods in the hills above the city, as Vito progresses from a lowly grunt, hustling to earn money for his family, to a made man on the rise.
Fans of the mobster genre, rejoice!
If you missed the original game, Mafia II is a sequel to the award winning 2002 PC hit Mafia: City of Lost Heaven by Illusion Softworks, the company that eventually became 2K Czech. There was also a PS2 and an Xbox port that was graphically nerfed to meet the system limitations for each system. Mafia II, while building off the themes of the original, is its own game, with no direct connection between the two. If you played and liked the first game, you might be surprised to see the shift in tone from the original that romanticized the 1930s mafia life, to the darker and more realistic world of Mafia II.
The single best thing about Mafia II is the story. The screenplay for this game is said to be over 700 pages compared to the original's 400, and that seems reasonable, with over 2 ½ hours of cut scenes sprinkled in. You follow Vito as he climbs the rungs of the underworld, avoiding backstabbers and cutthroats, and fighting his way up. Taking heavy inspiration from movies and books like Godfather II, Once Upon a Time in America, and Goodfellas, odds are most players will rush through missions to see what happens next with the story, and I mean that in the best way possible.
The story of the game is for a mature audience. Not mature in the sense that blood will explode from people like fountains of red death, nor in the sense that hookers can be picked up then hilariously killed in ways that are sure to piss off avenging soccer moms, but in the sense that the story is written for adults, with adult themes, and it is grounded in reality. Where in the GTA games, you might face off against a gang of dozens, and a realistic course of action would be to wipe them all off the planet, in Mafia II it isn't that simple. You still wipe out a lot of people, but there are rules.
Where similar styles of games like GTA and RDR also feature mature themes and lots of violence, they temper it with humor and over-the-top characters. Mafia II is a dark and gritty game, made for people that want a fun time in the same way that watching Casino is fun. The game plays out like a movie, with a linear story that builds the tension up throughout, and by the end you are seriously worried for the fates of the characters you have grown attached to. Mafia II deals with adult themes, and it does it well, something that more games will hopefully take note of.


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Businessman Rusty McLear has created a New England resort community almost from scratch, complete with four hotels of varying styles and budgets. I say "almost from scratch" because McLear had a leg up; he built around one great natural resource: Lake Winnipesaukee, a long stretch of cold, clear water that has drawn tourists for more than 100 years.
Checking In: Serenity, indulgence at Church Landing
Businessman Rusty McLear has created a New England resort community almost from scratch, complete with four hotels of varying styles and budgets.
I say "almost from scratch" because McLear had a leg up; he built around one great natural resource: Lake Winnipesaukee, a long stretch of cold, clear water that has drawn tourists for more than 100 years.
Meredith, N.H., is a former textile town that has led a double life as a vacation getaway. The main draw has always been Lake Winni, a.k.a. the Big Lake, which is wildly popular for water-skiing, jet-skiing, boating, fishing and paddling, as well as the basics — sunning and swimming. Still, Meredith Bay manages to be peaceful, because power boats have to go slower than 10 km/h, so there is no buzz of surging motors.
McLear started with one restaurant in an old mill, and over the past 30 years, his fledgling enterprise has grown to a mini-empire called Mill Falls at the Lake. It embraces four hotels, plus a shopping complex called Mill Falls Marketplace, as well as Cascade Spa, which unveiled new facilities this spring. McLear even bought the local Meredith gas station and spruced it up with a cute, colourful retro look to fit into his new tourist-friendly landscape.
Church Landing is the newest and most deluxe of Mill Falls' hotels. It's at the heart of Meredith, but because its guest rooms, common rooms and spa face the lake, it actually is a tranquil resort with waterfront dining and gardens along the shore.
Church Landing's accommodations are among the most sumptuous I have seen in New England, and I'm not the only one who thinks so. When it opened three years ago, Trip Advisor rated it among the most romantic hotels in the U.S. Perhaps it's the four-poster beds smothered in thick duvets, so comfortable and heavy that staying under the covers all morning seems like the only thing to do. If and when you surface, you might plan a private afternoon, curled up in the window seat.
Church Landing's designers went all out with rustic-but-rich Adirondack-style décor (yes, the renowned New York log and birchbark style has crossed state lines into New Hampshire). The workmanship is superlative. The comforting colours of forest green, cranberry and bark recall the great forests outdoors. And McLear hasn't overlooked any indulgence. In certain rooms, a flat-screen television will rise mechanically from a cabinet with the push of a button.
To keep pace with the beautiful guest rooms, Cascade Spa has been renovated in art deco-inspired style using lots of glass and marble. It has created signature services, such as the Cascade Massage, which features body and scalp rubdowns; the Lavender-Dream body treatment, a soothing and hydrating scrub and massage; and the caviar facial, which uses anti-oxidants to tighten and nourish the skin. And, again, the views of Lake Winni add a deep serenity factor.
Outside of the hotel, Meredith simply pulses with activity. You can rent all manner of water-sports equipment and craft on Lake Winni, but one of the most appealing options in Meredith is renting a Harley-Davidson motorcycle for the day. Laconia Harley-Davidson supplies bikes, equipment and maps.
Lakehouse is the hotel's big, busy and friendly restaurant, also done in upscale summer-camp style, with a wood-slatted ceiling, chairs fashioned from branches, and twigs and walls of cedar planks.
Lakehouse perpetuates the local theme, offering fresh farm-and-sea fare from suppliers, including Portsmouth Lobster Co., New Hampshire Mushroom Company and the Sandwich Creamery.
It serves hearty American cuisine featuring appetizers with international accents such as pork tacos, pizza with Gorgonzola, figs and prosciutto; plus side dishes of rosemary-roasted potatoes and creamy polenta; and main courses of cedar-brined pork chops, braised lamb, beef tenderloin, duck breast or vegetarian peppers stuffed with tomato cream, goat cheese and mushrooms.
It's a challenge to imagine dessert after such fulsome fare, but irresistible at the same time. The chef's specialties are comfort-style bread pudding and apple crisp.
For all of Church Landing's luxuries, McLear stuck to homeland values in construction, meeting the Made-in-America Challenge. This is a series broadcast by Diane Sawyer on ABC World News that encourages Americans to buy products made in the U.S.A. According to ABC, during the 1960s, roughly eight per cent of purchases in the U.S. were manufactured overseas, while today about 60 per cent come from abroad.
"We are proud to say Church Landing is 95 per cent American made," McLear said. "Everything, including the nails, the steel, the lumber and the bathtubs, are made in the U.S.A., except for some electrical panels and one elevator, which came from Canada."
Meredith, N.H., is a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Montreal via U.S. highways 91 and 93 to Exit 23.
Mill Falls at The Lake: 800-622-6455, www.millfalls.com: The four hotels are: Church Landing and Bay Point (both lakefront) and Mill Falls and Chase House (both across the street from the lake). Each has its own restaurant serving dinner.
Church Landing at Mill Falls: 800-622-6455, www.millfalls.com; 281 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, N.H. Price: Deluxe rooms and suites, approx. $310-$450 U.S. for two; The Birch and Boathouse suites, approx. $470 per night for two, with pullout sofas, larger balconies, whirlpool tubs and wet bars. A two-night minimum applies on weekends. Rates include Wi-Fi, takeout coffee and muffins, two indoor-outdoor swimming pools (one is for adults), fitness centre, sauna, hot tub, lakefront and beach. Extras: canoes, kayaks, standup paddleboards.
Cascade Spa: 866-719-0161, www.millfalls.com.
Lakehouse restaurant: 603-279-5221, www.thecman.com; breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, and Sunday brunch buffet.
New Hampshire Lakes Region Tourism: 800-605-2537, www.lakesregion.org.


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Well (she said sheepishly), hi there. I know, I can't believe I'm blogging either and don't even look at the date of the last post. You just did, didn't you. SO embarrassing. I will do my best to keep this blog a little more current. So much to come in 2012 (Switzerland, Bahamas, Charlottesville, and even some... Richmond!) and 2011 still to share. Baby steps.
In hopes you'll start to forgive my blogging lameness, here is a special wedding I was thrilled to photograph last summer as seen in the May Issue of Town & Country (with Gretchen Mol on the cover... I still need to read that and find out where the heck she's been). It was a nice surprise to see the photos I sent to T&C for possible inclusion turn into full page coverage, but with a ridiculously scenic location and sweet couple like Anna & Brian, I guess it's not all that surprising.
Now what they don't tell you in the brief paragraph is how incredible Jackson Hole is, or how the weather and the light there is dramatic, dreamy and inspiring. How on the day of the wedding we encountered hail 30 minutes before the ceremony (this is one reason it's handy to have 14 groomsmen, to wipe off the seating super quick while guests are making their way in). And there was an owl overseeing the event. And a rainbow at sunset. I KNOW, right? Give me a break, crazybeautiful place!! Half the challenge of shooting this event was not standing there with my mouth hanging open instead of taking photographs. It's hard taking in a place like that through a 1/4 viewfinder! But don't cry for me... I managed.
I could go on, but there are not enough words to accurately describe the awesomeness (the fact that I chose the abused word 'awesome' being testament) that is Jackson Hole, and I will forever be indebted to Anna and her family for introducing me to this part of our country, which in turn gave me the privilege of sharing it with mine. To quote my son while we biked from Dornan's to Jenny Lake, as he took in the snow capped Tetons in front and plains surrounding us, "I think I found my happy place, Mom."
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A Little Love Hexagon
Landmark Musical's latest is well-acted and well-sung
by Christie Chisholm, Weekly Alibi, July 21, 2011
Fredrik Egerman has married a virgin. After 11 months of marriage, that descriptor hasn't changed. Anne, the playful yet guarded 18-year-old bride, has the emotional depth of a coatrack, but it didn't keep Fredrik's son, Henrik, from falling madly in love with her. Perhaps in an attempt to ward off his feelings, young Henrik joined seminary school.
A Little Night Music begins with this disturbing little family portrait, which is interrupted when one of Fredrik's old flings comes through town. Sexually frustrated, Fredrik seeks out the middle-aged starlet, Desirée Armfeldta, to quench his desires. But of course things only get more complicated. Desirée is the mistress of Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm. The count, as she says, has the arrogance of a peacock and a brain the size of a pea. He also has a penchant for duels and becomes suspicious of the old lovers.
The imbroglio comes to a head when the whole lot of them, with the count's wife in tow, end up at the Armfeldt country home for a weekend. Desirée wants to steal Fredrik, Fredrik vows fidelity to Anne, Henrik tries to forget his lust for his stepmother, the count's wife flirts with Fredrik in an attempt to inspire jealousy in her husband, and the count tries to get a little action while keeping an eye on his mistress and her old lover. It's a love hexagon.
Landmark Musicals has done well with the set, erecting Victorian-themed, seemingly wallpapered panels that light up in multifarious colors to reflect different scenes and moods. The costumes and set pieces all echo a solid turn-of-the-century vibe.
A Little Night Music is a show that will likely appeal to more mature audiences. Maybe it's the tone of the show, which is surprisingly wholesome given the subject matter. Maybe it's the near-constant, often operatic singing. In either case this one's probably not for a thirtysomething crowd. That said, Landmark Musicals has done a fine job with it. While not all the actors are fantastic, there aren't any sore thumbs that stick out, and a handful of them are obvious pros.
Gaye Grant, who plays Desirée, controls the stage every time she steps onto it. It's easy to believe Grant in her role as a famed actress because she's so completely charismatic, twirling men around her finger like a lock of hair. It's also her fierce rendition of "Send in the Clowns" that serves as the production's emotional climax. Likewise, Erin Warden as the count's wife, Charlotte, is easily one of the show's strongest actors. She exudes a crisp coolness as the wronged woman, demanding attention in every scene she graces.
Travis Ward-Osborne, who executes great comic relief as Henrik, is another high point. And Jeannie Westwood, who plays Desirée's mother, delivers the perfect combination of majesty and whimsy.
As I mentioned earlier, there's a lot of singing in A Little Night Music. And for the most part the cast shows off an array of enviable voices, although there are a few shaky moments along the way. Those bumps may have been magnified by the mics, which were turned up a few tads too loud when I saw the production. One of the beauties of Landmark Musicals is that its plays feature a live orchestra, and this one did not disappoint. Three cheers to the musicians.
A Little Night Music isn't the best show Landmark Musicals has put on, but it's solid, well-acted and well-sung. And it's running through the end of the month.
A Little Night Music
Runs through July 31
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.
Sundays at 2 p.m.
Rodey Theater, UNM Center for the Arts
Tickets: $18, $20, $22
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Paul Johnson is this morning's musical inspiration.
Hard to beat a combination of Ray Davies and Chrissie Hynde…
Paul Johnson is this morning's musical inspiration.
Hard to beat a combination of Ray Davies and Chrissie Hynde…
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No shame in losing to MTSU for Tech. They were beaten by a better team from a superior conference.
Tech is on the verge of total disaster. The team they put on the field Saturday looked like an FCS team in terms of size and speed. They were physically dominated the past 2 weeks by a depleted ACC team and a Sun Belt team. Just think how bad things would be if they didn't have the greatest offensive coach of all time!
He is certainly offensive….
He's back, baby. Right after the game, in a moment of weakness, The Genius accepted responsibility for the loss. Now that he's had a couple of days to reset his ego, he's once again able to place 100% of the blame where it belongs… on his players. What a penis face.
Love me some Pretenders! And I get the double usage – the whole "stop sobbing" and you wouldn't be calling tech "pretenders" now would you Senator?
Never seen them live but would love to…but I wonder if she gets all "Peta-Power" on you during the show, telling you what to do and how to live your life and such, anyone know?
Natalie Rae is a combination of Ray Davies and Chrissie Hynde!
I'm through with Buzz.
And one for the country fans…
StingTalk is an absolute joy to read at times like these. I saw some posts recently bemoaning how many exceptions Johnson is allowed to add to the team versus Chan Gailey or George O'Leary, and talk of ways to create new majors that would allow them to attract better athletes. It was priceless. You could have all the majors in the world, and still top athletes aren't going to want to play in that system that Jowls runs.