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Would You Get A New Mom Makeover?
Tanning, plucking, blowouts and more. Are pre-baby beauty treatments over the top?
Pregnant ladies are flocking to beauty parlors to get plucked, tanned, dyed and airbrushed to look perfect for those new mom photos. The UK Daily Mail reports that salons have had a 10% increase in requests for pre-baby beauty treatments. Called pre-baby makeovers, or delivery day makeovers, moms-to-be are getting themselves gussied up so they can poop on the delivery room floor in style.
Me? I got a haircut. And not because of the photos, but because I needed one. Seriously, it had been nine months of pre-natal vitamins and not one trim.
I support women looking good and feeling good about their bodies. But I'm not on board with this trend. Pre-baby makeovers seem like just another way to sanitize the birth experience and set unrealistic standards for our bodies and ourselves. You just pushed a human out of your vagina, you can look like a schlump. You've earned it. And really, whats so wrong with that?
We've set up a standard in our society where women are judged on their post-baby bodies. A little lingering fat is heavily criticized, a mom back in her size twos (no matter the cost) before the six-week grace period is up is praised. MILF-status is our highest goal. But why? Our bodies aren't here to serve our vanity and adhere to the standards of beauty set by an airbrush-filter-and-photoshop-it world. Looking good is great. Feeling good is important. But even more valuable is being healthy and allowing our bodies the grace they need to breathe, to rest, to nourish and replenish, not just for ourselves but for the little ones we've chosen to bear.
Motherhood, especially those first early days, late nights and that long first year, is a time of transition. Our bodies are not entirely our own. Even if breastfeeding isn't for you, the mom body is still indentured to the baby: schlepping, snuggling, hauling, wrangling, dangling, being peed on, pooped on, spit up on, poked, scraped, bitten, and loved. The process of motherhood is a gradual separation of the child from our bodies; at first literally and then figuratively. It takes years for our children not to need us physically, so why do we put such unrealistic physical demands on our bodies to act as if no one just slid out of that birth canal bringing vast quantities of bodily fluids?
More important than the question: How soon until you fit into your pre-baby jeans? Are the questions: Are you healthy? Are you getting rest? Are you drinking water? Do you need me to pick up some more of those gigantic pads for you?
I'm no Saint. I brought my straightener into the birthing room and yes, I used it. Along with some under-eye concealer. Why? Because I'm vain. And yeah, I cringed when my two-year-old asked when the "other baby" was going to come out, and when the mom at a lemonade stand asked me when I was due. I smiled, "I gave birth last week." She apologized and gave me a free cookie. Obviously, I ate it.
But I have no interest in hiding, filtering, or airbrushing out the bags under my eyes, the sweat on my head, or even my chubby thighs. To me, I look good in all of my postpartum pictures, because when I see them, I see the body that birthed two wonderful children. Why would I want to hide the evidence of that behind make up and a spray tan?


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About the time cost of swap rebalance
I have a cluster with 3 nodes.
node1 : 10.130.24.43
node2 : 10.130.24.77
node3 : 10.130.24.90
3 Buckets were created.
I replaced the machine 10.130.24.90 with the other machine(10.130.24.91) in two scenes, and the swap rebalance taked place:
Scene 1:
All 3 buckets have no items.
When the swap rebalance process were completed, it cost about 10 minuts. Is this result normal?
Scene 2:
2 buckets have no items, 1 with 1027524 items(just key-value format with string type, no views; 200M per Node RAM Quota, data size less than 70M per node).
And also the swap rebalance takes about 10 minuts .
So, How to explain the phenomenon above? Does it mean that the time cost of swap rebalance just involves the number of vBuckets with a small amount of items?
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You would think "Hey the bucket is empty why does it take 10 minutes to re balance no data?"
Answer. When you talk buckets in CB what you are really talking about vBuckets.
1 Bucket = 1024 vbuckets AND if you have replicas you have another 1024 vbuckets.
You can count them in the data folder /opt/couchbase/couchbase/data//{file-here}
Example - In a CB cluster if you have 3 buckets with 1 replica each your are talking about moving
3 X 1024 + 3 x 1024 (replica vbuckets) = 6144 files.
"So what 6144 files , but they are empty so it should take a less then a seconds."
Well also during re-balance by default every 6 vbuckets you move you will compact the content of those buckets.
"But compacting a empty bucket should take less then a second?" .... Yes.
So 6144 vbucket * 0.1 seconds(moving and compact per vbucket) = 10min 24 seconds.
In reality you don't move all vbuckets around , network speed 10 Mbs , 100Mbs , 1Gbs or 10Gbs, and Number of CPU, SSD or HD or shared HD(Amazon's EBS). 10-17 min. is what you should be getting.

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The UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees approved an incentive program that would allow the Vice Chancellor for Development to receive an annual bonus of up to nearly $99,000.
The university is currently conducting a nation-wide search to fill the position.
School officials say the Vice Chancellor for Development serves as a critical fundraiser for UNC. They say the market is very competitive, so they have to make the position appealing as possible, to the best candidates. They say it's especially important since they are about to launch a major new fundraising campaign.
The bonus will be based on performance, subject to the achievement of certain goals set by the Chancellor.
The board approved an incentive up to 25% of the Vice Chancellor's base salary. The max salary for the Vice Chancellor is $395,874 according to the UNC General Administration's set salary range. With a 25% bonus, the new Vice Chancellor would receive an additional $98,968.50. School officials say the money for the bonus would not come from state funds.
The Board of Trustees approved the incentive program at Thursday's meeting. It was the first Board of Trustees meeting for the new Chancellor, Carol Folt. She says her transition from Dartmouth has been a smooth one.
"The pride that people feel here about being the university of the people, that already moves me every time I hear somebody say it, because it's so real for so many people," Folt said. Folt took over at UNC earlier this month after the resignation of Holden Thorp, who had been the university's chancellor since 2008. He resigned last year after his leadership was marred by a string of scandals involving academic fraud, improper travel spending by fundraisers, and special treatment for athletes. She says she has met with state government leaders, including Gov. Pat McCrory, and is visiting each professional school at the university. "Carolina aspires to have the highest standards," Folt said. "Everybody wants that culture of aspiring and keeping high standards to be the culture that defines us today." She spent three decades at Dartmouth before she was hired by UNC in April. Her formal installation ceremony is scheduled Oct. 12. She also announced that UNC-Chapel Hill faculty secured $777.8 million in research funding during the 2013 fiscal year, an increase of nearly $11 million from last year. Speaking to reporters during a break in the meeting, she said it's her "obligation and interest" to keep informed of potential NCAA issues at the school. She said she has been "fully informed" and has talked "quite a bit with Bubba" Cunningham, UNC's athletic director, and basketball coach Roy Williams. Cunningham has said the school is gathering information on potential improper conduct by members of the basketball team. Williams issued a statement saying leading scorer P.J. Hairston will face "serious consequences" but that he will wait "until the process is complete" before deciding on the punishment. Hairston was arrested last month on charges - that were dropped earlier this week - of misdemeanor marijuana possession and driving without a license during a traffic stop in Durham while driving a rented car linked to a convicted felon. The school has been in frequent contact with the NCAA for much of the past three years following the start of an investigation into improper benefits and academic misconduct that led to sanctions against the football program in 2012. That included regarding the school's investigation into whether NBA agent Rodney Blackstock has improper ties to Hairston or any other UNC athlete. The school also ordered a company that makes designer mouth guards to stop using senior guard Leslie McDonald to promote its brand. Until recently, McDonald had been listed on Iceberg Guards' website as a user of its products. It's unclear whether NCAA investigators will return to the Chapel Hill campus. "I think (NCAA issues) are an area that, as chancellor, it's my obligation and interest to understand what's going on, but I also have wonderful people in place that really have the knowledge and the experience to help me learn, but also to deal with this in a way that makes sense for our students and our institution," she said. The statements from Cunningham and Williams, she said, "have been very good in this regard."
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On Monday, Tranchita, 33, of Winchester, appeared in court for the first time in connection with the hit-and-run, pleading not guilty to charges of leaving the scene of a death. Along with his father and a third defendant, Tranchita was also charged with conspiring to thwart the investigation into the Saugus crash, which killed Tina Tello, 33, a mother of two, and Christopher Zullo, 28.


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The 10-inch Samsung Galaxy Note tablet with its much talked about S-Pen is finally arriving to the US market, and to celebrate the arrival, a number of reviews have been published at various technology and gadget blogs. Of interest to the digital creatives is the combination of the Wacom-powered S-Pen and the Adobe Photoshop Touch app that comes bundled with the tablet.
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Check the review party at Engadget (Volpe) and The Verge (Patel) and AOL Tech Crunch Gear (Velazco) and Wired (Olivarez-Giles) and Android Community and Slash Gear and Gizmodo (Rose) and CNN (McCracken) and Mashable and PC Magazine and Info World. You can also read Apple's unofficial response (sarcasm alert!)
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Jiren Parikh fought for his employees' jobs even before he had invested in the company. SSPR
After what could rightly be called a Voltron experience, Snap MyLife, Inc, today announced the launch of Snap Sync, a cloud syncing service that let's users access content from the typical range of devices—phones, tablets, and desktops—with a few ususual ones to boot: such as, television and picture frames.
"We've identified the key things people are willing to pay for," said Jiren Parikh, the company's chief executive and president, in an interview with Upstart Business Journal. "People are willing to pay for insurance, security, storage, safety for our family. And so that's what we've done," in the cloud.
But the path the company took to get to today's launch is a reminder that sometimes innovation isn't just about product, but about fighting for a company's very survival, one piece at a time.
Parikh, might also be called its founder, if not for the startup's unusual story. In 2006 he was brought in to consult for Internet 1.0 startup, Exclaim, which had already undergone one name change from dotPhoto, and was having difficulty delivering its line of products designed to dress up "dumb phones" and make them look smart.
With the project successfully completed Exclaim raised an additional $3.5 million and offered Parikh a full-time job as chief financial officer, which he accepted. By 2008 the company, which he said was mismanaged, was in $4 million debt in spite of generating $150,000 in revenue every month, mostly from a horoscope and a photo sharing app.
And even though he had no official stake in the company he wasn't about to give up on its staff.
Michael earned his BA from Mercer University, along the way excavating a Roman bathhouse with the American School of Archaeology. Plus, he provided security at Oxford University, where he also studied literature and philosophy. He earned his MS from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism while training for and running in the New York marathon.
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OWENSBORO, Ky. - Helen Coomes Tipton, 96, of Owensboro, Ky passed away Sunday, July 14, 2013 at the Carmel Home. She was born October 29, 1916 in Daviess County, KY to the late Joseph Ernest and Mary Florence Coomes. She retired from GE after 30 years of service.
She was a member of Immaculate Catholic Church and the Hillbilly Camping Club. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, embroidering and loved to read.
Aside from her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Wayne C. Tipton, grandchildren, Joseph Tipton, Rhonda Tipton, Larry Tipton, and Gary Tipton and daughter-in-law, Norma Tipton.
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Is this Market Top?
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Famed trader William O'Neil profiled in Jack Schwager's "Market Wizards" series of books shares the following indicators to identify a market top:
1. Average moves to a new high, but on a low volume
2. Volume surges for several days, but there is no progress on price
3. Leading stocks break down
4. Fed raises rates 2 or 3 times in a row
5. Advance decline line flails to penetrate prior highs, while averages reach new peaks
Let's examine the current market using O'Neil's indicators by looking at the S&P 500 index.
1. S&P 500 index is currently at a 5 year high with a volume slightly below 4B shares. Last year's top was reached at above 5B volume. Relatively speaking, this indicator seems to be indicating at least an intermediary top, flashing red for the bulls and green for the bears.
2. According to O'Neil, this indicator is another way markets usually top, and it could be used instead of #1. Since volumes seem to be dropping and prices are grinding higher, this indicator does not apply.
3. This indicator's reliability largely depends on the definition of a 'leading stock'. I can a offer a short list here, which is purely subjective: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Coke (NYSE: KO) all outperformed the index in the last 5 years. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is more than 30% off its peak, but both goog and amzn are hovering around their all time highs, ko is lower than its peak but not by much. This indicator is very mixed, and may be interpreted in various ways depending on which stock one will select as 'leading'.
4. Most people forgot the last time the Fed raised rates. I probably had a couple of kids since they did that! They also assure us that it will not happen until at least 2015 or until the unemployment rate gets to 6.5% (whichever comes first?). Clearly, we don't have to worry abut this for now.
5. Looking at the advance decline line, we can see that it is not lagging behind the price action. This means that the current rally has been broad based and many stocks are participating in the advance of the index.
O'Neil does not really suggest to use these 5 indicators simultaneously or cumulatively. These are just the main things he monitors for the possible signal of trouble. For example, 1 and 2 are used for different types of tops. 4 has been relevant in most post WW2 recessions, but clearly not relevant today.
What is the foolish bottom line? Market volume indicates the top may be near, but the advance decline line suggests that there is more space for upside or consolidation, and the 'leading' stocks ( at least in my definition) are supporting that.


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After the slew of "Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2" news and film releases this week, Summit Entertainment has just revealed this Saturday, October 6, the full "Twilight Saga" international poster that features Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart for fans to enjoy.
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firstname.lastname@example.com in Millersville, Maryland
32 months ago
I am a CPA MBA with a 16 years with one company as a controller, then took 6 years off to stay home with the children. Went back to work as a Director of Finance for 2 years for a large non profit. Took about 10 months off to wrap up a divorce. Now have been unable to find a job, except some short term temp jobs.
Technical skills are pretty up to date, but can't seem to compete. I was making too much money (6 figures) and now can't get a job even as a temp. Should I take some courses and become a technical person? Like Microsoft certified?
Bean counter in San Jose, California
31 months ago
With your credentials and experience, you must keep trying to look for the same level of jobs in your field. On the employment gap, one has to be creative in this horrible job market. A finance director was struggling to explain years' unemployment and was asking a agency recruiter for help in an accounting support group meeting , next thing I saw in linkedin is this:
-Improve financial management processes for small companies and self-employed individuals.
Forget about MS certificate, it won't help, the IT field is dead, with all the outsourcing and oversupply here in US.
Hope this helps.
Bean counter in San Jose, California
31 months ago
You may want to expand the locations.... go to where the jobs are... can't afford to be picky these days.
Alice105 in New York, New York
27 months ago
I was thinking of becoming an accountant, is it worth te investment of 5 years of my life? Will there be jobs when I graduate? I live in NYC.
CP-Yeay! in San Bernardino, California
14 months ago
Not surprising that you can not find work as an accountant / CPA. There is a vast oversupply of accountants and CPAs in the United States. It has been this was for more than 15 years, take for example the fact that salaries have not budged in the last decade. The industry knows this, and they have attempted to slow down the number of new CPAs coming into the industry by increase the amount of credits to 150 just to sit for the exam. Not to mention the current exam format is way, way harder to pass than it was back in the 1990s. In the current environment, (What I'm calling the Great Depression 2.0) we are seeing some crowding out of other professions, due to the oversupply and cheap labor of CPAs. Jobs that once belonged to CIA (Certified Internal Auditors) are now going exclusively to CPAs just because they can hire them for less money to do the same work an internal auditor used to do.
toosmart in Los Angeles, California
12 months ago
Alice105 in New York, New York said: I was thinking of becoming an accountant , is it worth te investment of 5 years of my life? Will there be jobs when I graduate? I live in NYC.
No,not worthwhile, I am a CPA with a few more 3 letters credentials. I have 12 years' experience practicing accounting. I have been look for a job change for the last 12 months but can't find any. I am now stuck at my low pay job $85K a year and working 70 hours week managing the firm, audits and also tax returns. It totally sucks. Being in Los Angeles, $85K doesn't buy much after taxes. My average hourly pay is less than my hair dresser, much less. She makes $102K a year. My officer manager who has no degree and not a professional staff, she is paid $79K....She has no OT, no much to do either because I take care of everybody's CPE and the firm's quality control. She just pays the bills and print invoices from the computer to send to clients. So don't waste your time, be an officer manager at my firm, or a bookkeeper who makes $80K a year and also doesn't have the stress or OT like myself. By the way, I am going to quit end of this month regardless whether I will find a job, because I am sick and tired of working like a dog to support others who are less educated and get good pay.
The Finance Writer in Georgetown, Texas
11 months ago
The job market is hot for accountanting graduates, but not necessarily for CPAs looking to shift away from audit or return to work after an absence. Accounting firms are hiring young staffers who they push with extensive work. Sure, they get some off-season perks and good managerial positions if they stick with the grind for about 5 to 7 years.
A more satisfying avenue has been achieved by CPAs who venture into the tax specialty. Almost everyone needs tax assistance, so marketing for a solo operation is not difficult. Many CPAs I know brushed up on their tax expertise by studying for the Enrolled Agent exam. They take the course at fastforwardacademy.com/enrolled-agent-exam-prep.htm. It doesn't expire until they pass the EA exam, which is farily easy for a CPA.
Armed with sufficient tax knowledge and return prep software, CPAs can work on whatever schedule suits them. Some work a lot during peak season, but the rewards are better than getting the shaft from employment at a large public accounting firm. Others work only a little extra during peak season and have a steady volume of extended tax returns occuping their summer.
There's no reason to continue searching in vain for a corporate accounting gig when you can start controling your own work environment and earn a good living by obtaining a bit of extra tax education that leverages your CPA license into an independent practice.
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All they needed to seal the deal was their USDA Rural Development Loan to be approved, but that office closed its doors because of the shut down.
"You know there's a domino effect with that," said Michael Brigham. "The sellers of the home that were buying are also waiting so it's effecting them and their family as well."
The Rural Development program helps family make their down payments on homes in small communities like Napanee and Wakarusa. Hahn and Associates Broker Laurie Sumpter says she has eight other families waiting on this type of loan.
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The Brighams say they are not too concerned about their interest rate, but they say they are worried about how long the shutdown will continue.
"I'm hoping [the politicians] get back to work tomorrow," said Michael, as his wife began to laugh.
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Sumpter added, that not all government housing loan programs have been shutdown quite yet. People who have already filed FHA loans might still get those approved. However, if this government shutdown continues, it will not be long before that department locks up shop too.
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This is the time of year when many communities across our great state hold their annual salmon festivals, and anglers are starting to enjoy our fall salmon runs.
Large, recent salmon habitat restoration projects like the removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams on the Olympic Peninsula get a lot of well-deserved attention. As we celebrate our salmon and work to restore their runs, it is easy to forget that small woodland owners play an equally important role.
Why, you ask? Small woodland owners comprise 3.2 million acres of Washington's forests – about half the private forestland in the state. Their income helps contribute to Washington State's annual $16 billion forestry economy and helps sustain many rural communities. At the same time, these family forests provide cold, clean water to thousands of miles of fish-bearing streams. Crossing those streams, in many cases, are roads.
Road culverts and other stream-crossing structures that are aging, too small or improperly installed can block fish from reaching their spawning grounds. The same barriers then confound the migration of young salmon from forest streams to the ocean.
Responsible owners of small woodlands and forests have been working with the state to take action. Since 2003, nearly 200 landowners have taken advantage of a state program that has replaced 232 barriers and opened more than 485 miles of stream habitat – 485 miles, that's about the width of our state and back again. We're poised to do a whole lot more.
To help protect salmon and maintain the economic benefits of these lands, state Forest Practices Rules require forest landowners to address fish barriers by 2016. That deadline is not far off. Recognizing that eliminating these barriers can be costly for the small woodland owner, the 2003 Legislature established the Family Forest Fish Passage Program. The program provides 75 to 100 percent of the cost of correcting a barrier by installing a new, fish-passable culvert or bridge.
Thanks to a new round of funding from the legislature, Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) – through the Small Forest Landowner Office – will complete at least 100 of these projects over the next two years. Considering that each replacement project creates construction jobs, the Family Forest Fish Passage Program is a helpful boost to many rural communities. What's needed now is a large pool of applicants seeking funding so the most significant of the remaining stream barriers can be corrected.
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This is a super easy and super tasty recipe! I kept everything the same except the spices on the fish, i just eye balled it!
Five-Spice Tilapia with Citrus Ponzu Sauce
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One serving of this delicious five-spice tilapia provides almost all five ounces of protein recommended for those on an 1,800-calorie meal plan. Drizzle on the citrus ponzu sauce to add more flavor to the fish and give the dinner a little asian flair.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 fillet and 1 tablespoon sauce)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 217
- Calories from fat: 27%
- Fat: 6.6g
- Saturated fat: 1.8g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.9g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2.3g
- Protein: 37g
- Carbohydrate: 3.1g
- Fiber: 0.2g
- Cholesterol: 125mg
- Iron: 1mg
- Sodium: 332mg
- Calcium: 8mg
- 2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onions
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon bottled ground fresh ginger (such as Spice World)
- 1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 4 (6-ounce) tilapia fillets
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- Combine green onions, juices, soy sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, and ginger in a small bowl.
- Combine five-spice powder, salt, and pepper. Sprinkle both sides of fish evenly with spice mixture.
- Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add fish to pan; cook 2 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness. Remove from skillet, and serve with sauce.
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Franco Alfano
Franco Alfano (8 March 1875 – 27 October 1954) was an Italian composer and pianist. Best known today for his opera Risurrezione (1904) and above all for having completed Puccini's opera Turandot in 1926. He had considerable success with several of his own works during his lifetime.
Alfano was born in Posillipo, Naples. He attended piano lessons given privately by Alessandro Longo, and harmony and composition respectively under Camillo de Nardis (1857–1951) and Paolo Serrao at the conservatory San Pietro a Majella in Naples. Later, after graduating, he pursued further composition studies with Hans Sitt and Salomon Jadassohn in Leipzig. While working there he met his idol, Edvard Grieg, and wrote numerous piano and orchestral pieces.
From 1918 he was Director of the Conservatory of Bologna, from 1923 Director of the Turin Conservatory, and from 1947 to 1950 Director of the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro. Alfano died in San Remo.[1]
He completed his first opera, Miranda, still unpublished, for which he also wrote the libretto based on a novel by Antonio Fogazzaro in 1896. His work La Fonte Di Enschir (libretto by Luigi Illica) was refused by Ricordi but was presented in Wrocław (then Breslau) as Die Quelle von Enschir on 8 November 1898. It enjoyed some success.
His three most important operas begin with Risurrezione in 1904. It was based on Tolstoy, and was later sung by Magda Olivero.
Cyrano de Bergerac followed. This based on the famous play by Edmond Rostand and composed to the French libretto by Henri Cain. It had its Italian version premiere in Rome in January 1936, and its French version premiere in Paris four months later. It was recently revived by the Kiel Opera (Germany), the Montpellier Radio Festival (France) and the Metropolitan Opera, New York, starring Plácido Domingo in the title role.
In 1921, La Leggenda di Sakùntala appeared, and while it was successful enough to have Arturo Toscanini recommend Alfano to complete Puccini's posthumous Turandot, the performance materials were thought destroyed in an air raid during the Second World War. Alfano reconstructed it in 1952 as Sakùntala, after Abhijñānaśākuntalam (The Recognition of Sakuntala), the Sanskrit play by Kalidasa. Subsequently, the original version was recovered in 2005, with the two versions available for performance today. The second version of Sakùntala will be performed in New York City by Teatro Grattacielo in the fall of 2013.
Historical perspectives[edit]
In Fanfare 's issue of September/October 1998-99, it was asserted that Alfano's reputation suffers because of several things. Firstly, that he should not be judged as a composer on the basis of the task he was given in completing Turandot (La Scala, 25 April 1926). Secondly, that we almost never hear everything he wrote for Turandot since the standard ending heavily edits Alfano's work.[2] Thirdly, [...]it is not his conclusion that is performed in productions of Turandot but only what the premiere conductor Arturo Toscanini included from it... Puccini had worked for nine months on the following concluding duet and at his death had left behind a whole ream of sketches... Alfano had to reconstruct...according to his best assessment...and with his imagination and magnifying glass" since Puccini's material "had not really been legible."[3][clarification needed]
"Alfano's reputation has also suffered [IC:along with Mascagni], understandably, because of his willingness to associate himself closely with Mussolini's Fascist government."[citation needed]
Alex Ross, in The New Yorker,[4] notes that a new ending of Turandot composed by Luciano Berio premiered in 2002[5] is preferred by some critics for making a more satisfactory resolution of Turandot's change of heart, and of being more in keeping with Puccini's evolving technique.
List of works[edit]
See also List of operas by Alfano.
- Cyrano de Bergerac; William Johns, Olivia Stapp, Gianfranco Cecchele, Miti Truccato Pace, Ezio Di Cesare, Alfredo Giacomotti - Director: Maurizio Arena - Orchestra RAI di Torino - Live - 2 CD Opera d'Oro IOD (2004);
- Resurrezione; Magda Olivero, Giuseppe Gismondo, Nucci Condò, Anna Di Stasio - Director: Elio Boncompagni - Live - 2 CD Opera d'Oro IOD (2003);
- Sakùntala; Sakùntala: Celestina Casapietra – Il re: Michele Molese – Prijamvada: Laura Didier Gambardella – Anusuya: Adriana Baldiseri – Kanva: Aurio Tomicich – Durvasas: Ferruccio Mazzoli – Harita: Mario Rinaudo – Il giovane eremita: Ezio Di Cesare – Lo scudiero: Carlo Micheluzzi – Un pescatore: Vincenzo Tadeo – Una guardia: Alberto Caruzzi; Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della Rai, director: Ottavio Ziino CD Tryphon TRC-9612;
- Liriche da Tagore; Duo Alterno: Tiziana Scandaletti, soprano - Riccardo Piacentini, pianoforte CD Nuova Era 7388 (Torino 2004).
Notes on recordings
- 1925 Sonata for Cello and Piano world premiere recording by cellist Samuel Magill and pianist Scott Dunn on the Naxos label
- 1932 Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano world premiere recording by violinist Elmira Darvarova, cellist Samuel Magill and pianist Scott Dunn on the Naxos label (2009)[6]
- 1923 Sonata for Violin and Piano world premiere recording on Naxos. Elmira Darvarova, Violin and Scott Dunn, Piano
- 1945 Piano Quintet world premiere recording on Naxos with Elmira Darvarova, Violin, Mary Ann Mumm, Violin, Craig Mumm, Viola, Samuel Magill, Cello, and Scott Dunn, Piano
- ^ Dryden, Konrad, CPO recording of Cirano di Bergerac
- ^ Andreas K. W. Meyer (trans. Susan Marie Praeder), CPO opera set notes for Cyrano de Bergerac, pp. 29-30.
- ^ Dryden, Konrad, p. 33, adds that the project, reluctantly undertaken, resulted in "near blindness in his right eye, requiring three months spent in darkened rooms."--Symphonies 1 and 2 [reviewed by Barry Brenesal in the same issue of Fanfare, pp. 103-04]
- ^ Ross, Alex, New Yorker, 27 February 2006, pp. 84–85
- ^ on andante.com Retrieved 1 April 2013
- ^ "Elmira Darvarova". Naxos. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
Further reading[edit]
- Dryden, Konrad (2010) Franco Alfano: transcending Turandot. Lanham MD: Scarecrow Press ISBN 0-8108-6970-5
- Posillipo—Leipzig—Miranda (1875–1896) -- La fonte d'enscir (1897–1899) -- Resurrezione and Il principe Zilah (1899–1909) -- L'ombra di Don Giovanni (1910–1914) -- La leggenda di Sakùntala, Tagore and tragedy (1915–1921) -- Turandot (1921–1925) -- Mary Garden—Vienna—Rostand (1926) -- Mussolini and Balzac (1927) -- Metropolitan Opera premiere (1928) -- A tale of two operas (1928–1929) -- France and an American saint (1930–1931) -- Cyrano de Bergerac (1932–1933) -- Palermo and Don Juan de Manara (1934–1941) -- Wartime phoenix (1942–1947) -- Final years (1948–1954) -- Appendix A: Opera plots—Appendix B: The Alfano opus.
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- Franco Alfano discography
- Franco Alfano list of works
- Another page about Franco Alfano
- Free scores by Franco Alfano at the International Music Score Library Project


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One day our descendants may look back on such decisions as the wrong choice for the right reasons. Just as we now look back on the land grants.
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Looking forward from Mr.Obama how he handles the energy sector job growth as there was a 78% growth to solar energy industries since july last year.
I feel he have the potential to take natural energy industries to a differant level as he is a global admiration person..and with BLM understaffed i think they too need time to settle down as the new goverment to solve issue with a future opening gates for all green collar jobs...people should understand how each individual can contribute to uk viagra sales get global warming to slow down as it is hampering the nature..guys i would really appreciate if this blog continue on solar or any other energy on a broader level..websites like http://www.justmeans.com are helping people to get knowledge on enviroment issues or CSR ...
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I am not sure if a socially conscious and environmentally friendly policy will ever become part of the BLM decision making process. We should definitely demand this change before rushing into another round of land grabs and handouts for the FEW.
Keep up the www.richcongress.com good work!
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Now I am back after about 30 years and I expected to see much much more progress on this vital issue which would save us from being so dependent on the OIL and all the destroying effects it has in many many ways,and to every one's loss it seems like we haven't been very earth friendly lately.
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At last I think with all the support from Mr.Obama and his administration,this is the last chance we have to achieve this vital goal and leave our descendants an environment they can breath in.
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DES PLAINES, IL (October 26, 2012) – The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) commended the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for holding an 'Expert Forum' in Texas with four other federal regulatory agencies and stakeholders in the oil and gas industry to discuss the use of performance-based regulatory approaches in the oil and gas industry.
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Issues the agencies will have to address in moving forward, ASSE's statement said, included the agencies' ability to have enough adequately trained staff in performance-based regulatory approaches, establishing consistency in enforcement approaches when owner/operators develop different solutions for meeting a standard, and the ability of small owner/operators to implement safety and health management systems.
Key to advancing the use of performance-based approaches to managing risks, ASSE went on to say, will be dependent on owner/operators having in place occupational safety and health management systems that meet ANSI Z10 or OSHAS 18000 voluntary consensus standards. ASSE also urged greater outreach by OSHA to encourage owners/operators to participate in its Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) where the performance-based management systems approach is already required and shown to be successful in preventing incidents.
Founded in 1911, the Des Plaines, IL-based ASSE is the oldest professional safety society and is committed to protecting people, property and the environment. Its more than 34,000 occupational safety, health and environmental professional members manage, supervise, research and consult on safety, health, transportation and environmental issues. Go to http://www.asse.org/professionalaffairs_new/communications/federal/ for the OSHA letter and to the ASSE oil and gas practice specialty group at http://www.asse.org/practicespecialties/oilgas/.
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