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They dug too greedily and too deep…In a small Brazilian diamond, scientists find some potential evidence of vast reservoirs of water deep below the Earth's surface (otherwise known as R'lyeh, where dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.) The Abyss pic above notwithstanding, "geologist Hans Keppler told Agence France-Presse that scientists should be cautious in concluding so much from such a small sample, and adds that it is likely the water is trapped in molecular form in certain rocks." (Via High/LowIndustrial.)
"Ray has been a great inspiration to us all in special visual industry. The art of his earlier films, which most of us grew up on, inspired us so much." "Without Ray Harryhausen, there would likely have been no STAR WARS" — George Lucas.
"THE LORD OF THE RINGS is my 'Ray Harryhausen movie.' Without his life-long love of his wondrous images and storytelling it would never have been made – not by me at least." — Peter Jackson
"What we do now digitally with computers, Ray did digitally long before but without computers. Only with his digits." — Terry Gilliam.
"I think all of us who are practioners in the arts of science fiction and fantasy movies now all feel that we're standing on the shoulders of a giant. If not for Ray's contribution to the collective dreamscape, we wouldn't be who we are." — James Cameron
The Master stops motion: R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen, 1920-2013.
Hello all. So, yes, it's been quiet again, and the movie reviews I'm behind on are piling up (I'm three back now, going on five.) In the excuse department, work has been even busier than usual, of late, and, obviously, the political scene has been depressing. So there's that.
Anyway, in partial recompense, here's my first entry of a fun meme I saw at Cryptonaut-in-Exile a few weeks ago: "100 Things I Love About My Favorite Movies. The rest will follow in a leisurely fashion at some future point.
Here's the rules: "Rather than posting your 100 favorite films (which has been done and overdone), you simply post your favorite things about movies…[I]nstead of obsessing over whether the films you put on a list are 'objectively good enough' to put on said list, you simply jot down 100 moments/lines/visuals that have made a lasting impression on you or sneak their way into running gags between you and your friends."
And, so, without further ado and in no particular order:
"'We'll use many of the same characters as we have all along, and we'll be introducing some new ones,' Nolan said cryptically." Lots of big doings on the fanboy front recently: First up, the next Batman movie has a (lousy) title: The Dark Knight Rises, and Chris Nolan has announced the Riddler will not be the villain. (He earlier wrote off Mr. Freeze.) So whomever Tom Hardy turns out to be, it's not Edward Nigma. (My current guess is he's Killer Croc, with a yet-to-be-cast Catwoman as the main villain.)
Riddles may not feature in Gotham, but they will soon be spun in deepest Wellington: In happy news, New Zealand will be returning as Middle Earth for the upcoming Hobbit films. "'Making the two movies here will not only safeguard work for thousands of New Zealanders, but will also allow us to follow the success of the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy in once again promoting New Zealand on the world stage,' [Prime Minister!] Key said."
Those are the two big upcoming guns. But, also on the docket, James Cameron officials signs up for two more Avatars for 2014 and 2015. Well…ok. I can think of other worlds I'd rather see him tackle than Pandora again.
And, with Black Swan opening very soon, Darren Aronofsky announces his next project (after, um, Wolverine 2), will be called Machine Man. "Machine Man, not to be confused with the Marvel Comics character, concerns a tech engineer who, tired of going through life average and unnoticed, replaces parts of his body with titanium upgrades of his own design. He then discovers that he isn't the only one with plans for his new body."
This may just seem like King-of-the-World hubris, but Cameron is a smart and demanding technical innovator who has spent a great deal of time over 25 years studying deep-sea technology.) I'd at least hear what he had to say. "'The government really needs to have its own independent ability to go down there and image the site, survey the site and do its own investigation,' he said. 'Because if you're not monitoring it independently, you're asking the perpetrator to give you the video of the crime scene,' Cameron added."
Sorry Coolio…After some consideration, director Paul Greengrass opts not to take a Fantastic ride with James Cameron. (Suffice to say, the pedigree of the script — Shane Salerno of Armageddon — is not great.) Instead of Fantastic Voyage, the new rumors are Greengrass is thinking of heading for a remake of Treasure Island instead, although that too seems like a weird fit for him.
Not set in stone yet, but it sounds like director Paul Greengrass (Bournes II and III, United 93, Green Zone) may be talking with producer James Cameron about a 3-D remake of Fantastic Voyage. Not sure if the Greengrass shakicam would translate to 3-D very well, but it's definitely an interesting pairing…and about a thousand times more intriguing than the long-rumored involvement of the hackmeisterly Roland Emmerich.
Y'all are probably on top of this by now, but the 2010 Oscar nominations were announced this morning, and the big fight of the evening looks to be blue cats versus bombs: Avatar and The Hurt Locker led the pack with nine nominations each. (Before the meme sets in, it should be noted that former married couple James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow have been very supportive of each other's films from the start.) Anyway, some quick thoughts:
"Webb said, 'This is a dream come true and I couldn't be more aware of the challenge, responsibility, or opportunity. Sam Raimi's virtuoso rendering of Spider-Man is a humbling precedent to follow and build upon. The first three films are beloved for good reason.'" Well, actually, not many care much for Spidey 3. In any event, the post-Raimi reboot of Spiderman at Sony has found its director in Marc Webb, previously of (500) Days of Summer.
A solid choice, although two things give me pause: 1) It's hard to escape the sense that Webb was picked mainly because the studio suits think that, unlike Raimi, he'll be more malleable than a lot of the A-list names floating around (Fincher, Cameron). 2) The ramifications of the following sentence might just end up being terrible: "The touchstone for the new movie will not be the 1960s comics…but rather this past decade's 'Ultimate Spider-Man' comics by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley where the villain-fighting took a back seat to the high school angst."
"If I did Titanic today, I'd do it very differently. There wouldn't be a 750-foot-long set. There would be small set pieces integrated into a large CGI set. I wouldn't have to wait seven days to get the perfect sunset for the kiss scene. We'd shoot it in front of a green screen, and we'd choose our sunset." In Newsweek and Slate, James Cameron and Peter Jackson talk about the future of cinema. "Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea. It's just paranoia."
Hotter than reality by far? Well, maybe…I'd say more just (a) totally super serial. A decade in the making, James Cameron's Avatar, for all intent and purposes, basically turned out quite a bit like Peter Jackson's King Kong. (I was going to say The Phantom Menace, but I think that's too harsh.) The movie looks absolutely amazing, and…uh…well…did I mention it looks amazing? So if you're the type of person who can enjoy a ravishing visual feast on its own terms (and I am sometimes — for example, Speed Racer), then I think you'll probably flat-out love it, and it's definitely worth seeing in 3D.
But — and there's a big but — if you're someone who can't get by on a feast of technological wonders alone, and for whatever reason I was that guy last night, then Avatar leaves something to be desired. It's got cat class and it's got cat style alright, but for all the visual inventiveness on display — bioluminescent forests, hammerhead rhinos, insectile gunships, and the like — Avatar is also a gorgeous three-hour cliche: The action may take place in three dimensions, but the story, alas, barely has one. As a result, Avatar has a bit of that too-much-frittering-around-the-edges feel of the Star Wars prequels. Yes, the six-legged equines and mercenary sidearms seem remarkably well-designed…but good god man, what about the plot?
About that plot, we've seen or heard the basic contours of this story a dozen times over, albeit not with blue felinoids: Warrior goes undercover, falls in love, goes native, and turns on his former and erstwhile masters. It's Lawrence of Arabia, Little Big Man, The Last Samurai, Dances with Wolves, and Dune, just to name a few variations of this theme. (If you're a WoW player with avatars of your own, Avatar also goes like this: Guy levels a night-elf and/or draenei in Zangarmarsh, really loves his flying mount, and eventually gets caught up in a lot of guild drama.) Now, I don't begrudge Cameron for retelling a hoary tale here. This story may be as old as the hills, sure, but, it's all in the execution. But execution-wise, Avatar doesn't really cut it in a lot of ways. It's just too broad and ham-handed most of the time. And there are too many absurd plot points (say, all the formerly Na'vi-eating animals turning into the eagles at Mordor in the third act) and reversals (say, all the Na'vi being so awed into submission — after being screwed over and run out of their World Tree — by an apparently easy-to-tame dragon. The Kwisatz haderach never had it so good.)
To be honest, I'm not really sure what happened here. I mean, the dialogue in Titanic is admittedly clunky as all hell, but damned if I don't feel right there on the boat every time the iceberg comes around. Terminator 2 also has a lot of "hasta la vista, baby" and "why do you cry?" drek to wade through, but it definitely works in the end. And I'd say Cameron's three best films — Terminator, Aliens, and The Abyss — all benefit from quality writing, memorably punchy dialogue, and well-rounded, believable characters. But somewhere here, it feels like Cameron got lost in his sea of pixels. The result is visually impressive to be sure. But — at least for me — it's not particularly engaging on any emotional level.
I'll give Avatar this — the problem is not the CGI-rendering. As a feat of technology, the Na'vi characters here are, like almost all of Pandora, the next order of Gollum. They all look and act as photo-realistic as ten-foot-tall blue cats ever could. (In fact, they seem more lifelike than Sam Worthington, who turns in a mostly forgettable performance here — As his respective military and scientific handlers, Stephen Lang and Sigourney Weaver, both looking extraordinarily well-preserved, resonate more.) And when the Na'vi are traipsing about their bioluminescent world like it's an alien nature docutmentary, Avatar is as good as it gets.
But, while they may be more Siamese than Sioux, the Na'vi are also somewhat condescending and even vaguely embarrassing noble savage stereotypes, particularly Zoe Saldana's character and her intended betrothed. (I didn't catch the name, and thought of him basically as cat-Billy-Zane.) This would probably rankle more if most everyone else in the story wasn't a caricature too. Giovanni Ribisi (overplaying it) is the weaselly corporate lackey. (He's Burke, a.k.a. Paul Reiser from Aliens.) Michelle Rodriguez (in her wheelhouse) is the tough-as-nails military gal with the heart of gold. (She's Vasquez, a.k.a. Jenette Goldstein, also from Aliens.) And so on — Not one character does or says anything surprising over the course of three hours, and so Avatar, for all its visual grandeur, just plays out like an eye-catching, extraordinarily expensive, and maddeningly familiar Saturday morning (super-)serial.
Not to lose the Hometree in the forest, Avatar looks, really, really good. Beautiful, even. And, amid the shock-and-awe references and Zen-tastic Earth mother philosophy, there are glimpses of some interesting ideas interspersed throughout the cornball stuff. I get the feeling there might be some meta-commentary going on here about actors and "avatar" technology — Sam Worthington the actor is stepping into a ten-foot-tall cat suit just as much as his character Jake Sully is — although I could be over-thinking it. And a late moment involving Sully (in human form) and one of the Na'vi — the Pieta scene in the trailer (which, by the way, Stephen Lang fell conveniently close to… and what happened to the nerdy sidekick guy who should've been in there at the time?) — plays out like the Urtext image of much of Cameron's output over the years. (From Ellen Ripley to Sarah Connor, Cameron does love his warrior-goddess mothering types.)
Nonetheless, while probably worth catching for the 3-D ride experience, Avatar fell well below my expectations of the King of the World's vaunted return. More than most — some might say all — of his contemporaries, James Cameron has always had the knack for giving his technological marvels a human pulse: The Terminator, The Abyss, and Titanic are first and foremost love stories; In the midst of all the kick-ass, T2 and Aliens are also movies about (adopted) parents and children. But that gift for keeping humanity front and center in his sci-fi failed him this time — For all its visual splendor, Avatar sadly falls into an uncanny valley of the heart. Simply put, it just feels a bit hollow.
They don't care what's in your character bank: Paraplegic veteran Sam Worthington rolls Draenei and goes native in the brand-spankin' new second trailer for James Cameron's Avatar, also with Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, and Michelle Rodriguez. (Well, actually this trailer has been floating around in bootleg form for a few days now, but I figured this movie more than most needs to be judged and/or appreciated in hi-def.)
Anyway, so far, so good. Ribisi and Rodriguez seem a lot like Paul Reiser (Burke) and Jenette Goldstein (Vasquez) from Aliens respectively. And while a lot of the "Dances with Thundersmurfs" hectoring out there can be chalked up to the usual aggro-fanboy haterade, Avatar's whole central plot-line does seem pretty doggone similar to Dances With Wolves, The Last Samurai, Dune, or any other flick/book you can name where a good outsider throws in with the "noble savage" locals to beat back the massively superior technological firepower of the would-be colonialists. ("This is our land!!" It is? No, it's their land, buddy. Ease up with your bad self.)
Still, it's gonna make for some amazing eye candy, that's for sure. And as long as the Na'vi don't squeal like Ewoks or Gungans as they fight, I should be able to dig it.
"'This film integrates my life's achievements,' he told me. 'It's the most complicated stuff anyone's ever done." Another time, he said, "If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.'" On the eve of Avatar, the New Yorker's Dana Goodyear delivers a long and interesting profile of take-no-guff, autocratic auteur James Cameron. ("A small, loyal band of cast and crew works with him repeatedly; they call the dark side of his personality Mij–Jim backward.")
The whole thing is definitely worth a read, but this caught me eye further down the piece: "'We should ultimately have colonies on Mars, for purposes of expanding the footprint of the human race,' Cameron says. He shares with the Mars Society the opinion that NASA — on whose advisory council he sat for three years — has become too risk-averse. 'We've become cowards, basically,' he says. 'As a society, we're just fat and happy and comfortable and we've lost the edge.'" Listen to the King of the World — he's dead on.
Update: Apple/Quicktime is failing at the moment, but French MSN has come to the rescue. So, wait, it's World of Warcraft Draenei replacing Dune's Fremen on the forest moon of Endor in 3D? Agh, screw it — you had me at James Cameron.
"It is the most challenging film I've ever made." The Hollywood Reporter checks in with James Cameron on the status of Avatar, and the future of 3D. "'The real question is 'where does all this go?' Cameron said. 'Are we looking at a situation maybe 10-15 years out where most laptops are sold with 3-D stereoscopic screens, most montors are stereo compatible, most DVD players can run stereo content?…I can see this becoming much more pervasive that we are thinking now.'"
"'He ran at full throttle, in both work and play, and was a man of kindness, wisdom and great humor,' Cameron said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. 'He was a kid that never grew up, whose dreams were writ large on the screens of the world. I am proud to have been his friend, and I will miss him very deeply.'" Stan Winston, 1946-2008.
EW lists the top 25 sci-fi offerings (in tv and film) of the past twenty-five years. Pretty arbitrary, really, but it includes Brazil (at #6), BSG (at #2 — these two should have switched places), Children of Men (#14), Eternal Sunshine (#17 — same problem), Aliens (#9), The Thing (#10), The X-Files (#4), Galaxy Quest (#24), and Blade Runner (#3), so it's by no means a bad list. (Both Lost and Heroes should be replaced, however.) Just from what's missing above, you can probably guess #1…can't you, Mr. Anderson?
Raise the Titanic! The doomed ship's power couple, Kate Winslet and Leonardo di Caprio, reunite for Sam Mendes' forthcoming Revolutionary Road. "The DreamWorks project, based on the 1961 novel by Richard Yates, revolves around a suburban couple caught between their hopes for a life of art, culture and sophistication and the everyday drudgery of boring jobs and domesticity." (And, speaking of Titanic, I saw some of it again on TNT a few weeks ago and, while I knew Theoden King (Bernard Hill) was also the ship captain, I hadn't realized until then that Mr. Fantastic/Horatio Hornblower, Ioan Gruffudd, played Officer Lowe.) Add that to your Kevin Bacon list.
The King of the World? Director and documentarian James Cameron announces, for a forthcoming Discovery Channel special, that archaeologists have discovered the tomb of Jesus…and his son. "'How possible is it?' Pfann said. 'On a scale of one through 10 — 10 being completely possible — it's probably a one, maybe a one and a half.'"
As rumored a few weeks ago and in a bit of inspired casting, Aaron Eckhart looks set to join Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight as Harvey Dent, a.k.a. Two-Face. And, also in fanboy casting news, the cast of James Cameron's Avatar fills out, with Wes Studi, Sigourney Weaver, and others joining Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana for the 3D-epic.
"The Banshees and the other creatures are going to be about 90% or 95% animated. And with the humanoids hopefully we're going to be coming down to 95% capture with the exception of ears and like I said clothing and hair and stuff like that." I'm behind on this one — Sorry, I've been saving up links to space out the flurry of movie reviews, and then overestimating how much I can actually get written on a given day — but James Cameron has announced more details about Avatar (not to be confused with M. Night Shyamalan's Avatar, which I couldn't case less about) and granted AICN's Harry Knowles an extended interview on the performance-capture project. Set for a 2009 release, the film will "star" Sam Worthington (recently in the Aussie Macbeth update) and Zoe Saldana (late of Pirates of the Caribbean II.)
More James Cameron news: Harry of AICN has a wide-ranging conversation with the director which, if you can get past the usual Knowlesisms, reveals that Project 880 is in fact Avatar, and that Cameron has been working with NASA on a "Live Video Stereo Motion Image" (3-D) camera for the next Mars Rover.
The King of the World adds another project to his very full plate: Apparently, post 880, James Cameron will take on The Dive, "the true, tragic love story of freediver Francisco "Pipin" Ferraras and his wife Audrey Mestre."
Sorry, Battle Angel Alita and Aquaman: James Cameron announces the secretive Project 880 will be his next film. "'We've moved "Project 880″ into first position,' Cameron said. 'It's as classified as the Manhattan Project.' Many believe it is actually a version of Avatar, the director's oft-rumored love story set against interplanetary war." Both it and Alita (to follow) will be filmed in high-definition 3-D.
Despite feeling kinda rotten, I did venture out to the movies on Saturday night (armed with a hefty bag of throat lozenges) for an impromptu double feature. At the top of the bill was James Cameron's IMAX extravaganza Aliens of the Deep and, all I can say is, if Cameron wants to make Battle Angel Alita using this funky 3-D technology, hail to the King. Granted, I haven't seen a 3-D movie since the days before Captain Eo. Nevertheless, the effect was much improved, and made what could have been a staid underwater documentary comprised of what look to be outtakes from The Abyss into a riveting, jaw-dropping wonder.
I'll admit, I was also fond of Cameron's central conceit here, which is that our best bet for finding life in this solar system — at Europa, say — would be of the kind inexplicably thriving around thermal vents in the darkest, deepest parts of the ocean, where the sun never shines (and thus photosynthesis never takes place.) And what strange life it is! Innumerable swarming shrimp scuttle between ice-cold and boiling-hot water with nary an antenna twitch. Strange symbiotic tube worms ensnare food for their inner bacteria, which digests for them. Ethereal jellyfish float by, improbably yet undeniably alive. And, thanks to the 3-D, it seems you can reach out and touch all of these creatures just before your eyes — in fact, you can see them better in their natural habitat than any human being possibly could. It's really quite amazing.
Like I said, I don't know if Aliens of the Deep would be everyone's cup of tea — most of the film just involves young astrobiologists and underwater explorers enthusing over their wild and crazy jobs in tiny little subs. But, whenever a strange new animal popped up on the screen, and particuarly when the camera hurtles past the moons of Jupiter on its CGI-way to far-flung Europa, I thought to myself, "Now, that's Edutainment!"
"A few years ago I started down this path of creating this 3D camera system and once I started working in that, I couldn't imagine myself going back and shooting with the camera that I used before. It just seemed like going back from a car to a bicycle, and I don't want to ride a bicycle again, so the question is, at what point can I use the kind of imaging that we're able to do now for a feature film?" From the Rebel Billionaire to the King of the World, James Cameron (fresh off Aliens of the Deep), talks up 3D cinema and his next project, a live-action Battle Angel Alita.
The trailer for James Cameron's IMAX-3D extravaganza Aliens of the Deep is now online. I wonder if Cameron'll get the shakes like Michael Biehn in The Abyss.
In the movie bin, some some news of a Batman Begins teaser (and a first look at Liam Neeson), and James Cameron speaks about his top-secret 3D Sci-Fi project, now starring Brian Cox. If Cameron is really serious about resurrecting 80's action film stars, one of his favorites, Michael Biehn, is probably waiting by the phone…
While Indy 4 flails about in Development Hell, Harrison Ford signs on for James Cameron's Godspeed, which so far sounds like something between Solaris and Outland. Unfortunately, Cameron is only producing this flick, and so his much-awaited sci-fi 3D spectacular still waits in the wings.
Because noone demanded it, the new Alien v. Predator trailer. Man, talk about running a quality franchise into the ground. As James Cameron noted when he heard about this lame Paul Anderson project, why don't we get Freddy Krueger or the Wolfman up in here too? I know this was a Dark Horse comic, but that doesn't mean it had to be a movie.


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Senate Democrats and Republicans are far from sold on President Barack Obama's expected nomination of Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense.
In fact, Obama's decision to tap the Vietnam veteran and outspoken former Republican senator is likely to spark another nasty fight with Congress right on the heels of the fiscal cliff showdown and just before another likely battle royal over the debt ceiling.
(Also on POLITICO: The shortlist for Obama's top jobs)
Republicans on Sunday unleashed a fresh barrage of attacks amid reports Obama would nominate Hagel on Monday for the top job at the Pentagon.
The new Senate minority whip, Texas Republican John Cornyn, said he's firmly against Hagel's nomination. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), an Air Force reservist who serves on the Armed Services Committee that will consider the nod, said Hagel would hold the "most antagonistic" views toward Israel of any defense secretary in U.S. history.
(PHOTOS: Chuck Hagel's career)
And despite heaping praise on Hagel when he retired from the Senate after the 2008 elections, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday failed to extend an olive branch to the Nebraska Republican, instead suggesting there would be "tough questions" ahead.
Even Senate Democrats are privately signaling they're not yet on board with the Hagel pick, and that the White House has a lot of work to do to get him across the finish line.
The nomination comes at a tricky time for the administration -- just as the fights over raising the debt ceiling and government appropriations are set to begin. And it could put a number of at-risk or pro-Israel Democrats in tough political spots -- especially if the nomination fight grows even more contentious.
(Also on POLITICO: Graham calls Hagel an 'in-your-face' pick)
Democrats are also scratching their heads over why Obama appears willing to go to the mat for Hagel, while abandoning his push for a close friend and member of his inner circle, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, to become secretary of state. Rice, an unabashed Democrat, abandoned her bid after withering GOP criticism over the deadly attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Libya.
Though different in substance, the controversy over Rice's remarks is not unlike the current pushback over Hagel's past foreign policy positions and controversial remarks. But Hagel lacks a natural constituency in the Senate, given that he's grown alienated from the GOP, yet Democrats are suspicious of his record.
"It is a strange signal for the White House to send that they are willing to fight for Hagel but not Rice," one Senate Democratic aide said Sunday. "Democrats are not currently unified behind Hagel, and it will take some real work by the administration to get them there, if it's even possible."
Senior Republicans agreed, noting that after Hagel infuriated Republicans and Democrats alike over the years, there isn't a natural base for him.
"I can't imagine why [Obama] would choose to burn his political capital on this nomination. For what? There is no constituency for Chuck Hagel," one senior GOP aide said. "Obama will expend every ounce of political capital he has to get him across the finish line. Dems will hate this."
On Sunday, the 66-year-old Hagel did receive an endorsement from Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), a key Obama ally and No. 2 in Democratic Senate leadership. Durbin noted that Hagel is a Republican, recipient of two Purple Hearts from wounds he received in Vietnam, and did stints on the Senate Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees.
"Yes, he is a serious candidate if the president chooses to name him," Durbin stated.
Freshman Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) called Hagel "a patriot" and said she was keeping an open mind. "Let's hear what the senator has to say," she said.
And Democrats predicted last month that Hagel -- who served in the Senate from 1997 to 2009 -- would be confirmed.
"We all know him up here, he'll be fine," Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said in mid-December.
But Hagel has infuriated constituencies on the left and the right for remarks that disparaged gays and raised questions about his support for Israel. And Senate Republicans have practically disowned Hagel since he repeatedly criticized the Iraq War and its troop surge, and served as an unofficial surrogate to Obama during his 2008 presidential victory over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
"He has long severed his ties with the Republican Party," Graham, one of McCain's closest friends, said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." "This is an in-your-face nomination by the president."
To "allege that Hagel is somehow a Republican," McCain said last month, "that is a hard one to swallow."
Since Hagel's name was first floated five weeks ago, Graham has been one of his most vocal critics. On CNN Sunday, the defense hawk didn't let up, calling Hagel "controversial" and "out of the mainstream" of thinking on foreign policy issues.
"Chuck Hagel, if confirmed to be the secretary of defense, would be the most antagonistic secretary of defense toward the state of Israel in our nation's history," Graham declared.
Hagel will have an easier time winning confirmation if all Senate Democrats unite to support him. Democrats expanded their majority by two seats in the November election, and hold a 55-to-45 advantage over Republicans.
In that scenario, the White House would need just five Republican votes to defeat a GOP filibuster and confirm him. And it would be rare for Republicans to reject the president's pick for defense secretary -- especially a Republican -- just a month after voters handed him a second term. Plus, there are a number of Republicans who are quick to give deference to a president to choose members of his own Cabinet.
Most senators and former members are typically embraced by the chamber during confirmation proceedings, much like Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is expected to be when his nomination to secretary of state is soon considered. But the initial reaction to Hagel speaks to his complicated relationship with both parties -- especially Republicans.
Hagel is hardly your typical Republican or senator, unafraid to break with leadership or cross party lines. In recent election cycles, he endorsed two failed Democratic Senate candidates: Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania and Bob Kerrey, a fellow Nebraskan and Vietnam vet. And some Republicans complain about his prickly demeanor.
In a 2006 interview, Hagel offended many pro-Israel groups by saying the "Jewish lobby" intimidates lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Hagel has also has suggested the U.S. should negotiate with Iran and that Israel should negotiate with Hamas, which Israel, the U.S. and other nations view as a terrorist group.
"His record and past statements, particularly with respect to rogue nations like Iran, are extremely concerning to me," Cornyn, the No. 2 Senate Republican, said in a statement Sunday announcing his opposition to Hagel's nomination.
"As Iran becomes increasingly hostile and gains influence in the region," Cornyn added, "the worst possible message we could send to our friend Israel and the rest of our allies in the Middle East is Chuck Hagel."
Hagel supporters say the criticism is unfair and overblown, and that many of his comments have been taken out of context. For instance, Hagel has apologized for calling a U.S. diplomat in 1998 "openly, aggressively gay," a comment that irked many Democrats.
Obama noted in a televised interview last week that Hagel apologized for the comment, and that any of his appointees would understand "my attitude and position on those issues."
"I've served with Chuck Hagel. I know him. He is a patriot. He is somebody who has done extraordinary work in the United States Senate," Obama said last week. "Somebody who served this country with valor in Vietnam. And is somebody who's currently serving on my intelligence advisory board and doing an outstanding job."
But it's clear Obama will have to be prepared for an aggressive sales job in the Senate.
On Sunday, McConnell said Hagel should be given a "fair" confirmation hearing but wouldn't stand by his previous praise of the former senator. When Hagel retired from the Senate, McConnell celebrated Hagel as someone who had "earned the respect of his colleagues and risen to national prominence as a clear voice on foreign policy and national security."
In that 2008 farewell address to Hagel, McConnell praised Hagel's heroism in Vietnam, noting how Hagel saved his brother -- with whom he also served -- by dragging him out of an armored personnel carrier that exploded after hitting a landmine. He called him one of Nebraska's "great statesmen."
But on Sunday, McConnell was mum on his former colleague's chances for a new job.
"I'm going to take a look at all of the things Chuck has said over the years and review that in terms of his qualifications to lead our nation's military," McConnell said on ABC's "This Week." "He certainly has been outspoken on foreign policy and defense over the years. The question we will be answering, if he is the nominee, is do his views make sense for that job."


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Cooking classes? (Calgary)
I have somone to shop for this Christmas that would really like tickets to a cooking class and maybe if possible wine tasting too type thing.
Does anyone have any suggestions or recomendations of what places might be the best for this? Don't think type of food matters too much. Pretty flexible.
Thanks in advance.
I have heard good things about the classes at Boca Loca, however I haven't been to one myself. I'm not sure if the website is current.
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We took 8 people from the office to Boca Loca last May for the Everyday Mexican class. Even the folks who were skeptical about Mexican Food were readily converted to fans. Excellent instruction, friendly atmosphere and everyone learned something new. Mmmmmmmmmm.
Williams Sonoma used to offer some basic technique classes. Has anyone attended one? I was interested in a knife skills class, but couldn't make it. A cynical friend said that it would probably just be like a live-action infomercials for their products.
As mentioned here and seconded, thirded and fourthed, cookbook co is the place to look.
Having said that, there are also cooking classes of the same one-off variety (by which I mean that they are not "courses") at the midtown market Calgary Co-op and at Sunterra in TCPL building downtown.
You can also take cooking courses at SAIT- my partner did sommelier one (not a cooking course but still) and will do two there starting January- there are tests and such but obviously a great resource!
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SAIT has a very broad and deep offering of classes—from bread made with a specific type of flour to high-heat techniques for meat. I've been saving up to take a class there on bread or Indian cuisine. Judging from the quality of the food that comes out of the Highwood kitchen, I'd say the classes should be quite informative and thorough. (Not that one could become a restaurant-quality chef by taking one class!)
If you're looking for a mountain locale to go along with the class, Fuze in Banff also offers cooking classes.
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what did you partner think of the sommelier class? i've been wanting to do that for a couple years now and hope to actually do it this year.
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i would like wine to be my next career so i'm up for exams
I also had a good experience at Cookbook Co. on 11th ave. We went there with our department at work for a "team building" activity. We split off into groups, each with a different recipie, had a demonstration of various knife and preparation techniques, and then enjoyed some wine while preparing our respective dishes. Although I would have liked to have seen more of the other preparations, at the end we did sit down for a meal to enjoy everything that our co-workers prepared so we did get to see how everything turned out.
The staff at the venue was top notch - incredibly helpful and fun. The only complaint I have is that the instructing chef, although very knowledgable, was, to put it bluntly, a total jerk. Now maybe he was just having a bad day or he was just tired of dealing with amateur chefs, but he was rude, impatient, and condescending to all of the participants. And then, when the class was over, he made a complete about face and was as sweet as can be when it came time for him to make his pitch for us to sign up for his other classes.
That said, I sent my parents to a day long seminar there as well, and they had a different guest chef and nothing but good things to say about their experience.
I have taken the Cook Book Co. course for knife skills - both of them. I think they have a great staff and are full of resources (however, I would never recommend the knife skills course to anyone who can read and has a friend who knows how to remotely hold a knife!). I have never taken a 'cooking' course at the book co., per se, but judging from the set up of their kitchen, would look really fun, esp. with a partner.
I also suggest checking into places like Willow Park down south and the Kensington Wine Market for classes and tastings. Each have a full schedule of events throughout the year (but seem to get booked early on). Willow Park I highly recommend, especially if you are looking for a couple hours of tasting really neat stuff, scotches / ports / whiskeys - some you might never have a chance to - (however, keep in mind the focus is the drink, probably not the food). I've heard mucho great things about their events. Links to both below:
I had a really bad experience at the Cookbook Company. It was an Indian cooking class. Basically the class (about 30) split up into groups of 5, and each group was told to prepare a single large dish from the instructor's cookbook. In the end, the whole class would have dinner + wine.
There was hardly any instruction (just generic tips such as "I grind my own spices!" from the instructor, who stayed at the front of the room), and not enough work to go around. Preparing the ingredients with my wife + 3 strangers was more of an exercise in management and people skills than in cooking. Basically, the pushiest people did all the work. The cooking itself was done by a single team member under the supervision (and with the helping hand) of the instructor.
I got the feeling that the class was more for middle-aged people to socialize than for teaching people like me to actually cook Indian food and understand the techniques. There were more than a few people sipping coffee and wandering around.
In the end, eating food made by these other people seemed totally unappetizing, and I certainly wasn't learning anything peeling potatoes and following a recipe out of a book, so we left before dinner was served. I wonder whether there was enough food to go around anyway. Now, essentially, we have two very expensive copies of the instructor's cookbook.
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Any thoughts on where there may be decent sushi making classes that you can take a 12 year old too? My goddaughter is a budding foodie and I thought it would be a great xmas present this year for her and I together.
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I would try a class at SAIT, but sushi is not always offered. From the classes I've taken there, the age ranges seem broad, but I haven't seen anyone younger than a teen. The quality of instruction, supporting materials, and ingredients are very high.
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Sakana grill also does sushi making classes. I participated in one last fall, at the downtown Sakana location. You can call the restaurant ((403) 290-1118) to inquire when they're having the next course, and what it costs. You make enough sushi to feed 4 or 5 people, and they serve refreshments. There isn't much one-on-one instruction as there was about 20 people in my class. The chef demonstrates how to make a certain roll, and then you try it yourself. All supplies are included, and you take home your rolling mat.
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Go to Banff and take in a hands on cooking class at Fuze in Banff. Besides, hotels there are cheaper now too.
Hi, I heard that the Superstore in Deerfoot Meadows has cooking classes for adults and kids! They even do kids cooking birthday parties. Fantastic prices and it's a great date night out. My friend went to one and they said you sit and watch in most but not all, and you have the recipes in front of you, as the chef makes everything! Then you eat all the food and go home with the recipes. They do Indian, Thai, American, Baking, all sorts. Go into the store and upstairs outside the cooking classroom is all the info. Plus I heard they will be online very soon. Which we all love! Check it out, Im signed up for their next class on Sunday Dec 13th!


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President and Chief Executive Officer
Craig Kinnell joined Oyu Tolgoi in October 2013. He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Oyu Tolgoi. He is a member of the Board Directors of Oyu Tolgoi LLC and his responsibilities cover all aspects of the Oyu Tolgoi business including safety, strategy, operations and growth initiatives
Craig has 28 years of experience in the mining industry. He joined Rio Tinto as a graduate trainee and has held numerous management and leadership roles. He was Managing Director of Rio Tinto Uranium and Senior Vice President of Rio Tinto Iron and Uranium group. Before joining Oyu Tolgoi, Craig spent three years as a member of Rio Tinto Copper Group's Executive Committee. In this role, he was responsible for copper commercial sales, marketing and logistics across the world, maximising revenue from Rio Tinto copper. During this period, Craig was instrumental in securing international prices for Oyu Tolgoi through the negotiation of international sales contracts. He also helped to negotiate Oyu Tolgoi's interim power supply. Craig holds an undergraduate degree in Marketing and Economics and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management.
Ivan Vella
Chief Operating Officer
Ivan Vella was appointed Chief Operating Officer in April 2014. Ivan is responsible for all aspects of Oyu Tolgoi's operations, including the open pit mine, concentrator, infrastructure, camp services, maintenance, logistics and warehousing.
Previously, Ivan held the role of Vice President, Procurement and Infrastructure Development where he was accountable for managing the programme of work to establish Oyu Tolgoi as an operational business and positioning the business to ramp up of production. Ivan joined Oyu Tolgoi in late 2010 from Rio Tinto where he had worked on a range of large business improvement and transformation projects across different parts of the organisation since 1998. Prior to joining Rio Tinto, Ivan worked in Deloitte Consulting. He commenced studying law and has since completed a Bachelor of Business, Master of Business in Operations Management and an MBA..
Baigalmaa Shurka
General Manager, Regional Development and Social Performance
Baigalmaa Shurka joined Oyu Tolgoi in 2013 as General Manager, Regional Development and Social Performance. Ms. Baigalmaa is responsible for Oyu Tolgoi's relationship with the communities of the South Gobi, the company's community and regional development programmes as well as monitoring and compliance for many aspects of Oyu Tolgoi's Environmental and Social Impact Assessment.
Before joining Oyu Tolgoi, she gained extensive experience across the Mongolian extractive industries, working with the Mongolian Mining Corporation and UHG, where she oversaw the development and implementation of the company's Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Reports and Operation Management Plans. She also managed the construction of significant infrastructure projects and UHG's coking coal mine site operations. Ms. Baigalmaa holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, a Master of Public Administration from the Mongolian University of Science and Technology, a Diploma of Civil Engineering from Irkutsk Polytechnical Institute and numerous professional and technical certificates.
Dulamsuren Begzjav
Head of Business Analysis and Planning
Dulamsuren joined Oyu Tolgoi in 2012 and was promoted to the Senior Manager of Business Analysis and Planning in February 2013. In this role, Dulamsuren oversees the performance of analyses required for key investments, capital and business improvement projects across Oyu Tolgoi. She is also responsible for ensuring consistent and accurate valuation of the business and investment options, and supports critical initiatives for maximising value.
Dulamsuren has thirteen years of commercial and finance experience. Prior to joining Oyu Tolgoi, she was CFO of Mobicom and Managing Director of Newcom, covering the entire telecommunications portfolio of the Newcom Group for three years. Before this, she worked on Wall Street, New York for five years as an investment banker for BNP Paribas. Dulamsuren holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the Institute of Finance and Economics and was the first Mongolian to graduate with an MBA from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, US.
Leah Von Hagen
Vice President, Human Resources and Capability Development
Leah Von Hagen is the Vice President of Human Resources and Capability Development at Oyu Tolgoi. Leah is responsible for all aspects of the development of the Oyu Tolgoi workforce to operate the mine at world class standards. Areas of responsibility include organisational design, workforce planning, recruitment, training and education programmes.
Leah joined Oyu Tolgoi in 2012, having previously worked for Rio Tinto since 2001. She worked in human resources and capability development related roles at both Diavik Diamond Mines in northern Canada and Richards Bay Minerals in South Africa. She has a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Education and a Masters in Leadership. She is also a certified Executive Coach.
Mark Slater
General Manager, Health, Safety and Environment
Mark Slater joined Oyu Tolgoi in August 2012. He is General Manager, Health, Safety and Environment and is responsible for the development of Oyu Tolgoi's health, safety and environment strategy and for oversight of the implementation of HSE within the business.
Mark has 38 years of experience in the mining industry. Starting his career as an apprentice, he has worked in a variety of technical, leadership and specialist roles and first joined the Rio Tinto group in 1986. Before joining Oyu Tolgoi, he was Group Safety Adviser with the Rio Tinto Corporate HSEC Group. In this role he was responsible for leadership of the corporate safety team, development of Rio Tinto's safety standards, rolling out of the Site safety acceleration programme and for providing safety support to Rio Tinto's development projects.
Munkhsukh Sukhbaatar
Head of Power Strategy Development
Munkhsukh Sukhbaatar joined Oyu Tolgoi in early 2013 as head of Power Strategy Development. As part of this role, Munkhsukh is responsible for managing the power related infrastructure assets, and setting and implementing strategies to ensure that Oyu Tolgoi has access to secure, reliable and cost efficient power.
Prior to joining Oyu Tolgoi, Munkhsukh served as the CEO of Eznis Airways for three years. Prior to returning to Mongolia, Munkhsukh held various leadership roles in the financial services industry in the US for over 10 years, namely with Citco, a global leading financial services group. He holds a Bachelor of Finance and Business Management from Northeastern University in Boston, and an MBA from the University of California Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
Nick Archer
Vice President, Communications
Nicholas Archer joined Oyu Tolgoi in May 2014 and is responsible for all of Oyu Tolgoi's communications including government relations, internal and external communications and reputation management.
Nick has spent more than two decades working in politics, public relations, and crisis management advising companies, institutions and government in London, New York, Pune in India and Amsterdam. He began his career as a speech writer and researcher in the UK Parliament, before leading on public affairs at Edelman in London. After a similar role at Ogilvy Public Relations, he founded The Company Agency - a boutique corporate communications management consultancy in London. Nick then jointly set up and was CEO of Pittacus, a boutique agency focused on identifying reputational risk and threat. Pittacus was acquired by Edelman in 2007 and Nick relocated to Edelman New York as Executive Vice President & Head of Crisis Preparedness. In 2009 Nick joined global wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon, as Vice President and Head of Global Public Relations & Government Affairs.
Steve Duggan
Chief Financial Officer
Steve Duggan joined Oyu Tolgoi in April 2014 as Chief Financial Officer. Steve is responsible for Oyu Tolgoi's funding and cash management, planning and analysis with oversight of financial reporting and the Oyu Tolgoi shared service functions as well as having responsibility for legal, compliance and internal audit and information systems.
Steve has been with the Rio Tinto group for over 15 years. Prior to joining Oyu Tolgoi, he held finance, commercial and business improvement roles in both manufacturing and corporate environments in New Zealand, Australia, Wales and Canada. Most recently he worked for Rio Tinto Alcan in Montreal as finance director supporting the group's financial business priorities as well as upgrades of global finance systems and processes. Steve holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with First Class Honours from the University of Otago
Tserenkhuu Tserevsuren
Head of Corporate Affairs and Company Secretary
Tserenkhuu Tserevsuren joined Oyu Tolgoi in 2002. She leads Corporate Affairs and Company Secretarial team. Her team supports the Board of Directors, the Management and Shareholders by providing high-quality and timely advice, services and support on company secretarial, compliance and corporate good governance matters.
Prior to assuming her current position, she worked as a Senior Manager of Administration and Executive office of the company. During that time she capably managed business units that support day-to-day smooth operation of the business, and the investor relations of the project. She has made valuable contribution to Oyu Tolgoi's development through her tenure since the early exploration stage of the project, and to attracting foreign investment to Mongolia through the Oyu Tolgoi project. Prior to joining Oyu Tolgoi, she spent twelve years working on international projects and Mongolian organisations. Tserenkhuu holds a Bachelor's degree in Business economy and management and MBA.


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In 2005 Solace began work in Nepal thanks to a generous grant from the Dororthy Byrne Family Foundation.
Perched on the mountain slopes in the Himalayas in Phaplu village is a six classroom school staffed with highly educated teachers from Kathmandu.
As with all of our projects, Solace did our research and asked the community what they believed would help their village. The response was – a community-based school with smaller classroom sizes and better teachers. The Phaplu school focus's on small class sizes of twenty-twentyfive students (as opposed to fifty+).
Looking at the completed structure, it is hard to believe that the walls are built from hand-hewn stones and the windows, doors, desks and benches are from hand-milled lumber. We proudly employed local labor and building materials were also acquired locally to develop this project.
Over a billion people worldwide live on a dollar a day or less – and women make up a majority of the world's poorest citizens. Women face unique economic barriers in developing countries, such as low wages, poor working conditions, and lack of access to credit. Investing in women is a proven path to reducing poverty. Decades of research have shown that when women have access to more resources, they invest in their families' future by spending money on children's education, health care and nutrition. This creates a multiplier effect that strengthens families and communities over time.
In 2011 Solace created the Nepal Cottage Industry Project which includes both a retail center and a workshop. The shop employs artisans, designers and shopkeepers, many of which are single mothers that have escaped the sex trade and have no other form of income. Solace Nepal Project Director Michelle Winston works to train and employ these young women in handicraft and textile design, enabling them to make a living wage and care for themselves and their families.


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INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Mathias Kiwanuka has ridden a remarkable rollercoaster over the last 19 months that has taken the New York Giants linebacker to new heights this week with a chance at winning a Super Bowl in his hometown.
"I've been on top of the world," Kiwanuka told Reuters on Thursday about soaking in the excitement with his family and friends in Indianapolis, site of the February 5 title game. "This is something that I'm going to cherish for the rest of my life."
Kiwanuka has fought back from a career-threatening injury that shut him down last season and the horror of his brother Ben's near-fatal motorcycle accident.
"The low to the high, it's been all over the place," said Kiwanuka, 28.
A 2006 first-round draft choice by the Giants out of Boston College, Kiwanuka played only three of his team's 16 games last year and faced an uncertain football future after suffering a herniated cervical disk in his neck.
That setback came four months after his brother Ben crashed the motorcycle Kiwanuka bought him into a car that pulled out in front of them when they were out for a ride during the player's visit home to attend the 2010 Indianapolis 500 motor race.
Ben flew some 30 yards into the air and landed in a crumpled mass of broken bones with Kiwanuka tearing his T-shirt off to use as a makeshift tourniquet on his brother's bleeding arm.
"It was the most painful experience of my life to be honest with you," Kiwanuka said. "Watching him throughout the entire process was tough and emotional, but we pulled through."
Ben credited his brother with saving his life, but Kiwanuka said he was haunted for weeks by visions of the accident.
"I was right behind him on my bike. I saw the entire process. I hit my brake. I was waiting for him to hit his and it didn't happen. As you see the car, you see him, see the smoke come out," said Kiwanuka. "That instant used to replay in my head and I would get a chill from seeing it."
Ben spent three weeks in the hospital where their mother, Deodata, had worked for 10 years as a nurse.
Kiwanuka was relegated to the sideline himself with his neck injury and after consulting with doctors across the country decided on rest and rehabilitation instead of surgery.
After being cleared to return to the gridiron, Kiwanuka signed an incentive-laden contract to return with the Giants.
"Coming off the injury last year, not knowing if I was going to be ready to play, still having my brother doing his rehab from the motorcycle accident, those were tough things emotionally that I brought into the season," he said.
Kiwanuka comes from a family accustomed to persevering through challenging times.
Benedicto, the grandfather for whom Ben was named, studied law in Britain and was elected the first prime minister of Uganda in 1961 when the country gained independence.
He was assassinated in 1972, a victim of the dictatorial regime of Idi Amin.
Kiwanuka, a key defender for the Giants after making the transition from pass-rushing defensive end to linebacker, honors his grandfather by sporting a tattoo on his back of Uganda's crest of two spears, a shield and a crane.
Kiwanuka, who helped the Giants succeed in the 2007 season but missed playing in the Super Bowl against the Patriots because of a broken leg, had dreams still to achieve.
"Just getting back out there was a big goal of mine, to stand out there on the field with the confetti coming down," he said about returning to the Super Bowl, which he watched as a spectator that night in Arizona. "I wanted to get back to the Super Bowl with this team."
Kiwanuka marveled at his turnaround of fortune.
"It's been a big year for me," he said.
"Having the opportunity to get my brother out here to some games after his accident, my fiancé and I are expecting a baby, being back on the field after last year, a lot of things have happened. Not just football wise, but my life in general has taken a turn for the better."
And now the Super Bowl.
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June 20, 2014
Location: IPFW Rhinehart Recital Hall
Phone: 260-481-6705
Link: http://www.ipfw.edu/fine-arts
Event Description
Competition Winners Recital and Awards Ceremony
This recital features the three winners in each of the four divisions of the IPFW Gene Marcus Piano Competition. The awards ceremony follows at the conclusion of the recital.
Saturday, June 7 6:30 p.m.
Camp Opening Recital: Hamilton Tescarollo, piano solo
The IPFW Gene Marcus Piano Camp will open with a short recital by Associate Professor of Music and Director of Keyboard Studies Hamilton Tescarollo, who is also the camp director. His program includes Villa-Lobos' Aria, Mozart's Rondo in C Major KV 309, and Bach/Busoni's Chaconne.
Sunday, June 15 5:30 p.m.
Camp Guest Artist Recital: Baruch Meir, piano solo
Baruch Meir is an internationally recognized concert pianist and teacher, who serves as Associate Professor of Piano at Arizona State University School of Music. His program includes Haydn's F minor variations, Brahms' Klavierstücke, Op. 118 and Chopin's Barcarolle, Berceuse, and fourth Ballade.
Monday, June 16 7:30 p.m.
For this performance admission is free for Gene Marcus Piano Camp participants and IPFW students with ID, $7 Adults, $6 Seniors (60 and older), $4 Non-IPFW Students (Children ages 10 and under are free) Buy Tickets Online Now or call the IPFW Box Office at 260-481-6555.
Emerging Artist Recital: Jason Simon, piano solo
Simon is the IPFW Department of Music's 2014 Outstanding Senior in Music Performance. The winner of a number of prizes and awards, he graduated from IPFW in spring 2014 with a B.M. in piano performance and will be pursuing a master's degree in piano performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music starting in the fall. He will perform J.S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 885, Beethoven's Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux," and Rachmaninoff's Corelli Variations, Op. 42.
Tuesday, June 17 7:30 p.m.
Emerging Artist Recital: Evan Keenan, piano solo
Among other distinctions, pianist Evan Keenan has been the state winner of the Indiana Music Teachers Association Hoosier Auditions and the recipient of the IPFW Department of Music's 2011 Outstanding Senior Award in Music Performance. He will perform Richard Strauss' Sonata in B minor, Op. 5, and the composer's Fünf Klavierstücke, Op. 3.
Wednesday, June 18 7:30 p.m.
Camp Student Recital
The final performance of the IPFW Gene Marcus Piano Camp, this recital will feature performances by the young pianists who participated in the camp.
Friday, June 20 5:30 p.m.
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If it was not for them we would not have meatballs, easy to assemble furniture, and apparently to this children's series cover: square beef patties from Wendy's.
I despise romance novels. You know the ones where the cover art has some shirtless Fabio looking flamer holding some half dressed floozy in his arms, preferably over some cliff looking over the ocean, both of their hair is windswept, and its usually depicted during a sunset. Yes, those horrible books. But my hatred is not just reserved for those outlandish titles alone, Nicholas Sparks I'm looking your way---Damn you and your Notebook. I blame these so-called "romance" novels for the high failure rate of marriages/relationships in this country.
Its not that I don't believe in love or romance but I think these books put an extraordinary extraterrestrial-high level of standards that girls expect their boyfriends/spouses to live up to. I really don't think that these books preach the morals and virtues of what love really is anyways.
Case in point, have you ever read any of the titles of these books? They've become quite the topic of discussion at work whenever we come across them. Its like MadLibs for trashy books: "The [insert adjective] woman finds true love with a [insert foreign ethnicity] millionaire and move away to [insert exotic location]."
Really, these types of books are cookie cutter stories. They're all the same, once you've read A Scandalous Mistress I really don't see the need to read His Lady Mistress. Take one lonely, loveless woman, one rich bastard, and an exotic locale and there you go. -- Read More
This is the not the first time my family has crossed paths with Walt Whitman.
In my family's lore, my grandfather would tell a story about how his grandfather (a judge in Camden prior to the turn of the century) once sent the famous and highly debated poet to jail for public intoxication. His grandmother and her friends would cross the street if they saw ole Walt stumbling their way, drunk as a skunk, for they did not want to be on the same side of the road as he passed. Their recollections, as retold by my grandfather, were singularly unimpressed with the man who has been called "America's poet".
Even in death, my mother's family cannot escape some sort of proximity to the poet. Harleigh Cemetery, where my maternal grandparents, their siblings, and both sides of my grandfather's family have family plots, is also the resting place for Walt Whitman. When I visit the family gravesite, I can see the Whitman mausoleum about one hundred and fifty yard away hidden in the trees that have grown over it. The only way out is to go past it. You can see the slots of the Whitman family behind a heavy barred gate with little knickknacks, flowers, and other minutiae left outside. -- Read More
Use this flowchart to decide whether you should become a librarian. I hope you find it helpful.
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This weekend, co-vocabularists have challenged the legacy of Melvil Dewey by stocking and stacking imaginary libraries according to whimsical classifications.
Oct. 25th blog post, www.merrylibrarian.com
Book drops. It seems simple, doesn't it? A name like "book drop" doesn't leave much room for mystery…you'd think.
A recent poll of librarians has proven otherwise, however. Across the nation, patrons of public libraries have confused a book drop with trash receptacles, a donation box, urinals, chicken coops… The list goes on and on.
While we may never understand how or why this confusion occurs, we do know that the result of patron confusion–though sometimes disturbing–is frequently amusing. So, until the government provides libraries with several billion dollars to launch an education campaign on proper book drop use, we have taken it upon ourselves to provide you with this useful list of book drop dos and don'ts–all based on the true stories that have been sent in from around the world.
1. Situation: You work at a library in the city of Las Vegas, NV. As you approach the book drop, you hear the sound of squawking and scratching.
Don't…Assume you're crazy. You may be miles from the nearest farm, but there actually are chickens in your book drop…complete with food and water. Hey, it happens.
Do… Tell your coworkers to fire up the bar-be-que, baby!
2. Situation: Upon opening the book drop, you are pummeled by the stench of garbage. And on top of the rubbish heap in your book drop? A used maxi pad.
Don't…Toss your cookies into the book drop. You'd only have to clean that up, too. -- Read More
The following is another story from The Merry Librarian. Once again, this true story is an example of patron expectations for a librarian's abilities. As bizarre requests go, this one is definitely a strange need for information. And we're just curious…why is it that when a patron needs something complicated and bizarre, they always want it within 24 hours? Just curious....
"Here's a situation I ran into yesterday that I thought you might find amusing…it falls under the "librarians should know everything about everything" assumption that much of the general public seems to have. A man walked into our branch yesterday and asked me the following questions:
"If something were translated from English into Mayan hieroglyphics into Egyptian hieroglyphics, would someone from Iran who speaks Hebrew be able to understand it?"
Umm…I'm thinking not.
"Well, then, could you translate it for me so they could understand it?"
…Why yes, of course I happen to be fluent in ALL those languages. (I am a librarian, after all.)
"Well, do you have a book that translates Mayan hieroglyphics into Egyptian hieroglyphics into Hebrew?"
I'm thinking not…but I'll check anyway just to appease you…Nope, just as I suspected. Nothing.
"Why don't you have any books that do that?"
I don't think there is a book anywhere that does that.
"Well, what can you do? I need it done tonight." -- Read More


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It's no secret that I have a small obsession with J.Crew. I probably spend more hours in their store than in my apartment. They are my go-to for many of my staples and accessories.
I've enjoyed seeing the brand flourish over the last few years. I love that their creative director, Jenna Lyons, has a voice and connects directly with consumers via "Jenna's Picks." She has shown us impeccable layering, belts as bracelets, insane jewelry and given us permission to be bold with color.
Speaking of color, have you seen J.Crew's Spring 2012 collection?
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*6th Annual Walk of Faith set for Saturday, October 7th at St. Augustine's Parish Center, Peru, NY*
- When: Sunday, October 7, 2012, 12:30 p.m.
- Where: St. Augustine's Church
- Cost: Not available
- Age limit: All ages
- Categories: Fundraiser, Outdoor
The Catholic Community of St. Augustine's and St. Patrick's Parish, The Peru Community Church, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court St. Monica 2598 and Knights of Columbus Council 7273 in Peru, NY will hold its 6th Annual Walk of Faith on Saturday, October 7th at Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine (behind St. Augustine's Church) in Peru, NY. Event is free. Walk Rain (bring an umbrella) or shine. Donations will be accepted the day of the Walk for The North Country Mission of Hope and the Jamaica Project.
Early registration begins at 11:45 a.m. Opening Ceremony begins at 12:30 PM. Immediately following opening ceremonies, the Walk of Faith will begin. Walk is 2.7 mile route in the Town of Peru.
Proceeds from this event will go to The North Country Mission of Hope and The Jamaica Project. Please consider joining us on Saturday, October 7th. For more information please contact Chair Christa Reyell at 566-6404 or Krissie Bast at 643-2162. We hope to see you!
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Georgia lawmakers on Tuesday voted to allow bars and churches to decide for themselves whether to let gun owners carry weapons into their buildings.
The measure heads for the state Senate after the members of Georgia's House of Representatives approved the legislation with a 119-56 vote, according to the chamber's Twitter account.
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