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"We as Catholics have not properly combated (the culture) because we have not been taught our Catholic Faith, especially in the depth needed to address these grave evils of our time. This is a failure of catechesis both of children and young people that has been going on for fifty years. It is being addressed, but it needs much more radical attention... What has also contributed greatly to the situation is an exaltation of the virtue of tolerance which is falsely seen as the virtue which governs all other virtues. In other words, we should tolerate other people in their immoral actions to the extent that we seem also to accept the moral wrong. Tolerance is a virtue, but it is certainly not the principal virtue; the principal virtue is charity... Charity means speaking the truth. I have encountered it (not speaking the truth) many times myself as a priest and bishop. It is something we simply need to address. There is far too much silence — people do not want to talk about it because the topic is not 'politically correct.' But we cannot be silent any longer."
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St. Gregory Nazianzus ep. 131 - AD 382"We will conquer your Rome, break your crosses, and enslave your women. If we do not reach that time, then our children and grandchildren will reach it, and they will sell your sons as slaves at the slave market."
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HOUSTON (October 8, 2012)--Former Houston police officer Abraham Joseph, 29, who was convicted of raping a bar waitress he arrested, was sentenced to life in prison Monday.
On Thursday jurors convicted Joseph of two counts of aggravated sexual assault.
Prosecutors said Joseph used his authority to falsely detain and intimidate the victim.
Investigators said Joseph was in uniform and on duty in January 2011 when the waitress and a man were arrested outside a nightclub as she left work.
The woman told police that Joseph dropped the man off along a road then drove his patrol car to a secluded area where he raped her while she was handcuffed.
A lawyer for Joseph, however, maintained the sex was consensual.
Joseph was fired after he was indicted.
The victim and four other cantina waitresses testified Joseph detained them after work and raped them.
Evidence showed all were in the U.S. illegally and Joseph preyed on their deportation fears.

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I'd like to sync my music and transfer it to my iPhone in Ubuntu 13.04. Trouble is I've tried using Banshee, Rhythmbox, GTKPod and nothing happens. Banshee goes through the process of viewing/adding tracks and it even "appears" to sync music, but when I check it on my iPhone, there is absolutely no music on the device. Over at the libimobiledevice.org website, it states
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Is pumpkin the new bacon?
Where's my pumpkin spice latte? If I can just find a bacon-pumpkin donut.
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No, it's not. Bacon has no superior.
@jsimsace: And it never will.
hmm...i don't know about that. i associate pumpkin with fall but i associate bacon with...well, life.
Pumpkin is season. Bacon is forever.
Pumpkin is just having its 15-minutes of fame!
I certainly hope not. Pumpkin makes the glands in my throat swell up. Bacon has never come close to killing me.
@jkaleda: Next time just link to the article you read. I got your back this time: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pumpkin-bacon-194458902.html
@thunderthighs: Nailed it!
Although everyone loves my pumpkin cheesecake all year around. i have to make atleast one a month.
@wickedd365: not me.
That's a rumor that should be squashed.
I do not like pumpkin, aside from the seeds, maybe. Bacon, however, is like strips of pure joy and happiness.


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Carol Ruth Silver was a 22-year-old recent college graduate, waiting to be admitted to law school, when she got on a bus carrying Freedom Riders to end bus segregation in the South. She and the other Freedom Riders were confronted with mob violence and arrested for 40 days for violating Jim Crow laws. The Freedom Riders joined a long line of African-Americans fighting against segregation in the South, and they helped to turn the civil rights struggle into a nation-wide movement, another stepping stone to the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.Join us to hear Carol Ruth Silver speak about her experiencesand read from her recently published "Freedom Rider Diary: Smuggled Notes from Parchman Prison", which details her experience in that summer of 1961. The book is based on notes she smuggled out of the Maximum Security Unit at the infamous Parchman Prison Farm.
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Since "Back To Earth" did really well for the U.K. channel "Dave", it looks like there will be more Red Dwarf coming soon.
At the recent Red Dwarf convention, "Dimension Jump 10", it was announced that new scripts were commisioned and actors Robert Llewellyn (Kryten) & Chris Barrie (Arnold Rimmer) were "still signing" for the new episodes.
Craig Charles and Danny-John Jules are also expected to return as Dave Lister and the Cat.
The series co-creator Doug Naylor will write and should be shot sometime next year. Nothing on the ships computer "Holly" returning as of yet.
"Back To Earth" has it's flaws, but I still enjoyed it. Looking forward to a new series!


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Mallory Brogger of Saranac and Anthony Cramer of Columbia, S.C., have announced their engagement.
The future bride's parents are Luke and Renee´ Brogger of Lowell and Jim and Sheryl Van Goor of Portland.
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Mallory is a 2008 graduate of Ferris State University and is an HR Recruiter with MVP Sports Clubs in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is an Acura Sales Specialist in Orlando.
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Oracle's AutoVue Enables Visual Decision Making
By Pam Petropoulos-Oracle on Sep 21, 2012
That old saying about a picture being worth a thousand words has never been truer. Check out the latest reports from IDC Manufacturing Insights which highlight the importance of incorporating visual information in all facets of decision making and the role that Oracle's AutoVue Enterprise Visualization solutions can play.
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Technology Spotlight: Optimizing the Product Life Cycle Through Visual Decision Making, August 2012
Manufacturers find it increasingly challenging to make effective product-related decisions as the result of expanded technical complexities, elongated supply chains, and a shortage of experienced workers. These factors challenge the traditional methodologies companies use to make critical decisions. However, companies can improve decision making by the use of visual decision making, which synthesizes information from multiple sources into highly usable visual context and integrates it with existing enterprise applications such as PLM and ERP systems. Product-related information presented in a visual form and shared across communities of practice with diverse roles, backgrounds, and job skills helps level the playing field for collaboration across business functions, technologies, and enterprises. Visual decision making can contribute to manufacturers making more effective product-related decisions throughout the complete product life cycle. This Technology Spotlight examines these trends and the role that Oracle's AutoVue and its Augmented Business Visualization (ABV) solution play in this strategic market.
Analyst Connection: Using Visual Decision Making to Optimize Manufacturing Design and Development, September 2012
In today's environments, global manufacturers are managing a broad range of information. Data is often scattered across countless files throughout the product life cycle, generated by different applications and platforms. Organizations are struggling to utilize these multidisciplinary sources in an optimal way. Visual decision making is a strategy and technology that can address this challenge by integrating and widening access to digital information assets. Integrating with PLM and ERP tools across engineering, manufacturing, sales, and marketing, visual decision making makes digital content more accessible to employees and partners in the supply chain. The use of visual decision-making information rendered in the appropriate business context and shared across functional teams contributes to more effective product-related decision making and positively impacts business performance.


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Islands of good health
Floating platforms will support plant species that improve water quality, benefit wildlife, look good
|Blue flag iris is easy to grow and enjoy. (Courtesy Virginia Living Museum; www.thevlm.org/MCT)
The tonic appears in the form of small floating islands filled with beneficial plants that help improve water quality, curtail erosion and benefit wildlife.
In southeastern Virginia, these grant-funded islands have been planted and are being studied and evaluated at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia Institute of Marine Science at Gloucester Point, Virginia Zoo in Norfolk and Elizabeth River sites.
The islands are typically recycled 8-inch-deep plastic mats, each about 10-by-10 feet, with planting holes and anchors for security. The buoyant mats act as a rooting platform for plants but also provide a surface growth area for biofilms that attract beneficial microbial activity, according to scientists.
Plants placed in the holes establish a hanging network of roots and rhizomes that help filter pollutants. The islands can function in any water depth, and are usually planted with native species — cardinal flower, irises, sedges and grasses — that can also be enjoyed in home gardens.
"Since we began the study in late April this year, we have noted other functions of the floating wetlands," says W&M professor Randy Chambers.
"Soon after planting the wetland, we noticed snakes, frogs and turtles using the wetland as a haul-out location. Both great blue herons and little green herons have been attracted to and land on the floating treatment wetland to feed.
"We also observed a red-tailed hawk catching a water snake in the wetland; hummingbirds frequent the cardinal flowers.
"This stormwater pond — affectionately known on campus as 'Grim Dell' because of its dismal appearance — now attracts people who stop and watch and take pictures of the action on and around the floating treatment wetland."
W&M student Katherine Thomas, in charge of monitoring water quality in the pond, applauds the project because no independent research has been done on these floating wetlands. She feels the entire country can benefit from what's been tested locally.
"Since these stormwater ponds are all over the country, it would be ideal if we could use floating wetlands for habitats, aesthetics and water quality improvement," she says.
"Overall, we would just like to make something more useful out of these human-created stormwater ponds."
The Elizabeth River Project installed two islands totaling 736 square feet. Within 24 hours, a mallard built a nest and laid an egg among the hibiscus, lizard's tail, bulrush, cattail and sweet flag, according to project leaders.
An 80-square-foot island was installed at Kinder Morgan Elizabeth River Terminals, and a smaller one was put in a homeowner's backyard pond in April.
"Water quality data is being collected and analyzed by ODU to determine the impact," says Marie Butler, horticulturist at the zoo.
"The beauty of the islands and the wildlife habitat they create fascinate zoo visitors. The less visible process of cleaning the water shows that cooperation with nature is more than desirable, it's entirely possible."
At VIMS, two floating islands with plants tolerant to salinity are located under the Coleman Bridge and adjacent to a tidal salt marsh where periodic tidal flooding occurs during storms. Plants include marsh hibiscus, marsh mallow, northern and southern blue flag, soft rush, softstem bulrush, arrow arum, pickerelweed, bulltongue, switch grass, New York ironweed, swamp milkweed and spotted Joe-pye weed.
Dense wetland vegetation cultivated in this manner provides two important pollution removal processes, according to Karen Duhring, coastal management scientist and project manager.
First, "microbial transformation" is the conversion of nutrients, organics and pathogens to other less harmful forms by microscopic bacteria, fungi and algae that grow among plant roots.
Second, biological uptake occurs when plants take up and utilize nitrogen, organics, heavy metals and hydrocarbons in the plant tissue.
"We will provide guidance from this project to local governments, homeowners associations, commercial property owners and others who work on strategies for improving water quality in their communities," says Duhring.
"The average homeowner can use smaller versions of floating and planted wetlands in their own gardens and landscapes."
Floating wetland plants also suitable for home gardens, backyard ponds and rain gardens include .
Blue flag, or Iris versicolor (northern) or Iris virginica (southern). Short iris with sword-like leaves and showy purple flowers in spring; tolerates brackish water, partial shade and permanent inundation up to 6 inches deep; easy to grow, ideal for borders of garden ponds.
Hibiscus, or Hibiscus moscheutos. Hardy native hibiscus; shrubby perennial with numerous sturdy stems and large heart shaped leaves; showy five-petaled creamy white flowers with conspicuous band of red or burgundy at base that attracts hummingbirds and butterflies; prefers moist soils, but will also grow well in ordinary garden soil or containers with soil that does not dry out often.
Cardinal flower, or Lobelia cardinalis. Easily grown in rich, moist soils with full sun to part shade; tubular fire engine red flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies; long bloom time July-October; biennial, must re-seed.
Source: Karen Duhring, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester, Va.
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Solve the recurrence $$y_{n+1} = 2y_n + n$$ for non-negative integer $n$ and initial condition $y_0 = 1\;$ for
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b) Exponential generating series
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WHEELING - Brooke junior keeper Chris Beaman did everything he could.
While he kept Wheeling Park in check in the first half - and closer than expected - it just wasn't enough as the Patriots advanced in the West Virginia Class AAA Region I, Section I soccer tournament.
Senior Zach Vanhorn scored a pair of early goals and Wheeling Park sent a barrage of 24 shots toward the net as the Patriots took care of business with a 7-0 victory against the Bruins on a chilly Tuesday night.
With the victory, coach Mario Julian's squad (14-4-2) advances to take on Parkersburg, which beat South 5-0, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday back on the island.
"There are a lot of seniors on this team and plenty of postseason experience," Julian said. "These kids know what it takes to be successful and we are just focusing on getting one win at time and taking it one game at a time. The next one is Thursday."
Beaman did a fine job early, denying three Park shots before Vanhorn collected a pass deep in the box and drilled it into net at 32:15 to give the Patriots an early 1-0 advantage.
While Wheeling Park was providing an all-out assault on the Brooke goal, with nine shots in the initial 20 minutes of play, the first Bruins shot came at 18:18 of the opening half on sophomore Dalton Minger's effort that was knocked away on a diving save by Ryan Seidewitz.
Soon after, with 15:58 showing, Vanhorn's second goal of the half, this one coming from about 15 yards away, pushed the lead to 2-0. The Patriots made it a three-goal advantage late in the half on a 25-yard bomb from Landon Irwin with 37 seconds remaining.
It took senior midfielder Eric Bonar 48 seconds into the second half to turn it into a 4-0 lead after his header was deflected, but he managed to stay with the ball and tap it into net. Nate Mauck's goal at 34:02, on a nice side pass from Vanhorn, pushed the margin to 5-0.
Grant Robinson's goal with 21:09 remaining made it 6-0 before Jake Klatt's shot skipped off of Beaman's hand before falling into net to complete the 7-0 rout.
"We want to come into every game focused and ready to play the right way," Julian added. "Our approach is to pass, move without the ball, pass and the end result being a goal. There is no question we were getting some good shots early on, but we just weren't doing a good job finishing.
"But we kept with it, we did an outstanding job passing which lead to us creating some things and eventually the ball started going into the net."
Interim Brooke coach Sean Beaman agreed that his team did a good job competing in the first half.
"He (Chris Beaman) did a good job, especially early on," Sean Beaman said. "This is just his first year playing soccer and he has really come a long way, especially from the beginning of the season.
"Park is a very tough team and we are really young. We have 20 kids on our roster and 17 of them are underclassmen. But the positive side of that is that they will all be back next year and hopefully we can get things turned around."
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"You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them." -Thomas Gradgrind in Charles Dickens' Hard Times
Dickens' quote is exemplary of the 19th century attitude about children's education, where students were regarded as vessels receiving information without the right to debate the source or validity of that information. Today's radical Selafists supporting violent Jihad subscribe to a radical adaptation of Mr. Gradgrind's statement – that winning the war is a reality as long as recruits are told who they are fighting for and who they are fighting against. This attitude, promoted in Salafist discussions, is in line with Ibn Taymiya's 1400-year old reasoning and Ahmed bin Abd al-Wahhab's 18th Century puritan thoughts on Islam. These do not harmonize with the pace of life and the 21st century reality.
"The Birds of Paradise," a group launched in 2008, is al-Qaeda's project to use minors in combat for observation, data collection and to launch attacks. This group has been credited directly with the recruitment and brainwashing of children under the age of 15 to carry out violent activity. In its twelfth issue, the e-magazine of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the "Echo of the Epics," published an article justifying the use of children in combat. The article "The Rule of the Boys and Young Men's Participation in Combat" states that the four (4) schools of thought in Islam[i] agree that a boy of 15 is no longer a child, but a man, and thus compelled to participate in combat.
Jihad in Islam is not applicable unless the participant is fully aware of this duty. If most of those recruited to participate actively in violent actions under the guise of Jihad are not aware of the true meaning of this "sacred duty," how could a 15-year old truly understand it? A child of 15 lacks decision-making experience about what he wants to pursue, making his act of detonating himself in the midst of a crowd, – committing suicide and killing others – one of the greatest sins in Islam.
The al-Arabiya Satellite Channel covered a story about a ten-year old boy in Amiriyat al-Falluja, west of Baghdad, on April 7th, 2010. The child was outfitted with an explosive belt and then asked to detonate himself as close as he could to a checkpoint barrier when it was packed with people. In scenarios like this one, violent militants seek to cultivate a dark hatred towards the enemy in the recruit, often by presenting them with facts without rational justification. In doing so, militants are overlooking the fact that teaching violence and revenge will backfire and harm the same society they are supposed to protect. The boy in Amiriyat al-Falluja was arrested before managing to detonate his belt. This story is an example of the children who have been associated with al-Qaeda. Many of these children have gone to work planting IEDs or serving as informants for the terrorist organization after losing one or both of their parents.[ii]
The "Echo of the Epics" article goes on to explain that, in the case of "Fardh Kifaya," "Collective Duty", 15-year old boys do need parental approval to take part in combat. This parental consent is discarded, however, in the case of "Fardh A'yn", "An Individual's Duty" (see Female Jihadists Part I).
The growing number of orphans in Iraq, mainly in areas still lacking a strong security presence, provides a rich source of potential recruits for militant groups that believe in violence as the only means to promote their unjustified views. The lack of government care for these orphans, the rise in unemployment rates and the increase in prices of goods are only some of the obstacles presented to immediate family members struggling to provide shelter and care for the orphans. Additionally, young widows, most in their late teens or early 20s, in areas heavily influenced by tribal codes, are forced into marriages to preserve[iii] the rising number of young husbandless mothers, and add to the fighters the unaccounted for orphans[iv]. The Emir in command of a particular area not only controls the fate of the young widows who are oftentimes married to foreign fighters, he is also the one who decides the fate of the orphan boys. In doing so, an al-Qaeda Family is formed.
Militant radicals insist on depriving the majority of the Muslim population from education, lest they lose their control and power. If the majority of Muslims realize there are numerous options where they can prove Islam is not a religion that promotes violence, the Dark Ages imposed on Islam would be over. Through their good deeds in building their own nation and protecting it from culprits, Muslims, men and women, seniors and children are able to counter the attempts of these radicals who have marred the image of Islam worldwide. How can the Muslim nation grow if its children and women are used as human bombs? How can it survive if its people are not allowed the education that goes hand in hand with the actual teachings of Islam, where they can live, worship and help each other and their Umma as God ordered them to?
[i] The four major schools of jurisprudence in Sunni Islam are, Al-Hanafi, al-Maliki, al-Shafi'e and al-Hanbali.
[ii] "Al-Qaeda Launches 'Hareem al-Qaeda', and 'The Birds of Paradise,' to Execute Suicide Operations, Al-Arabiya Satellite Channel, 04/08/2010.
[iii] "preserve" is to keep the widows safe and away from harm's way, not to be victims of harassment for being young widows. That society looks with suspicion at young widows or young divorced females for no longer being virgins and thus could be easily involved with sexual activities outside marriage.
[iv] "unaccounted orphans," are the orphans with husband-less mothers, that is why the Emir tends to marry these young widows to other fighters so the children would be part of the bigger al-Qaeda family.


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Any Ideas For Updates? Post here.
1.) 2 words….custom smileys
2.) Either energy faster or stuff cost less energy =)
3.) Update this post plz
I love block ideas.
Shifting blocks: Switches between two spots every few seconds.
Time blocks: Disappears a few seconds after stepping on them.
Moving Blocks: Begins to move in a set path after touched.
Teleport Blocks: Teleports you into another location
Light Blocks: Reveals secret passage blocks adjacent to this block.
Memo Blocks: When bumped, reveals a message.
Pattern bricks: No matter where you put them, their random colors reveal a pattern.
Ghost blocks: Blocks that only become visible when you are nearby/touch them.
REAL Water Blocks: Blocks that you can swim through.
User Blocks: Only the creator of the level/people with the pass can go through them.
Completely White Blocks: Self explanatory.
Return Blocks: Blocks that send you to the start of the level when touched.
Rainbow Key/Gate Blocks: Blocks that are affected by all colored keys.
Originally posted by b0b44:Any Ideas For Updates? Post here.
1.) 2 words….custom smileys
1.) 2 words….custom smileys
I was talking to an EE admin yesterday about this. He told me, that due to the high possibility of obscene avatars, this feature will probably not be implimented. D;
fruit smileys (apple,pineapple,pear,orange stuff like that).
water blocks,lava/fire blocks,green goop (slowns u down for a sertain matter of time).
checkpoint (to get this we will need lava/fire or sumthing else that hurts).
pokemon smileys.
fake smileys (looks like a player but its not it is acctuly a dummy this would maily be used for rpgs but hey u never know). i have alot of other ideas but im gonna keep them for when i remember them haha
Adding on to zinga331's ideas.
Checkpoint block: Upon contact, any return block you make contact with sends you back here instead.
Bomb: Eraser tool. Destroys 5 blocks in every direction.
Dynamite: Smaller than a Bomb. Destroys 3 blocks in every direction OR 5 blocks in any 4 directions.
Nuke: Larger than a Bomb. Does the same as dynamite, but the effects are multiplied by 3.
Super return block: Returns you to the start no matter what.
Fog block: Creates fog in a 10×10 square. Fog is hard to see through, but you can go through it.
Uncollidable Blocks, like coins, can have their gavity changed. Fog can also be applied to these blocks.
Mirror block: Flips the map on contact. Comes in horizontal and vertical.
Rotate block: Rotates the map 90-270 degrees upon contact. Comes in left and right.
Kick block: Ejects the person who makes contact with it from the game. Useful for removing trolls and noobs.
make make santa new year spender builder smiley santa new year spender builder hatss so you can wear with any smiley. XD
Brush: It's like placing a block, but places 9 blocks at a time. (3×3)
In response to the 1st post: I'm fine with how long Energy things take, actually. Dunno if it's just me.
Originally posted by starman98765:make make santa new year spender builder smiley santa new year spender builder hatss so you can wear with any smiley. XD
and i forgot wizard
So, I decided to buy another massive world. WHEN great one came to the shop. I have got like 1000+ energy in the massive, but I want to use it for the great. Chris, can you really do something like "redistributing button"? It would be "one per day" usable. Because of the "max" energy, it should redistribute the energy DIRECTLY to shop-item you want. Thx…Maybe limited Companion Cube with max limit of one when Portal 2 will come to the stores. At last this smiley "T_T" PS: very usable like an feeled when somebody is trolling your ass.
hulk smileyand other movie smileys since you already have terminator smiley
Water Blocks – A set of blocks which contain a low gravity field, which may be entered. Essentially, this could either be up for tweaking, so that you fall slowly, or, you float in the water… I'd also bring up a lot of opportunities for submarine levels, too.
needs dynamic blocks or "falling" blocks, act like an afker(someone who doesnt move themself) exept that you can stand on them
Official levels: levels made that have no code. Upon getting all the yellow coins, you get 1 token OR a 33% chance of earning an energy token. Getting all blue coins gives you 1 token, and a 33% of also getting an energy token. Getting a crown gives you 5 tokens OR a 50% chance of getting 1 energy token.
Tokens: obtained for free. Can be used to earn energy, smily colors, smily shapes, and energy tokens.
Energy tokens: rare tokens obtained for free, but can be bought with kreds. Can be used to earn gems, max energy, and smily gear. Can also be used like regular tokens, but the value is 4 tokens. Requires 100 tokens to purchase.
Gems: The exact same thing as before, but can also be bought with 10 energy tokens.
Square/Triangle/Hexagon/Pentagon (smily shape): costs 5 tokens. Changes your smily's shape. Each shape seperated by the / is a different shape.
Red/Blue/Green/White/Black (smily color): costs 5 tokens. Changes your smily's color. In the case of Black, the face will be white. Each color seperated by the / is a different color.
Gear: stuff your smily can equip, and gear rank goes up to 9. Displays under character's name. MUST be bought in asscending order.
Offensive gears (smily gear): costs energy tokens multiplied by 5 according to rank. Breaks for the rest of the map if used against smilies with a gear that has a higher or same defensive rank. Breaks lower rank armor, but doesn't affect the target. Affected target is stunned for 3 seconds Ranged gear costs twice as much energy tokens.
Defensive gears (smily gear): costs energy tokens multiplied by 5 according to rank. Prevents stun from all offensive gear. If attacked by offensive gear with a higher rank, it breaks for the rest of the map, while you do not get stunned. Also breaks upon contact against offensive gear with the same rank.
Supportive gears (smily gear): costs energy tokens multiplied by 2.5, rounded down, according to rank. Each rank up will grant one of 9 skills, which make navigation better. You are able to level the skills up until level 3 by ranking up, and somehow getting lucky. Essentially has 27 ranks, but only 9 add skills. Never repeats ranks it already created.
Skill (granted by Supportive gear) list
1. High jump: increases jumping height by 1 block for each level.
2. RAGE: grants punch (Rank 1-3 offensive gear, can't be broken, can't be bought) attacks and stun effect (on those you hit) is extended by .25 seconds. Each level increases the punch rank by 1, changes the punch attack's name, and stun effect is also extended by .25.
3. Thick-skinned: grants block (rank 1-3 defensive gear, can't be bought, if broken, fixes self in 1 minute) and lowers stun time by .5. Higher levels increases block's rank and lowers stun time by .5.
4. Matrixical: each level slightly slows down projectiles within 3 rows of you, and at max level, slightly slows down all smilies.
5. Teleport: teleports you to the last block of any type (except key-related blocks, coins, and special blocks). Each level extends the range of blocks you can teleport to.
6. Blowhard: repels all smilies for 6 seconds upon contact with a weapon. Higher levels extend the range and the max level also repels ranged weapons.
7. Ghastly: turns you into a ghost for 3 seconds and stops all stun times from weapons while active. Each level increases the ghost time by 3 seconds and the max level gives you the ability to walk through closed gates and doors.
8. Magician: increases chance of finding a magic coin by 3% for each level.
9. Mana eater: decreases chance of others finding a magic coin by 1% and gives you a 1% higher chance of finding a magic coin. Each level increases these chances by 1%. Counters others with this skill by lowering their chance of finding a magic coin by up to 3%.
Energy: can be bought for 5 tokens. Max energy can be bought with 500 tokens OR 5 energy tokens.
Low Gravity blocks, for moon lvls
Bust through blocks, that with enough falling speed you go through them
Falling Blocks
blue coin doors
yellow door/key
horizantal moving blocks
vertiacal moving blocks
tele blocks
back to start blocks
NO CUSTOM SMILEYS, that just sounds obscene, whats the point of "rare smileys" then…
Energy coin, same chance as magic coin, but fully restores all energy
To all those of you who are suggesting falling and moving blocks: I think Benjaminsen would have a lot of work with creating those new physics. Perhaps he could make other things, but more of them.
2500 is WAY too cheap for Beta. 15000 seems more reasonable if Beta became
buyable. :P
Have falling blocks apply only to the player using them, that way not too much physics
There needs to be a Ghost block,i mean like getting near it will stop you and you'll be able to see a ghost thing around your smiley,and it can be invis
Also a set,"The Horror House"set,it has:
Ghost block
Ghost smiley,
Web block (slows you down and you can't jump)
and some scary decorations
Originally posted by Dmokarones:2500 is WAY too cheap for Beta. 15000 seems more reasonable if Beta became
buyable. :P
sure why not? beta really should be more
beta will never be buyable with energy. everybody edits costs too much to run.
Uhm, there should be an 'Easter' set, contains:
Choco block (white, dark and milk chocolate)
Present block (blue, red, green and yellow)
choc bunny decoration
candy decorations
easter egg decoration
Easter Island smiley (just because.)
yellow key doors,coin door that shuts,skin colour blocks,slippy blocks,new gravit dots that are blue and you press up you go up but when you let go of up you will sink.Now smileys XD,angel,hats to buy for smileys,ghost and something to buy in energy shop make smileys roll so commet back about my ideas
needs animated smilies, like eating or yawning
also a "build your own" smiley. pick from a list of items for your smiley, so u can somewhat cross 2 or 3 smilies
my water block: u slowly fall in it unless u press up
Originally posted by blakzer:Official levels: levels made that have no code. Getting a crown gives you 5 tokens OR a 50% chance of getting 1 energy token.
Official levels: levels made that have no code. Getting a crown gives you 5 tokens OR a 50% chance of getting 1 energy token.
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Controversial artwork is in communities in every country around the world. Even right here in our backyard � from street art to murals and everything in between. Most artwork will not appeal to everyone, but that is why art is art, and that is what most people love about it.
There have been a lot of controversial artists in history. Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali are well-known artists, but many people probably don�t know that they were considered controversial. Both artists were ahead of their time and pushed people�s ideals of what �good� art really is. If they had been stopped or exiled, we would not have Cubism or Surrealism. Keep that in mind next time you see a piece of artwork you might not like, for it could be the next big thing or even change the world.
Keep an open mind and support local artists, for one day you might be able to say you have an original. Remember that someone put his or her heart and soul into that piece you might not like, and how would you feel if someone defaced it or publicly put it down? If you don�t like someone�s work, that is fine, but there are people out there who might love it. Just remember to keep your heart and mind open to new things � this world could use less hate and more love.
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Can anyone explain how electrical amperage associates to device wattage? From what I understand amperage is the amount of electrical current running through the circuit (if I imaging the AC current as a sine wave, then the amplitude is the distance from the base line to the peak of the sine wave. Though this gets a bit more complex with RMS amplitude).
As far as I understand wattage, that's the power consumption of a device in a given time unit. So for example my oven is a 12 kiloWatt oven. Which means it'll consume 12 kiloWatts every hour? Is that right?
So my question is, why is my oven on a 30 amp circuit when it's 12 kW, and my 8kW shower is on a 45 amp circuit?
Oh yes, I'm in the UK by the way so 240 Volts into the house.


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Z351 Ford Racing Windsor Alloy BlockWritten by Johnny Hunkins on November 13, 2013 Part 1: Revenge Of The Windsor!
Fans of the Ford Windsor small-block are probably more limited in the horsepower department than fans of any other small-block engine family. It is not for a lack of desire or ingenuity on their part either—there are just too many obstacles in the strength and airflow areas to overcome. That might sound strange in an era where small-block Fords are plentiful and can avail themselves of many cylinder heads, induction choices, and aftermarket blocks, but put in historical perspective, the need for those improved parts becomes clearer.
Conceived originally as an entry-level V-8 for the midsized Fairlane in 1962, the lightweight 221ci Windsor V-8 had just 145 hp. It did the job wonderfully; it was light, fuel efficient, and inexpensive to produce. The overall Windsor architecture was so good, in fact, that it outlived its replacement, the 335-series engine family (351 Cleveland, 400M). But unlike the small-block Chevy that was introduced seven years before, the Windsor was not intended from the get-go as a high-performance mill. By comparison, it had less of everything—cubic inches, airflow, and strength. As a result, the Windsor rapidly grew in size to 260, 289, 302, and eventually 351 ci. Unfortunately, most of the strength areas in the block that needed to be addressed in order to make modern-day hot rodding power were not sufficiently improved.
Blue Oval fans who step up to the plate to build big power in the Windsor format often get burned by the production block, which is common in short-deck 8.2-inch (302ci, aka 5.0-liter) and tall-deck 9.5-inch (351W) versions. Today's wide selection of free-flowing Windsor cylinder heads, big intakes, stroker rotating assemblies, supercharger kits, and healthy camshafts are practically a guarantee that a production-based block is going to fail at or near the 600hp threshold.
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This is the bottom end of Ford Racing's M-6010-Z351 Windsor block. The main caps are all billet steel, with caps two through four being four-bolt splayed. This spreads the violent force of combustion over a larger area and in multiple planes, allowing the block to sustain far more abuse compared to stock (which has two-bolt cast-iron caps).The lifter valley and cam tunnel in the stock iron 351 block (first image) is a vulnerability that most Ford fanatics don't discover until they've already bandaged over a weaker area—cylinder head sealing. Once cylinder pressures are adequately contained in production blocks, racers quickly find that blocks will crack right down the middle.The Z351 block has added meat in the form of reinforcing ribs all around the cam tunnel and lifter valley.In this comparison between a stock 351W block and the Ford Racing Z351, you can see the added thickness in the cylinder walls in the Z351's 356-T6 grade aluminum casting. Production blocks were designed to pare weight and reduce material cost, but a penalty was extracted in the form of unwanted flexibility and weakness. Exacerbating the situation is a four-bolt-per-cylinder design, which compromises the integrity of the cylinder sealing, both in the ring area and the fire deck.The Z351's extra material and reinforcing iron cylinder liners keep the bore and the fire deck from flexing when cylinder pressure and clamping loads are increased.Meet Ron Aschtgen of Outlaw Motorsports in Riverside, California. He'll be assembling our 454ci aluminum Windsor over the next several months. He's happy because this block is really lightweight—right around 110 pounds. That's about 100 pounds lighter than a cast-iron racing block of similar strength.On paper, the difference between a press-fit freeze plug and a screw-in one doesn't sound like much, but considering that many high-horsepower engines are subject to dyno testing and modification, the ability to easily and quickly drain the block of coolant is a major convenience.The Z351 employs an anodized Allen-head billet screw-in plug with an O-ring inside a reinforced drain plug boss. The screw-in plug has the added benefit of not popping out under the extreme and continuous pressure of a racing environment.One of the dead giveaways in the external appearance of a tall-deck (9.5-inch) 351W block can be found from a quick glance of the china wall behind the distributor boss at the front of the block. The china wall on the short-deck 302 (5.0-liter) block is only about a quarter inch while the 351 is closer to an inch. The Z351 retains this feature, and while we're at it, everything but the crankshaft is interchangeable with a production 351W.
This photo shows the oil pan rail area of a production block, which has been equipped with a main girdle support to keep it from splitting apart. The important thing here is the large cavity under the pan rail, which provides little support and is an area prone to weakness. Incredibly, this area is responsible for tying the cylinder bores to the main bearings, and the main bearings to each other—under max output, it's basically holding the entire engine together.This same area on the aluminum Z351 block is fortified like a cold war–era bomb shelter. Note how the Z351 is also clearance for strokes up to 4.25 inches.


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Posted 03 April 2008 - 09:31 AM
papeeteepatrick - There is one -- make that two -- other decently-sized opera houses in greater NYC: the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Either theater would have probably worked better as a venue for the Kirov Ballet than City Center...but perhaps they cost more to rent. Ardani has a long-standing tradition of presenting ballet at CityCenter (Eifman and such), so they probably get a good deal due to the years of steady business.
Posted 03 April 2008 - 09:54 AM
Still would like to know what the story is for NYStateTheater in July and August. That is probably expensive, too, and the Universal Ballet, as I remember, rents it for only a couple of days.
Enjoying all these reviews though, can't wait to see Vishneva from my uncomfortable seats!
Posted 03 April 2008 - 10:24 AM
Posted 03 April 2008 - 10:50 AM
For me it has been a major source of irritation that the Royal Ballet, Bolshoi and Kirov have toured extensively in the last decade due to renovations at their home theaters yet their NY exposure has been limited. I read on this board about all these tours to Washington, D.C. and Orange County and L.A. and wonder "why not here?". Especially when the Met Opera house has been dark and unused for several summers. Funding is one thing and corporate sponsorships will be harder to come by in the future, I suspect.
One upside about City Center - I felt very close and intimate with the dancers from my mid-mezzanine front seat. I could see the faces without opera glasses. Try that at the Met in the Family Circle.
Posted 03 April 2008 - 05:23 PM
Posted 03 April 2008 - 07:08 PM
Still would like to know what the story is for NYStateTheater in July and August. That is probably expensive, too, and the Universal Ballet, as I remember, rents it for only a couple of days.
Enjoying all these reviews though, can't wait to see Vishneva from my uncomfortable seats!
As others have mentioned, even though the stage at the State Theater is bigger than the City Center stage it's still pretty small for big productions. I missed the Bolshoi's visit but I saw the National Ballet of Cuba's Don Q there a few years ago and it definitely looked cramped. In addition to the cost factor you also have to remember that very few "cultural" events are scheduled for July or August in NY - much of the population that can afford to escape the city in the summer heads out of town as soon as school is out, and even those who stay often head for the Hamptons or the Jersey shore, even if only for weekends. Makes it hard to fill those big theaters.
As to the suitability of BAM or NJPAC - I've never been to the Jersey venue but the stage at BAM didn't seem any bigger than the State Theater to me, maybe even smaller. But I only saw Nina's company there and it was hard to tell.
I'm exhausted and will let someone else offer a description of the last night of the Petipa program - except to say that Tereshkina was SPECTACULAR in Raymonda, and Paquita suited Somova better than anything I've seen her do previously. I don't think I'll ever be a fan but with the exception of her fouettes she was fine and both her dancing and her demeanor seemed appropriate to the piece.
Edited to add- the insert slip in tonight's program says that Kolb is replacing Korsuntsev as the Golden Slave tomorrow night and Zelensky is replacing Kolb at the Sunday matinee. I love Kolb, but am so glad we're going to see Zelensky, too! Yana Selina replaces Golub in Spectre on 4/4 and 4/5 at 8 and Nadhezda Gonchar gets the Sunday matinee (she also danced the first variation in tonight's Paquita).
Posted 03 April 2008 - 07:49 PM
Tonight Viktoria Tereshkina played Raymonda. The corps, throughout the evening, seemed to have made peace, well, perhaps detante, with City Center's stage, and also have, perhaps, shed jet-lag. Danila Korsuntsev, likewise, and his solo work gained accordingly. What I gather was an atypical Big Smile with Lopatkina, was not the case with Tereshkina. Very focused on expressing her character's purity with a like fidelity to classicism, one could absolutely believe she was Raymonda. In the adagio she did one 180, but it looked perfectly natural, not showy. This time, according to the insert (which, being the same as before, otherwise lost its validity tonight), the solo was taken by Nadezhda Gonchar.
The surprise of the evening was Alina Somova in Paquita. Unlike her opening night's deer-in-the-headlights look, she seemed more at ease. I wonder how much of her opening night was natural shock from Mr. Vaziev's choice not to travel. I would assume much of her most-favored status would have come from his support? While still showing a tense jaw, her dancing was less extreme, with more clarity. Tonight's audience had an obviously greater proportion of true ballet fans. Just as Tereshkina's entrance earlier was well-applauded, so was not Ms. Somova's. She had two 180s in the adagio, but somehow less disconnection. One sensed she was striving to limit her leg-height thereafter, most of the time, and never approached 180 throughout the rest of her performance. She stayed relatively calm, as gradually the audience began warming to her.
But the huge story was with the five variations. The insert was clearly off. But in the second, blue, variation magic happened. One person who refused to compromise with the space (more on that in the third work) was Big Red, Ekaterina Kondaurova. The long variation seemed to grow and grow in grandeur and by its end the audience refused to stop applause and cheers till management (if there is any) had no choice but to send her back out to bask in it. Yet Viktoria Tereshkina's fifth surpassed even this! Even one more bonus call still! This was surely the most powerful audience response I've seen in the two days. And very much merited.
The crowd was heated up and continued to up appreciation for Ms. Somova. The diagonal of jetes, exciting (but not in the way she sometimes excites), some height, was very well received. Partner Anton Korsakov also turned in a virtuoso solo. Her final fouettees, many more multiples than Vishneva on opening night was also thrilling, 'though the very large, wide, swinging motion of her working leg did seem very different. Yet, in its own way, this also added to the excitement. But wouldn't, as a steady diet. The audience rewarded her. While it would really be better if she were placed under the absolute dominion of, say, Irina Kolpakova (after all, ABT is losing its Russian...) for a solid year, at least this performance gave some hope that classical restraint could be possible and most surely rewarding.
Well, I like underdogs (rooted for Davidson in college BB's Big Dance).
Goddess Diana Vishneva's Shades was a dream, literally. I think I've seen all her ABT Bayaderes, and they are all different, as were each of her Shades. Without a whole performance to create a dramatic arc, she clearly built one for just this one act, and very much in cahoots with Solor Yevgeny Ivanchenko. She struck an absolutely frozen pose for her first momentary appearance, then danced with supreme unawareness, purely the object of his hallucination. When she returned for the scarf duet her visage softened, so subtle, so slightly, still not quite real, not quite there, not quite aware. Yet somehow she became Hope. Then a magnificent solo by Ivanchenko. So different from Sarafanov. Some virtuosity of course. But this was a Man. Specifically a real General, with a real general's absolute obedience to his King. Perhaps the very traits that had attracted Nikiya to this man could also give reason for forgiveness. Out came Diana. She could see him. She could feel him. She knew him. And she could love him. Redemption was granted.
The trio of bayaderes were those of opening night. But at greater ease with the stage. Yet the third, Kondaurova, danced without compromise. I was farther up tonight and though I thought I could see all the stage: at the end of her jet-fueled last diagonal part of her disappeared from sight, at extreme stage right. But not in the pit! How Balanchine would love this ballerina!
Posted 03 April 2008 - 08:15 PM
I was dissappinted with Vishneva. She has recetnly become somehow sloppy to do steps. She used to be more intensed. She might need to rest....
Whatsoever, I enjoyed the performance very much. I felt "this is the classical ballet", which I fell in love when I was 8 years old. It ,of course, includes these character dances. Nobody except Russian can dance Mazrka, unfortunately. ( I am not Russian,though)
I personally think the relation between executing steps and music is the essence of the excitement of Kirov performance. And also the posture of the upper body. Glacious!!!
Posted 04 April 2008 - 03:35 AM
...I LOVED Somova's Nikia,..... Just she is very young and not polished yet. .....
Good grief, for how years are we going to hear this "she is young - give her time" stuff? Somova is entering early-middle age in Ballerina Time -- 23 yrs old. The polish should have happened a long time ago.
So it appears, from reviews of last night, that she has gone back to the semi-restraint that she displayed at the Kennedy Center two months ago. Whoop-dee-doo! Sorry but I hold my Kirov ballerinas to a higher standard.
Delighted to read that Kondaurova and Tereshkina continue to shine in the most positive manner. They are worthy of our bravos. We don't have to say, "They are so young. Give them time."
p.s. to drb: Big Red...I love it! I could picture her as a guest at NYCB, for sure!
Posted 04 April 2008 - 11:24 AM
Panda, et al.,
Never be hesitant to add your differing opinions. Variety makes websites fun!
I went to see The Kirov on the opening night at City Center as well.
I did miss the folk claps in the Kirov's Raymonda (pas de dix), but the orchestra (reduced size) more than made up for anything that was lacking. The orchestra was a great pleasure all evening adding such richness and beauty to every ballet.
Raymonda: I'm not a fan of Lopatkina, though she managed a few lovely, spontaneously impressive movements. One in particular, I don't think most would have noticed, but it was how delicately and with full controlled balance, she placed her passe working leg into fifth on pointe, at the beginning of her variation, when the folk, hand clapping usually takes command. She only did this once, but it was quite breathtaking and regal. Other than that, Lopatkina left me cold. Her dancing seemed "old." However, her male partner, Korsuntsev was a tall, fresh, handsome, big-mover dancer, with beautiful long legs and feet. The stage looked much too small for him. The two soloist females, especially the first (Selina?), were excellent.
I loved the Kirov corps in all three ballets. Such elegant lines, beautiful legs, feet, arms, with a bit of flare in pushing past the limits of their fine Russian, classical training. Ditto the soloists. It's not that fussy, super clean stuff... They're classical but with an approach not too unlike NYCB, where the best dancers take risks with what is usually expected and correctly pleasant. My ideal dancer would be one trained in both the Vaganova and Balanchine styles --
Paquita: I've stopped being a fan of Vishneva for awhile now, though she accomplished a good, strong performance of Paquita on opening night here. She's very pretty, but.... yes, a bit sloppy too. No matter, there were plenty of exciting and beautiful female soloists to watch. And Fadeev, Vishneva's partner, was a real, hunky charmer with a fine, strong technique to match.
Bayadere: My favorite male dancer of the night: Sarafanov(WOW!!!!). Talk about pushing the extremes of what's possible in ballet, the ballet body, on top of brilliant technique and sexiness in an elegant, youthful style. Sarafanov was the most fascinating male I've ever seen in this ballet.
Samova: Most here do not like her AT ALL. But perhaps because of my years at NYCB, I have a great appreciation/understanding for why the Kirov does love Samova and why they push her into roles she's not quite ready for. It's that Samova's an extreme dancer who is still growing into her extreme body. I do agree that she could tame some of her extreme lines a bit to focus on other ingredients of whatever ballet she is dancing. But at the same time, I love that she is VERY extreme, and not quite in control of her talent's possibilities. Her lines, her quirks, are interesting.... and she is not without technique.
In Bayadere some of her lines were stunningly executed, eg, when she did her first huge a la seconde into arabesque gently, without the slightest forced adjustment, to whisper into Sarafanov's ear. My heart skipped a beat. It was unearthly gorgeous in execution, with perfect lines and a hauntingly dream in feeling. But then the second time, Samova executed the same movement with a matter of fact harshness.
I think Samova was definitely having an off night, overall, for whatever reasons.....but I'm still looking forward to seeing her again. She executed very difficult steps in Bayadere just fine -- ones that Veronika Part has not even come close to executing well yet. It would take too long to list them all here. So, no, I don't think Samova is just about her extreme extensions. She has a jump, those grande jetes from one corner of the stage to the next were striking. Her arabesque turns were strong if a bit nervous to both sides. Ditto pirouettes done both right and left. And she did the double pirouettes into arabesque facing the audience without coming off of pointe when she reached arabesque (for a second). Many ballerinas just come down to a flat landing.
Special mention should also be given to the stunning first soloist in Raymonda and the first corps girl out onto the stage in Bayadere(!!)...(I think it was Yana Selina). She was as beautiful as I've ever seen in those parts. And Kondaurova, a strikingly tall, lyrical redhead easily distracted me from others on the stage. I'd like to see Kondaurova in Bayadere's female lead one day...
Anyway, I enjoyed this performance very much. Wish I could go every night --
Posted 04 April 2008 - 12:49 PM
As for Somova, I also wish the comparisons to Sylvie Guillem would stop. Sylvie could be extreme with her extensions BUT she had musicality, she had line, she had breathtaking technique, and she was also capable of striking the most beautiful classical positions. I disagree with some of the artistic choices she's made, but I'd never put her in the same breath as Somova, really.
Posted 04 April 2008 - 01:10 PM
.... I'd like to see Kondaurova in Bayadere's female lead one day...
sz, Kondaurova *did* dance Nikiya in 'Shades' at the Kennedy Center five years ago (March 2003), when the Kirov participated in a special 'International Ballet Festival' at the Eisenhower Theater (as the main KennCen Opera House was being renovated back than). It was a very cramped stage, even smaller than City Center; only 18 shades! At that time, we thought that Kondaurova was being pushed too soon; it was but her first or second season with the troupe but she still made a positive impact. Then she never was asked to dance Nikiya again. Now she seems to be finally coming into her own in a more mature manner. Hopefully she will once again be allowed to dance Nikiya - not just 'Shades' but the full ballet.
As a reminder of the "first sighting" of Kondaurova in the USA years ago - here is a link to a review of the Festival from our own Alexandra Tomalonis (writing for DanceMagazine at the time). Go to the last paragraph:
http://www.encyclope.....shington 2003
p.s. To put things into perspective, Kondaurova graduated two years before Somova, meaning that Kondaurova must be about 25 now....absolutely in what should be the 'prime years' of her career. Time to get a move on!
Posted 04 April 2008 - 07:56 PM
Spectre with the wrong dancers can look awful silly very quickly (exhibit A: watch Farukh Ruzimatov in the Nina and Friends video). But Igor Kolb's elevation, line, and style made the miniature work. His Spectre also had a recklessness that was fun to watch. He swung the Girl (Nadezha Gonchar) so quickly that she almost tripped and fell.
Uliana Lopatkina's Dying Swan was beautiful, great boneless arms. In the tradition of so many Swans, she milked the curtain calls for all they were worth.
Scheherazade. The Kirov spared no expense with the sets, which is probably why the intermission took about 30-40 minutes. But it was well worth the wait. , HOT HOT HOT! Igor Kolb and Diana Vishneva positively sizzled in their duets. Diana used her almost insanely pliant back to suggest the exotic dancer. Huge ovations for both Kolb and Diana at the end, well deserved.
Overall, a great tribute to Mikhail Fokine, who I dare say would have been very proud.
Posted 04 April 2008 - 09:04 PM
... His Spectre also had a recklessness that was fun to watch. He swung the Girl (Nadezha Gonchar) so quickly that she almost tripped and fell.
That was Yana Selina in Spectre tonight ( I know, you need a scorecard to keep up). I agree that Korsakov was a little dull. Somehow he impressed me more when he was dancing soloist roles like the Swan Lake pas de trois or the peasant pas de deux in Giselle. I thought Osmolkina was beautiful, absolutely pristine & lighter than air, but I had some reservations about Bolshakova. Some of what she did in the prelude was really beautiful but there was something very overdone about it, too. All the head movement & some of her epaulment seemed forced, or perhaps too much like acting rather movement that emanated from the music.
Selina replaced Golub as the third soloist (the program says she danced Valse Op 70 #1) and the style of movement seemed so natural to her it felt like she really was a sylph hearing the call of the breeze through the trees. She was also charming as the girl in Spectre.
Whoever had the idea of casting Kolb in Spectre and Shehezerade on the same night was a genius. Two virtuoso roles with such different modes of expression - he was brilliant in both. And Diana proved yet again that she is perhaps the greatest dancing actress since Makarova. They tore up the stage together.
Posted 04 April 2008 - 09:33 PM
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Catechumens do not go to confession before reception into the Catholic Church, you were thinking of "candidates for reception" as outlined in Chapter 5 of the RCIA.
Candidates for reception are baptized Christians who express their wish to make a full profession of faith and be received fully into the Catholic Church.
As for their confession,
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